Chapter 22 (2/2)

The disciple in teal walked forth and said with a smile, “Junior Brother, don’t hurry. The elder had said that you can become a disciple on the Sunset Peak.

“Sunset Peak?” Xiao Chen frowned and said.

“Hehe, the Sunset Peak is the Outer Gate of our sect.”

“Okay. Lil Ruo, let’s go to the Cold-billow Sword Sect.”

“Hey, hey, Junior Brother, don’t go.”

“Is there anything else?” Xiao Chen turned around and asked.

“Uhh… The truth is, the Outer Gate is not that bad as you think.” The disciple said with a bitter smile.

Lil Ruo pulled his sleeve and whispered, “Young Master, shall we just go to the Sunset Peak? There may be too many rules in the Inner Gate. I worry if you will suffer from those rules.”

The disciple said with a bitter smile, “Yeah! That’s right! You can take your sister together to the Outer Gate. But you can’t take her to the Inner Gate.”

On second thought, Xiao Chen found it reasonable to join the Outer Gate. His aim is to get the cultivation method that could guide him to cultivate to the Foundation Building Realm. By then, he would be able to go to the Violet Manor. He said, “All right. But to be clear, I won’t share a room with the others, neither will my sister.”

The disciple smiled and said, “Rest assured, Junior Brother. Someone had already arranged a residence for you.”

Xiao Chen nodded and thought, “This man was so different than before. This must have something to do with that girl from the carriage. Who is she exactly?”

The Sunset Peak was not as lofty as the other peaks on the Lingtai Mountain. It looked rather small. However, it stood in a secluded valley with clear streams aside and was surrounded by mountains. It looked quiet and deep, and it was more worldly, unlike the main peak, the lonesome and cold Teal-dragon Peak.

There were hundreds of disciples on the Sunset Peak, and they were not as occupied as those Inner Disciples. Normally, if they had nothing to do, they would go fishing, hunt some rabbits and have a barbeque, and even sneak down the mountain and abandon themselves to brothels in nearby towns. Many Sunset Peak elders would pretend to act as nothing happened. Because as long as those disciples paid enough “tributes” to them, they would not make things difficult.

Moreover, most of the Outer Disciples came from aristocrats or rich families. They had plenty of money to spend. Although all of them looked a bit depraved, they were progressive within. The competition was intense, which usually led to bloodshed. All of them were looking forward to joining the Inner Gate.

Before sunset, the disciple in teal brought Xiao Chen to the peak. Many disciples greeted the disciple in teal, while many others chattered about Xiao Chen. It was not a common scene that an Inner Disciple brought someone to the Outer Gate.

As for those newcomers who met Xiao Chen before, they looked shocked and started to chatter.

“He has gone. Why does he come back?”

“Who is he?”

“He scored the highest points in this test. But for some reason, the elders didn’t pick him.”

“Ha! It turns out he’s some unlucky person who failed to join the Inner Gate.”

“Hush, Senior Brother. This man is something. Haven’t you seen that he is brought here personally by an Inner Disciple?”

All along the way, Xiao Chen had seen many people point at him, which made him feel bad. Also, he had seen some scattered houses on the hill.

Those were dormitories for Outer Disciples. The expenses on the Sunset Peak were high. A 10m2 small house would cost 1,000 taels of silver for a year. Even in a big city like Cloud City, 1,000 taels of silver was enough to build a decent mansion.

But it didn’t matter since people here were rich. Money was not an issue to them.

About an hour later, Xiao Chen arrived at a quiet little courtyard far from ordinary disciples’ dormitories. He opened the door and a beautiful scene came to his eyes: simple rockeries, clear pond water, beautiful willows, and blooming flowers. A gentle breeze brought some white petals to his hair and shoulder.

“Wow! Young Master! This place looked more beautiful than the Purple Bine Pavilion in our home!” Lil Ruo said with joy.

Xiao Chen nodded and he noticed that there were many Snow Chaste Trees in this courtyard. Their flowers were white with light fragrance. When the wind blew by, they danced in the air like snow flowers in winter.

It should be a woman that had lived here before.

“Senior Brother, may I ask who lived here before?”

The disciple in teal scratched his ear and said with a smile, “Junior Brother, ask no more. This is your place now, and nobody will come to bother you.”

“Okay.” Xiao Chen stepped into the courtyard when he suddenly felt the existence of abundant Spiritual Qi, which was almost as rich as that on the main peak. He was shocked upon finding out that someone had set up a formation here in order to gather the Spiritual Qi in the valley into this courtyard. It seemed that the previous owner of this place was of high status, definitely not some Outer Disciple.

One more step forward, his eyes suddenly lit up.