
A week had passed after Xiao Lian had gone to take care of her father and finally Yi Tianyun was done with his work since there were no materials left for him to refine or forge. He walked out of his room to look at Shi Xueyun, but his appearance was made fun of by the light laughter of the many disciples he passed by. She looked very messy compared to her usual glamorous appearance.
Not long after, he saw Shi Xueyun walking down the hallway and he quickly waved at her and shouted, “Aunt! Wait for me!” with a smile he immediately walked towards Shi Xueyun.
Shi Xueyun watched as Yi Tianyun walked over and gave her his best smile, “Yi Tianyun, good work! you done yet?” he gave Yi Tianyun a small pat on the back and thanked him for his hard work.
Shi Xueyun had also been extremely busy in the past few days, as the recruitment had grown with the prestige the Jade Palace had known in many places, many Cultivators had come to join them. Shi Xueyun had to be stricter than before, due to the traitors from the last war.
He had to check the background of each candidate to make sure there was nothing strange in their records. It picked up the tool in time, so he could not check on Yi Tianyun as much as he wanted because he was also physically and mentally exhausted.
Yi Tianyun knew this as well so he did not complain about anything because he did not want to make his aunt worry anymore than he already had.
“It's not at all difficult auntie, I'm done for now. If we still lack weapons or pills, I will make another batch, but since I am running out of ingredients, so I will pause to buy enough ingredients for the next batch. ” Yi Tianyun said with a smile.
Shi Xueyun simply shook her head and pulled Yi Tianyun's arm with her and said, “Come with me, The Elders have already gathered in the appraisal hall.”
Heavy atmosphere in the assessment room. Some of them were nervous about their assessment of whether they could join the Jade Palace or not. Some of them were also nervous while waiting for their training regiment as they were already qualified to join the Jade Palace.
The moment Shi Xueyun arrived at the hall, she quickly said, "Great Chief, we should stop the assessment for a bit, because elder Yi and I have something to say."
The grand elder quickly nodded and waved his hand signaling everything to pause for a while and start standing up as they already knew what to do next.
As Yi Tianyun walked into the hall, he saw many young women looking at him curiously.
“i heard that Jade Palace has only one male Elder. Is that him?"
"He looks so messy, what has he done to have that rough appearance?"
"i heard that he is very strong, I wonder if it is true?"
There were many rumors about Yi Tianyun outside the Jade Palace, not surprising considering he was the only male elder in the Jade Palace.
Many said that Yi Tianyun was very strong, even stronger than Palace Lord and there were also rumors that said that Yi Tianyun was an incarnation of a demon, an extremely powerful demon.
There are more exaggerated rumors out there that pale in comparison to the previous one.
As Yi Tianyun stopped in the middle of the appraisal hall, he quickly waved his hand and took out all the weapons and pills he had made before.
“This is the Jade Palace's resource. This pill was both a Body Refinement Pill and a Spirit Refinement Pill. As long as you perform well enough and work hard, you can have some of these as your reward! ” Yi Tianyun announces his intention.
Shi Xueyun and could not help but smile on the side seeing how Yi Tianyun motivated the disciples.
"Thul? All this stuff for us?”
“Wow there are so many high quality goods! There are Spirit Tools, and there are also High Level Spirit Tools, even Peak Level Spirit Tools!”
"God, even the items from the Pavilion I saw on the way here pale in comparison to this!"
The quiet assessment hall became filled with chatter, as they became excited about the prospect of receiving pills and weapons in front of them. The elders looked at themselves and smiled among themselves, they already knew that this amount was only a fraction of what Yi Tianyun had made in the two weeks he had secluded himself in his room.
Shi Xueyun quickly added, “This is only a small portion of the Jade Palace's resources, whether they are new or old disciples, have an equal chance of obtaining these items, as long as you perform well and show your loyalty to Jade Palace, we will invest it. items in you!”
Yi Tianyun looked at the expressions of his disciples and he was quite satisfied, he managed to motivate them. This was the result he was looking for, with this he was certain Shi Xueyun would more easily sift through the background of a new disciple to join the Jade Palace. After that Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun excused themselves.
In the hall outside the appraisal hall, Yi Tianyun spoke to Shi Xueyun, "As I said before, I will leave the palace for a bit to buy some materials and I will return a little late." Yi Tianyun smiled at Shi Xueyun.
"There's no need for you to personally purchase Tianyun's materials, we can always ask some disciples to buy them for you, you just need a short break." Shi Xueyun said to Yi Tianyun.
“Buying materials is not all I have to do outside of the palace aunt, I also want to check Sister Xiao Lian's father in his place, he already told me about his father's condition, he said, he was sick and his family had no money to buy medicine. And I already promised her that I would check it out after I was done with my work.” Yi Tianyun explained the reason to Shi Xueyun.
Shi Xueyun was shocked after hearing about Xiao Lian's state because she didn't know about this at all.
“No wonder she looked anxious earlier, why didn't she say anything to me about this?” Yi Tianyun could only shrug his shoulders and say, “I will buy the ingredients when I return from his place. We need to provide enough motivation to the disciples to increase their own cultivation so that we can reach the second level faction faster, and also stabilize the status of the Jade Palace as we progress.”
This was all said honestly by Yi Tianyun because he desperately wanted the Jade Palace to become stronger, but he also had another motive, which was to complete his main mission as quickly as possible!
“Good, you're getting older like now!” Shi Xueyun said proudly to Yi Tianyun.
"i'm not worried about doing my job Elder aunt, I'm worried about you, I'll reduce your workload as much as I can!" Yi Tianyun said confidently in his voice. Shi Xueyun quickly said, "Don't forget those words now!" he chuckled seeing Yi Tianyun become more reliable.
“But remember Yi Tianyun, I know that you are very strong now, but there are many stronger people out there, I hope you keep yourself safe and refrain from making trouble on the road, I don't know what you'll do. If something bad happens to you!" Shi Xueyun quickly added to Yi Tianyun and showed her concern about Yi Tianyun's safety.
Yi Tianyun looked at Shi Xueyun and gently clasped his hands in a reassuring manner and said, "I promise you that I will keep myself safe for your sake as well, because I swear to always protect you!" Hearing these encouraging words, Shi Xueyun could not help but tear up as she could not help but be proud of Yi Tianyun.