"If it were a sect established by you, I’d definitely be willing to join, but as for others, let’s forget about it," Song Yinghan joked. "Alright, then I won’t pretend anymore. This is indeed the sect I founded. You can come visit if you have the time in the future," Yuchi said with a smile. "Okay, it’s a deal then." Song Yinghan adopted a serious look. In reality, how could he possibly believe it? Yet, he still said: "So, sorry, your Uncle Bei’s sect, I probably won’t join it for a long time to come." Look, I’ve already said it, but she doesn’t believe it, so it’s not my fault. Yuchi smiled and gestured for Song Yinghan not to mind: "It’s okay, I was merely suggesting a way to solve this problem. I was just giving you a last resort. If one day you’re really left with no options, forced into a predicament, you could choose to join your Uncle Bei’s sect. By then, we’d all be friends and family, making it easy to look out for each other." "And if you want to focus on cultivation and no longer deal with mundane matters, then your Uncle Bei’s sect is an even better choice." The two nodded at each other, then Yuchi pinched her tender cheek, causing the young lady to lower her head in embarrassment, and he left with a chuckle. Song Yinghan stayed behind, lifted her wrist sleeve, and looked curiously at the cheap ornament that Yuchi had given her: "Does Yuchi have a sect around him? This is the first time I’ve heard of it... But now that I recall, wasn’t there a man named Song Bei back in Jiangzhou City?" "Song Bei seemed to look quite similar to Yuchi at that time?" "And Yuchi just expressed goodwill towards Song Bei, which seems like a very trusting gesture. But Song Bei is a cultivator, and Yuchi is a mortal. How did they get together? Could it be purely due to familial ties? Or is it..." Song Yinghan suddenly had a very exaggerated guess: "Or is Yuchi actually Song Bei’s son?!" "That makes sense! Now I remember, the first time Song Bei met me, he was praising Yuchi in front of me." "At that time, I couldn’t understand why a cultivator would treat a mortal with such kindness. Now it seems clear; if Song Bei is Yuchi’s father, everything makes sense." "Did he see me as his daughter-in-law?" Song Yinghan felt a bit embarrassed thinking about it and tilted her head, staring at the little bracelet on her wrist. Yuchi had no idea about Song Yinghan’s thoughts. Otherwise, he’d probably vomit blood. Am I my father, am I my son? Yuchi left the Ziyue Star Pavilion. Though the sky was dark, the mysterious glow of the night was still beautiful. He wasn’t in a hurry to return directly to the inn, afraid of being directly dealt with by the innkeeper. He wandered through the streets and alleys, seeing if he could find a few disciples. Previously, he encountered Feng Dongran by the bridge in Jiangzhou City, a Ninth Grade highly talented disciple. Even though you might say that the disciple’s cultivation speed wasn’t as great as Senior Sister Shen Qinghan’s, it’s important to know that Shen Qinghan’s talent wasn’t as exaggerated as hers either. But in any case, if one were to meet someone with genuinely strong talent, he would hope to directly bring them into Ascension Gate, thinking that nurturing them over time might gradually increase their cultivation speed. After wandering around a lot, were there talented individuals? For sure, like the female disciple with a Fifth Grade talent he just saw, but she was already surrounded by other male disciples like stars revolving around the moon. At this point, it would be impossible to even go over and say: "Young lady, interested in cultivating immortality?" Even just going over to greet her would likely earn glares; considering the prideful look on that disciple’s face, you’d think she had some Ninth Grade talent. "Ah! It’s mainly because Ascension Gate is too short on people." Yuchi walked along, observing the latent Spirit Root talent of the passersby. He only needed to take a glance to know the grade of their Spirit Root. If their Spirit Root was indeed decent, then by judging their attire next, it wouldn’t be hard to make a basic decision. Whether to "recruit" or "not recruit". "Ascension Gate now has four disciples." "And after the incident in Canglan City is over, going back to Xufu Town, I might officially let Qingzhu join Ascension Gate. She’s able to start her cultivation slowly, and I won’t hinder her any longer. But even counting Qingzhu, Ascension Gate would still only have five people." The rıghtful source is 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩 "Five people, all busy with their own cultivation, with no time to spare." "And Ascension Gate also has an Alchemy Room and Artifact Refining Workshop, which are lucrative businesses, so there must be disciples who learn alchemy and artifact refining." Alchemy, artifact refining, these don’t require cultivators’ own realm, and the more ordinary they are, the better. It’s thus that mortals alone can create good elixirs. The more powerful the cultivators, the less likely they are to create success. This contradicts previous beliefs about alchemy and artifact refining. In the past, it was believed that the stronger the cultivator, the greater their ability to produce elixirs. But that’s not the case at all.