Chapter 244

Cheng Wei, the Divine Venerable, had no idea where he had gone to drink himself drunk. When he woke up, he saw his little disciple practicing swordsmanship again. So diligent. If he had possessed such determination back then, the old man would have happily drunk for three days and three nights.

"This disciple greets Master."

"Why haven't you gone down the mountain to have fun lately?" Other people's masters only urged their disciples to work hard; only he was this good, urging his disciple to go out and play every day. Cheng Wei thought about it, then could not help praising himself in his heart for being such a competent and excellent master.

Wen Xu was already accustomed to this. "Reporting to Master, this disciple has been somewhat conspicuous at the foot of the mountain lately."

Cheng Wei calculated it. "Has time passed so quickly already? Is the sect taking in new disciples again?" Unexpectedly, he and A-Xu had been master and disciple for six years now. It always felt as though it had passed in the blink of an eye.

"Yes. It seems even livelier this year than at the previous intake."

Divine Venerable Cheng Wei still loved watching excitement unfold. "How lively? Could it be that another Mutated Spiritual Root has come to Yonglu Mountain?"

"Not that. The City Lord's Office is holding a wedding celebration today."

Divine Venerable Cheng Wei immediately perked up. "What kind of celebration? Taking in a disciple? Or forming a Daoist partnership?"

Wen Xu shook his head. "Neither." Then he briefly explained the intermarriage between the two cities.

"Ah, that. Then it hardly counts as excitement." Divine Venerable Cheng Wei naturally knew Lin Xingheng, but to him, whether it was the current Xia Huainan, Lin Xingheng, or the leaders of the five great