The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 97

Chapter 97: In the Limelight

Blue Spirit pills were a magic pill used to amplify the power of practitioners. This magic pill was what You XiaoMo refined the most during his three month closed-door cultivation. He refined about one hundred and fifty pills and its difficulty was only second to the Reserve Energy pill, also a level two magic pill that there could not be enough of. That was because it could increase the power of a practitioner in a very short time. Its side effect was the loss of power for one hour. Although there was a side effect, it still caused practitioners to rush after it like a flock of ducks.

You XiaoMo refined so many Blue Spirit pills because he was preparing to go down the mountain and sell them for money.

But he still admired Jiang Liu. He already knew long ago that he was an outstanding talent, becoming a level two mage in a short half year, even able to refine a Blue Spirit magic pill. Clearly he was much stronger than the other disciples.

Hearing his words, You XiaoMo smiled and nodded at him before handing over the magic pill to the Senior in front of him.

The Senior took the magic pill. Its light red color and luster was very vivid. Used to looking at magic pills with an indifferent look, he was suddenly stunned. His half-closed eyes also widened a little looking in amazement at the young man, saying, “This Reserve Energy magic pill was really refined by you?”

You XiaoMo was stupefied by the question. If not me then who? Of course he didn’t dare to answer this way. After being stunned for a moment, he nodded his head, “Replying to Elder. It’s me who refined it.”

The Senior stroked his mottled black and white beard as a satisfied smile appeared on his serious face. This smile was quite obvious, appearing on the wrinkled Senior’s face, making him suddenly appear lively. One look and it was clear that it was a smile from the inside.

Jiang Liu who was standing at the side and even all those watching this scene all felt very surprised.

Although the assessment only started not long ago and there were still many disciples that have yet to do the test, it was the first time they saw the Senior showing such a happy expression. Didn’t this mean that that disciple called You XiaoMo refined an extraordinary magic pill?

Jiang Liu bit his lips, looking guardedly at You XiaoMo whose expression remained the same from the beginning to now.

“Reserve Energy magic pill. Distilled twice. Low grade magic pill of medium quality. I declare that Capital Peak’s disciple You XiaoMo passes the test.” After the Senior said this, he returned the magic pill to You XiaoMo and at the same time commended him with a nod saying, “Not bad, continue giving it your best effort. Be sure to guard against rashness and arrogance.”

You XiaoMo restrained his excitement, and happily took the magic pill, “Thank you Elder. Disciple will try his best and definitely live up to your expectations.”

“Alright, you all can go back down. Next is the fourth round of assessment. Those numbers that are called, step up.”

The Senior waved his hand lightly. His face becoming serious once again, calling out calmly and expressionlessly.

You XiaoMo turned around and was about to walk away when Jiang Liu suddenly said somewhat cynically, “Congratulations You-shixiong.”

You XiaoMo turned around and saw Jiang Liu smiling brilliantly, as if what he felt just now was only his misconception. So he happily said, “I also have to congratulate you Jiang-shidi. Then I’ll leave first.”

Jiang Liu looked at his retreating back and slowly lost his brilliant smile. He then turned around and walked back the Heaven Peak disciples.

Returning to the group of people, You XiaoMo was immediately congratulated warmly by all the disciples. Even Kong Wen with his constant serious face, praised him generously with a few words, the smile on his face getting a little deeper making him seemed more approachable.

This disciple did not let him down. It was not in vain that he made an exception and accepted him as a disciple.

“You-shidi, I didn’t expect you to be so awesome. Even refining a Reserve Energy magic pill and distilled twice at that. That is even stronger than that disciple Jiang Liu. You really are making Capital Peak proud.”

“That’s right, that’s right. But it was really unexpected that you actually got the Reserve Energy magic pill. I remember that the Reserve Energy magic pill is the most difficult level two magic pill.”

“Heaven’s peak Jiang Liu got the Blue Spirit magic pill which is hard to refine but he took a longer time than You-shidi. The difficulty is also easier than You-shidi’s. The both of them finished at about the same time. Looking at it like this, You-shidi is still the stronger one.”

“We Capital Peak finally have this day to walk with our heads held high.”

“Hey, you see. Heaven Peak people have very black faces.”

All sorts of excitable and gloating voices rose up one after another. Usually Kong Wen would definitely not allow them to be so bad mannered. But now, there was no reaction from him at all, as if he couldn’t hear the voices behind him. This tacit manner caused the disciples to get very worked up, as if having been injected with chicken blood.

But the more excited they got, the more unsightly the faces of the Heaven Peak disciples got on the other side. This was what was called the reversal of the Wheel of Fortune!

You XiaoMo smiled helplessly. He didn’t think that he would be pushed into the limelight like this. At first, he was worried that his speed in refining magic pills was too fast, attracting suspicion. So he deliberately slowed down. That was why he only finished when the time was almost up.

As for distilling twice, he thought that the disciples undergoing the assessment would also do this many times. That was why he gave up on distilling three times. Only now did he realize that he forgot to factor in the time.

For this assessment, the only requirement was that the disciples refined a live magic pill. As for the quality of the pill, that was only secondary. In other words, no many how times one distilled, one would pass as long as it was not a dead magic pill. That was why most of the disciples would chose to only distill once whether it was because they were afraid of failing or afraid that they wouldn’t have enough time.

Jiang Liu chose to distill twice because of his over self-confidence. That was why he almost ran out of time. But he also actually got a little big of fame for that. If it wasn’t for a certain You XiaoMo, he would definitely have been the most outstanding one for this assessment.

At the entrance, seeing that You XiaoMo was surrounded by his fellow disciples, Ling Xiao curved his lips slightly, turned around, and left the Hall of Mages.

Zhou Peng thought he would go congratulate Xiao Shidi. Seeing him turn around and leave, he rushed to catch up, “Da Shixiong, you’re leaving just like that? You’re not going to say a few words to Xiao Shidi? I feel that if you were to show up, he would be very happy.”

Ling Xiao turned to his side and looked at him ambiguously. He didn’t think that You XiaoMo would be very happy. That fellow would definitely think that he was there to make him do things that he didn’t want to do.

But it didn’t matter. After all … there would be plenty of time for that later!

After Ling Xiao left, You XiaoMo finally looked up from everyone’s congratulations towards the door. But he didn’t see the one he wanted to see the most. He couldn’t help but feel a little disappointment bubbling up. Although there were times when he really loathed Ling Xiao, there were also a lot of times when he really wanted to share with him the happy times.

Six hours later, the assessment was finally over.

You XiaoMo took a quick look, fifteen of the twenty four Capital Peak disciples passed the test. This number must be pretty good since the smile on Shifu’s face did not decrease one bit.

As for Heaven Peak and Flying Peak, they had nineteen and fourteen respectively. The three peaks had forty eight disciples passing the test altogether.

This number was a little less than last year’s. But it couldn’t be helped because budding mages were hard to come by these days. The competition between the large sects were getting fiercer and fiercer. Slow one step and the promising budding mages would be snatched clean.

But from this You XiaoMo could see the gap between Heaven Peak when compared to Flying Peak and Capital Peak. On the surface, Capital Peak and Flying Peak were only down by four or five disciples but this also reflected the strength of the three major peaks. Heaven Peak was clearly a step above.

If Heaven Peak were to receive the same proportion of disciples each year, then it wouldn’t even take a few years before the number of people in Heaven Peak would surpass that of Capital Peak and Flying Peak by quite a lot. Luckily the Tian Xin Sect didn’t restrict the Elders from going down the mountain and taking in their own disciples. It was most probably because of this that the three major peaks had a somewhat even number of people.

Upon returning to Capital Peak, Kong Wen asked the nine disciples that failed the test to pack up their things and go find Xiao-shishu. Xiao-shishu would make the arrangements for what came next. Then he let the rest of the people go except for You XiaoMo.

“Little Seven, looks like Shifu has underestimated you.” Kong Wen paced around the same spot before suddenly stopping and staring fixedly at You XiaoMo while saying these words.

You XiaoMo immediately started to drip with cold sweat. These words after all are … “Actually … Shifu’s teaching is good.”

Kong Wen waved his hand, “There’s no need to say these flattering words to Shifu. Shifu was very clear in his heart. After receiving you as a disciple, I tossed you to Da Shixiong. Shifu really didn’t undertake any responsibility of being a Shifu. But Shifu also has complicated difficulties. Hopefully you will understand. Now that you are an official and rightful disciple, there are a few things that can now be said to you.”

“Shifu, I understand.” Yeah right…

Kong Wen continued speaking, “Several thousand years ago, the Tian Xin Sect’s size was much much smaller than what it was now. At that time, the strongest one in the whole Mage division was a level four mage, that was the founder of the Mage Division. The founder always wanted to expand the Mage Division but had no way of doing so. Right until the founder, by chance and good luck, came across a soul training manual.”

“What soul training manual?” You XiaoMo pretended to be curious. Actually he already guessed it.

“Practitioners require special techniques when training. Mages are no exception. What the founder found was a volume of techniques that increases the soul force …”

The rest of it was pretty much the same as what Ling Xiao told You XiaoMo before. In the end, getting to the heart of the matter, Kong Wen finally decided to pass on that volume of soul training techniques to him. But he must swear an oath to be loyal to the Tian Xin Sect forever. And he also couldn’t tell the contents of the soul force techniques to anyone, not even those that were closest to him.

“Shifu…if the oath is violated in the future, what would happen?” You XiaoMo asked cautiously. Regarding oaths, he always wondered, were they really effective?

It must be said that before, he was an atheist. But right now, that was no longer the case …