58 Chapter 58 – Misunderstanding (1/2)
Wu Qian Ren asked ”What is your name and which clan do you belong to in Caifu city?”
Zhu Xuan replied ”Young master, I'm Shikong shen and just a rogue cultivator from Caifu city. We all make our living by collecting herbs and resources and selling it to Qinglu treasure pavilion, and sometimes escort cultivators from the clan for training.”
Wu Qian Ren nodded and didn't say anything further. He also known rogue cultivators live by the same methods in many cities. Among the group, only Wu Qian Ren, Wu Shi Yun, younger brother of Wu Qian Ren and Wu Qing, his cousin acted and spoke to Zhu Xuan normally. The rest all despised him because of his status as a rogue cultivator and his low cultivation.
Zhu Xuan was not bothered by it and talked to Wu Shi Yun. Wu Shi Yun was a very open minded person and acted very friendly towards everyone. He learned from Wu Shi Yun that they are inner court disciples of the academy, and from the Wu family, one of the ten noble families of Lei Shu Kingdom.
He also learnt Wu Qian Ren, was one of the top ten disciples in the inner court who would have a higher chance to enter the main sanctuary as core disciple next year.
Once in every three year, a competition is held and the top ten students of the inner court will become the core disciple. Zhu Xuan was confused when he heard this because he was not sure how then Zhu Lang became core disciple while only in peak of body purification stage while Wu Qian Ren, at the Qi gathering late stage is still an inner disciple.
He probingly asked ”Young master Shi Yun, you can become core disciple only by getting to the top ten in the inner court competition?”
Wu Shi Yun responded ”Yes, one needs to reach top ten in the competition to become a core disciple.”
Wu Qing who was listening cut off Wu Shi Yun and spoke eagerly ”Young master Zhu Lang became a core disciple without even entering the inner court. How do you explain that brother Shi Yun?”
Wu Qing usually doesn't concern herself in these matters so she didn't know the reason behid it. Wu Shi Yun knew about this matter and answered ”Because his condition was special. He hid himself deep and he earned the special condition to become a core disciple.”
Looking at the puzzled expression of Zhu Xuan and Wu Qing, Wu Qian Ren is the one who answered ”There are conditions to become inner court disciple and core disciple in Lei Shu academy. For one to become inner court disciple, first one need to reach Qi gathering stage and has to reach top thirty in the outer court competition held every year, and similarly one need to reach Qi Sea stage and reach top ten in the inner court competition held every two year to become a core disciple.”
He paused and continued ”But there are special occasions when one can ignore these conditions to become an inner court disciple or core disciple. For example, if one has three or more elemental roots, that disciple can become inner court disciple directly.”
”Zhu Lang is considered a genius among genius because not only he has three elemental roots with one mid grade lightning elemental root, but he also showed he achieved sword Qi before reaching Qi gathering stage. From the creation of Lei Shu academy, there are many who achieved sword Qi, but there are less than thirty people who achieved sword Qi before reaching Qi gathering stage. He was immediately taken as a disciple by third elder of main sanctuary and also given instructions to not breakthrough to Qi gathering stage to further solidify his foundation.”
Now Zhu Xuan finally understood why Zhu Lang was valued so much by the academy and why he didn't breakthrough to Qi gathering stage when he came back to Qinglu city.
They ended their conversation and moved again towards the peak.
They met another wolf pack, and Zhu Xuan volunteered to fight. He wanted to train his sword technique and this is the best place for him to train since he is protected by other members of the team. While he was fighting, Wen Xin, Wu Shi Yun's subordinate moved towards Wu Qian Ren and asked him in a low voice ”Young master Qian Ren, why did you let him come along with us? He looks suspicious and we can't let him know what we are here for or where we are going.”
Wu Qian Ren calmly replied ”It's because he looked suspicious I let him join our team to observe him, instead of letting him go and inform someone about our location. I will make my decision before we reach our destination, you don't have to worry about it.”