BXBX NOVEL Chapter 33 Recruitment
Only then did Zhao Yu sit down.
Ling Qianxue smiled sweetly and said, "Pill Master Zhao, our Ling family sincerely invites you to join us."
As soon as Zhao Yu saw Ling Qianxue\'s smile, his heart began pounding furiously, his face flushing red as if he had seen his first love. He felt as if Ling Qianxue was so breathtakingly beautiful that to refuse her request would be an egregious sin.
"No, this is a Bewitching Technique! Although she\'s pretty, she\'s still slightly inferior to Su Bingyun! Such a terrifying Bewitching Technique! Beautiful women are adept at deception!"
Just as Zhao Yu was about to agree, he suddenly had a shock, pinched his thigh, and a wave of pain surged. The once breathtaking Ling Qianxue seemed to lose her filter, still beautiful but lacking that first-love feeling.
Zhao Yu asked, "Family Head Ling, can the Miss represent the Ling family?"
Ling Haotian replied, "In the matter of inviting you to join the Ling family, Qian Xue can fully represent the Ling family."
Zhao Yu slightly lowered his head, avoiding direct eye contact with Ling Qianxue and asked, "Miss Ling, what benefits would I gain by joining the Ling family?"
A flicker of surprise flashed through Ling Qianxue\'s beautiful eyes, yet she still smiled sweetly, saying softly, "Pill Master Zhao, once you join our Ling family, you can become a top-ranked Guest Elder. You will no longer need to pay rent for the cave mansion you are currently residing in.
Moreover, our Ling family will provide you with twenty low-grade Spirit Stones and two Yellow Spirit Pills every month."
Zhao Yu\'s face remained calm, finding the offer unappealing.
Ling Qianxue smiled faintly and added, "Furthermore, if you join our Ling family, you can choose any Cultivation Technique from our collection that leads directly to Foundation Establishment. You would only need to refine a certain amount of Superior Yellow Spirit Pills for our Ling family each month."
Zhao Yu spoke indifferently, "Miss Ling, I can become a Guest Elder of the Ling family. However, I have a few conditions!"
Ling Qianxue, still wearing her sweet smile, said, "Speak!"
Zhao Yu slowly said, "I am currently learning how to refine Red Jade Pills and Heartfelt Pills. Please have the Ling family help me purchase the materials needed for these Spirit Pills. Of course, I will pay with Spirit Stones."
"I am not proficient in Magical Combat, and my Cultivation Level is only at the Fifth Level of Qi Refining, so you cannot draft me into any battlegrounds of the Five Sects major battle, nor assign me combat missions."
"Refining Superior Grade Elixirs is extremely difficult, and I need to continue my cultivation, so I can only refine twenty Spirit Pills for the Ling family each month! Currently, they are Superior Yellow Spirit Pills, but in the future, they could be Red Jade Pills or Heartfelt Pills! I can serve as a Guest Elder of the Ling family for three years first, then we can discuss further."
"Also, Su Bingyun, the Fairy Su from Cang Spirit Sect and I are close friends. She has recently successfully achieved Foundation Establishment."
Ling Haotian, who had been quietly listening, couldn\'t help but his expression subtly changed.
The Cang Spirit Sect is one of the four great Sects of the Northern Desolation, harboring a Golden Core ancestor within. The heritage within the Cang Spirit Sect far exceeds that of foundation families, and Su Bingyun, a genius of the Cang Spirit Sect, has much greater strength than an ordinary Foundation Establishment expert.
The Ling family would not dare to offend Su Bingyun, a genius from the Cang Spirit Sect without good reason.
Zhao Yu brought up Su Bingyun in advance to avoid many possible troubles.
After a brief consideration, Ling Qianxue said, "I agree!"
Following the agreement, the relationship among those present warmed slightly.
Ling Haotian rose from his seat to attend to other guests.
Zhao Yu said, "Miss Ling, I am interested in selecting a top-notch Dual Cultivation of Law and Body Foundation Establishment Technique. Does the Ling family have one?"
Ling Qianxue gave Zhao Yu a direct look and said, "The top-notch Dual Cultivation of Law and Body Foundation Establishment Techniques are only possibly held by the four great sects. We, the Ling family, do not have it!"
Cultivation techniques are generally divided into three main categories. The first one is strong in magical combat but progresses slowly and is prone to bottlenecks. The second type progresses quickly but is weaker in combat. The third type, known as the top tier techniques, is both rapid in progress and formidable in combat.
Only the three major Golden Core Sects in Cang Country possess these techniques.
Zhao Yu had already agreed to join the Ling family and become a top-tier Guest Elder, making everyone insiders. Consequently, Ling Qianxue no longer used her bewitching technique and revealed her true temperament a bit.
Zhao Yu asked, "When can I choose a cultivation technique?"
Ling Qianxue replied, "Tomorrow!"
"Qianxue, this is a gift I prepared for you. Do you like it?"
A tall young man dressed in white, handsome and with a gentle smile on his face, came from the side, sat at the table, and opened a jade box, revealing a low-grade magical instrument—a turquoise butterfly hairpin.
Zhao Yu said, "Miss, since you still have affairs to attend to, I shall take my leave first!"
Ling Qianxue, a stunning beauty with a superior Spirit Root, was born into the Foundation Establishment family, the Ling family, and was a cultivation prodigy. Proficient in bewitching techniques, she was pursued by numerous young talents. Zhao Yu did not want to get involved in troubles because of her.
At that moment, Ling Lianxue rushed over, her eyes brimming with tears, and she cried bitterly, "Brother Wang! Didn\'t you promise to grow old with me and never leave me? Why would you give her such a gift? You never gave me anything so precious!"
What a dramatic scene!
Zhao Yu stepped back a few steps, distancing himself from the battlefield and quietly observing.
Wang Jingzhang still spoke gently, "Lianxue! I do like you and want to take you as my concubine. However, you are only a concubine-born daughter of the Ling family, unfit to be my principal wife. The only one eligible to be my principal wife is Ling Qianxue. Behave, stop causing trouble! Step back, and in a few days, I will take you as a concubine.
If you continue to make a fuss, then don\'t come to see me anymore!"
"Young Master Wang, I\'m sorry! I will take her away now! Apologies!"
Cheng Linlan quickly grabbed Ling Lianxue\'s hand, apologized to Wang Jingzhang, and pulled Ling Lianxue away from the scene.
Wang Jingzhang, born into the Lingxi Wang family\'s direct line, a Foundation Establishment household, held a higher status and position than Ling Lianxue. Moreover, he himself possessed the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, and if he wished to confront Cheng Linlan\'s family, they, being only women and children, had almost no power to resist.
Zhao Yu left directly and returned to Li Xianjiao\'s side, enjoying the delicacies at the banquet.
After the banquet ended, Zhao Yu and Li Xianjiao stayed the night at Ling Mansion.
The next day, on the third floor of a small three-story building within Ling Mansion,
"As expected of a Foundation Establishment family, truly profound heritage!"
Zhao Yu, looking at the bookshelves filled with secret manuals that could directly lead to Foundation Establishment, showed satisfaction in his eyes as he carefully browsed through the introductions of those cultivation manuals.
Ling Qianxue asked, "Pill Master Zhao, have you ever been married?"
Zhao Yu responded, "Not yet!"
Ling Qianxue gave a slight smile and said, "Would Pill Master Zhao be willing to form a marriage alliance with our Ling family? We have many talented and beautiful unmarried girls. If Pill Master Zhao agrees, you can choose anyone you like."
Zhao Yu, capable of refining Superior Yellow Spirit Pills and also a cultivator, would greatly benefit a Foundation Establishment family like the Ling family by forming a marriage alliance with them.
In fact, even if Zhao Yu had no special skills, as long as he was a cultivator with Spirit Root, the Ling family would be willing to form a marriage alliance with him.
However, if he had no notable abilities, the Ling family would only allow him to marry into the Ling family, using him as a seed to reproduce and marry a Ling family concubine-born daughter without Spirit Root, thus giving birth to more descendants with Spirit Roots.
Zhao Yu asked, "Miss, are you also on this list?"
Ling Qianxue smiled sweetly and tactfully refused, "I am destined to be the head of the Ling family and revive it. If you advance to the Golden Core in the future, I would be very happy to marry you as my husband."