Chapter 11: Meeting an Old Friend

On that day, a young man in a red Daoist robe was seen flying quickly with a green-leaf magic weapon, and in a short time, he landed at the top of Yunling Peak.

The surrounding young disciples were stunned at the sight, and then they were busy talking to each other.

"Which Inner Sect Senior Brother is this? How come I've never seen him before?" a young male disciple asked suspiciously, pulling his companion aside.

The companion shook his head and said, "How should I know if you don't? It's usually those guys who like to keep quiet, right? That kind of person is not to be messed with, so don't talk about it!"

Seeing that he had become the centre of attention for a moment, Xu Mu immediately understood that it was this Dao uniform he was wearing that had caused the trouble, and could only smile helplessly.

In Tailing Mountain, the outer disciples uniformly wore white Dao robes, the registered disciples were grey, and only the inner disciples were allowed to wear red Dao robes.

Of course, if you don't wear a Dao robe, then no one cares about you, just like when Wang Zhi wore black shorts, if you wear a robe, you can't go beyond this rule.

Xu Mu, who was wearing a red Dao robe in front of him, if he wasn't an inner disciple, then he was a guy who was tired of living and dared to wear clothes indiscriminately.

"May I ask this elder brother where the hidden scripture pavilion is?"Seeing that there were so many onlookers, Xu Mu just found a random one and asked him."Disciple wouldn't dare, Senior Brother, the scripture pavilion is over there, behind the mountain," the man he asked was stunned, unconsciously pointing in a certain direction.

Xu Mu didn't dwell on the titles of Senior Brother and Disciple either, he raised his hand and said, "Thank you!"

He immediately walked in the direction the man was pointing.

"Did you hear that, that disciple just called him Senior Brother?" someone looked at Xu Mu's back in surprise and said.

"Maybe it's because the man is more polite, who knows?"Another person shook his head indifferently and said, "I haven't finished my sect duties yet, so I won't accompany you to wander around here!"

That's right, as a matter of practice, the outer disciples had to call the inner disciples senior brothers, no matter how early or late the time of initiation or the level of cultivation.

Similarly, as a matter of practice, outer disciples were required to perform cult tasks in exchange for cultivation resources.

Like Xu Mu's treatment of lying down and being taught by someone's hand, even many inner disciples couldn't compare.Not long after, Xu Mu followed the man's lead and arrived at a small attic.

Looking at the three large words "Scripture Pavilion" printed above him, Xu Mu quickly stepped inside.

He had just passed through the wooden door of the Scripture Pavilion when he heard a delicate voice from the side say, "Good day, Senior, may I ask if Senior is here to borrow a tome?"

"Shi Yu?"Xu Mu froze when he heard this somewhat familiar voice and turned his head to see that it was indeed Shi Yu standing in front of him.

"Xu Mu?"Shi Yu also froze at this moment, shocked as she looked at the red-robed Xu Mu in front of her.

"Senior sister, do you know each other?"A slightly older woman on the side asked curiously, looking at her dress, she was also an outer disciple.

"Ah? That's right, senior sister, this is the Xu Mu I mentioned earlier, the one from the same village as me."Shi Yu turned her head and rushed over to the woman on the side to introduce herself.The woman smiled at his words, "So this is the lover you've been longing for, it turns out he's an inner disciple, no wonder he's got Xiao Yu so stuck on him!"

Xu Mu's face immediately turned red when he heard this, not as good as Shi Yu's, who just laughed and pouted at the woman, her face didn't change too much.

"Good day Senior Sister!" Xu Mu touched his nose and saluted the woman.

"Hehe! Don't be like that, Senior Brother, Senior Sister can't afford this salute from you!"The woman said with a smile, "My name is Yan Huo, you can call me Senior Sister Yan or Junior Sister Huo, calling me Senior Sister would be a bad rule."

However, Xu Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Senior Sister is older than me, I should be able to accept this gift, not to mention that in the future, I will have to ask Senior Sister to take care of Xiaoyu."

For Shi Yu, who was from the same village as him, Xu Mu did not have that kind of male-female sentiment, but he also knew that they had to help each other.

Yan Huo smiled at his words, "Yo yo, still a senior brother who can love people, no wonder Xiao Yu sings about you all day long!"

"Senior sister!" Shi Yu really couldn't listen from the side anymore and pouted."Hehe, all right, I won't say any more, you two go and chat, I'll just stand guard here alone," Yan Huo smiled and said.

"Is that OK?" Shi Yu asked worriedly.

"How can it not work? If something goes wrong, don't we have you, the Inner Sect's Senior Brother Xu, to take care of it? What are you afraid of?"Yan Huo said with a straight face.

Xu Mu smiled helplessly at his words, and in a short while, he and Shi Yu left the scripture pavilion and chatted as they walked around the back of Yunling Peak.

As it turned out, Shi Yu had successfully passed two out of the three trials of the original initiation trial, and had been worshipped at Cloudling Peak ever since.

The first stage of the Cloud Peak Initiation Trial was a test of endurance, where the disciple had to climb a peak under the sun. Shi Yu had helped with the farm work at home since she was a little girl, so she had some stamina.

Although girls have no advantage in physical strength, Shi Yu herself is relatively thin and light, which is also an advantage, and she eventually passed this level.

The second level was an understanding competition, Shi Yu was stumped by some questions and eventually lost.

The third level is the competition of the mind, the beginner has to stay in a formation for one hour and not be confused by the illusion of the scene inside the formation in order to pass.

According to Shi Yu, after entering the formation at that time, she saw herself turn into a maiden in the palace and was almost truly fooled.

What she didn't say was that the emperor in the illusion at that time was none other than Xu Mu's image.It wasn't that Shi Yu liked Xu Mu, it was mainly because Xu Mu had been taken to the Red Flame Peak by her side and had left a deep impression on her.

Passing two out of the three hurdles was the only way to become an outer disciple, otherwise, even if you had spiritual roots, all you could do was wait for the next year's test.

Shi Yu had entered Yunling Peak after passing the test, and this time she appeared at the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to carry out the sect's mission of guarding the pavilion together with Yan Huo.

Xu Mu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, thinking that he didn't know how many passes he would have been able to make if he had gone to the test back then.

Shi Yu, on the other hand, asked curiously, ''What about you? How was this year?

Xu Mu smiled at his words and did not tell Shi Yu the truth about himself, instead saying, "I don't have to do any sect missions, so I can cultivate during the weekdays, and Master Teacher treats me very well.

Shi Yu then said, "I've heard that your master has sent a thousand taels of silver to your family! Of course that's good! By the way, what level have you cultivated to now?"

"Me? I've just reached the fourth level of qi cultivation," Xu Mu smiled helplessly, "After all, you also know that I'm a Five Spirit Root, so my cultivation is just too slow."

Unexpectedly, Shi Yu was shocked and said, "What? You're at the fourth level of qi cultivation? I'm only at the third level of qi practice!