Chapter 15: Lost a Fortune

  There was Wang Yuanwai, the local snake head, who took charge and arranged everything. The young people in town who were determined to practice the True Gate Sect's cultivation method, five at a time, lined up in front of Qin Chuan, waiting for him to check their qualifications.

  For cultivators, there are two factors that determine their cultivation achievements: one is enlightenment and the other is spiritual roots.

  Insight is an elusive thing, difficult to discern with the naked eye.

  But the spiritual roots are different. Some larger sects generally have a method for distinguishing spiritual roots.

  It's even simpler for Qin Chuan. As long as he focuses his gaze on the other person, he can check their basic information and see if they have a spiritual root at a glance.

  Unfortunately, what disappointed Qin Chuan was that these young people in Lvyu Town seemed to be of poor quality. At a glance, he had already checked the basic information of fifty or sixty people, and the item "Linggen" was uniformly: None.

  I thought that with more than 80 people participating in the test, it would be easy to recruit three disciples and bring them back to the sect. But after checking carefully, I found that there were only four groups left, and surprisingly, not a single one of them had spiritual roots.

  Isn't that main quest requiring the sect to upgrade to level 2 still being delayed? Qin Chuan felt extremely disappointed.

  On one hand, Qin Chuan sighed secretly, on the other hand, he checked the information of the three groups of people again. The spiritual root column was still all blank. Now there is only one group left, and this group has only two people.

  The plan to recruit three apprentices is impossible to complete after all. It seems that I can only go to other towns to try.

  These two were the last of the eighty-seven. One was tall and thin, with a sickly look on his face; the other was short and stout, with a dull expression.

  At this time, Qin Chuan had already lost hope, but he still carefully checked the information of the two.

  The first one was slender and tall, also without a spiritual root. Qin Chuan wasn't surprised at all. In this case, if anyone had a spiritual root, that would be surprising.

  The gaze turned to the last person. Qin Chuan originally thought that this trip to Green Willow Town would end in complete defeat, but unexpectedly, a surprise really appeared:

  Name: Qiu Dachui

  School: None

  Ling root: yes

  Cultivation: None

  Linggen unexpectedly wasn't "none"? Qin Chuan suspected he had misread it, hastily rubbed his eyes and looked again, only to confirm with delight that this Qiu Dachui indeed had a spiritual root!

  "Qiu Dachui, come closer." Qin Chuan said with a smile, beckoning Qiu Dachui to step forward.

  At Qin Chuan's call, Qiu Da Chui suddenly became flustered. With a tense expression, he shifted his feet and walked to Qin Chuan's table.

  "Are you Qiu Dachui? How old are you this year?" Qin Chuan asked.

  "Ten, eighteen." Qiu Da Chui replied nervously.

  In fact, Qin Chuan was only in his early twenties. However, he dressed differently from ordinary people and had demonstrated his extraordinary skills yesterday, so Qiu Dachui didn't dare to treat him as a peer.

  "What's going on at home? Are there any other brothers and sisters?" Qin Chuan continued to ask.

  "My father is a blacksmith," Qiu Da replied. "I usually help him with his work. I also have two older brothers, and they've both been checked before."

  Qin Chuan said: "The head of this sect has a secret method to verify the qualifications, your two brothers are not qualified. However, you have good qualifications, are you willing to follow me back to the mountain to cultivate?"

  "Will do! Will do!" Green Willow Town was close to the Kunxu Mountains, and there were many legends circulating in the town about becoming an immortal through cultivation. Almost every young man was filled with longing for this. Now that the opportunity had arrived at his doorstep, Qiu Dachui was naturally willing.

  "All right, you go home and make some preparations. Tomorrow morning, wait under the willow tree, as our sect leader is setting out tomorrow to take you back to the mountain!"

  After telling Qiu Da Chui, Qin Chuan also instructed Wang Yuanwai to recruit disciples here and let the townspeople disperse. Fortunately, he was able to recruit Qiu Da Chui as a disciple, so his trip to Green Willow Town wasn't in vain.

  Originally, he still needed to find a few miscellaneous personnel to return to the Men's Gate together, but now that Wang Yuanwai is here, Qin Chuan doesn't need to look for them himself.

  After the villagers dispersed, he said to Wang Yuanwai: "Wang Yuanwai, this time the sect leader has come down from the mountain and still needs to find a few miscellaneous workers to handle mundane affairs on the mountain. Can you help solve it?"

  "Very well! Very well!" Wang said repeatedly. "My humble abode has several servants, Master can choose whoever he likes and take them to the Men's Department."

  "I won't go myself. You help me pick two diligent and capable young men, and also choose two quick and agile maidservants. Tomorrow morning, the master of the house will take them away together."

  "Yes, Master. I'll go and take care of it right away." Wang answered hastily.

  "Right, and also. Our sect is recruiting new disciples, but we don't have enough clothes or equipment..."

  Before Qin Chuan finished speaking, Wang Yuanwai immediately said: "My humble abode has a cloth shop, a tailor's shop, and a grocery store. Whatever the master needs, just go and pick it out."

  Qin Chuan smiled and looked at Wang Yuanwai, continuing: "So, about the price, will you give us some discount?"

  "Discount! Discount!" Wang said twice, feeling that it wasn't quite right, and hastily changed his words to: "What discount? I'll give them all away for free, gladly!"

  Qin Chuan was quite satisfied with Wang's reaction, patted his shoulder and said: "Wang, the current leader is not a person who likes to hold grudges. This time in Green Willow Town, you contributed money, effort and people, it was hard work. The unpleasantness between us before, from now on will be written off."

  "Thank you, Master Wang, for your magnanimity! In the future, if there's anything I can do to repay you, I'll definitely do it!" Wang's face wore a smile, but his heart was like a knife cut - all because he had offended someone he shouldn't have. This time, he really lost big time!

  I hope this ancestor in front of me will leave and never come back to Green Willow Town again...

  Just as Qin Chuan was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly saw Heng Er pulling a thin and short figure with a face full of black soot, running over from the side.

  By Qin Chuan's side, Heng'er pulled the person down to their knees, kowtowing and pleading: "Master, please take in Zi Xiang! Zi Xiang is a pitiful person, her parents were killed by an enemy family, she has no one to rely on, wandering everywhere, only able to survive by begging. Master, please also bring Zi Xiang back to the sect, she said she's willing to do any chore!"

  It seems that this Zi Ning is the orphan that Heng Er met before. Although her face was covered in black dust, she could still see that she had a clear brow and beautiful eyes, and was indeed a girl.

  Qin Chuan said to Heng Er: "Heng Er, get up. If there's anything to say, let her say it herself."

  The girl called Zǐ Níng heard Qin Chuan's words, was stunned for a moment, then bit her lip hard and knocked her head heavily, saying: "Master, Zǐ Níng requests to follow you back to the Menpai! Washing clothes, cooking meals, running errands, doing chores, I can do anything!"

  "Miss, wake up and talk." Qin Chuan said to Zi Ning.

  Zi Ying didn't get up and continued knocking her head.