Chapter 26: Accepting the Task

  He had exhausted all his efforts to advance as a formal disciple, and when he heard Kong Ming praise him earlier, Ye Fei was still basking in the glory of it. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to change, he suddenly turned around and said that he was unqualified, which made Ye Fei somewhat unacceptable.

  "Elder, my disciple has entered the competition normally and won without using any shameful means, nor have they violated any rules. Why do you say that my disciple is unqualified?" Ye Fei said with some discontent in his heart.

  "Presumptuous, Elder said you're not qualified, what makes you think you have the chance to ask questions?" Yuan's face turned cold with such a rebuke, while Ye Fei became somewhat stubborn, his eyes firmly staring at Qingming Elder.

  Seeing this, Kongming Elder shook his head and sighed: "At such a young age, you can cultivate to this realm, it seems that there is also some perseverance. However, the path of immortality is not just based on a bit of perseverance."

  He also needs foundation, potential, and opportunity. From what I saw of your battle on stage, you indeed have some potential, and originally, the Five Elements were complete, with a True Spirit Root that had above-average potential.

  Unfortunately, the meridian is damaged and it's hard to lay a foundation. It seems that potential has been suppressed. Even if you get the greatest opportunity, with your cultivation, it's feared that you can't keep it safe. I ask you, which sect would take in such a person as an official disciple?

  Kong Ming Lao did not get angry, but instead calmly explained in front of his disciples. Ye Fei listened to these words and indeed could not find any reason to refute them, so he silently lowered his head.

  Seeing this, Kongming Elder nodded slightly and looked at those defeated disciples. "Don't be discouraged, everyone. If there's an opportunity in the future, you might be selected as formal disciples again."

  And also, as long as some sect tasks are completed, you will also get some gong fa xian dan. Eh?" Kong Ming elder's eyes paused, looking at the green-shirted youth who was defeated by Ye Fei.

  "Well, although the foundation is ordinary and the cultivation is slightly lower, after all, you are still young and have a considerable potential. You can directly enter the formal disciple." Elder Kongming said so.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Fei felt an urge to vomit blood. He had fought so hard to achieve victory, only to end up as a mere named disciple, while his defeated subordinate had managed to turn the tables in the end. Alas, it seemed that he needed to think of a way to repair his damaged meridians quickly.

  "Thank you, elder." The young man said somewhat dazedly, but his eyes were filled with excitement.

  "Alright, the rest of you, take care of the other matters. Later, I'll bring the formal disciples to the main hall. There are a few old things that need to be taken care of, and it just so happens that I'm in urgent need of a few clever disciples." Having said this, Elder Kongming flashed away from here.

  The rest of the matter was much simpler, as for where those formal disciples were taken and what kind of opportunities they had, Ye Fei didn't know. He only knew that all his so-called nominal disciples were brought to a building at the foot of Yunwu Peak Mountain.

  The building has three floors, all in a uniform earthy yellow color. The sign above the entrance reads "Ming Yang Pavilion" in three characters. There are still four people squeezed into one room; it's said that formal disciples have their own independent space. It seems this treatment isn't bad at all.

  After applying through Wan Feng and Wan Shi Tong, Ye Fei and the other two were assigned to another room. What Ye Fei did not expect was that Shao Yu was also assigned to this room. It wasn't until later that Ye Fei found out that it was actually Wan Feng and others who had applied specifically for this arrangement, saying that Shao Yu was still relatively well-behaved here. Ye Fei understood in his heart that, in short, he was actually easy to bully.

  Lying in bed, Ye Fei thought about his worries, staring at the ceiling with his legs raised.

  "Yè Dàoyǒu, your friend, why didn't he come out to speak for you this time?" At this moment, Liǔ Qián leaned in close to Yè Fēi and asked in a low voice.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Fei furrowed his brow and chuckled: "Hehe, you guys don't have to think too much about it from now on. We're just acquaintances, not close friends or anything."

  "Yeshidi, you must have misunderstood Shixiong." Just then, at the entrance, Jin Xuan's figure appeared there.

  As soon as he entered the door, Jin Xuan looked at the three of them and immediately said to Ye Fei: "Although you are now nominal disciples, everyone should still address each other as fellow disciples. Otherwise, it will confuse the generations."

  "Just now I heard you all addressing each other as 'fellow Taoist', we are fine when we're together, but if outsiders hear it, that would be a breach of the sect's rules." Jin Xuan said with a serious face.

  "Oh, thank you, Brother Jin. You reminded me, this is a bit...unusual!" Liu Gan scratched his head and chuckled dryly.

  Upon hearing this, Jin Xuan smiled slightly and said: "Ye Shidi, the reason I didn't go to the scene today is that I went to ask my father to let you join as a formal disciple. However, he insisted that Qingming Elder would preside over it and wouldn't be biased towards anyone, so he won't participate at this time."

  "Alas, I've wasted half a day's time, and in the end, I still failed." He said with a sigh, shaking his head regretfully.

  "Oh, thank you, Brother Jin Ze. Earlier, my words were just to prevent this kid from bothering me again, haha." Ye Fei said, glancing at Liu Qian, while Jin Ze smiled slightly with understanding.

  "Right, Jin Xuan Shixiong, today I heard from Kong Ming Laozhang that nominal disciples can do some work for the sect or complete some tasks and get some benefits. I wonder what we can do?" At this time, Wan Feng asked the question that Ye Fei had in mind. After all, he couldn't just idle around here, since he only had three years left.

  "Well, you've just arrived, so there shouldn't be any particularly difficult tasks. Generally, new disciples who have just entered the sect will be arranged to do some patrol work for a period of time, with a formal disciple leading them." Jin Xuan said to Wan Feng.

  "Inspection? What's the scope? Mainly what needs to be done?" Hehe, you guys don't ask, but someone will come and tell you later.

  "The patrol is simple, lasting for three months, just patrolling around the Yunwu Mountains, not allowing outsiders to intrude. If there's anything unusual, report it to the sect's superiors in a timely manner." Jin Xuan said so.

  "What? Isn't that very dangerous? Since they're coming to our place to cause trouble, they must be prepared. With just the two of us, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to retreat!" Ye Fei said with some difficulty. Wan Feng and the others also nodded in agreement.

  "Haha, you're thinking too much, Ye Shidi. Although the main task is to patrol against external enemy invasions, don't you think that Qianya Sect has stood for hundreds or thousands of years, when did it ever experience an external enemy invasion?"

  Actually, patrolling the disciples is very safe. In fact, what we do is just to see ordinary people occasionally trapped in our ban, and secretly guide them out. Other than that, there's nothing much to do for a day, it's quite leisurely.

  "This is also the simplest task among the named disciples. Each batch of new named disciples only has this one opportunity, which lasts for three months. After three months, even if you want to take on this task, it's not that easy." Jin Xuan said with a smile.

  "Oh, isn't that going to delay your cultivation? Who would be willing to do this kind of thing for no reason?" Ye Fei said with some doubt.

  "This is wrong, some qualified disciples who have been in our Qiányu Sect for several years or even decades, but their cultivation has no possibility of advancing, so they often take on such tasks to seek leisure."

  "Let some new disciples take on this task, it's nothing more than letting everyone get familiar with the environment of the entire mountain range. Otherwise, tasks like these would be really hard for newcomers to get their hands on." Jin Xuan explained to everyone.

  Now that everyone has a better understanding of things, the crowd thinks it's better to go and receive the task immediately, and get some benefits first.

  Thus, under Jin Xuan's leadership, everyone successfully accepted the task and informed that three days later was the shift change, to replace the previous group of fellow disciples.

  As soon as everyone returned, they were instructed on some patrol rules and taboos. The most important thing was the usage method of the Patrol Disciple Token that Ye Fei and others had just received.

  "I'll send you a password later, it's very simple. As long as the token is activated, everyone will not be affected by the fog of prohibition that appears everywhere. But remember, don't lose the token, this is a big taboo."

  If it were to be picked up by outsiders, they might use it to investigate the layout of our Yunwu Mountains. After everyone has completed their tasks and returned, I will distribute some benefits to everyone, as well as the waist cards of the Qianya Sect disciples." After finishing speaking, Jin Xuan taught the method of using the patrol order token to everyone. As for Ye Fei, he firmly remembered Jin Xuan's words in his heart. (End of chapter)