Soon, a young man in Taoist robes, handsome and energetic, walked out of the crowd. He had an upright posture and a hint of hesitation between his brows.
Zhang Ling came to the five old men, but he did not bow his head or kneel like the disciples. He just nodded to show his respect.
This action confused and shocked everyone, even the five old men were bewildered.
"Zhang Ling, why don't you pay homage to the founder?" the head of the Five Thunder Sword Temple asked with some confusion.
Zhang Ling shook his head and turned to walk away.
Wow——
Everyone looked at the scene in disbelief, stunned.
Most of the disciples were also angry.
In their eyes, this was an act of treason. The new disciple of Huangyuan actually ignored the founder and the five elders, which was extremely rude.
"Who recruited Zhang Ling as his disciple? Could it be that he has some kind of Taoist paranoia?"
The headmaster asked this to the elders beside him.
One of them thought for a moment, stood up, and then whispered into the leader's ear what happened last night.
After hearing this, the headmaster's eyes lit up and he said, "Really?"
The elder nodded without comment.
"Well, since that's the case, let him be. At this point, the relationship between Nanyuan and Beige can't deteriorate any further. We need to break the ice as soon as possible and reconcile!"
The sect leader sighed and whispered some instructions to the elders beside him.
Although the five elders did not pursue Zhang Ling's rudeness, the disciples of the Xuanhuang Academy were already frowning and looking displeased.
Their ancestor, Master Wu Lei Zhenren, is their faith in their hearts. Now that there is such a young and foolish disciple who dares to be so presumptuous and rude, he should be taught a lesson.
Zhang Ling returned to his original position and shook his head, but he was helpless.
It's not that he didn't want to bow, but if he did, not only would the five old men be unable to bear it and shorten their lives and fortunes, but even the statue of the Five Thunder Immortal would shatter and collapse.
Zhang Ling is a pure yang immortal who is about to achieve the fruit of Xuanxian Dao. Even in the original big world, there are not many gods who are qualified to make him kneel down and worship.
Not to mention that he now holds the position of a wandering god of good and evil. He does not bow when he meets an immortal, does not yield when he meets a god, and does not humbly meet a saint.
This time, his dharma vision was as sharp as a torch, and he saw at a glance that the Five Thunder Immortal was just a cultivator in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and his real body was still in the human world. If he really knelt down, the Five Thunder Immortal would probably be severely retaliated against, which would harm the other party and cause him to suffer an unexpected disaster.
But this truth naturally cannot be explained to these Taoists now.
First of all, they will definitely not believe it. They will only think that you are exaggerating, bragging, or having mental delusions.
Secondly, there is no need to explain anything to others.
The reason why we stay here in the Five Thunder Sword Temple is just because of the guidance of heaven. We should follow one or two things and wait and see.
The ordination ceremony for the new disciples ended quickly. The five masters and elders did not pursue Zhang Ling's mistake just now. It seemed that no one mentioned it in tacit understanding.
However, this is also related to their beliefs of "purity, tranquility and inaction" and "the highest good is like water".
Even if Zhang Ling really had little to do with Beige, they would not make things difficult for him. They just said that each practitioner had his own personality, and because of their obsessive-compulsive nature, not sticking to formalities was also a kind of fate.
After the ceremony, the five elders rode on their swords and left.
The disciples of the Heavenly Court and the Earthly Court also returned home one after another, not taking the matters here to heart.
However, the disciples of Xuanyuan and Huangyuan were filled with righteous indignation and surrounded Zhang Ling in front of the statue of Wu Lei Zhenren.
If he didn't worship at ordinary times, he wouldn't worship, but at such an important ceremony, in front of all his fellow disciples and the head elders, he actually showed his personality and his stubborn Taoism. He really didn't take the faith of the Five Thunder Sword Temple seriously.
"Humph! How can I allow you to be so arrogant and disrespectful?"
"Zhang Ling, as a new disciple of the Huang Academy, how can you be so rude to the Grandmaster and the elders? Is this how you behave even in the mortal world?"
"A disciple of Huangyuan has fallen to such a state. When I was in Huangyuan, there were no rude people like you."
The senior brothers from Xuanyuan were the first to start the fight, all of them rubbing their hands in preparation, their faces livid.
The disciples of Huangyuan nearby echoed this sentiment, saying, "We are ashamed to be associated with you!"
Zhang Ling shook his head after hearing this. After thinking about it for a long time, he found nothing to explain, and there was no need to explain anything.
At this moment, a voice came to the rescue: "The ceremony is over, why are you making such a commotion?"
Everyone turned their heads to look at him, and it was the chief disciple of the Five Thunder Sword Temple, Xu Beixuan.
A Xuanyuan disciple explained, "Big Brother, Zhang Ling was just so rude to the Grandmaster and the elders. We were just warning him and teaching him how to behave in the future."
"That's right, Senior Brother. Since he is a disciple of the Five Thunder Sword Temple, how could he be so disrespectful to the Grandmaster? This is simply unheard of and unseen."
Dissatisfied voices echoed around him. Xu Beixuan looked up at Zhang Ling, then turned to the crowd and said, "Our generation doesn't need to be bound by formalities in cultivation. Etiquette is enough in the heart. Since Zhang Ling has been admitted to the Five Thunder Sword Temple, he has withstood the tests of the elders in every aspect. On the path of cultivation here, the master leads the way, but the practice is up to the individual. You don't need to worry about what others do. Ponder the Tao more, practice diligently, and one day you will be able to slay demons and uphold justice in the world. Now disperse!"
When everyone heard what the eldest brother said, they felt that there was some truth in it. Soon they left the hall in groups of three or five, leaving only Xu Beixuan and Zhang Ling in the hall.
Xu Beixuan looked at Zhang Ling, thought for a moment, and said, "The headmaster greeted me and said you were from the North Pavilion and that Uncle Qingxuan had arranged for you to come."
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