Wild Dogs

"What? You have an Ascension Token?"

Senior Brother Mo's expression changed. He walked over, grabbed the token, and examined it repeatedly.

After confirming that it was an Ascension Token from the sect, his expression turned somewhat unfriendly.

The Ascension Order is used by Qingyun Temple to reward disciples who have made great contributions.

Their descendants can use this token to join Qingyun Temple, and they will be accepted into the temple regardless of the disciple's talent.

Therefore, upon seeing the Ascension Token, Senior Brother Mo knew that he had to accept Yang Fan no matter what.

But the thought of Yang Fan's talent just now made him feel uncomfortable.

"Since you have the Ascension Token, why didn't you take it out sooner? You wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

This ascension token was given to me by that old Taoist priest.

Although he spoke nicely, Yang Fan was also afraid that there might be something wrong with the thing, so he wanted to see if he could enter Qingyun Temple on his own.

He had no choice but to use the Ascension Token.

"My ancestors decreed that the Ascension Token should not be used lightly. I thought that if I had good spiritual roots, I would leave it to my descendants."

Yang Fan mumbled.

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Mo let out a cold laugh.

"Then you might as well just leave this to your descendants. Your hidden spiritual root won't be of much use even if you enter Qingyun Temple."

"I'll give you one more chance. If you leave with the Ascension Token, I'll pretend this never happened. When you have descendants, you can let those with spiritual roots come to Qingyun Temple."

This Senior Brother Mo is quite a nice person.

As Yang Fan was thinking this, he glanced around and noticed that everyone else was staring at him with gleaming eyes, which made him nervous.

What a joke! If I just take the token and leave, I'm afraid the Ascension Token will be snatched away before I even leave the town.

"This disciple wishes to join a celestial sect. Only by joining a celestial sect can I marry and have children!"

Yang Fan scratched his head, feigning ignorance.

Hearing this, Xu Longyue couldn't help but chuckle.

Seeing that Senior Brother Mo seemed to be still hesitating, Xu Longyue stepped forward.

"Senior Brother Mo, since we have the Ascension Token, let's take it with us. We can let the elders decide what to do once we get to the sect."

"Junior sister is right!"

Although he disliked Yang Fan, Xu Longyue was an elder's personal disciple, so he couldn't refuse to give her face.

"You, stand over there."

Senior Brother Mo pointed over to Liu Pan's side, and Yang Fan walked over.

"Hmph, you country bumpkin, you dare to stand with me?"

Hearing this, Yang Fan glanced at him but remained silent.

For him, joining the immortal sect was the right thing to do.

Thinking of the old Taoist's threat, Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh.

If he didn't follow the old Taoist's instructions, he would be finished.

After a while, when the last disciple was selected, Senior Brother Mo was clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

The reason is simple: among the remaining people, the one with the best talent is a little girl with three spiritual roots.

Apart from them, none of the others even had spiritual roots.

Having traveled so far, I only managed to recruit four disciples.

One has two spiritual roots, one has three spiritual roots, and the other two are almost all useless spiritual roots.

"This is really bad luck. I didn't get enough disciples, and I'll definitely be punished by Master when I get back."

Senior Brother Mo gritted his teeth.

However, after glancing at Yang Fan, a thought struck him, and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

Perhaps we could use the Ascension Token to our advantage.

Thinking of this, he waved to him with a friendly smile.

"Alright, we've chosen the four of you this time. Are you four willing to join the Qingyun Temple?"

"willing!"

The four of them shouted in unison.

For them, joining a celestial sect was an opportunity to defy fate and change their destiny, something they desperately wanted.

"Okay, let's set off now."

As he spoke, Senior Brother Mo looked at Yang Fan with a smile.

"Since this young man has the Ascension Token, he can come with me."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and summoned a flying sword.

Xu Longyue, who was standing to the side, also summoned her flying sword.

"There are four people, two with Senior Brother Mo and two with me."

But the other three glanced at Yang Fan and then all ran over to Xu Longyue.

Liu Pan, who had been eyeing the beautiful Xu Longyue for a while, immediately tried to put his arm around her waist.

Senior Brother Mo, who was standing to the side, looked at Liu Pan and his face darkened.

Although this child has decent talent, his temperament is really bad.

"That's enough. All three of you come with me. Let him go to Junior Sister Xu's place."

Liu Pan was greatly disappointed, but since Senior Brother Mo had given orders, he had no choice but to obediently walk over.

Seeing Xu Longyue's ethereal appearance in her flowing white robes, Yang Fan felt a pang of shame.

Of the four, his clothes were the most tattered.

Just then, a surge of spiritual energy lifted him up and carried him to Xu Longyue's flying sword.

"Alright, then stick close to me."

Xu Longyue had no prejudice against him.

The group arrived on the flying sword, and then Senior Brother Mo pointed upwards with two fingers, causing the flying sword to soar into the sky.

"Wow!"

The children screamed in surprise. Yang Fan tensed up and reached out to hug Xu Longyue's waist.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch Xu Longyue, a surge of spiritual energy separated him from her, and then the flying sword sped away towards Qingyun Temple.

After the flying sword had gone far away, an old man dressed as a beggar slowly raised his head in the crowd; it was the old Taoist priest.

Although Yang Fan had already agreed, he was still worried that Yang Fan would reveal his secret at the crucial moment, so he kept a close eye on Yang Fan.

If Yang Fan were to reveal his secret, he would kill Yang Fan immediately and then take the jade pendant from Xu Longyue.

Fortunately, Yang Fan was obedient and quick-witted.

"Kid, you'd better do your best and don't let me down!"

Qingyun Temple is hundreds of miles away from here, but standing on the flying sword, the group arrived near Qingyun Temple in less than an hour.

Looking at the dozen or so mountain peaks shrouded in clouds and mist, Yang Fan felt a surge of excitement.

Is this an immortal?

The feeling of flying and soaring through the air is simply wonderful.

The flying sword pierced through the clouds and slowly landed on the highest peak of Qingyun Temple.

"Alright, the three of you, go with Junior Sister Xu to register first."

"As for him, I need to take him to the elders."

Senior Brother Mo calmly pointed at Yang Fan.

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan instinctively felt a chill; he knew this was not a good thing.

Let's go!

After glancing at Yang Fan, Senior Brother Mo invited Yang Fan to leave with him.

Yang Fan could only follow behind Senior Brother Mo.

The two passed through rows of caves and arrived at the main hall at the summit.

"Disciple Mo Wen requests an audience with his master!"

Mo Wen stood in front of the main hall and spoke respectfully into it.

"Come in!"

A lazy voice came from inside.

Mo Wen waved to Yang Fan, then led him inside.

The main hall was taller than I had imagined, but it was somewhat dark inside.

An old man sat in the main seat. He glanced coldly at Mo Wen, then focused his gaze on Yang Fan.

"This is the useless kid with the Ascension Token you mentioned."

"yes!"

Mo Wen spoke respectfully, glancing at Yang Fan.

On the way here, he had already used a special method to convey Yang Fan's situation to the old man.

Yang Fan was quick-witted; he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"This humble one, Yang Fan, greets the immortal!"

The old man glanced at Yang Fan with a somewhat indifferent expression.

"According to the rules, I should accept you as an inner disciple since you have the Ascension Token. However, you have a useless spiritual root, so it would be inappropriate to accept you as a personal disciple. Therefore, I will give you a chance."

As the old man spoke, he clapped his hands, and a young man walked out from behind.

The boy looked at Yang Fan with an arrogant expression.

"This is Wang Yu from the outer sect. If you are willing to give him the Ascension Token, he can give you a fortune of gold and silver that you can never spend in your entire life."

What do you think?