The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Shen Huaichuan agreed with Yun Yici's approval.

Long Jiao excitedly asked, "Should I transform into my original form and show off my power?"

"I heard from Fellow Daoist Mu that major sects usually assign disciples to guard the mountain, and I think she's quite good."

Then he can openly recruit followers.

Yun Yici was both amused and exasperated: "I finally managed to take in a disciple, and to have her guard the mountain gate right away is just asking for trouble. I need to train her carefully for a while."

"Alright, don't reveal your true form today. Wait a few days, then you'll have your chance to show it."

Bai Shu watched intently, while Bai Ruo, understanding the situation, said, "Sect Leader Yun, would you like the three of us to excuse ourselves for the time being?"

They are not disciples of the Lingwei Sect, and their presence here is actually overshadowing the main event.

Seeing that Bai Shu and Zhu Jian were both looking at the newcomer with curiosity, Yun Yici could only say, "If you want to stay, then stay. It's alright."

Bai Shu raised his hand curiously: "Can I ask a question?"

Yun Yici: "Ask away."

Bai Shu: "What if the mortals who climb up don't have spiritual roots and can't cultivate?"

The hurdle for them, as demon cultivators, is transforming into human form; if they fail to do so, they will die.

It's also possible that their demonic power is too weak, and their transformation into a human form is not a complete human form, but rather retains some of the original form's characteristics, such as ears or a tail.

But it is still possible to cultivate.

If a human cultivator doesn't have spiritual roots, then in the eyes of demon cultivators, they are no different from demon beasts and cannot be considered one of their kind at all.

Shen Huaichuan explained, "Ordinary people without spiritual roots cannot climb up using only physical strength."

"She must have spiritual roots, and they're not weak."

"If he is truly a mortal without spiritual roots, and he was able to climb up on his own, it means he has had some extraordinary encounter. What's wrong with taking him in?"

"Even if he can no longer cultivate, it's just a matter of raising him for a hundred years."

This is a once-in-a-millennium occurrence. If someone has this ability, what's wrong with raising him?

Yun Yici and Shen Huaichuan had already discussed it and were not worried at all that anyone with ulterior motives would try to take advantage of the situation and become their disciples.

With his doubts resolved, Bai Shu stood up and called to Bai Ruo, "A Ruo, Xiao Zhu, let's go first."

"Xiao Ci, we'll come back after your sect's new disciples have joined."

Yun Yici was considering their feelings, and they couldn't put her in a difficult position.

After Bai Shu and the other two took their leave, only Yun Yici, Shen Huaichuan, and Long Jiao remained waiting in the same spot.

What seemed like a short distance to the three of them took them from morning until sunset for that tiny black dot to finally come into view.

Long Jiao, who had initially been impatient, now stood silently and waited.

When the girl reached the finish line, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and she was using her hands to continue forward.

But the moment she saw Yun Yici and the other two, her eyes filled with hope, and she rushed to the finish line in one go.

Then everything went black before her eyes, and she collapsed onto the cold ground at the mountain gate, losing all her strength.

After Yun Yici helped her up, he took out a Qi-regulating pill from his storage bag and fed it to her personally.

Mortals who have not yet embarked on the path of cultivation can only consume some low-level pills to prevent the chaotic spiritual energy from clashing within their bodies.

The potency of this elixir was enough to awaken the girl.

The girl slowly awoke and opened her eyes to find herself lying in the arms of a fairy in white.

This fairy was pure and radiant, with unparalleled beauty, more beautiful and gentle than any other woman she had ever seen in the world.

Her face flushed red, and she sprang up from Yun Yici's arms with a somersault, then knelt down in front of Yun Yici and the other two.

She fumbled around, touching the hem of her dress, and whispered, "I accidentally soiled the fairy's dress. I didn't mean to."

If Yun Yici cared about such a trivial matter, he wouldn't have held her in his arms.

She softened her tone and asked gently, "Where are you from? What is your name? Have you come to my Lingwei Sect to become an apprentice and learn martial arts?"

The girl, who had been bowing deeply, quietly raised her eyes and saw that Yun Yici's face showed no anger whatsoever. The two men beside her were also quite remarkable, both possessing the appearance of immortals.

Her face flushed red as she cautiously made her request: "I am a villager from Xiaguang Village, and my name is Li Changyu."

“My mother was seriously ill and bedridden when I was young. Later, my father went to seek medical treatment elsewhere and never came back. A few days ago, thanks to the fairy for giving me medicine, my mother began to get better after taking it.”

"But spiritual herbs are rare. After my mother finished the spiritual rain I collected, I couldn't afford to buy spiritual rain collected by others."

“I heard the fairy say that as long as you can climb the cloud ladder, you can join the immortal sect, so I shamelessly decided to try my luck.”

After she finished speaking, fearing that the immortal would blame her, she kowtowed again: "If the immortal does not abandon me, I am willing to give you a magic pill. I will do whatever the immortal asks me to do."

Yun Yici hadn't expected this situation. She said, "Since you've climbed the cloud ladder, whether you're willing to join my sect or not, I will save your mother."

"Li Changyu, I'm asking you now, are you willing to join my Lingwei Sect?"

Li Changyu's heart pounded, her eyes welled up with tears, and she said in a muffled voice, "I do!"

Very good, the first disciple has been received.

Yun Yici helped him up again and then introduced himself: "I am Yun Yici, the head of the Lingwei Sect."

"This is Elder Shen, the current Grand Elder of our sect."

"This is Elder Long, who guards the mountain gate."

Yun Yici knew that Li Changyu was still thinking about her mother down the mountain, so she did not force her to stay on the mountain.

Moreover, he immediately took her down the mountain on his sword, and then picked up Li Changyu's mother to go to the nearest city to find a healer for treatment.

There's nothing we can do; she's still a leader without any real power.

Shen Huaichuan was willing to help, but Yun Yici thought that he was, after all, a man.

Li Changyu and her daughter couldn't directly tell a man they didn't know well what was going on, so they had to do it themselves.

Yun Yici wasn't reluctant to part with the elixir, but rather unsure of the dosage for mortals.

She didn't want to do something wrong with her good intentions, so taking him to see a doctor for treatment was the safest option.

When Li Changyu and her daughter were carried onto the flying artifact by Yun Yici, it was as if they were in a dream.

The two clung to each other, too afraid to look down at the shrunken scenery below. The clouds beside them, so close they seemed to touch, were as soft as cotton.

Li Changyu wanted to reach out and touch it, but was afraid of causing trouble for Yun Yici.

She couldn't contain her excitement: "Fairy, no, Sect Leader, will I be able to learn this cloud-riding technique in the future?"

Yun Yici had already set up a barrier next to the flying artifact to block the wind and prevent Li Changyu and the other from falling from the sky.

Hearing Li Changyu's question, she smiled and said, "Of course, would you like to learn swordsmanship?"

Li Changyu nodded excitedly, and the frail woman she was holding was about to kneel down and kowtow to Yun Yici.

Yun Yici quickly helped the mother and daughter up, but in her heart she was thinking that if Li Changyu hadn't been so talented that he could go up the mountain to get medicine for his mother, the tragedy of being separated from his loved ones would have happened under her rule.

She couldn't get skilled healers to settle in ordinary villages and towns, but perhaps she could send a group of local villagers who were interested in learning medicine to study in the outer city, so that they could benefit their hometowns upon their return.