Yang Jinshu

The reason Lin Xiao spoke with such absolute certainty was this.

Not because he was trying to fool anyone.

It was a conclusion he had reached after careful consideration.

Because he thought of himself and Sun Yigao.

Sun Yigao was fifteen years old, which far exceeded the Shangyang Sect's maximum age limit of twelve for accepting disciples.

However, Lin Xiao himself had just barely made the cut.

Then, the system evaluated his aptitude as a dragon among men, while Sun Yigao's aptitude was evaluated as being as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

To be frank, he really didn't think there was much of a difference between the two.

Therefore, Lin Xiao believed that the gap between their aptitudes shouldn't be that large.

Yet, even with Lin Xiao essentially using a cheat to cultivate twenty-four hours a day, it still took him two days to reach the second level of Qi Condensation.

And what about Sun Yigao?

Even if he spent all his time outside of eating and sleeping, even while using the bathroom, diligently cultivating, he still had half the cultivation time of Lin Xiao.

But it only took him three or four days to go from a mortal to the second level of Qi Condensation.

Looking at it this way, their cultivation speeds were actually about the same.

There was no difference caused by their age gap.

Of course, it was also possible that the first and second levels of Qi Condensation were too low of a cultivation base to serve as a definitive reference for everything.

But Lin Xiao's intuition told him that this was likely the truth.

Perhaps the rules of immortal cultivation in this world didn't apply to their sect.

When it came to believing in his own uniqueness, Lin Xiao was always unwavering.

Therefore, his sect must be unique too!

Didn't he even want to pull his grandfather in to cultivate together before?

Why couldn't they cultivate! Even Tietou, whose evaluation from the system was merely mediocre, was cultivating! He had already reached the first level of Qi Condensation!

Could there be anyone worse than him!

Thinking of this, the look in Lin Xiao's eyes as he turned to Widow Liu became even more resolute.

Widow Liu only felt an unusual surge of excitement in her heart. She tried hard to suppress this excitement and said to Lin Xiao:

Then, Brother Xiao, I want to join the sect, I want to cultivate!

In Widow Liu's arms, Liu Shengsheng also hurriedly spoke up:

Brother Xiao, me too! I want to be with my mother and brother.

Lin Xiao nodded. Just as he was about to walk them through the sect entry process, he suddenly paused and asked Widow Liu:

Auntie Liu, may I ask what your full name is?

Widow Liu hadn't expected him to ask this, but thinking that she was about to start cultivating immortality and would no longer have to carry the title of Widow Liu for the rest of her life, she answered:

My original surname is Yang, and my given name is Jinshu.

Yang Jinshu.

Lin Xiao silently repeated it in his heart.

Immediately after, he spoke to Yang Jinshu and Liu Shengsheng:

Yang Jinshu, Liu Shengsheng, are you willing to join my Lingxian Sect, become members of the sect, and devote yourselves to cultivation?

The two of them had eyes that seemed to sparkle with starlight as they smiled and answered:

We are willing!

After receiving their affirmative answer and completing the process, Lin Xiao first took out the Taoyuan Myriad Void Art and its simplified version from his private treasury.

He handed these two cultivation manuals to Yang Jinshu and Liu Shengsheng, saying:

These are our sect's cultivation manuals. Aunt Yang, since you know how to read, guide little sister Shengsheng and practice together.

Hearing him change how he addressed her, Yang Jinshu felt a swirl of emotions in her heart. Seeing that she could actually receive a cultivation manual right after joining the sect, she was somewhat astonished.

In the past, her father had inquired about much information regarding those sects. Among it was said that any disciple entering a sect to cultivate, unless they had exceptionally good talent, would invariably have to do chores for over a month to pass a so-called test before getting the opportunity to cultivate.

She didn't expect Lin Xiao to actually give her the cultivation mental technique right now.

She immediately bowed to Lin Xiao and said with immense gratitude:

"Thank you, Sect Master."

Liu Shengsheng followed suit, also bowing to Lin Xiao and saying:

"Thank you, Big Brother Sect Master."

Beside them, Liu Yunan was very happy and chuckled:

"Mother, from now on we are fellow martial siblings! Haha."

Jiang Youfu, standing to the side, said in surprise:

"Ah! Baldy, doesn't that mean you'll become the senior martial brother to your mother and sister? Oh my, I'll have two more junior martial sisters from now on, hehe."

Although Yang Jinshu was already thirty years old, she was not averse to Jiang Youfu and her son's words. She just smiled softly and said to Liu Yunan:

"Nan'er, now that I've joined the sect, are you going to stop calling me mother and call me junior martial sister instead?"

Liu Yunan hurriedly waved his hands:

"No, no, how could I, Mother? You will always be my mother!"

Lin Xiao took out two sets of sect uniforms from his private storehouse and handed them to Yang Jinshu and Liu Shengsheng, saying:

"These are our sect's uniforms, I'll issue them to you first. However, it's best not to wear them for now. After all, our sect is still small, and wearing these uniforms out... well, it's a bit too flashy..."

Yang Jinshu immediately nodded and said:

"I understand. Shengsheng and I will keep these clothes safe until the day we can wear them openly and honorably."

Just like that, the number of members in the Lingxian Sect had reached nine.

Just one more person, and the sect member quest would be completed!

Liu Yunan took Yang Jinshu and Liu Shengsheng to the cultivation room, while Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu remained in the sect's main hall.

Seeing Lin Xiao with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was doing, Jiang Youfu didn't speak up to disturb him. Instead, he took out the Myriad Beast Word Spirit to the side and started pondering over it himself.

These days, he spent his free time looking for Sun Yigao to teach him how to read this spell. He wanted to learn the Myriad Beast Word Spirit as soon as possible to communicate with Little Luan.

Because he never knew what was going on in Little Luan's little chicken head all day, or what it wanted to say to him every time it clucked at him.

He felt a bit sorry for Little Luan.

But Brother Xiao was so busy, he didn't have time to act as a translator for Little Luan all day.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiao, who currently had his eyes closed, was checking the details of Yang Jinshu and Liu Shengsheng on the sect member panel.

First, he looked at Yang Jinshu's.

[Name: Yang Jinshu]

[Gender: Female]

[Bone Age: 31 years old]

[Aptitude: Spiritual Heart and Wise Nature]

[Cultivation: Mortal]

[Sect Status: Outer Sect Disciple (Changeable)]

[Sect Position: None (Changeable)]

Spiritual Heart and Wise Nature, it was actually a new aptitude evaluation!

Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised.

This so-called Spiritual Heart and Wise Nature seemed to be an existence similar to Outstanding, but Lin Xiao felt it might be a bit better than Outstanding.

Then he looked down at Liu Shengsheng's.

[Name: Liu Shengsheng]

[Gender: Female]

[Bone Age: 7 years old]

[Aptitude: Outstanding]

[Cultivation: Mortal]

[Sect Status: Outer Sect Disciple (Changeable)]

[Sect Position: None (Changeable)]

To think that Liu Shengsheng's aptitude was also quite good.

Her potential was better than her brother's. Her brother's initial aptitude had originally been just like Jiang Youfu's: falling short of the best but better than the worst. It was only after leveling up that he attained his current outstanding talent.

Speaking of which, the sect now had nine members.

Lin Xiao felt that one of the true foundations of a sect was its cultivation methods.

However, their Lingxian Sect currently only possessed the Taoyuan Wankong Art as its core cultivation method.

It was also the sect's only cultivation method.

This did not feel quite right, as it left everyone with absolutely no choices for their cultivation.