Chapter 5: Beginner Days
Upon hearing this, Bai Ziming stepped forward immediately, kneeling respectfully before Hua Qianqiu, and bowed three times: “Apprentice Bai Ziming greets his master!”
The rest of the people in the Qingfeng Hall looked very disappointed, especially Mo You, who had previously thought that Bai Ziming was his disciple. With a black and green face, he had to congratulate: “Congratulations to the elder for another apprentice!”
Hua Qianqiu did not mind the ugly faces, but enjoyed it, and his became even more smug. Such a pure ice-type spirit base was simply a cultivating genius. Anybody would be a fool if he or she did not take him in!
Bai Ziming looked at Hua Qianqiu, and for the first time softness appeared on his face: “Master, there is a companion I have known a young age, I implore the master to bring her in as well!”
Yao Beibei’s spirit lifted. A lie really needed countless lies to cover up. To win over the sympathy of Duan Yifeng, she lied that she had grown up with Bai Ziming. She didn’t expect the unconscious Bai Ziming would hear her words, and helped her cover it up.
“Oh?” Hua Qianqiu looked quite happy because he acquired a talented apprentice. If she was his companion, her talents should be also good, right?
But when he saw Yao Beibei next to Bai Ziming, Hua Qianqiu wrinkled his eyebrows. How did such a crude, dull girl knew his genius apprentice?
Yao Beibei ignored Guan Qianqian and turned her attention towards the spirit testing stone. It looks very magical. He curiously learned the previous Bai Ziming’s appearance and put his hands flat on the spirit stone.
Five rays of yellow, green, blue, red, and black light shone on the spirit stone. It looked dazzling and bright. Yao Beibei’s heart was filled with joy. She seemed to have some kind of spirit base, so beautiful. It should be better than Bai Ziming’s?
Seeing Hua Qianqiu’s constipated face, Yao Beibei already knew she was wrong. Is she destined to not become a genius?
Bai Ziming’s face was also a bit disappointed. After being together for so many days, he felt that Yao Beibei was quite intelligent, and her base should be good. But he never thought that her base was so poor that it’s almost a useless omni-type base!
The rest of the Qingfeng Hall was also surprised because things changed too fast. These people opened their mouths and widened their eyes, looking very odd.
Mo You was the only person red with excited, and but nobody knew what he was happy about: “Grand elder, this girl’s base is balanced, and none of the five elements is lacking! They all say that good things come in pairs. With this double fortitude, you still take this girl under your seat! ”
Luo Zhi and the rest of the Qingfeng Hall only coughed a few times and did not express any opinions at all.
Hua Qianqiu glared at Mo You, his mouth twitched, his eyes jumped. Today he took in a rare talented disciple, which is good, but this girl who came with him was really talentless for cultivation! If he took this girl, the old scoundrels would never stop making fun of him.
But this girl grew up with his precious apprentice, and it looks like they went thousands of miles together before they reached the Qingfeng Sect. If he didn’t accept this girl, maybe his genius apprentice would be displeased. What should he do? Accept her or not?
After thinking about it for a while, Hua Qianqiu finally gritted his teeth and said, “Girl, because fate has brought us together, from now on you are a nominal apprentice under my seat, but you have to pass the entry test. If you can reach the Foundation Condensation period, I will accept you as a disciple! ”
Seeing Hua Qianqiu’s mouth full of white teeth, Yao Beibei shivered. Is this master trying to eat her? A nominal apprentice is an apprentice after all For her, if there was a place to stay and learn something useful, she wouldn’t mind that at all!
“Apprentice Yao Beibei greets the master!” Yao Beibei also bowed three times in front of Hua Qianqiu, just like Bai Ziming.
Hua Qianqiu waved her off and turned to Bai Ziming: “Ziming, I will return to Qianqiu Peak. Be sure to study the fundamentals in your basic training. After you have passed the entrance assessment, come to Qianqiu Peak as soon as possible!”
“Yes, Master!” after Bai Ziming responded, Hua Qianqiu didn’t even look at Yao Beibei. He turned into a pale green light, disappeared from the Qingfeng hall, and turned into a small green spot on the horizon.
After seeing him leave, Luo Zhi coughed a few times and turned to Duan Yifeng: “Yifeng, please take care of Bai Ziming and Yao Beibei. Remember to send them as soon as possible After the entrance assessment, send them to Qianqiu peak!”
“Yes, master!” Duan Yifeng gave the small bag with the big red python to Su Huarong, and walked to Bai Ziming and Yao Beibei with a smile on his face.
Bai Ziming and Yao Beibei bowed to Luo Zhi and others, and came out of Qingfeng Hall with Bai Ziming.
Once they got out of the Qingfeng Temple, Duan Yifeng and Bai Ziming walked along the side of Qingfeng Peak. There were many neat and clean stone steps here, all the way down to the mountain. It was specially designed for apprentices who couldn’t fly a sword yet.
Because they already knew Duan Yifeng before, Yao Beibei had a great affection for him, she immediately started talking with a smile: “Since we come from the same generation, can I just call you Brother Duan?”
Duan Yifeng nodded: “Well, your master is the highest in the Qingfeng Sect, and he is also the grand elder with the highest authority. Although the elder is high in rank, his seniority is the same level as my master, so you can call me an apprentice brother.”
Knowing that she finally had a place to settle down, Yao Beibei’s heart blossomed with glee and she could finally think about other things. With Bai Ziming her lucky star, she could finally live in peace!
It was too dark last night, and today she was enjoying the beautiful scenery. Until now, Yao Beibei had never noticed Duan Yifeng’s face. His face was as bright as jade, his eyebrows were deteremined, and his eyes and mouth were always smiling. Warm, with a sense of reliability in his handsomeness.
Compared to Bai Ziming’s appearance, Duan Yifeng wasn’t as handsome. Even so, he was still a charming man. And there was a unique contagiousness to him. When people see him, they seem to be involuntarily attracted to him.
“Brother Duan, how old are you?”
“Huh?” Duan Yifeng seemed unable to grasp the sharp change in Yao Beibei’s question.
“Let me pay my respects first, I’m fourteen years old this year!” Yao Beibei had been looking for her most beautiful feature for the past few months, and finally she found that she actually had really white and beautiful teeth. So she smiled, revealing a bright landscape in her mouth.
“I’m twenty-five years old this year, Sister Yao, you have started to practice at a very late time. You must train hard in the future to make up for the late start!” Duan Yifeng said, and combed Yao Beibei’s messy hair.
“Well, Brother Duan, I will work hard!” Yao Beibei smiled sweetly. So all the cultivators looked so young, he looked like he was only 19 years old! Could she become an immortal after she became pretty?
Seeing Yao Beibei, who had always been following him, now sticking to Duan Yifeng like honey, Bai Ziming dismissed his lips, kept a cold face, and followed them silently.
Duan Yifeng took Yao Beibei and Bai Ziming to the registration office to register. They each received a set of Qingfeng Sect uniform, some jade slips for cultivation, an identity jade talisman, and a black storage bag, a small blue sword, a futon made of unknown materials, and a bottle of elixir. These were the welcoming gifts for every disciple of the Qingfeng Sect.
“Brother Duan, where do we usually go for dinner?” Yao Beibei hugged the pile of things and followed Duan Yifeng. She hadn’t eaten anything since last night and she was hungry.
“The Qingfeng Sect has a special dining room. You can go to eat anytime with your identity talisman. You can find maps of the Qingfeng Sect in the books you’re carrying. Some disciples would also make their own maps of the mountain peaks.” Duan Yifeng explained to Yao Beibei’s question tirelessly. She felt very good.
Yao Beibei took out a jade slip that looks like an album. The reason she was not sure was that the characters on the cover were neither simplified nor traditional characters. Perhaps this typeface has appeared in Chinese history. However, she had no way of knowing this as she was history illiterate.
Turning over this album, she could clearly see the places, but Yao Beibei was completely incapable of telling the directions. Plus the words she couldn’t read, she head got even bigger.
Yao Beibei blushed and took the album to Duan Yifeng: “Brother Duan, I don’t know the words…”
Although her appearance was not attractive, Yao Beibei knew that her voice was definitely sweet, soft and absolutely girlish!
Duan Yifeng took the album and pointed it out to Yao Beibei with a gentle voice: “Look, we are located outside the registration room. We are where blue light is. If you point the place you want to go, wait for the red light spot to appear, then a path will show. The place we first started was Qingfeng Peak, here is the dining room… ”
Duan Yifeng’s finger touched the album, and a red dot appeared near the place marked as Qingfeng Peak, and a thick black line appeared between the dots, which is exactly the way they just came.
The album astounded Yao Beibei, and lights came out of her eyes. She also realized that her common sense in cultivation was extremely lacking, so she decided to ask Duan Yifeng all the questions.