"You can tell this boy has a decent character, but kissing won't make babies. Your mother was just teasing you."
Li Zhōujūn shook his head with a laugh.
"Really?" Cai Youwan scratched his head in confusion. "Mister, you weren't lying to me, were you?"
"Brat, why would I lie to you?" Li Zhōujūn flicked Cai Youwan on the forehead and chided him with a laugh.
Cai Youwan rubbed the spot Li Zhōujūn had struck, then foolishly grinned and sighed in relief. "That's good, that's good."
"Enough. Didn't you say you wanted to join the Xiao Jian Sect?" Li Zhōujūn said. "You'd better prepare properly. Opportunities only favor those who are prepared."
"I know, Mister. Don't worry, I definitely won't embarrass you!" Cai Youwan said with a grin, raising his fist.
Li Zhōujūn nodded in satisfaction.
The days passed one after another.
Soon, the day arrived when the Xiao Jian Sect came to Little Bay Village to recruit disciples.
Little Bay Village was bustling with activity that day. All the dozens of households went to the village's broadest and largest open ground, then formed a circle around it.
Li Zhōujūn, meanwhile, sat at home. With his cultivation, he could grasp everything happening in Little Bay Village even from ten thousand miles away.
At that moment, three young men and women stood at the center of the open ground surrounded by the villagers. They were dressed in Daoist robes and possessed an otherworldly bearing.
The leader was a handsome young man with sword-shaped brows and starry eyes. His cultivation was at the Dao Lord realm.
The man and woman behind him were also both Dao Lords.
"I am a disciple of the Xiao Jian Sect, Liu Chengyang. I have come under orders to seek out cultivation seeds for our Xiao Jian Sect.