Cultivation: Starting with Sterilizing My Own Father

In front of the sect's main gate was a spacious plaza, now filled with people from various countries, mostly from the Tian Sheng Kingdom. It seemed that not only were there people like the Wei siblings, already accepted but simply here to test their spiritual root quality, but many others had traveled a long way without even having their spiritual roots tested.

Tang Youxi squatted down and asked, "Have you ever seen your own country's flag?"

Wei Zhiying and her brother nodded, puzzled. "We've seen them before. The village chief has one."

"That's good." Worried that the two children weren't tall enough to find their way, Tang Youxi pointed to the gold-edged red flag hanging on the field: "That's the flag of the Northern Shu Kingdom. People from your country are all over there. Just go to the flagpole. There are senior sisters organizing the teams over there."

"Thank you, senior sister." After thanking everyone, Wei Zhiying and her sister went to the flagpole together.

Wei Zhiying noticed that standing at the front was a girl dressed in a dress embroidered with delicate gold thread, wearing an ivory headdress with a gold phoenix hairpin on her left side, and jade shoes embroidered with gold thread. A small jade pendant at her waist was engraved with a cross, all of which emphasized her nobility, but…

Wei Zhiying was certain that the other party was either rich or noble, but... she noticed that the girl seemed even younger than them. Looking at so many people, she always seemed timid, and she couldn't even straighten her back. Although her clothes fit her well, they also revealed her thin figure.

Her hair looked dyed, as the ends were slightly yellowish, which, combined with her somewhat thin cheeks, made her look a bit malnourished.

The girl stood at the front of the line, followed by two or three young girls dressed in fine clothes. Although they looked at her with disdain, they all treated her with utmost respect, as if it were due to some kind of status.

Wei Lanyin tugged at her younger brother's sleeve: "Little brother, are we going to stand at the very back?"

Wei Zhiying shook her head: "We need to pay our respects to the princess first. Didn't Senior Sister Tang mention that before entering the Guiyi Sect, we must abide by the rules of each country? Didn't the village chief tell us that when we encounter members of the royal family, we must bow to them regardless of whether they see us or not?"

Wei Lanyin also noticed the gorgeously dressed girl: "Is she a princess?"

Wei Zhiying's eyes revealed certainty: "If you look closely, you will find that in the Northern Shu Kingdom, regardless of whether they are men or women, everyone's clothing is either gorgeous or poor, but none of them dare to cross that girl. Just now, there was a new young man with a very beautiful ruby ​​on his headband, but after seeing that girl, he seemed very shocked and immediately asked the person next to him to change his headband."

A sign stands in front of the Guiyi Sect, outlining the rules for greeting people there: one must only bow, not kneel. Previously, an incident occurred where, due to the large crowd, someone was kneeling before a member of the royal family when people from other countries, unaware of the situation, inadvertently leaned backward and trampled the person on top of them.

Wei Zhiying and Wei Lanyin approached the girl and bowed, saying, "This humble citizen, Wei Zhiying, and my elder sister, Wei Lanyin, greet Princess An. May Princess An be well."

A flicker of disbelief crossed the girl's eyes: "You...how did you know I was a princess?"

Upon hearing this, the three girls behind her looked even more disgusted, but they all lowered their heads and dared not say anything.

Wei Zhiying did not straighten up, but kept her head down and her eyes lowered, saying: "Those who can stand in the position closest to the flag must be members of the royal family. If there are no members of the royal family, then the children of the highest-ranking officials in the court can take their place, but they do not need to pay too much attention to their clothing and appearance."

"And everyone else present was dressed worse than you. Some even changed their jewelry after seeing you. Moreover, the 'ten' character engraved on the jade pendant you wore tells me that you are the tenth princess of the current emperor."

As they were talking, the young master who had just changed his hairband came to greet the princess. After she nodded, he withdrew on his own.

"My name is Leng Yue. Your name is... Wei Zhiying?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Leng Yue couldn't help but scrutinize the thin little boy in front of her, dressed in coarse linen clothes: "Could you lift your head and let me see you?"

Wei Zhiying raised her head slightly, her eyes fixed on the patterns carved on the stone slab.

Looking at the little boy in front of her, although his clothes weren't great, his hands and face were very clean, and his chubby face was quite cute: "After we enter the sect, you can just call me by my name. Can you stand with me?"

Wei Zhiying sensed the timidity in her voice. It must be because no one around her spoke to her, and she was alone in an unfamiliar environment with no one she trusted. Now, encountering a peer who had struck up a conversation, she wanted to connect, but…

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Wei Zhiying cupped her hands again and said, "Princess, we are still outside the sect, which is against etiquette."

"Alright then." Leng Yue's face showed undisguised disappointment. The people around her either looked at her uncomfortably or gathered together saying things she couldn't understand. She finally met someone, but they couldn't even be with her.

"Then my sister and I will go to the back of the line first." After saying that, Wei Zhiying led her sister back a few steps and walked towards the back of the line.

Leng Yue watched Wei Zhiying's retreating figure with a touch of reluctance: His sister... she really has a good brother.

As I passed by that young master, I overheard him complaining to someone next to him. Apparently, the young master had arrived months in advance and his clothes were already prepared. However, he didn't expect to receive news this morning that the princess would be coming. She was the only person with spiritual roots in the Northern Shu royal family in decades. He thought the princess wouldn't be able to arrive today, since the ruby ​​was of excellent quality. He wanted to show it off since it wasn't in his own country, but unexpectedly, the princess arrived even earlier than him.