Ji Mofan helped the child up and patted the child's messy hair.
“If you become my disciple, I can’t give you any resources,” he said. “You won’t even have the title of a true disciple; you’ll just be an ordinary inner disciple.”
"With your talent, it wouldn't be impossible for you to get a seat as a true disciple in any sect, even the Xiaoling Sect, which is the top of the five major sects."
"I don't care, I only want my master!" Ge Gen started bouncing around in place again.
"I had already decided before I came that even if I couldn't pass the second test to verify my spiritual roots, I would still do my best to climb Yuncang Mountain and stay by my master's side as a menial disciple!"
A menial disciple... a menial disciple?
Ji Mofan's expression faltered slightly for a moment.
It seems like something like this happened in a past life.
After the annual welcoming ceremony concluded, he continued to devote himself to other affairs of the sect.
During this time, Shen Yun seemed to have come over and mentioned it to him, asking if he needed to add a few more servant disciples to his courtyard.
He didn't even consider that possibility at the time, and didn't even ask Shen Yun why he suddenly asked that question before directly rejecting it.
It seems that in his past life, without his knowledge, this child also stubbornly rejected everyone.
After learning that his chief disciple, who had not yet completed his apprenticeship, did not accept any more disciples, he wanted to come to his side as a menial disciple.
He was completely unaware of it.
Ji Mo Fan sighed.
Actually, his remarks just now weren't directed at this child.
In his previous life, he had little interaction with Ge Gen and didn't know his character. He only spoke up to make those sitting above him uncomfortable.
In this life, he was determined never to trust anyone again, and even less to easily entrust his trust to a child he knew nothing about.
But the way the child looked at him was so clear and innocent.
He seemed to see someone in it.
—That version of myself who once single-mindedly pursued an obsession until I messed everything up and finally died.
Ji Mo Fan smiled at the end.
He gently patted Ge Gen's head, then turned to look at the elders sitting on the high platform around them, looking down at them.
“I am the most suitable person to guide this child,” he said loudly, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Although I am a water spirit root that has mutated into an ice spirit root, all things are interconnected. Only I can guide him on how to mutate the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth into the form he needs, so as to draw qi into his body."
Ji Mo Fan finally understood why he had no memory of Ge Gen in his previous life.
It turned out that the entire clan had deceived him.
After all, in his previous life, he was still distributing red bean soup at the foot of the mountain at this time, and he didn't come to the ceremony at all.
"Chief, but after all, you are still under Elder Shen's tutelage." Ji Hongyun stirred up trouble again.
"Yes, why don't we let Elder Shen accept young friend Ge Gen as his true disciple? Then you can also guide him as his senior brother, can't you?"
Ji Mo Fan smiled.
"But kudzu itself is unwilling."
With just one sentence, he silenced everyone.
No one can force a disciple to become someone else's disciple.
The rule of the Yuncang Sword Sect is that after a disciple becomes an apprentice, the master must personally extract the disciple's soul to make a soul lamp, which is then placed in the Peach and Plum Hall for worship.
In the step of extracting the soul, it is impossible to safely separate the soul from the body without one's own will.
Nobody wants to make such a scene in public.
"Congratulations, Elder Shen, you have a grand-disciple so soon." Yan Shiqi, always eager for a good show, offered a beaming compliment.
Shen Yun's face showed no obvious emotion.
Only upon closer inspection can one notice that he had almost completely dug his fingernails into the armrest of the seat beneath him.
"Xiao Fan, now that you have accepted Ge Gen, you should diligently guide him in the future, so that his talent will not be wasted." Shen Yun spoke slowly, forcing a normal tone.
"Yes, disciple understands." Ji Mo Fan nodded slightly.
Ji Mo Fan had never taken on any disciples in his previous life.
However, this does not prevent him from instructing many disciples of the Yuncang Sword Sect.
His comprehension was among the best of all the true disciples. When he was young, many of his senior brothers and sisters would come to him for advice when they couldn't understand certain key points.
But I don't remember when it started, these people stopped coming.
Perhaps it was my pride that made me unwilling to admit that I was inferior to a child younger than myself after I matured.
Perhaps it was an order from their own master. After all, it wouldn't look good for the master to ask his disciple to consult another disciple who was also an elder.
Although Ji Mofan was busy with the affairs of the Yun Cang Sword Sect, he would still take the time to check on the other disciples' practice in the training ground whenever he had free time.
He always thought that he would help if he could.
However, he has never done so since he was reborn.
The teaching materials that were originally intended for explaining to younger generations have now been shelved by him. When he takes them out now, they are covered with a little dust.
Gently blowing away the stains on the book, Ji Mofan placed the Yun Cang Sword Manual in Ge Gen's hands.
“There are annotations I made on it. Take a look and ask me anytime if you don’t understand anything,” he said.
Ge Gen accepted it as if it were a precious treasure, carefully holding it in his arms. "Yes, Master! I will definitely cherish it!"
Ji Mofan couldn't help but rub the child's head again.
"The formal apprenticeship ceremony will be held tomorrow. Don't study too late tonight, go to bed early," he said.
After thinking for a moment, he added, "I'll come to your room earlier tomorrow."
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