Chapter 189

"At least there is hope, at least there is hope!" Watching Lan Xue's heart trembled upon hearing this, and she muttered to herself.

Past events flashed before her eyes one by one.

She originally had many opportunities to resist and fight for her own interests.

If she had resisted at that time and fought for her own interests, perhaps she would have been miserable, but it was also possible that she would have already broken through to become a seventh-layer Qi Refinement cultivator by now.

Then she would have had the qualification to compete for an inner sect disciple position!

And not resisting or fighting, the only result could be the current one.

Xia Daoming's last two sentences were like sharp needles piercing her heart.

"Tell me, how are inner sect disciples assessed?" Xia Daoming took a sip of tea and asked.

Now, his strength is secretly astonishing, and he is already a disciple of the Profound Origin Sect. Since those two fellows are not being reasonable, if he finds an opportunity in the future, he will inevitably have to teach them a lesson.

"Then this brother will tell you now: your opportunity and fortune have arrived!" Xia Daoming looked at Watching Lan Xue and gave her a meaningful smile.

"Yes, being able to reunite with Big Brother today is truly my opportunity and fortune. Otherwise, I would still be hesitant and shrinking back, wasting my years in vain," Watching Lan Xue nodded heavily and said without hesitation.

"Didn't you just tell Zhong Meng that you wanted to go into secluded cultivation to make a final sprint? It can be seen that you must have already touched the threshold of the seventh layer of Qi Refinement; otherwise, you wouldn't have said that," Xia Daoming said.

"However, if Zhong Meng looks for trouble with you, Big Brother can call me at any time. Regardless, this matter started because of me, and Big Brother is new here and doesn't know many people and things, while I know them better," Watching Lan Xue quickly added with a serious face.

Not only was she not discouraged, but she instead turned shame into courage!

"Big Brother, it's already this time, and you still have the mood to laugh!" Seeing this, Watching Lan Xue returned to her worried appearance from just before.

"So many spirit stones!"

It was too late.

"No!" Suddenly, Watching Lan Xue woke up from her stupor with a start, and looking at Xia Daoming belatedly, said: "Big Brother, I don't even have the qualification to participate in the inner sect disciple assessment yet!"

Once Watching Lan Xue's spiritual sense probed inside, the things within were clear at a glance.

As for Watching Lan Xue, because too much of her energy was held back, her cultivation was greatly affected. Many times she wanted to refuse, but firstly due to background and strength issues, and secondly due to her personality, whenever others threw a tantrum like Zhong Meng, she had no choice but to endure it.

Xia Daoming was slightly stunned upon hearing this, and then could not help but burst into hearty laughter.

And since the magic tool was in the storage bag, she also had no way to judge its rank.

Seeing Watching Lan Xue return to her old ways, Xia Daoming was not annoyed, but rather somewhat moved.

Such an open-minded attitude, not blaming heaven or others, is truly rare.

Tears silently slid down her cheeks.

Watching Lan Xue was dumbfounded, as if she were listening to a heavenly book.

"If you have this realization, I naturally have the mood to laugh," Xia Daoming said.

"It cannot be said that way either. If the other party took a great risk and finally obtained a high-tier magic tool, but it cannot be used, it is actually unfair to him. Even if the other party is because of a good background, having a family or relatives provide high-tier magic tools, that is also his opportunity and fortune, and one cannot blame fairness or unfairness," Watching Lan Xue replied as a matter of course.

Not only that, this mirror had water patterns flowing on it, exuding an icy texture, and like the mirror she used before, it was also a water-attribute magic tool.

The second item was a bead with emerald-green water ripples, called the Azure Wave Bead, which Xia Daoming had seized from a Qi Refinement perfection cultivator. It was an ordinary mid-tier water-attribute defensive magic tool. Unfortunately, that fellow didn't even have the chance to activate this magic tool.

Jia Shaoxuan is a young Qi Refinement perfection cultivator who excels in fire-type Daoist arts and has astonishing strength. He has been preparing for Foundation Establishment in recent years. If Zhong Meng invites him over, it will be troublesome.

"You will know once you refine them," Xia Daoming smiled.

Last time outside Li City, he had long been displeased with Bai Jianpeng and Du Feiyan, but hindered by their status and background, and the fact that they were ultimately doing the righteous deed of slaying demons and eliminating devils, he endured it and let them have most of the benefits.

"You can listen, and you can recognize your own shortcomings; that is very good!" Xia Daoming looked at Watching Lan Xue and said with gratification.

The biggest problem is still how to pass the inner sect disciple assessment.

"If you feel you cannot afford it, just treat these as being lent to you by this brother. You strive to cultivate and enter the inner sect, and when you have achieved success in your cultivation in the future, just pay me back double.

Xia Daoming closed the main gate and took out an array tool from his storage ring.

Doing it too much, those people then take it for granted.

If she could accept it readily, she wouldn't be Watching Lan Xue.

"We haven't seen each other for several years; take this, consider it a meeting gift from this brother." Xia Daoming handed the storage bag to Watching Lan Xue.

The pill bottle was moved out, and one couldn't tell what it was without opening it.

The third item was a flying sword covered in dragon-scale-like patterns, exuding an icy aura, and crystal clear.

Nearly a hundred spirit stones are definitely a huge sum for Watching Lan Xue.

Watching Lan Xue's heart was shaken, and she hurriedly picked up the pill bottle.

With her connections and background, once she becomes a ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator, she will definitely be able to become a consulate disciple of the Spirit Field Hall. Once she becomes a consulate disciple, her power will be quite significant.

"High-tier magic tools are okay?"

Back then outside Li City, Xia Daoming had seen Watching Lan Xue cast spells and knew that she excelled in water-type Daoist arts, and nine times out of ten she also cultivated water-type techniques, so he had specially prepared three water-type magic tools for her.

"Big Brother is right, this little sister has learned her lesson!" Watching Lan Xue's body trembled slightly upon hearing this, and then she bowed to him with a solemn face.

One item was a mirror, just like the Azure Wave Water Shadow Mirror, which was Watching Lan Xue's only magic tool before.

"Big Brother, no, no, I have a storage bag, and this is also too precious." Seeing this, Watching Lan Xue hurriedly declined.

After a long while, Watching Lan Xue finally recovered. Under Xia Daoming's encouraging gaze, she tremblingly took the storage bag and then probed her spiritual sense into it.

This sword is named the Ice Chi Sword, a boutique among mid-tier magic tools. Xia Daoming found it in the storage ring of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It is estimated that it was a magic tool that person used in their early years, or something they snatched from somewhere and hadn't had time to dispose of.

After that trip, without the Azure Wave Water Shadow Mirror, Watching Lan Xue's combat power was greatly reduced. Plus, after Bai Jianpeng returned, he didn't say less about her dragging the team down, so no fellow disciples were willing to team up with her to go out and earn contribution points.

There was no help for it; magic tools of this level, any one of them, are only possessed by Qi Refinement cultivators with strong family backgrounds. Poor cultivators like Watching Lan Xue, who have no background, simply dare not even think about it.

"Alright, how many spirit stones can a storage bag be worth? The meeting gift I'm giving you is inside the storage bag; the storage bag is just a bonus." Xia Daoming waved his hand and said very boldly.

After a long time, Watching Lan Xue gradually recovered. She put the things into her storage bag, gritted her teeth, and pushed it back to Xia Daoming.

"What is there to be troubled about? If she knows how to reflect and restrain herself, that's fine. If she dares to be unconvinced and comes to find trouble later, that is her own seeking of suffering," Xia Daoming said with an indifferent face.

"It's okay, as long as you don't use top-tier magic tools, because it's easy to lose control and seriously injure fellow disciples."

"I'm leaving! You just focus on your cultivation; you don't need to worry about other things, this brother can handle them all." Seeing this, Xia Daoming smiled freely, stood up, and left.

The array is named the Profound Barrier Spirit Mirror Array.

The Profound Origin Sect has strong strength and a long heritage, with many types of cultivation techniques passed down within the sect.

Watching Lan Xue remained silent.

"Cloud Condensation Pill!"

Beneath Evergreen Lake flows a third-rank spirit vein. In terms of cultivation environment, it is not inferior to the East City of Profound Cloud City. The places where important figures like the Hall Master and Hall Elders live and cultivate are not comparable to this West City.

"Actually, you have always had the courage to grasp that sliver of life that escapes; this can be heard from what you said to Zhong Meng at the beginning! It's just that when the difficulty is too great, you waver!" Xia Daoming continued.

These few days, having just entered the outer sect, apart from the first day of arranging accommodation and receiving miscellaneous items, there were many subsequent matters such as paying respects to the founder, receiving sect rules and commandments, and going to the Spirit Field Hall's consulate disciples to receive daily work tasks, so Xia Daoming was not in a hurry to leave the sect and return to Evergreen Lake. He prepared to stay here for a while, and after all matters were settled and he was familiar with the environment, he would return to Evergreen Lake.

Later, Du Feiyan felt a bit sorry and shared some with her.

"That's true too!" Xia Daoming was between laughter and tears.

"Qi Gathering Pill!"

This adopted younger sister of his has too little experience!

What are those few spirit stones; the truly valuable things are the pills and magic tools!

Xia Daoming first set up the array tools in the courtyard house, then bathed and changed clothes, and then closed his eyes to cultivate.

Of course, Xia Daoming would not look for trouble now.

Watching Lan Xue cultivates another type of technique from the Profound Origin Sect, the Azure Water Profound Ice Art.

But now that Xia Daoming has taught Zhong Meng a lesson, there will definitely be a pile of troublesome matters next. Watching Lan Xue knows clearly that she cannot possibly have the opportunity to cultivate with peace of mind and make a final sprint.

The spirit pills are in the pill bottle; if she doesn't take them out, she has no way of knowing what spirit pills they are.

One only needs to insert and bury four of the array disks and array flags around the courtyard, place the fifth array disk and array flag in the middle house, the place of one's own cultivation, and then carry the sixth main array flag with oneself.

The defensive magic tool you need to use during the assessment is this bead, the Azure Wave Bead, a mid-tier water-attribute defensive magic tool. That flying sword is named the Ice Chi Sword, which counts as a boutique among mid-tier magic tools and should be enough for combat at your level.

"I have understood, Big Brother, please go back!" Watching Lan Xue said with a serious face.

This time, Watching Lan Xue was actually considering things thoroughly.

Xia Daoming looked at Watching Lan Xue with appreciation upon hearing this.

Since Watching Lan Xue has already touched the threshold of the seventh layer of Qi Refinement, breaking through within two months is fundamentally no longer a problem.

This flying sword is also water-attribute.

This mirror is a boutique among high-tier defensive magic tools, and its price is not inferior to top-tier attack magic tools.

As a result, this Big Brother in front of her actually said the storage bag was just a bonus.

In this way, whatever happens in the courtyard house, the outside world will not know.

"Compare strength? How to compare? Can magic tools be used?"

Watching Lan Xue's spiritual sense probed into the storage bag, and she was instantly attracted by that pile of spirit stones. Her breathing became rapid, and she could not help but exclaim, making Xia Daoming shake his head.

As a result, he didn't expect this girl to wake up more profoundly than he had imagined.

When Xia Daoming killed the withered old man, he didn't do it in front of her. When he killed the beautiful young woman, he also deliberately restrained his power when slashing the blood-colored light barrier. He didn't break it in one strike, but waited until Shang Rui also smashed it with the Red Flame Linglong Tower before taking the opportunity to kill the beautiful young woman.

"Yes, but there will definitely be no chance this time," Watching Lan Xue replied.

During the last battle outside Li City, in order to help the three of them break out and escape, she destroyed her only magic tool, the Azure Wave Water Shadow Mirror, suffering the heaviest loss.

This girl's mind is truly simple!

Xia Daoming sighed in his heart, but a happy smile appeared on his face, and he didn't know when a storage bag had appeared in his hand.

After a long while, Watching Lan Xue finally suppressed her shocked mood. With a thought, two pill bottles and three magic tools were moved out of the storage bag by her.

"It's a pity that this brother doesn't have a high-tier water-type attack magic tool on hand for the time being; otherwise, giving you one directly should be able to ensure you enter the inner sect, but that would also be a bit too flashy," Xia Daoming said.

"Big, Big Brother, this, what level are these three magic tools? Why do I feel they are at least mid-tier, and there is also, also a possibility they are high-tier!" Watching Lan Xue swallowed her saliva with difficulty and asked.

At that time, she can rightfully come to find trouble with you and arrange many extra tasks for you. Not only that, Zhong Meng is a cousin of Jia Shaoxuan in the inner sect, and it is said that their relationship is quite good.

"Forget it, let's not mention the past. Do you only have two months left to compete for the qualification of an inner sect disciple?" Xia Daoming quickly changed the topic.

"Big Brother, things are not as simple as you imagine. Zhong Meng is already at the eighth layer of Qi Refinement, and it is said that she is expected to break through to become a ninth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator this year.

"Some people call me Big Brother many times, call me Little Sister many times, but it's just a form of address. But I know that you calling me Big Brother is sincere, and I am the same!" Xia Daoming said with a calm face.

This array tool was naturally made by Liu Qiaolian and is not a high-tier complex array tool, but just an array tool that can set up a relatively simple array with shielding and warning functions.

"I only went out to travel with them; there is no deep fellow-disciple friendship to speak of, and we have rarely been in contact now," Watching Lan Xue said with a complex expression.

"You, you, should this brother call you smart or call you stupid?" Xia Daoming smiled as he looked at Watching Lan Xue.

Of course, you don't need to have psychological pressure. Since this brother can take these out, my family wealth is naturally much more than you imagine," Xia Daoming smiled and pushed the storage bag to Watching Lan Xue.

A high-tier defensive magic tool is an existence comparable to a top-tier attack magic tool. Watching Lan Xue simply dared not imagine the specific price.

"Big Brother Xia, why are you so good to me?" Watching Lan Xue stared at Xia Daoming and asked.

Evergreen City is directly under the Profound Origin Sect and has a Golden Core Elder of the Profound Origin Sect sitting in town.

"Ah!" Watching Lan Xue covered her mouth in surprise.

Originally, she still wanted to fight for it, which is why she refused Zhong Meng's request.

During this inner sect disciple assessment, don't take them out if you don't have to. This is to ensure you have a trump card to guarantee your entry into the inner sect.

Returned to the new residence.

"I'm going into secluded cultivation! Didn't you tell me not to waver, and even if there is only a sliver of hope, I should strive for it?" Seeing Xia Daoming's stunned expression, Watching Lan Xue smiled and made a face at him.

"Spirit pills! Magic tools!"

"Then if the other party has a high-tier magic tool, and you only have a low-tier magic tool, wouldn't it be very unfair?"

One thousand low-grade spirit stones, two pill bottles, and three magic tools.

"Big Brother's teaching is correct; I will definitely work hard in the future and will never easily retreat in the face of difficulty!" Watching Lan Xue accepted humbly.

There was no help for it; in the past few days, he had looted too many storage rings. If he continued to loot, his fingers wouldn't be enough.

She can endure and suffer losses for her own affairs, but when it comes to others, she is actually able to go all out!

If she had this kind of courage and boldness for her own affairs, she would probably have already entered the inner sect.

But soon, Watching Lan Xue gritted her teeth again and said: "Big Brother, don't worry. This matter started because of me. If things really blow up, I will go to Mo Zhanglao to file a complaint. If Mo Zhanglao doesn't care, I will go to the Law Enforcement Hall!"

Xia Daoming didn't know whether to say her personality was good or bad, but one thing he could be sure of was that he seemed to appreciate this adopted younger sister in front of him more and more.

The Azure Wood Evergreen Art is just one of the most famous and widely cultivated techniques in the Profound Origin Sect.

"Big Brother, I am serious!" Seeing Xia Daoming's subtle expression, Watching Lan Xue said with a solemn face.

"Do you think it's useful to do these things now?" Xia Daoming asked.

"I only touched it; it's very difficult to break through. And even if I break through, I still need to pass the assessment. With my strength, the hope is also very small," Watching Lan Xue said.

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Derivation is forty-nine; we cultivate immortality against the heavens, and what we must grasp is that sliver of life that escapes! If you think the hope is small and dare not fight for it, then it's better to give up the path of immortality early!" Xia Daoming said in a deep voice.

Today, if it weren't for considering that these two months are her last chance to sprint for inner sect disciple, she probably wouldn't have argued with Zhong Meng, but would have reluctantly agreed.

"Didn't I tell you? Your opportunity and fortune have arrived; this is your opportunity and fortune! That mirror is named the Easy Water Cold Ice Mirror and is a high-tier water-attribute defensive magic tool.

Seeing Watching Lan Xue remain silent, how could Xia Daoming not know what was going on? A cold smile hooked at the corners of his mouth.

The city not only has a marketplace with complete goods and various dining and entertainment venues, but also houses some relatives and family members of Profound Origin Sect disciples, as well as descendants of the ancestors of the Profound Origin Sect.

Xia Daoming was not surprised by Watching Lan Xue's actions.

After experiencing that trip, Watching Lan Xue was somewhat discouraged. Plus, with no one willing to team up with her, she had almost not gone out in these few years, but stayed in Profound Cloud City with peace of mind, working hard in the spirit fields to earn contribution points.

"You don't need to worry about Zhong Meng's matter; this brother will handle it. It's just that your secluded cultivation matter is not urgent for this moment. This brother still has some things to ask you; can we go inside and talk?" Xia Daoming said.

Uh!

Xia Daoming had a stunned face.

It's just that there are only two months left now.

"Very simple, compare strength; the top thirty can enter the inner sect," Watching Lan Xue replied.

"Some? Very few, right." Xia Daoming sneered.

After Xia Daoming sat down, he hurriedly poured him tea.

The array tool consists of five array disks and six array flags.

"But you just entered the outer sect and offended Zhong Meng because of me. There will definitely be constant trouble in the future. Sigh, speaking of which, it's all my fault!" Watching Lan Xue said with a worried and self-reproachful face.

And if someone breaks in from the outside and triggers the array, the main array flag will give a warning and display the scene outside in the void.

He originally thought that the benefits of that battle, even if divided unevenly according to strength, at least shouldn't have treated her too unfairly.

"Or Big Brother, don't worry about this matter. I'll go apologize to Zhong Meng and agree to help her with the cloud-summoning and rain-making for the spirit field," Watching Lan Xue said, gritting her teeth at the end.

It is precisely the Easy Water Cold Ice Mirror that Xia Daoming obtained from the hands of Sui Yudan, the enemy of Shang Rui, in the Black Mingshan a few days ago.

If it weren't for considering that giving too much at once would affect Watching Lan Xue's state of mind, and of course, being too high-profile didn't fit Xia Daoming's personality, he would have already thrown a storage ring over directly.

Uh!

Xia Daoming's expression was subtle.

Watching Lan Xue was stunned again.

It was too scary!

Where did Watching Lan Xue know that Xia Daoming still had three top-tier magic tools in his hand, one of which was a top-tier water-type attack magic tool, but it just couldn't be taken out.

Watching Lan Xue thought for a while and finally shook her head in discouragement.

"Haha, well said, opportunity and fortune, one cannot blame fairness or unfairness. Well said, I like it!" Xia Daoming laughed heartily.

"That's good!" Watching Lan Xue breathed a sigh of relief.

In the marketplace, the price of the smallest storage bag is nearly a hundred spirit stones.

There are not many things inside.

Xia Daoming looked at Watching Lan Xue's go-all-out appearance, his mood complex.

Soon Watching Lan Xue exclaimed again.

Because Watching Lan Xue had no background and was diligent and willing to work, some people in the Spirit Field Hall would call her to help take care of the spirit fields from time to time.

After listening, Watching Lan Xue stared at Xia Daoming for a long time, then suddenly made a face at him and took the storage bag on the table without being polite.

Watching Lan Xue hesitated upon hearing this, her expression becoming more complex: "Shared some."

"Hmm!"

"Look at me! Big Brother, come inside with me!" Watching Lan Xue smiled embarrassedly at Xia Daoming, then led him to the living room.

As a result, afterward, Bai Jianpeng not only said she had the lowest strength and dragged the three of them down, but also said that because of her, many benefits were taken by Xia Daoming. Xia Daoming had already shared some spirit stones and spirit rice with her, so she had no qualification to participate in the distribution of subsequent gains.

But when the three magic tools were moved out, their quality, as well as the pure water spiritual power fluctuations exuding from the magic tools themselves, immediately made Watching Lan Xue's heartbeat quicken and her mouth go dry.

"Aren't your Senior Brother Bai and Senior Sister Du already inner sect disciples? Do they not help you out usually?" Xia Daoming did not oppose Watching Lan Xue's determination, but instead asked about the two people who were with her back then.

After a long while, Watching Lan Xue suddenly wiped the tears from her face, looked up at Xia Daoming and said: "Many thanks to Big Brother for the teaching, I have remembered it. This opportunity is gone, then I will strive for the next one!"

Also, what do you mean by not having a high-tier water-type attack magic tool on hand for the time being! High-tier magic tools, any one of them is precious; where is it so easy to get one's hands on?

The storage bag had already had its mark wiped by Xia Daoming.

"Big Brother, how can magic tools of this level be refined casually! And, such precious magic tools, how dare I accept them to refine!" Watching Lan Xue said tremblingly.

"Then last time when killing Wu Rong, did they share the benefits with you afterward?" Seeing this, Xia Daoming's heart moved slightly, and he asked.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Seeing Xia Daoming staring at her, Watching Lan Xue said with a blank and puzzled face.

Of course, the quantity is very small.

Therefore, the Profound Origin Sect does not restrict sect members from going down the mountain to stroll or even live in Evergreen City.

But if one wants to leave Evergreen City, it is equivalent to truly leaving the sect. Generally, disciples at Xia Daoming's level need to apply and report.

(End of this chapter)