Chapter 4 Dispute

  The other four didn't say a word, and as Yang Ling turned around to leave, Lin Feng suddenly said anxiously: "Yang Xian Sheng, my father is still waiting for me outside, can I go out and talk to him?"

  Yang Ling turned around with a different expression, looked at him and said: "You don't know that once you're selected, if you don't make progress in your cultivation within five years, you won't be able to see your family again?" After finishing, seeing Lin Feng's hesitant look, he added: "Don't worry, someone will go tell your father about it. Maybe he already knows you've been selected and has left happily."

  Yang Ling's face was calm, but he was secretly delighted. Earlier, when he decided to let Lin Feng stay, he had some doubts, but now seeing how young Lin Feng was, yet his thoughts were so cautious and he dared to speak up, it showed that his mind was not bad. In his heart, he had more hope for Lin Feng's cultivation. Although maybe in the future there wouldn't be any great achievements, as long as he could cultivate his Qi successfully, he would still be of use to the Yang family. At least five years later, he wouldn't be someone who just mixed around and wasted his days on some trivial matter.

  Thinking of this, Yang Ling turned around and walked towards the main hall again. This time, Lin Feng didn't say anything and followed him with four others into the main hall.

  The grand hall was extremely high and spacious, with corridors on both sides, each with compartments. Yang Ling only led the five people to the main hall and stopped walking. The main hall had already seated several people, all of whom were middle-aged or older, chatting idly at this time. However, there was only one person in the central position, who was roughly the same age as Yang Ling but looked whiter and more refined. At this time, he wore a white robe with long sleeves, with a disciple wearing Yang-style uniform standing on either side of him, exuding an air of majesty.

  Yang Ling entered the grand hall, held out his hand to stop Lin Feng and others, took a step forward and bowed before saying: "Greetings, Master of the House, greetings, fellow senior brothers. Today's selection has come to an end, excluding those who are restless and impatient, this year we have selected these five people. Yang Ling specially brought new disciples to pay respects to you, senior brothers." It turned out that this white-robed middle-aged man was actually the current head of the Yang family, Yang Mu, and the other middle-aged and elderly men were also the elite members of the Yang family, Yang Ling's senior brothers.

  The crowd of fellow disciples hastily returned the courtesy, but didn't say much. Only Yang Mu waved his hand and said: "Hard work, junior brother! First sit down and rest on the side, let the seniors take a look at this year's new star."

  Yang Ling nodded and turned to Lin Feng and the others, saying: "Quickly go forward to pay respects to the various masters." After finishing speaking, he also turned around to find a seat and sat down, waiting for everyone to watch the result.

  Five little kids took a few steps forward, bowed in unison, and then stood there stupidly, not knowing what to do. Yang Mu and the other few fellow disciples didn't say much either, but their eyes scanned each of the five people like sharp swords, nodding occasionally, and exchanging opinions with each other in private.

  Lin Feng suddenly had a feeling of being naked and transparent, making him extremely uncomfortable. However, facing several people who were obviously the same as Yang Ling's master, he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. Fortunately, this piercing gaze disappeared immediately after Yang Mu spoke up, making Lin Feng feel much more at ease.

  "Everyone, brothers and sisters, take a look and choose for yourselves, we're all family, no need to be too polite."

  As soon as Yang Mu's words fell, a green-robed old man over fifty years old stood up and said: "This Zhao Chun has a very suitable earth spirit root for me, how about I take him under my wing? I believe that within three months he will be able to enter the Refining Qi stage. Do any of you fellow disciples have an opinion?"

  Lin Feng was secretly shocked, and since they came in, he hadn't seen Yang Ling tell him about the test situation outside, but he didn't know how he knew that Zhao Chun was a Tuliangong. However, after thinking for a moment, he thought he understood the reason: these people were all immortal masters, and they must have some extraordinary abilities, such as "thousand-mile eyes" and "wind ears". The great hall was so close to the entrance, it wasn't easy to know about the selection process. In fact, he didn't know that those so-called "thousand-mile eyes" and "wind ears" were all divine powers, which ordinary cultivators wouldn't have. The reason why the people in the great hall knew what happened outside was simply because they had clear ears and eyes, and could lock their divine consciousness on the spiritual root testing artifact.

  However, regardless of what Lin Feng thought in his heart, a dispute arose in the great hall. "Elder Blue, you specialize in fire-based cultivation methods, how can you say that Zhao Chun's earth spiritual root is suitable for you? Isn't this a joke? If so, then his spiritual root would be most compatible with my water-based techniques." Another middle-aged man in white robes immediately jumped out to object.

  "Junior Brother Mo, I've always known that people with the Earth Spirit Root are suitable for cultivating earth-based techniques, but being most suitable for water-based techniques? This is the first time I've ever heard of it. Haha, you're really killing me!" The old man in green immediately shot back.

  "If that's the case, then Blue Master said he's suitable for your fire-based technique, isn't this self-contradictory?" The middle-aged man in white robes seized the opportunity to point out his error, leaving the old man in green clothes at a loss for words.

  As the two men argued, Lin Feng quickly understood that they were competing to become Zhao Chun's master. From Yang Ling's attitude towards Zhao Chun from the beginning, he knew that Zhao Chun's talent was likely the best among them, which is why these immortal masters were so eager to take him as their apprentice. Thinking about Yang Ling's attitude towards himself earlier, Lin Feng couldn't help but sigh, people really can't be compared! Why didn't he have such great talent? However, he immediately thought of the hundreds of people who had left earlier and felt grateful in his heart, at least he had already stepped into the threshold of cultivating immortality, and was much luckier than them.

  Two men were arguing, seemingly unwilling to give in. Another old man stood up and interrupted their argument, saying: "Lan Shixiong, Mu Shidi, you can stop arguing now. Although Zhao Chun's innate talent is very good, it differs from the heart method you are cultivating. While teaching him earth-based skills may not be a problem for now, in the long run, it won't do much good for him and will waste his excellent talent." The speaker was Yang Chuan Sheng, who was Yang Mu's paternal cousin.

  "Junior Brother of the Transmission Sect, you also have a fire spirit root. So, are you saying that you don't want to take him as your disciple?" The old man in green clothes was clearly the oldest and had the highest cultivation level, so he spoke bluntly.

  Yang Chuanxiao smiled slightly, but didn't argue with the old man in green clothes. Instead, he looked at the other two who were also eager to take action and said: "It's clear that everyone wants to take him as a disciple, but to avoid hurting harmony, let's not assign a master to him for now."

  "Can't he just cultivate on his own?" The old man in green clothes had a fiery temper and spoke hastily.

  Yang Chuan Sheng knew his temper and didn't say much to him, continuing to explain: "Although our Yang family doesn't have a cultivator who specializes in earth-based techniques, we do have some. I think it's best for the head of the household to first release the technique, then choose someone to guide him in his cultivation. With this child's talent, he might even enter the Qingyang Sect in the future, and there are many powerful seniors within the sect who can be his master."

  At this point, the others finally understood Yang Chuan Sheng's meaning. Although the Yang family is the number one family in Fei Ling City, they are actually a very ordinary small cultivation family in the entire Cultivation Realm. For those large cultivation sects and families, they are not even worth mentioning. If it weren't for Fei Ling City being located in a remote area with no particularly good spiritual veins or mines, the Yang family's desire to dominate this place would be nothing but a pipe dream. Any slightly larger cultivation sect or family could easily make them disappear into thin air.

  In order to survive, the Yang family has been cultivating promising disciples while every five years they send exceptionally talented disciples to the nearest major sect of Qingyangmen to participate in their selection process, hoping to establish a relationship with Qingyangmen and rely on this powerful backing, which is also a common survival tactic used by many small sects and families.

  It's just that the Yang family is located in a remote area, and its sphere of influence is small. There are not many people with good spiritual roots in this place to begin with. Moreover, those with slightly better qualifications all want to run far away to find larger cultivation sects, so over the years, the Yang family has never had a disciple selected by Qingyang Gate.

  But Zhao Chun's innate talent is extremely good, and as long as he is guided properly, his future achievements will be boundless. The probability of being selected by the Qingyang Gate is also very high. If one's own disciple is selected into the Qingyang Gate, not only will it bring infinite glory, but it will also directly establish a connection with the Qingyang Gate, and naturally there are many benefits to this, which is also the reason why several people are eager to take him as their apprentice.

  But Yang Chuan Sheng was going to promote Zhao Chun's family interests, so the others didn't dare to argue anymore. Especially the blue-robed old man named Lan Yan Long and the white-robed middle-aged man named Mu Leng Xing, they were just relying on their relationship with the Yang family as outsiders, it wasn't worth causing trouble with the Yang family for a disciple with slightly better talent. It's worth noting that cultivation is against the heavens, no matter how good one's talent is, it's only a sign of great potential, to truly become a powerful cultivator is extremely difficult. In the cultivation world, there are countless geniuses who fall halfway.

  Several people stopped arguing, and the hall suddenly became a little quieter. Yang Mu, sitting in the upper seat, smiled and said: "Yang Mu knows that all the fellow apprentices are eager to recruit disciples for the prosperity of the family, but Zhao Chun is a earthly spirit root, if he practices the fellow apprentices' skills, it's really not very suitable, and arguing back and forth will hurt the harmony."

  He paused, seeming to have made up his mind, and Yang Mu said: "I think we should follow the suggestion of Brother Chuan Sheng, and not take him as a disciple for now. Let him practice the earth-based skills in the mansion first, and when he has achieved some success, he can go participate in the Qingyang Sect's selection process. If he is selected, he will naturally have a master in the Qingyang Sect. If he is not selected, he can come back and we can choose to accept him as a disciple then. What do you all think? Is there anyone willing to spend some time cultivating this child?"

  The people below suddenly showed a bitter smile, the relationship between this nameless master and apprentice and the famous master and apprentice is greatly different. The several people's cultivation methods are not earth-based, so they must spend a lot of effort to cultivate Zhao Chun, which will greatly affect their progress in cultivating immortality. Who would want to do such a thankless task? So everyone fell silent.

  Several people didn't say a word, Yang Mu laughed and said: "Since all of you brothers don't have so much time, I'll temporarily take charge of teaching him. If he's selected by Qingyang Gate in the future, it will be a blessing for the Yang family too." Everyone knew that he made this decision for the benefit of the Yang family, so they nodded in agreement and stopped arguing.

  Yang Mu saw that Zhao Chun's matter was resolved smoothly and he was also very happy, so he laughed and said: "As for the remaining four people, you can choose one at will!"

  This time the selection of disciples was very quick, two fire-spirited boys named Wu Lin Pu and Wang Lei were respectively chosen by Lao Lao and Yang Chuan Sheng, while the only water-spirited girl named Zhou Lan was naturally taken as a disciple by the white-robed middle-aged man surnamed Mu. After selecting their disciples, they slightly saluted the host Yang Mou, then left with their newly selected disciples, completely ignoring Lin Feng who stood in front of them without even a glance.

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