Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 944: Chapter 4: Irresistible to All Ages

From noon till dusk.

Finally, it was Ye Lingyue and Little Di Shen’s turn.

”Name, age.”

The dry voice of the old woman came through.

”Di Shen, male, three months old. Ye Lingyue, female, thirteen years old.”

Ye Lingyue responded calmly.

”Is he also here for the selection?”

A seemingly amiable young male disciple by the old woman’s side wondered, glancing at Little Di Shen in the bamboo basket.

Though the selection at Lonely Moon Sea only required participants to be under thirteen, and younger disciples had been admitted in the past, the youngest were at least four or five years old.

For someone like Little Di Shen, who couldn’t even crawl, to enter was very rare.

Nearby male and female disciples suddenly became interested, eyeing Little Di Shen.

”Mind your own business!”

The old woman was much more composed.

She gave the disciples a stern look, and they immediately fell silent, not daring to speak further.

”The two of you, move forward.”

The old woman signaled for Ye Lingyue and Little Di Shen to come up. Ye Lingyue, with her heart in her mouth, stepped forward and met the sharp eyes of the old woman.

Ye Lingyue hoped that the old woman with the advanced Spiritual Spark was an Artifact Refiner and unfamiliar with Alchemy, so she could safely pass the test.

But she didn’t have much confidence, her heart pounding like there was a rabbit inside.

As the old woman scrutinized her, Ye Lingyue felt a tightening force surrounding her, immobilizing her.

She was sure that the old woman’s cultivation was even higher than that of Chen Hongru from years past, at least an experienced Fang Venerate level figure.

”Hmm, you pass. Hand the child to me.”

Relieved at having passed, Ye Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief.

But in fact, her worries were unnecessary.

Anything recorded in the Hong Meng Notebook was either a unique Elixir of the Hong Meng Fang Immortal or a long-lost Elixir Recipe from the mainland, likely unknown even to those from Lonely Moon Sea.

Not to mention the white-haired old woman before her, who was merely an Artifact Refiner, and knew little about Alchemy.

She certainly didn’t recognize the Bone Sealing Pill.

Unlike Ye Lingyue’s assessment, the old woman couldn’t directly use spiritual power to assess Little Di Shen’s bone age due to his young age, so she resorted to bone touching to evaluate Feng Xun’s bone age.

Fearing Little Di Shen would cry if away from her, Ye Lingyue cautiously stayed close.

To her surprise, her worry was once again unnecessary.

When the little one was handed over to the old woman, he first looked at her innocently, then began to giggle, his golden eyes electrifying the once stone-cold hearts of the old woman and the nearby female disciple, causing them to blush.

The wrinkled face of the old woman blossomed into a rare smile.

”What an adorable little guy.”

She remarked, casually patting Little Di Shen’s head, considering him passed.

Ye Lingyue was thunderstruck, silently mocking.

No doubt about it; this little one clearly inherited Feng Xun’s universally charming trait, appealing to everyone from eight months to eighty years old.

Little Di Shen, you flatterer, have some dignity! So young and already pleasing older women—what will you be like when you grow up!

Despite the ridicule, both of them passed safely.

As dusk fell, turning the sea’s surface into golden-red under the setting sun, a large ship emerged from the horizon.

This ship was here to take the youngsters who passed the initial assessment to Lonely Moon Sea for the second selection.

Ye Lingyue covertly placed Little Wuya and Little Zhiyo into the Hong Meng Heaven, then, carrying Little Di Shen, boarded the ship, heading deep into the sea.

The parents seeing off their children gathered at the seashore.

Facing the imminent departure of their sons and daughters, most were sobbing as if parting for life and death.

Ye Lingyue found it odd, thinking it was just a selection—what was there to cry about?

Over a hundred young people were chosen alongside Ye Lingyue and Little Di Shen that day.

Unlike Ye Lingyue’s relaxed demeanor when boarding, each of the youths wore serious expressions.

”Why the long faces? Didn’t we just pass the first selection?” Ye Lingyue casually asked a nearby girl about twelve or thirteen years old.

The girl looked somewhat like Ye Lingyue’s cousin, Ye Yinsuang, with a simple round face. Judging by her attire, she seemed to be from an intermediate family.

But her Martial Arts Cultivation was impressive, being in the Reincarnation Second Realm.

”What good is passing? This is just the beginning. Haven’t you heard, the real selection has only just begun? Each year, the number of disciples entering Lonely Moon Sea is no more than fifty. Look, we already have over a hundred on our ship, and for the past twenty days, each day, as many people as tonight were sent to Lonely Moon Sea.”

The girl rolled her eyes, visibly worried.

This meant that between February and March, there were at least three to four thousand candidates passing the initial assessment, with only a fraction making it through.

Of these fifty, most are Outer Sect Disciples, with less than one-tenth ever becoming Inner Sect Disciples, namely those on Moon Island.

”And what happens to those who don’t make it?”

Ye Lingyue’s face darkened slightly at this news.

She had thought that to cultivate a Primordial Spirit technique, one had to at least have a second-tier or higher martial art.

Such martial arts were only available to the Inner Sect. This meant Little Di Shen had to become an Inner Sect Disciple.

If not, he still needed to be one of the fifty Outer Sect Disciples, as Little Di Shen was still young. Ye Lingyue couldn’t ensure if he inherited Wu Zhong’s monstrously talented martial arts aptitude.

”Who knows, some don’t pass the second assessment and are stuck in limbo. Others, even if they pass the second but not the final test, can’t leave Lonely Moon Sea without permission lest they reveal its secrets, ending up as miscellaneous servants at Lonely Moon Sea.”

The girl spoke with tears in her eyes.

Since young, she had practiced martial arts and always dreamed of making a name for herself, which was why she left her hometown for Lonely Moon Sea to seek a master.

But now, aboard the ship bound for Lonely Moon Sea, a pang of uncertainty hit her.

Boarding this ship could lead to a peak martial arts path on the mainland or a point of no return, meaning abandoning past fame and prosperity to become a lowly servant.

Ye Lingyue frowned at her words, indicating she was already aware of this.

”Let’s not dwell on this. Since we made it through the preliminary assessment together, let’s look out for each other from now on. My name is Luo Yi. What’s yours?”

The round-faced girl wiped her eyes and forced a smile, extending her hand.

”I’m Ye Lingyue, and this is my brother, Little Di Shen.”

Ye Lingyue extended her hand as well, marking their acquaintance.