The Nine-Headed Azure Lion clamored for a while, but seeing Ling Qing remain silent, they gradually quieted down as well.
The foremost head asked, "Master, after all your efforts these past few days, are you really just going to let him go and take another master?"
"My gains from these past few days have been greater than his." Ling Qing shook his head. "Besides, I don't even have the time to nurture the three children—Ling Ji, Wenjun, and Yuwei. They're still down in the lower realm, left to fend for themselves. If I take on another disciple now, wouldn't I only be adding to my troubles?"
"That's true enough. I wonder how Young Master Xuanji and the others are doing?"
"With their abilities, there should be no great trouble. Whether they can become immortals in the future will depend on their own fortunes. Once I pass the Four Tribulations and open up a world, I'll go down to the lower realm and find them myself."
"Master, Xuan Sheng has an honest and kind nature, and his talent is not bad either. It would truly be a pity to give up on him. I wonder whether Great Master Daoguan and the others have become immortals yet. If they have come here as well, wouldn't it be good to entrust Xuan Sheng to them?"
Ling Qing considered it, then said, "That is not without reason. Very well..."
After pondering briefly, he took out the Azure Dragon Sea-Churning Sword. Holding the sword in one hand, he continuously inscribed talismans upon it with the other.
Before long, a restriction covered the blade, concealing the strange phenomena of the Azure Dragon Sea-Churning Sword and making it appear like an ordinary ancient sword.
Then he tossed it out, and the Sea-Churning Sword turned into a streak