These five batches of disciples were all promising ones within the sect.
Originally, Wan Si Rui also had a chance to come, but Wan Si Rui had joined the sect too recently. Although his strength had improved, his swordsmanship cultivation had not kept pace at all.
As a single-element spiritual root disciple, he would definitely have been given a spot, but Sect Leader He had considered it for a long time before ultimately not including him in the list.
Seeing that the disciples he had chosen had all made progress, he felt very pleased. At the same time, he was even more satisfied with Lin Yan, who had brought back this news.
When Lin Yan returned to the sect again, Yang Cong was already in the early stage of Qi Refining. After assessing Yang Cong, she went to see the Sect Leader.
Sect Leader He was playing chess with his junior brother. Upon learning that Lin Yan was coming to see him, he directly allowed her in.
"Greetings, Sect Leader Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master Huang," Lin Yan said as she entered and bowed.
"Little Wang Shu is back. What's with all the formality among family?" Uncle-Master Huang spoke before Sect Leader He could.
"Wang Shu, is there something you need from me?" Sect Leader He asked.
Lin Yan then informed the Sect Leader about the small spiritual脉 she had discovered.
"Are you telling the truth!" Sect Leader He immediately stood up.
The other Uncle-Master Huang also stood up, looking at Lin Yan with excitement.
"This junior disciple dares not lie. I have recorded the location of the spiritual脉 onto a jade slip. It is just that this junior disciple's strength is not high and I am unable to excavate the spiritual脉, so I have returned immediately to report to Sect Leader Uncle-Master."
This was, of course, a lie. She was very certain that there was a small spiritual脉 there. However, she could not confirm its exact location, which was why she had gone to check.
The spiritual脉 there was discovered by the male protagonist in the late Foundation Establishment stage. At that time, the male protagonist used the spiritual energy of this small spiritual脉 to advance to the Golden Core stage.
Currently, the male protagonist was only in the Qi Refining stage, so no one would discover this spiritual脉 in the short term.
After confirming the location of the spiritual脉, she also visited some towns nearby before returning.
"Little Wang Shu, Uncle-Master truly doesn't know what to say to you." Sect Leader He looked at the stern Lin Yan and felt that perhaps they had pressured this child too much.
She was clearly such a young girl, yet she was so formal and serious. Although she was younger than her junior brothers and sisters, she held considerable prestige among the disciples.
"It's good that Little Wang Shu is like this. At least we won't have to worry in the future," Uncle-Master Huang was more optimistic.
He had not taken any disciples, and Wang Shu was a child he had watched grow up. He was very satisfied with her and had tacitly acknowledged that she would become the next Sect Leader.
"How can that be..." Sect Leader He wanted to say more, but upon seeing Lin Yan's expression, he stopped himself.
"Leave this matter to us. I will have people investigate the scope of that small spiritual脉 there as soon as possible.
Wang Shu, Uncle-Master knows you have your own considerations, but you must not put too much pressure on yourself."
"This junior disciple understands," Lin Yan replied.
After leaving the Sect Leader's quarters, Lin Yan went to the task hall to inform the junior disciple there to arrange her upcoming courses.
What Lin Yan had not told the high-ranking officials of the Ling Xiao Sword Sect was that she had already passed her Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation and was now a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Not only that, but she had also gone to check on the family that had exterminated the original host's entire clan.
Seeing the naive and willful young girl, Lin Yan thought of the original host. If it weren't for them, the original host would likely have grown up like this.
After purchasing some information about this family from the Listening Wind Pavilion, Lin Yan returned. Currently, she was still too weak to confront such a cultivation family.
Even if she wanted to use some other method, she would not be able to achieve it.
This was a major family in the Southern Region. Although it did not rank highly in the entire cultivation world, it was still quite powerful in the Southern Region.
Of course, if it were not a major family, how could it have annihilated the Tantai family with no resistance?
That girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a bright red magic robe, and her cultivation was only at the mid-Qi Refining stage.
In the male protagonist's early harem, the original host's age was considered older. At that time, the male protagonist was a peerless prodigy, so naturally, he was surrounded by the most outstanding individuals.
The original host, who had been by the male protagonist's side from the beginning, was quickly replaced by those with more resources and higher status.
However, Lin Yan had not done nothing. She had sent a gift to that family, placing it on their protective formation.
This micro-formation disk would slowly consume the formation's spiritual energy, thereby eroding the protective formation.
This was the main residence of that family, where the direct descendants and the most talented offspring resided. Therefore, the protective measures here were very strong.
Lin Yan buried the micro-formation disk outside the city. The formation disk would slowly move towards the protective formation and gradually absorb the formation's spiritual energy to strengthen itself.
This process was very slow, and precisely because of this, it would not be discovered. As long as no one attacked the protective formation, the people of that family would not notice.
And by the time they discovered it, the formation would be useless.
However, this also made her feel that her strength was still too low, so she found a deep mountain and old forest to pass her Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation.
This time, the heavenly tribulation was once again a lot of thunder but little rain. After all, the golden light of merit on her was too thick, and the heavenly tribulation unleashed by the Dao of Heaven did not harm her much.
There was more divine rain this time, and Lin Yan collected most of it, leaving the rest for this forest.
After all, her tribulation had damaged this mountain forest. This divine rain would be used to repair the land.
After returning, Lin Yan resumed her teaching. Subsequently, she discovered that the male protagonist was not within the sect.
After some simple questioning, she learned that the male protagonist had been gone for quite some time. She thought about the original plot; at this time, the male protagonist should not have left the sect.
However, the plot had changed a lot now, especially since the male protagonist had not taken a master, nor was there a fool like the original host who continuously supported him. It was normal for some plot points to deviate.
In the original work, although the original host's current cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, she had a Nascent Soul master behind her.
Even if sword cultivators were generally poor, a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a Nascent Soul cultivator could more than support a Qi Refining cultivator.
Therefore, at this time, the male protagonist should have possessed all the resources given by the original host and her master, along with those from his own master. These combined resources had propelled the male protagonist to the Golden Core stage.
The male protagonist had advanced from Qi Refining to Golden Core without much effort. It was precisely because he advanced so quickly that he became the hope of the entire Ling Xiao Sword Sect.
Now, the male protagonist's cultivation relied entirely on himself, so he naturally needed some other fortuitous encounters to make up for the lack of resources. Therefore, it was understandable that the male protagonist was not within the sect at this time.
The male protagonist should not have reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet. She did not know where he was now.
Lin Yan only thought about it in her heart. She did not try to find out where the male protagonist was or what he was doing. No one in the entire sect knew where the male protagonist had gone.
She only discovered in the task hall that the male protagonist had accepted several missions on the border of the Southern Region. Lin Yan did not recall any fortuitous encounters for the male protagonist in that area in the original work.
Therefore, she did not know what the male protagonist would encounter next. As the plot deviations increased, Lin Yan no longer concerned herself with the male protagonist's current situation.
The male protagonist was currently only in the Qi Refining stage, while she was already at Nascent Soul. Even with more time, Lin Yan believed that the male protagonist's cultivation would never catch up to hers.
Instead of worrying about the male protagonist's situation, it was better to continue her own life and let the male protagonist develop freely.