Wang Daoyuan cupped his hands. "Rest assured, Senior Brother. I know what matters."
Gui Yun nodded and entered the main hall.
Not long after, he came back out. "From now on, we'll be fellow disciples. Master said that since you can fuse with Sword Intent, you count as his registered disciple.
From now on, it will depend on your performance.
If there are no problems with your talent or character, he will accept you as a personal disciple. Hurry and come inside to acknowledge him as your master."
Wang Daoyuan quietly let out a breath of relief. The cultivation world placed great importance on lineage and inheritance.
Now that he had become the disciple of the Returning Origin Sword Immortal, even if he was only a registered disciple, outsiders would see him as one of the Returning Origin Sword Immortal's people.
What was more, the Returning Origin Sword Intent he cultivated was a genuine direct inheritance.
Within this illusion,
he no longer needed to worry about becoming cannon fodder.
"Thank you for the introduction, Senior Brother."
The two entered the main hall together. Seated high in the place of honor was a white-robed cultivator.
He looked to be only twenty or thirty years old, yet his face bore the marks of countless vicissitudes.
This man was the Returning Origin Sword Immortal. His appearance was not much different from that of the Returning Origin Sword Immortal who had become a Sword Spirit, but his bearing was vastly different.
Wang Daoyuan merely glanced at him and felt his mind and soul tremble, as though heavenly might had descended upon his head.
There were another five or six cultivators in the hall, all with unfathomably profound cultivation. He could not see through any of them.
He hurriedly bowed. "Junior Wang Daoyuan pays respects