Eternal Strongest Sect - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Are You Willing to Recruit Trash?

Li Qingyang said to save him, but Lu Qianqian said not to.

Their personalities were totally different, so their way of thinking was different as well.

“Senior sister!” Li Qingyang seriously said. “Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story Buddhist pagoda!”

Jun Changxiao was speechless.

Such words were spoken by him when he saved Li Qingyang. In the end, that woman simply looked at him like she was looking at an idiot.

“Tsk.” Lu Qianqian was as calm as ever. “How many people die here on the Fallen Star Continent every day? Can you save everyone?”

Li Qingyang fell silent.

Lu Qianqian said, “We are a sect. We are not a medical hall that cures and saves people. Our sect leader most probably doesn’t have many of those pills. Why should we use it on an insignificant outsider instead of keeping the pills for ourselves?”

Li Qingyang was left speechless.

Jun Changxiao patted his shoulder. “Qingyang, you have a kind heart, and this is very rare. But sometimes, reality is cruel.”

“Sect leader, I…” Li Qingyang wanted to say something but hesitated.

Jun Changxiao continued. “This seat didn’t expect the alchemy pills passed down from ancient times to have such wondrous effects. That’s why I let you consume one.

“Now that we know how effective it is, we naturally understand how precious such alchemy pills are. We have to be extremely careful when using them and cannot casually take them out to save irrelevant people.”

“You have finally grown smarter,” Lu Qianqian calmly said.

Li Qingyang’s voice was pained. “Sect leader, do you regret feeding me that recovery pill?”

Jun Changxiao shook his head. “Because I saved you, it led to you joining us and becoming the second disciple of the Iron Bones Clang Clang Sect. If this seat didn’t save you then, that would then be a thing this seat regretted.”

Li Qingyang felt much better in his heart after hearing this.

Jun Changxiao walked toward the unconscious young man and mumbled, “A recovery pill allowed this seat to recruit a student with outstanding talent then. I hope I will also have an unexpected harvest this time around.”

Lu Qianqian was stunned. “You want to save him?”

“One of our disciples died earlier. By saving him, we can fill the gap,” Jun Changxiao replied.

Lu Qianqian was speechless.

Although the amount of time they had interacted was not long, she knew that the sect leader would never change his mind on things he had decided on.

Ding!

“Host spent one contribution point. One low-grade recovery pill obtained. The item has been transferred to the interspatial ring.”

Ding!

“Sect contribution point: 29/100.”

Since he had saved Li Qingyang, roughly a month and a few days had passed. If they did not mention the recovery pill again, Jun Changxiao would have forgotten it.

One contribution point could buy a recovery pill that allowed one’s injuries to heal rapidly. If there was no limit, he would definitely not hesitate to buy them all.

Jun Changxiao took out the recovery pill and tossed it into the mouth of the injured young man.

“Do you really think that second junior brother’s level of talent is so common that any random person you save would have it?” Lu Qianqian coldly asked.

“My luck might be good.” Jun Changxiao shrugged.

Lu Qianqian rolled her eyes. “If his talent isn’t bad, why would he be bullied so badly by some trash at the second and third stage of the Meridian Opening Realm?”

“Right.” Jun Changxiao touched his chin. “Why didn’t I think of that?”

“Cough, cough.”

At this moment, the young man woke up from his unconsciousness due to the recovery pill. When he opened his eyes, he stammered in astonishment, “I… I’m still alive?”

“That’s right. You’re still alive,” Jun Changxiao said.

The young man sat up on the bed. He ran his hand through his disheveled hair, and after seeing Jun Changxiao clearly, he clasped his hands. “Sect Leader Jun, please allow me to join the Iron Bones Clang Clang Sect.”

“You are acquainted with this seat?” Jun Changxiao asked.

“A month ago, I met you during the Hundred Sects Recruitment event, Sect Leader Jun,” the young man replied. “I came here solely because I hoped to join your sect and learn martial arts from you!”

“I see!” Jun Changxiao then asked, “What is your name? Where are you from?”

The young man paused before summoning up his courage. “My name is Xiao Zuiji, a direct descendant of the Xiao Clan from Liyang City.”

“You are Xiao Zuiji?” Li Qingyang exclaimed.

“You know him?”

“A genius that’s rarely seen in one thousand years, someone with a perfect-grade spirit root,” Li Qingyang said heavily. “Everyone in Qingyang County knows of him.”

“Perfect-grade spirit root?” Jun Changxiao’s eyes were wide open.

Even Lu Qianqian at the side also cast a look of astonishment over.

This young man in tattered, beggar-like clothes had even higher spirit root quality compared to her second junior brother?

“Haha!” Jun Changxiao laughed uproariously. “Qianqian, this seat’s gamble has paid off!”

A recovery pill in exchange for Li Qingyang who had a high-grade spirit root. Now, he used yet another recovery pill and obtained a genius with a perfect-grade spirit root.

What did this mean? It meant that good deeds would surely be rewarded!

“From today onward,” Jun Changxiao suppressed his joy as he announced, “you are the ninety-ninth member of my Iron Bones Clang Clang Sect.”

Xiao Zuiji agitatedly clasped his hands. “This disciple, Xiao Zuiji, pays his respect to the sect leader!”

“Hmm.” Jun Changxiao nodded. “Qingyang, go and get the entry form.”

“Yes,” Li Qingyang replied. But he hesitated slightly and whispered, “Sect leader, this disciple has to make things clear. This young man was once a genius that’s rarely seen even in one thousand years. But later on, it’s unknown why, but his spirit root quality degenerated to the low-grade. His twelve main meridians once again closed up, and his cultivation base is now non-existent.”

Ga!

The muscles on Jun Changxiao’s face froze.

This was such an important thing, yet you only mentioned it now? You might as well wait until the cows come home before you tell me!

Sect Leader Jun suddenly felt regret.

But words that were spoken were like saliva that was spat out. It was impossible to take them back.

Li Qingyang said, “Because his spirit root degenerated, his fiancée led people to the Xiao Clan to cancel their engagement and humiliated him badly. After that, the Xiao Clan felt that his existence was too shameful. Hence, they expelled him.”

Jun Changxiao’s lips twitched.

A genius becoming trash, even his fiancée went to cancel the engagement?

Were such developments not usually mentioned in novels? Such things only normally happened to the main character, right? He did not expect he would actually meet and accept one as a disciple!

Although Li Qingyang’s voice was soft, Xiao Zuiji still heard it. He slowly lowered his head as a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into the flesh of his palms, causing waves of pain to hit him.

Jun Changxiao noticed this action. He said, “Go on, get the entry form.”

“Yes.” Li Qingyang went to execute the order.

Lu Qianqian folded her arms and calmly said, “Sect leader, this tras…”

But she immediately shut up when she saw the solemn look on Jun Changxiao’s face.

“Sect leader,” Xiao Zuiji asked, “are you willing to recruit trash?”

“I’m not willing,” Jun Changxiao honestly replied.

Xiao Zuiji said dispiritedly, “I also know that I’m not worthy of becoming a disciple of the Iron Bones Clang Clang Sect. Sect Leader Jun, I’ve disturbed you enough.”

Xiao Zuiji’s shoulders dropped, and he lowered his head as he walked out of the medical hall.

Li Qingyang took the entry form and ran over, but when he saw Xiao Zuiji leaving despondently, he could not help but be puzzled. “Senior sister, what’s going on with him?”

Lu Qianqian calmly spoke. “He felt that he was trash and wasn’t worthy of joining our sect. Hence, he left on his own.”

Looking at that depressed back, Li Qingyang consoled, “Young Master Xiao, you were once a genius that’s rarely seen even in one thousand years. As long as you stay in the Iron Bones Clang Clang Sect, you will surely be able to gain back everything you have lost under the guidance of our sect leader!”