Luckily, after a year of finding an opportunity, she heard from her teacher that their sect would recruit some disciples in three months. She almost jumped out of joy after hearing this.
The moment she received that news, that night she immediately departed and went to the red dusk village to confront him. But after coming, she saw Ren that was about to go to the Capital and decided to follow and when he reached the narrow alley, she decided to show up herself. Of course, when she saw him, she didn't immediately confront him but opened the topic about the recruitment.
At this time, feeling helpless about the situation, Liu Ren was full of black lines in his forehead and didn't know what to do. However, after a few minutes of silence, his thin lips curled up in a smile because he had a brilliant idea in his head to escape this current predicament.
"Eh, ripe women? Forget the problem? Soul flying to heaven? Young Miss Zixue, it seems you're more familiar than me in the flower chaser house, don't tell me you're disguising as a man to go there?"Liu Ren said and gave a teasing smile then continued,"Young Miss Zixue, you don't need to be shy from me, you know, we were childhood friends and I will not laugh at you. I will also promise to keep my mouth shut about this."
This time he intentionally used "Young Miss Zixue" as an address instead of Zixue. He is really determined to divert the accusation to her to escape the predicament.
When Ye Zixue heard those words, she was so angry and immediately cursed him,"Go And Die, I will not talk to you anymore" then turned around to calm herself. She knows that he is only teasing her but who will remain calm if someone said that thing to them?Only thick headed and not a shy girl like Zixue.
When he hears Zixue cursing him, he knows that it's time to stop and if he continues, God knows what will happen to their deteriorating relationship. So he immediately changed back the topic to the recruitment and also returned the address as Zixue.
"Cough...Cough… Zixue, about the recruitment, can you tell me the prerequisite?"Liu Ren asked, although he is not interested in this, he needs this topic to calm the situation. He's decision is proven not wrong because a moment later, the other party starts to explain the recruitment process after a slight snort.
"Hmph"Young Miss Zixue is still angry but since the other party asked about the recruitment she didn't pursue the matter. She also knows that he is just trying to change the topic. In her mind, she began to think about revenge for humiliating her.
This time her face turned serious and began to think then explain in a calm manner," The recruitment process is very simple, one month before the trial in the heavy willow sect, the heavy willow sect will send age and talent testing crystal to every village so they can test the villagers their eligibility. For this test, one's age must be sixteen years old and below while the talent is at least peak low class ." After saying this she stopped talking and pondering for a moment.
The talent of an individual is divided into low, middle, high,very high and legendary classes. Every class has a sub level of small, medium, large and peak. Of course, in a small Empire like Rainbow Empire, they only have a class up to high. Furthermore the quality of their talent testing crystal can only be measured up to high class, if someone possessed a talent that can surpass the quality of crystal, the crystal will immediately burst out into pieces.
In this case they are really helpless, the only temporary solution that they can use is to double the amount of testing crystal to test the highly talented individuals. But this temporary solution is not really accurate but what can they do? They really have no choice and can only bury it into their mind and think that in the future they need to have enough ability and strength, only if they have strength they can acquire a high quality testing crystal for the empire. But since the establishment of the empire till now, no one has acquired it.
While pondering, Zixue remembered something and then continued,"Oh, I remembered that before testing age and talent, one must possess at least Qi Absorbing level to participate."After saying this, she looked at his cultivation as he is now.
"Eh!!!, you're still at the self purification, I thought you were at least purely stabilized level.`` Because of their long conversation, she only realized now that his cultivation is really behind so she was really shocked.
The self purification is what every individual has to go through if they want to take the path of Cultivation. This was split into Body, Heart and Mind.
Because the path of cultivation is full of difficulties, riskiness, lonesomeness. One must have a pure body, firm mind and steadfast heart. That's why it is the prerequisite to cultivate. When the body, heart and mind reach the most purified period, it's time to prepare it to be purely stabilized.
This level is inevitable to avoid riskiness when attacking Qi Absorbing. When one individual tries to attack the Qi Absorbing and fails, it will have a backlash and one has to take the self purification again with double the difficulty. It is said that - In everything we do, we must take it step by step in the process. Simple as that but it is really important to imprint on the mind of every cultivation practitioner.
After the shock on her face she sighed,"Nevermind, at least you're still fortunate that I decided to tell you this early and still have time to improve your cultivation."
"Why Fortunate? I don't have a plan to participate and my life now is full of freedom and happiness. Why would I waste my time on this and also even if i participate, do you think i have a chance to get in the top hundred individuals?Even in the top 500, I don't think I have confidence." Ren replied with a carefree voice while thinking;girl, do you really think I'm interested in this, I'm just asking for you to stop interrogating me.
"Why are you being like that? What Freedom and Happiness? You mean, going to the brothel is your freedom and happiness? Are you for real? It's just like you're not the Ren I knew before. It seems, it's just a waste of my time coming here. Humph!!!" Zixue snorted coldly. Again, she's trying to return the topic to that brothel. She was really determined to confront him now about this.
"Err…" Ren was so speechless but he muttered to himself: why do I feel like she's not here to inform me about the recruitment of a heavy willow sect but to confront me about this brothel incident and I feel like she's trying to return this topic intentionally.
That's right, she really just used the recruitment as an excuse to approach him.
Forget about it, I might as well tell her the truth and roots of all this. I know that she will not stop pestering me, if i don't give her a satisfactory explanation. Since we were a little child, she was like that. What a headache.
"Do you mind listening to what happened to me these last two years?"Ren asked Zixue while organizing his thoughts.
"Ok, Speak!!!"
Feeling helpless he started to tell the truth that started two years ago.
"It started two years ago, when you stop playing and meeting with me, my heart's self purification process begins to waver and from the looks of things, it will become chaotic because I can't accept the truth that all of sudden you suddenly stop going in that giant tree."Ren was full of sadness on his face when telling this because he only has one friend in his life then this friend suddenly disappears.
"But my Grandfather told me something that gave me a sudden enlightenment, he said," Ren, are you really going to destroy yourself for these little setbacks, didn't you tell me that your little friend is a young miss of powerful clans? Then it is easy for you to find her. So, what are you dawdling for? If you really want to see your friend again then you can just head to her clan. However, right now you can't go there."