Chapter 64: The difference

In the last 4 years, Xu Ming didn't focus on anything other than cultivation.

Although the servants were allowed one day of leave in a month when they could leave the sect and go to the nearby town or market to have fun, Xu Ming didn't do it.

Even after being called so many times by the others, he didn't leave the sect.

He only stayed inside the hut whenever he was free. Most people only thought that he was an introvert who didn't like interacting with the outside world.

It was evening and the other servants had come back to their rooms.

They looked quite excited today, much more than usual as they talked about something that interested Xu Ming as well.

"Boss, The date of the Outer Disciple selection exams have been declared. It will be held in a few days. Do you think anyone from the servants can enter this year?" Dong Zhen looked at Yao who was 20 years old now.

Yao was a 9th stage Body Refining Realm Cultivator at the time.

"I personally don't think that anyone amongst our ward can enter the sect. The restrictions are hard." Yao replied.

"That's true. The Outer sect will only let the ones who have broken through to the 8th stage of Body Refining Realm, before the age of 14 participate in the selection this time. The restrictions are much harder than in previous years." Dong Zhen replied.

 "You know, I heard that the First Ward and the Second Ward...both have a person who achieved such things. They'll be participating. Unfortunately, none amongst us can. We're too old." Yao said with a thoughtful look on his face.

They kept talking. Xu Ming was listening carefully as he planned to participate in the selection as well. No matter what he had to do, he wanted to get to the core sect as soon as possible. The safest way was through promotions.

"Do you think that they can get selected? If they get selected, the first and the second Ward will get quite a lot of rewards. Their value will increase in the eyes of Elder Jin as well." Dong Zhen further said.

"It's not going to be that easy for them. They have been the servants in the sect since they remembered. They don't have the backing and the skills. If we are to judge by last year's standards, the skills and the cultivation realm play high importance."

"The other ones who will be taking part will be the ones from the cultivation families in the mortal world. Some might even be from the ancient cultivation families. Even though the cultivation families are nothing in front of our sect, they do have better skills than what the First and the Second Ward servants of our Outer Sect can possess." Yao shook his head and he sighed.

"We'll see. It's going to be fun though." Dong Zhen smiled as he laid down on his bed.

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It was midnight and everyone was sleeping. Everyone except Xu Ming.

Xu Ming woke up in the middle of the night and left the hut.

He sneakily left the place, though he was much more careful this time.

He left the 4th Ward and entered the vicinity of the 6th Ward.

The moon was shining brightly. Xu Ming walked under the light of the moon and stopped in front of a small lake.

The lake was under the vicinity of the 6th Ward.

3 months ago, Xu Ming came here in the middle of the night. Even he didn't know the reason, but he felt like there was an instinct inside his body that was asking him to come here.

He stood in front of the lake and took his clothes off as he entered the lake.

The first time he came here, he found out that cultivating inside the lake in the night increased his cultivation speed a little. 

He didn't know who, but he felt like the lake had somewhat more Origin Energy compared to the outside.

Fortunately, no one in the Mortal Realm knew about the origin energy, thus they didn't pay any attention to this lake.

Since that day, Xu Ming had been coming here every night to cultivate. He was quite happy as he found such an amazing location to cultivate.

Xu Ming was inside the water and only his head was outside as he began cultivation.

He cultivated safely for an hour, but he abruptly opened his eyes as he heard the sound of footsteps.

He hurriedly came out of the water and grabbed his clothes as he hid in the nearby bushes.

A few seconds after he hid, he was about to see the person that came.

It was a girl. The girl was wearing a  servant's robe. She looked to be 17-18 years old.

Because of the moonlight and his own strong senses, Xu Ming clearly saw the girl. The girl was much taller than Xu Ming. In fact, she was only a head smaller than Ye Ning. She had a fair skin that was even more highlighted under the light of the moon.

The girl stopped in front of the lake.

In fact, she was only about 20 meters away from Xu Ming. Fortunately, the tall grass had managed to hide Xu Ming properly.

The girl looked around carefully, but she breathed in relief after finding the whole place empty. Next she did something that Xu Ming never imagined.

She took off her robe and her remaining clothes one after another. Soon, there was nothing covering her previous body.

Xu Ming looked at her but he didn't close his eyes. He didn't know if what he was going was right or wrong, but it was what he felt like doing.

He observed her from top to bottom as he thought about the difference between her and him.

There were quite a lot of differences he found. Although he knew that the girls and boys were different, he didn't know how much. After all, he had to leave the Heavenly Realm before his education could begin.