The heroine, Si Rong, was easy to spot. Among the dozens of children, she was the most relaxed and glamorously dressed. She was the daughter of the Taoist elder Yiqing Zhenren, and had been raised in the Taichu sect. Today's apprenticeship ceremony was merely a formality for her; Qiongju would accept her as his disciple no matter what.
The two best-performing boys among the headmasters should be the male protagonist Hao Xin and the male supporting role Gu Sui Han. In the original novel, they both became Qiong Ju's apprentices. She could only judge based on their age information that the tall man in white was probably the eldest apprentice Gu Sui Han, and the short man in brown was probably the youngest apprentice Hao Xin.
In Shen Qingmang's eyes, Gu Suihan was the kind of nerdy student who always sat in the first three rows of class and frequently topped exams, completing his studies without the teacher having to worry about him. Meanwhile, Hao Xin was the kind of naughty kid who interrupted in class, often left homework unturned, and performed on exams based on his mood, requiring careful discipline from the teacher.
She had confiscated the novel "Second Senior Sister Captured by Junior Junior Brother" from a student, and since she only had the first volume, she had no idea how the story would end. At the end of the first volume, Qiongju sacrificed herself, Si Rong and Hao Xin repented, and their personalities began to change.
Now that she has become Qiongju, she will not repeat Qiongju's tragic ending. If the child is not well managed, beat him... ahem, educate him seriously.
Shen Qingmang made up his mind and said, "Thank you for your advice, Master. I will accept all of these disciples."
"Okay, then let all three of them come on stage..."
"No. I'm talking about everything." Shen Qingmang interrupted him.
There was an uproar on the stage. Many people looked at her in surprise. Even the head of the sect leaned forward and asked her for confirmation, "You mean, you want all those thirty-plus children?"
"right."
"Junior Sister, even if you're the 'Number One with Hunyuan Spiritual Roots,' you shouldn't be so overly ambitious on this first disciple, right?" A senior brother said with a smile, "Master only accepts one disciple each year. Our Taichu Sect has been passed down for over a thousand years, and no one has ever accepted more than five disciples at once."
"Exactly. How can this be so disrespectful? If anyone becomes our disciple, we will accept everything. How can we maintain the dignity of our Taichu Sect?"
"Young people always think highly of themselves. It's not easy to teach an apprentice."
Everyone was against it, and the headmaster also tried to persuade her to change her mind. "Qingmang, if there are any children among these you like, then pick two more and let the rest become outer disciples. Our Taichu Sect has never had a precedent for accepting disciples in this way."
"Master, are you unwilling to set such a precedent for me?"
Shen Qingmang dared to bargain with the master in this way, not only because Qiongju has always been the master's favorite disciple, but also because of Qiongju's powerful strength.
As my senior brother just said, the title of "Number One with Hunyuan Spiritual Roots" belongs to Qiongju. The Taichu Sect is the largest sect of immortal cultivation, divided into four branches. The Wuya Sect, where Qiongju is located, is the most special one. It is the oldest branch of the Taichu Sect and the only one that only accepts disciples with Hunyuan Spiritual Roots.
The prerequisite for mortal cultivation is the possession of spiritual roots, and there is a hierarchy of contempt for spiritual root qualifications. Those with a single spiritual root have the best qualifications, followed by those with dual spiritual roots. As for those with mixed spiritual roots, they are generally considered to have the worst qualifications, the most difficult to cultivate, and even less adept at combat.
The Wuya Sect's internal skills are unique, and only those with Hunyuan spiritual roots can practice them. This has led to the Wuya Sect's low combat effectiveness. Its only advantage is its longevity, which earned it the nickname "Turtle Sect." It wasn't until Qiongju emerged and defeated all cultivators of the same level in the Taichu Sect's sect competition, winning first place, that everyone realized that Hunyuan spiritual roots could also be extremely powerful.
The strength of a single spiritual root stems from its ultimate affinity for a single element. However, due to the interdependent nature of the Five Elements, those with Fire spiritual roots can be suppressed by those with Water spiritual roots of the same rank. Qiong Ju, however, faced no such challenges. She overcame the weakness of her Hun Yuan spiritual root's limited affinity for all elements, becoming a prodigy with perfect scores in every subject. This resulted in no one being able to suppress her, yet she could suppress anyone.
And geniuses are always qualified to be willful.
The headmaster thought for a moment and said, "Well, since you are so willing, you can take all these children with you. However, you can only accept three as inner disciples. The rest will return to Wuya Peak with you as outer disciples."
Shen Qingmang's expression relaxed. "Thank you, Master."
While this wasn't the best outcome, it wasn't too bad either. The children who weren't accepted by the Master during the Taichu Sect's final selection were originally destined to become outer disciples. If the Sect Master hadn't spoken, they would have been randomly assigned to various peaks. But since the Sect Master had said she was to take them back to Wuya Peak, it meant she had free reign over them.
And if she remembered correctly, Qiongju was about to be promoted.
All the leaders of the Taichu Sect came from Wuya Peak. The position of Peak Master of Wuya Peak was the default reserve for the leader. After Qiongju's master Yunxuzhou took office as the leader, he wanted to appoint his most valued young disciple as the next Peak Master. As a result, several elders stood up to object, saying that Qiongju had never even accepted a disciple, so how could he shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the master of a peak?
This time Shen Qingmang succeeded in accepting him as a disciple, and they no longer had any suitable reason to object.
Sure enough, the head of the sect announced the news of Qiongju's promotion. No one expressed any objection, and the peak master's order flew from the head of the sect's hand into Shen Qingmang's palm.
She carefully pinned it around her waist, straightened her dress, and stepped onto the platform according to her senior sister's instructions, waiting for the three disciples to come to her. She suddenly felt a little uneasy, as if she was back to the first time she walked into the classroom three years ago.
The only difference is that the podium has become a platform for apprenticeship, and the lively and lovely junior high school students have become little monks of similar age.
When the three apprentices came to her, she first asked the children to introduce themselves while she also observed them silently.
"I, Si Rong, the disciple of Daoist Peak, am the daughter of Master Qing Zhenren, fifteen years old, and I would like to pay my respects to Master Qiongju Zhen...!"
Si Rong had a pair of lively deer eyes, and her face was rosy at the moment, looking very cute. Shen Qingmang's hands were a little itchy, and he really wanted to pinch her little face.
"I am your disciple Gu Suihan, from the capital of Yongzhou, eighteen years old, and I am here to meet you, Master." The young man in white bowed deeply to her. Shen Qingmang looked at his thin figure and was a little surprised.
Gu Suihan possessed the Heart of Heaven and Earth, so logically his body should be stronger than an average person. How could he be so frail? His face seemed too pale, his dark eyes deep, his thin, peach-colored lips tightly pursed, making one suspect he was forcing himself to stand there.
Shen Qingmang was just about to ask him if he needed to rest when the brown-robed youth spoke up: "Disciple Hao Xin, a descendant of the Qingyang clan, fifteen years old, meets the Master."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted, "You ignorant boy, how dare you cling to the Qingyang clan?"
Shen Qingmang's heart trembled, and the first conflict plot of the original novel appeared.
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