Chapter 404 Taking on Disciples
Ze Peng dared to say that these were the most amazing few days he had ever experienced since he began cultivating. They boarded the legendary teleportation array and "whoosh"ed through a mountain. In just a few hours, they arrived at the mountain closest to Dragon Phoenix Mountain.
Then, Qingpingzi led Zepeng up the mountain and finally stopped at a magnificent palace called "Dragon and Phoenix Palace". Next to the palace stood an exquisite building with the words "Guardian Palace" written on it.
Ze Peng watched as a highly skilled Thunder Ox cultivator with a necklace around his neck looked on with envy as they walked into the hall. He couldn't hide his excitement. At that moment, he finally understood why his master's eyes had been so sorrowful that day.
The gossip about Lady Ji of Jade Void Palace was like thunderclaps in Ze Peng's heart, making him overjoyed. If he weren't in the temple, he would probably be dancing with joy right now.
Qingpingzi noticed the barely suppressed smile on Zepeng's face. He turned his head and whispered, "Peng, magnanimity," before continuing to walk forward.
However, as soon as a fox-spirit attendant led him into the hall, Qingpingzi impatiently raised his paw and called out to the four small dragons coiled on the central pillar, "Where is your Lady Ji?"
The little blue dragon at the bottom let out a small booming sound and said, "I don't know."
The little golden dragon poked its head out from the middle and said, "The colorful bird is inside."
The little white dragon at the very top said eagerly, "I'll go and announce it." Then it quickly swam down and darted into the thick clouds behind the palace.
He darted through the thick fog and happily scurried to the golden bird-shaped wooden stake by the pond behind the palace. He rubbed against it and said, "Lord Ji, Lord Ji, your senior brother has brought a little celestial being to find you."
Upon hearing this, a colorful bird's head covered with roots slowly emerged from beneath the wooden stake. Ji Rong said, "Senior brother came to see me? Ah Bai, let him in."
Jiao Jue also raised his head from the edge of the pool. He squinted and said, "Ah Bai, Ji Rong's tree trunk is small now. You gather clouds to cover her, and then Senior Wanfa and that little celestial being can come in."
The little white dragon bowed respectfully to the horn-shaped jade, opened its mouth, and blew on the clouds, causing many of the clouds to disperse.
Then, He swiftly pushed the blind Xi Tong off the tree stump, coiled himself atop it, and slowly gathered clouds, until Jiao Jue frowned and shouted, "Hurry up!" Only then did He flick his tail and rapidly form clouds.
Having finished gathering the clouds, Ah Bai didn't dare linger and went straight outside, soon bringing Qingpingzi and Zepeng back in.
When Zepeng first came here, he found the place very strange. There was a huge pool dug out abruptly behind the temple, but there wasn't much water in it.
There seemed to be a platform in the clouds beside the pool, revealing the head of a black bird with bald skin and many inscriptions. Ze Peng only glanced at it before his eyes hurt.
On the lower side of the outer side of the platform, a powerful deity lay coiled beside the pool.
Upon seeing Qingpingzi arrive, Jiaojue squinted and asked, "Senior, what is the purpose of this?"
Qingpingzi pointed to Zepeng beside him and said eagerly, "Junior Sister has no disciples. This boy is skilled in arithmetic, patient and kind. I would like to ask Junior Sister to meet him and see if she would like to take him as her disciple."
After saying that, he said affectionately to Yun Nafang, "Junior Sister, what do you think? Would you like to come out and meet me?"
The clouds were so thick that Ji Rong couldn't see anything, and she didn't want to take on any disciples, so she replied, "Senior brother, I'm too busy cultivating myself to have time to train any disciples. If you want to take on disciples, you can do it yourself."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi paused for a moment, then immediately raised his head and said, "Junior sister, there's no need to worry. You just focus on taking on disciples, and I'll teach them for you."
"Haga haga," a familiar laugh rang out from the clouds, and then the clouds churned, and a colorful phoenix flew out carrying the bald black bird. She said, "Senior brother, I'll take you as my disciple, and you'll teach you. Sigh, alright, what can I do, I'm so kind."
But we have a deal: if I'm going to take him in, then you can't spoil him.
Qingpingzi immediately smiled and said, "Junior Sister, please accept it. I will make sure he lives a good life."
Ji Rong nodded and said, "Alright, senior brother, then I'll let you have your fun."
The two, one fierce and one bird, exchanged witty remarks with ease, while Ze Peng, standing nearby, felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He suddenly remembered that his grand-aunt Qing Ji Zi had no disciples, but she was young; while his grand-uncle Qing Ping Zi had no disciples because he had taken in ten, and all ten had died.
Hearing their conversation, Zepeng understood everything. His hands and feet turned cold, and he cried out in his heart, "My life is over."
The bald black bird added, "This kid is also destined to be with me. Senior Wanfa, you just want to find this kid a nominal master anyway, why do you have to look for Arong? I can do it too."
Qingpingzi said, "That's different." Then, he took out a fully prepared storage ring and had Zepeng kowtow to Ji Rong, offering incense, tea, and fruit.
After the ceremony, Ji Rong took a storage ring from her wings and handed it to him. She then said to Xi Tong and Jiao Jue, "This child is blessed. You elders should give him some good things."
Xi Tong took a black feather from his own body and handed it to Ze Peng, saying, "Study hard with the Immortal Ancestor, and don't disgrace your master."
Jiaojue also spat out a storage ring and handed it to Zepeng.
Despite receiving numerous gifts, Ze Peng remained ashen-faced. Seeing her cheap disciple's expression, Ji Rong's eyes darted around, a mischievous glint in her eye. She winked and said, "I am like a sister to the Immortal Lord of Extreme Yang, and her disciple is your senior brother."
Did you see that Thunder Ox outside? That's the ox I raised. It's the favorite junior of Elder Yaolou, and the eldest disciple of Immortal Lord Jiyang. Now he's your senior brother. Go out first and have a good talk with him, get to know him.
Then, she shouted, "Xiao Bai, take Ze Peng and Niu Fen to have a talk."
Little White Dragon quickly emerged, leading Ze Peng outside. He took him to the outer room, where he and Niu Fen locked eyes. Little White Dragon whispered Ji Rong's words into Niu Fen's ear.
Niu Fen immediately stepped forward with a delighted expression. He stood up and, with great gusto, took off a very shrunken pouch from around his neck and handed it to Ze Peng, saying, "Junior brother, this is a gift from your senior brother. Please accept it carefully."
As soon as Ze Peng left, Qing Pingzi happily disappeared into the clouds and lay down beside the bird tree stump with some green and gold leaves to look at the gold leaves. When Ji Rong saw Qing Pingzi's appearance, she thought to herself that her senior brother had fallen back into his old habits. She asked, "Senior brother, has the 'Great Compendium of Ten Thousand Races' been sent out yet?"
Qingpingzi said awkwardly, "The carving was just finished. There are many branches of various clans, and we are still considering which one to give it to."
Ji Rong said, "That's easy. Tell them to organize their own competition, in any form."
The winner may bring the evidence to Jade Void Palace to retrieve the book belonging to their race.
Qingpingzi agreed, then reluctantly got up and took Zepeng back to the Cloud Cliff of Yuxu Palace, where he personally began to teach him.
The task of publishing the book was naturally assigned to Zepeng.
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