Taking Disciples
When he looked at Lin Dayou again, he suddenly thought, "He truly deserves to be the father of a sect leader!"
This sect leader's father must be the kind of person described in those folk tales, who looks ordinary on the outside but is actually a powerful figure who can turn the world upside down with a flick of his wrist.
Although this senior looks to be only in his thirties, he must have already witnessed the vicissitudes of life!
Despite his noble status, he dressed very simply, which suggests that he must have grown tired of the tumultuous life and wanted to experience the life of an ordinary person.
To integrate into this small village as an ordinary person, and to pursue the sublime realm of simplicity!
As Liao Pantu had predicted, Mo Yuanjiao immediately bowed deeply to Lin Dayou and said:
"I humbly request that you accept me as your apprentice, senior. Don't let my young age fool you; I am extremely hardworking!"
After learning what the child had come for, and knowing that he himself was only at the Qi Refining Second Layer, Lin Dayou dared not take the child as a disciple and immediately waved his hand in refusal.
When Mo Yuanjiao saw that Lin Dayou had refused, he thought that he had not been sincere enough, so he pressed on and made an even more fervent request to become Lin Dayou's apprentice.
Lin Dayou, who usually exudes a powerful aura in front of Lin Xiao, found himself somewhat at a loss when faced with the passionate Mo Yuanjiao.
In the end, he couldn't resist Mo Yuanjiao's strong desire to become his disciple, and nodded as if possessed.
Mo Yuanjiao formally performed the apprenticeship ceremony for Lin Dayou, and the two became master and disciple.
Seeing that it was getting late and his apprentice and his guards had nowhere to stay, Lin Dayou, who was new to teaching, immediately waved his hand and said:
"You two can stay in my room for now." He wasn't referring to his own house down the mountain, where there were no extra rooms. He was referring to the place Lin Xiao had arranged for him at Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling.
Lin Dayou walked into the sect, Mo Yuanjiao, completely disregarding the head injury he had just suffered, excitedly followed him.
Only Guard Mo tried to stop him from behind:
"Young master, be careful!"
However, when Mo Yuanjiao arrived at the spot where he had been knocked away, Mo Yuanjiao was not kept out as before; he walked in without any hindrance.
Seeing this, Mo Yuanjiao, who was following behind Lin Dayou, excitedly waved to the Guard Mo:
"Old Que, come quick! It's alright now!"
Seeing this, Guard Mo had no choice but to shut his mouth and follow.
But he was still stopped by that invisible barrier.
Lin Dayou turned around and saw that Lin Xiao had said only disciples of the sect could enter, so he had no choice but to say to Guard Mo:
"Well, only disciples of our sect can enter this barrier. Otherwise, why don't you come down the mountain and make do with sleeping on the floor in my house for the night?"
Would Guard Mo agree to that?
Of course not!
It wasn't that he didn't want to sleep on the floor in the village, but as a guard, even if he had to sleep on the floor, he had to sleep in front of his young master!
Seeing that things had come to this point, and there was no turning back for the young master, Guard Mo immediately and decisively knelt down before Lin Dayou.
"I humbly request that you accept me as your disciple, senior!"
Lin Dayou thought to himself, since he'd already taken one in, why would he care about one more? At worst, he could just hand them over to Lin Xiao to teach later.
So he nodded very readily and accepted the second apprentice.
The two newly recruited disciples of the Lingxian Sect followed Lin Dayou and smoothly entered the territory of the Lingxian Sect.
At the same time, far away in the county town, Lin Xiao suddenly heard a system notification in his mind:
[With seventeen disciples, the sect's defenses have been upgraded to a sect- Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation. In normal operation, any disciple or person authorized by the sect leader can freely enter and exit. In alert mode, entry and exit must be authorized by the sect leader or a designated person within the array. Friendly reminder: Only the sect leader can designate such a person.]
Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised; this wasn't right.
Originally, there were only fourteen people in the sect, and with the newly recruited Tuantuan, that made fifteen. How come the system suddenly indicates that the sect's population has increased to seventeen?
Lin Xiao immediately opened the sect panel and saw that the number of disciples had indeed changed to seventeen. He then immediately opened the disciple list.
Could it be that someone suddenly took on a disciple so late at night?
When he opened the list of disciples, he saw that three new panels had indeed appeared.
The first one is fine, it's Tuantuan's.
[Name: Fang Tuantuan]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone age: 13 years old]
[Qualifications: Very average, but lucky]
[Cultivation Level: Spirit Awakening Seventh Layer]
[Sect Status: inner disciple (Changeable) [Disciple of Sun Yigao]]
[Sect Position: None (Can be changed)]
The system even thoughtfully indicated whose apprentice it was.
But when he saw the last two, Lin Xiao fell silent.
[Name: Mo Yuanjiao]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone age: 13 years old]
[Talent: Prodigy]
[Cultivation Level: Mortal]
[Sect Status: inner disciple (Changeable) [Disciple of Lin Dayou]]
[Sect Position: None (Can be changed)]
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[Name: Mo Que]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone age: 28 years old]
[Qualifications: Nothing special]
[Cultivation Level: Mortal]
[Sect Status: inner disciple (Changeable) [Disciple of Lin Dayou]]
[Sect Position: None (Can be changed)]
Lin Xiao was somewhat incredulous, but no matter how many times he closed and reopened the app, both of them were still listed as "[Lin Dayou's disciple]" on their panels.
He then looked at his father's data panel.
No problem, still at the Qi Refining First Layer.
Lin Xiao:...
What's wrong with his dad? He actually has time to take on disciples! He's always running around cultivating and farming, always saying he's too busy and doesn't have enough time...
Come to think of it, Lin Xiao felt that the two people's stats looked somewhat familiar.
One was thirteen years old, the other twenty-eight, both surnamed Mo.
He suddenly remembered the guards and the immature teenager he had encountered in Liaoju Prefecture.
Surprisingly, they actually came knocking on our door.
He suddenly felt a strong urge to go back and see what had happened that caused his unassuming father to take on two disciples at the Qi Refining First Layer.
But then he suddenly remembered that Senior Liao and the Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation were still inside the sect, so he figured nothing should happen.
So he endured it and continued to accompany Sun Yigao to take the exam in the county town, while also making some extra money with Tuzi Fuzi.
In fact, the shrewd man discovered a business opportunity.
He can buy a hundred pine soot inks with just one Spirit Stone! Pine soot inks are very expensive in the Mortal Realm.
A piece of pine soot ink generally costs two taels of silver or more.
He could easily sell it for a dollar or two and everyone could buy a set of cotton quilts.
Moreover, Lin Xiao also planned to buy some other things.
If it were back when he could only earn Spirit Stone through quests, Lin Xiao would never have been willing to spend a single Spirit Stone to exchange for ordinary items.
But things are different now; he's now a mine owner.
This is just a small amount of money, but it's something you still have to spend.