C22 Doing Business Again

Detection of spiritual roots was the easiest way to enter the sect, but not many cultivators chose it.

After all, Lingwu of the State of Lingwu was different from North Wilderness. Cultivators here would usually buy a Spirit Root Test Talisman when they start their cultivation, and at the same time, test their own Spirit Root Attributes, and determine their own future cultivation path. Therefore, according to the conditions for taking in disciples in the Controlling Beast House, only cultivators with spiritual roots and above could directly become sect disciples. Cultivators would very quickly know if they had reached the standard, so this sort of test was just for show.

That was indeed the case. Ox King, who was in line to take a look, realized that there were less than a hundred people in front of the stage. However, other than a very small number of people who had been kicked out, over 90% of the cultivators had received a metal or copper token after their spirit roots were tested. They were then ordered by the official disciples to gather here five days later and return to the sect with their sect elders.

Obviously, the person who received the badge had passed the examination and become a disciple of the Controlling Beast.

However, even though he knew that the success rate of this kind of test could be said to be very high, Ox King still had some doubts: only cultivators with spiritual roots and above would be directly recruited by the Controlling Beast House. Normally, there might not even be one cultivator with spiritual roots, but ninety of them would actually appear here. All of the talented cultivators of the entire Lingwu had come here?!

Thinking about it, Ox King couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that this situation was really unlikely.

According to the standard probability of ten thousand cultivators being able to produce one cultivator with two spiritual roots, these ninety plus cultivators were the best out of the nine hundred thousand. However, more than 900,000 cultivators …

According to what Wei Feiyan had told Ox King before, even if all the levels of the cultivators in the entire Lingwu added up, the total would only be this much!

Even if the Controlling Beast Temple was the number one sect in the nation of Lingwu and possessed an extremely large amount of power and prestige, it was not the sole ruler of the entire clan in the entire nation of Lingwu. There were hundreds of other large and small sects, and the land that they occupied was much bigger than the Controlling Beast s guild. If all the cultivators with good talent were to be taken in by the Controlling Beast House, the other sects would not be able to continue their business for a long time.

There was probably something fishy going on here!

Thinking about it, Ox King started to pay attention to the situation in front of him while he was lining up.

And this attention had really made him discover something strange.

This was because almost every ten cultivators, at least nine of them went up onto the stage to salute the disciples of the Controlling Beast sect that were in charge of inspection, and their movements would always show some oddities. For example, some people would clasp their fists and bow, some people would stretch out their arms, some people would raise their arms, some people would lower their heads, some people would pat their arms and stomp their feet, and some people would pat their chests to introduce themselves …

Especially for this guy who was walking up the high platform. When he pounded his chest, it wasn't a muffled bang, but a faint sound of metal.

This voice made Ox King realize in an instant: "No wonder so many people passed the Spirit Root Test, it turns out that nine out of ten people passed the test through relationships and tokens!"

After coming to this understanding, he realized that the three people in front of him had all taken out a silver token from their Storage Bag and placed it on different parts of their bodies.

It was obvious that these people also had the keepsake.

Looking back, there were quite a few people making preparations. However, Ox King felt weird, it was as if the tokens they took out were silver, and there were a few gold tokens, but he didn't see the kind of Jade Plate that Wei Feiyan gave him.

The situation didn't seem to be right!

Ox King muttered to himself, then he couldn't help but scratch his head. Other people only had silver and gold tags, but the one on his body was made of jade. This was clearly different from the others. Although he didn't know whether the Jade Plate in his hands could be used as a keepsake or not, the fact that it was different from the others made Ox King sad in his heart: such a special keepsake, taking it out would definitely attract others' attention.

Ox King muttered to himself. He felt that it would be better if he didn't attract anyone's attention. Otherwise, it would not be worth it if the secret on him was exposed.

With this decision, he didn't have time to understand whether the Jade Plate in his hands were of high quality or not, and directly took it out from the Storage Bag, and then placed it in his hand and tossed it into the air, playing non-stop.

At this time, a wave of restlessness suddenly came from the back of the neatly arranged line.

Like everyone else, Ox King looked towards the back curiously and found a teenager with an arrogant demeanor. Under the protection of a group of guards, he walked directly to the front of the line without any intention of lining up. Disregarding the fact that the young man did not put the other rogue cultivators in his eyes, just the fact that he was a guard with the same Late Qi Refining Stage made people understand that the young man was someone with a great background.

Seeing this situation, the crowd of rogue cultivators naturally didn't dare to scold him for disobeying the rules. Wherever he went, everyone would give way and let him cut the line.

Ox King didn't have any intention of sticking his head out. Seeing that the guy was about to walk behind him, he also stood to the side and prepared to let the young man walk in front of him. Surprisingly, when this arrogant youth walked in front of Ox King, his body suddenly stopped. He turned around and glanced at the Jade Plate in Ox King's hand. Then, he actually took a few steps back and stood behind Ox King.

It was common for people to cut in line like this, so after seeing the guards leave, everyone quickly quieted down.

Only Ox King was secretly wondering if there was a special reason for that guy not to take first place but to line up behind him. Amidst his astonishment, he couldn't help but turn around and look at the young man.

The well-dressed youth was also sizing up Ox King. When he saw Ox King dressed in coarse clothes, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

Seeing Ox King turn his head, the well-dressed youth suddenly said: "I'll buy your Jade Plate, tell me the price!"

"Buy my Jade Plate …" Ox King thought to himself. Originally, the reason why he took out the Jade Plate was to attract other people to exchange, but he did not expect this guy to actually want to buy it.

However, as this thought flashed through his mind, he blinked several times and said in a confused manner, "It's only a token on the left and right. Even a silver medal can pass, why would you want to buy it?"

"You don't know?!" The youth looked him up and down, the disdain on his face became even stronger: "Silver medallions can barely enter the sect, but it has to bear the heaviest of items. As for gold medallions, you can choose your own items.

Pausing for a moment, he continued, "If you agree, I can use my gold in exchange, and add another hundred Spirit Stone s!"

When Ox King heard the price, a glint flashed across his eyes. He smacked his lips and said to himself: "One hundred Spirit Stone. The price wasn't low, but... I calculated it. Uhh, it seems like I still need twenty Spirit Stone s to buy that magic tool. "

Although he seemed to be talking to himself, he did not lower his voice in the slightest. These words were naturally heard by the well-dressed youth.

"Alright, isn't it just one hundred and twenty Spirit Stone, I'll give it to you!" The well-dressed youth impatiently waved his hands. Immediately, he took out the golden plate from the Storage Bag and handed it over to Ox King, completing the transaction.

After finishing the deal, both of them were very happy.

In order to hatch the Spirit Devouring Worm, Ox King had spent his entire family's fortune in one go. Originally, he wanted to go somewhere to get some Spirit Stone to accompany him. And that well-dressed youth was obviously someone who did not care too much about the Spirit Stone. Now that the Jade Plate was in his possession, he was naturally extremely happy. However, after laughing twice, this guy glanced at Ox King and said: "He really is a bumpkin!"

With that, he did not care about Ox King's reaction as he walked up the stage in a swagger.

This guy was obviously very arrogant, other people only have to hint at him with their gifts, but he actually took out his Jade Plate the moment he got on stage, and said: "Qi Family disciple Qi Yaoguang is here to participate in the sect examination!"

Ox King originally thought that the disciples of the Controlling Beast sect would directly chase him off the stage, but at the very least, they would scold him. But not only did this not happen, on the contrary, when the official disciples of the Controlling Beast House saw the Jade Plate, they started chatting with her one after the other. In the end, not only did he successfully get a copper token, he even skipped the detection procedure.

In comparison, Ox King's treatment was much worse.

When he went up on the platform, he intentionally dropped the gold coin and picked it up, but the other person didn't say anything. However, when he entered the testing stage, a white-robed cultivator from Foundation Establishment Period gave him a test, and he immediately frowned.

After a long while, he heard from someone else that Ox King had a gold medal. He helplessly said, "A metal, water, fire, and earth element with mixed elements. Such a poor talent shouldn't have been recruited." But since he has a gold token, let's exchange it for a metal plate!

Thus, in the end, Ox King received a metal plate, which was also the gathering for the accused five days later.

There was a difference in treatment, so Ox King was prepared for it. In any case, having obtained one hundred and twenty Spirit Stone s was enough to make up for this. However, once he got off the stage and found out the difference between a bronze plate and an iron plate, he couldn't help but curse at his mother a few times.

Although they were both outer sect disciples, there was a huge difference in treatment once they entered the sect. This was not only a matter of the latter not needing to do household chores, but under the equivalent Cultivation Level, the sect benefits that a copper medallion disciple would receive was much better than that of an iron medallion disciple. For example, early stage Qi Condensation disciples like Ox King could receive three Qi Condensation Pills per month, while the three pill s that the Copper Disciples could receive were Qi Gathering Pills!

In terms of value alone, the difference between the two was more than double.