Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

257. Chapter 257 Disliked!

Being able to get the job at the Book Pavilion and work steadily for a year, Wu Xuan naturally wasn't an ordinary person. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to speak to Tang Dahai, a Qi Condensation stage steward, in such a manner.

In the beginning, the reason he was able to enter the Miscellaneous Duties Hall was not only because of his decent martial arts cultivation, which had reached the peak of Body Refining, but also because his cousin, Wu Kai, successfully advanced to become an inner disciple and broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage within just three years, becoming the number one disciple in the inner sect.

It was precisely because of this that Tang Dahai treated him with great courtesy when he first entered the Miscellaneous Duties Hall, allowing him to choose any task within the hall.

But he didn't expect that just as he had spent a year in the Book Pavilion and had just become familiar with the bookkeepers and many talented disciples of the Qingyun Immortal Sect, Tang Dahai suddenly informed him that someone was going to replace him in his position.

How could Wu Xuan accept this?

What was the point of enduring so much hardship in the Miscellaneous Duties Hall?

Besides wanting to find a set of cultivation techniques that suited him in the Book Pavilion, the more important reason was to take the opportunity to get to know more true talented disciples and see if there was a chance to become their disciple.

Even if he became a servant, as long as he gained the recognition of those talented experts, even if they just gave him a few pointers, it would be better than being unknown in the Miscellaneous Duties Hall for the rest of his life!

He gave up the glory and wealth in the secular world and went to great lengths to enter the Qingyun Immortal Sect, even if it was just the lowest level Miscellaneous Duties Hall, he enjoyed it.

Wasn't it because he was dissatisfied and wanted to step into the immortal path like his cousin Wu Kai, pursuing immortality in the Legendary Level?

"May I ask, Steward Tang, who is the true disciple?" Wu Xuan took a deep breath and asked Tang Dahai.

Tang Dahai smiled slightly and said lightly, "It's no harm to tell you. It's the talented true disciple with a single attribute supreme water spirit root that our Cui Zhu Peak just recruited today!"

"Now, she has been accepted as a direct disciple by the peak master and her status in the sect has risen, surpassing that of ordinary true disciples."

"So, Wu Xuan, my old friend, listen to my advice and accept your fate. There are some people who we are destined to never catch up to in our lifetime!"

After speaking, Tang Dahai lightly patted Wu Xuan's shoulder and said firmly, "In any case, forget about the job at the Book Pavilion."

"You have one night to make your choice. You can choose any other position, just let me know when you've made your decision!"

Wu Xuan clenched his fists and remained silent.

Seeing this, Tang Dahai didn't say anything more and patted Wu Xuan's shoulder again before turning and leaving.

Bang!

When Tang Dahai was far away, Wu Xuan finally couldn't control himself and punched the table next to him, directly shattering it into pieces!

"Too much bullying!"

"I can't afford to provoke a true disciple, but a newcomer like me, a lowly miscellaneous duties disciple, can't turn the world upside down in front of me!"

Wu Xuan muttered through gritted teeth.

He didn't believe that a true disciple would really care so much about a waste like him who couldn't even compare to an outer sect disciple.

Just like his cousin Wu Kai, except for when he first entered the Miscellaneous Duties Hall and out of brotherly love, he had sent someone to inform Tang Dahai, there had been no news from him for a whole year.

This made Wu Xuan see through the true nature of these immortal cultivators.

Those who cultivate immortality have long transcended the mundane world, valuing the great Dao and disregarding family ties.

They would close their doors for months or even years at a time, so how could they have the leisure to pay attention to unimportant relatives?

If Wu Kai really valued him as his cousin, he wouldn't have ignored him for a whole year.

Wu Xuan speculated that Tang Dahai's sudden decision to revoke his position in the book repository was probably related to this matter.

Otherwise, if it weren't for Tang Dahai's suggestion, how would a newly initiated true disciple know about the intricacies of the miscellaneous hall, let alone be specifically assigned to the book repository?

"This matter is not over!"

Wu Xuan collected his thoughts and immediately left the dormitory to gather information.

Although the miscellaneous hall was the lowest level existence within the Qingyun Immortal Sect, the thousands of disciples living there were responsible for the miscellaneous affairs of all peaks and halls of the sect.

Tasks such as sanitation, breeding, spiritual medicine, and spiritual cooking all required the efforts of the miscellaneous disciples.

Correspondingly, many little-known rumors could easily be obtained within the miscellaneous hall.

It only took a moment.

Wu Xuan learned the identity of the new true disciple today from two miscellaneous disciples responsible for cleaning the main hall of Cui Zhu.

Liu Yun.

Female, thirteen years old, from Linjiang County, born into a commoner family.

This morning, she was tested by the Lingxian Stele in Linjiang County and was found to have an excellent water spiritual root. Later, Elder Zhou personally brought her back to Cui Zhu Peak.

After retesting, it was confirmed that she had an extremely rare single attribute water spiritual root, which happened to be the same as the peak master's spiritual root attribute. The peak master was delighted and took her as a personal disciple.

It is said that in order to let her quickly absorb the immortal path and have some self-defense ability, the peak master specially opened the Water Spirit Secret Realm for her to cultivate in seclusion.

Under normal circumstances, the secret realm would need to be closed for at least half a year before it could be reopened.

In other words, Liu Yun, the personal disciple of the peak master, would not appear again for the next half year.

Upon hearing this news, Wu Xuan couldn't help but feel a slight movement in his heart.

Sure enough, these talented disciples, every time they went into seclusion, it would take at least a year or more. As time went on, they naturally became indifferent to human emotions and no longer cared about family ties.

For him, this was actually good news.

"Xuan ge, I have news about the person you asked me to investigate!"

At this moment, Zhao Yan, who had been following Wu Xuan, came running back.

"That person is called Liu Zimo, an ordinary person with no cultivation or martial arts skills. He has been arranged by Tang Dahai to stay in the sixth courtyard on the east side, which happens to be right across from you, Xuan ge."

"Also, it is said that Liu Zimo has some relationship with the newly promoted true disciple. Even the disciple who brought him here is an inner disciple."

Wu Xuan raised an eyebrow, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.

"Liu Zimo, I didn't expect him to have the surname Liu?"

The newly promoted true disciple's surname is Liu, but Liu Zimo's surname is different from Liu Yun's. Even if they were relatives, their relationship would not be close at all!

It should be noted that even Wu Kai, his cousin with the same surname, was treated so poorly. Liu Zimo, who has a different surname from Liu Yun, would not be able to get close to anyone!

Moreover, what surprised Wu Xuan even more was that Liu Zimo was an ordinary person with no spiritual root attributes and no martial arts skills.

Such a person would be considered useless even in the mortal world.

In their miscellaneous hall, he was even more useless, and any little miscellaneous disciple could easily teach him how to behave!

A true cultivator, who would really care about such a useless person?

Perhaps, Wu Xuan didn't even need to take action personally. Liu Zimo, who was like a useless person, would not be able to survive in the miscellaneous hall on his own!

Thinking of this, Wu Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I thought I had encountered a formidable enemy, but it turns out to be a useless person with no cultivation!"

"In the future, I'll find an opportunity to create a little accident, and it should be easy to get rid of him!"

Wu Xuan murmured softly to himself, and his mood quickly changed from gloomy to sunny, becoming cheerful.

He casually threw a low-grade spirit stone to Zhao Yan and sent him away, satisfied. Wu Xuan returned to his own dormitory.

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Wu Xuan glanced at the No. 6 courtyard across the street.

He didn't know before that the No. 6 courtyard, which had been empty for a long time, was actually occupied.

What's more, the person who moved in was Liu Zimo, who took away his job at the book depository.

"Is it a coincidence, or did that old Tang Dahai do it on purpose?"

Wu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a hint of doubt.

He always felt that Tang Dahai, who always smiled at him, had no good intentions!

"It seems that even Tang Dahai, that old guy, doesn't seem to like Liu Zimo!"

"Otherwise, the No. 5 and No. 7 courtyards next to it are also empty. Why did he arrange Liu Zimo to be opposite me?"

"This is obviously an attempt to use someone else's hand to kill!"

Thinking that he had understood Tang Dahai's intentions, Wu Xuan couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Sighing, even if Liu Zimo had the support of a true disciple, so what?

Without strength, no matter where he was, he would always be bullied!

"In any case, the job at the book depository will eventually fall on me, Wu Xuan!"

Wu Xuan clenched his fists tightly, then withdrew his gaze from the No. 6 courtyard, opened the door, and returned to his own courtyard dormitory.

Inside the No. 6 courtyard.

Liu Zimo was lying on the bed with his clothes on, pretending to be asleep.

In his ears, he would occasionally hear the voice of Liu Yun's ability:

[Your good sister Liu Yun had a chance encounter and entered the Water Spirit Secret Realm. "Azure Water Technique" greatly improved, triggering the "Stealing Heaven" innate talent attribute, sharing half of the cultivation increase, Immortal Dao cultivation +1, Azure Water Technique +1.]

[Your good sister Liu Yun had a chance encounter and entered the Water Spirit Secret Realm. "Azure Water Technique" greatly improved... Immortal Dao cultivation +1, Azure Water Technique +1.]

[...]

Almost every half an hour, Liu Yun would provide Liu Zimo with one year of Immortal Dao cultivation and some insights into the "Azure Water Technique".

Although not much, it was persistent.

In just a few hours, Liu Zimo's Immortal Dao cultivation had increased by about five years again, and his understanding of the "Azure Water Technique" was better than before.

At the same time, from these prompt messages, Liu Zimo also learned about Liu Yun's current location.

Water Spirit Secret Realm.

It sounded like a place specially prepared for water attribute cultivators.

It seems that Qingyun Immortal Sect values Liu Yun, who has a single attribute of top-grade water root, even more than Liu Zimo had estimated.

"This is even better!"

"With the support of the sect, there should be plenty of cultivation resources. I just need to focus on cultivation."

"In this way, I can also benefit from it!"

Liu Zimo felt delighted in his heart.

Now, with Ouyang Xinxin and Liu Yun constantly providing him with cultivation opportunities, even if he did nothing, his own cultivation realm would continue to improve rapidly.

Now, the Immortal Dao cultivation in his body has accumulated to more than sixty years, barely qualifying him as a small expert.

No conversation overnight.

The next morning, Tang Dahai personally came to Liu Zimo's door to find him and took him to the library to start his job.

The library is located halfway up the Cui Zhu Peak. It is called a pavilion, but it is more like a cave embedded in the mountain.

It seems to have been built by digging into the mountain, with half of it made of wood. There are four floors, each with its own space.

The first floor is only open to outer disciples.

The second floor and below are only open to inner disciples.

The third floor and below are only open to true disciples.

As for the fourth floor, it is only open to Gold Core elders and higher-level experts within the sect.

Liu Zimo's main task is to clean the first floor of the library.

"The task is not heavy, but you need to be inside the library at all times and not wander around!"

Standing at the entrance of the first floor of the library, Tang Dahai enthusiastically explained to Liu Zimo:

"At the hour of Mao every day, the library will open on time, and you need to come and register."

"At the hour of Xu every day, the library will close on time, and you need to do the final cleanup."

During this time, you can move freely inside the library, but you must maintain absolute silence and not disturb the disciples reading in the library.

Also, there will be a spiritual meal at noon, around the hour of Wu. Someone will deliver it to the window sill over there. Remember to go and get it on time..."

Tang Dahai explained every detail to Liu Zimo, talking for more than ten minutes until the door of the library officially opened, and then he closed his mouth.

"This is your waist token. Drip a drop of blood on it to complete the consecration. You will need to show it when entering and leaving the library, as well as when receiving the spiritual meal. Remember to keep it safe!"

Taking out the waist token prepared for Liu Zimo, Tang Dahai handed it to him, and then waved his hand to let him enter the library on his own.

"Thank you, Elder Tang!"

Liu Zimo thanked Tang Dahai with a cupped fist, and then bit his finger to refine the waist token in his hand before stepping into the door of the library.

As soon as one foot stepped into the door, Liu Zimo's mind suddenly trembled, and his whole body seemed to be locked by a terrifying killing intent, directly immobilizing him on the spot!

Afterwards, a slight fluctuation of the formation came from under his feet, resonating with the waist token in his hand.

Swish!

The waist token in his hand flashed with a faint light, and the killing intent was lifted, and the intimidation disappeared without a trace.

Liu Zimo's body naturally leaned forward and entered the library.

"This... an automatic recognition formation?!"

Liu Zimo exclaimed in his heart.

He secretly thought that it was indeed an immortal sect in the Transcendence realm. Their research and application of formations had reached an extremely high level.

"Are you the new library attendant?"

Seeing Liu Zimo entering with the waist token, the bookkeeper who had been staying in the library frowned slightly.

"What is Tang Dahai up to?"

"He replaced Wu Xuan for no reason, and now he even sent a useless person to me. Does he think my place is not chaotic enough?"

The bookkeeper didn't hide his disdain for Liu Zimo, and even lacked the mood to say a few more words to him.

Before Liu Zimo could bow and pay his respects, the bookkeeper directly ordered:

"Go, go, go, arrange the tables and chairs in the library neatly, and then go play by yourself. Don't bother me if there's nothing important!"

After speaking, the bookkeeper disappeared with a book in his arms. (End of this chapter)