Delicious Food, Five Newcomers

He put away all thirteen spirit chicken eggs.

Li Yunjing grabbed a handful of mixed rice and scattered it on the ground.

The three hens and the pearl chicken all came over to peck at the rice.

After the Poultry Coop had been upgraded last time,

the pearl chicken had settled down inside it.

Since it was a rooster, the pearl chicken had quickly conquered the three hens.

Li Yunjing had originally planned to leave some spirit chicken eggs for the hens to hatch.

After thinking it over, however, he decided to wait a while.

Besides the four spirit chickens, there were also two Green-Headed Cranes.

The two Green-Headed Cranes were a male and a female, and they spent every day glued to each other.

But neither Green-Headed Crane was an adult yet, so they couldn't lay eggs.

For now, the only spirit eggs produced by the Poultry Coop were chicken eggs.

Thanks to the Poultry Coop's effects, the two Green-Headed Cranes were growing quickly as well.

They were already half a head taller than Li Yunjing.

With their wings spread, their wingspans measured a full zhang.

Li Yunjing took out two pieces of Demon Beast meat and fed them to the two Green-Headed Cranes.

The two Green-Headed Cranes immediately came bounding over eagerly.

They opened their great, fang-filled mouths and swallowed the Demon Beast meat in a single gulp.

They barely even chewed.

After eating the Demon Beast meat, the two Green-Headed Cranes rubbed their heads against Li Yunjing.

They wanted more.

Li Yunjing had no choice but to take out two more pieces of Demon Beast meat and feed them to the Green-Headed Cranes.

Having eaten two pieces of Demon Beast meat, the two Green-Headed Cranes were content.

They flapped their wings and began flying around the Poultry Coop.

Li Yunjing wasn't worried that the two Green-Headed Cranes would fly away.

Once they entered the Poultry Coop and were recognized by it,

the Green-Headed Cranes were bound to the Luozhen Sect.

Without Li Yunjing's orders, the two Green-Headed Cranes wouldn't leave.

"Senior brother, when did you start raising two Green-Headed Cranes?"

At that moment, Mo Xuan's voice rang out.

Mo Xuan walked over to Li Yunjing, feeling surprised.

Glancing at the Chicken Coop, Mo Xuan noticed that it looked different from how he remembered it.

"This Chicken Coop... looks different?" Surprise flashed in Mo Xuan's eyes.

Li Yunjing didn't explain. He smiled and said,

"Junior Brother Mo, come on. I'll treat you to something good today."

Li Yunjing led Mo Xuan away.

When they returned to the front of Luozhen Hall, Shui Yao had just emerged from the Alchemy Chamber.

Upon seeing Li Yunjing, Shui Yao immediately came over.

"Senior brother, you repaired the Alchemy Chamber too, and that cultivation room.

I went inside to try it out and found that cultivating in the cultivation room was much faster than cultivating outside.

When did the cultivation room become so effective?"

Shui Yao was puzzled.

It wasn't as if Shui Yao had never used the cultivation room before.

Cultivating in it had only been a little faster than cultivating outside.

But just now, Shui Yao had felt a difference.

"Don't be surprised. The patriarch manifested his divine power," Li Yunjing said.

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao both frowned.

Li Yunjing didn't explain much, merely saying,

"After breakfast, go offer incense to Master and the Luozhen Sect's patriarch in the Patriarch Hall, and you'll understand."

With that, Li Yunjing went to cook breakfast.

Breakfast was simple: twelve eggs, exactly four for each of them.

Once the eggs were cooked, Li Yunjing made a point of letting Mo Xuan and Shui Yao eat first.

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao peeled off the shells and each took a bite of egg white along with a little yolk.

Their taste buds exploded.

The fragrance of the eggs spread through their mouths.

"The flavor of these eggs is so rich! They're so much tastier than the ones we've eaten!"

Shui Yao said as she chewed.

Mo Xuan didn't say a word. He ate his egg in one bite and hurriedly picked up another.

"Senior brother, were all these eggs laid by those three hens?"

Shui Yao looked at Li Yunjing with wide eyes.

Li Yunjing nodded. "Yes, there are some every day, sometimes six, sometimes twelve.

If you want to eat them, you can have them every day from now on."

While the three of them were eating breakfast,

Li Yunjing suddenly received a warning from the mountain gate.

Someone had entered Serene Valley.

Li Yunjing frowned and immediately looked toward the entrance to Serene Valley.

"Senior brother, what's wrong?" Mo Xuan sensed that something was amiss and immediately asked.

"Someone's here," Li Yunjing said.

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao immediately tensed.

Had the people from the Clear Wind Sect come after them?

That couldn't be. They had clearly shaken those people off.

But they weren't left wondering for long.

A booming voice drifted over from the distance.

"Sect master, sect master, come quickly! There are newcomers who want to join the Luozhen Sect!"

Hearing that voice, Li Yunjing suddenly laughed.

"So it's that brat Zhang Hanpeng!"

"Senior brother, is it that silly boy who joined the Luozhen Sect before?"

Mo Xuan asked curiously.

Li Yunjing nodded. "It's him. But don't call him a silly boy. He's an outer disciple of the Luozhen Sect, and he's the Luozhen Sect's future."

Mo Xuan was immediately rendered speechless.

He didn't know what wrong medicine his senior brother had taken,

to actually regard a disciple with a first-grade Root Bone as the future.

"I previously sent Hanpeng to recruit new disciples for the Luozhen Sect. It looks like he did a good job. Come, let's go welcome them."

Li Yunjing swallowed his egg in one bite and took a few sips of spirit water.

Then he led the two of them toward the entrance to Serene Valley.

They hadn't gone far when Li Yunjing saw Zhang Hanpeng running swiftly toward him.

There was no one following Zhang Hanpeng.

Presumably, he had left them outside the valley.

"This disciple greets the sect master!"

Upon reaching Li Yunjing, Zhang Hanpeng immediately bowed.

He couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

When he saw Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, Zhang Hanpeng bowed to them as well.

"Greetings, elders."

"Hanpeng, how many people did you recruit?" Li Yunjing asked with a smile.

"Reporting to the sect master, this disciple recruited five people this time."

Zhang Hanpeng held up his right hand, showing five fingers.

"Oh? You exceeded your quota." Li Yunjing was surprised.

Li Yunjing had originally thought it would be good if Zhang Hanpeng managed to recruit even two people.

He hadn't expected him to recruit five.

Without asking any more questions, Li Yunjing hurried to the valley entrance to meet the newcomers.

Outside the valley, the five were sitting or standing, chatting on and off.

When they saw Li Yunjing and the others,

all five stood up straight.

Li Yunjing swept his gaze over them and frowned.

Of the five, three were no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

One looked to be in his forties,

and actually had a cultivation level: Early Qi Refining.

The last had completely white hair and a white beard, and his back was hunched.

He had to be at least seventy years old.

Damn it, was seventy the perfect age to strive?

Li Yunjing looked at Zhang Hanpeng, somewhat speechless.

But Zhang Hanpeng was very excited at the moment.

Li Yunjing sighed inwardly, unable to bring himself to dampen Zhang Hanpeng's enthusiasm.

If anyone was to blame, it was himself for not explaining things clearly to Zhang Hanpeng in the first place.

Behind him, Mo Xuan and Shui Yao were speechless as well.

Those three children were fine.

But as for the remaining middle-aged man and the old man,

how could they be accepted into the Luozhen Sect?

One had to know that the best age to begin cultivating was between ten and sixteen.

Below the age of ten, the body couldn't withstand the scouring of Spiritual Qi.

Above the age of sixteen, the meridians would begin to stiffen.

The older one got, the more severe the stiffness became.

Drawing Spiritual Qi into the body would become increasingly difficult.

At eighteen, someone like Zhang Hanpeng generally wouldn't be accepted by a sect.

He was too old.

Even though sixteen was the upper limit of the best age to begin cultivating,

when some sects recruited disciples,

they wouldn't accept anyone who had reached fourteen.

At seventy, one might as well start making funeral arrangements.

Cultivation was basically impossible.

Unless one had the aid of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

"Everyone, this is the sect master of our Luozhen Sect. His surname is Li."

Zhang Hanpeng stepped forward and introduced Li Yunjing to the five.

Hearing this, all five bowed to Li Yunjing.

"Greetings, Immortal Master Li (Senior)."

Li Yunjing nodded lightly.

"Are you all willing to join the Luozhen Sect?"

"Yes!"

A boy immediately shouted.

Li Yunjing looked over.

The boy's face was flushed, and he was very excited.

Just like Zhang Hanpeng had been when he heard he was going to join the Luozhen Sect.

This kid doesn't know anything about the Luozhen Sect either, does he? Li Yunjing thought.

Although Li Yunjing wanted to recruit new disciples,

there were some things he still had to make clear beforehand.

"Are you aware of the Luozhen Sect's current situation?"

Li Yunjing asked...