Chapter 117 (1/2)

Chapter 117

Chapter 117 Sect Selection

“What?”

Tu Fang’s words startled everyone, including Long Chen .

His intuition told him that this serious old man was definitely a powerful expert .

Furthermore, he could also sense that this man was extremely upright and trustworthy . All of the others were trying to pull him in to their sects, but only he had yet to say anything .

That was definitely curious to Long Chen . He wanted to know just what level that old man’s sect had reached for him to say such a thing .

“Elder Tu, we know your your sect is special, but with Long Chen’s talent, this…” someone opened his mouth to voice his confusion .

Tu Fang looked straight at Long Chen . “With Long Chen’s battle strength, it definitely would be no problem to enter my Xuantian Monastery[1], but without a Spirit Root and with a deathly silent Dantian, he won’t receive any nurture there . So entering my sect would be worse than joining one of your sects . ”

“What?!” Those Elders were all shocked; without a Spirit Root, how was he cultivating?

“Little fellow, excuse me!” One of the Elders placed a hand on Long Chen’s shoulder . Long Chen immediately realized how he had to act and didn’t resist . He let the Elder’s spiritual qi circulate once throughout his body .

After that, that old man still was unwilling and examined it a second time before slowly letting go of Long Chen and shaking his head helplessly to the others .

“He has no Spirit Root, not even a lowest quality one . It’d be impossible to change!” the old man sighed .

In an instant, all the excitement of the other Elders was extinguished . The news that Long Chen had no Spirit Root hit them like a basin of icy water .

All their previous promises were immediately voided . Let along the sect’s daughter, he wouldn’t even be allowed to join their sects .

Long Chen bitterly smiled . Now it had become troublesome . First they raised me high in the clouds, and now they’re immediately letting me go . Are they trying to make me fall to my death?

“Senior, if I go to the Xuantian Monastery, what kind of treatment will I get?” asked Long Chen . Now he no longer had any hopes of becoming a core disciple . As long as they accepted him then it was fine .

From what he heard from the others, this Xuantian Monastery was definitely different than the rest of their sects . His intuition told him that entering the Xuantian Monastery was his best option .

“Right, this junior is also a Pill Adept!” hastily added Long Chen as a bargaining chip .

Hearing that he was a Pill Adept, some interest sparked in their eyes again .

“If you join my sect, I can give you an inner disciple spot,” hesitatingly proposed one of them .

Although that person opened his mouth, no one else did . Within a sect, inner disciples had extremely special status .

The sect would spend a great deal of resources on them each year . But if they wasted that much on a disciple without a Spirit Root, it still wouldn’t be that worth it even if he was a Pill Apprentice .

Although a Pill Apprentice had a special status, they could still be hired with enough money or you could buy medicinal pills directly . That was much more cost effective that giving a Pill Apprentice the position of an inner disciple . Although he was a Pill Adept, it wouldn’t necessarily be worth it .

None of them were from small starter sects . Otherwise they also wouldn’t have the authority over this land .

“Thank you senior for your kindness, but this little one greatly wishes to join the Xuantian Monastery . ” Long Chen respectfully reclined .

That person nodded . Although Long Chen had declined, his words extremely polite, letting him at least know that he wasn’t someone who didn’t appreciate other people’s kindness .

Since Long Chen was so resolute, Tu Fang sighed, “The Xuantian Monastery accepts new disciples once every three years . If you really want to, I can give you an invitation to this . ”

Long Chen rejoiced . As long as he could join in, it would all be fine . He trusted that with his abilities, he definitely would be able to take the first place .

The larger a sect was, the greater their foundation and hidden trumps were . That was the most important thing for Long Chen . What he lacked the most at this moment was such an opportunity .

“Senior, can I have three invitations? After all, we are three,” Long Chen said with some embarra.s.sment .

“This friend of yours doesn’t need an invitation . He can directly join the sect, even becoming a core disciple,” said Tu Fang .

Long Chen’s eyes widened with disbelief . Aman just blankly looked at Long Chen, not understanding anything that was going on .

Not only him, but the other elders were also shocked . The Xuantian Monastery’s selection of disciples was extremely strict .

“His body is special . It’s somewhat similar to a senior in my sect, and I think that senior will definitely be delighted when he sees him,” said Tu Fang .

“As for your other friend…”

“This junior sister can be part of my Skywood Palace . ” The beautiful maiden who had never said anything up to this point finally opened her mouth .

That beautiful maiden walked up to Chu Yao and smiled . “Junior sister, come back to me to the Skywood Palace . Your talent can only be best groomed in my Skywood Palace . ”

Chu Yao was startled and shyly looked at Long Chen . She shook her head . “I don’t want to part with Long Chen, so…”

That beautiful maiden glanced over Long Chen and shook her head . “Cultivators must treat cultivation as the most important thing . How can you waste your talent just for love? Little fellow, she is a rare wood cultivator . You wouldn’t have the heart for her cultivation potential to be wasted, right?”

That beautiful maiden treated Chu Yao extremely warmly, but that politeness didn’t transfer to Long Chen .

Wood cultivator? What was that? Long Chen was puzzled, but it seemed after she said those confusing words, the others had all gasped .