The Sect Leader's Bizarre Recruitment Chapter 166: Deep Roots, Crisis for the Origin Return Sect! (Part 2) - Novel Cool

Chapter 166: Deep Roots, Crisis for the Origin Return Sect! (Part 2)

Chapter 166: Deep Roots, Crisis for the Origin Return Sect! (Part 2)

Was it due to her extraordinary talent, or was it a stroke of luck?

"Congratulations!"

Many of the Outer Sect Disciples showed envious looks.

But then, something shocking happened.

One after another, fellow disciples experienced ‘furnace explosions.’

But at the same time, many of them successfully refined pills!

Those whose furnaces exploded were dumbfounded.

Those who succeeded in refining pills were also dumbfounded.

Because the quality was far better than they had imagined!

At the very least, the quality had improved by one grade higher than their initial estimates.

"Something’s not right!"

Now, even if they didn’t know what had happened, they could tell that something was off.

"Let’s go ask Senior Sister?"

"..."

...

"You...???"

Fire Cloud clicked her tongue: "Ling'er, has your alchemy technique improved again?"

Xiao Ling'er, holding the pill, was somewhat dazed: "I... I didn’t notice?"

She had also been refining pills.

But the finished products exceeded expectations, even surpassing what Medicine Matriarch had anticipated.

The quality was too high!

A Ninth Stage Harmonious Dao Pill.

And it seemed to be subtly surpassing the Ninth Stage realm.

Nine auras were bright, and there was another one faintly visible...

"Teacher, could it be that there’s a Tenth Stage for pills?" Xiao Ling'er was shocked.

"There’s no Tenth Stage, or rather, a Tenth Stage pill would automatically advance to the next stage, and not just by one grade, but three!"

"In other words, if your Harmonious Dao Pill can improve even slightly, it could have the effect of a Third Stage Void Breaking Pill!"

"From a value perspective, a Third Stage Void Breaking Pill is naturally lower, as rarity increases value, but in terms of the energy contained within the pill, a Third Stage Void Breaking Pill surpasses a Ninth Stage Harmonious Dao Pill by tenfold!"

"But why?"

Xiao Ling'er was confused: "Why did I suddenly..."

"I don’t know either, since I am just a remnant soul now, but the situation just now was like a sudden surge of the essence of plants."

"Essence of plants?"

Just as she was puzzled, a large number of junior and senior disciples came to ask questions.

After Xiao Ling'er questioned them, she found out that everyone was in the same situation.

"Yes! It was a sudden surge of the essence of plants!"

Medicine Matriarch finally confirmed.

"The furnaces exploded because the pills they were refining were already of high quality, and the sudden surge of the essence of plants further enhanced their effects and quality."

"But after the enhancement, it exceeded their control, so it naturally exploded."

"As for those who successfully refined the pills, there’s no need to explain; the benefits of the essence of plants are clear to you."

"Indeed, I understand."

"But why did the essence of plants surge suddenly???"

Right at that moment,

Lin Fan entered the Alchemy Pavilion.

Seeing Xiao Ling'er, he smiled gently.

"Ling'er."

"Teacher."

Xiao Ling'er’s eyes brightened, and she was about to ask a question when she noticed Little Dragon Maiden behind Lin Fan, causing her to pause.

"Little Dragon Maiden?"

"It’s you?" Fire Cloud also recognized her.

The latter stuck out her tongue lightly: "Little Dragon Maiden greets the two seniors."

At the same time, in Xiao Ling'er’s mind, Medicine Matriarch exclaimed: "It’s her!!!"

"I can sense it, it’s her!"

"The essence of plants in her body is extremely concentrated and is continuously dispersing."

"But how is that possible?"

"She is clearly not a divine herb or a spirit plant, this... this... unless???"

"But that’s impossible!"

Medicine Matriarch was agitated and kept muttering, which shook Xiao Ling'er’s heart. She had never seen Medicine Matriarch so flustered.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

Many disciples, seeing Lin Fan, looked at him with fiery gazes and knelt down on one knee.

Lin Fan smiled lightly and, with a wave of his hand, used a myriad of mystical techniques to lift them all up: "You don’t need to do this. Strive in your cultivation and work for the rise of the sect; that is the best reward for me as Sect Master."

Then, he and Xiao Ling'er exchanged a look.

She understood and led him into the inner hall to speak.

"Teacher, I discovered the essence of plants..."

"I know."

Lin Fan pointed to Little Dragon Maiden: "Because of her."

"Her?" Xiao Ling'er’s breath hitched: "She is?"

"A Wood Elemental True Dragon."

"She is now temporarily residing in our Moon Embrace Sect. After much consideration, I think it’s best for the two of you to take care of her. What do you think?"

Lin Fan smiled slightly: "As for her benefits, I believe you should have some understanding?"

"Um, disciple understands!"

Xiao Ling'er nodded.

Originally, she didn’t know, but Medicine Matriarch was clear about it.

At this moment, Medicine Matriarch in her mind was almost going crazy!

Muttering to herself: "If I had such an opportunity back then, I would have surely taken that final step?"

"Ling'er."

"You truly..."

"Even your teacher is envious."

"And you, this Teacher, is probably extremely formidable!"

Xiao Ling'er didn’t respond, but her gaze was intense.

She couldn’t help but recall the details from the moment she entered the sect until now, and a smile had unknowingly spread across her face.

"Teacher, rest assured. We will take good care of Little Dragon Maiden."

Xiao Ling'er and Fire Cloud were both surprised.

At first, they thought Little Dragon Maiden was just a name or nickname.

Who would have thought it was an identity?

"Good."

Lin Fan nodded and then said to Little Dragon Maiden: "For now, just obediently follow them. You don’t need to do anything, just keep your aura active and don’t cause trouble."

"As for what you want to play with..."

"Trust me, in at most a year or two, you will definitely be satisfied."

"I’ll trust you this once."

Little Dragon Maiden nodded, quite obediently: "But we agreed, no longer than a year."

"If there’s nothing fun within a year, I’ll leave!"

"Alright."

Lin Fan nodded.

But inside, he was secretly laughing.

Now that you’re here, do you really think you can leave?

Even if I can’t persuade you to become the sect’s divine beast, I will make you stay here permanently!

I wonder if the Wanhua Holy Mother would find me troublesome if she discovers that I’ve lost a disciple and gained a beast?

······

Lin Fan left.

Xiao Ling'er asked Huo Yun'er to temporarily look after Xiao Longnv.

As for herself, she followed the Medicine Matriarch's teachings and once again 'transmitted her techniques', instructing her numerous junior disciples, male and female, on how to utilize the abundant essence of plants and trees to refine higher-quality pills.

At the same time~

The disciples who were originally able to refine second-stage high-quality pills were also able to attempt to breakthrough to the third stage under the influence of such rich plant and tree essence.

Once they succeeded in their 'breakthrough', Xiao Ling'er could further free up her time, completely abandoning low-stage pill refinement and having more time to cultivate and refine higher-quality pills.

This was undoubtedly a great opportunity!

Moreover, the one who benefited the most was Xiao Ling'er.

The higher the stage of the pill, the greater the difficulty in refining it, and any improvement was precious. Now, the plant and tree essence aura brought by Xiao Longnv was like adding wings to Xiao Ling'er, allowing her to ascend to a higher level!

······

After that.

Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Longnv chatted leisurely.

"What do you like to play?"

Having tasted the sweetness, she naturally didn't want Xiao Longnv to leave.

Time-limited aura? I need to find a way to make it permanent.

"I like excitement and adventure~!"

"The kind where you fight to the death!"

Xiao Longnv gritted her teeth.

Xiao Ling'er: "···"

"This?"

She was dumbfounded.

······

Spring passed and autumn arrived.

The Moon Embrace Sect flourished.

Fire Virtue Peak also began to 'display its prowess'.

While refining suitable artifacts for the Moon Embrace Sect disciples, the important figures and Heaven's Talents of Fire Virtue Peak also settled into the Moon Embrace Sect under the arrangement of Fire Kunlun.

At first, they refused.

They all thought they were coming to do manual labor.

Although they didn't know how their Sect Master had reached an agreement with the Moon Embrace Sect, but what was coming here to refine artifacts for these youngsters if not manual labor? But after just half a day, their refusal and homesickness vanished.

"Refine artifacts?"

"Sect Master, you see, it's like this, I'm just the Ninth Elder, and I'm not of much use staying in Fire Virtue Peak."

"Moreover, my talent is lacking, and my cultivation speed is so slow, who doesn't know this?"

"Fortunately, I still have some skills in artifact refinement, and I'm not too bad at it. In my opinion, let's just leave it at that. As for the others, you should all go back. As for refining artifacts for the Moon Embrace Sect disciples and elders, let's just leave it to them."

"Rest assured, even if I die here, I will refine suitable artifacts for all the Moon Embrace Sect disciples!"

The Ninth Elder patted his chest, making a loud clanging sound.

He spoke with such righteousness.

But as soon as his words fell, he was cursed at by the crowd.

"Old Nine, are you even human?"

"Are you trying to eat alone and not share with others?"

"Damn it, the First, Second, and Third Elders are all not good people, and they're eating alone. Our Sect Master finally gathered us all here, and we all know what's going on. Old Nine, you still want to rob us of the pills at our lips?"

"How could such words come out of your mouth?"

"Are you even human?"

"You beast!"

The Fire Virtue Peak elders immediately started cursing.

At this moment, they were more foul-mouthed than even the most foul-mouthed women.

Especially the Fourth Elder, who cursed the most fiercely.

"Half a year, almost a whole year!"

"The previous years were fine, even if the First Elder never returned, the Second Elder couldn't be found, and the Third Elder preferred to act like a demon dog and not come back. I could understand that."

"But half a year ago, even the Sect Master ran away!"

"The entire burden of Fire Virtue Peak fell on my shoulders alone. Do you know how I've been these past six months? Huh?!"

"The First Elder is a beast, the Second Elder is not a good person, and the Third Elder acts like a demon dog. That's fine, but Old Nine, you still want to snatch the pills from our mouths."

"Why don't you just go and die?"

The crowd was riled up!

As a second-rate top-tier sect, Fire Virtue Peak was truly busy with its business dealings.

Before, the Sect Master, First Elder, and others, who wasn't busy with a million tasks? As a result, they all ran away, and the remaining people's tasks directly doubled. They were so busy that they couldn't spare a moment.

But no matter how they were urged, they didn't return. Before, they didn't know what was going on, but now, upon seeing this, they understood.

So that's how it was!

Damn it, they were just replacing themselves···

They couldn't bear to leave either!

"I thought you all were bewitched!"

"I thought the Moon Embrace Sect had some great terror, and you were all killed here!"

"How dare you!"

"I'm not leaving, and no one can make me leave."

"What's so difficult about refining artifacts? Everyone here can do it. Anyway, no one can make me leave!"

"But, Fire Virtue Peak still needs someone to manage things. We still have classes in the Moon Embrace Sect, which was agreed upon before. That's why the Moon Embrace Sect agreed to let you all come. Otherwise, do you really think the Moon Embrace Sect is stupid, willing to share their good pills with you?"

"That's right~! My adorable disciples are waiting for me to teach them every day. Go back? If anyone should go back, it's you all!"

The three great elders collectively exploded.

Damn it, we understand if you don't want to go back, but wanting to send us back is too much! In an instant, the cursing battle escalated.

The Fire Virtue Peak disciples, trembling in the corners, dared not utter a word.

At the same time...

They didn't want to go back either.

"What's the point of going back?"

After some arguing...

In the end, it was Fire Kunlun who stepped in to calm the situation and explain the details, allowing the crowd to reluctantly regain their composure.

At the same time, they decided to 'work' on the Moon Embrace Sect's side, with their businesses still operating at the Fire Virtue Peak, but remotely managed from the Moon Embrace Sect.

For orders that the outer sect elders and stewards couldn't handle, they would be sent over for the inner sect elders to deal with.

It was a troublesome situation.

But none of them wanted to go back, so this was the only option.

Then...

They asked Fire Kunlun what he had offered and promised in exchange for the Moon Embrace Sect's agreement to let them come and enjoy themselves.

After Fire Kunlun's response, they were stunned.

"That's it?"

"Is that it???"

"No, Sect Master, you're confused!!!"

"That's right!"

"Sect Master, you're confused!"

"How can you handle matters like this?"

"So petty!"

"In my opinion, this is how it should be! We should make copies of the Scripture Repository and bring them over, then open them to the Moon Embrace Sect!"

"Yes, I agree."

"In this way, our two sects can truly be as close as branches of the same tree."

"This is the only way to ensure stability."

"Exactly!"

"Sect Master, you've truly disappointed us."

They criticized him one after another.

Fire Kunlun's lips twitched uncontrollably.

Damn it, don't think I don't know what you old fellows are thinking. Clearly, you wanted to scold me for monopolizing the benefits before and couldn't find a chance, so you're taking advantage of the situation.

But what they said wasn't entirely unreasonable.

"Fine."

Fire Kunlun nodded, "Then we'll open the Scripture Repository to Moon Embrace Sect disciples, except for the most core cultivation techniques and secret arts."

"That's more like it."

The elders felt much better seeing that he didn't argue back.

But the Ninth Elder's eyes lit up, "No, it's still not stable enough. In my opinion, we should arrange a marriage!"

"Sect Master, your eldest daughter is also of marriageable age. I see that Lin Sect Master is a talented individual. If they could..."

Fire Kunlun frowned, "What nonsense are you spouting? Cloud's marriage, of course, is her own decision. Moreover, she has already taken Lin Sect Master as her teacher. How could you say such things between a master and disciple?!"

"Oh, I spoke without thinking. What about this?" The Ninth Elder smiled slightly, slapped his own mouth, but quickly changed his words, "I have a granddaughter. Her appearance, needless to say, is exceptional, and her talent is not bad either. The most wonderful thing is her gentle nature, like water... Let her marry Lin Sect Master, I think it's a good match!"

"You want us to marry?"

"Damn it!

You old fellow, using retreat as an advance, huh?"

"I object!!!"

"Isn't my sister better than your granddaughter?"

"Your sister is thousands of years old. Are you not ashamed to pair an old cow with a young bull?"

"So what??"

"Enough!"

Fire Kunlun rubbed his forehead, his head pounding, "Don't bring this up again. Anyone who uses this matter to disturb Lin Sect Master, I'll have a score to settle with them!"

"Everyone, get out!"

He had no choice but to forcefully suppress the matter.

The next day...

In the Moon Embrace Sect, the news spread.

The Scripture Repository on Fire Virtue Peak was now open to all Moon Embrace Sect disciples.

The entire sect was thrilled.

Lin Fan also showed a smile that had been absent for a long time.

"Not bad, the sect's foundation is now even deeper."

"For personal disciples and below, the choices of paths and directions are more numerous and broader."

"Moreover, we can start refining artifacts for the disciples. Although the disciples are growing rapidly, and they may not need artifacts for too long, at least for a short time, they will be sufficient."

"It's not for nothing that we've been planning this all along."

"Wonderful."

"The only pity is that the disciples still can't go out for training."

"Sigh, we need to find a way to bring back some trial secret realm for them to practice in."

Lin Fan fell into deep thought.

At the same time, in the Return Origin Sect...

The originally clear and cloudless sky suddenly changed.

In an instant, flames filled the sky, and howling winds raged.

The wind fueled the fire, and the fire borrowed the wind's might, with even a hint of strange colors flickering within, enveloping the entire Return Origin Sect in a short time.

"Not good!"

The Return Origin Sect elders felt a sense of foreboding, their expressions changing drastically, "An enemy attack!"

"Immediately activate the Sect Protection Grand Formation, contact all personnel and allies outside!"

Boom!

The Clan Protection Grand Formation was activated, blocking the first wave of the assault.

But the fierce onslaught continued wave after wave, like raging waves, relentless and unending.

"Not good, the external communications have been cut off. They came prepared!"

The elders looked towards the Sect Master, Li Tianyang.

His expression grew even heavier, "This aura... it's the Windfire Temple and Heavenly Poison Valley!"

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked.

"If they join forces, our sect will surely be no match. This..."

"Prepare for a fight to the death."

Li Tianyang's expression became even more solemn, "With our sect's strength, we are no match for the combined might of these two. Our only option is to rely on the Sect Protection Grand Formation for defense, while simultaneously ensuring that at least one person breaks through the encirclement to seek aid. Only then will we have a chance."

"But in this process, many will die."

"I'll go!"

Chen He was the first to step forward, a woman, but without a hint of hesitation or fear.

"I'll go too!"

Several others stood up one after another.

This was not a time for hesitation. Li Tianyang took a deep breath, "I'll protect you. Everyone, take care!"

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone, including myself, success in all endeavors, good health, prosperity, and good luck in the year 2024!

(End of Chapter)

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