Coming to his senses, Ye Feng immediately tried to pull Ward to his feet. He had no desire to take on such an old disciple, and besides, Ward would not be able to learn his technique.
Yet even after several hard pulls, Ye Feng failed to get Ward up.
Only then did Ye Feng realize that Ward seemed to have reached the Nascent Soul Realm as well, except that he had devoted all his energy to inscribing paper talismans.
But Ye Feng had never considered taking a disciple, so he hurriedly refused:
"I'm not planning to take any disciples right now. If I change my mind in the future, I'll certainly consider you first!"
Unexpectedly, Ward refused to fall for that and said firmly:
"Please take me as your disciple, Master Ye Feng. If you won't accept me, I'll Kneel and Never Rise here!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was utterly speechless. He really wanted to snap:
"Then stay on your knees if you like!"
And then sweep his sleeves and leave.
But that was only a fantasy. Ward was Kalu's First Talisman Maker, after all. Ye Feng could not afford to offend him completely, so he could only turn to Kalu with a pleading look.
Kalu immediately understood and hurriedly tugged at Ward, saying:
"Mr. Ward, you won't find a master this way. No master would take someone as a disciple on the strength of a single remark. You have to demonstrate your abilities and your worth. That's how you win them over."
Ward found this very reasonable. He had spoken rudely to Ye Feng earlier, so asking Ye Feng to take him as a disciple now was clearly rather unreasonable.
Ward immediately stood up and said to Ye Feng with great respect:
"I spoke foully earlier and treated you