Lin Xuan Qi tapped on the selection 'Accept Candidate as Disciple'.
A notification appeared.
[No candidate available.]
[Funds required for a recruitment drive.]
Surprisingly, there wasn't an option for him to inject funds into the sect.
It seems like it would have to be earned within the game by Zhao Jia Rui.
After he tapped out of the function, his voice boomed in the air again.
"Zhao Jia Rui, when the crops can be harvested, sell them to fund a recruitment drive and daily operations of the sect."
"Yes, ancestor." Zhao Jia Rui bowed and looked out into the fields.
The crops had already grown some more to her knee level.
It might only take a few more days for her to be able to harvest the crops.
What a miracle it was.
Normally it would take more than years just for the crops to grow up to knee level.
Yawn.
Lin Xuan Qi stretched out his arms and arched his back as he let out a loud yawn.
It was a long day for Lin Xuan Qi, so he exited the game and went to bed.
Zhao Jia Rui also did the same, hoping to be able to dream of Lin Xuan Qi.
She wanted to be able to thank him again for rescuing her from Su Tian Bing.
[Ding!]
A notification appeared on the screen.
[Zhao Jia Rui's affection for Host: 73%]
[She thought about you for 40% of the duration she was awake.]
[The top recurring thought was 'Thank you, ancestor!']
[Gain more affection points for more rewards, as she reveals more of herself to you.]
...
Thunder Sword Sect.
The Spring Thunderous Hall.
"How is he now?" An old man, with a long white beard, asked the alchemy cultivator in front of him.
"Sect Master Lu He, your core disciple is recovering well now. If he had come back later, we wouldn't have been able to do anything." The alchemy cultivator bowed and replied.
Su Tian Bing's arm had been reconnected, and his leg had already healed.
The sect master of Thunder Sword Sect, Lu He, nodded and went to the room of Su Tian Bing.
Su Tian Bing was his core disciple and whoever hurt him was also slapping his face.
He wanted to have revenge before the other sect masters got wind of what had happened.
These old bastards would not miss out on any chance to weaken the Thunder Sword Sect in any way they could.
"Master..." Su Tian Bing tried to get up when he saw his master coming in.
But he was too weak to do so.
His arm that was reconnected still throbbed with pain and his leg also hurt like hell.
He could only turn his head and say, "It's late master, do rest earlier. Your disciple will be fine soon."
Cough.
Su Tian Bing faked a few coughs to gain sympathy from his master.
"Enough of the pretense, I've known you too long to fall for it. Tell me what happened."
"I... err..." Su Tian Bing hesitated to tell the truth as he feared Lu He would be ripping mad.
But Lu He's cold stare and chilling aura descending onto him made him spill out all he could.
Lu He's expression turned cold when he heard what it was all about.
"All this just for a woman? And one that was expelled from the sect?" He sighed and shook his head at how 'ambitious' his core disciple was.
The tea pot and cups on the table nearby rattled and a few of them broke into pieces.
Menial disciples standing by the side quickly cleaned up the mess and took the broken teacups away.
They didn't want to incur the wrath of the sect master now, or they might end up just like the teacups.
Lu He narrowed his eyes and said, "I will send someone to take care of whoever that was. I know all the sect masters and unless he was some ancestor from other realms, if not, he shall pay the price."
Su Tian Bing, to lessen his master's anger, downplayed how powerful Lin Xuan Qi was, and he made it as if he had had a long and tough battle with Lin Xuan Qi.
"Thank you master. When we succeed, is it possible for me to have her?" Su Tian Bing's mind was still on Zhao Jia Rui.
He wanted to give her one last chance to be with him.
She must have been fooled by that man, he thought.
He shall make sure that she was rescued from that man's sweet lies.
"Incorrigible." Lu He flicked his sleeve and turned around, "I shall tie her up and put her on your bed if it needs to be done personally."
He only had one disciple and who else was going to dote on him.
...
Internal Security HQ, Lan Province.
Inside a sanitized room with bright lighting.
Shao Guo Yong and Shao Xue Cong were standing beside a platform.
And on the platform was the demonic beast that was killed earlier.
Another person in a white doctor's gown was looking at some scans that she held in her hands.
She had neat and cropped hair, wearing black-framed spectacles.
Her tall and slender figure made her look more like a model than a doctor.
Shao Xue Cong looked down at her body and legs, let out a sigh and thought to herself, "I'm still young, still time for me to grow up."
"Dr Wang, you've been looking at the scans for the past few minutes." Shao Guo Yong said, as he habitually tried to take out a packet of cigarettes from his pocket.
Slap.
Shao Xue Cong slapped his hand and frowned at him.
"Interesting, the burn marks were from the newly awakened. But the demonic beast actually sustained serious damage to its abdomen, all the internal organs were bleeding profusely."
"Abdomen?" Shao Guo Yong rubbed his chin and pondered.
"Did you cause the injury to the abdomen area?" Shao Guo Yong turned and glanced at Shao Xue Cong and asked.