Tian Xuan initially had wanted to recruit more people in the Ru An Kingdom but he decided against it. Although he needs to haste the action of building the sect, he still has to think the consequence of his actions. If he suddenly recruits many people, he couldn't control all of them under him and there will be a huge possibility for the people under him to act on their own while using his sect's name to do whatever they like.
Thus, he decided to build the sect base first before going to recruit more people later on and Tian Qiu said that the next quest is about testing the students to officially enter the sect. He almost plummets the falcon out of anger because the system told this important thing way too late.
If he knew that it is possible to test people, why would he recruit people by their personalities? He may be a good person that wants to help many unfortunate people but there are pros and cons in doing things. Tian Qiu apologized countless times and explained that he also just knew about the quest after the Heaven Recognition thing-y.
That evening, the Wu Clan received a letter from the messenger sent by the Shao Clan to invite the Ethereal Demonic Black Cloud sect to the celebratory banquet held by the Shao Clan three days later.
When Tian Xuan heard of this, he laughed wryly as he was amazed by how the Shao Clan could have such a thick face as holding a celebratory banquet when they just lose an outstanding genius.
There are only a few pleasantries words in the letters that inviting the Ethereal Demonic Black Cloud sect to the banquet.
However, Tian Xuan is not a simpleton to believe the Shao Clan simply wanted to invite the sect to the banquet for a celebratory reason. He knew that it was only part of their plan to settle the grudge they have with Wu Xian to make it as if they settling things with a 'fair and honest method'.
Naturally, in the banquet, there will be others than just their sect, for example, princes from the imperial family that is seeking Shao Clan as their supporter for the throne. The other sects that supported the Ru An Kingdom and of course, Shao Xinyue's master from the Lightning Peers Sword sect will also be joining the banquet too.
He told Shen Jiabao to relay his orders to the people in his sect.
Shen Jiabao voice sounded clear and loud as the people gathered in front of him. "Master Elder Wu Xian and inner student Yi Ling, receive an order to prepare for the banquet. There will be dueling session and Lord Tian appoints both of you to be the representative of the sect."
"This elder understood."
"This student understood."
The two clasped their fists and returned to their living quarter to ready themselves for the dueling session.
There is plenty reason to why he is only bringing Wu Xian and Yi Ling to the banquet later. First, the sect is still in progress of establishing. He has only taken in anyone that he felt their personality is good to his satisfactory but he has yet to test them officially whether they are worthy of entering his sect.
Tian Xuan has zero intention to bring so many people to the Shao Clan because he is not going to the banquet as a friend. Therefore, he appointed Wu Xian and Yi Ling as they are the official sect's representative that have to learn many things directly from him to go to the banquet. Meanwhile, he told Li Yiyuan to stay and take care of the matter in the Wu Clan.
Just in case, the Shao Clan decided to resort to threatening the Wu Clan to suppress Tian Xuan, there will be Li Yiyuan to protect the Wu Clan and give Tian Xuan times to finish his matter before returning to save them.
He was worried that Long Zhang wanted to follow him so he asked the man whether he is going to follow him to the banquet or not but to his surprise, the man said that he will be staying in the Wu Clan.
Tian Xuan informed Wu Sheng about the matter about the Shao Clan and the old man immediately knew what to do.
Wu Sheng might be weaker than Wu Xian and Yi Ling but comparatively, he is trickier than them when dealing with enemies. If he is to combine his trick with Li Yiyuan formation ability, who knows what kind of disaster they will send to the enemies.
As Tian Xuan stepped outside of his resting quarter, he saw many youths wearing the white cloak on their shoulder. They are the sect's outer student.
They bowed and greeted Tian Xuan as he walked pass by them.
Although the boy is only about their chest height and looks as young as nine years old boy, the teenagers don't mind their leader to be looking younger than his age as it is normal to see the large sects have a master teacher that look as young as ten years old kid.
As Tian Xuan passed by them, he feels satisfied with the cloak they are wearing on their shoulder and draped down to their waist.
Whether they wore modern or traditional clothes, the cloak suited them very well and counted as quite fashionable. What more important for the cultivator is the clothes are especially durable and comfortable as well as not hindering them to display their movement.
Currently, Tian Xuan decided to check on Wu Xian's little sister.
He has been delaying to think of the girl's name. It cannot be made on a whim because the name will be affecting one soul and then, it will affect one's cultivation.
A good name must be able to aid one's cultivation, not overwhelm the cultivation or give no help to the cultivation. That is also the reason why the imperial children would ask for a literature master to name their children.
"Lord Tian." Wu Xian bowed as he already waited in front of his old courtyard for Tian Xuan. Although he looks as detach, as usual, he is brimming with anticipation when he heard the Lord is going to name his sister today.
"En. Let's go inside."
The courtyard has a small house that seems like it could collapse at any moment. Although Wu Hanzho wanted to change the place where Concubine Qian and her children are living, she insisted on staying in the same house.
Wu Xian said nothing but agreed with his mother silently. If the leader truly pitied them, he wouldn't have offered to change it only now. He doesn't want to have any more attachment to the Wu Clan so it is better to stay where he used to stay for a while until everything in the Ru An Kingdom has settled.
Right at this moment, rigid cold air blew out from the inside of the small house and startled Wu Xian and Tian Xuan.
Tian Xuan mouth curled into a smile as he looked at Wu Xian.
The man nodded with a gentle smile on his face and they both entered the house.
As soon as they stepped their foot inside the house, they immediately felt like they arrived at the Arctic. Tian Xuan immediately covered his own body with his qi and Wu Xian did the same so they were able to walk comfortably inside the house.
A cute girl with medium length black hair wearing white dress sat in lotus position while cultivating steady and serious.
The qi that she emitted from her body froze the floor underneath her and a meter around her.
A woman sat not too far away from the girl is no other than Concubine Qian that was protected by a formation set up by Li Yiyuan. She is also cultivating steadily while keeping watch on her daughter.
The cute girl slowly opened her eyes and revealed the azure color pair of eyes. She smiled widely as she stood and called out to her brother. "Xian gege!" She ran to Wu Xian and hugged the latter.
Since the girl is still in the middle of controlling her power, others have to be careful when they are near her because she doesn't even need a second to freeze a common people and weak martial cultivator. If one is frozen by her, they only need to melt the ice with Yang energy and the victim won't die.
Unless the victim stayed inside the ice for more than one day, the ice will absorb the Yin energy of the victim and they will die. That's why there is only Concubine Qian to take care of her while the maids and other servants were dismissed from their duty to prevent such thing from happening.
Wu Xian smiled and patted the girl's head gently. He is very satisfied that she is showing tremendous improvement in both health and cultivation.
She is as good as a genius in the Conferred Empire. Her age might be young but she is already formed her core and is at the pinnacle of 3-Dan Fighter.
He remembered that according to what the sect leader said just like how Li Yiyuan that can be acknowledged as a genius, his little sister is also a blessed person. He doesn't feel disheartened at all when he heard that the people around him are gifted.
Just like Tian Xuan once said, he will be the one that blessed the people that heaven does not bless.
Someone like Wu Xian might need to make an uncountable effort to be called talented but the purpose of cultivation is not to be called genius or whatever. The purpose is to survive the martial world and protect what is important for you.
At the end of the day, genius doesn't necessarily mean immortal so the one that survives until the end will be the one that known by the world.
The girl released the hug and clasped her fist to greet Tian Xuan.
"Sect leader!"
Tian Xuan nodded his chin lightly. "En. You did great. Here is a gift for you." He dragged the girl to the door and then flicked his hand.
Outside of the house, a huge polar bear as huge as Xiao Xiong the panda appeared before the girl.
It is a bear that was bought from the system and not from the Celestial White Forest where they were staying before. Tian Xuan cultivates it in the small world before preparing to give it to the little girl.
It is at the same cultivation stage as Xiao Xiong that already entered spirit foundation stage. The beasts chose to stay in their beast form rather than forming into a human.
The bear suits the girl's overpowered Yin element and can even support her in the things that she lacked so Tian Xuan bought it for her.
"KYAAAA~~~~~" The girl shrieked and surprised those around her until they saw her next action.
Even Concubine Qian that was deep in cultivation opened her eyes in panic but when she saw what her daughter did next, she just laughed helplessly. Tian Xuan feared that it will affect her soul since she canceled her cultivation all of a sudden so he controlled it before the energy able to run rampage.
The girl rushed and burrowed her whole body into the white bear fluffy belly. It is fluffier than hugging a cat.
The Snow Demon Bear was shocked when he was suddenly hugged by his new master. He looked confusedly at his previous master and the silver-haired boy talked in demonic language.
"She liked you. Hug her whenever you think she is feeling down. I will be the one to pay your cultivation material so do everything you can to entertain her and protect her well."
The Snow Demon Bear nodded and hugged the small girl. His whole body covered the girl from everyone sight in just a second. The little girl shrieked even louder and snuggled in her head as she burrowed it down into the soft white furs.
"Ahem, today, this leader will be naming you."
The girl stopped snuggling and turned to look at her mother. Her mother smiled and she immediately glanced at her brother with obvious excitement in her eyes.