After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

Although it cost the whole family a huge sum of money to get to Sifang City, they were lucky enough not to miss the time when the Nine Yang Sect was recruiting disciples.

You should know that the Nine Yang Sect only recruits disciples once every ten years. If you miss this opportunity, you won't be able to join again for another ten years.

However, ten years later, Xu Jinghe was already over eighteen years old. One of the most important conditions for the Nine Yang Sect's recruitment was that applicants must not be over eighteen years old.

Along the way, every time they waited in the city for the teleportation array to open, the whole family was extremely anxious. Even Xu Qinghe, who had initially been reluctant, was so anxious that his mouth was full of blisters.

Fortunately, there were still five days left before the Nine Yang Sect began recruiting disciples, so Xu Qinghe was somewhat lucky.

After the family entered the city, they searched around but couldn't find a single inn with available rooms.

When all else failed, Xu Qingman suggested that since her family was planning to settle down in Sifang City anyway, they might as well buy or rent a small courtyard so that Xu Qinghe could go home whenever he had time to leave the sect.

Unfortunately, they weren't the only family with the same idea. The family split into two groups and searched for most of the day before finally buying a small courtyard on the outskirts of Sifang City.

It was called a small courtyard, but it was really small, with only five main rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and two smaller rooms. The courtyard was also small, less than ten square meters. In the future, the little stone siblings would not even have a place to play.

Don't be fooled by the small size of the house; it's not cheap at all. This little courtyard cost more than 10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

The four elders clicked their tongues in distress, and Xu Jingheng said bluntly, "This is much more expensive than houses in our capital. Even those royal mansions and courtyards are not worth a fraction of this."

“Father, the land is expensive here. The Nine Yang Sect, one of the five major sects, is located here. It’s already very good that we were able to buy this courtyard and settle down.”

"Alright, brat, stop yelling. Our granddaughter sees things clearly, so don't worry about it."

Once again criticized by his father, Xu Jingheng had no choice but to shut up in frustration.

Seeing him being scolded, Xu Meifen covered her mouth and laughed, glad that she hadn't responded to him.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning, the whole family put on their elegant robes and took Xu Qinghe to the main square of Sifang City to wait in line for the cultivators of the Nine Yang Sect to test their spiritual roots.

Xu Qingman roughly counted that there were more than twenty rows of children waiting to have their spiritual roots tested, with at least several hundred people in each row. She estimated that there were no fewer than ten thousand people queuing here today.

With parents and family members bringing their children, the square, spanning hundreds of acres, was packed with people. No wonder all the inns in Sifang City were fully booked.

The Xu family arrived at a moderate pace, so Xu Qinghe was in the middle of the queue. Although there were many people, they moved quickly. They only waited for a little over three hours before Xu Qinghe arrived with a smile on his face.

"Dog Egg, how's it going? Has he accepted you yet?" Although Xu Qinghe had repeatedly told his family not to call him Dog Egg anymore, Xu Maoye would forget whenever he got excited.

However, Xu Qinghe was in a good mood at the moment, so he didn't argue with his grandfather. He nodded with a smile and took out a piece of green jade to show his family.

"Who am I? They can't just refuse to accept me. Look, this is the identity token the sect gave me. With this, I can freely enter and leave the Nine Yang Sect."

Xu Jingheng took it, looked at it, and immediately handed it back to him, saying, "You child, how can you just take out something so important? It would be terrible if it got lost."

“Father, you’re just worrying too much. I’ve already recognized it as my master. Even if someone steals it, I can use magic to make it come back on its own.”

"Oh, this isn't an ordinary magic weapon. It must be at least a Xuan-rank or higher magic artifact, right?"

Xu Qinghe nodded affirmatively, confirming that her older sister was right.

"Qinghe, are you an inner disciple or an outer disciple now? Which peak have you been assigned to?"

"Brother-in-law, I have a top-grade fire spirit root, so I must have entered the inner sect. Disciples with fire spirit roots are all assigned to the Pill Peak."

However, the Nine Yang Sect has more than one peak dedicated to alchemy. I was assigned to Qingyun Peak, and our peak master, True Person Qingyun, is at the Nascent Soul stage.

After Xu Qinghe finished speaking, his eyes gleamed with undisguised joy. The senior uncle who was recruiting disciples had said that as long as he could form his core within three years, he would have the opportunity to become a formal disciple of the peak master.

At this moment, Xu Qinghe was absolutely determined. He would definitely do it; he wanted to make his parents and family proud. Once he mastered great skills, he wouldn't have to put all his hopes on his sister and brother-in-law.

To allow newcomers some time to say goodbye to their families, the Nine Yang Sect will return to the sect at 3:45 AM tomorrow.

To celebrate Xu Qinghe's successful entry into the Nine Yang Sect, the family went to the best restaurant in Sifang City for a sumptuous lunch after leaving the square.

After leaving, she didn't go home immediately, but instead took Xu Qinghe shopping.

I bought two sets of high-quality robes, two pairs of Swift Boots, and a lot of various kinds of food.

There's no need to buy pills or talismans. With Xu Qinghe's current cultivation level, the ones that Xu Qingman and her husband refine themselves are just right for him.

After returning home, Yu Jinchen took out a storage ring that was 100 square meters in size, handed it to Xu Qinghe, and told him to hide it well and try not to show it to others.

The couple had filled the room with various kinds of pills, talismans, and two sets of defensive array plates. They had even given him over a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

It wasn't that Xu Qingman and her husband were stingy and unwilling to give him the best; rather, given his current cultivation level, giving him too much would only harm him.

However, Xu Qinghe didn't find them offensive and happily accepted them one by one. Following her sister's advice, she took a small portion of each item and put it into the storage bag provided by the sect.

As for the rest, he put them all into a storage ring and hung the storage ring around his neck.

For safety, Xu Qingman had engraved a complete invisibility array on this storage ring, so that unless one's cultivation level is above the Nascent Soul stage, they would not be able to detect it at all.

Although the Nine Yang Sect is located in Sifang City, it is actually more than two thousand miles away. Xu Qinghe will only have a chance to come here after he has formed his core.

It's not that they don't want to live closer to the Nine Yang Sect, but rather that they want to live in Baiyun Town, which is near the Nine Yang Sect, as the Xu family simply can't afford it now.

It is said that the families living in Baiyun Town are all from powerful immortal cultivation clans, large merchant families, or the families of elders of the Nine Yang Sect.

Without tens of thousands of top-grade spirit stones, you can't even afford the worst little house.

Renting a place is even more out of the question. These people are not short of spirit stones, so why would they care about such a small amount?

Even if they stayed at an inn, they wouldn't be able to stay for long given their current wealth, so after discussing it, the Xu family decided to settle down in Sifang City.

Because tomorrow would be the day of separation, the whole family stayed up and didn't practice any cultivation, except for the two little ones who needed to sleep. They spent the whole night chatting together.

They all wished they could pass on all their knowledge to Xu Qinghe at once.

As the sun gradually rose, the family had no choice but to see their loved ones off at the door.