The meal was simple: millet porridge with pickled vegetables.
But Ye Chen ate with great relish.
After finishing his meal, Ye Chen knelt before Ling Yi again, this time appearing much more serious.
" The Final Master, I want to become your disciple and learn cultivation from you."
Give me a reason.
Could the system activation task be considered a reason? Ye Chen wondered, but he knew he couldn't say it that way.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "I wish to attain Longevity."
" Longevity! Throughout history, how many have truly Longevity?"
After a pause, Ling Yi continued, "Although you are slow-witted, you do have some talent. But I must make this clear from the beginning: once you become my disciple, your life and death will be out of your control. If I allow you to live, you cannot die; if I allow you to die, you cannot live."
"Holy crap, is it that serious?" Ye Chen hesitated. He only wanted to become an apprentice and activate the system mission; he didn't want to sell himself to Ling Yi.
" The Final Master, I don't understand being born, and I don't understand dying either. Can you explain?"
"You shall become my disciple and receive my protection until you complete your apprenticeship. During this period, neither natural disasters nor man-made calamities shall harm you; in fact, you shall live."
Ye Chen's eyes lit up; this was a good idea.
"Betraying your master, death; committing evil, death; bullying the weak, death; breaking the law, death; disobeying etiquette, death; burdened by Karmic Force, I will not accept you, nor will Heaven allow you to live. This is how I will kill you."
These are acceptable; he won't do anything bad.
" The Final Master, may I get married?"
"Can!"
Can I eat meat?
"Can!"
"Able..."
Ling Yi waved his hand. "My rules are based solely on good and evil; nothing else matters."
Without further hesitation, Ye Chen kowtowed three times.
" The Final Master, please accept my bow."
Ling Yi sat Da Ma in the chair, accepting Ye Chen's three bows. After all, Ling Yi was going to teach him real skills, so he could accept it.
"Go home first and tell your parents what happened, so they won't worry."
"Heaven and earth are revered, and parents are to be respected. You must respect heaven and earth and be filial to your parents. If your parents disagree, I will expel you from the sect, understand?"
Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, the Final Master!"
Ling Yi's words garnered praise from many viewers.
Director Qi Hong also spoke highly of Ling Yi.
Ye Chen's parents felt they had made the right decision to let him participate in the program.
Ye Chen went down the mountain with a nervous heart and took a taxi home. He thought his parents would refuse, but they agreed without saying a word. They even told him to hurry up the mountain and listen to his master.
So, before it got dark, Ye Chen returned to the Daoist temple.
At this moment, his cheat system was activated: the Hundredfold Cultivation System. Its functions are self-evident; it's a fairly common cultivation assistance cheat.
Upon returning to the Daoist temple, Ye Chen saw Ling Yi sitting on a futon Meditation and cultivating.
Ye Chen felt a little curious and wanted to sit next to Ling Yi, but as soon as he took a few steps closer to Ling Yi, he felt an inexplicable Aura Field pressing down on him.
This greatly surprised Ye Chen.
If everything before could be faked, Ye Chen no longer had any doubts now.
This mysterious power cannot be achieved through any props.
Moreover, because of the system, Ye Chen never doubted that Ling Yi was fake, let alone imagined that he was currently in a program being broadcast live across the entire internet.
Ye Chen found a spot a little further away and sat there obediently, waiting for Ling Yi to wake up.
Ling Yi was indeed cultivating. Although he possessed various top-tier cultivation techniques, he was currently just an ordinary person.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of this world is recovering; although it is still weak at present, it is extremely pure.
As darkness fell, Ling Yi began to emit a faint light.
The viewers in the live stream assumed it was just a prop and didn't think much of it.
But Ye Chen could clearly feel that his the Final Master's Aura Field had become even stronger.
With nothing else to do, Ye Chen began to study his system.
But now that he has no cultivation technique, the Hundredfold Cultivation ability is just for show. He wants to learn to Meditation like Ling Yi, but he finds even Imitation difficult.
I finally managed to sit up, but in less than ten minutes, my legs started to feel numb and I couldn't take it anymore.
Left with no other option, they went to the courtyard to chop more firewood to Passing Time.
But the moment he picked up the axe, the system suddenly gave him a notification.
Before his eyes appeared some data about the axe in front of him.
Primary Spirit Treasure (Perfect Grade): Spirit Treasure casually crafted by a mysterious master. Although it cannot split Mountain Splitting and shatter rocks, it can cut down ordinary objects with a single blow. This treasure automatically absorbs the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. With long-term use, it can strengthen the body, slowly enhance the meridians and Dantian, and improve aptitude.
"Damn it!"
The system even has Appraisal function, but that's not important. What's important is that this thing is a treasure.
He waved it around a few times with great delight, feeling it was so much easier to use than during the day.
Ye Chen stood up a log and chopped it down with an axe.
The log broke instantly, the cut was smooth, and there was no resistance whatsoever.
The viewers in the live stream started to worry, thinking that the production team had given something away. The show was just getting interesting, and if it was interrupted now, it would be so boring.
Even the director started to worry.
But seeing Ye Chen chopping wood so happily, with such an excited look on his face, I felt like something was off.
"Who provided this firewood? The props are quite well-made!"
Xiao Liu, who was wearing glasses, said, "Um, director, this firewood was Central Plains the Daoist temple; it wasn't a prop we prepared."
"What? Where's the axe?"
"The axe also belongs to the Daoist temple."
Qi Hong was a little confused as she watched Ye Chen happily hacking away in the live stream, completely unable to figure out what was going on.
At this moment, Xiao Liu said again, "Could it be that Ling Yi tampered with the firewood? He said he knew magic, so perhaps he used something to make the wood brittle?"
"Yes, that must be it. It seems this Ling Yi is indeed something special. We've struck gold this time."
Inside the Daoist temple, Ling Yi didn't finish his first cultivation session until nine o'clock in the evening.
"Cultivation has no time limit; it seems I'll have to be more careful in the future!" Ling Yi murmured.
As I walked into the courtyard, I saw Ye Chen wildly swinging an axe, while the firewood beside him had already been chopped up.
Ling Yi smiled slightly; clearly, this kid had already discovered the wonder of the axe.
"If you like this axe, it's yours," Ling Yi said.
Hearing Ling Yi's voice, Ye Chen exclaimed with delight, " The Final Master, you said it yourself! Consider it a gift for our first meeting!"
"By the way, the Final Master, did you forge this axe?"
"Hmm, just a little gadget I made on the spur of the moment."
" The Final Master is awesome!"
As expected, the Final Master was the mysterious powerhouse the system had mentioned.
Then, Ye Chen rubbed his stomach and said, " The Final Master, I'm hungry. How about we order some takeout?"
"The Daoist temple is in a remote location, so they don't deliver food there."
"Add more money!"
Ling Yi shook his head and said, "From now on, we will need to be self-sufficient in food and clothing. Although we don't abstain from meat or vegetables, there are too many toxins in the food outside, which can pollute our meridians and Dantian."
"I can understand being self-sufficient in food, but how can you be self-sufficient in clothing?"
You'll find out soon enough.
We cooked over Fire Lighting, usually millet rice with pickled vegetables.
"Get up at four o'clock tomorrow morning!"
"Uh, yes, the Final Master!" Ye Chen knew that his cheap the Final Master was going to teach him real skills, and he couldn't help but get excited.
The Daoist temple is quite large, with three courtyards.
The main hall houses statues of the Three Pure Ones, but why would Ling Yi need to worship these creatures?
Even the Ling Yi in the heavens and earth might be worshipped and bowed down to.
Therefore, Ling Yi moved the statue of Sanqing directly to the corner and carved a large word "jie" on the wall with one hand.
Fortunately, the live stream was already closed; otherwise, who knows what the viewers would have speculated and imagined after seeing this scene.
Ling Yi then sat down cross-legged again and began cultivating. However, this time Ling Yi dared not devote himself too much to it, always keeping a wisp of his mind focused on the passage of time.
As soon as midnight struck, Ling Yi suddenly opened his eyes.
Turning around and walking out of the courtyard, Ling Yi's treasure-refining attempts were reset. This time, he planned to directly refine the Daoist temple into a magic weapon...
At four o'clock the next morning, Ling Yi nodded in satisfaction when he saw Ye Chen wielding an axe in the yard.
Fortunately, he wasn't one of those bland, uninteresting Protagonist.
However, the live stream wasn't running at the moment, but the cameras hidden in various corners were still in operation.
Director Qi Hong didn't sleep a wink all night.
Ling Yi's actions last night were truly mind-blowing to his values.
Although there was no live broadcast last night, he clearly saw Ling Yi carving words from Across Space and the Yingying colorful light when the Daoist temple transformed into a magical artifact.
Even with his wildest imagination, he still noticed Ling Yi's strangeness.
"I don't belong to any sect, but since I've taken you as my disciple, you should have a name so that people will know who you are when you set foot in the heavens and travel the Immortal Realm."
"My name is Ling Yi. I have had many names in the past, but from today onwards, I am the leader of the Realm Gate. The Realm is the boundary of All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and you are the first disciple of the Realm Gate."
Ye Chen listened attentively and took notes. After what happened yesterday, he no longer doubted Ling Yi's "identity".
Moreover, the Daoist temple's data is right in front of us...