Chapter 103: Recruiting a Disciple

Zhou Qianyuan was walking towards Zheng Fa's house. Over the past month, he would come to discuss talismans with Zheng Fa every few days.

In fact, the income is not much.

He knew that this was because his attainments in talisman magic were not enough.

He had just begun to learn the art of talismans from his master, so he had very little to discuss with Zheng Fa.

Similarly, he also understood Zheng Fa's character - he was a man who would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit.

In his communication, Zheng Fa was clearly reserved.

But even so, he was still convinced by some of Zheng Fa's ideas, and some of Zheng Fa's words made him feel enlightened and eye-opening from time to time.

If he didn't feel it was impolite, he would even want to run to Zheng Fa's house every day.

Today he is not alone.

"Junior Brother Zhou, if you have any questions, just ask us brothers. How can we not teach you?" Sun Daoyu beside him said helplessly, "Why do you always go to Zheng Fa?"

"Brother, Master has agreed to it."

"Yes, Master is open-minded." Sun Daoyu nodded and said, "But not everyone is so open-minded. If you do this, I'm afraid you will hurt the hearts of our brothers and sisters."

“…”

Zhou Qianyuan remained silent.

Sun Daoyu sighed and said, "I know that in Master's eyes, the relationship between our two clans is just a joke, but... how can the grievances of the past few decades be forgotten with just a joke?"

"Brother, I don't want to get involved in these things..."

There was a hint of fatigue in Zhou Qianyuan's tone.

"I know, I know you are devoted to Taoism, and I hope you will become the pillar of our lineage in the future..." Sun Daoyu grinned: "But not everyone understands you. Do you know that our brothers in this lineage already have complaints about you?"

"…What did they say?"

"They said that you were a traitor and used Master's talisman to make friends with Senior Sister Zhang. If Master didn't value you, I'm afraid they would have troubled you."

"Brother, do you think so?"

"I have guided you all the way, how could I not understand you?" Sun Daoyu patted him and said harshly, "But you can't do things according to your own will. If you don't want to be cut off from your fellow brothers, you should think about it more."

"I've thought about it a long time ago." Zhou Qianyuan raised his eyes and looked at his senior brother: "I was taught by Master, and it was you who has been taking care of me... As long as the two of you don't stop me, I can't control what others think."

"Junior brother, you..."

"Brother, I am not cultivating for power, nor am I cultivating for them."

"..." Sun Daoyu was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "I will go and talk to the brothers on your behalf. We are from the same lineage, and it is not good to have a quarrel. Also, I advise you again, brother, no matter how powerful you think Zheng Fa's talisman art is, you cannot pass on the master's secret teachings! If you do, I will no longer be able to help you!"

"I have already asked Master for permission, and Master said that the "Dongxu Spirit Eye" can also be passed on to him."

"This... Master actually compared him with Senior Sister Zhang?" Sun Daoyu looked puzzled. "Yes, Zheng Fa is the best talisman master in the past ten thousand years. I admit that his talisman mastery is powerful! But the 'Dongxu Spirit Eye' is a secret teaching of Master. He is only twenty years old, has only been practicing for two months, and has dual spiritual roots... Master actually thinks highly of him?"

It was he who had passed the "Dongxu Spirit Eye" to Senior Sister Zhang, so of course he knew what Master meant by passing the "Dongxu Spirit Eye" to Zheng Fa - Can you call me Master? Zhou Qianyuan looked at Sun Daoyu and knew that this person probably felt that Zheng Fa's qualifications were a bit low - but he was just embarrassed by his Master and couldn't say it out loud.

…

Zheng Legalist.

As the Ningyuan Pill entered his mouth, it turned into a warm current, flowing along Zheng Fa's esophagus to his abdomen.

Zheng Fa's spiritual consciousness fell on his dantian, and he began to control his spiritual power, trying to make them condense into an upright shadowless talisman according to his wishes.

He is a little nervous.

According to the "Foundation Building Method of Talisman Dao", this step is the difficult part in condensing the talisman diagram.

After all, the spiritual awareness of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is weak, and his ability to control spiritual power is not strong.

It is very difficult for them to draw talismans in their dantian.

Even a genius like Senior Sister Zhang was quite upset about the records of this step, saying that there were times when her spiritual consciousness was exhausted, the talisman could not be formed, and then it completely collapsed.

And if this step fails, then this Ningyuan Pill will be wasted.

That’s a full twenty spirit stones!

But when Zheng Fa tried it—Huh? That's it? He looked at the perfect upright shadowless talisman in his dantian.

Feeling that his spiritual consciousness is still abundant.

I couldn’t help but feel a little proud in my heart – Well, why am I not considered a genius?

After the upright shadowless talisman was condensed, it automatically fell into the dantian.

My dantian is also quite lively now.

Not to mention spiritual power.

Before, there was a ball of green yang energy lingering here.

Now there is one more upright shadowless talisman.

Qingyang has always been very cold and now he ignores the other two.

But the Standing Shadowless Talisman and the spiritual power have the same origin, and are now very closely connected to each other.

According to the records in "The Foundation Building Method of Talismans", the upright shadowless talisman he had just condensed was not stable.

If he now relies on this talisman to draw talismans without talisman paper, in addition to consuming spiritual power, he will also consume the talisman itself.

After three times, it will dissipate - it's not that there is no way to remedy this. As long as you cast the spell no more than three times, and allow the talisman that has not completely dissipated to absorb spiritual power during practice, it will be able to repair itself.

If you want to be able to cast spells without talisman paper without restrictions like Senior Sister Zhang, you must build up the Yuan Fu Dao foundation.

After condensing the upright shadowless talisman, Zheng Fa felt the power of the "Talisman Foundation Building Method" -

When a cultivator practices, his spirit and soul will involuntarily be released externally, and the same is true for Zheng Fa.

This would have been nothing originally, but now the Shadowless Talisman was absorbing the corresponding talismans within the range of his soul.

These talismans entered his dantian and turned into spiritual energy.

Zheng Fa estimated that his cultivation speed was nearly 10% faster! If it was the condensation of the Yuan Fu Dao Foundation, then wouldn't the cultivation speed be twice as fast? Zheng Fa finally understood why Senior Sister Zhang was known as the fastest foundation-building person in the Hundred Immortals Alliance - she was cheating! At this moment, Zheng Fa felt the spiritual power in his body tremble slightly.

His body was like a funnel, absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world, forming a small vortex of spiritual energy above the room.

…

Not far outside the yard, Zhou Qianyuan and Sun Daoyu looked up at the fleeting vortex of spiritual energy in the sky and stopped.

"Senior Brother...what is this?" Zhou Qianyuan had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.

"He's made a breakthrough." Sun Daoyu was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "He was at the first level of Qi training before?"

"yes."

"How long has he been practicing? Less than two months, right?" Sun Daoyu thought for a long time. "With dual spiritual roots, he broke through to the second level of Qi training in less than two months? Junior brother, how long did it take you to break through?"

"Me?" Zhou Qianyuan asked in confusion, "Brother, don't you know that I made a breakthrough half a month ago?"

"You have a gold spiritual root and a Gengjin Dao body, which complement each other to be so fast..." Sun Daoyu shook his head slightly and said, "This Zheng Fa's speed is not much slower than that of an ordinary person with a single spiritual root."

Zhou Qianyuan looked at his senior brother's expression changing from time to time, as if he was thinking about something.

As the spiritual energy above the Zheng family gradually calmed down, Zhou Qianyuan knew that Zheng Fa had quit practicing.

He walked to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the Zheng family's door.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you're here." Zheng Fa didn't seem surprised to see Zhou Qianyuan, but he was a little surprised to see Sun Daoyu behind Zhou Qianyuan. He greeted him, "Junior Brother Sun?"

"We just happened to see you, my junior brother, have a breakthrough outside, so we came here to congratulate you." Sun Daoyu bowed and said to Zheng Fa with a smile.

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The smile on his face was much more sincere than the last time he met Zheng Fa.

"Thank you for your kindness, senior brother." Zheng Fa invited the two into the courtyard and looked at Zhou Qianyuan.

Zhou Qianyuan looked at Zheng Fa and then at Sun Daoyu.

He was a little hesitant in his heart - he wanted to talk about the "Dongxu Spirit Eye", but he also understood that Sun Daoyu was against this.

In front of Senior Brother Sun, he didn't know how to start.

"Junior Brother Zhou?"

Zheng Fa asked softly.

"Ahem!" Sun Daoyu coughed lightly and suddenly interrupted: "Junior Brother Zhou is not good at speaking... Let me speak, Junior Brother Zheng, my master wants to take you as his disciple!"

Zhou Qianyuan slowly turned his head and looked at his senior brother: "?"

Why is there someone stealing my words?

Don't you know why I hesitated?

"Master Pang?" Zheng Fa was surprised.

Zhou Qianyuan explained, "Yes, Senior Brother Zheng, after I exchanged ideas with you about talismans, I talked to my master about your insights several times... My master really appreciated your attainments in talismans and was interested in taking you in as his disciple."

Zheng Fa nodded.

It doesn't look surprising.

At this time, Sun Daoyu spoke again: "Junior Brother Zheng, do you know that Master has already bestowed upon me the "Dongxu Spirit Eyes", which is Master's secret teaching."

Zheng Fa was silent for a while, then suddenly asked:

"Master Pang wants to take me as his disciple?"

"yes!"

"Then I dare to ask, what should I do when Senior Sister Zhang is furious? Senior Brother, can you protect me?"

"Senior Sister Zhang... do you have some sense?" Sun Daoyu said stutteringly.

"...Are all the disciples under Master Pang as respected as Junior Brother Zhou?"

"...Ahem, Junior Brother Zhou is incredibly talented after all."

"...Then I probably have no chance of mastering this 'Dongxu Spirit Eye'."

After walking out of the door, Zhou Qianyuan was still looking at Sun Daoyu with a frown.

"Brother, how did you change so quickly?"

"This Zheng Fa has great talent. He was able to cultivate to the second level of Qi training in less than two months."

"Senior brother loves talent?"

"Love talents?" Sun Daoyu smiled softly and looked at Zhou Qianyuan: "Junior Brother Zhou, you... I just don't want Senior Sister Zhang to have another capable person under her tutelage. Junior Brother, Master's appreciation is never everything, and I'm not sure how much he values ​​Zheng Fa."

“…”

"What a pity, this guy is a smart guy."

…

The yard of Senior Sister Zhang’s house.

"Did you reject Master Pang?" Senior Sister Zhang asked Zheng Fadao.

"yes."

"Why?"

"How can it be so easy to be a traitor?"

Zheng Fa answered honestly.

If it weren't for the sect's rules, these two veins would be able to produce true fire.

Master Pang already has Zhou Qianyuan as his favorite disciple, so how much can he value me?

The entire Jiushan Sect saw how Senior Sister Zhang protected him. If he were to become Master Pang's disciple, Senior Sister Zhang's lineage would probably hate him deeply, and Master Pang's lineage would probably think he was ungrateful.

In the end he will be in a difficult situation.

"The spell 'Dongxu Spirit Eye' is also very famous in the Hundred Immortals Alliance."

“…”

"Don't want it?"

"In no mood."

"Oh, then I won't give it to you."

Zheng Fa was stunned. When he looked up, he saw Senior Sister Zhang holding a jade tube in her hand and looking at him with a smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)