Chapter 30: Rejection!

A moment later.

Jiang Yuan appeared at the archway.

He was dressed in white, a strand of hair neatly tied up, making him look clean and tidy.

The woman who looked like a Daoist nun furrowed her brows slightly when she saw Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan cupped his hands in respect: "Greetings, County Honorable, greetings, elder."

[Name]: Gongsun Zhi

[Realm]: Spiritual Bridge Realm Level Three

[Innate Destiny]: Outstanding Talent (Blue), Sunflower Spiritual Body (Blue), Exceptional Swordsmanship (Green)

[Outstanding Talent]: Exceptional aptitude for cultivation, greatly weakened bottlenecks, significantly increased cultivation speed.

[Sunflower Spiritual Body]: Special constitution, swift progression in cultivating water-element techniques, with a dramatic increase in their power.

[Exceptional Swordsmanship]: Exceptional aptitude in swordsmanship, rapid progress in sword techniques, and greatly increased comprehension.

This person should be from the Sunset Sect.

Spiritual Bridge Realm, just what level of realm is that?

A wave of curiosity rose in Jiang Yuan's heart.

The Daoist nun looked at him with a furrowed brow: "You are Jiang Yuan?"

"It is indeed me!" Jiang Yuan responded.

"Come here, let me check your aptitude!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Yuan respectfully complied and quickly approached.

She checked Jiang Yuan's body, from top to bottom, then shook her head: "You're not qualified!"

"Martial Aunt, why?" Li Hong couldn't help but ask.

She glanced at Li Hong, and he instantly felt like he had been hit hard.

He stepped back repeatedly, leaving footprints several inches deep in the ground. A trace of blood seeped from his mouth.

"Once but not twice!"

Then she looked at Jiang Yuan and said faintly: "Your physical body is not bad! But your spirit, energy, and vitality are just average, no different from ordinary people. For special recruitment into the inner gate, you are not qualified!"

Li Hong did not dare to speak at this point.

Just now, he impulsively questioned the elder again and received punishment.

This was only a mild warning.

Now if he dared to speak out of turn again, the consequences would not be as light.

This person was an elder of the sect, in charge of the Punishment Hall, high-ranking and powerful.

And he was just an outer disciple, even if he was now only one step away from the inner gate.

Compared to the elder, their statuses were worlds apart.

The gap in their realms was even more vast.

At this time, Jiang Yuan remained calm and bowed, saying, "I'm sorry for troubling you, elder."

"Do you feel dissatisfied in your heart?"

She suddenly asked.

Jiang Yuan hesitated only for a moment before nodding his agreement.

This woman gave Jiang Yuan an unpredictable feeling. She surely wouldn't speak without reason.

"At least you're straightforward!" she said, "At this distance, I can roughly sense the emotions in your heart. If you didn't tell the truth, I wouldn't bother to speak with you."

"Since you are so straightforward, I'll explain things to you."

Then she continued, "Your talent is not bad! But it can only be said to be not bad! Have you heard of Zhao Li from Dashun Prefecture?"

"I have!" Jiang Yuan nodded.

She said, "Let me tell you, only someone like him is qualified to directly enter the inner gate of my Sunset Sect. Your spirit is ordinary, the Spirit Nurturing Realm will surely trouble you for a long time, perhaps half a year, or even a year, unless..."

She shook her head, "Forget it, this is even more impossible!"

She then said, "In the path of cultivation, one step ahead is always a step ahead. Your realm at this age is nothing special. Some of the outer disciples of the Sunset Sect of your age with outstanding talent have already surpassed you. Moreover, your spiritual power is ordinary, how can you be qualified to directly enter the inner gate of my Sunset Sect."

"You should know, directly entering the inner gate means receiving genuine teaching, like Zhao Li, who has already taken me as his master!"

At this moment.

Li Hong suddenly spoke, "Could you take him into the Sunset Sect as an outer disciple, senior? He has come so far from a small place, it's not easy! I can't bear to see him wasting his talent."

"You have good intentions!" She glanced at Li Hong and said, "But do you think someone of my status needs to personally recruit a mere outer disciple?"

She turned her head towards Jiang Yuan and said, "If you are willing, you can go to my Sunset Sect and take the initiative to become a disciple! If you come to take me as your master, I will naturally be very welcoming"

"When you break through the mortal limit and enter the Meridian Connecting Realm, you can naturally enter the inner gate!"

After finishing speaking, she rose into the sky and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

Jiang Yuan immediately focused his gaze, feeling a slight shock in his heart.

Is this the existence of the Spiritual Bridge Realm?

She can actually fly, this speed is terrifying!!

"Sigh!" Beside him, Li Hong sighed and said, "I originally thought your talent qualified you to enter the inner gate of my Sunset Sect, but it seems that I thought too much!"

Jiang Yuan said, "Sorry to trouble you, sir!"

"It's okay!" Li Hong shook his head and comforted Jiang Yuan, "Don't be too discouraged. It's hard to enter the inner gate. Even for me, in order to break through to the Meridian Connecting Realm and enter the inner gate, I had to take up tasks from the sect and serve in Lin'an County for so many years, just to accumulate merit and exchange for auxiliary elixirs to help me break through the Ninth Layer of Body Forging, enter the Meridian Connecting Realm, and transcend the mundane."

Jiang Yuan nodded, "Thank you for your concern, sir. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first!"

After speaking, Jiang Yuan bowed and turned to leave.

Li Hong raised his hand, wanting to keep Jiang Yuan, and wanted to say something more.

But then he slowly put it down.

"Sigh!" He let out a small sigh.

Along the way, Jiang Yuan was not at all discouraged. On the contrary, he was extremely excited and full of motivation.

Just now, watching Gongsun Zhi take off into the sky and disappear into the horizon in an instant.

He aspired for that.

To travel to the North Sea in the morning and stay in Cangwu in the evening.

What a carefree life that would be.

This world is incredibly fascinating.

And he, now having a lifespan of ten thousand years, will eventually reach such a realm.

As for Gongsun Zhi's evaluation of him just now, he didn't take it to heart.

How could she understand his talent?

With his lifespan of ten thousand years, the so-called prodigies are fleeting clouds.

The beauty is nothing more than a pile of dry bones, only longevity is eternal.

And the path to immortality is not far from him.

As long as that purple innate luck can continue to upgrade, that would be a path leading directly to immortality.

What realm can't be broken through in eternal life?

What achievement can't be reached?

Moreover, in addition to his long life, his talent is extraordinary, and his future talent will only get stronger!

Perhaps his current only shortcoming is, as she said, his spirit is ordinary.

The transition from the Eighth Layer of Body Forging to the Ninth Layer where the spirit and energy become one will trouble him for a while.

But that doesn't matter, he has plenty of time.

Thinking of these, Jiang Yuan quickened his pace to the Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

The current key is to break through to the Eighth Layer of Body Forging, only by reaching the Eighth Layer.

Once his spirit grows to a certain point, Jiang Yuan would have a bit of confidence in fighting against the main leader of the Black Wind Stockade.

Only in this way could he fulfill Jiang Zhenyuan's last wish, to escort that brocade box.

Once that's done, he can devote himself to cultivation.

As for taking the Sunset Sect as a master, that will be discussed later!