Disciple Acceptance Ceremony

Lingxian Sect is not an ancient sect with too many rules.

This sect is very young.

Therefore, the procedures they follow when holding apprenticeship ceremonies are not complicated.

The few simple etiquette rules were merely slightly adjusted based on the advice of Sun Yigao, a respectable scholar.

The purpose of etiquette is to ensure that people maintain order and discipline in group settings.

Therefore, while rites can be appropriately added to or subtracted from according to the times and places, they should never be abandoned.

The apprenticeship ceremony passed down through generations in the Mortal Realm is not simple, but after Lin Xiao and the others made some cuts and edits, they only kept a few of the parts they felt were necessary.

Therefore, the entire apprenticeship ceremony was completed very quickly.

After a brief apprenticeship ceremony, Jiang Youfu, Sun Yigao, Liao Pantu, Liu Chun, Mo Yuanjiao, and Hu Liang each had their own apprentices.

Among them, Jiang Youfu, Sun Yigao, and Liu Chun had the most disciples.

Jiang Youfu, needless to say, had already become a legendary figure in the Pusi Kingdom within three years due to his craftsmanship.

Even those unfamiliar with the Lingxian Sect know that there is an immortal in Hufang Province whose dishes can cure all kinds of diseases that are difficult for humans to treat!

Moreover, every dish was incredibly delicious.

Although most people don't know that such culinary skills were actually created by Jiang Youfu, a boy who was only sixteen years old.

However, the Azure Cloud Peak disciples who had joined the Lingxian Sect a month prior were clearly not included in this category.

Therefore, today, the number of people who have become Jiang Youfu's disciples is the largest, totaling twenty-three!

Following closely behind was Sun Yigao.

Because he often had to go down the mountain to teach, many people who had visited Xiushui Village had seen him in person, making him the most well-known immortal of the Lingxian Sect.

However, the teacher's identity had less impact on mortals than Jiang Youfu's healing Spirit Cuisine, so in terms of widespread fame, he was far less famous than Jiang Youfu.

However, he has a refined and handsome appearance, a gentle and jade-like demeanor, and an outstanding temperament, which gives people an inexplicable feeling that he is both capable and reliable.

Therefore, as many as twenty people chose to become his disciples and follow him to learn alchemy.

Next was Liu Chun.

Liu Chun made a special trip back to attend this apprenticeship ceremony.

In fact, apart from a few people who had already embarked on a cultivation journey before entering the sect, almost everyone's understanding of these cultivation techniques came from their previous visit to the sect. But that was just watching the spectacle; they themselves didn't have any concrete concept of these techniques.

Therefore, besides seeking out the already renowned Jiang Youfu and Sun Yigao as their masters, the disciples chose other masters primarily because they had become interested in learning a certain skill during their previous visit to the sect.

The second one was chosen based on intuition.

To put it bluntly, it's all about looks.

The elder, whose face was half black and half white and who had a black peach blossom pendant on his forehead, looked quite formidable, but he still gave off a somewhat frightening vibe, so I decided to pass.

As for the other two young men...

A young man who looked quite young, though handsome with striking features and sharp eyebrows, somehow gave off an unreliable, immature vibe.

The other man, sturdy and with an honest appearance, was Elder Hu, who had led everyone in building the house for twenty days.

Looking at Elder Hu at the head of the table, most of the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak thought to themselves, "Everyone knows Elder Hu Elder Hu, so surely many people will choose him, right? I don't really like weapon crafting, so I won't compete with others for Elder Hu. I'll just choose my preferred master/skill!"

Therefore, many people turned their attention to Liu Chun, who seemed to be the most suitable person to be a master.

This Elder Liu looks like a true elder!

It perfectly captures the feeling of a "master".

Thus, Liu Chun became the elder with the third-highest number of disciples.

He had eighteen apprentices.

The other three masters, Hu Liang had fifteen disciples, Mo Yuanjiao had eleven disciples, and Liao Pantu six disciples.

At first, Liao Pantu was very unhappy when he saw that only six people had chosen to become his disciples!

What's wrong with these Azure Cloud Peak disciples! They don't know who's who! He's a high-quality master with over five hundred years of accumulated knowledge and skills! And yet only six disciples chose him!

However, when he carefully examined his six disciples, he became somewhat happy.

Hey, out of a total of six disciples, five of them weren't just Drawing Qi into the Body but already had cultivation levels, one of whom was even at the Golden Core Stage!

Liao Pantu stroked his long beard twice with great pleasure.

What does this tell us?

This shows that those in the know understand that he is the most capable one!

At this point, a total of 118 disciples of Azure Cloud Peak have become apprentices, leaving 14 disciples who have not yet chosen to become apprentices.

Liu Yunan, who was in charge of the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak, also inquired about the situation of the fourteen disciples who did not choose to become apprentices after the apprenticeship ceremony.

Ten of them felt that they were already struggling with their cultivation studies, and that instead of spending their energy too early learning skills, they should first understand cultivation and then deal with skills later.

Because Liu Yunan had told them before that this wasn't the only opportunity to become an apprentice; there would be plenty of opportunities to learn skills in the future.

So these ten people weren't in a hurry.

As for the other four...

When Liu Yunan asked about the disciple named He Rui, He Rui instead asked him:

Elder Liu, does the sect leader accept disciples?

Liu Yunan suddenly realized, so this disciple wanted to become Brother Xiao's disciple?

"Then I don't know, the sect leader is very busy lately," he replied.

After all, Brother Xiao only said that he was busy recently, but he did not explicitly tell him that he would not accept disciples in the future, so he did not make any definitive statements.

I thought this disciple would be discouraged, but to my surprise, she was instead full of energy and high spirits.

"So that means there's a possibility of being accepted as a disciple in the future! Thank you for letting me know, Elder! I'm going to cultivate now! Goodbye, Elder Liu!" She would cultivate diligently! That way, if the sect leader were to accept disciples in the future, perhaps she would be chosen!

Aside from the disciple named He Rui, the other three disciples were all in similar situations. They all wanted to become disciples of the sect leader but were unable to do so, so they preferred to focus on cultivation rather than seeking a master.

After the apprenticeship ceremony, each master led their disciple to a separate place and began explaining their usual teaching rules to the disciple.

After all, they are usually quite busy.

For people like Liu Chun who are often away from the sect, the teaching duties for each month are basically crammed into the few days he returns.

However, Liu Chun and Lin Xiao came up with a solution.

Aside from the few days he returned to the sect to teach each month, he would take another disciple to Yuanling City each month to teach that disciple by his side, rotating them monthly.