Taking Six Ears as a Disciple

Boom!

Six-Eared Macaque felt his mind tremble. He had not misheard, had he?

Lu Chen did not want to take him on as an attendant, but as a disciple!!

The words "take as a disciple" had been far too distant for Six-Eared Macaque. He had only hoped to become an attendant; if Lu Chen was pleased and taught him a move or two of immortal arts, that would have been enough.

Who would have thought he could actually become Lu Chen's disciple!

"Master above, please accept this disciple's bow!"

Six-Eared Macaque's legs went weak. With practiced ease, he dropped to his knees, raised both hands, and slammed his forehead heavily into the ground. His hands naturally settled against the earth.

His movements were incomparably smooth, his attitude incomparably sincere.

As though he feared Lu Chen would regret it.

And that was indeed the case. Other than Lu Chen, the great powers of the Primordial World all avoided Six-Eared Macaque like the plague, let alone taking him as a disciple. He could not even become a page serving at their side.

"Rise."

Lu Chen raised a hand in a virtual gesture, using his mana to lift Six-Eared Macaque from the ground.

"From now on, you are the eldest disciple under my tutelage. The rules of Jie Sect are simple: do not deliberately stir up trouble or fight fiercely, and do not slaughter fellow disciples!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Hehe, I have a master now! I have a master now!"

Six-Eared Macaque nodded hard, then reached out to scratch himself before scratching his head. He leaped and bounced around the ground with a silly grin, as happy as a child.

"From now on, I shall call you Six Ears."

"Six Ears greets Master!"

Six-Eared Macaque straightened his body, his expression turning solemn. He bent at the waist, lowered his head, and clasped his hands in salute.

"Mm. This is the Shangqing Sword Canon. If there is anything you do not understand, come ask me."

Lu Chen nodded and pointed a finger. A streak of spiritual light entered Six-Eared Macaque's mind.

Six-Eared Macaque stood ramrod straight where he was, his eyes dull as he received and comprehended the Shangqing Sword Canon.

The Shangqing Sword Canon was not something one could cultivate merely by possessing it. It required comprehension; only after comprehending it could one cultivate it.

Lu Chen took out a meditation cushion and placed it on the ground. Then he sat cross-legged, brought out his tea set, and began brewing tea.

Six Ears possessed Demon God Origin just like him. Not only was his aptitude exceptional, but if guided well in the future, he might yet walk the path of proving the Dao through Laws, just as Lu Chen and Tongtian had.

That was why Lu Chen had chosen to ignore Hongjun's casual remark that the Dharma was not to be transmitted to Six Ears and take him as a disciple anyway.

He had his eye on Six Ears's potential.

"What magic treasure should I give Six Ears?"

Immediately afterward, Lu Chen encountered a rather troublesome problem: what sort of magic treasure should he give Six Ears?

A master bestowing cultivation techniques and protective magic treasures upon a disciple was only basic.

But he did not have many magic treasures on him, only the Heaven-Devouring Treasure Vase and the Purple-Electric Hammer.

He had fed all the other Lingbao he had plundered to the Heaven-Devouring Treasure Vase to condense Devouring Dao Liquid. That was also why he had so quickly raised his comprehension of the Devouring Law to sixty percent and stepped into the realm of Primordial Unity.

He had not thought much of it before, but now that he had taken a disciple, it made him seem stretched thin.

"Then I'll do it that way."

Lu Chen made a decision in his heart.

"You're awake. How much of the Shangqing Sword Canon did you comprehend?"

Seeing Six Ears awaken, Lu Chen casually asked.

"Seventy percent, I suppose."

Six Ears scratched his head and answered somewhat bashfully.

Lu Chen nodded. "Seventy percent is already quite good. Many of your martial uncles cannot compare to you."

Do not think seventy percent was little. The first time they comprehended the Shangqing Sword Canon, among all of Jie Sect, only Lu Chen and Duobao had comprehended the complete canon. As for Jin Ling and the others, they had only comprehended around sixty to seventy percent; some had comprehended merely ten or twenty percent.

After all, while his junior brothers might possess decent temperaments, their aptitudes truly varied wildly, like good grain mixed with chaff.

"Really?"

Hearing that some of his martial uncles were inferior to him, Six Ears was delighted. At least he was not bringing shame upon Lu Chen.

"What type of weapon do you like?"

"A staff!"

Six-Eared Macaque answered without the slightest hesitation.

"As expected, monkeys have always had a special fondness for staffs."

Lu Chen secretly nodded. He was not surprised that Six Ears liked staffs. If he remembered correctly, all Four Monkeys of Chaos used staffs.

The Compliant Iron Rod, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, the Western Sea Wrought-Iron Staff, and the Sky-Pillar.

"I do not have any staff-type magic treasures in my possession. Take this treasure for self-defense for now. Later, I will find a suitable magic treasure for you."

"Thank you, Master!"

Six Ears was overjoyed. Looking at the small hammer in his hand, purple all over, with a lightning mark on its handle, he asked in puzzlement.

"Master, what is this magic treasure called?"

"The Purple-Electric Hammer. It is a top-grade innate Lingbao."

"A top-grade innate Lingbao!"

Six Ears sharply sucked in a breath, his eyes filled with shock.

A top-grade innate Lingbao!

He had never even seen one in his life, yet now he had not only seen one, but possessed one.

Six Ears tightened his furry hand around the Purple-Electric Hammer. Although it was not his favorite staff, the words "top-grade innate Lingbao" were enough to erase his preference for weapons. If Lu Chen asked him now, he would answer without hesitation that hammers were his favorite!

"Your cultivation is still too weak. You cannot activate the Purple-Electric Hammer, so put it away for now."

Seeing Six Ears treasure it so dearly that he could not bear to let it go, Lu Chen smiled.

Without anyone to guide him, and relying entirely on his own fumbling exploration to cultivate, Six Ears's strength was not high. He was only a True Immortal.

"Let's go."

"Master, where are we going? Back to Kunlun Mountain?"

"No, to the East Sea."

A young man dressed in white, holding a folding fan, with the same handsome face as ever, carried himself with the air of a refined gentleman. A monkey in a Daoist robe followed at his side.

They arrived at the edge of the East Sea and stepped onto its surface.

"Master, why does every Human Race tribe have a statue of you?"

The monkey in Daoist robes looked at the young man and asked curiously.

"I am also the Holy Father of the Human Race. Now do you understand why every tribe has my statue?"

"So that's how it is."

The monkey scratched his head in sudden realization.

He now vaguely understood why his master had changed his appearance whenever he entered Human Race territory.

Looking at Lu Chen's back, the worship in Six Ears's eyes grew even stronger.

Lu Chen was very satisfied with the Human Race's development over the years.

In only a few hundred years, the Human Race's territory had expanded by more than thirty percent. Nor was it a nominal occupation; it was genuine occupation, with tribes truly living there.

That was only natural. The Human Race reproduced quickly and required vast tracts of land. If their territory were not large enough, insufficient resources would lead to policies restricting childbirth. Now that the Witch Clan had gone to the Netherworld and the Demon Race was above in the Starry Sky, those demons remaining in the Primordial World who had some strength occupied mountains and declared themselves kings. Yet they were no more than a loose heap of sand, and even those demon kings were not particularly strong.

All the powerful elite demons of the Demon Race were in the Heavenly Court, now gathered in the Starry Sky.

Today, the Human Race could be called the undisputed foremost race upon the lands of the Primordial World. When expanding their territory, they could naturally act without restraint.

"Dragon Clan, I wonder how much of your foundation remains now..."

Lu Chen gazed at the azure ocean, and his eyes darkened.