"Disciples Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao pay respects to Master!"
Everyone in the crowd below was left dumbfounded. What kind of luck was this?
Benevolent Virtue Daoist had taught quite a few disciples at the academy, and there were many direct disciples of the Benevolent Dao. Yet never before had anyone formally taken him as their master like this.
It was foreseeable that these four would inherit Benevolent Virtue Daoist's lineage. Otherwise, they would have been like the other students, studying at the academy.
Those direct disciples of the Benevolent Dao were, in truth, scholars. Their cultivation followed their own respective inheritances. Even those from the Human Clan cultivated the Golden Core Cultivation Method.
Those who cultivated the Literary Dao Cultivation Method were still few in number.
The Literary Dao Cultivation Method had only been spread last year. It had been created by Daoist Wende, and after a year of cultivation, some had already achieved results, though no true powerhouses had emerged.
After all, one year was far too short a time to produce any formidable experts.
Amid everyone's envious gazes, Red Cloud brought Zhao Gongming and the other three back into the academy.
Once they returned to the courtyard, the four saw a beautiful woman in court robes waiting there. Red Cloud introduced her, "This is your master's wife."
"Disciples pay respects to Master's Wife!"
The four were somewhat curious. Daoist Wende had four wives, three of whom were widely renowned. One was Lady Houtu, who had attained the Dao last year; one was the Kitchen Goddesses appointed by the Heavenly Court; one was the ancestor of the Qingqiu Fox Clan. The last was not very famous—or rather, she was quite mysterious, and few spoke of her. But as for Benevolent Virtue Daoist, they had never heard that