Of the nine people in their team, Xu Feng had already been sent away.

Ning Yue mingled with the array cultivators, but she remained loyal and planned to learn swordsmanship, and was thinking about how to find the array cultivators' team.

One of the men in the group looked around at the people with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Senior Brother Gong, is there really only so few array cultivators in this generation of the Fusang Sect? That's far too few. Aren't there usually hundreds?"

Gong Zhi paused, somewhat puzzled: "You've already become inner disciples of the array cultivation sect after passing the trial, didn't you know?"

"What—?"

They were all quite surprised, not expecting to become inner disciples directly after completing the trial.

Gong Zhi explained: "The way you pass the first trial is very important. Those who pass with outstanding results will enter the inner disciple trial, while the rest will enter the outer disciple trial."

That makes it clear.

Gong Zhi continued, "As for the elders' direct disciples, they are personally selected by the elders before the spirit-testing stone is used."

The group followed Gong Zhi and soon arrived at their temporary residence.

After getting their cards and being assigned rooms, Gong Zhi left quickly.

Ning Yue wore a bitter expression.

This place is so big, I wonder if I can sneak up to the sword cultivator's place.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people around, she was about to go out and explore.

"Ning Yue, aren't you going back to your room?"

Ning Yue froze for a moment, then turned around with a normal expression and smiled, "Brother? What's wrong?"

Duan Huailin looked at her: "You just came from the training grounds, aren't you going to rest?"

Ning Yue: "I'm not tired. I'm new here and very curious about everything. I want to go out and explore."

Duan Huailin frowned slightly: "I'll go with you. This place is too big; I'm afraid you won't be able to find your way back."

Ning Yue was very conflicted. She went out to find a place for sword cultivators to rest, and once she found it, she probably wouldn't come back.

What's the point of having Duan Huailin come along?

Fine, let's lay our cards on the table.

Ning Yue took a breath, put on a smile, and looked very well-behaved.

"Actually, brother, I'm a sword cultivator."

……

Duan Huailin looked at Ning Yue with a bit of confusion, feeling for the first time that he couldn't quite understand what she was saying.

"...Didn't you come out of the array training ground with me? You even successfully set up an array."

Ning Yue looked at him with her doe-like eyes, and seemed a little embarrassed upon hearing this.

"Well... I passed the Sword Cultivation Trial Grounds first, and then I got a little bored while waiting, so I went to wander around other sects. But I came here with my whole heart to learn swordsmanship."

Duan Huailin: "..."

He stared blankly at Ning Yue, once again feeling that this young girl was unfathomable.

After a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "You are probably the first person in the history of the Fusang Sect to have entered both gates."

"Huh?" Ning Yue asked him, "Why?"

Looking at her bewildered expression, Duan Huailin couldn't tell whether she genuinely didn't know or was pretending not to.

Finally, he could only explain: "In the cultivation world, there are very few people who cultivate two paths at the same time, because their energy is limited and they can only focus on one path."

This way, the possibility of ascension is greater. Although it has been nearly a thousand years since anyone has ascended, the consensus among the people is to specialize in one path.

Ning Yue interpreted it according to his own understanding.

Simply put, it means that everyone is a novice, unable to ascend even by cultivating only one path, while you cultivate two paths simultaneously, which is terrifying.

She pondered for a moment, pausing for a few seconds.

She put on the same obedient expression as before and smiled brightly at Duan Huailin.

"There's something I'm not sure if I should say—" Her expression looked innocent and pure, her doe eyes blinking.

"Actually, I entered three doors."

……

Duan Huailin: "..."

His face went blank; he didn't know what expression to make.

Ning Yue sounded quite distressed.

"...If they hadn't arrived so early, I might have been able to get through another door."

Duan Huailin: "..."

"...You can leave now."

Ning Yue looked at Duan Huailin with curiosity.

His expression held a numbness reminiscent of someone who had just been bombed: "...Let's go to the sword cultivator."

Ning Yue blinked and stepped forward to pat Duan Huailin on the shoulder.

"Then we'll meet again someday! Bye-bye, brother."

Duan Huailin watched Ning Yue skip away.

I couldn't help but smile slightly.

It seems that Ning Yue will definitely leave a significant mark on the future cultivation world.

Ning Yue didn't think about anything else.

After leaving the array cultivators' rest area, she made her way to the sword cultivators' rest area.

It's huge! It's absolutely huge!!!

Ning Yue was almost exhausted.

I should have rested first before coming out to find my way!

She has no idea where she is now, and there's not a soul in sight, making it impossible for her to find anyone to ask for directions.

She picked up a small fruit, aimed at the fruit on the tree, and flicked it, causing the fruit to fall to the ground.

She caught the fruit under the tree and took a bite.

"Feed—!!! Don't touch my fruit!!!"

Ning Yue's mouth was half open, unsure whether she should continue chewing.

A little radish head sat on the tree sometime during the day. It was short and small, and looked quite cute.

Ning Yue: "I'm not called 'Hey,' I'm called Chu Yuxun, and I'm very angry right now."

"What are you angry about! You took my fruit, and I'm not even angry yet!"

Ning Yue was amused by her own silly joke.

After realizing what had happened, she immediately apologized. Her doe-like eyes sparkled in the sunlight, making her look utterly innocent.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know these were your fruits. I got lost here and was so thirsty that I picked them. I'm very sorry."

Her apology was extremely sincere, and she even bowed to the little radish on the tree.

The little girl seemed to be someone who wouldn't listen to reason, and seeing how sincerely Ning Yue apologized, and considering how young she was, she easily let bygones be bygones.

"Okay," he jumped down from the tree, stood with his hands on his hips in front of Ning Yue, "I forgive you, Chu Yuxun."

Ning Yue: "..."

Ning Yue: "...My name isn't Chu Yuxun, it's Ning Yue."

Radish frowned: "Didn't you just say your name was Chu Yuxun?"

Ning Yue: "...I was too nervous and said the wrong name."

Radish Head: "Oh."

Ning Yue changed the subject: "Why are you here alone? Where are your parents?"

Luo Bo looked at Ning Yue with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, then glanced at Ning Yue's clothes and suddenly realized.

"You're a new disciple this year, right?"

Ning Yue: "Yes, otherwise how could we have gotten lost?"

Radish Head put his hands on his hips: "Alright, since you're new here, I'll kindly explain it to you."

He cleared his throat in a pretentious manner: "I am the sect leader's spirit beast. Ordinary sect disciples have a hard time even seeing me. You're quite lucky to have gotten lost and wandered into my territory."

Ning Yue looked at him suspiciously: "...The spirit beast of a sect's young master? Could it be that your true form is this fruit tree?"

Radish Head looked at Ning Yue in disbelief: "Whose spirit beast is a plant?! Do you even know what a beast is?! My true form is the Azure Phoenix Divine Beast! I just happen to like planting trees! I'm not a tree!"

"...Oh," Ning Yue almost laughed at herself, and she patted his head.

"I'm sorry," Ning Yue said with a smile, apologizing to him.

He didn't forget that he still had important business to attend to.

"Do you know where the rest area for this year's sword cultivators is?"

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