Ming Li picked up the system from the disciple's embrace and said in a chilling tone, "Since they haven't woken up after so long, it seems they won't. Let's have extra rations tonight!"
As soon as Ming Li finished speaking, the system, which was on the verge of death, suddenly sat up. Its little nose twitched, and it suddenly jumped out of Ming Li's embrace.
After the system's gaze swept around and finally landed on Ming Li, it abruptly pounced back onto Ming Li and wailed pitifully, "Host! You scared this system to death! *Sob sob sob* I thought Host didn't want me anymore!"
The crowd: "..." Holy crap! A talking pig, and it's a sacred beast? But this sacred beast doesn't seem very bright...
Ming Li raised a hand and dug into her ear, looking speechlessly at the system clinging tightly to her thigh and wailing. Just as she was about to say something to comfort it, the system suddenly stopped wailing, lifted its head, and stared at Ming Li with expectant eyes. "Host, where's my roast meat?"
Ming Li: "...kanδん"
Everyone present: "... "
Ming Li's eyebrow twitched fiercely. Unable to contain herself, she kicked the system flying.
The Grand Elder brought Ming Li into the Medicine Valley and settled her in a guest room on a medicinal peak. He then said to Ming Li, "Girl, at tomorrow's recruitment大会, we will recruit fifteen inner disciples and twenty-five outer disciples. I think highly of you. As long as you become an inner disciple of our Medicine Valley, you can meet our Valley Master."
Ming Li: "...Heh!"
The next morning, the entire Medicine Valley buzzed with activity.
The Medicine Valley only recruited disciples once every ten years, so there were many people who wanted to join.
*Knock, knock, knock!*
Someone knocked on Ming Li's door, and a female voice came from outside, "Miss Gong, the recruitment大会 is about to begin."
Upon hearing this, Ming Li responded with a faint "Mm" and instantly disappeared from the room in a flash of red.
When Ming Li arrived at the Medicine Valley's recruitment大会, with a reminder from the system, she took a mask from her spatial storage and put it on before heading to the registration area.
Arriving at the registration area, she heard a disciple say, "Our Medicine Valley is only recruiting disciples under the age of forty, and their soul power cannot be too weak. Alright, those who wish to register, please come here to sign up. There will also be an assessment later. Only by passing the assessment can you officially become a disciple of our Medicine Valley."
The system heard this and said to Ming Li, "Host, they are only recruiting disciples under the age of fourteen... The original host's body's age... seems to be tens of thousands of years old... Can this work?"
The system expressed great doubt.
Ming Li raised an eyebrow, a slight smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She stepped forward and placed her hand on the crystal pillar for testing age.
Two seconds later, the system was stunned.
"Holy crap, holy crap! What is going on?!"
"Why does the crystal pillar display the age as only EIGHTEEN!"
The disciple, seeing Ming Li's age, nodded and then asked Ming Li to place her hand on the crystal pillar on the other side to test her soul power.
The disciple said to Ming Li, "Inject all your soul power into this crystal pillar."
Ming Li frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's all of it?"
The disciple nodded, "Yes."
Ming Li faintly replied, "Oh," and then released a small portion of her soul power.
A faint "crack!" sound instantly silenced everyone present. All eyes turned towards the crystal pillar in front of Ming Li.
Three seconds later, fine cracks began to appear on the crystal pillar under Ming Li's hand. Soon, more and more cracks appeared.
With a "boom!", the crystal pillar shattered.
Everyone present collectively swallowed. Did they... misread? How was that possible!
Ming Li calmly withdrew her hand and looked at the stunned disciple, saying, "Doesn't this test crystal pillar of yours have poor quality? Don't tell me I have to pay for it."
Disciple: "... "
The disciple swallowed, glanced at the shattered crystal pillar, then at Ming Li, and said, "Miss, please wait a moment. I'll go find our Elder."
With that, the disciple turned and ran to find the Elder.
Upon arriving at the Elder Hall, the disciple found only the Grand Elder and the Second Elder present. He quickly bowed and reported, "Reporting to the Grand Elder and Second Elder, the crystal pillar at the entrance of the Medicine Valley for soul power testing has broken..."
Grand Elder and Second Elder: "... "
Second Elder: "How can a crystal pillar break!"
The disciple replied, "Reporting to the Second Elder, the crystal pillar did break, and it was burst by a woman's soul power!"
The Grand Elder suddenly thought of something and quickly asked, "Does that girl look about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing red, and with a red spiritual beast beside her?"
The disciple nodded upon hearing this.
Grand Elder: "... He swallowed. He was careless, so careless! If he had known, he would have watched personally. He even wasted a crystal pillar. With that girl's soul power, I'm afraid all the crystal pillars in the Medicine Valley wouldn't be enough for her to consume."
With this thought, the Grand Elder quickly got up and headed towards the place where new disciples were being recruited.
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