"By the way, Master, do you know Master Danding?" Wang Shouzhe changed the subject.
"I know him, but our temperaments clash." Master Changchun said, "Master Danding came from a Rogue Cultivator background. It is said that he was even refused when he sought to study at the Academy in his youth, so he has always spoken disrespectfully of it. I have had verbal conflicts with him several times."
"Er..." Wang Shouzhe looked helplessly at Master Changchun. He had originally thought that, since they were both High Persons, there ought to be some connections he could use to pull strings. Who would have thought they had a negative connection instead?
Naturally, the Academy also had an alchemy curriculum, but Wang Shouye was an Alchemist cultivated by the family and would need to guard the family in the future. It would not be suitable for him to follow the Academy route.
"I heard that old fellow can no longer hold himself back and is preparing to take a disciple?" Master Changchun said with a smile. "Could it be that Shouzhe wishes for a clansman to enter under his tutelage? Setting other things aside, that old Danding fellow's alchemy system descended from a legendary great master of alchemy and has quite a few unique aspects. But old Danding has always had a strange temperament and is difficult to serve. And if you give him my name, I fear he will throw you out at once."
"Not necessarily." After considering it briefly, Wang Shouzhe said, "Master Danding's resentment toward the Academy stems from his Rogue Cultivator origins and the discrimination he suffered afterward, which provoked his rebellious mindset. Think about it, Master. As a Nominal Disciple of the Evergreen Lineage, if I instead have a clansman take him as a master, would that not