Stamp of Approval
After exchanging a few words, Du Changsheng settled on the title "Senior Yuan".
After all, he had heard that the other party was over a hundred years old, older than his father, and even older than his grandfather and great-grandfather. It would be inappropriate to call him uncle, but if he didn't call him uncle, Du Changsheng would feel awkward calling someone who looked much like him "Grandpa" or something similar. So he simply called him senior.
Yuan Jinsheng was tall and burly, and his clothing was not very particular. Even the elegant and refined Lingxian Sect uniform looked rather strange on his broad shoulders and thick waist.
He also rolled up his wide sleeves and tied them behind his shoulders, revealing the tightly bound white cuffs underneath.
The sect uniform, which was originally elegant and refined, looked rather shabby on him.
Surprisingly, he blended in somewhat with the villagers of Xiushui Village, unlike the other neatly dressed Azure Cloud Peak disciples who stood out from the crowd.
With his previous experience in completing tasks, Yuan Jinsheng quickly integrated into the work team.
With disciples from the Lingxian Sect coming down the mountain to help, the construction of Xiushui Village progressed at a speed that amazed all the onlookers.
The villagers from nearby villages who came to help were amazed by the speed of the construction, which was far beyond what they could achieve by manpower when they were performing corvée labor to build towns, bridges, and roads.
At this rate, regardless of the construction plan for Xiushui Village, it should be completed in a relatively short time.
As evening approached, the workers at the construction site packed up and prepared to go home for dinner.
The disciples of the Lingxian Sect also went to Du Changsheng to have their work done that day stamped. This stamp was produced by the Artifact Refining Hall and had no other use except that the General Affairs Hall had a special stamp pad to verify its authenticity.
This wasn't because he didn't trust his own disciples.
Regardless, as a department within the sect's council, it must devise a set of rules for doing things to nip problems in the bud.
With such a charter in place, much suspicion and wariness can be avoided, instead of being too lenient in rules and regulations, which could gradually lead to a lax attitude among disciples, and then cause more conflicts when something really goes wrong.
The Lingxian Sect disciples, having received Du Changsheng's seal, happily returned to their sect together.
Yuan Jinsheng was the last to stamp the document.
After Du Changsheng finished stamping his document, he whispered to him mysteriously:
"Senior Yuan, could you please pass on a message when you return to the mountain today? Tell Brother Nan... you know, Elder Liu, to bring Brother Xiao... you know, your sect leader and the others down the mountain when they have some free time in a few days."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Jinsheng didn't ask what it was about, but simply nodded in agreement:
"Alright, I'll go back and tell Elder Liu."
"Okay, thank you very much, Senior Yuan." Du Changsheng was overjoyed when he saw that Yuan had agreed, and said goodbye to him.
Actually, his father, Village Chief Du, had a treasure that could directly contact Liu Yunan, but his father said it wasn't urgent and shouldn't be used casually.
Therefore, Du Changsheng was asked to send a message to a disciple of the sect who had come down the mountain to help.
After saying goodbye to Du Changsheng, Yuan Jinsheng quickly returned to the entrance of Heart-Questioning Road. Thinking of the person he had seen that afternoon, he subconsciously glanced at the mountain path.
Sure enough, I saw that same figure again.
In the afternoon Elder Liu replied to the Sound Transmission Talisman he had sent, explaining that this person had some background and origins. The sect leader then lifted the restriction on the Heart-Questioning Road and allowed him to enter and try.
Liu Yunan didn't elaborate on the specifics, but he did mention that if this person actually passed the Heart-Questioning Road test and joined the Lingxian Sect, he would provide a unified explanation to everyone.
In response, Yuan Jinsheng felt that his sect was too good to its disciples.
He was used to such privileges because he had served the royal family and had been in contact with many powerful figures when he was in Huanyou Nation.
This is also true for many major sects.
If a decision is made, informing the subordinates is enough; there's no need to explain it to everyone.
Moreover, although this person's cultivation level was unclear, his aura was completely unlike that of an ordinary person, clearly indicating that he was a cultivator and must possess some kind of magical Law Treasure to conceal his cultivation.
Therefore, although the sect leader granted this person special privileges for the assessment, it was certainly not just a matter of personal connections. It must have been something beneficial to the sect for the sect leader to do so.
As he was thinking, Yuan Jinsheng had already passed by that person and was preparing to return to his sect.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly noticed that the person behind him, who had been motionless, seemed to have stirred.
He immediately sensed, without even turning around, that the person had woken up.
He actually woke up!
How long has it been?
Although he didn't turn around, he knew that the person hadn't been pushed away by Heart-Questioning Road.
This means that the person has passed the assessment.
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Yuan Jinsheng's mind.
The elders in the sect had previously mentioned that some people pass the Heart-Questioning Road quickly, while others pass it slowly; their situation that time was somewhat special.
However, one point is that the higher a person's level of cultivation, the longer it may take for them to delve into their Heart-Questioning Road.
I never imagined that this person might possess cultivation, yet their speed in Heart-Questioning Road was so astonishing...
Although he can't compare to Elder Sun.
Elder Sun is revered by all the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak, mainly because when other elders talk about passing through the Heart-Questioning Road, they inevitably mention that Elder Sun treated the Heart-Questioning Road as nothing and passed through it without any hindrance.
The disciples of Azure Cloud Peak had only recently undergone the test of the Heart-Questioning Road, and they were well aware of the power of their sect's Path of Heart-Questioning Road. However, they were surprised to find that some people were completely unaffected by Heart-Questioning Road. This was quite shocking for the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak.
Among these newly initiated disciples, Bai Zhu took the shortest time to complete the Heart-Questioning Road.
It still took most of the day.
But Bai Zhu was just a mortal who had not yet cultivated.
Now, someone who seems to possess cultivation has successfully passed the Heart-Questioning Road in just half a day...
Although Yuan Jinsheng witnessed the man's awakening, he did not overstep his bounds and attend to him. He quickly slipped away before the man realized what was happening and entered the mountain gate.
Since this person was specifically instructed by the sect Elder Liu to join the sect, there must be arrangements in place for his future. It would be inappropriate for me to interfere rashly.
Upon returning to the mountain gate, he immediately sent a telepathic message to Liu Yunan to inform him of the matter.
Little did he know that the instant he vanished, He Yi had just awakened, had already sensed the presence of a Golden Core cultivator nearby.
The Lingxian Sect has given each disciple Peach Leaf Pendant that can conceal their cultivation level. The sect has explained in detail to the disciples the purpose of concealing their cultivation level, the reason why they are worried about outsiders knowing about their cultivation speed, and the reason why their cultivation method is unrelated to their Spirit Root.
However, Yuan Jinsheng was already Golden Core cultivator before entering the Lingxian Sect. He felt that he didn't need to deliberately hide his cultivation level before it greatly increased, otherwise it would backfire.