Ye Ling teleported back to Medicine Valley, intending to take advantage of the dusk to return to the sect's Spirit Vein Cave without anyone knowing, waiting for the whole team to set off tomorrow to rush to Dong Lingze for training.
Unexpectedly, before he could take two steps, the disciple guarding the teleportation array hurried forward to salute as if he had seen a treasure: "Senior Brother! Are you back? Hehe, Senior Brother has always lived in seclusion and devoted himself to cultivation. There are few of us like him. It’s a chance to meet senior brother.”
Ye Ling's heart was moved and he asked: "Do you know, in the past few days, has my master been retreating in the back mountain for meditation? Or is he doing business in the Medicine Valley Hall?"
The disciple guarding the teleportation array said respectfully: "Report to senior brother! The sect master is practicing in the back mountain. I went to the main hall to return to my life today, but I have never met the sect master."
Ye Ling nodded and walked into the dusk. Along the way, his eyes showed deep contemplation, and he said in his heart: "After Master appointed me as the eldest disciple of the sect, he immediately retreated into seclusion and meditated, regardless of the status of the sect. Matters big and small. Obviously, he is also under pressure. He is hiding from the Yuan Cultivation Family, and does not allow Zuo Boming and Xie Xiang to raise questions. He simply retreats in seclusion and does not let anyone disturb him. "
Ye Ling sighed, it seems that it is not easy to be the sect leader. He, the sect's top disciple, was chosen because the sect leader fought against everyone's opinions. Ye Ling knew very well that in the entire Medicine Valley, there were many people who were dissatisfied with him, especially the elite disciples who were going to Dong Lingze for training. A few disciples of the Immortal Cultivation Family such as Yuan Hao were not convinced by him at all, and even harbored hatred and hostility. The attitude was directed at Ye Ling.
Among the remaining fifteen or sixteen people, those who were disciples of the seventh level of Qi training like Ye Ling were better off, but those with higher cultivation levels than him, such as Zuo Boming and Xie Xiang, were also dissatisfied with him.
"Tomorrow I will rush to Dong Lingze for training. Although I am a senior brother, the elite disciples of the same sect are almost unreliable and I cannot form a team with them. Otherwise, people will be unpredictable and betrayal of teammates may happen at any time! It's better than me It’s safer to go and experience it alone.”
Besides them, Ye Ling also needs to be wary of Elder Song, who is leading the trip. Who knows if he has colluded with the old thief Zhou Chong. This Dong Lingze experience can be said to be dangerous at every step. If you are not careful, you will lose everything! It could take your life at any time.
Thinking of this, Ye Ling, in order to remain vigilant enough, disappeared directly into the water and quietly returned to the Spirit Vein Cave, where he sat cross-legged and meditated, tempering the body with elixirs, and practicing daily. All Ye Ling was thinking about was how to deal with his fellow disciples, weighing the strengths of both the enemy and ourselves, and thinking about all possible scenarios. It seems that compared to a dangerous place like Donglingze, the enemies from the same sect are even more dangerous!
Finally, Ye Ling made up his mind. The only thing that made him confident was his own strength! In addition, the other team leader, Elder Xuanqing, is pretty good to him and can be trusted.
As for the elite disciples who set off together, Ye Ling had never spent time with them. There was no sense of brotherhood at all. Apart from a hostile relationship, it was just a relationship of mutual use!
Ye Ling thought about all this clearly and felt calm in his heart, just waiting to take advantage of the opportunity and act accordingly.
On the next day, the bell of Yaogu Sect's main hall rang five times. Ye Ling arrived as scheduled and saw the elite disciples of various sects gathered at the Taoist altar.
Ye Ling's guess was not bad. There were only two groups in the Taoist altar: one group was headed by Yuan Hao, who were all disciples of the Xiuxian family; the other group was headed by Zuo Boming, who made up the majority, and were all elite disciples of the sect.
No one greeted Ye Ling, and he was completely isolated. Even the few elite disciples who originally congratulated him on becoming senior brother pretended not to see it.
Yuan Hao stared at Ye Ling coldly, and curled his lips at a monk in apricot-yellow clothes next to him, as if he was transmitting instructions from his spiritual consciousness.
The apricot-yellow-shirted monk understood, stepped forward, casually cupped his hands, and said casually: "Hey! Isn't this Senior Brother Ye Lingye? For this Donglingze experience, we have prepared top-grade or even top-grade magic weapons and talismans. , why don’t you see senior brother shopping around?”
Ye Ling had already seen everything and knew that he was here to cause trouble. He said calmly: "I have been refining elixirs and meditating in the ice cave, and did not make much preparation. With my cultivation level, when I was training in Donglingze , just practice Taoism and it’s enough, the magic weapons and equipment don’t need to be of the highest quality.”
"Haha, you have no money!" Yuan Hao laughed wildly.
Several disciples of the Immortal Cultivation Family immediately echoed and laughed heartily. They all looked at Ye Ling who came from behind with contempt, as if they were ashamed to have such a senior brother.
Ye Ling said coldly: "Lingshi is nothing to me."
After saying that, Ye Ling stood with his hands behind his back, standing alone in front of the Taoist altar, quietly waiting for the time to set off.
Yuan Hao laughed loudly and said: "He doesn't even have a third-level top-grade robe, so he still pretends to be a hero! Tell me, besides the fourth-level spiritual beast given to him by the elders of the Immortal Sect, what else does he have? He needs to cultivate. Without cultivation, strength but no strength, just relying on the fourth-level spiritual beast in the foundation-building stage to show off. Being our senior brother is ridiculous!"
Ye Ling turned a deaf ear to the ridicule of the disciples of the Xiuxian family. His true strength was not just what he said, not to mention that Ye Ling did not want to show off his wealth in front of them early and would never show off his several trump cards to anyone.
Zuo Boming and other elite disciples on the opposite side were gloating at first as they watched Ye Ling being ridiculed by Yuan Hao and others. In the end, they saw that Ye Ling ignored them at all, while Yuan Hao and other disciples of the Immortal Cultivation Family continued to belittle Ye Ling. Born into a poor family, apart from good luck, he has no merits and does not even have the best equipment, which gradually arouses the hatred of these common people!
Zuo Boming shouted in a deep voice: "Yuan Hao! Are you making insinuations and looking down on common people like us?"
Yuan Hao was startled: "This...Senior Brother Zuo, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean this. Haha, we are talking to Ye Ling. I can't stand the simple and shabby clothes he wears. Even the top quality I don’t even have the robes, so tell me, if the disciples from other sects see this, we will lose a lot of people from our Yaogu Sect.”
Behind Zuo Boming, a dozen elite disciples all stood up. Eight out of ten of them did not have the third-level top-notch equipment, and they all glared at Yuan Hao. These people are all ordinary people. Although they are not as poor as Ye Ling who slept in the maple bridge before entering the valley, they do not have the support of the cultivating family behind them, and they do not have many spiritual stones. They all rely on their qualifications and spiritual roots to be pretty good. Those who practice to the late stage of Qi training.
Therefore, what these elite disciples despise most is that the children of the Immortal Cultivation Family clamor for wealth and refute Yuan Hao impassionedly.
"What? You said that Senior Brother is shabby and doesn't have the best equipment. Do you also want to laugh at us?"
"Yuan Hao, this is the Yaogu Sect's Taoist altar, not your Yuan family compound! You should be more respectful! What do you mean you can't be seen without the best magic weapon and robes?"
Everyone was talking a lot, one saying something to the other, wishing they could have a discussion with the five disciples of the Immortal Cultivation Family.
Even Xie Xiang looked at Ye Ling's Xiaoshu's back with sympathy. After discussing with Zuo Bominglue, he stepped forward and said softly: "We have all received the top-grade God-Returning Pill sent by Senior Brother the day before yesterday. ! There are more distributed than usual, which shows that Senior Brother is very good at refining alchemy! Haha, I told Senior Brother Zuo to invite Senior Brother to join our team, what do you think of Senior Brother?"
