Cao Youqian: I Never Expected to Meet a Chosen Here

"What, you don't want to?"

Seeing that the young man had not answered his question for a long time, Cao Youqian asked another question.

"My lord, it's not that I'm unwilling, but my meridians are all severed, making cultivation impossible. Therefore, I dare not become your disciple, for fear of bringing shame upon you."

After Xia Kang finished speaking, he lowered his head even further, not daring to look at the official in front of him again.

Cao Youqian scanned the boy with his divine sense. The boy was indeed not lying. Fortunately, the boy's dantian was not damaged, and he only needed to use a little spiritual power to repair his meridians.

He laughed and said, "I thought it was something serious. Severed meridians are nothing to me. I'm just curious how someone with such talent ended up like this?"

"To be honest, sir, I once did something wrong, which led to my cultivation being crippled by the elders of my clan..."

Xia Kang recounted his experiences in detail.

This is a cliché story: Xia Kang stole the tribe's precious medicine in order to transform his fiancée, but she turned around and gave the medicine to the pride of their rival tribe.

After the tribe discovered this, they enforced the tribe's laws and crippled his cultivation. If Xia Kang hadn't been the chieftain's grandson, he wouldn't have even had this chance for forgiveness.

"Okay, okay!"

After hearing Xia Kang's story, Cao Youqian repeatedly praised him, saying that this kid perfectly met the requirements for accepting disciples at their Miscellaneous Dao Institute.

Xia Kang was completely bewildered by the two "okay"s from him. He looked at the official in front of him with a surprised expression, racking his brains but still unable to understand why the official had said "okay."

Cao Youqian patted Xia Kang on the shoulder and asked, "Answer me, do you want revenge? Do you want to take back everything that originally belonged to you?"

"Think."

Xia Kang answered without hesitation.

"Look me straight in the eye and let me see your resolve."

Cao Youqian raised his voice, his tone carrying a hint of authority.

Xia Kang's mind flashed back to all the things he had experienced before. He gritted his teeth, slowly raised his head, and uttered a single word with unwavering determination. "Want."

Cao Youqian said with a smile, "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you become my disciple? As for your tribe, I will naturally protect you."

"Disciple Xia Kang greets Master."

After saying this, Xia Kang knelt down and kowtowed three times to Cao Youqian.

Cao Youqian helped Xia Kang up and said with a smile, "From now on, you are my disciple and the senior brother of my Tyrant Fist Holy Land. Now, I will repair your meridians."

After saying that, he injected a wisp of spiritual energy into Xia Kang's body. Wherever his spiritual energy reached, Xia Kang's meridians were completely repaired.

Xia Kang felt the changes within his body, his eyes widened, and a look of excitement appeared on his face. He shouted in his heart: I'm going to recover! I can finally regain my former glory!

After a moment, Cao Youqian released his hand and said calmly, "Go and help your martial uncle recruit disciples. Bring them here to see me first thing tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

After Xia Kang finished speaking, he turned and left.

Cao Youqian watched the young man's departing figure, a slight smile playing on his lips. He thought to himself, "Kid, I wonder what kind of surprise you can bring me?"

Afterwards, Cao Youqian jumped into the Demon Lake again to begin his day of cultivation.

On the other side, Thunder Qilin was recruiting disciples in an orderly manner. When Xia Kang came out, it had already recruited three disciples: a person, an ape, and a tiger.

"Uncle-Master."

Xia Kang bowed respectfully to Thunder Qilin.

Thunder Qilin laughed and said, "Kid, you've become Brother Qian's disciple?"

"Excellent, thank you for the introduction, Martial Uncle."

Xia Kang was very grateful to this senior uncle. Without his guidance, he probably wouldn't have been able to see his master, let alone heal his injuries.

Thunder Qilin asked, "Brother Qian, what did you send me here for?"

Xia Kang said, "My master asked me to assist you, Uncle-Master, in recruiting disciples."

Upon hearing this, Thunder Qilin silently gave Brother Qian a thumbs up in his heart. "Brother Qian really understands me; he knows I don't like doing these things," he thought. "Alright, the rest is up to you. With me here to oversee things, nothing will go wrong. As for your master's rules for accepting disciples..."

After listening, Xia Kang cupped his hands and said, "This disciple knows what to do."

As the eldest grandson of the tribe, he usually helped his father handle some of the tribe's affairs, so recruiting disciples was not difficult for him.

Around noon, Xia Kang tested all the hundred races that had come. Apart from himself, only three people and three demons passed their master's test.

He glanced at the three people and three demons before him and said, "You will come into the mountain with me, and pay your respects to our master tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, the three humans and three demons showed joy on their faces, but the Demon Race and Human Race who had failed the test began to panic. They all said, "Young friend, could you please tell that person that we sincerely submit to him and hope that he will give us a chance?"

Xia Kang naturally knew the purpose of these people's visit, and his Xia Tribe shared the same idea. He then said, "Then you can wait outside Five Elements Mountain. I will give you an answer after I have paid my respects to my master tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, the Demon Race and Human Race showed expressions of gratitude and offered their thanks.

"Alright, thank you for your trouble, young friend. Please don't hesitate to let us know if you ever need our help in the future."

"That's right, we would go through fire and water, even die a thousand deaths, without hesitation."

"..."

Seeing this, Thunder Qilin admired Cao Youqian even more. As expected of Brother Qian, he was able to test out an extraordinary little guy with just one precious pearl.

The next morning, Thunder Qilin and Xia Kang led the three demons and the three humans toward the Demon Lake. Before they even got close, Thunder Qilin sensed a terrifying demonic aura gradually dissipating, and it immediately said, "Stop."

Xia Kang, puzzled as to why his martial uncle wanted him to stop, asked, "What happened up ahead, martial uncle?"

"Your master hasn't finished cultivating yet, let's wait a bit."

Thunder Qilin knew what Cao Youqian used for cultivation. It wasn't that he was afraid of being seen, but rather that he was afraid these little guys would be tainted by that terrifying demonic energy. Just because Brother Qian could get rid of it didn't mean they could.

An hour later, Thunder Qilin sensed that the demonic power had completely dissipated, and then said, "Let's go, your master is healed."

Xia Kang and his group continued forward behind Thunder Qilin, and after a short while they saw Cao Youqian sitting by the lake cultivating.

The three newcomers and the three demons trembled uncontrollably at the terrifying aura emanating from Cao Youqian, almost collapsing to their knees.

Cao Youqian sensed someone approaching, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "You've come."