Demonstration II

As time passed, more than a month went by in the blink of an eye.

Taking advantage of the Moon King's absence, Lu Sheng submitted another request to enter the sect and begin the crane-rearing path that all disciples had to undergo.

As a Taoist sect devoted to raising immortal cranes, the Pure Crane Dao naturally developed all its techniques around how to raise immortal cranes well.

After entering the sect, every disciple was required to go alone into the mountains and live alongside the crane flock. This was crane rearing.

To put it bluntly, it meant tending the sect's enormous flocks of white cranes as unpaid labor.

Most disciples were quite unwilling to do such work, yet Lu Sheng's voluntary request to rear cranes left Sect Leader Long Hezhi deeply puzzled.

"After a period of Bitter Cultivation, this disciple discovered that I have an affinity with cranes. Whenever I see white cranes flying past me, I feel an inexplicable, profound joy." Lu Sheng stood respectfully before Long Hezhi and explained why he had applied to rear cranes.

"Take Xiao Yun, for instance. I have only raised him for a little over a month, yet the bond between us has already grown too deep to describe."

Lu Sheng controlled the little white crane and had it pounce over, rubbing affectionately against him.

"Master, please see. Ever since this disciple began cultivating the Pure Crane True Method, I suddenly realized that I possess an indescribable sense of closeness toward white cranes."

Long Hezhi frowned as he looked at Xiao Yun. He had personally helped select this crane. How had it grown to nearly the size of a two- or three-year-old crane in only one month? Had it eaten some precious heavenly treasure? He recalled that the Crane Control Skill within both