Would You Take In a Piece of Trash?

Li Qingyang said to save him; Lu Qianqian said not to.

Their personalities were vastly different, so naturally their views differed as well.

"Senior Sister!"

Li Qingyang said earnestly, "Saving one life is worth more than building a seven-story pagoda!"

Jun Changxiao was speechless.

He had said the same thing when he saved Li Qingyang, only to receive a look from that woman as though he were an idiot.

"Tch."

Lu Qianqian said flatly, "Countless people die on the Starfall Continent every day. Can you save them all?"

Li Qingyang fell silent.

Lu Qianqian continued, "We are a sect, not a clinic that heals the dying and saves the wounded. Sect Leader does not have many of these pills either. Rather than use one on an unrelated outsider, it would be better to save them for ourselves."

Li Qingyang had even less to say.

Jun Changxiao patted his shoulder and said, "Qingyang, your kind heart is precious, but sometimes reality is cruel."

"Sect Leader, I..." Li Qingyang hesitated.

Jun Changxiao said, "I did not know that pills passed down from ancient times would be so effective, which was why I gave one to you back then."

"Now that I know how effective they are, I naturally understand how precious they are. I will be especially cautious in using them and will not casually use them to save unrelated people."

Lu Qianqian said flatly, "You have finally seen the light."

Li Qingyang said bitterly, "Sect Leader, do you regret using that Healing Pill on me before?"

Jun Changxiao shook his head. "Because I saved you, you were able to join the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect as its second disciple. If I had not saved you then, that would have been something I regretted beyond all remedy."

Li Qingyang felt much better upon hearing that.

Walking over to the unconscious youth, Jun Changxiao murmured, "One Healing Pill brought me a disciple of outstanding talent. I hope this time brings an unexpected gain as well."

Lu Qianqian said in astonishment, "You want to save him?"

"One disciple died earlier. Saving him will conveniently fill the vacancy," Jun Changxiao said.

Lu Qianqian said nothing.

Although she had not known him for long, she knew that once the Sect Leader made a decision, he would not change it.

"Ding!"

"Host consumed 1 Contribution Point and obtained Low-grade Healing Pill ×1. It has been transferred into the Spatial Ring."

"Ding!"

"Sect Contribution Points: 29/100."

More than a month had passed since he saved Li Qingyang. If the pills had not come up, Jun Changxiao would have forgotten to exchange for one.

One Contribution Point for a Healing Pill that rapidly restored injuries—so long as there was no time limit, he would definitely buy it without hesitation.

Jun Changxiao summoned the Healing Pill and tossed it into the injured youth's mouth.

Lu Qianqian said coldly, "Sect Leader, do you really think you can casually save a genius like Second Junior Brother whenever you come across one?"

"Maybe my luck will be good," Jun Changxiao said with a shrug.

Lu Qianqian rolled her eyes at him. "If his talent were any good, would he have been bullied into this state by several pieces of trash at the second or third stage of Pulse Opening?"

"Right."

Jun Changxiao held his chin. "How did I not think of that?"

"Cough, cough."

At that moment, the youth's injuries had been repaired by the pill, and he woke from his coma. When he opened his eyes, he said in astonishment, "I... I'm still alive?"

"That's right. You're still alive," Jun Changxiao said.

The youth rose from the bed and brushed aside his disheveled hair. Once he saw the face of the man before him, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Sect Leader Jun, please allow me to join the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect!"

"You know me?" Jun Changxiao said.

The youth said, "A month ago, I saw Sect Leader Jun at the Hundred Sects Recruitment. I came here this time in hopes of joining the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect and learning Martial Dao under you!"

"So that was it."

Jun Changxiao said, "What is your name, and where is your home?"

The youth paused, then gathered his courage and said, "My name is Xiao Ziji. I am a Xiao Family Direct Descendant from Liyang City."

Li Qingyang said in shock, "You are Xiao Ziji?"

"You know him?" Jun Changxiao said.

Li Qingyang said solemnly, "A genius with a Top-grade Spirit Root, one seen only once in a thousand years—who in all of Qingyang County had not heard of him?"

"A Top-grade Spirit Root?"

Jun Changxiao's eyes widened.

Even Lu Qianqian beside him cast an astonished look his way.

This ragged youth, looking like a beggar—he possessed a Top-grade Spirit Root that surpassed even Second Junior Brother's?

"Hahaha!"

Jun Changxiao threw back his head and laughed. "Qianqian, I bet right again this time, didn't I?"

One Healing Pill had gained him Li Qingyang, with his high-grade aptitude. Now, another Healing Pill had gained him a genius with top-grade aptitude.

What did that prove? That good deeds still brought good rewards!

"From today onward."

Suppressing his delight, Jun Changxiao announced, "You are the ninety-ninth disciple of my Iron Bone Unyielding Sect."

Xiao Ziji excitedly cupped his hands. "This disciple Xiao Ziji greets Sect Leader!"

"Mhm, mhm."

Jun Changxiao nodded. "Qingyang, go fetch the Entrance Registration Form."

"Yes."

Li Qingyang answered.

But after hesitating briefly, he leaned close and whispered, "Sect Leader, this disciple must make it clear: he was once a genius seen only once in a thousand years. Later, for some unknown reason, his Spirit Root degenerated to low grade, his twelve main meridians fused shut again, and all his Cultivation vanished without a trace."

Creak.

The muscles on Jun Changxiao's face froze.

Such an important matter, and only now did you think it necessary to make it clear? Wasn't that later than arriving at Great-Auntie's house after the feast was over?

Sect Leader Jun instantly regretted it.

But words spoken were like spit—once spat out, could he lick them back up?

Li Qingyang said, "Because his Spirit Root and Cultivation regressed, his fiancée brought people to the Xiao Family to break off the engagement and humiliated him viciously. Later, the Xiao Family felt he had disgraced them and expelled him from the family."

Jun Changxiao's mouth twitched.

A genius became trash, and his fiancée came to break off the engagement?

Wasn't this the standard opening of a novel? Wasn't he born to be the protagonist? Yet Jun Changxiao had actually run into him and even accepted him as a disciple!

Though Li Qingyang spoke softly, Xiao Ziji still heard him. He slowly lowered his head, a self-mocking smile rising at the corner of his mouth. His hands clenched into fists, his nails piercing his palms and bringing waves of pain.

Jun Changxiao caught that gesture and said, "Go get the Entrance Registration Form."

"Yes."

Li Qingyang withdrew.

With her arms folded, Lu Qianqian said flatly, "Sect Leader, this kind of trash..." A solemn look appeared on Jun Changxiao's face, and she immediately closed her mouth.

"Sect Leader."

Xiao Ziji said, "Would you take in a piece of trash?"

"I would not."

Jun Changxiao answered honestly.

Xiao Ziji said dejectedly, "I knew it. I am not worthy of being a disciple of the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect... Sect Leader Jun, forgive my disturbance."

With slumped shoulders and lowered head, he walked out of the Medicine Pavilion.

Li Qingyang came running over with the Entrance Registration Form. Seeing Xiao Ziji leave with his head hanging, he asked in confusion, "Senior Sister, what happened to him?"

Lu Qianqian said flatly, "He thinks he is trash and not qualified to join the sect, so he left on his own."

Watching that dispirited back, Li Qingyang called out in consolation, "Young Master Xiao, you were once a genius seen only once in a thousand years. As long as you remain in the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, under Sect Leader's guidance, you will surely reclaim everything you lost!"