Abandoning One's Birth Name
As for Sun Yigao others, they were busier, as they needed to teach different content based on the Cultivation Method chosen by their disciples within a single class period.
This arrangement is merely a stopgap measure.
Once a disciple is able to master the first level of a certain Cultivation Method, the teaching of that Cultivation Method can be shared among others.
The beginning is always the hardest, and everyone was mentally prepared for that, so none of them had any objections to the arrangement.
Mo Yuanjiao was even eager to try, and he asked, as if he had just thought of something:
"Why not let everyone attend classes anywhere? Once they choose a class and stick with it, it's easier to switch if they don't like the Cultivation Method."
Sun Yigao thought for a moment and shook his head:
"That's not advisable. This approach easily leads to restlessness, with everyone thinking they can listen first and then easily change their minds, making it difficult to settle down and learn."
Yang Jinshu also agreed with Sun Yigao:
"We've learned all these Cultivation Method over this period of time. How can we have so many likes and dislikes? We can't possibly develop any aversion or rejection towards a particular Cultivation Method, can we? They're all just skills, learned only for self-defense and nothing else, and they don't take up much time."
Upon hearing this, Mo Yuanjiao felt that what they said made sense, so he nodded and agreed to start scheduling classes with everyone.
The course content is ready, but the venue is another issue.
Currently, the only suitable places to use as classrooms within the Lingxian Sect are the cultivation room halfway up the mountain and the Cultivation Hall on Azure Cloud Peak.
Lin Xiao is considering whether to work overtime tonight to open up another plot of land and build a few more Cultivation Method rooms.
Then Sun Yigao suggested:
"Why don't we use Lingxian Academy at the foot of the mountain for now? The academy dismisses classes every evening, and it has an isolation array, so we don't have to worry about being disturbed."
Lin Xiao thought about it and agreed. Although it wouldn't be impossible to immediately set up a few Cultivation Method classrooms on an empty plot of land, the result would definitely be rudimentary.
With the expansion of the sect, many of the original buildings in the Lingxian Sect are no longer adequate and need to be renovated. Therefore, Lin Xiao no longer wants to build anything too casually.
Otherwise, we'll have to go through the trouble of replanning and rebuilding later.
Lingxian Academy had been expanded once before, and it is now more than capable of accommodating the nearly two hundred people of the Lingxian Sect.
With the Lingxian Academy taking over for a while, Lin Xiao doesn't need to rush. He can then plan his Cultivation Method courses more carefully.
He plans to take another stroll through the North Mountain Range later and choose a good location to develop it.
Now that the sect's resources are no longer as strained as before, construction no longer needs to be done just to have something.
As the four members of the Teaching and Research Group were nearing the end of their discussion, at midday, not long after class had ended at the Azure Cloud Peak Cultivation Hall, Liao Pantu appeared in the teaching and research room.
"Hey, Senior Liao, why are you here so early today? Didn't the disciples surround you with questions?" Mo Yuanjiao asked curiously when he saw Liao Pantu so early.
After all, when they went to Azure Cloud Peak to give lectures, they were always surrounded by disciples who would ask them questions for a long time.
But then Liao Pantu waved his hand and said:
"I heard that Bai Zhu and a few others took the lead in forming some kind of study group last night. After class, the members of the group discuss the problems they encounter together, and only ask the lecturer the next day if they really can't solve them together. This method is quite effective; the number of people asking questions today has decreased by more than half."
Upon hearing this, Sun Yigao laughed and said:
"Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me." This study group is a good one. Having companions on the path of cultivation to advance together and help each other is extremely beneficial.
Lin Xiao nodded in agreement.
"It seems that the disciples of Azure Cloud Peak have grown closer and more at ease after spending time together. They no longer need our arrangements and will spontaneously form teams to act."
After explaining why he had returned early, Liao Pantu's gaze swept over their faces, and then he said:
"Speaking of which, in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, cultivators usually adopt a Daoist name after their cultivation level increases. Most of them do so when they reach the Golden Core, and some even get one after successfully Foundation Establishment. It's fine before, but if you need to have long-term dealings with the Immortal Cultivation Realm afterward, having a Daoist name will be more convenient."
"A Daoist name?" Sun Yigao thought for a moment, feeling that it might be similar to the courtesy name of a scholar.
He asked this question, but Liao Pantu replied:
"Yes and no. A cultivator's Dao name is not given by others, but rather derived from their own understanding of their own Dao Path and Dao heart. However, although that's the theory, many cultivators don't actually understand anything, but in order to have a Dao name to show to others, most of them will rack their brains to come up with one."
As he spoke, he pointed to himself:
"However, I am different from those people. My original name was not actually Liao Pantu. Pantu was my Daoist name. I have been using this Daoist name for over a hundred years, and I have long forgotten my real name."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao suddenly realized what was going on.
No wonder when I first met Senior Liao, he called himself Venerable Pantu. It turns out that he wasn't just adding "Venerable" to his name to sound more imposing; it was actually his Daoist title!
At the same time, he asked the system in his mind:
"Why isn't Senior Liao's real name displayed in the disciple system?"
The system replied:
[Returning to the host, since this person has already reached the Nascent Soul, their Dao heart is stable, and they have long since abandoned their original name, their Dao heart only displays the name ' Liao Pantu '. This system will only display the name that they themselves acknowledge.]
I see.
It seems there's more to the story behind Senior Liao's real name.
After all, the system also mentioned that Senior Liao had completely abandoned his real name, and he himself said he had "forgotten" it, so it seems that this abandonment was very thorough.
However, he didn't mention it, clearly unwilling to talk about it, so Lin Xiao didn't ask.
The other three, just like Lin Xiao, tacitly refrained from asking the question.
Mo Yuanjiao asked with great interest:
"Senior Liao, how can we comprehend our own Daoist name?"
Judging from his expression, it seemed he was just waiting for Liao Pantu to come up with a solution so he could immediately put it into practice.
Seeing his anxious look, Liao Pantu laughed heartily:
"What's the rush, kid? This method is actually very simple: just meditate."
"Huh? It's that simple?" Everyone was quite surprised.
Liao Pantu and said:
"The method is simple, but truly obtaining one's own Dao name is not easy. Back then, it took me more than ten days of meditation to comprehend it, and my speed was considered very fast. Many cultivators take ten or eight years to comprehend it, but those people usually reach the limit of their cultivation and have no further prospects."
"Is this Daoist title that important? That someone would spend ten or eight years trying to comprehend it?" Yang Jinshu asked.
Upon hearing this, Liao Pantu nodded:
"It is quite important. Having a Daoist name is like having a guiding light on the path of cultivation. It makes it easier to understand and break through some of the bottlenecks that you might have encountered in your cultivation in the past."