Flying Clouds in Another World

After hearing the little girl's worries, the woman surnamed Ge couldn't help but touch her still young hair and comforted her: "You, child! You are wrong! Although some people start the path of martial arts earlier and have enough crystals to support them, if they don't have a good teacher to teach them, their martial arts talent is average, and they can't bear hardships or offenses when practicing martial arts, what's the point of practicing for another 10 or 20 years? Qing'er, you are gifted, and I, Ge Xiuying, think I am a qualified master. As long as you work hard to practice, you will definitely be one of the earth-level masters of my Huanyue Palace in the future. By then, who will dare to look down on you, He Jingqing?"

Liu Qianqian also said: "Master Ge is the leader of the seventeen fairies of Huanyue Palace, second only to the two palace masters. How can he be compared with ordinary martial artists? It is a great blessing for my little sister to be able to worship under Master Ge."

After hearing this, the little girl's eyes flashed with determination, as if she had made up her mind, and she whispered, "Qing'er will never let you down, Master."

Liu Feiyun couldn't help but think of his current situation, feeling a little embarrassed: the people that Ge Xiangu was talking about were not just him! Although he had enough top-grade crystals at home, and was taught by his father, uncles, and other cultivators, and Zheng Zhou, the cultivator, gave him some pointers from time to time, his talent was limited, and the cultivation method he was practicing was too painful. Although he was persisting in order to prolong his life, he still couldn't devote all his energy to cultivation, and at most he only used 60% to 70%.

Liu Qianqian exchanged a few more words with Ge Xiangu before taking her leave and continuing to look for talent to recruit.

However, Liu Qianqian looked at Liu Feiyun with a strange look in her eyes, which made Liu Feiyun feel uncomfortable. He couldn't help but ask, "Sister, why are you looking at me like that?"

Liu Qianqian smiled meaningfully and said, "I can't believe it! You're so young, but you're already thinking about flowers! Well, from now on, I have to be more careful and can't treat you like a kid like before."

"Ugh! What the hell is going on here!"

"You mistook her for a maid! I don't know who you learned this from. Could it be that bastard Shihu?"

Liu Shihu, who was standing by, grinned and muttered, "Why is this related to me again?"

Liu Feiyun couldn't help but blush.

Liu Qianqian continued to laugh, "But, the Hanshan He family is not an ordinary scholar family. It is one of the ten great royal families and sat on the throne of the emperor two thousand years ago. My little brother, if you want to win the beauty, you have to work hard. Well! At least we have to expand our Liu family's foundation ten or a hundred times! My little brother! Sister is optimistic about you! Hahahahaha!"

Liu Feiyun: "I don't understand what you are saying!"

Four days of the five-day competition passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Qianqian also made a list of people who might be successfully recruited, and all that was left was to let Uncle-Master Zheng Zhou do the final screening and selection.

Early in the morning of the fifth day, the Liu siblings gave up watching the competition and went to Yaoxiang Valley first.

Yaoxiang Valley is one of the nine major branches of the Miyun Sect. It specializes in medicine, and its leader is Zheng Zhou.

The two men came in a low profile and presented the token left by Zheng Zhou. After some communication, they were led by a disciple to a small courtyard.

When they reached the gate of the courtyard, the disciple of Yaoxiang Valley shouted, "Master, our disciple Chang Baozhi has brought the visitor here."

Zheng Zhou's voice came from the courtyard: "Got it, let them in! You guard the door, and no one is allowed to enter without notification."

"Yes! Grandmaster!" Chang Baozhi answered, while being secretly surprised in his heart: the oldest of these two is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and the youngest is at most eleven or twelve. No one knows where they came from and why the grandmaster attaches so much importance to them!

The brother and sister entered the courtyard, but found it was long and narrow, with a stream running through it. On both sides of the stream stood trees of different heights, shrubs and flowers. A path stretched out for dozens of feet, leading directly to a group of houses, large and small, with more than a dozen of them.

At this time, in front of the largest door, a girl of about 11 or 12 was holding a thick ancient book, reciting something, but the girl didn't seem to be very willing, and she was half-hearted in reciting, and occasionally secretly playing with the flowers and plants under her feet. Zheng Zhou was holding a watering can and spraying water on the flowers and plants not far away.

When the two men approached Zheng Zhou, the little girl stopped reciting and looked at them curiously.

"Why did you stop? Keep reciting! You're so lazy, and yet you still want to be some miyun medical genius. If this gets out, people will laugh at you." Zheng Zhou said sternly to the little girl as he walked towards the brother and sister.

Liu Qianqian quickly explained her purpose and handed the list to Zheng Zhou. Zheng Zhou nodded and said, "Then leave it with me. I will tell you the selection results before noon tomorrow. When the time comes, you can recruit people according to the list I drew up. I can't say it's a sure thing, but at least I can guarantee that half of the people can be successfully recruited, and their character can be guaranteed."

Liu Qianqian thanked Zheng Zhou again.

At this time, the little girl who had been reciting her lessons nearby became distracted again and started playing with a medicinal herb.

"Ting'er, why did you stop again! You have been memorizing this book for three days, but you haven't memorized the first volume yet. You are really not serious enough!" Zheng Zhou scolded.

Seeing Zheng Zhou scolding her in front of others, the little girl was immediately unhappy and muttered, "Grandpa! This 'Analysis of the Fourteen Classics from the Past to the Present' is too difficult! It's all ancient texts from the last three dynasties. Both the grammar and the names are very different from today. How can I memorize it? Besides, even if you insist on letting me memorize it, I have to wait until I'm twenty years old and have some experience in diagnosis and treatment before I can memorize it!"

"Wait until you're twenty? I think you might as well wait until you're seventy or eighty before reciting the sutra! Why are you pretending to be a miraculous doctor? Just be a quack doctor!"

"You... Grandpa, you are too hard on me. This book is not meant for me to memorize at my age. The ancient Chinese text is obscure and difficult to understand, and the context is often incoherent. How can I memorize it? Not to mention me, even Senior Brother Chang who is guarding the gate outside the courtyard may not be able to memorize it all. You are forcing me to do something that is difficult! You are favoring boys over girls and don't want me to study medicine!"

Liu Qianqian tried to smooth things over: "Uncle Master, this must be Junior Sister Tingting! She is so pretty. I originally wanted to take her to the imperial capital for fun, but now I don't dare. I'm afraid if I really take her there, some prince will take a fancy to her! Junior Sister Tingting, do you want to come with me to watch the competition? Today is the last day, it will definitely be exciting."

Before Zheng Tingting could answer, Zheng Zhou sneered, "You can't even recite a volume of medical books, and you still have the nerve to play! Besides, let alone Chang Baozhi outside the courtyard, even Liu Feiyun, who is about your age, can recite this book by heart. Yun'er, recite a passage for her!"

"Ah...!" Liu Feiyun thought to himself: How does this have anything to do with me?