Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
During these three months, although the wanted order for Jing Kun was still in effect, the intensity of the search had lessened quite a bit.
After all, even a Tribulation Stage powerhouse couldn’t capture him, so it was even harder for others.
As for Qin Mu, his injuries had mostly healed over these three months.
A month ago, Aunt Lu and Miss Ruoshuang also returned, and to his surprise, Yan’er Aunt came as well.
During this period, Zixi Senior Sister also often came to visit Qin Mu, and unsurprisingly, she caught Lu Qian’s attention.
Lu Qian looked at yet another little girl and then lowered her head to look at her own figure, glanced at her reflection in the mirror, and snorted! Her own assets were still quite impressive!
But in these three months, what excited Qin Mu the most wasn’t that his injuries had healed, but that his cultivation had finally broken through!
Qi Cultivation Layer Seven!
On the night of the breakthrough, Qin Mu was almost moved to tears by himself.
After these three months, it had also been a full year since Qin Mu joined the Seven Star Sect.
In the Seven Star Sect, there was a rule: after a new disciple completes one year, they must accept a Task for training.
Of course, the difficulty of the Task is drawn randomly.
It’s fine if you can’t complete it—you just don’t get the reward.
There’s no punishment.
Those who complete the Task receive a generous amount of cultivation resources.
The Task requires a team of at least three people, with every three teams led by a Foundation Establishment Stage Elder.
If something unexpected happens during the Task, it can be terminated.
Although Qin Mu had been living at Aunt Lu’s place these days, on this day, as a new disciple, he still had to go to the Dao Sect to accept the Task.
Dao Sect.
Qin Mu arrived at the Dao Sect and found the place quite crowded.
Following the flow of people, he saw duty disciples taking turns distributing Jade Slips to new disciples.
You only needed to enter your personal information, then find teammates to form a group.
Within three days, report back here.
Once the team is confirmed, the leader draws the Task.
Qin Mu muddleheadedly received a Jade Slip, and as he walked out the door, he ran into Liu Zixi.
Liu Zixi’s beautiful eyes glanced at the Jade Slip in Qin Mu’s hand.
She stepped forward and said, “Junior Brother, have you decided who to team up with?”
Qin Mu shook his head.
To be honest, although he’d been in the Seven Star Sect for a year, apart from Miss Ruoshuang, Mengyu, Aunt Lu, and Liu Zixi, he barely knew anyone else.
You could say that coming here was no different from not coming at all.
Liu Zixi thought to herself that her guess was right.
She moved closer to Qin Mu, like a temptress seducing a pure and naïve boy.
“Since that’s the case, how about teaming up with Senior Sister?”
Of course!
Qin Mu was worried about not having anyone to team up with.
“But, Zixi Senior Sister, isn’t it a rule that there must be at least three people?
With you and me, that’s only two.”
Who made such a rule!
They didn’t consider the feelings of socially anxious players at all!
Liu Zixi had, of course, thought about this.
But after spending time together recently, she was quite certain that those two elder sisters of Junior Brother would never stay out of this matter.
After all, who would have thought that the famed Holy Maiden of the Sword Sect and Holy Maiden of the Alchemy Sect would have such strong possessiveness in private?
Sure enough, just as Liu Zixi expected, after Qin Mu agreed to team up with her and returned home, he was immediately pulled aside by Miss Ruoshuang and Mengyu.
The two sisters—one crossed her legs coldly, exuding a powerful and cool beauty, while the other sat elegantly with a gentle aura.
Qin Mengyu spoke first.
“Mu’er, have you decided who to team up with?”
“One is confirmed—Zixi Senior Sister.
As for the rest, not yet.”
As Qin Mu said this, the smile on Qin Mengyu’s face froze.
“Mu’er…”
Qin Mengyu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
She seemed to be smiling, but Qin Mu felt a chill.
Crap! Why did I say that!
Knowing the personalities of his sisters, he was in for another scolding.
Young Master Qin closed his eyes, thinking his butt would get another beating, but instead, he felt hands patting his head.
Qin Mu opened his eyes to find himself receiving a—smiling dog-head pat.
To his surprise, Mengyu didn’t get angry; instead, she seemed to have expected it.
Actually, this result didn’t surprise Qin Mengyu.
This was fine, too.
The two sisters only needed one of them to go.
If both went, the Elder Council would start nagging again.
Having survived the night peacefully, Young Master Qin was full of disbelief.
It was like the sun rose from the west.
In the past, his sisters were extremely wary of any girls approaching him.
The next day, Qin Ruoshuang accompanied Qin Mu to the Dao Sect.
As for the reason—she was the third member of Qin Mu’s team!
Though it was a bit overpowered for a Holy Maiden to participate in new disciple Tasks, the sect had no clear rules against it.
After all, who would expect a Holy Maiden to care about such trivial matters?
As for Qin Mengyu, she was the chief Elder in charge of this year’s Alchemy Sect new disciple trial.
Qin Mu arrived at the place where he had received the Jade Slip yesterday and found Liu Zixi already waiting.
“Junior Brother, you’re here!”
Liu Zixi smiled softly, glancing at Qin Ruoshuang behind Qin Mu, feeling a bit relieved.
Compared to the Holy Maiden of the Alchemy Sect, she preferred the Holy Maiden of the Sword Sect.
After all, while Qin Mengyu’s gentle smile seemed kind, anyone who spent time with her would realize how deep her schemes ran.
Qin Ruoshuang, on the other hand, was much more straightforward.
If she disliked something, she simply disliked it.
If you annoyed her, she’d cut you down with a sword.
She never played mind games.
“Zixi Senior Sister, by the way, is it okay for Miss Ruoshuang to team up with me?”
Qin Mu wondered.
He was from the Dao Sect, and Miss Ruoshuang was from the Sword Sect.
Was this allowed?
“Of course.”
Liu Zixi nodded, then led Qin Mu to the registration desk.
Since it was the first day and still morning, there weren’t many people—on the contrary, it was quite empty.
Of dozens of registration spots, only a dozen or so had anyone.
The rest of the duty disciples were either dozing off or chatting with each other.
As soon as Qin Ruoshuang appeared, everyone’s eyes widened.
It wasn’t just because of her stunning beauty—though she was indeed beautiful—but because, why would the Holy Maiden of the Sword Sect appear here!?
Qin Ruoshuang was slightly annoyed by the stares.
A wave of sword intent spread out, making everyone’s scalp tingle.
They quickly looked away.
After all, this person was famous for cutting people down at the slightest provocation.
Because of Qin Ruoshuang’s reputation, no one dared to say anything.
Qin Mu approached the registration desk and handed his Jade Slip to the duty disciple.
“Senior Brother, the three of us are forming a team. Please register us.”
The duty disciple hurriedly took it, glanced at the team, and didn’t recognize the boy.
As for the cold beauty, that one he recognized.
And the girl…
Wasn’t this the recently popular Liu Zixi Senior Sister!?
Still, it was best not to overthink it.
He was only a Foundation Establishment Stage disciple.
It was better not to gossip about Holy Maiden affairs.
After registering the team, the duty disciple took out a jar.
“Junior Brother, please put your hand inside and randomly draw a slip of paper. Whatever is written on it is your Task.”