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Yin Qinglan was also a True Person of the Nascent Soul Realm, so naturally she couldn't apply for a dormitory. But she was, at least, a daughter of the prestigious Yin family of Xieluo Mountain. Though the sect had tacitly abandoned her, it still had to put on a show for appearances. This time, Yin Qinglan was staying on the mountain to cultivate in a branch temple built for Xuanyue Yuxu Palace, under the pretext of accompanying the group as its senior sister and leader.

According to the exchange agreement between Ink Bamboo Mountain and the various Daoist sects, besides the students who had just entered the Dao and come to study Tai Su Dao, three to five Nascent Soul Realm senior disciples could accompany them. They could serve as a pillar of support and watch over their juniors, while also guiding their cultivation so they wouldn't neglect their sect's unique techniques and teachings.

Zheng Zetian followed Yin Qinglan into the temple. In the main hall, he saw quite a few Yuxu Palace disciples studying scriptures under the guidance of the old man who had last come to tidy up after Yin Qinglan. Of course, they were cultivating their sect's secret arts, so a ward had been put up around them. Though he could see the inner hall from a distance, not a sound from inside could reach him.

Zheng Zetian knew what was going on. Those selected to study at Ink Bamboo Mountain, with their sect even assigning them a tutor to accompany them, were naturally elite disciples whom Xieluo Mountain was grooming. They were either Daoist prodigies blessed with heaven-defying talent or second-generation disciples doted on by their ancestors—in other words, they were rich or powerful.

Children like Yuzan, Ling Chan, and Ling Juan weren't even qualified to