Chapter 287 I left my son without a penny!
Sheng Yunqi got a promise from Si Yuan, so he naturally didn't worry about his father taking in a direct disciple to shake his status as heir. But what he didn't expect was that his good friend Chen Ye would come to him and ask for his help: "Brother Sheng, I have admired my uncle for a long time. This time I heard that my uncle wants to take in a direct disciple. I wonder if I have the opportunity to participate in the selection?"
Sheng Yunqi looked at Chen Ye quietly with mixed feelings. He didn't believe that Chen Ye could have heard the rumor that his father was going to accept a direct disciple, and he could have heard the news that his father's direct disciple could also become the heir of the Sheng family.
Because the rumors were spread together.
Chen Ye saw that Sheng Yunqi's expression was not right, as if he didn't want to be recommended as Si Yuan's direct disciple. He thought for a moment and said quickly: "Brother Sheng, I have also heard that if uncle accepts a direct disciple, then this direct disciple may threaten your position as the heir of the Sheng family. But if I become uncle's direct disciple, I don't have to worry about this problem. I am not a member of the Sheng family. Even if I want to be the young master of the Sheng family, I can't get the recognition of other people in the Sheng family. Moreover, as a good friend and brother of Brother Sheng, how can I compete with Brother Sheng for the position of heir of the Sheng family?"
Chen Ye thought that Sheng Yunqi mistakenly believed that he wanted to compete with him for the position of young master of the Sheng family, and hurriedly clarified his meaning.
Of course, Chen Ye would not really say that he would not compete for the position of young master because of their friendship. Moreover, he knew in his heart that as an outsider, even if he was accepted as a disciple by Si Yuan, he would never be able to become the young master of the Sheng family.
After all, the Sheng family is an immortal family with blood ties as its bond, rather than an immortal sect with master-disciple relationship as its bond. Only the descendants of the Sheng family with Sheng family blood are qualified to inherit the position of the head of the family. Outsiders have no chance.
Chen Ye simply used this promise to let Sheng Yunqi feel at ease to support him. After all, supporting him, a good friend and a person from another family, was better than supporting those Sheng family members who could compete with him for the position of young master.
Chen Ye judged Sheng Yunqi by his own experience and felt that he should know how to make the right choice.
But Sheng Yunqi felt speechless.
What makes Chen Ye feel that he, an outsider, is qualified to become the direct disciple of the patriarch and have the right to inherit the position of patriarch?
Even if Chen Ye's talent was so outstanding that his father was astonished and would never give up, what his father should have done was to first choose a young lady from the Sheng family as his adopted daughter, and then betroth this daughter to Chen Ye, so that Chen Ye would be both his son-in-law and his direct disciple, and he would bind Chen Ye firmly to the Sheng family as his father-in-law and master.
And even so, in order to ensure that the Sheng family would not change hands, his father would only pass the throne to the child of Chen Ye and Miss Sheng, and not to Chen Ye.
After all, no one can guarantee whether Chen Ye will change the Sheng family into the Chen family after he becomes the head of the family.
Sheng Yunqi knew all these things clearly, so he was speechless about Chen Ye's self-righteous promise.
Sheng Yunqi finally spoke, "Brother Chen, it's not that I don't want to recommend you, but this is just a rumor. My father has no intention of taking in a disciple. After all, if a child of the Sheng family catches his eye, he only needs to guide and teach him as the head of the family. There is no need to take in a disciple and cause trouble. Usually, when a family head wants to take in a disciple, it is because he thinks that his descendants are not ambitious enough and does not intend to choose an heir from his own children. Only then will he take in a disciple. My father is satisfied with me, so he has no intention of doing so. I don't know where this rumor came from."
Chen Ye: “…” The daydream was shattered.
He thought he had a chance to become a disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator and rise to great heights, but it turned out to be a rumor!
His first reaction was to suspect that Sheng Yunqi was lying to him, but then he thought that if he lied to him about this kind of thing, it would be easily exposed, and then their friendship would come to an end. If Sheng Yunqi really wanted to find a reason to reject him, he only needed to say that this time, only children of the Sheng family could participate in the selection of personal disciples. There was no need to lie to him and say that this was a fake.
So Chen Ye knew in his heart that what Sheng Yunqi said was true.
But the feeling of having a shattered dream was really terrible, and Chen Ye couldn't even keep the smile on his face.
Sheng Yunqi sighed slightly. From childhood to adulthood, the cultivation resources, cultivation environment and teaching staff had all been first-class in the world. He had never experienced the distress that Chen Ye had with no one to guide him, so he could not empathize with Chen Ye's ideas and only thought that Chen Ye was a little whimsical.
Before Chen Ye lost Qi Shen, the remnant soul of his Nascent Soul, he would always seek guidance from Qi Shen whenever he encountered problems in his cultivation. It was like having a Nascent Soul teacher with him, and he had never experienced the pain of being stuck in a bottleneck with no one to guide him.
It was not until he came to the Sheng family and Qi Shen was solved by Si Yuan that Chen Ye encountered difficult problems in his cultivation. Only then did he realize that he no longer had a teacher.
That was why Chen Ye was so eager to have a new and powerful teacher that he believed the rumors so easily.
As usual, Chen Ye pitied Sheng Yunqi: "Brother Sheng probably has never experienced my situation where I had no one to guide me when I encountered a problem. I could only figure it out on my own. I took countless detours to get to where I am today, and I don't even know if I made a mistake in my practice..." He smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't been lucky during my practice, I would have almost gone astray several times. I know very well how important it is to have a good master who can guide me on the path of practice, and I also eagerly hope to have a senior to lead me forward..."
Sheng Yunqi was stunned. It was the first time he heard Chen Ye say these words. Chen Ye's envy of him was evident in his words, which made Sheng Yunqi feel uncomfortable.
However, this was not the first time that Chen Ye had played the victim. After doing so much, Sheng Yunqi felt sympathetic but also a little tired.
This familiar feeling of pity made Sheng Yunqi feel tired.
But Sheng Yunqi still valued the friendship between himself and Chen Ye, so he pondered for a moment and said to Chen Ye: "Brother Chen, if you have any questions on the path of cultivation, you can ask me at any time. If I don't understand, I can ask the elders or my father on your behalf."
Sheng Yunqi was still clear-headed. He didn't think of helping Chen Ye find a Sheng family Jindan-stage elder to become his disciple, or asking his father to accept him as a disciple.
He didn't even want to ask the elders or his father to take the time to personally guide Chen Ye, but instead let himself act as a go-between.
Of course Chen Ye was not satisfied with this result. After all, what he originally hoped to do was to take Si Yuan, a Nascent Soul cultivator, as his master. Not to mention that he was greatly disappointed now, even if he could not take a Nascent Soul cultivator as his master, at least find him a Golden Core stage teacher.
Sheng Yunqi himself was only a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so how could he dare to boast that he would come to guide him? Aren’t you afraid of misleading the students?
Chen Ye certainly would not speak out his dissatisfaction. He expressed it tactfully: "Brother Sheng, as the young master of the Sheng family, should be very busy, right? How dare I disturb Brother Sheng at any time? And it doesn't seem good to let Brother Sheng trouble the head of the Sheng family and the elders of the Sheng family for such a small matter of mine..."
Since there was no hope for him to become Si Yuan's disciple, Chen Ye changed his address to Si Yuan from 'uncle' to 'head of the Sheng family'.
Sheng Yunqi didn't notice the problem with this address. He just thought Chen Ye refused because of his inferiority complex, so he explained: "Brother Chen, don't worry. We can exchange our cultivation experiences with each other, which is also a way to consolidate our cultivation. It doesn't waste time. As for my father and the elders, even if Brother Chen didn't happen, I would often bother them and ask questions. It's just two more questions, which is not a big deal."
In order to lighten Chen Ye's psychological burden, Sheng Yunqi deliberately made the matter sound very easy and without difficulty, as if he was just helping him casually and not going out of his way to help him, so that he would not have any psychological burden.
But Chen Ye didn't really have any psychological burden at all. He just felt that Sheng Yunqi didn't take him seriously and treated him in such a perfunctory way.
So he smiled a little bit subtly and refused with an unhappy smile: "I'd better not trouble Brother Sheng. After all, as the young master of the Sheng family, Brother Sheng should set an example for the other members of the Sheng family. It's not good to make an exception for me. Although it's not a big deal, if other children of the Sheng family find out, it will also be bad for Brother Sheng's reputation."
Chen Ye rolled his eyes secretly in his heart. He didn't want to bear the envy and jealousy of other Sheng family members just for this small favor. It may not help him much, but instead make him full of resentment.
Sheng Yunqi thought that Chen Ye was truly concerned about his own reputation and gave up such a good opportunity. He was deeply moved and wanted to persuade Chen Ye again. After all, although he was acting as a middleman, this situation was equivalent to allowing Chen Ye to enjoy the same teaching treatment as him, the young master of the Sheng family.
Unfortunately, Chen Ye was a mean-spirited person who judged others by their own standards. He thought Sheng Yunqi was just trying to please him and wanted him to bear the trouble. He didn't care about the matter at all and insisted on not agreeing to it.
Sheng Yun was helpless seeing Chen Ye's firm attitude.
Sheng Yunqi thought of another way to help his friend who had a strong sense of self-esteem: "Brother Chen, why don't you join our Sheng family's Foreign Affairs Department? This way, you can also be considered a member of the Sheng family, and you can also take on tasks for the Sheng family, earn merit, and then use the merit to exchange for guidance from my father or the Golden Core Elder."
Chen Ye was even more unhappy. Not only could he not get it for free, but he was actually asked to work for the Sheng family?
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