The Romantic Cultivator

Ji Yuan found himself standing with a large number of people that were without any spirit roots.

He frowned when he saw that half of the group consisted of pretty maidens and another half of the group consisted of ugly men.

What kind of a selection is this?

In fact some of the pretty maidens were opening discussing, "Luckily I am pretty enough to be selected by the True Origin Celestial Sect. I am now able to leave poverty to be a servant of the True Origin Celestial Sect."

"Same here!"

"I can do anything for the protégés for the True Origin Celestial Sect." Another maiden shyly said. "Maybe one of them will take me as their main consort…"

"I hope for the same too…"

The men were gossiping behind Ji Yuan's back, "Don't tell me that he got picked because he has a beautiful look…"

"He is much more handsome than most of the cultivators in the True Origin Celestial Sect…"

"I saw Fairy Qiu Xiuyu testing him personally. Maybe she wants him in her bed…"

"He is nothing but a gigolo…"

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Ji Yuan soon found himself together with around three thousand new recruits.

Roughly five hundred of them were the 'chosen' ones and were to be selected as outer court protégés.

As for the rest including Ji Yuan, they were the outer court servants.

One by one, they reported their names and were assigned a temporary number.

"What is your name?" A mortal cultivator asked Ji Yuan in a nonchalant manner.

"Ji Yuan."

The mortal cultivator hastily wrote down his name on a wooden plaque before saying, "You are number 44044. And you will be assigned to the Purple Abode. Your-in-charge will be Elder Dong."

Ji Yuan frowned when he had learnt of his number, "Can I change my number?"

"No!" The mortal cultivator said rudely. "Next!"

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As he left, he was muttering to Xiang Li and Fairy Anyang, "I kinda believe that Senior Mo Bei must have hit someone really very badly and have failed the trial."

"Even a good temper person like me is finding myself hard to restraint myself."

Fairy Anyang giggled, "I don't think that you have a good temper at all if you can be so easily angered by them. My lord, I think that this is a trial to test your patience and your nature."

"Oh?" Ji Yuan turned to ask Fairy Anyang curiously. "You mean this is also part of the trial?"

Fairy Anyang nodded, "Can you imagine the wounded pride of all the high and lofty cultivators when they have suddenly all become restrained in their cultivation realm here?"

"Hmph…right…" Ji Yuan muttered.

"Therefore this is a trial to test your humble heart. If you don't imagine yourself as a high and lofty cultivator but a humble seeker, maybe this trial will be much easier." Fairy Anyang smiled.

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly, "Sweet Anyang, thank you. Luckily you are here to enlighten me. Yes, you're right. This is but a trial to test if I will be able to enter the inner gate of the Pangu's Citadel. I keep thinking that I am a great saint here and I was looking down upon them for looking down upon me."

Then he laughed heartily, "I should pretend instead that I am a lowly cultivator instead and I am here to be a true core protégé in order to access the spiritual veins of the sect. Then I will be able to overcome this trial."

But all of a sudden he said, "But do I have the time? From a lowly protégé to a core protégé, this may take me years. How do I accomplish this in such a short time?"

Fairy Anyang giggled, "1 year in the Celestial Realm is equivalent to 10 years in the lower mortal realm. Therefore you got roughly 10 months to a year to accomplish your goals."

Ji Yuan muttered weakly, "This still sounds a little short…"

Several cultivators were now gathering everyone now and were shouting, "Now it is the time for you to pay your respect to our grand patriarch!"

And so, they were all gathered to a grand hall and were told to kowtow in front of a giant statue to show their reverences.

Inside the grand hall, Ji Yuan could see many high ranking cultivators and he guessed that one of them must be Elder Dong who was 'in-charge' of him.

He had also spotted Fairy Qiu Xiuyu inside.

But when he saw the giant statue in front of him, he began to frown immediately.

No way is he going to kowtow in front of this giant statue!

It is because he has suddenly recognized Li Ye as the person that is being depicted by the giant statue!

Li Ye is an Ascended Celestial that he had met during his recent travels and he had made him his elder of the Emperor Hall Sect.

Right now Li Ye, Guo Taiming and Shen Qin were hiding like a turtle together in the lower Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth, according to the scrying device that he had used to spy upon them recently.

"Number 44044! Why aren't you on the ground?!" A cultivator shouted angrily at him.

Ji Yuan frowned immediately, "No way I am bending my knees to Li Ye."

Another cultivator shouted furiously, "How dare you address our grand patriarch by his name!"

Ji Yuan protested immediately, "Li Ye is merely a golden celestial while I am a great golden saint. Do you know that I am a superior golden celestial than Li Ye…"

All of a sudden an old cultivator had flashed in front of Ji Yuan and he had raised his fist against Ji Yuan's face.

"Insolent fool! This is to teach you a lesson!"

But all of a sudden he had frozen because Ji Yuan had caught hold of the old cultivator's fists with his hand and grinned. "You got to try harder than this, old man."

Several cultivators were shouting panicky, "This Ji Yuan. He dares to raise his hand against Elder Dong who is supposed to be his master. He is a goner now."

"Erm, you are Elder Dong?" Ji Yuan weakly asked the old cultivator.

The old cultivator hummed coldly, "Indeed I am your master. For disobedience against our grand patriarch and for raising your hand against me, you deserve two capital punishments."

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Ji Yuan weakly said, "Come on. Please give me a chance. I am new here."

Elder Dong shouted, "Who the idiot that pass this idiot here?"

Elder Qiu Xiuyu had a flushed countenance as she quietly said, "I am the one."

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Elder Qiu Xiuyu was an elder of the inner court and she was also the core protégé of their Grand Patriarch Li Ye. There was a rumor that she may even be the next leader of the True Origin Celestial Sect after Grand Patriarch Li Ye had ascended to the Celestial Realm but she had chosen to let her senior protégé brother be the next leader instead so that she can focus on her own ascension.

In short, Elder Qiu Xiuyu aka. Fairy Xiuyu has a lofty status in the True Origin Celestial Sect and as an outer court elder, he cannot offend her.

Ji Yuan was a natural trouble maker so he pointed at Elder Qiu Xiuyu as he grinned, "That idiot there passes me."

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Fairy Anyang muttered helplessly to Ji Yuan, "My lord! We are already struck in such an awkward situation. Do you have to make it even worse…"

Xiang Li face-palmed herself, "Big Brother just forgotten all about his humble heart."

Ji Yuan frowned, "I can't help it especially when the person that I am supposed to kowtow is my elder that I've appointed. I can kowtow to a beautiful face like my Chengxi but not to a man."

Fairy Anyang weakly said, "I can already see that you will fail this trial, even before you even start on it."