Chapter 82: Falling Short of Success, Nine-Star Task

I never expected Elder Luo Cang to be so obsessed with the Wind Whisper Curse; I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

"I hope he can succeed in his cultivation."

Yan Xiao muttered to himself, tilted his head, and went to sleep.

After a whole day, he was exhausted and needed a good, long sleep.

Because of the mysterious incident involving Feng Wanqing, even the city-protecting formation had not been activated, which was a good thing for Luoyue City.

It counted as a trump card for survival.

For several days in a row, Chang Yongsheng still had not returned, and Feng Wanqing was nowhere to be seen either.

Without a City Lord, there was no backbone.

This made the generals in the city very anxious; they sent people out to search everywhere every day, but instead of finding the City Lord, they ended up wiping out quite a few straggling Phantom Demons.

Yan Xiao, meanwhile, had been cultivating in the Spirit Cave; he discovered that after entering the Cave Profound Realm, the effect of the Gathering Spirit Pill was very limited—he could eat hundreds or thousands of them and still not level up.

He could only obediently absorb Spirit Qi in the Spirit Cave.

After consuming the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid, his Spirit Root aptitude had improved, but the effect was minimal.

A Huang Grade Medium Quality Spirit Root was simply a drop in the bucket for cultivation in the Cave Profound Realm, yielding very little result.

Adding the Three Elements Spirit Gathering Art made it slightly better, so at least there was some cultivation progress.

Three days passed, and his cultivation had increased by about one percent.

At this rate, it would take him about a year to advance to the second level of the Cave Profound Realm.

"It takes a year to go up one level? Doesn't that mean it will take over a decade to cultivate to the Spirit Void Realm!"

Yan Xiao scratched his head; he could not accept this speed at all.

"Owner, you haven't completed your daily tasks today yet. Go do your tasks quickly, or you'll get a spanking."

The system changed its voice to that of a soft, cute little girl and reminded Yan Xiao.

"Oh, alright."

Qingxue... Qingxue... Qingxue.

Yan Xiao muttered the name three times, and the daily task was completed.

With this kind of cultivation progress, Yan Xiao had absolutely no interest in cultivating.

"Chenxi, let's go."

Reaching out to summon the Golden Scale Shuttle, Yan Xiao used Earth Escape to leave the Spirit Cave directly.

He returned to his room.

He opened the system page and checked his Fear Value: a total of 83,999 points; he only needed ten thousand more to reach one hundred thousand.

With one hundred thousand Fear Value, he could purchase the Xisui Pill to significantly improve his Spirit Root grade.

"How can I earn Fear Value?"

Yan Xiao scratched his head; this was a headache-inducing problem.

He opened the task page; it was still those same three tasks.

1: Collect the Seven Spirits Sect Master Seal 【Completion 5/7】

2: Miss Qingxue 【7/100】

3: Establish the Juesha Organization, number of members: 49/60

He couldn't complete a single one of these tasks at the moment.

He had attempted to subdue Qingyun Mountain and Baixue Mountain, but the two seemed to have no intention of submitting to him.

They were all comrades-in-arms who had fought against Phantom Demons together; he couldn't very well use force, that would be too embarrassing.

"Take the disciples out to toughen their nerves?"

Yan Xiao wanted to use his old trick again, to scare his cute disciples.

But everyone had been very busy lately; there were plenty of matters inside and outside Luoxia Mountain, and it seemed he was the only one with nothing to do.

It wouldn't be appropriate to drag the disciples out.

"Ah...!"

At this moment, Elder Luo Cang's screams reached his ears again.

No need to guess, it was definitely a broken leg again.

Elder Luo Cang was nearly obsessed with the Wind Whisper Curse, vowing not to stop until he had mastered the divine art.

"I should have told him 'do not attempt' at the end of the story," Yan Xiao shook his head and sighed.

"Hey...!"

A flash of inspiration struck Yan Xiao; wasn't this a great way to earn Fear Value?

He decided to act on it immediately.

"Where is Zhang Ze?"

Yan Xiao shouted, and Zhang Ze appeared outside the door immediately, awaiting Yan Xiao's orders.

"This seat is going to Luoyue City to recruit disciples; I leave the important affairs of the sect to you all."

Yan Xiao said solemnly.

"I will strictly follow your decree," Zhang Ze said respectfully.

Hearing this, Luo Ying giggled; feeling that her laughter was ill-timed, she immediately covered her mouth.

Yan Xiao pushed the door open and stepped out, asking in confusion, "Why are you here too? What's so funny?"

"Hee hee, I want to go with you."

Luo Ying said directly; she had a youthful spirit and always wanted to follow Yan Xiao out to play, under the guise of "roaming the world."

"You still haven't told me what you're laughing at," Yan Xiao said with a straight face.

"I am very happy thinking about being able to go out and play."

Luo Ying replied, blinking her large eyes.

"Really?" Yan Xiao expressed doubt.

At the first light of dawn, Yan Xiao and Luo Ying arrived at Luoyue City.

Today, Luoyue City was very lively.

The Sect Master of Luoxia Mountain, Lord Yan Xiao, was going to take on three personal disciples; any child with courage could sign up to participate, regardless of gender.

Once this news spread, parents brought their children one after another to line up in front of the Yan Mansion gate.

Ma Cuihua and Ma Congming were responsible for receiving people, while Liu Yu and Xiao Cui were responsible for recording.

Less than an hour later.

The area outside the Yan Mansion gate was already packed with people.

"Let me state the rules... My Sect Master does not distinguish by appearance or gender when selecting disciples; any child under 15 years old can participate.

The rules are also very simple: the Sect Master will personally fly on his sword with the children for a period of time as a screening process.

Each group of participants will consist of 10 people."

Liu Yu announced the rules to the crowd, performing very well; one could no longer see how shy he was.

"Ma Yi, this guy's speech has become much more fluent."

Yan Xiao looked at Liu Yu, feeling very satisfied.

The system had tested his Spirit Root, which was of Xuan Grade High Quality, quite good, and his talent in alchemy was excellent; it was just that he was too easily shy.

Especially when he saw girls, he wouldn't even know how to speak.

As long as he got rid of this flaw, he would definitely be a talent.

"It is Xiao Cui's credit."

Ma Cuihua smiled, intending to play matchmaker for Xiao Cui and Liu Yu.

Yan Xiao looked over; the two were chatting and laughing. Although Liu Yu was blushing, he still tried his best to persist in finishing the rules and recording the number of applicants.

"Does the Young Master think Xiao Cui is worthy of Young Master Liu?"

Ma Cuihua asked in a low voice, also feeling anxious for Xiao Cui in her heart.

"It is not for me to say."

Yan Xiao shook his head; things like feelings are hard to predict.

"No denial, that is good then."

Ma Cuihua smiled; she would bless Xiao Cui.

Yan Xiao arrived in the field, where one hundred children were already in position, square and neat.

"Are you all ready?"

Yan Xiao walked forward and asked with a smile.

"Ready."

This group of children was quite bold, each answering with great vigor.

Being able to apprentice under Yan Xiao was equivalent to stepping onto the path of immortality.

Cultivating immortality was every child's dream; they all fantasized about one day being able to step on a Flying Sword, fly into the clouds, and see the scenery of the heavens.

Carefree and happy.

Therefore, they were all nervous, excited, expectant, and there was also the fear that Yan Xiao most hoped to see.

The moment Yan Xiao appeared, the Fear Value in the system backend was already refreshing.

It was growing steadily.

"First row, step forward."

Yan Xiao said in a loud voice.

The 10 children in the first row walked out slowly, Fear Value +1000.

"Oh ho ho..."

Yan Xiao was very happy, almost laughing out loud.

Fear Value +1000.

This time they were completely frightened by Yan Xiao's expression; the children thought to themselves: "The Sect Master's smile is so scary!"

"Hmm... ahem... get ready, we are going for a ride in the sky. Children, please rest assured, with me here, there will be no danger."

Yan Xiao took out the Golden Scale Shuttle, tied the guardrail that could accommodate ten people onto it, and after completing the safety measures, ordered Chenxi to take off.

Feeling their bodies slowly rising, the children grabbed the guardrail tightly, not daring to open their eyes.

"Hehe..."

It was Chenxi's first time seeing so many children, and she was also very excited.

With a 'whoosh', Chenxi directly piloted the Golden Scale Shuttle into mid-air.

"Slow down!"

Yan Xiao followed closely behind; he was worried that the speed would be too fast and cause harm to the children.

He wanted to earn Fear Value, which was true, but selecting disciples was also true.

Seeing the rapidly increasing Fear Value in the backend, he felt that this group of children was truly too cute.

"Ah... I'm flying!"

A bold boy opened his eyes, looked at the houses below that were gradually becoming smaller, and screamed.

"This kid is not bad! It seems his name is Nangong Erhu, he is indeed bold..."

Yan Xiao nodded secretly, so he prepared to increase the test for Erhu, because he checked the backend records and this Nangong Erhu had only provided 98 points of Fear Value.

Everyone must provide 800 Fear Value; this is the target, otherwise the core value of the assessment cannot be reflected!

Consequently, Nangong Erhu was thrown by him into the clouds, and only after providing 600 points of Fear Value was he let down.

"Mother... I... I... flew... flew... so high!"

Nangong Erhu cried as he rushed into the woman's embrace, but he still wanted to fly one more time.

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