"Master, with your cultivation and talent, it should be easy for you to enter a noble family," Xi Wen said enviously. "It will be difficult for us on this side. I am only at the early Foundation Establishment stage. Among the elites of the Seven Sects, I am just average. I'm afraid I won't even catch the eyes of these noble disciples, let alone enter a noble family or sect."
"You are my person, why do you need to catch their eyes?" Xiao Man said slowly. "What they have, you will eventually have. What you have, they may not have. Noble families and sects are nothing to be proud of."
"Boss, do you mean I should continue to stay in the Thousand Mechanisms Sect?"
"I want the Seven Sects to be at my service," Xiao Man lowered her voice. "This is also why I scattered you among the Seven Sects."
Xi Wen swallowed, "Seven Sects at her service," it sounded like a fantasy, but he felt it was possible! After all, for so many years, no one had been able to unify the lawless land, but Xiao Man did it! Now, Xiao Man said she wanted to unify the Seven Sects and have them at her service. He felt it could be achieved, and this was even more exciting than unifying the lawless land.
"Your subordinate will not disappoint you."
Xiao Man smiled and patted Xi Wen's shoulder. "Bo Chen is a simple-minded boy, but he is not stupid. He distinguishes between good and evil. You know what to do."
"Your subordinate understands."
"Alright, I'm leaving now. You will arrange the rest of the matters."
"Yes, Master."
Xi Wen watched Xiao Man's retreating back, a flicker of reluctance in his eyes, then he retracted it and went to check on the others, to see when they would wake up.
At this moment, Bo Chen opened his eyes. Xi Wen quickly walked over, "Senior Disciple Brother, how do you feel?"
Bo Chen looked around. "I think I saw Junior Disciple Brother Xiao Qin."
"Boss Xiao did come, but after saving us, he left."
Bo Chen sat up, rubbing his aching temples. "Who exactly is that person, and why did they attack us?"
"That person is the Young Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect, Wen Ting."
Bo Chen's eyes widened in shock. "The Young Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect, and he attacked us. Is he trying to test us?"
Xi Wen sneered, "Yes, he was indeed trying to test us, to turn us into his puppets. If Boss Xiao hadn't arrived in time, we would all have become his puppets."
"Is this person so venomous?" Bo Chen couldn't believe it. Wasn't this trial supposed to be about selecting companions for disciples of noble families and sects? But the Young Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect wanted their lives!
"The young sect masters of the other three great sects might not be so venomous, but this Young Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect is unusual. He is temperamental, unpredictable, and extremely bloodthirsty. Boss Xiao asked me to remind you to avoid him at all costs, especially not to listen to his flute music. His flute music is the key to controlling people's minds." Su Dan Novel Network
"His cultivation is probably at the late Core Formation stage. If we encounter him, aren't we very dangerous?"
"Boss Xiao had already foreseen this." Xi Wen threw a bottle of pills to Bo Chen. "Boss Xiao said that if you encounter this person, take one pill. It can stabilize our minds and prevent us from being controlled by him, but it's not a long-term solution."
Bo Chen clenched his fist. "I want to become stronger, much stronger, so that the noble families and those sect disciples will not dare to underestimate us again!"
"Good ambition!" Xi Wen clapped his hands. "You've got some of Boss Xiao's spirit. Senior Disciple Brother Bo Chen, my boss's goal is to become a Nascent Soul stage expert. As her fellow disciples, we can't be too far behind, right?"
"Indeed." Bo Chen stood up. "Since Junior Disciple Xiao is determined to become a Nascent Soul stage expert, I naturally cannot fall behind. I will also become a Nascent Soul stage expert!"
Xi Wen's eyes flashed with admiration. As expected of someone Boss Xiao favored, with this courage, he was already better than many. No wonder Boss Xiao wanted him to stay by his side.
"Good, since Senior Disciple Brother says so, I can't fall behind either. It seems I need to break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible!"
Xiao Man and Nangong Yu were following the little phoenix's guidance, searching for treasures in the trial grounds.
"Mother, Mother, it's just ahead," the little phoenix flapped its wings, saying excitedly.
Xiao Man glanced at the little phoenix, a complex light in her eyes. This little thing, after sweeping clean all the spirit herbs she had planted in the Tongtian Pagoda, could actually speak. Could she afford to raise such a gluttonous creature?
The little phoenix's mouth watered. It smelled the aroma of spirit herbs and thought it could have a feast again.
Seeing the little phoenix drooling, Xiao Man suddenly stopped.
"Mother, why aren't we going?"
"If you eat all the good things we find, I'll have wasted my efforts. I'm not looking anymore." Saying this, Xiao Man sat down on a nearby rock. A losing business was not worth doing.
The little phoenix panicked when it heard this. How could they not go? "Mother, Mother, I promise I won't eat it all."
"You ate all the spirit herbs I planted, except for the poisonous ones."
The little phoenix's flapping wings stiffened for a moment. It quickly flew to Xiao Man's side. "Mother, this place is enough compensation for the spirit herbs I ate."
Xiao Man glanced at it and simply put her hands behind her head, lying on the rock. "Not going. No amount of herbs is enough for you to eat, which has led to me having no materials for alchemy."
"Mother, what exactly do I need to do for you to go?"
"Apologize to me," Xiao Man said lazily. "You ate all my medicinal ingredients without my permission."
"Mother, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time."
"What, you still want a next time?" Xiao Man's expression was clearly one of disdain.
The little phoenix looked at Nangong Yu for help and flew to his side, nudging Nangong Yu's leg with its little wing. "Help quickly."
"Can't help."
The little phoenix was anxious. "If my father were here, he would definitely help me!"
Nangong Yu keenly caught the flaw in the little phoenix's words. "Your father?"
"Yes, my father. I was sent by my father to my mother!"
Nangong Yu narrowed his eyes. "Who is your father?"
"My father is my father!" The little phoenix rubbed back to Xiao Man's side. "Mother, Huowu knows she was wrong. Please help Huowu. When Huowu grows up, she will be very powerful. By then, no one will be able to bully Mother over Huowu's head. I can also take Mother to find Daddy."
Xiao Man sat up. "Daddy?"
The little phoenix nodded repeatedly. "Yes, Daddy. Daddy instructed me to take care of Mother before he left. But I am too young. I need to grow a little older to protect Daddy. Mother, Huowu knows she was wrong. Huowu shouldn't have been greedy and destroyed Mother's medicinal field. Mother, the place we are going this time has many medicinal herbs that can help Huowu grow. In the future, Huowu will find many delicious spirit herbs for Mother."