After Becoming the Hero’s Ex-fiancée

After Becoming the Hero’s Ex-fiancée Chapter 115

Non-Emptiness Sutra (2)

Zheng Wan was used to being looked at by people, so even if she was being looked up and down with eyes containing various expressions, she was utterly at ease.
Qing Shuang marvelled at this inwardly and said no more.

Though the line was long, the Internal Affairs Hall was astonishingly efficient.
After only five minutes, it was Zheng Wan’s turn.

“Name?”

“Zheng Wan.”

Zheng Wan handed in the token with the number ‘One’ on it and the temporary identification jade.
The Internal Affairs Hall’s attendant let out an “Eh”, and the face that had been perfunctory a moment ago shook, and his eyes were bent into crescents, squeezing out two deep folds.

“So, you are Zixiao Peak’s Zi Xiu Daojun’s disciple, pardon me for my discourtesy.

“Here’s your monthly allowance.”

The white-shirted attendant made some calculations with a golden jade abacus, then pushed a small cloth bag to her.
“Two low-grade Yuan stones and twenty Yuan beads per month, a bottle of two jade pills, and one set of uniform robes.”

Before he could finish, the young cultivator who had just received his monthly allowance turned his head to complain.

“Senior Brother, why do I only get one low-grade Yuan stone and ten Yuan beads a month? Even the jade pills, I only received one!”

The jade pill was an elixir to aid cultivation during the Gateway stage and was not considered rare.

The white-shirted attendant glared at him with wide eyes.

“You are an outer disciple, she’s an inner disciple, can it be the same? Go, go, go, don’t make trouble——”

Sure enough, the young cultivator did not dare to say more and slinked away in dismay.
Zheng Wan counted the items, then took the cloth bag after confirming that there was no mistake.

“As for your jade pass, after we connect with the Orthodox Alliance, you will be settled in Yuqing Sect.
When the pass arrives, we will issue it to you.
Also, our sect will send people to bring your parents here.”

“Many thanks.”

Zheng Wan didn’t expect that the cultivation world handled things so properly, without her mentioning anything, everything had been thought for in advance.
She couldn’t help breaking into her first smile since arriving here.

The white-shirted attendant lost himself for a moment before saying, “Next.”

Zheng Wan followed the other young cultivators in the team out the door.
Unexpectedly, she had just exited when a female cultivator clad in goose-yellow came over, greeted Qing Shuang with a smile, then proceeded to take the young cultivators away together with Bai Ling.

“Aren’t they coming with us?”

Zheng Wan said goodbye to Bai Ling, watched them go afar, and walked towards an arched gate by herself.
The arched gate was located somewhere behind the row of buildings; on it, was a plaque with the word “Yuqing” written on it in ancient characters.

“They can’t go.”

Qing Shuang sighed, “This arched gate acts as the boundary between the outer sect and inner sect.
People in the outer sect are not allowed to enter the inner sect freely.
They have to either get to the Accomplisher stage, or get first place in the annual competition.
People in the outer sect… don’t have it easy.”

Zheng Wan lifted her foot and stepped through the arched gate.

The instant she entered, she could feel that the concentration of vital Qi was several times denser than just now; it was even stronger than Chiyou City.
No wonder everyone wanted to enter a sect, and outer disciples wanted to become inner disciples——

She was confident that with a few more days of cultivation, her eleventh orifice would also be filled.

“Yuqing Sect has five peaks, and our Zixiao Peak is the principal peak—it’s the highest and steepest, and has the densest vital Qi,” Qing Shuang said proudly.
“Senior Brother will now take you to see Master.
There are a hundred people in Zixiao Peak, but including you, only five in total are allowed to be Master’s core disciples.
Currently, there is only me and another Junior Sister in here… Um, that Junior Sister’s temperament is not quite the same as mine.”

Zheng Wan wasn’t too concerned.
She had always been high and mighty; even if she had tried to conceal it after arriving in the Heavenly Realms, given her nature, she wouldn’t take a Senior Sister she had never met before to heart.

This mountain road, on the other hand——

She wiped her forehead, feeling as if a heavy load was upon her.
The higher she went, the heavier the pressure became.
Her chest was burned painfully, and before reaching the peak, her entire body had already broken out in perspiration, and her clothes seemed as if they had just been fished out of the water.

She felt ashamed of herself, but little did she imagine that in the eyes of others, her feat was utterly stupefying.