At the summit of Qingyun Mountain.
As soon as the Flying Boat crossed the formation, Song Shaoyu and Liu Yue, who were guarding the formation at the mountain entrance, immediately sensed the subtle change and rose to their feet.
Not long afterward, a streak of light descended.
Song Qingming led the group as they leaped down from the Flying Boat, arriving before the two who had long been waiting there.
"Master!"
After stepping forward and cupping her hands in salute, Liu Yue could not stop herself from glancing behind Song Qingming, surprise appearing on her face.
Before the two could ask, Song Qingming pointed at the seven people behind him and said, "These are the disciples we have just taken in. They are also your junior brothers and junior sisters.
"You two, take them to get settled first. Then call Jing Yun and the others to my cave abode. I have something to discuss."
"This disciple obeys!"
Upon hearing that they were their master's newly accepted disciples, it was not only Liu Yue who was surprised. Song Shaoyu beside her showed a few traces of astonishment as well.
They began curiously sizing up the people before them.
Within the Carefree Sect, master-disciple inheritance had always been an extremely important part of the sect. Elders above the Golden Core Realm generally had quite a few disciples under them.
Nascent Soul Old Ancestors such as Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian, who had been born into the sect and cultivated for over a thousand years, had dozens or even hundreds of personal disciples beneath them.
However, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi were exceptions. Though their cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they had not taken in disciples on a large scale within the sect.
Song Shaoyu had been under Song