“What should I do?” Xiao Bai was at a loss for a moment.
After all, as it had thought, this was a ruin.
It only needed to enter the ruin to get what it wanted.
But now, this place had become the territory of another Sect, making things difficult.
Thinking of this, Xiao Bai felt speechless, not knowing what to say.
“So, you’re sure that ruin is here?” Qin Xuan was a bit skeptical.
Normally, no one would dare to establish a Sect on top of a discovered ruin.
After all, for a place to become a ruin, other Sects and powers would not allow one to monopolize it.
Qin Xuan had never heard of any Sect or power daring to monopolize a ruin.
“Definitely, this is absolutely the original site of that ruin. This was mentioned in the message the Great Figure left for me; there’s absolutely no problem. I just don’t know why this Sect dared to set up their Sect here,” Xiao Bai said in surprise, clearly trusting that Great Figure completely.
Hearing this, Qin Xuan nodded, a glint flashing in his eyes.
“Then there are two possibilities. The first is that this Sect, knowing there’s a ruin here, still dared to establish their Legacy. This means the Sect’s strength is very powerful. On one hand, they are confident they can suppress the curse of the previous Sect, and on the other, they are confident they can deter others who covet it.”
A place becomes a ruin often because the previous Sect left a huge impact there.
In such cases, other Sects are often very wary and would not continue to establish a Sect there.
After all, almost all Sects believe in the concept of Luck.
Becoming a ruin means that the Luck of that Sect and the Luck of that place have been completely stripped away. Establishing a Sect here would only make the Sect weaker and weaker.
The only reason to dare to establish a Sect here in such circumstances is if the experts of this Sect are confident that their Sect’s Qi is strong enough.
“What’s the other possibility?” Xiao Bai asked curiously.
“The other possibility, of course, is that this ruin has been completely destroyed, causing no one to know that it was once a ruin,” Qin Xuan said gravely.
Clearly, this was the most likely scenario.
No other reason: the ruin in Luo Feng Mountain had existed since the ancient era.
Spanning so many eras, the possibility of this ruin disappearing was very high.
It’s very possible that in the last era, this ruin had already vanished and become indistinguishable from its surroundings, and only in this current era did these people arrive here.
“How can we distinguish between them?” Xiao Bai looked at Qin Xuan in confusion.
“Aren’t they recruiting Disciples here? Let’s just sneak in and see what this Sect is like. If this Sect is weak and you can’t find the entrance to the ruin, then it means the ruin has disappeared, and we can just leave without wasting time.”
Listening to Qin Xuan, Xiao Bai nodded.
“But since we’re infiltrating this Sect, you can’t speak casually, and don’t let anyone discover you’re a tiger. From now on, you’re a white cat.”
Hearing that Qin Xuan wanted it to be a cat, Xiao Bai immediately puffed up, as if to protest, but Qin Xuan glared at it.
“Do you still want to find the ruin? Do you think you can find the ruin here as you are now?”
Though Xiao Bai was a bit displeased by Qin Xuan’s words, it eventually lowered its head in submission.
“Let’s go. I’ll go take a look and see what the entrance examination for this Sect is like.”
Leaving that spot, Qin Xuan took a long detour and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the plaza in front of the Qixia Sect’s mountain gate was currently crowded with young men and women who had come to take the examination.
Most of these young men and women had almost no Foundation; clearly, the majority were Mortals.
Only a few had some cultivation.
“This Qixia Sect is quite good; they don’t exclude these Mortal Disciples,” Qin Xuan said with emotion, nodding.
Most Sects recruit Disciples who already have a Foundation.
No other reason: this way, they don’t have to screen whether Disciples have a Dantian.
Most Disciples from Mortal backgrounds are just ordinary people; they simply don’t have a Dantian and thus cannot cultivate.
It was already quite good that this Qixia Sect allowed these Mortals to try their Luck here.
However, this also meant that this Sect was clearly just a small Sect; otherwise, they wouldn’t allow so many people to come here.
For example, if the Azure Green Sect also allowed Mortals, it would probably have to examine millions of Mortal Disciples every year, and the Azure Green Sect wouldn’t go looking for trouble.
“It’s a small Sect. It seems more likely that the ruin has been destroyed,” Qin Xuan sighed, then used Thousand Transformations Illusion to give himself an honest, simple face in the shadows, making him appear even more harmless.
“Let’s go. Since we’re here, we can’t just not go in and take a look, can we?”
Blending into the crowd, Qin Xuan looked around.
Most of the Disciples present were under thirteen or fourteen, with only a few already seventeen or eighteen.
“Starting cultivation at seventeen or eighteen, without a great Opportunity, one’s life might just stop here,” Qin Xuan mused.
His current transformed appearance looked about fourteen, a bit old for a beginner, but not particularly noticeable.
His goal was just to blend in.
“When testing the Dantian later, I need to control it so my talent isn’t too outstanding.”
Just as Qin Xuan was thinking, he suddenly frowned and immediately wanted to dodge.
However, at the critical moment, he forcefully held back.
“Thump!”
A chubby boy of about thirteen, who wanted to push forward, accidentally bumped into Qin Xuan’s back.
“S-sorry!” Xiao Pang Zi wiped his snot and was about to reach out to brush off the dirt from Qin Xuan’s back.
Seeing the snot on Xiao Pang Zi’s hand, Qin Xuan coughed and quickly waved his hand.
“No, no need, I can do it myself.”
Saying that, Qin Xuan moved to the side.
“Hehe, I’m really sorry about that.” Xiao Pang Zi sniffed and turned to leave, only to bump into someone else.
“Sorry!”
Looking at Xiao Pang Zi, who was hastily apologizing, Qin Xuan shook his head helplessly.
This Mortal was truly clumsy. Luckily, his temper was good, and this wasn’t a major Sect, or he would probably have been beheaded long ago.
Qin Xuan had, of course, noticed the bumping Xiao Pang Zi immediately.
He almost instinctively dodged.
But thinking that he was currently playing the role of an ordinary mountain village youth, Qin Xuan immediately forced himself to endure it.
If he had really dodged, he would definitely have been suspected.
“Forget it, no need to say much to a child…” Qin Xuan shook his head, about to continue queuing, when suddenly his expression changed, and he looked grimly at Xiao Pang Zi, who had already squeezed into the distance.
“Damn it, the old ginseng I had in my pocket is gone!”
“What a technique, to steal something from my pocket without anyone noticing!”
