"You didn't come back all night. Didn't you consider your family's feelings?"
Su Bai said with a stern face.
"I..." Xiao Lingxi lowered her head and mumbled, "Did they ever consider my feelings?"
"There's no parent who doesn't worry about their child!" Su Bai was helpless.
Xiao Lingxi was not his child, and he had no right to interfere too much.
If his own child was this mischievous, he guaranteed he would pull out a Seven Wolves belt and give the child a perfect childhood!
"Ding, Host's cultivation has broken through!"
Suddenly, the System's voice rang in Su Bai's mind.
【Host】
Name: Su Bai
Age: 18
Realm: Qi Refining Third Stage
Items: 20 copper coins
"Qi Refining Third Stage?"
Su Bai's gaze couldn't help but look at Zhuge Feng, who was still cultivating to the side.
As the Sect Master of the Tiandao Sect, his Strength was ten times the sum of the cultivation of all the Disciples in the Sect.
And now, the Tiandao Sect only had Zhuge Feng as a Disciple!
His cultivation was equivalent to being bound to Zhuge Feng.
In other words, if he broke through, then...
"Ding, Disciple's cultivation has broken through. Reward 10 Sect points."
"Bang!"
A crisp sound rang out from within Zhuge Feng's body. Immediately after, the airflow around him suddenly surged several times, and a powerful Aura burst forth.
Swish—
He opened his eyes, which were filled with bright light and looked radiant.
Qi Refining First Stage!
"Hoo..." Zhuge Feng exhaled a turbid breath, slowly clenched his fist, and a crackling sound was heard. A faint layer of green light appeared on his fist.
"Is this the power that those Immortals possess?"
He usually took time to exercise his body, and coupled with the heavy and tiring work of a handyman, he could lift hundreds of pounds with his hands.
But at this moment, after the Spiritual Qi broke through his acupoints, his entire body was enhanced by the Spiritual Qi, filled with endless power.
At this moment, Zhuge Feng only felt like he had inexhaustible Strength.
"My current Strength should be enough to get Revenge for my parents, right?" Zhuge Feng clenched his fists, his eyes tinged with blood.
"Qi Refining First Stage in one night?"
Xiao Lingxi was stunned. Since she met Su Bai, in just one day, she had been shocked countless times.
Even if the Tiandao Sect's Sublime Methods were Heaven-Defyingly powerful, it shouldn't be possible to reach Qi Refining in one night, right?
You know, Lingxiao, the first Genius of the Lingxiao Sect, reaching Qi Refining First Stage in half a month back then was already publicized to the heavens!
"Master, Disciple has not failed your expectations and has successfully reached Qi Refining!"
Zhuge Feng excitedly bowed to Su Bai.
"Good, very good!"
Su Bai said the word "good" twice. The stronger Zhuge Feng's Strength was, the stronger his Strength would be!
"Have you cultivated before?" Xiao Lingxi couldn't help but ask.
If Zhuge Feng had cultivated for a period before and was already close to Qi Refining, then it could be somewhat understood.
"I didn't even pass the official Disciple assessment of the Lingxiao Sect, so how could I have cultivated Sublime Methods?"
Zhuge Feng smiled bitterly. What if he was first in the assessment?
The spots were controlled by those Stewards. If they didn't let you pass, how would the high-level officials of the Sect know that the first in the assessment was Zhuge Feng and not Han Feng?
"This is your first time cultivating?" Xiao Lingxi's eyes widened.
She suddenly realized that she seemed to have discovered some incredible Prodigy.
"Let me see!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Lingxi quickly rummaged through her things. A moment later, she found a crystal stone similar to a Spirit Stone from her storage ring.
"This is a Spiritual Root testing stone. The higher your Spiritual Root, the brighter this testing stone will be."
Xiao Lingxi said as she placed the Spiritual Root testing stone in front of Zhuge Feng.
Zhuge Feng placed his hand on the testing stone, and with a thought, Spiritual Qi gathered in his palm.
Buzz—
In an instant, the crystal stone trembled slightly.
Immediately after, a dazzling golden light burst forth from the crystal stone, shooting straight into the sky.
It was blinding and made it impossible to look directly at it.
"Golden light shining, the legendary Heavenly Spiritual Root!"
Xiao Lingxi covered her small mouth, her face full of disbelief.
A Heavenly Spiritual Root that the Lingxiao Sect had not been able to find in ten thousand years!
"So I have a Heavenly Spiritual Root?" Zhuge Feng was also stunned for a moment.
To the side, Su Bai also opened the System panel to check the Disciple's information.
Name: Zhuge Feng
Age: 18
Cultivation: Qi Refining First Stage
Spiritual Root: Heavenly Spiritual Root
Sect Loyalty: 80 (Note: Reaching one hundred loyalty can unlock a super reward)
After clearly seeing Zhuge Feng's information, Su Bai couldn't help but be extremely surprised.
Even though he was a Transmigrator, he knew how Heaven-Defying a Heavenly Spiritual Root was. That was definitely the existence of a child of Luck.
Was the first Disciple he casually took in this powerful?
It's good to be powerful!
The stronger the Disciple, the stronger he would be!
"No, you have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, but you didn't pass the official Disciple assessment of the Lingxiao Sect? I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
Xiao Lingxi, who had reacted, was dumbfounded again and asked incredulously.
"In this area, my assessment score was first, but unfortunately, I didn't have three hundred taels of silver, so I didn't pass."
Zhuge Feng shook his head, a look of helplessness on his face.
In his mind, the words that Wang Executive had said before still echoed.
In this world, what is least lacking is you guys who think you are Geniuses!
"Pfft—"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lingxi almost spat out the water she drank yesterday.
A Heavenly Spiritual Root not passing the official assessment?
The Continent's annual cold joke?
"Why couldn't you pass without three hundred taels of silver?" Xiao Lingxi's eyes widened, and she asked with a face full of confusion.
"Because..." Zhuge Feng hesitated for a moment, then said, "The assessment results of the Yunshui City branch Disciples are controlled by several Stewards, and then reported to the Sect Elders by them."
"It's useless if your results are good. Reporting it doesn't benefit them, but if you have silver, they can profit from it. This is not a difficult choice." Zhuge Feng smiled bitterly.
"Why is it like this? Don't they test the Spiritual Root during the assessment?" Xiao Lingxi was stunned.
"Test the Spiritual Root? If they tested the Spiritual Root, how could those Young Masters and Young Misses with poor Spiritual Roots pass and still convince everyone?" Zhuge Feng sighed.
Xiao Lingxi fell silent. After a moment, she suddenly said, "I'm sorry."
Zhuge Feng smiled and said, "No need to apologize. I've experienced these things many times and have long come to terms with them."
Xiao Lingxi shook her head and said, "Half a year ago, my father arranged a Disciple spot in the Lingxiao Sect for me. I just needed to report there half a year later to become an official Disciple."
"If I remember the time correctly, you and I should have been in the same assessment batch. My spot was likely originally yours."
As she finished speaking, Xiao Lingxi lightly bit her red lip.
Although it was just a possibility, it made her feel guilty.
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Feng was slightly stunned.
Even a Young Master like Senior Brother Gan, whose father was at Foundation Establishment, needed to be a handyman for half a year. Even if it was just for show, he had to be present.
The girl in front of him, however, didn't need to do anything and could report directly after half a year.
Her Background...
However, thinking of something else, Zhuge Feng smiled freely and said, "Don't worry about it. There are so many spots, the one you took is unlikely to be mine."
"Besides, I am now a Disciple of the Tiandao Sect. Master is willing to take me in. This is already the greatest reward from Heaven for me."
"Mm." Xiao Lingxi nodded slightly, "Actually, I didn't want to go to the Lingxiao Sect in the first place. After this incident, I want to go even less."
Then, she looked at Su Bai, her beautiful eyes sparkling, "Immortal Master, tell me, what conditions do you need for me to join the Tiandao Sect?"
Su Bai didn't speak but looked towards the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, a group of people was rapidly approaching this way.
"Hmm?" Xiao Lingxi followed Su Bai's gaze, and her expression immediately changed slightly.
Soon after, the group arrived at the Tiandao Sect and appeared before Su Bai and the others.
"Miss Lingxi, we finally found you!"