Chapter 650: Listed as a Miscellaneous Disciple

"Primordial! It really is Primordial!"

Forbidden-level, Primordial Spiritual Root!

These mere eight characters were enough to make all the high-level members of the Profound Cloud Sect boil over with excitement.

These old monsters, who had lived for who knows how many years, were as excited as children at this moment.

Legend has it that the Primordial Spiritual Root was the very first wisp of spiritual root from when the heavens and earth were first opened, born at the critical point between chaos and order; the spiritual roots of all cultivators in later generations were derived and weakened from it.

A cultivator possessing a Primordial Spiritual Root can directly draw upon the most primitive energy between heaven and earth, and cannot be measured by conventional cultivation realms at all.

As the first wisp of spiritual root in the world, the Primordial Spiritual Root encompasses everything and evolves all things; it can be compatible with all attributes between heaven and earth, and even fuse conflicting powers, refining different energies such as immortal power, demonic Qi, divine power, and monster Qi.

Only the owner of a Primordial Spiritual Root can easily master forbidden arts of various different attributes.

The essence of a forbidden art is to curse the elements of heaven and earth, forcing them to become violent.

But if your talent and strength are insufficient, even if you scream yourself hoarse, the elements of heaven and earth will not pay you the slightest bit of attention.

It is just like cursing those famous big shots on the internet; the big shots certainly won't pay you any mind, but if one big shot curses another, that is a different story.

More importantly, because they are naturally in affinity with all things, the backlash suffered by the owner of a Primordial Spiritual Root when using forbidden arts is extremely small.

"But if he is a Primordial Spiritual Root, why is he not dead yet? An existence that the Heavenly Dao fears should have been struck to death by a heavenly tribulation long ago," a Peak Master couldn't help but ask.

"I am not clear on this either. Perhaps he has had some fortuitous encounter, or perhaps he has some means to deceive the Heavenly Dao, but I believe my judgment cannot be wrong!" Situ Qi said very firmly.

After a moment of silence, the Peak Master of the Soul Peak suddenly spoke up.

"I suspect this Ye Lin is not a Primordial Spiritual Root. How about this: let him join my Soul Peak, and I will study him properly!"

"Get lost! What are you, the Soul Peak? If that Ye Lin is going to join anyone, he is joining my Martial Peak!"

"You insult my Soul Peak? Are you looking to fight?"

"Bring it on! Don't act like I'm afraid of you. If you push me too far, I'll make one hundred thousand copies of the recording stone from when you peeked at our Junior Sister bathing, and let the disciples see the demeanor of the Soul Peak Master!"

"You old dog! I will not stand for this!"

"These two are too impatient. I fear they cannot teach a good seedling like Ye Lin well. How about this: let my Spirit Peak take him," Situ Qi coughed twice.

"Take your grandmother's leg! You are the most devious of all these old geezers. Do you want to teach Ye Lin to be an old fox?"

"Stop fighting, all of you. Give me some face and listen to me: only my Fury Peak is the most suitable for Ye Lin!"

"What are you, the Fury Peak?"

The appearance of a forbidden spiritual root caused the seven Peak Masters to almost

come to blows.

They all wanted to scramble to take such a peerless good seedling as their disciple; after all, this was a great deed that would leave a name for generations.

A Peak Master of the Profound Cloud Sect counts as a big shot in the eastern part of this Longevity Continent.

But looking at the history of the entire Longevity Continent, that is nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

If one could become the master of a forbidden spiritual root, it would be different. Even after countless tens of thousands of years, there would be a sentence in the history books dedicated to them: Master of the Primordial Spiritual Root!

It is just like if you traveled through time and met the young Huang Tiandi; if you had the chance to take him as a disciple then, wouldn't you be anxious?

Among the nine Peak Masters, only the Peak Masters of the Alchemy Peak and the Artifact Peak watched the other seven bicker with calm expressions, even looking like they were enjoying the show.

This matter clearly had nothing to do with the two of them.

If the two of them dared to suggest that a forbidden spiritual root should focus on artifact refining or alchemy, the other seven would likely join forces to kill them.

If Ye Lin himself were interested, artifact refining or alchemy could only ever be his side hobby.

Just as the seven Peak Masters were arguing until their faces were red, and two of them had even begun to fight from a distance, the voice of the Sect Master, Fang Xitui, finally sounded again.

"Nine Peak Masters, please calm down."

Seeing Fang Xitui speak, the several Peak Masters stopped sheepishly.

"Our top priority now is not to discuss whose sect Ye Lin should join, but to completely suppress this news."

Fang Xitui's words made the hearts of the several Peak Masters secretly tremble, and cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

They had been too carried away just now, and had even forgotten about this.

If news of the Primordial Spiritual Root were to spread, I fear the top imperial immortal sects of the entire Longevity Continent would come to snatch him.

By then, whether Ye Lin stayed in the Profound Cloud Sect would no longer be up to him.

"Therefore, my idea is to take Ye Lin in as a miscellaneous disciple to cover eyes and ears, and then I and the nine Peak Masters will secretly teach him together. How about that?"

Hearing this, the expressions of the several Peak Masters were a bit strange. Isn't this the same trick that old geezer Situ Qi was playing?

The nine Peak Masters all nodded and agreed to this matter.

Actually, this was also a good thing. If they were to teach the owner of a Primordial Spiritual Root alone, they wouldn't dare guarantee they could teach him well.

It would be troublesome if they were to mislead a disciple.

It would be simple if everyone taught him together; they could just teach him their own unique skills.

Just as the nine Peak Masters were finalizing this matter, before the Guanshan, the clash between Ye Lin and Xu Minxuan also came to an end.

With thunderous light surging across the sky, Xu Minxuan smashed Ye Lin's stone formation with a single punch, and he spat out a mouthful of blood as he retreated.

The voice of the Force Peak Master sounded in Xu Minxuan's ear; Xu Minxuan's expression was strange, but she could only announce the result according to her master's instructions.

"Ye Lin has passed the assessment, but because his realm is too low, only at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he is listed as a miscellaneous disciple."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was in an uproar, and the eyes looking at Ye Lin were filled with pity and schadenfreude.

Without a doubt, this guy must have offended someone.

Logically speaking, passing the same assessment as those in the Earth Fiend Realm with the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm should have inevitably attracted the attention of the Profound Cloud Sect elders.

Yet not only did he not receive attention, he was instead demoted to a miscellaneous disciple. This was clearly someone secretly tripping him up.

"Hmph! Truly, good deeds have good rewards and evil deeds have evil rewards. This guy used us as a human shield at the Bitter Sea just now, and now retribution has come!"

"A miscellaneous disciple? To put it bluntly, go ask around outside: who takes a miscellaneous disciple seriously? How is this any different from not joining the Profound Cloud Sect at all?"

"This Ye Lin is finished."

A miscellaneous disciple, although having the title of disciple, is, to put it bluntly, at the lowest status in the Profound Cloud Sect.

Miscellaneous disciples must work hard every day and complete tasks issued by the sect in order to exchange for cultivation resources; their treatment is vastly different from that of true Profound Cloud Sect disciples.

Ye Lin was also completely confused. He stared at Xu Minxuan and asked with a serious face.

"Senior Sister, tell me the truth: what exactly did that bastard Qu Weizhi do to you?"