"The four of you, come with me."
"The rest of you, wait where you are. Soon, the deacons of the clan will bring you to your accommodations."
With a wave of his sleeve, the elder led Lin Fei-yan, Lin Tianyang, and the rest of the elite disciples out of the stone chamber.
The disciples at the scene were filled with envy after witnessing this.
They knew that from today onward, these people would receive great support from the clan.
As time passed, the gap in strength between them and these people would grow larger and larger. In the end, they would become people of two completely different worlds.
"If it weren't for the fact that Lin Buzheng's bloodline rank was not high enough, he wouldn't have been eliminated from the group."
"What a pity."
"Who would have thought that Lin Buzheng would have such an outstanding performance in the first three rounds, yet his bloodline rank was not high enough. If it weren't for the elder's leniency, he wouldn't have even passed the entrance exam."
"God's will is playing tricks on us!"
Following the departure of the elder and the elite disciples, Lin Buzheng instantly became the focus of the crowd.
Lin Buzheng's performance in the first three rounds was outstanding, but in the bloodline test, he was ranked last. The huge difference between before and after was enough to shock everyone.
In fact, in the history of the Lin family's entrance exams, there had never been such a strange phenomenon.
"Humph, so what if Lin Buzheng performed well in the first three rounds?"
"Without an upper-tier bloodline, he's still trash!"
"Soon, we will all surpass him, he'll be worthless."
Someone in the crowd targeted Lin Buzheng and spoke sarcastically.
In the first three rounds, Lin Buzheng had always been the top student, suppressing the crowd to the point where they could barely breathe. Now that he had lost in the bloodline test and was far behind the crowd, some of the narrow-minded disciples could not help but mock him.
"Who said that? Step forward if you dare!"
"I'll beat the crap out of you!"
Lin Buzheng's expression was calm, as if he didn't hear anything. Instead, Fatty Lin angrily spoke up for Lin Buzheng.
Before Fatty Lin could finish his sentence, the jeers from the crowd instantly disappeared.
At this time, the person who had mocked him finally reacted. No matter how low the grade of Lin Buzheng's bloodline was, his current combat strength was still the best among everyone present.
If they didn't want to be beaten up for nothing, they'd better shut up.
"You are the outer disciples who passed the entrance examination, right?"
"Come with me, I'll take you to the residence the family has arranged for you."
In the next moment, the door of the stone palace suddenly opened.
Two attendants, one dressed in black and the other in white, walked into the hall.
The white-clothed deacon took away most of the branch family disciples who had passed the entrance examination.
As for the black-robed administrator, he led the dozen or so branch family disciples who had failed the test and left.
The Lin family of Evergreen County occupied a mountain range that was thousands of feet tall and stretched for thousands of miles.
Its territory was vast and it occupied an endless amount of land.
Lin Buzheng followed the white-clothed deacon into the depths of the mountain range.
The scenery along the way was beautiful and charming, dazzling to the eyes.
Not long after, the white-clothed deacon brought Lin Buzheng and the rest to a lake that occupied an area of a hundred miles.
On the sparkling lakeside, there were hundreds of small wooden houses scattered around.
The white-clothed deacon pointed at the wooden houses and said, "This will be your residence. These wooden houses are empty, you can choose any one to stay in."
"Your daily necessities have already been prepared in the houses. If you need anything else, you can go to the family's market or the Evergreen County's merchant shops to purchase them."
"From now on, you are the outer disciples of the main family. Welcome!"
After saying that, the white-clothed deacon floated away.
The youths immediately dispersed and chose their own wooden houses according to their preferences.
Cultivators preferred peace and quiet, so it was best to have a quiet place.
Lin Buzheng executed the White Deer Movement Technique and soon found a remote wooden house at the corner of the lake.
This wooden house was further away from the other wooden houses and was very quiet.
When one rested and cultivated here, one wouldn't be disturbed by the other outer court disciples.
The mountain breeze brought with it the refreshing scent of soil and lake water, making Lin Buzheng feel relaxed and indescribably comfortable.
Lin Buzheng walked around the wooden house and found a thin piece of paper on the wooden table with many family rules written on it.
The Lin family of Evergreen County had a thousand years of heritage and naturally had a set of perfect family rules.
There were some rules that the main family of Eternal Peace City also had.
For example, disciples of the same family could spar with each other, but internal strife was strictly prohibited and no deaths or injuries were allowed.
Those who violated the family rules would be crippled of their cultivation and chased out of the family. Those who violated the family rules would be punished with their lives.
There were also some family rules that only the Lin family of Evergreen County had.
For example, as long as the disciples of the family had enough money, they could go to the Scripture Pavilion and choose high-ranked Cultivation Techniques to cultivate.
Another example was that if the disciples of the family met with difficulties in cultivation, they could also spend money to go to the Puzzle Dispelling Pavilion and ask the seniors of the family to answer their questions.
"Sigh, it seems like I still don't have enough money if I want to live a comfortable life in the main family of Evergreen County!"
Lin Buzheng looked at the family rules and smiled bitterly.
The currency of Evergreen County was not silver but gold.
The exchange rate between silver and gold was 50: 1.
In this way, Lin Buzheng only had less than ten thousand taels of gold in his hands.
If he wanted to choose a Cultivation Technique from the main family's Scripture Pavilion or ask the seniors of the family to answer his questions, he would have to spend tens of thousands of gold taels.
Clearly, ten thousand gold taels was not enough for Lin Buzheng.
In the future, Lin Buzheng had to think of a way to make money.
"It's time to cultivate!"
In the next moment, Lin Buzheng closed the door and sat on the bed, cultivating silently.
In the entrance examination, Lin Buzheng had missed out on becoming an elite disciple and could only become an outer disciple of the family.
There was a limit to how much importance the family placed on him and would not nurture him.
Imperceptibly, the gap between Lin Buzheng and Lin Fei-yan and the other elite disciples had widened.
Lin Buzheng had to make good use of his time and cultivate diligently so that the latter would not catch up to him.
Needless to say, the main family of Evergreen County had produced countless geniuses and experts in the past examinations.
Lin Buzheng had to cultivate even harder than before in order to stand out.
"Is the grade of my bloodline really mediocre?"
Lin Buzheng sat on the spot and cultivated silently.
After a while, he suddenly sighed.
Lin Buzheng's talent in the Martial Dao was so high that even the examination elder, who was a spirit path expert, was full of praise.
Logically speaking, with such high talent in the Martial Dao, Lin Buzheng's bloodline grade should not be too low.
It was precisely because of this that the examination elder did not wait for the entrance examination to end and listed Lin Buzheng as an elite disciple in the third examination.
However, who would have thought that the heavens would actually play such a big joke on Lin Buzheng.
In the bloodline test, Lin Buzheng's bloodline was actually mediocre.
However, Lin Buzheng had vaguely expected this.
The other Lin family disciples would more or less awaken a certain bloodline ability after advancing to the Qi Dao realm.
Only Lin Buzheng's bloodline ability did not show any signs of awakening.
"If my bloodline grade is mediocre, then what's with the mysterious power sleeping in my body?"
"Forget it, even without bloodline ability, I can still not fall behind others and climb to the peak of the Martial Dao with my own hard work!"
Lin Buzheng closed his eyes and no longer thought about it, focusing on cultivating.
At the same time, in the stone hall of the entrance examination.
A few hours ago, the branch family disciples, examination elder, as well as the deacon of the family, had all left this place.
There was not a single soul in the huge stone hall. It was completely silent.
On the cold stone wall, the divine willow totem stood silently in the darkness.
Crack, crack!
Suddenly, on the hard stone wall, along the branches of the divine willow, countless small cracks appeared.
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