"Talent combined with diligence? Not bad indeed."
After the Dharma assembly ended, Fairy Mingqin heard the attendant's report and smiled as she nodded. "The path lies beneath one's feet; one need only follow one's heart. That is what a true cultivator should be."
"His talent for fire arts is exceptional? Patriarch Li has happened to pass down the Nine Methods of the Great Dao. I cultivate wind arts, and wind fuels fire. I could take him as my disciple."
Fairy Mingqin smiled, rose to her feet, and stepped out of her cave abode.
"This is Penglai's Yangxin Pavilion. Newly admitted disciples will live here. The pavilion is managed by Appointed Disciples, so simply follow their arrangements."
After settling several dozen newly admitted disciples in Yangxin Pavilion, Mingyouzi waved a hand and turned to leave.
"Brother Du, um... I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
The Barbarian Hammer King scratched his head. "I misunderstood you. My apologies."
"It is nothing!"
Du Bai nodded. "A trivial matter. There is no need to dwell on it."
With Du Bai's cold temperament, even though he accepted the apology, he still appeared icy and aloof. He kept everyone at arm's length and was difficult to approach.
"Are you the newly admitted disciples?"
At that moment, a cultivator in a blue robe walked out of Yangxin Pavilion. "My name is Li Quan, and I am a steward of Yangxin Pavilion. You may call me Senior Brother Li. Follow me."
Leading the newly admitted disciples into Yangxin Pavilion, Li Quan introduced the place to them. "For now, you only count as outer sect disciples. The sect will provide you with a basic qi-nourishing cultivation art. On the first and fifteenth of every month, sect elders will lecture on the Dao in the Scripture Hall."
"Each month, the sect