"Yes, yes, my lord of the Five Directional Divine Generals. I spoke out of turn."
The young Taoist novice dared not argue. He even tried to slap himself, but Lin Feng stopped him.
There was no need.
Lin Feng's intervention put Little Daoist Boy at ease.
This really was not a cruel lord.
Everyone knew the Five Directional Divine Generals were five people. There was only one lord before him, but when he claimed to be the Five Directional Divine Generals, Little Daoist Boy offered no opinion.
He dearly hoped this new lord would become his divine general from now on.
He would cling to this powerful patron and never let go.
As long as the lord was kind, Little Daoist Boy would not argue even if he claimed to be the Jade Emperor.
Lin Feng did not dwell on the title. He had not come here to puzzle over a new identity, but to ask which school Little Daoist Boy belonged to.
There was much in Zhang Boduan's poetry that Lin Feng did not understand. If the novice belonged to the Elixir Tripod School, Lin Feng might be able to extract some treasured Taoist "secrets" from his fellow disciples.
Among Taoist scriptures, every school had different texts and terminology. They came with their own built-in encryption.
Lin Feng intended to snag a couple of learned Taoists to explain what elixir refinement meant, what it meant for dragon and tiger to complement each other, and what it meant to harmonize yin and yang. Just how was this Great Elixir supposed to be refined?
Surely he was not supposed to toss a person into a kiln, pack it with earth and Karmic Fire, and start refining?
If that were the case...
The scene would be rather too astonishing.
After a few