Chapter 43: Selecting Attendants

"Attendants?"

The Ye family had only just received the名额 for a Xuantian Sect disciple cultivating under the sect's auspices, so their understanding of the various aspects of such disciples was rather superficial, causing Ye Yuhong to be unaware that such disciples also had the option of bringing attendants.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Yuhong asked:

"What are the requirements for these attendants?"

Hearing Ye Yuhong inquire about the attendants, Ye Qingxuan thought for a moment and replied: "Attendants do not belong to the Xuantian Sect as disciples; they must be willing to obey my commands and directives. Ideally, they should be disciples from the family who have not yet begun cultivation or have just stepped onto the path of cultivation!"

He did not want to recruit two attendants only to end up with two masters.

Finally, Ye Qingxuan explained the Xuantian Sect's requirements for attendants to Ye Yuhong; once the attendants swore a Dao Oath, there would be no need to worry about them disobeying his orders.

However, it was best to find someone who would willingly obey his instructions! After Ye Qingxuan stated his requirements, a flash of sharp light appeared in Ye Yuhong's eyes, and he thought to himself:

"Attendants do not belong to the Xuantian Sect?"

Shortly after, a look of contemplation appeared on Ye Yuhong's face, and he unconsciously nodded:

"Tomorrow, I will bring several disciples from the family. You can choose for yourself then!"

Such an attendant名额 might be a significant opportunity for the Ye family's disciples, or even for the Ye family itself.

Although Mount Yunwu was a fourth-grade spiritual vein, the Ye family was not as wealthy and powerful as the Xuantian Sect.

The fourth-grade spiritual vein of Mount Yunwu was sealed by arrays; only cultivation caves were established at various nodes of the spiritual vein to ensure that the family's high-level cultivators had sufficient spiritual energy for cultivation.

As a result, the spiritual energy normally exposed on the fourth-grade spiritual land of Mount Yunwu was only around the second grade, making the cultivation environment far inferior to that within the Xuantian Sect.

Since attendants did not belong to the Xuantian Sect as disciples, it meant that attendants could return to the family later.

Perhaps they could borrow the Xuantian Sect's precious grounds to cultivate their own cultivators, thereby elevating the family's power to a higher level in the future? As for the Dao Oath? The Ye family had no intention of opposing the Xuantian Sect, so those oaths were of no consequence to them.

Seeing that the family head, Ye Yuhong, seemed distracted, Ye Qingxuan did not concern himself with what Ye Yuhong was thinking. After taking his leave, he departed the hall on his own. The next day, upon receiving a message from Ye Yuhong, Ye Qingxuan hurried back to the same hall from the previous day.

Upon entering the hall, Ye Qingxuan found that Ye Yuhong was already waiting, and there were four boys, each around twelve years old, present in the hall!

"Family Head!"

Ye Yuhong nodded slightly. After Ye Qingxuan entered, he handed over the three great inheritances he had promised to Ye Qingxuan, then looked at the four boys in the hall and said: "These four are the disciples with the best cultivation talents detected by the Ye family this year. You choose two yourself!"

He then turned his gaze to the four and said:

"This is your clan uncle, Ye Qingxuan. In the future, when you cultivate at the Xuantian Sect, the one chosen will become his attendant there."

If Ye Qingxuan had not insisted on only taking disciples who had just begun cultivation, Ye Yuhong would have prepared to send one of the family's elders to serve as Ye Qingxuan's attendant.

Hearing Ye Yuhong's words, Ye Qingxuan walked in front of the four and began to observe them, while the four also turned their gazes toward Ye Qingxuan.

These four were now of the Zhao generation.

The two on the right: one was slightly chubby and avoided Ye Qingxuan's gaze; the other possessed an extraordinary aura and a well-proportioned build, though a look of defiance was evident on his youthful face.

The two on the left were both quite thin and frail, appearing somewhat similar, with ordinary features.

Ye Qingxuan did not make a hasty decision, after all, the attendant chosen would need to follow him for a considerable time.

After observing the four, Ye Qingxuan asked:

"What are your names? What are your talents?"

Facing Ye Qingxuan's question, the boy with the extraordinary aura spoke first, proudly: "Hmph, my name is Ye Zhaojun. I have a four-element spiritual root talent, and my grandfather is the head of the Ye family!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan unconsciously glanced at Ye Yuhong.

Facing Ye Qingxuan's gaze, Ye Yuhong maintained his smile, but the cold light in his eyes caused Ye Zhaojun, who suddenly felt a chill, to shudder. Ye Zhaojun looked left and right, found nothing amiss, and his expression of pride remained unchanged.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan smiled faintly, paying it no mind, and directed his gaze toward the slightly chubby boy.

Feeling Ye Qingxuan's gaze, the chubby boy spoke timidly: "My name is Ye Zhaoxuan. I have a three-element spiritual root talent!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded, then looked at the other two: "What about you two?"

The remaining two thin boys, with determined looks in their eyes, spoke firmly: "My name is Ye Zhaoheng. I have a three-element spiritual root talent!"

"My name is Ye Zhaoyu. I have a three-element spiritual root talent!"

Looking at the two with somewhat similar appearances, Ye Qingxuan asked curiously:

"Are you two biological brothers?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's question, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu exchanged a glance, and finally Ye Zhaoheng replied:

"Yes, I am the older brother, and Little Yu is the younger one!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly.

After observing the four, Ye Qingxuan asked:

"Do any of you voluntarily wish to accompany me to the Xuantian Sect and become my attendant? Think carefully; once you go, it will not be easy to return!"

Facing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Ye Zhaojun was the first to show defiance. Glancing at his grandfather, Ye Yuhong, he said petulantly: "I don't want to be some attendant! Hmph!"

As if he was stupid! Why would he give up being the grandson of the Ye family head to go to the Xuantian Sect and serve as an attendant for this unfamiliar clan uncle?

Even if his grandfather spoke highly of the Xuantian Sect, he did not want to go! Hearing Ye Zhaojun's words, Ye Yuhong's face turned ashen with anger.

He himself possessed a four-element spiritual root and naturally understood that if a four-element spiritual root remained in the Ye family, it would basically cap at the Golden Core realm, with extremely slim chances of breaking through to Nascent Soul.

But it was different at the Xuantian Sect; for a four-element spiritual root within the Xuantian Sect, the chance of breaking through to Nascent Soul was not small. That was why he wanted to send his grandson there, but he hadn't expected... "Sigh!"

Ye Yuhong could only sigh deeply in helplessness and said no more.

After Ye Zhaojun refused, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, exchanged a glance and stepped forward together: "We brothers are willing to become your attendant, Master!"

When the family head had found the four of them yesterday, he had already explained the pros and cons of being an attendant; the two brothers had made their decision yesterday.

Hearing the two brothers address him as "Master," Ye Qingxuan felt somewhat amused and helpless.

Ye Zhaoxuan, standing nearby, had not yet spoken, but from his evasive eyes, Ye Qingxuan already knew the answer.

Looking at Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, Ye Qingxuan asked again: "Where are your parents?"

This time, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu lowered their heads and said nothing.

Ye Yuhong then explained:

"These two children's parents passed away due to an accident."

The few people he brought all had parents who were cultivators; Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu's parents had met an untimely end while traveling abroad a few years ago.

After stepping onto the path of immortality, although the higher one's realm, the lower the chance of bearing offspring, the descendants born were basically guaranteed to possess spiritual roots.

Furthermore, the higher the realm of a cultivator, the better the talent of the offspring they bore, theoretically speaking.

Hearing that their parents had perished, Ye Qingxuan's eyes flashed with a hint of pity as he looked at Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu; he made his decision: "Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, from now on, you two shall be my attendants. Do not call me Young Master; from now on, call me Young Master!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's choice, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu's faces lit up with joy, and they bowed in unison, saying, "Yes, Young Master!"

(End of this chapter)