As he spoke, the Daoist reached out and patted Xiao Pang Zi's shoulder.
"Your Comprehension Ability is excellent! Your future prospects are surely limitless."
Xiao Pang Zi profusely thanked him and walked over to the group of qualified individuals.
"Even a chicken thief can make it!" the hidden Cultivator in the crowd said disdainfully.
"Th-that's my ginseng!" Qin Xuan feigned fear as he spoke.
However, after the Daoist on the stage put away the item, he immediately glared at Qin Xuan.
"Shut up at once, or I'll kick you out!"
Hearing this, Qin Xuan could only feign grievance and lower his head.
This Xiao Pang Zi was truly shrewd, managing to sneak in using such a method.
As for that idiot who spoke, he couldn't possibly think he was the only one who had infiltrated, could he?
"This place is truly impressive; so many people want to infiltrate it."
Soon, the screening speed for the remaining individuals became faster and faster.
It wasn't long before it was the turn of the person who had just been sarcastic.
"It's a superior talent!"
Several Daoists looked at this person in astonishment and immediately called for someone to report to the Elder.
"Young Master, please come quickly. The Elder has invited you and wishes to take you as a Personal Disciple."
This blockhead didn't try to hide his intentions at all; he walked out directly with his head held high, with someone introducing him, clearly wanting him to become a Personal Disciple.
After a while, it was finally Qin Xuan's turn.
Qin Xuan reached out and held the Spirit Stone, then carefully extracted only a tiny bit of Spiritual Qi.
"Inferior talent. You'll be assigned to do odd jobs in the herb garden from now on. Let's see if you'll still talk so much."
The Daoist who had taken the ginseng earlier spoke coldly, a look of disdain on his face.
Clearly, he didn't put Qin Xuan in his eyes at all; he intended to thoroughly humiliate Qin Xuan.
"He has chosen the Dao of death!" Qin Xuan's heart was already filled with killing intent, but his face showed ecstasy.
"Thank you, Immortal! This humble commoner, I will surely tend to the herbs well!"
"Go on, go and stand over there."
Seeing that Qin Xuan actually regarded tending to herbs as a good thing, he coldly waved his hand, now even more certain of Qin Xuan's incompetence.
After a while, the last few individuals were also screened out.
"All right, those who didn't pass should go back quickly."
After dismissing those who hadn't passed, one of the Daoists looked at the successful candidates and nodded slightly, a hint of joy on his face.
"Not bad. Twelve people passed the assessment this time, which is quite a bit more than in previous years."
Hearing this, Qin Xuan didn't know what to say for a moment.
Although the people next to him all looked harmless, only Qin Xuan understood how formidable they truly were.
Including Qin Xuan, all twelve of these individuals possessed cultivation, and the lowest cultivation level was the Tianxuan Realm!
"This Sect is truly unlucky; all the Disciples who come here are actually undercover agents."
Han Ye also found it very strange.
Qin Xuan almost burst out laughing.
So many talented Disciples were actually undercover agents; Qin Xuan didn't know how to comment.
"It seems there truly is a secret beneath this Qixia Sect; otherwise, so many people wouldn't come here!" Qin Xuan mused.
He just never expected that so many people wanted to infiltrate this place.
All twelve newly recruited individuals were undercover agents; this was simply too terrifying.
Thinking of this, Qin Xuan subtly sized up the others around him.
The others were also sizing each other up at this time, but their attention was focused on the others, and they didn't pay much attention to Qin Xuan.
After all, they had just witnessed Qin Xuan trying to get his ginseng back.
Of course, they also looked down on that Xiao Pang Zi.
A useless chicken thief wasn't worth much attention.
At this moment, Xiao Pang Zi also looked at Qin Xuan, and Qin Xuan glared at him.
Counting it up, he had his ginseng stolen by this Xiao Pang Zi; if Qin Xuan didn't react, that would be abnormal.
Therefore, Qin Xuan had to make himself appear even more enraged.
Looking at the unconvinced Qin Xuan, Xiao Pang Zi smiled at Qin Xuan.
"It's just an old mountain ginseng, isn't it? Look, didn't you also enter the Sect? Are you still holding a grudge against me for this?" Xiao Pang Zi said disdainfully.
"That was prepared for me by my father and mother! They saved money by being frugal to trade for it from outside!" Qin Xuan said with a wronged expression.
Hearing this, Xiao Pang Zi impatiently raised an eyebrow.
"Alright, when this Young Master enters the Qixia Sect, I'll guarantee your wealth. Not to mention one ginseng, I'll earn you ten old mountain ginsengs."
Saying this, Xiao Pang Zi looked at the others.
"Brothers, let's get to know each other. We all came here together. If we know each other, maybe we can look out for each other in the future."
The others merely snorted coldly and averted their gaze, having no intention of speaking with Xiao Pang Zi.
After all, these people were all prodigies from various places.
Such prodigies, of course, didn't put Xiao Pang Zi in their eyes at all.
"I, I'm Tie Niu. You have to return my ginseng later," Qin Xuan stammered.
Hearing Qin Xuan say this, the others became even more disdainful.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? How ridiculous."
Hearing Qin Xuan's rustic tone, Xiao Pang Zi felt relieved. He walked over and patted Qin Xuan's shoulder.
"You're an honest fellow. How about this: when we enter the Sect, I'll repay you tenfold!"
"That's great!" Qin Xuan, with a silly grin, also patted Xiao Pang Zi's shoulder.
Unintentionally, he had secretly smeared the colorless and odorless blood of the Qingfu Insect onto him.
With this, he could locate Xiao Pang Zi using the Qingfu mother insect.
"My name is Ding Zhen. If anyone dares to bully you in the future, you can come find me; I'll sort it out for you."
Xiao Pang Zi looked like he had just taken on a little brother.
Qin Xuan nodded foolishly on the surface, but a cold sneer appeared in his heart as he glanced at the others.
Although this group of people tried very hard to disguise themselves as ordinary people, in reality, these people had never seen true mountain folk before, nor had they seen ordinary Mortals. Of course, they didn't know how to learn to become Mortals.
Qin Xuan was different; he came from a small place, so he had naturally witnessed what people from those small places were like, and he had seen the appearance of those Mortals.
That's why he could vividly imitate those Mortals.
However, even though these few people imitated poorly, they at least had some semblance of it.
Unlike that idiot from before, who made himself so conspicuous—that was a major taboo.
Qin Xuan mused.
"Alright, you few, come with me. I'll take you inside, let you formally become Disciples, and then assign tasks."
Several Daoists walked over, signaling the twelve individuals to follow.
Following these people into the Sect, Qin Xuan finally entered the Sect.
Xiao Bai had been cooped up in Qin Xuan's arms for too long and couldn't help but poke its head out.
"Tie Niu, is this your......." Ding Zhen looked at Xiao Bai in Qin Xuan's arms with some confusion.
He felt that this creature somewhat resembled a tiger and somewhat resembled a cat, making it truly difficult to distinguish.
"Ah, this is my little cat. It usually catches mice and such, right, Xiao Bai!" Qin Xuan glared fiercely at Xiao Bai.
Seeing the few people around staring at it, Xiao Bai reluctantly had no choice but to lift its head.
"Meow!" Although the meow was a bit off, it was enough to fool them.
"It really is just a cat. It's somewhat interesting."
These people didn't suspect anything.
"Boy, you actually dared to make this Tiger King meow like a cat! What a great humiliation! Don't even think about clinging to my leg in the future!" Xiao Bai transmitted to Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan rubbed Xiao Bai's fluffy head, then stuffed it back into his arms.
"You just stay put obediently. Once we find the entrance to the ruins, we'll leave. Just endure for a few days!"
