Thus, Liu Yu felt neither burdened nor guilty about drawing closer to the Yan Household.
"To ensure the orderly continuation of the sect's legacy, we hold a Disciple-Selection Ceremony every thirty years. Any fellow disciple who has reached Foundation Establishment within the past forty years may attend."
"Twenty-four years have passed since the last Disciple-Selection Ceremony. Have you considered attending this one, Junior Brother Liu?"
Yan Hongyu did not answer Liu Yu directly, instead posing another question.
Cultivation emphasized "wealth, companions, methods, and land." Companions ranked second only to resources, showing just how important they were.
With a renowned master's guidance, one could avoid many detours in cultivation. Beyond that, one would also gain a powerful backer within the sect.
Taking Liu Yu himself as an example, had he received a master's guidance during the Qi Refining Period, his cultivation speed could have increased by at least ten to thirty percent.
Moreover, with a master intervening on his behalf, obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill would have been effortless. He would not have needed to rack his brains making plans.
Had he been unable to find Geng Yuanzhang's help back then, Liu Yu truly would have had no good solution for the time being.
Master-disciple relationships generally fell into two categories: Personal Disciples and Registered Disciples.
Cultivators generally accepted Personal Disciples to pass down their knowledge and ensure that everything they had learned would not die with them.
That way, when their lifespan ended, their bodies would perish, but their Dao would endure.
Precisely because Personal Disciples were meant to inherit their masters' mantle, they were often kept close and given constant guidance, making the relationship exceptionally intimate.
If a disciple was bullied or treated unfairly, the master would intervene. The two could be described as branches nourished by the same