Chapter 74 - Spiritual Impact Array (1/2)
Finally the a.s.sesment day came!
The original a.s.sessment for the disciple of Jade Palace is not really strict so to speak, but because the influence of Jade Palace expanded from the encounter before, it’s a necessity for Jade Palace to increase the amount of key disciple they have. They need to constantly rejuvenate the generations of disciple they have to make Jade Palace still be a relevant place to cultivate.
Jiu Lingyun stands beside Yi Tianyun, in an anxious manner “Big Brother Yi, I am nervous…”
The two of them is already on their way to the a.s.sessment site. She always feels that she is not good enough, she thinks that her level is way below average. She has no confidence at all, that is almost a certainty that she got that lack of confidence from the treatment she got growing up, or it still may because of the sudden change of environment she get from the Jade Palace.
“Rest a.s.sured, I will watch over you, try your best, and believe in yourself.” Yi Tianyun tries to encourage Jiu Lingyun.
He didn’t see Jiu Lingyun’s practice and performance that often but he thinks that Jiu Lingyun would be doing just fine on her own, he believes than Jiu Lingyun surely had many practices on her own. He believes that she will deliver.
Jiu Lingyun is relieved, hearing Yi Tianyun’s words rea.s.sured her a little bit.
The venue is already crowded with disciples. The a.s.sessment involve quite a lot of outer disciples, and not to mention that most of them have a quite good innate power too.
“Look, Elder Yi come with a woman, who is she? How could she become close with Elder Yi?”
“She must be after something from Elder Yi, she must have been begging to learn some kind of innate ability from the elder, there is no way some woman from the slums have the innate ability to climb the rank! On top of that her appearance is really ugly!”
“I heard she brought her younger brother here for safety, many of us do too, but its not fair that she gets an unfair treatment, all of us need so much effort to climb the rank!”
Lots of the outer disciples are feeling disdain toward the relations.h.i.+p between Jiu Lingyun and Yi Tianyun that they thought she received special treatment, and began to spread false rumors about her. Yi Tianyun sighed from this negative stare toward Jiu Lingyun, this is embarra.s.sing, how come they become so jealous of her.
Jiu Lingyun joined Jade Palace by Yi Tianyun’s recommendation. Most of the disciples already heard about this and they think Yi Tianyun is being unfair to the other rest of the disciple. Some finds that it just the kind hearted person that Yi Tianyun is, and some other thinks that a people from the slum should not dirtied the Jade Palace ground!
As they pa.s.sed the disciple, Jiu Lingyun can’t help but hear this false rumor about her and Yi Tianyun. She was shocked and sad hearing this false rumor, and began to feel inferior and more nervous than before.
“Don’t listen to them, you just have to prove them wrong with your own strength. Use their negativity as a fuel to push you forward!” Yi Tianyun give Jiu Lingyun a smile to comfort her.
“I know, Young Master Yi…” Jiu Lingyun still didn’t have the courage to lift her head, scared from the glare she might receive from the other disciple around her.
Looking at this development, Yi Tianyun immediately took Jiu Lingyun to the examination site, with about a dozen candidates waiting, this little amount of candidates is actually normal, because Jade Palace only recruit female, considering the fact that female itself already so scarce in the cultivations world, it just so ordinary to have this small number of recruit for Jade Palace.
However, as Jiu Lingyun keep her stride toward the site, the rumors don’t stop, in fact it gets even worse.
“She really is making everyone envy of her, if you seduce Elder Yi, even you could pa.s.s the a.s.sesment easily”
“What to envy of her? If I was in Elder Yi’s shoes, I would do the same thing, I would ask my mother to come here, she was a mere farmer after all.”
“Clearly Elder Yi just took pity of her, how can he look at her other than pity? She is so dirty, all her clothes are worn out, but she still wants to join Jade Palace!”
The outer disciple around them keeps whispering back and forth, clearly if they are not afraid of Yi Tianyun, they would talk louder it’s not even surprising if they drive Jiu Lingyun out simply by yelling at her.
While they merely whispered in almost inaudible voice to a regular person, Yi Tianyun can hear them loud and clear. His cultivation is at the level that he can hear a small voice from afar, making him more difficult to be ambushed from afar.
Yi Tianyun glimpsed to all of his surrounding, checking the outer disciple one by one, and come to conclusion that they’re way out of line, they thought just because Jiu Lingyun is here by Yi Tianyun’s recommendation, she’ll get special treatment and pa.s.s the exam easily regardless the result she achieved.
They can’t be more wrong. He won’t treat anyone specially, he won’t be biased. If Jiu Lingyun is not reaching the standard to become an inner disciple, than she has to make do being the outer disciple.