"Dear host, this is a little gift for our first meeting."
Jia Xitong gestured to him, "He's my first disciple, you should give him a little something to welcome him."
Shang Yanting smiled broadly when talking about his disciples, but hesitated and dawdled when discussing the gift.
"Hurry up, dear host, give it to me so I can give it to him tomorrow," Jia Xitong urged again.
Shang Yanting said solemnly, "According to common sense, a disciple who has become an apprentice should offer his teacher a fee, as this is a sign of respect for the teacher."
This means that Gao Xiang was giving her a gift.
Jia Xitong was stunned again upon hearing this.
Although what he said made sense, but...
“Dear host, you are at least the master of a peak and a dean. If you don’t give anything, it seems rather beneath you.”
She looked at him with a serious expression.
She genuinely believed he only cared about Gao Xiang's manners and didn't consider the possibility of him being stingy. After all, in her mind, her master was exceptionally generous with money (for her).
"And you're also my grandmaster..."
"knew."
One second Shang Yanting was adamant about not giving a gift, but the next second his attitude completely reversed.
That's how fast it is.
"After all, I am his grandmaster."
The next day
Gao Xiang received a gift as soon as he arrived at Xianlong Peak.
First, it was from my senior classmates.
Although they are poor now, they are not so poor that they have nothing to offer.
They managed to scrape together 24 mid-grade spirit stones, along with a beautifully packaged little box containing a few bright red chicken feathers.
"Ahem, this isn't a chicken feather, it's a phoenix feather."
The nineteenth man stepped forward to explain.
As the guardian of the Iron Egg Flower, he naturally collected all the fluff that fell from the Iron Egg Flower.
The phoenix's feathers are incredibly hard to shed; even the nineteenth disciple has only managed to collect seven or eight so far. He refused to give any of his fellow disciples who asked, but this time he gave away four to represent the collective goodwill of all the senior disciples—he was truly generous.
Not many spirit stones,
However, the feathers of the divine phoenix are very precious.
"Thank you, fellow senior brothers and sisters."
Gao Xiang had just finished accepting his master's gift when his grandmaster's gift arrived.
Huo Rui, accompanied by a puppet servant carrying several boxes, approached Gao Xiang and said, "Fellow Daoist Gao, His Majesty knows that you have become Master Tong's disciple. This is a gift from His Majesty. He hopes that you will respect your teacher, study hard, and become a powerful talisman cultivator as soon as possible."
Then Huo Rui started talking about the gift list.
"Ten High-Grade Spirit Stones"
"Ice Dew Spring Water: A Pot"
"Spiritual Metal Artifact: One Twin Star Sword"
"Langmu Fruit: One"
"A set of Magical Gold Armor"
"Superior Mind Technique: One Volume"
They gave six gifts; they were really generous.
Shang Yanting received many good things because of Jia Xitong's words about his master.
Gao Xiang felt as if he had won the lottery at this moment.
The other three were poor relatives who witnessed Gao Xiang winning the lottery.
Everyone started from the same point, yet Gao Xiang's treatment and status changed dramatically in an instant. Before, everyone was an invisible person on Xianlong Peak, a nobody with no chance of rising up. But now, Gao Xiang has squeezed into the core circle of Xianlong Peak. All that remains is envy and jealousy.
Huo Rui was also very jealous.
Although he has a very high status now since he started following Yan Qing, he has never received such treatment.
Not only did he not have it, but Niu Chuanchuan didn't either.
Although Shang Yanting was even older than them, it didn't deter them from wanting to become his apprentices.
Unfortunately, they only had the desire to become disciples. Although they now call the people from Qing Shuang Peak "Master Uncle," their status is merely that of subordinates, not true disciples.
There are people there as lucky as him.
Yan Qing was formally accepted as a disciple by Xi Tong, and he acknowledged his status as Xi Tong's grandmaster.
This luck is just unbelievable.
Lucky one.
Huo Rui also took out a small gift from his pocket and said congratulatoryly, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Gao."
Gao Xiang hit the jackpot; his status skyrocketed.
The other three are most affected; they now cling to their things all day and night, trying to draw powerful talismans. As for Gao Xiang, he now trains with them in drawing talismans in the morning and goes to the training ground in the afternoon to practice drawing lightning talismans on his own.
To the other three, it seemed rather mysterious.
One day, Gou You and his two companions finally couldn't resist and went up to ask them.
"This... is still a secret."
Gao Xiang gazed into the distance, looking like a mysterious and wise man. No matter how much the three questioned him, he refused to divulge a single word.
The other three looked at each other in bewilderment.
They thought that his status had changed, that he looked down on them, and that he was distancing himself from them.
Originally, everyone was of equal status, but Gao Xiang stood out from the crowd. Although he was capable, feelings of jealousy would change for various reasons.
Now he doesn't even want to talk about what he's learned, and the others feel that Gao Xiang has become distant from them.
The relationship between the four...
It gradually became subtle.
However, in the four-person study group, Jia Xitong, as the teacher, was naturally the least likely to notice. Looking at her students, who were still amiable but even more diligent than before, she felt only gratified.
As for Gao Xiang, he was still immersed in the joy of being accepted as a disciple by his teacher and was extremely busy every day, so he also failed to notice.
The first person to discover the problem between them was actually the eldest brother, who came to visit and observed them for a while.
That afternoon
Just as they were about to leave, the eldest brother called Gao Xiang back.
"Master Uncle, you called me?"
Gao Xiang asked again.
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