"I have never considered taking disciples."
Qing Xuan did not agree immediately. "Besides, Kong Xuan is Fellow Daoist Yuanfeng's daughter. If I accept her into my sect, apart from the Cause and Effect between master and disciple, I will inevitably become entangled with the Phoenix Clan."
He did not fear the current Phoenix Clan, but neither was he interested in voluntarily involving himself in the Cause and Effect left behind by the three clans.
Since Yuanfeng had raised the matter, she naturally knew what he would care about.
"Fellow Daoist would only be Xuan'er's master. It has nothing to do with the entire Phoenix Clan."
She looked Qing Xuan directly in the eye, without the slightest hint of jest in her expression.
"I can make a promise on behalf of the Phoenix Clan. No matter what happens in the future, the Phoenix Clan will not use Xuan'er's status as your disciple to ask Fellow Daoist to act, nor will we involve Fellow Daoist in the clan's Cause and Effect."
"Other than what we agreed upon earlier, the Phoenix Clan will not ask Fellow Daoist for anything else."
Qing Xuan did not respond at once.
Yuanfeng continued, "Although Xuan'er was conceived from my own origin essence, she is not a true phoenix."
"The Phoenix Clan can teach her divine abilities and provide the spiritual objects she needs for cultivation, but no one has truly walked her path of the innate Five Elements."
"Since Fellow Daoist is collecting the Five Directional Primordial Flags, the Great Dao you cultivate naturally includes the Five Elements. If Xuan'er can enter Fellow Daoist's sect, it would be far more suitable than remaining at Undying Volcano and mechanically following the Phoenix Clan's inheritance."
Having said that, Yuanfeng did not continue persuading him and merely lifted the teacup