Chapter 47: Apprenticeship Ceremony

Happiness comes too quickly, making people feel at a loss. Shi Yan feels this way now. But when he really faces it, he still feels an indescribable joy in his heart.

He didn't want to show too much joy in front of others, but his lips curled up involuntarily.

He was very happy. Words could not express his inner thoughts at the moment. This was not just about finding a good master, but also about finding a place where he could live in peace for a long time. He had been running around for too long. In just twenty years, more than half of the time he had been running around. Shi Yan was tired. After being completely injured, he was tired.

"Are you okay, senior sister?" Shi Yan rubbed his sour nose, straightened his new clothes, turned around and asked Mingxiang.

Mingxiang's cheeks flushed. After changing his clothes, Shi Yan's temperament changed dramatically. In the past, Shi Yan always looked a little decadent. But now Shi Yan is very different from before. He looks radiant, as if everything is under his control. This temperament is very fascinating and exudes an irresistible charm.

"Senior Sister?" Shi Yan reminded her when he saw her in a daze.

"Hmm..." Mingxiang awkwardly stepped forward to straighten his collar and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to look so handsome in this outfit."

Shi Yan's face turned bitter, "Senior Sister Mingxiang, it turns out that I was not a handsome guy in your eyes before."

Mingxiang hurriedly explained: "No, it's because I didn't look at it carefully before..." But before she finished speaking, she blushed and thought to herself: "Why am I in such a hurry to explain?"

"Haha, I'm just joking with you." Shi Yan said with a smile.

Mingxiang turned away awkwardly, looked out the window and said, "It's getting late, let's go quickly, or the master will urge us."

At this moment, Shi Yan was in a happy mood, but at the same time, there were people who felt completely opposite to Shi Yan.

Outside the cave on Luoxia Peak, one of the fifty-three peaks of Huajian Sect, a little cultivator fled out of the cave door tremblingly. It was obvious that she was frightened.

"Xiao Que'er, what's wrong? Why are you so flustered?" A slightly older woman came over and asked when she saw how flustered he was.

"Miss, Miss..." The little boy covered his face with red eyes and sobbed softly, "Miss... lost her temper in the room... she..."

"Did she hit you?" the woman asked.

The little Xiutong nodded with red eyes, feeling aggrieved.

The woman sighed and hugged the little boy, "Don't cry, Sister Xiaoli will protect you. Okay, let's go to the main hall to see the new disciple the master has accepted."

"Yes," the cultivator nodded, looked timidly at the cave gate, and followed Xiao Li.

In the main hall, the headmaster Hua Ruo was wearing a red robe and sitting on the main seat. On both sides below, the managers of the sect, both big and small, had already taken their seats in a row. Although the headmaster's acceptance of disciples was only a matter within the sect, countless gifts were sent today.

"Yunxiao sent Ji Zichen here!"

"Tianyou sent Lin Dai here!"

"Donghu Palace Qi Liu Zhi has arrived!"

Almost all the younger generation leaders of all the sects in the eastern part of Zimu Liuhua Region came to congratulate, although they themselves did not quite understand why the leader of such a small sect needed to send them here to recruit disciples.

"Do you know who the master's disciple is?" someone whispered in the crowd.

"I don't know. The competition hasn't even ended yet. Who would have thought that Sect Leader Hua would find a disciple herself?" The man sighed. It was obvious that he was one of the 100 contestants. The cancellation of the competition was not good news for him.

"You don't know yet!" Suddenly, a head popped out and said, "Yesterday, a big commotion occurred outside Huajian Sect, and it was eventually stopped by someone with great magical power. Even Gongyang Zhongyu of Zhongtong Jianmen was injured by him, and there was a big explosion. The Sect Master was the one who chose his apprentice at that time, and I heard that it was the person who injured Gongyang Zhongyu."

"No way, even Crazy Ram could be defeated!" The people around him were incredulous. "Crazy Ram is the best of our young generation, how could he be defeated?"

"I also heard about this from someone. I was in Linglong Huajian yesterday!" The man said, "But who said Gongyang Zhongyu is the number one of the younger generation? The number one of the younger generation should be Ji Zichen of Yunxiao Sect!"

"Yes, I heard that Ji Zichen has already stepped half a step into the Golden Core stage, and he may make a breakthrough in half a year. Crazy Gongyang? Compared with our Young Master Ji, he is nothing." A woman looked at Ji Zichen in the hall with an obsessed look on her face. They were of low status and had no qualifications to enter the hall, so they had to sit outside.

The men around shrugged their shoulders. It was not that she was biased, but Ji Zichen was indeed more popular than Gongyang Crazy. Ji Zichen was gentle, elegant, and handsome; while Gongyang Zhongyu was just like his nickname, and the name Crazy was not just given casually.

"Didn't you see Gong Yang Zhongyu's sword strike yesterday? It was earth-shattering, but he still lost to another person. I guess the person who defeated Gong Yang Zhongyu is the real number one of the younger generation!" The person who spoke saw the unfriendly looks from the women around him, coughed and explained, "Even if Ji Zichen and Gong Yang Zhongyu fought, it would be impossible to completely defeat each other, but the person yesterday was the real winner!"

"How do you know? You must have heard it from others!" someone teased.

The man quickly explained, "I was at the scene yesterday! I was one of the witnesses. Do you want to know what happened yesterday?"

"Tell me quickly, what happened yesterday?" Due to the big fight yesterday, in order to prevent more people around from joining in the chaos, Hua Ruo ordered people to set up a shielding array outside. Anyone outside the array would not be able to see the situation inside the array or sense the fluctuations inside the array, unless his cultivation level was high enough to not be affected by the shielding array. However, such a person did not exist in the Zimu Liuhua Domain.

Seeing that the curiosity of the people around him was piqued, the man seemed to get great satisfaction, "Listen to me in detail..."

As he spoke in a vivid and moving voice, the people around seemed to be able to see the chaotic scene of yesterday, the magic weapons dancing in the sky, the chaotically roaring spirit beasts, and the collision between Gongyang Zhongyu Jie Tian Yi Jian's immortal sword and the mysterious man's mortal sword, as if they were clearly appearing before their eyes!

After he finished speaking, everyone was still immersed in the scene of the two swords colliding, and seemed to be able to feel the oppressive feeling.

"So, the mysterious man not only destroyed Gong Yang Zhongyu's Immortal Sword with one sword, but also severely injured him?"

"That's right. Do you think Ji Zichen can do it? Even if he can, there is no way for him to defeat Gong Yang Zhongyu without being seriously injured!"

Everyone was shocked!

"Indeed, in this sense, he is indeed the number one of the younger generation, but who is he?" someone finally asked.

The man laughed bitterly and thought to himself, "If I knew who he was, why would I tell you about the mysterious man!"

He coughed and cleared his throat. "A real person does not reveal his identity. If I knew who he was, would he still be a mysterious person? Only people with no ability would show up in front of others, while people with real ability would stand in places that people cannot see. These are the real masters!"

Everyone felt that what he said made sense and stopped asking questions.

Outside the hall, countless people were discussing this mysterious man. The news spread quickly, and in an instant, it had reached the ears of everyone in the eastern part of Zimu Liuhua Region. While everyone was marveling at this mysterious man, they were also wondering who this person was.

However, only the three leaders of that day and a few people including Gong Yang Zhongyu, who were the participants personally, knew who the mysterious man was.

"Brother Ji, it seems that your position as the number one is no longer secure!" Liu Zhi, a relative of the Donghu Palace, looked at Ji Zichen and smiled.

Ji Zichen smiled and shook his head. "This title is just something people from the outside world call you for fun. It can't be taken seriously. It's all just a false name. We who practice Taoism only care about the Way of Heaven."

"Brother Ji, what you said is good!" Lin Dai came to his side and said with a smile, "We who practice Taoism only care about the Way of Heaven. Good, good! No wonder Brother Ji's cultivation is much higher than ours. It turns out that Brother Ji sees things more clearly than us!"

"Brother Lin, you are too kind! This is all just a coincidence." Ji Zichen smiled, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He changed the subject and said, "By the way, have you made any progress with Fairy Mo recently?"

Lin Dai smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, "Fairy Mo has been in seclusion recently, and I haven't seen her for a long time."

Qi Liuzhi sighed upon hearing this, "What a pity! Brother Lin, you must work harder to conquer this iceberg!"

"Haha, this joke is fine between the few of us, but you can't tell anyone. I treat Fairy Mo sincerely."

"Yes, yes, Brother Lin is right, I was the one who spoke too much!" Qi Liuzhi apologized.

Lin Dai smiled and didn't care. He turned around and smiled slightly, thinking, "It's about time... right!"

It was noon, the sun was high in the sky, when suddenly three bells rang and drums beat loudly.

"Here they come!" Someone shouted, and the entire hall immediately became quiet.

Drummers played music, and petals fell from the sky, making everything around look so charmingly pink.

"Bow down to Heaven!" Second Uncle Master acted as the master of ceremonies and said loudly, his voice spreading throughout the main peak.

Shi Yan walked up the steps slowly, wearing a red robe that dragged on the ground and a crown on his head, looking very much like a groom. He turned around, bowed long and hard towards the sky, and kowtowed heavily.

The Second Uncle nodded in satisfaction and said, "Second kowtow in respect!"

Then Shi Yan bowed and kowtowed to the ground again.

Everyone around stretched their necks, trying to see who this person was. When they saw that he was a man, they suddenly started to make a scene.

"It's a man. The head of Huajian Sect is really recruiting male disciples!"

"Is the Huajian Sect really going to change?"

The sound was noisy, but it was clearly heard by everyone in the hall. The faces of everyone in the Huajian Sect turned black, especially Tang Xi, who was the leader.

"Now, my Huajian sect has become a laughing stock!" said an elder.

Tang Xi glanced at her, and she immediately shut her mouth tactfully.

Tang Xi smiled and glanced at Hua Ruo, "The real laughing stock is still to come!"

Under the guidance of his second uncle, Shi Yan kowtowed twice and went up to the main hall on the peak.

"Kowtow three times to become my disciple!"

Shi Yan stepped forward, knocked three times, and said respectfully, "Master."

"Pour the tea!" Shi Yan stepped forward with a teacup in his hand, "Master, please have some tea!"

"Okay!" Hua Ruo's face was as rosy as a peach and her smile was as gentle as the spring breeze, which made everyone present fascinated for a moment.

"So beautiful!" This was Shi Yan's only feeling towards Hua Ruo, and it was also the voice of everyone present. Hua Ruo, a genius of his generation, looked no more than 30 years old, but had such a terrifying cultivation, and was in charge of a sect, the head of a sect.

Everyone was immersed in her beauty, but no one noticed that someone suddenly walked out from both sides, or to be precise, a man.

"I don't accept it!"