Taking Six-Eared 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 in as an attendant—he wanted to accept him as a disciple!!

The words "accepting a disciple" were far too distant for Six-Eared Macaque. All he had hoped for was to become an attendant; if Lu Chen was pleased, it would have been enough for him to teach him a trick or two of immortal arts.

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

"Master above, please accept this bow from your disciple!"

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

His movements were incomparably smooth, his attitude incomparably sincere.

As if he feared Lu Chen would regret it.

And indeed, that was the case. Aside from Lu Chen, the great powers of the Primordial World avoided Six-Eared Macaque like the plague, much less considered taking him as a disciple. He could not even become a page attendant at someone's side.

"Get up."

Lu Chen raised a hand and supported Six-Eared Macaque from the ground with his mana.

"From now on, you are the eldest disciple of my lineage. Jie Sect's rules are simple: do not deliberately stir up trouble or fight viciously, and do not slaughter your fellow disciples!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Hehe, I have a Master! I have a Master!"

Six-Eared Macaque nodded heavily, then scratched at himself, scratched his head again, and bounced wildly about the ground with a silly grin, as happy as a child.

"From now on, I shall call you Six-Eared."

"Six-Eared pays respects to Master!"

Six-Eared Macaque straightened his body, his expression turning solemn. He bent at the waist, lowered his head, and clasped his fists 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 with his finger. A streak of spiritual light entered Six-Eared Macaque's mind.

Six-Eared Macaque stood stiffly in place, his eyes dull as he received and comprehended the Shangqing Sword Canon.

It was not something one could cultivate merely by possessing it. It had to be comprehended first; only after comprehension could one cultivate it.

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

Six-Eared possessed Demon God Origin just like him. Not only was his aptitude high, but if properly guided in the future, he might not be unable to walk the path of proving the Dao through Laws, like Lu Chen and Tongtian.

That was why Lu Chen had chosen to accept him as a disciple despite Hongjun's casual remark that the Dharma was not to be passed to Six-Eared.

He had taken a liking to Six-Eared's potential.

"What magical treasure should I give Six-Eared?"

Immediately afterward, Lu Chen encountered a rather troublesome question: what sort of magical treasure should he give Six-Eared?

For a master to grant his disciple a cultivation technique and a protective magical treasure was the bare minimum.

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

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

He had not thought much of it before, but now that he had taken a disciple, he found himself 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-Eared awaken, Lu Chen asked casually.

"Seventy percent, I suppose."

Six-Eared scratched his head and answered somewhat bashfully.

Lu Chen nodded. "Seventy percent is not bad. Quite a few of your martial uncles cannot compare to you."

Do not think seventy percent was little. Upon comprehending the Shangqing Sword Canon for the first time, throughout the entire Jie Sect, only Lu Chen and Duobao had comprehended the complete Shangqing Sword Canon. As for Jin Ling and the others, they had only comprehended around sixty or seventy percent. Some had comprehended merely ten or twenty percent.

After all, although his junior disciples might have decent temperaments, their aptitudes truly varied like jade and gravel.

"Really?"

Hearing that some martial uncles were inferior to him, Six-Eared was delighted. At least he had not disgraced Lu Chen.

"What type of weapon do you like?"

"A staff!"

Six-Eared Macaque answered without the slightest hesitation.

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

Lu Chen secretly nodded. He was not surprised that Six-Eared liked staffs. If he remembered correctly, all Four Monkeys of Havoc wielded 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 magical treasures in hand. Take this treasure for protection for now. Later, I will find a suitable magical treasure for you."

"Thank you, Master!"

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

"Master, what is this magical treasure called?"

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

"A top-grade innate spiritual treasure!"

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

A top-grade innate spiritual treasure!

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

Six-Eared's furry hand tightened around the Purple-Electric Hammer. Though it was not the staff he liked best, the words "top-grade innate spiritual treasure" were enough to erase any preference he had for weapon types. If Lu Chen asked him now, he would answer without hesitation that hammers were his favorite.

"Your cultivation is still too weak. You cannot wield the Purple-Electric Hammer yet, so put it away first."

Seeing how reluctant Six-Eared was to part with it, Lu Chen smiled.

Without anyone to guide him, having relied entirely on groping his way through cultivation alone, Six-Eared's strength was not particularly high. He possessed only the cultivation of 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 in his hand, with that same handsome face, carried himself somewhat like a refined gentleman. Beside him followed a monkey dressed in a Daoist robe.

They arrived at the edge of the East Sea, their feet stepping upon the sea's 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 a statue of me?"

"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-Eared's eyes grew even stronger.

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

In just a few hundred or thousand years, the Human Race's territory had expanded by more than thirty percent. And it was not occupation in name only, but true occupation, with tribes actually living there.

But this was normal. The Human Race reproduced quickly and required vast lands. 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 the stars, the Demon Race that remained in the Primordial World either occupied mountains and declared themselves kings, yet they were nothing more than a heap of loose sand. Even those demon kings were not particularly strong.

Those elite members of the Demon Race with great strength had all gone to the Heavenly Court, and were now all 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 act without the slightest restraint.

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

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