Chapter 75 Two Monthly Salaries
Inside the sect, Xie Huai had many concerns about killing her, but it was different outside the sect. Even though she threatened Xie Huai solemnly, Xie Huai did not completely believe her words.
This simulation probably won’t be able to change Xie Huai’s mind.
"Whatever you want." Ruan Xing sighed, "I'm leaving."
She turned and left. If she left the sect in the remaining time, she might have time to fight with Xie Huai to test his strength.
"Isn't it a little too early for you to build your foundation now? The Golden Platform Discussion will not start until next year. The inner sect is not as free as the outer sect. If any elder takes a fancy to you and accepts you as his personal disciple, it would not be pleasant to be watched by so many eyes all the time." Xie Huai's cold voice interrupted her steps.
Ruan Xing's heart moved, and he asked, "When do you think it is appropriate to build a foundation?"
Xie Huai was clearly in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but he concealed his cultivation level and hid in the outer sect. It turned out that it was for this reason.
Hanshan Mo Sui is not his only target.
"If it were me, it would take at least three months to build a foundation." Xie Huai chuckled and asked, "What do you want to do by entering the inner gate so early?"
"You want to know?" Ruan Xing was not in a hurry to leave. "Would you like to exchange the news about the discussion on the Golden Platform with me?"
Xie Huai rolled his eyes at her and said, "The Jintai Secret Realm will be opened next year, and Zhongzhou will also send inner disciples to compete with us for the quota to enter the Jintai Secret Realm. Besides the two secret realms of Hanshan and Jintai, what else does the Xuanbing Sect of Nanzhou have that is worth you and me to explore here?"
"Who is the tiger and who is the dragon? You are quite good at flattering yourself." Ruan Xing tutted, "So your next target is some treasure in the Jintai Secret Realm?"
The arrogance in Xie Huai's words was about to overflow. Ruan Xing thought that this kid might not be an ordinary magic cultivator. He probably has some status in the magic sect. Maybe he is the illegitimate son of some big boss.
However, the boss sent him to do such a high-risk job as an undercover agent, and probably did not take him seriously. He did not receive any punishment for failing to snatch Hanshan Mo Sui.
Hearing Ruan Xing's question, Xie Huai smiled and said, "It seems that your goal is different from mine."
He continued, "As long as you don't make trouble for me, I can give you all the treasures in the Jintai Secret Realm. It all depends on whether you have the ability to take them."
"Then you'd better not destroy the Jintai Secret Realm again." Ruan Xing muttered.
A trace of anger flashed across Xie Huai's eyes, "You collapsed it."
"Hey, I won't argue with you. I'm leaving."
Ruan Xing reached out to stop Xie Huai from speaking and ended the simulation.
The Golden Stage Discussion... sounds like a debate, but I don't know exactly how one competes for the spot to enter the secret realm.
If there are benefits, Ruan Xing certainly doesn't want to miss it, but she is more worried that Xie Huai will find an opportunity to attack her after entering the secret realm.
Life is much more important than treasure.
Ruan Xing started the real-life simulation again and prepared to ask Xie Huai something clearly. She had exposed her ignorance in front of Xie Huai at the very beginning, and the rhythm of the conversation was controlled by the other party. She could only make jokes and talk nonsense, and if she asked more questions, Xie Huai would just treat her as a riddler.
Might as well start over.
Ruan Xing knocked on Xie Huai's door calmly.
Xie Huai was a little surprised when he saw her, "Why did you build your foundation?"
"What do you think?" Ruan Xing squeezed in and found a place to sit down in the room.
"You are so presumptuous in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you now?" Xie Huai's face was a little gloomy as his private space was invaded without permission.
She didn't send a message to Xie Huai in advance this time, so he was completely disturbed without any mental preparation. Anyway, they were all evil, so there was no need for Xie Huai to control his facial expression in front of her, and he looked unhappy.
"Do you dare?" Ruan Xing blinked and looked up to ask sincerely.
Xie Huai was speechless for a while, "Tell me what you want to say."
"I want to ask you about your understanding of the inner sect. I have just established my foundation and will be entering the inner sect soon. I am quite nervous."
Xie Huai had a strange expression on his face. "I thought you were going to warn me not to do anything to Qin Yi and Zhao Fengchun."
"Why should I warn you?" Ruan Xing looked puzzled and pretended to be nonchalant. "You've already started? It's up to you. I don't care."
Xie Huaiqiu asked, "Aren't they your backup? Wouldn't you feel bad if they died?"
Ruan Xing said with a long tone, "I have only known them for a few days. You don't really think that I would have such close contact with the secret agents in the sect?"
"That's true." Xie Huai agreed, "Then why do you think I will answer you truthfully about what you want to know?"
Ruan Xing gave a malicious laugh and said, "If you don't tell me, I will cause trouble for you in the Jintai Secret Realm."
"You!" Xie Huai was shocked and angry, "Do you know my purpose?"
Haha, of course I don’t know.
But Ruan Xing said: "I have guessed a little, just tell me whether you agree or not."
"You'd better not let me find a chance to kill you before the Jintai Secret Realm opens." Xie Huai stared at her with red eyes.
This sentence was no different from the word "agree", so Ruan Xing assumed that he happily agreed.
So a series of questions were asked, "How many disciples are there in the inner sect now? How many direct disciples are there? Are there any particularly powerful ones among them? What is the format of the Golden Platform Discussion?"
"Didn't you think of checking and doing some homework on this kind of common sense stuff before entering the sect?" Xie Huai said disdainfully.
"Well, how can I be as powerful as you and know everything about the inner sect?"
Ruan Xing's tone was a bit exaggerated. Whether it was sarcasm or flattery depended on how Xie Huai understood it.
"Don't you worry about being picked by some elder as his personal disciple? Then many eyes will be on you, leaving you no freedom."
Ruan Xing borrowed Zhao Fengchun's words, "No matter how good my aptitude is, my foundation-building spiritual bones are destined to be underdeveloped at my age. This is the upper limit of my life. No elder will be interested in me."
"I didn't expect you to think of this. This is indeed a solution." Xie Huai sighed and said no more. He turned to answer Ruan Xing's question. "There are more than 130 inner disciples now. Excluding those who are over the age limit, have been training outside for many years, and have participated in the last Golden Platform Discussion, there are more than 90 people participating in next year's Golden Platform Discussion. There are nine direct disciples, three of whom will participate. Among these people, eleven are in the late foundation building stage. But you don't have to worry, because there are thirty places to enter the secret realm, and the probability of one in three, you should be able to not be selected, right?"
At this point, Xie Huai glanced at her with a half-smile, "I don't think there's anything particularly amazing in it, but I don't know if you think so."
"The Golden Stage Discussion is just a polite name for a competition of cultivation. I am a formation cultivator. Unless I meet someone with higher attainments in formation than me, I will naturally be able to trap the opponent with a few chimeric formations until he voluntarily admits defeat."
"It seems that you have been prepared for this." Ruan Xing remembered that when she first went to Black Water Lake with Xie Huai, who used the alias 'Wang Zhi', he once said that he was good at trapping people.
This character has been firmly established by his constant neutrality. "Thank you for your explanation. Goodbye." Ruan Xing ended the simulation.
She already knew how to save Qin Yi and the others.
Knocking on Xie Huai's door, Xie Huai's face flashed with surprise when he saw her. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Ruan Xing, "I built my foundation so that I can go to the inner gate earlier. You can guess the reason at random."
"Uh..." Xie Huai choked, "What's the matter?"
"Don't touch Qin Yi and Zhao Fengchun, otherwise, don't blame me for causing you trouble in the Jintai Secret Realm." Ruan Xing threatened seriously.
Xie Huai's expression changed, "You know?"
"Never mind. I'm just asking whether you agree or not." Ruan Xing looked at him. "Unless you can kill me before the Jintai Secret Realm opens, you won't achieve your goal. I'm going to the inner gate in the next two days. It will be more troublesome for you to kill me."
"I agree." Xie Huai responded quickly and happily. The Jintai Secret Realm was extremely important to him and there must not be any mistakes.
"But... I've already taken action." Xie Huai looked a little embarrassed, "It's not too late for you to stop them now."
Ruan Xing sneered, "You are quite fast, but I don't care about that. As long as the person dies, I will not let you go, and all the conspiracies and tricks behind will be put away. Do you understand?"
She was not worried about these things, because after she gave Zhao Fengchun two [疾] character spells, what she saw in the simulated training was different. Qin Yi was seriously injured and unconscious, and Zhao Fengchun was accused of being a traitor to the sect. Both of them died for other reasons after returning to the sect, but Ruan Xing did not choose to remember and was not clear about the details.
But as long as Xie Huai stops, the two of them will just need to rest and recuperate after returning, and their lives will not be in danger.
"I understand." Xie Huai whispered.
Xie Huai's current humility is completely different from the first time he simulated.
If Xie Huai had not been too arrogant and complacent the first time, allowing Ruan Xing to find his flaw, she would not have been able to break the situation so easily. After all, she had no better way than to fool Xie Huai.
Thank you for your suspicion!
……
The next day, Qin Yi, Zhao Fengchun and others went down the mountain.
Ruan Xing stayed in the room and practiced the art of illusion for three days. Although his skills were not upgraded, they could be maintained for half a minute longer than before.
She also discovered that her spiritual energy was consumed quickly when she used the illusion technique because her body shape had changed. If she only changed her appearance, she could maintain it for about five minutes.
Ruan Xing thought about it and decided not to force herself to look like an adult. Instead, she imagined herself as a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl and worked towards that goal.
Her height and body shape have shrunk significantly compared to an adult woman, so she can now maintain this position for nearly four minutes.
Also good.
Just practice like this, maybe one day she can reach the second level through her own efforts, then she can save five thousand spirit stones.
Ruan Xing walked out of the room and headed towards the treasure pavilion, ready to register and become an inner disciple according to the sect's arrangement.
As for why we have to wait three days...
Because today is the first day of August, she can collect her monthly salary first, and then after entering the inner gate, she can receive another monthly salary for the inner gate.
There's nothing I can do, the child is poor.
She first went to the old monk who distributed the monthly salary. When he saw her, his half-closed eyes suddenly widened and he stammered, "You, you have only been building your foundation for a few days? "
"You don't understand the troubles of a genius." Ruan Xing said with a smile, "Can I get my monthly salary?"
"I don't collect the allowance for inner disciples. Go to the back and find the senior brother inside to apply to enter the inner sect. He will guide you on what to do."
"But I want to receive the monthly salary for completing my Qi training." Ruan Xing said in a low voice, "Can't I receive two?"
She has really gone crazy with the simulator and is now always thinking about finding bugs.
The old cultivator was silent for a moment. The sect did not have any explicit regulations prohibiting this, so there was no need for him to offend an inner sect disciple for ten low-grade spirit stones. So he said, "Sister, wait a moment."
He has also perfected his Qi training.
So the title changed from junior sister to senior sister.
Shi Shiran left with ten spirit stones and a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills. Ruan Xing walked around the old monk's counter and went to the second floor at the back.
There were two foundation-building cultivators, a man and a woman, sitting in the room. The female cultivator smiled softly when she saw Ruan Xing, "Junior sister, congratulations on your foundation-building. I wish you a smooth journey to immortality!"
Is this some kind of inner sect welcome? Every outer sect disciple who enters this room should be very happy to hear this sentence. It is really humane.
Ruan Xing smiled shyly and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister."
"Please give me the sect's jade token." The female monk said, placing Ruan Xing's jade token in the center of a huge compass-shaped bronze magic weapon on the wall.
As soon as it was pressed, the magic weapon rotated twice counterclockwise on the inner circle and clockwise on the outer circle like an oiled bearing.
The female monk took off the jade token and handed it to Ruan Xing, "Okay, it has been recorded. Junior sister, you can go back and prepare. You can come to me when you receive a message from the sect. You can also come to me to collect your monthly salary in the future. You don't have to go downstairs."
So simple? This is the end?
Ruan Xing asked in confusion: "Is this considered an inner sect disciple?"
"Yes, junior sister, as long as they break through the foundation, all outer disciples can enter the inner gate. It is not as complicated as you think. But I can't take you to the inner gate peak now, because you still have to wait for the sect's message. This message is to wait and see whether there is an elder who will accept you as a direct disciple. The treatment and accommodation of direct disciples and inner disciples are different. After you receive the message, you can come to me when you are ready. I will take you to the Heart-Searching Stone. This step is to prevent evil demons from infiltrating the inner gate. After that, you will officially become an inner disciple." The female monk explained.
After listening to this, Ruan Xing nodded in confusion.
Xie Huai didn't mention this, and I don't know whether he didn't know or he deliberately didn't say it.
She was not an evil cultivator. She was just misunderstood by Xie Huai and took advantage of the situation to scare him. Naturally, she was not afraid of the Stone of Inquiry. Moreover, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was also taken away by Jian Lai. She had no worries at all and had a clear conscience.
I don't know, Xie Huai...how should he ask Xinshi?
The nun did not give her a monthly salary, but said that she would give it to her on the day when the Stone of Heart and Soul was revealed.
Ruan Xing had no choice but to go back and practice his magic while waiting for news from the sect.
The cloak that she had entrusted to the servant before was also washed and delivered. It was full of the scent of sunshine. Ruan Xing performed several dust-collecting spells on the cloak, then folded it and put it into the storage bag.
Among the sect's monks who were wearing moon-white disciple uniforms, she looked a little bit like a bad person in a black cloak, so she should put it away for now and wear it when she had a chance to go out.
Qin Yi and Zhao Fengchun have exceeded their time limit and will definitely not be able to get the monthly salary from the sect this month, but their lives are saved, and as long as they don't fail to complete their tasks consecutively, they will not be expelled from the sect.
Thanks to Lan Guihai for the monthly ticket~
Thanks to 以糖为命_ for the monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)
