The Five Great Cultivators Vie to Take a Disciple

--"Junior Qin Fengming pays his respects to the five Seniors."

Qin Fengming did not dare delay. As he knelt, he spoke with utmost respect.

"Hehe, rise and speak. Jingliang, stand to the side. I have a few words to say to Little Brother Qin."

The black-bearded old man in the center had already opened his eyes when the two entered the cave. Now, his eyes gleamed as he stared at Qin Fengming, and he said with a chuckle,

"After Shu Jingliang paid his respects once more, he stood to the side."

Manghuang Mountain's internal hierarchy differed from that of other sects.

The five old men seated in the cave at this moment held the highest positions within Manghuang Mountain. All five were late Nascent Soul stage Great Cultivators, and three of them were even at the peak of that stage, with one foot already across the threshold into the Deity Transformation stage.

Below the five, six halls had been established according to different skills.

Each of the six halls was overseen by a Nascent Soul cultivator. The other Nascent Soul cultivators had all become Elders of Manghuang Mountain.

Although Artifact Refining Hall Master Shu Jingliang was also a Nascent Soul cultivator like the five old men, he was the Direct Disciple of the black-bearded old man seated among them. That was why he had paid such a grand obeisance.

In ordinary times, the various hall masters did not directly handle the mundane affairs within their halls.

Those specifically responsible were the Core Formation cultivators. Once a Core Formation cultivator lost the desire to advance further, he would take charge of part of the hall's mundane affairs. This was the same as in other sects.

Foundation Establishment cultivators were the lowest-ranking cultivators in Manghuang Mountain.

Yet these Foundation Establishment cultivators were