At present, their master had seven disciples in all.
Tao Jingyan ranked fifth.
His master's eldest disciple was Lin Jian, Senior Brother Lin.
But for the many affairs of Myriad Immortal City, their master usually preferred to put Second Senior Brother Xu Sheng in charge.
Senior Brother Lin Jian was now at the early Divine Ability Realm.
He was free-spirited by nature and had little interest in devoting himself to cultivation. In all the years since their master and four senior brothers had rescued Tao Jingyan, Tao Jingyan had rarely seen him.
Tao Jingyan still remembered what Senior Brother had said the last time they met.
"Why cultivate so seriously?"
Senior Brother had come staggering over with a jug of wine in his left hand and a cup in his right.
He had been smiling, too.
A Guiyi Realm cultivator would naturally not be affected by alcohol.
If Senior Brother seemed drunk, it was entirely because he wanted to be.
Lin Jian was enjoying the alcohol.
"Cultivation is useless anyway."
Tao Jingyan had frowned slightly at Senior Brother's words.
Back then, he had only been a Martial Spring Realm cultivator, while Senior Brother stood a full five major realms above him.
A single major realm was enough to crush someone.
Besides, the man was his Senior Brother and more than three thousand years older than him.
"But if I don't cultivate... how can I improve?"
Tao Jingyan had asked.
"When it's time to improve, you naturally will."
Lin Jian had approached with a smile and patted Tao Jingyan on the shoulder.
"I've been with Master for over three thousand years. Don't you think I'd know that much?"
Tao Jingyan had frowned slightly.
It was not that he disbelieved Senior Brother. He simply had questions.
Compared with his uninhibited Senior Brother,