Liu Yu fell silent for a moment, then swore an oath upon his Inner Demon. He declared with ironclad resolve:
"I, Liu Yu, hereby swear this Heart-Demon Oath: if Uncle-Master Geng..., and furthermore..."
He was confident that protecting a disciple in the qi refining period would be no trouble once he reached foundation establishment. As for providing an opportunity to reach foundation establishment, that was merely a matter of one Foundation Establishment Pill. With the cultivation of the foundation establishment realm, arranging it would be a thousand times easier than it was today.
To gain something, one had to give something up. Every gift of fate already bore a price.
Seeing Liu Yu swear the Heart-Demon Oath so decisively, Geng Yuanzhang revealed a faint smile on his aged face, quite satisfied.
He wasted no time either. He rose from the Grand Tutor Chair, left the room, and said to Liu Yu:
"You are a teachable lad. Come with this old man."
With that, he headed out of Rectified Origin Hall.
Joy stirred in Liu Yu's heart at those words. Knowing the matter was largely settled, he obediently followed two steps behind him and left Rectified Origin Hall.
Geng Yuanzhang stopped at the entrance and gave the two Outer Disciples a few instructions. In essence, he had business to attend to today, and if anyone came to arrange a promotion, they were to say he was away and ask them to return another day.
After making these arrangements, Geng Yuanzhang took out a black, boat-shaped Magical Artifact. It swelled in the wind into a small boat two zhang long and half a zhang wide, hovering half a zhang above the ground. He boarded it, then beckoned Liu Yu aboard.
Disciples in the qi refining period were forbidden to fly on Clear