Li Xian pulled Shen Qing into the line of the Five - Element Dao Sect and began to queue up.
However, the moment they showed up, they had already caught the eyes of the elders from various sects.
Although the two kids in front of them hadn't had their spiritual roots tested yet, they could already sense that there was great energy within them.
Seeing them join the line of the Five - Element Dao Sect, the elders of other sects gritted their teeth in envy.
True Lord Heng Ling, as the leader of the Qingyun Sword Sect's mission to select disciples from the mortal world this time, spotted Shen Qing as soon as she appeared.
He had a hunch that this little girl must be fated to him.
"Master, that girl is so cute. I want her to be my junior sister. Can you snatch her over for me, please?"
Lin Yibai reached out and tugged at True Lord Heng Ling's sleeve.
At this time, Lin Yibai was still a girl in her teens, with a childish look on her face and a soft voice.
Seeing that his little disciple liked the girl, True Lord Heng Ling thought it wouldn't hurt to snatch her over. So, under everyone's surprised gazes, he pointed at Shen Qing.
"Girl, come here."
Seeing the cold - faced immortal pointing at her and asking her to join his line, Shen Qing instinctively felt resistant.
She seemed to hate this immortal. It was as if something bad would happen to her if she went over.
Li Xian saw that a sect was starting to snatch disciples and immediately stood in front of Shen Qing warily.
The elder of the Five - Element Dao Sect also looked at True Lord Heng Ling unhappily. "What? Are you starting to snatch disciples already?"
True Lord Heng Ling still stared straight ahead, not putting the elder of the Five - Element Dao Sect in his eyes at all. "What do you mean by snatching disciples? Has this girl committed to your sect?"
"My little disciple likes her, so I'm asking her to come to my sect. If the girl is willing, it's her chance and our fate. How can you call it snatching?"
The elder of the Five - Element Dao Sect had a hot temper but was no match for True Lord Heng Ling in terms of eloquence. He was left speechless.
Seeing the little girl being protected by a very good - looking boy, a hint of jealousy welled up in Lin Yibai's eyes. Immediately, a plan came to her mind. Then, she put on a kind - looking expression and skipped up to Shen Qing.
Lin Yibai took Shen Qing's hand. Seeing that Shen Qing's hand was dirty, she instinctively wanted to shake it off but held back. "Little sister, I like you very much. Will you come to be my junior sister? I promise I'll be good to you."
"Here, if you can be my junior sister, I'll allow you to bring one more person to the Qingyun Sword Sect to accompany you. How about it?"
This promise made the adults present look greedy. They all stepped forward to talk to Shen Qing, hoping that after Shen Qing was selected, she would bring their children along.
But all this was seen by Erhu's wife. She glared at the adults who wanted to step forward, then pulled Shen Chuyun and walked forward.
"That's my child. What do you people have to do with this? Even if Shen Qing is going to bring someone, it should be our Chuyun. Get out of the way!"
Erhu's wife was originally a bit disappointed because Shen Chuyun had failed the selection. Then, seeing the little good - for - nothing who was originally locked at home being fought over, she was very unhappy.
But since the little immortal child said that Shen Qing could bring one more person, Erhu's wife immediately wasn't angry anymore. The quota should rightfully go to Shen Chuyun.
So, despite Shen Qing's resistance, Erhu's wife still forced a smile and pushed Shen Qing into the line of the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Seeing this, Li Xian stepped forward to pull Shen Qing back, but Shen Qing shook her head to stop him.
She didn't want Li Xian to get into trouble because of her.
Li Xian had no choice but to clench his teeth and stop in place.
Little did he know that this decision would make him regret it for the rest of his life.
The spiritual stone of the Five - Element Dao Sect shone brightly in Li Xian's hand. The elder of the Five - Element Dao Sect excitedly wrote down Li Xian's name.
Just like this, Li Xian became a disciple of the Five - Element Dao Sect.
On Shen Qing's side, the spiritual stone in her hand also shone brightly. Heng Ling glanced at Shen Qing in surprise and recorded her name in the roster of the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Looking at the shining spiritual stone in Shen Qing's hand, Lin Yibai became even more jealous.
She didn't expect that there was so much energy in this girl's body. Her talent was even much higher than hers. How could she swallow this humiliation?
The village head was very happy. No disciple from Xiaolin Village had been selected by a sect for hundreds of years. Now, two were selected at once. This was a great honor for the village.
And because of Shen Qing, Shen Chuyun was also recorded in the roster of the Qingyun Sword Sect.
After the selection was over, the selected disciples had one night to pack their things and then would have to follow the elders of their sects to the Nine Wastelands Continent.
As soon as the selection ended, Shen Qing was taken away. She didn't even have a chance to say a word to Li Xian.
Li Xian was also pulled away by the elder of the Five - Element Dao Sect. He watched helplessly as Shen Qing disappeared from his sight, planning to talk to her at night.
But neither of them expected that just as night fell, demons attacked the village.
A disciple of the Five - Element Dao Sect was seriously injured while repelling the demons. So, the leading elder had to return to the Five - Element Dao Sect immediately.
In the end, Li Xian didn't even get a chance to say a word to Shen Qing and was hurriedly taken away from Xiaolin Village.
On Shen Qing's side, Heng Ling and the villagers brought the seriously injured Lin Yibai to her door.
The demons just now were very powerful, so many cultivators were injured. Lin Yibai was one of the two most seriously injured.
He came to find Shen Qing because he knew that there were spiritual bones in Shen Qing's body. He needed the spiritual bones to treat Lin Yibai.
So, Erhu's wife, who was promised a hundred taels of silver, didn't hesitate at all and pushed out Shen Qing, who didn't know what was going on.
Shen Qing suffered the pain of skinning and bone - breaking. Half of her spiritual bones were dug out by Heng Ling's people and transplanted into Lin Yibai's body.
During the process of separating the spiritual bones, the only person in Shen Qing's mind was Li Xian, the big brother who had given her warmth and care during this period.
But until the spiritual bones were completely separated, she didn't see the person she missed so much and fainted directly.
While Shen Qing was in a coma, True Lord Heng Ling left Shen Qing in Xiaolin Village on the grounds that her body was weak and took Shen Chuyun away.
Out of jealousy, after stealing half of Shen Qing's spiritual bones, Lin Yibai even drugged Shen Qing, damaging her meridians so that she could no longer practice.
When Shen Qing woke up, everything was already a foregone conclusion.
"Mother, why did younger brother leave but I'm still here? Why don't the immortals want me anymore?"
Shen Qing endured the pain in her body, her eyes full of hot tears.
Erhu's wife got the silver. Seeing Shen Qing wake up, she thought her weak - looking appearance was unlucky.
She checked Shen Qing's body and found no serious damage, then nodded in satisfaction. "The immortals said your aptitude is not good enough, so they left you here. From now on, don't even think about leaving Xiaolin Village."
"After you recover, go live with the old lame man at the village entrance. Our family is poor and can't afford to feed you."