Thirty-Six Moves of Low Profile, and Three Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-Three Details
Su Chen eventually became the Great Elder's Disciple.
To be honest, he didn't understand why the Great Elder would take him on as Disciple when he had behaved so properly. After all, the Great Elder had only accepted one Disciple this time.
Within the entire Haoran Sect, the Disciple under the Great Elder are the most low-key, but also the most powerful. However, they are mostly in seclusion and rarely show themselves.
But one thing is rather strange: the Great Elder of the Haoran Sect always prefers to have his back to others.
While the Elder were selecting Disciple, all the other Elder, including the Sect Leader, were seated, except for the Great Elder, who stood with his hands behind his back, facing away from the Disciple.
Furthermore, his white robes gave him an air of otherworldly elegance, like a hermit sage.
But in that situation, it felt rather incongruous.
"Su Chen, Li Yang, Sun Qiyun, from now on you are my Disciple. The rules of my Qiudao Peak are relatively simple, without too many restrictions. Just follow the basic rules of the Haoran Sect."
"For questions regarding cultivation, you can come and ask me directly, or you can ask Senior Disciple Brother or Second Senior Sister; both of them are quite powerful."
Su Chen nodded silently, then looked at the Great Elder with some surprise.
He discovered that the sect's most low-profile Great Elder was actually Immortal King Cultivation Level, which was much stronger than the Sect Master, and the Outside World seemed to be completely unaware of the Great Elder's strength.
Not only that, he also looked at the Senior Disciple Brother and Second Senior Sister beside the Great Elder. Both of them were incredibly powerful, already at the level of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
This level of strength would be considered Elder level even within the Haoran Sect.
Su Chen was even more dumbfounded. Hadn't he been keeping such a low profile?
Why would the Immortal King choose him?
Among all the Disciple who entered the sect, his grades were only average. As the Great Elder, there was absolutely nothing wrong with accepting the most talented Disciple, right?
That's not all.
Li Yang and Sun Qiyun also seemed extremely puzzled. Their aptitudes weren't exactly top-tier; only Li Yang was slightly better, ranking among the top ten of all the Disciple, but even then, he was still in the bottom ten.
They were all very puzzled as to why the Great Elder had taken a liking to them.
To become the Great Elder, one must be among the most powerful Elder in the Haoran Sect.
The Great Elder didn't care what the three thought; he simply gave them some instructions and then disappeared.
Senior Disciple Brother Xia Yan stepped forward with a smile and said, "Junior Brothers, please come with me. I'll take you to your lodgings first."
"Although this is not important to us cultivators, it is still proof that you have settled down in the Haoran Sect, so that you won't be at a loss for where to live in the Haoran Sect in the future."
He had been watching the three of them closely and had noticed their expressions.
"Our lineage of the Great Elder is different from the other Elder. Other Elder value character, talent, Fortune, and so on when accepting disciples, but our lineage of Qiudao Peak both intellect and character. As for talent, it can be less important."
Upon hearing this, Su Chen immediately understood the reason.
This is similar to Han Li in the Immortal Realm back then. Han Li's aptitude was also extremely poor, but his mentality was quite extraordinary. Even without the Little Green Bottle, he could still grow up eventually, but his potential would definitely not be as terrifying.
It would have been better if Xia Yan hadn't said anything, because her words only made Li Yang and Sun Qiyun more confused.
Mindset? Character?
They genuinely didn't realize that they had anything particularly outstanding about them.
Xia Yan smiled slightly, looking at the three of them with an extremely mysterious smile, "You three, you held back your talents in the Disciple assessment, didn't you? That's why your Master accepted you."
"In fact, if we were to distinguish between geniuses and ordinary people, there wouldn't be a single genius in our Haoran Sect. Even I, and even the top student in your class, would definitely not be considered a genius."
"This genius is only being compared to a group of more ordinary people, but looking at the entire Myriad Worlds, our Qing Tian Realm doesn't even have any geniuses."
"Knowing how to conceal one's abilities is a fundamental rule for survival in the Cultivation World. Being able to restrain oneself and remain rational and refrain from rashness in a prestigious place like the Disciple assessment is enough to surpass countless others."
Su Chen nodded. In simple terms, it meant that the Great Elder recognized their status as the sixth disciple and accepted him as a disciple.
But Xia Yan was right. These people were indeed very ordinary. Even a random Immortal Venerable would probably look down on them, let alone Immortal Emperor, who was a powerful cultivator.
The actions of the Qiudao Peak were indeed very sophisticated, low-key, and concealing their Cultivation Level.
Li Yang and the other man also came to their senses and finally understood why the Great Elder had accepted them as disciples.
Xia Yan wasn't in a hurry. He first led the group on a tour of Qiudao Peak, informing them of the many places they couldn't go and which ones their fellow disciples had already occupied.
"The junior brother here is named Yang Hao. He is an Alchemist. Although his rank is not very high, only at the Immortal Rank Second Grade, his alchemy skills are unpredictable. He can even refine Cultivation Method into Pill, which will automatically release the Cultivation Method when used."
Ah?
Li Yang was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. Was it alchemy or Cultivation Method?
What kind of operation is this?
"This is your fourth senior brother's place. His name is Li Yaoguang. He is considered a seeker of the Dao within our Qiudao Peak. He has researched 'Thirty-Six Moves of Low Profile and Three Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-Three Details,' which is all-encompassing and details how to be low-key and inconspicuous, making others ignore you and look down on you from visual, emotional, and other aspects."
"I've heard that Junior Brother Li is preparing to publish a second book, which will be even richer in content. As Disciple of Qiudao Peak, I strongly recommend that you read it."
Throughout his journey, Mo Yan has been enthusiastically introducing himself.
The Great Elder had only a few dozen Disciple, most of whom were either cultivating or out on training trips. Su Chen had also gained a general understanding of this Qiudao Peak.
But his expression was very strange; this Qiudao Peak seemed somewhat different from the Outside World.
When he came to enter the Haoran Sect, he found that many of his peers spoke highly of the Qiudao Peak, believing that the Disciple on the Qiudao Peak were tirelessly pursuing the Dao.
Now it seems that things are somewhat different.
Although they were also striving for enlightenment, something felt very strange about them; the style of their art was somewhat different.
The three were quickly assigned accommodations, Mo Yan handed them their Haoran Sect Identity Jade Token before turning and leaving. After that, they had free time with almost no restrictions.