Joining the Sect

Yellow Sheep Girl joined the Three Xuan Sect, becoming the junior sister of its fourth generation—or rather, the eldest senior sister of the fourth generation.

Second Dao Cave was sealed by the sect and renamed the "Tomb of the Late Madam Huang Zhang."

Yellow Sheep Girl gathered up her tattered mat and broken clay jar. At the mountain gate of Qianzhu Ridge, Madam Liu had nearly thrown them away again, but Fang Buai stepped in, allowing her to bring those battered belongings up to Banshanping.

From that day on, Yellow Sheep Girl learned that Big Brother was her senior brother, named Zhou Tong; the handsome uncle was Liu Xiaolou, the Three Xuan Sect's sect leader and senior martial uncle; the cold little uncle was Elder Fang; and the two aunties were Madam Zhou and Madam Liu.

As for the other three children who had been chosen alongside her, they lacked the fate to enter the sect. Though they had some cultivation talent, it would be difficult for them to reach late Qi Refining. Reaching mid Qi Refining in this lifetime would already be quite good. Thus, they were selected by the sect's affiliated clans and would be able to help with various tasks in the future.

As for teachers—according to the Three Xuan Sect's rules, there were no teachers for the first few years. She could study under the Sect Leader, the elders, and her senior brothers, though she would mainly learn from her senior brothers. This stage was called the outer sect. Only after reaching mid Qi Refining, like Senior Brother Zhou Tong, could one formally take a master.

"Taking a master isn't something to be done carelessly. During those years in the outer sect, first you lay your cultivation foundation, and second, your temperament and character are observed,