Sect Uniform

Prompted by his question, Qin Jianghe abandoned his plan to enter the cultivation room. Instead, he pulled Lin Xiao aside and began to pour out his grievances:

"Brother Xiao, tell me, what's up with this girl?

Just a few days ago when we met for the matchmaking, everything was perfectly fine. But today, when she saw me, she pulled a long face and looked completely displeased, acting as if I wasn't good enough for her.

Even her parents were the same. Our family brought gifts over, and while they accepted them, their attitude towards me and my parents was freezing cold. Tell me, why is that?"

Lin Xiao thought: You're asking me, but who am I supposed to ask...

However, looking at Qin Jianghe's expression, it was obvious he wasn't really seeking an answer to this question. He just wanted someone to vent to.

So, Lin Xiao chimed in:

"You're absolutely right. What is wrong with that family? That's no way to handle things. The matchmaker has already been involved, and the gifts have been given. The marriage is practically settled, so how could they treat their future in-laws like that?"

Qin Jianghe nodded and said,

"My mother was right after all. Getting married is no easy task—"

Seeing that he was gearing up to continue wallowing in self-pity, Lin Xiao decisively cut the conversation short, grabbed his arm, and dragged him toward the cultivation room:

"Let's go, let's go. We need to cultivate, stop thinking about women! Today I'll explain the mental cultivation methods to you..."

And so, Qin Jianghe was dragged into the cultivation room, plunging into the joyful sea of cultivation.

On that very day, Lin Xiao finally smoothly advanced to the fifth level of Qi Condensation.

Two more days passed.

There were only two days left before the Shangyang Sect began recruiting disciples.

Lin Xiao's ten spirit silkworms had finally finished spinning their silk and formed cocoons.

Lin Xiao had specifically asked Old Master Lin to make a few cages for him to house the spirit silkworms.

In order not to disturb everyone's cultivation in the cultivation room, Lin Xiao had no choice but to head to the main sect hall.

Now, he was sitting cross-legged on the floor of the main hall, preparing to place these silkworm cocoons directly into the item synthesizer.

After all, he didn't know how to reel silk.

Lin Xiao took out a pound of cotton from his private storehouse, which he had previously bought from a cotton-farming family in the village.

Just this single pound of cotton had cost him twenty copper coins!

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiao opened the item synthesizer and placed five spirit stones, the ten spirit silkworm cocoons, and the pound of cotton inside.

Then, he continuously inputted his design ideas for the sect uniform.

He wanted it to be white!

After all, only white truly looked like an immortal cultivator!

As for the sect's logo, he envisioned a highly stylized design of the characters "Ling Xian" placed on the cuffs and the inner side of the collar.

...

[Materials inputted successfully. Item synthesis initiating. Please wait.]

Before long, the synthesizer finished its work.

Lin Xiao received ten sets of sect uniforms that felt incredibly silky to the touch.

He unfolded one of them.

He saw that although the sect uniform was entirely white, there was a faint, dark iridescence flowing across its surface.

The collar was dark green, and along the edges of the collar and sleeves were bamboo leaves painted in a light green hue. Upon closer inspection, the outlines actually formed the shape of the characters "Ling Xian".

Around the waist was a white belt with hidden dark green patterns.

At a glance, it looked extremely elegant and handsome.

Lin Xiao was highly satisfied, and he immediately tried it on.

Initially, he thought it might be a bit too big.

Unexpectedly, the clothes automatically adjusted their size to fit the wearer's body!

Lin Xiao felt extremely pleased in his heart.

When it was time for lunch, he distributed these sect uniforms to everyone.

To his surprise, after everyone happily tried them on, they unanimously stored them away in their storage bags.

Lin Xiao asked,

"Are you not going to wear them?"

Jiang Youfu was the first to answer:

"Hehe, Brother Xiao, these clothes are too nice. I'm going to save mine to wear on important occasions."

The others also nodded in succession, looking as if they strongly agreed with his reasoning.

Sun Yigao was no exception.

These clothes, just based on their incredibly silky texture alone, were far superior to the garments worn by the wealthy young masters he used to see at the private school.

Although his family were minor landlords, he had never worn such luxurious clothing either.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another two days had passed.

Although today was not a market day, some idle folks remembered the news about an immortal sect recruiting disciples from the market ten days ago, and they planned to go to town today to join the excitement.

And idle folks like Lin Xiao naturally intended to go see what the situation was about, secretly wanting to witness the true cultivation world of this realm.

Of course, he wasn't the only idle one.

In fact, everyone in the Lingxian Sect was quite idle.

Lin Xiao naturally couldn't let his sect members and disciples miss such an opportunity to observe other cultivators.

And so, with a grand wave of his hand, Lin Xiao declared that everyone in the sect, except for Little Luan, would go watch the spectacle!

Little Luan had no objections to this whatsoever.

It didn't want to go to the town at all. There were no mountains, no vegetation, no spiritual energy—only people.

It was much better to stay in the sect; it was quiet and cozy, with abundant spiritual energy for it to cultivate.

It didn't quite understand why the Sect Master and the others looked so happy.

But who cared about them? Once they left, the entire cultivation room would belong solely to this one bird!

Thus, under Little Luan's joyful gaze, the large group charged down the mountain in a mighty procession.

Because they were a bunch of young, energetic lads who had already stepped into the Qi Condensation stage.

So even when Landlord Sun offered to provide them with an ox cart, the whole gang refused.

"Let's run there! Whoever arrives last is a puppy and has to bark like a dog three times! Brother Xiao will be the referee!"

Just as they reached the village entrance, someone shouted this, and with a whoosh, everyone dashed out like wild horses breaking free from their reins!

Lin Xiao maintained his speed to keep up alongside them, taking his role as referee very seriously.

"Hey, hey, hey, Qin Jianghe, you can't push people, that's a foul."

"Wow, not bad, Fuzi! You're actually not in last place!"

"Tietou, can you make it? Look, even though Fuzi is so plump, he's still running faster than you."

...

Half an hour later, a group of teenage boys stood outside the crowded town gates, panting heavily.

Meanwhile, Jiang Youfu panted while barking "woof woof" three times like a dog.

Although Jiang Youfu had initially relied on his cultivation to suppress Tietou, it was clear that the first level of Qi Condensation wasn't enough to completely bypass one's fundamental physical stamina.

Therefore, it wasn't long before Jiang Youfu inevitably slowed down.

And Tietou, who had excellent physical fitness, zoomed past Jiang Youfu, simultaneously overtaking Liu Yunan, whose constitution wasn't very strong either.

Perhaps due to cultivation, Liu Yunan's injuries, which normally would have required a hundred days to heal his bones and sinews, were now almost fully recovered.

In his daily life, he no longer felt any discomfort when carrying water or doing similar chores.

Once they caught their breath, the seven boys marched into Cuifeng Town, looking proud and spirited.

They arrived near the marketplace and saw that the usually empty market was completely packed with people today.

Many elders were accompanied by several juniors no older than twelve, all craning their necks to look toward the center of the marketplace.

Since Lin Xiao and his group were there to watch the spectacle, they naturally needed to stand somewhere with a good view.

So the boys put their crowd-squeezing skills to use, slipping forward through any gap they could find.

Sun Yigao, a novice at this, was pulled along by Lin Xiao as he followed everyone in squeezing through the throng of people.