novelapdf Chapter 372 Taking on Apprentices
Chapter 372 Taking on Apprentices
Chapter 376 Taking on Apprentices
Is it a person?
Or a ghost?
"It must be a ghost..."
The girl felt a chill run down her spine. When she was little, her mother had told her that she shouldn't go out at night because ghosts would roam around and love to eat young boys and girls.
Recently, immortals and demons have been fighting in various places, and countless mortals, immortals, and demons have died, creating places where yin energy gathers.
With the help of places where yin energy gathers and mass graves, the resentment of people before their death or the souls of cultivators can be transformed into ghost cultivators, making it not surprising that ghosts appear.
Moreover, the person under the old locust tree was dressed in blue, which looked quite frightening in the moonlight.
Oh no, oh no, it's all over now.
The girl, who had been targeted by the "ghost," hid in a corner and cried softly. She was now filled with regret, wishing she hadn't been so greedy as to search so many rooms.
Now, things are really messed up; they can't leave even if they want to.
On her deathbed, she did not feel sad for herself. In the midst of the chaos, even the village's skilled martial artists were torn to shreds by the monster's claws, let alone a six-year-old girl like her.
Her only worry was her parents, who were waiting for her to return outside the village.
After several dozen breaths, the figure under the tree just stared at her without making a move. The girl couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and mustered her courage to try to go out of the village, but she had only taken a few steps when an accident happened.
Its small body floated uncontrollably in the air, as if it had been lifted up, and quickly headed towards the old locust tree.
When she reached the tree, the girl landed steadily on the ground, stiffly looked up, and met the eyes of the so-called "ghost".
She was stunned.
The person in front of me had delicate features, unlike the pale face of a ghost, and did not exude that chilling aura. He was a perfectly normal human being!
If it's neither a ghost nor a monster, then what is it?
Could it be...?
The girl seemed to have realized something; her eyes widened, and she knelt on the ground with a thud, her face flushed red. She couldn't help but ask, "Are you an immortal?"
"An immortal?"
The person before him chuckled, then replied, "In the eyes of mortals, we are indeed immortals..."
"But we are just cultivators, also known as Taoist cultivators, and we are still very far from being immortals."
This person was none other than Zhang Lingyu.
Hearing the man's gentle words, the girl felt less afraid and whispered, "May I ask, sir, why are you standing under this old locust tree in the middle of the night? Are you waiting for someone?"
"That's right, we're waiting for someone."
"Waiting for whom?" the girl blurted out instinctively, then realized she had asked something she shouldn't have and quickly covered her mouth.
"Wait for you."
"wait for me?"
The girl was a little confused.
"That's right. It's the middle of the night, and it's just the two of us in this desolate village. Who else would we wait for if not you?"
Zhang Lingyu smiled and said, "I recently had a sudden inspiration that I would be taking on a second disciple. Based on this premonition, I came here and met you."
"The immortal wants to take me as his disciple?" The little girl stood there, stunned, unable to process what the other person was saying.
Being accepted as a disciple by an immortal and embarking on the so-called path of cultivation to seek immortality is something every mortal dreams of.
Every year, immortals would come to her town to test her spiritual abilities and take on disciples, so she knew a little about cultivation.
But very few can actually go up the mountain to cultivate; his parents' greatest wish was that he would be chosen by an immortal and taken as a disciple...
She turned six a month ago and should have been waiting in town for the immortals to test her spiritual abilities, as usual. Instead, a beast tide arrived, and the town was destroyed in an instant.
Fortunately, the family survived the ordeal and did not perish there.
So they began to flee, and today they have arrived here.
When they crawled out of the town's ruins, the father broke half his leg when a collapsed house crushed him while trying to protect himself, and the mother also fell ill.
Her father is currently taking care of her mother in a cave outside the village, so she went out to find food.
Who would have thought this would happen?
To be fair, who wouldn't want to become an immortal?
Thinking of her parents being left all alone after she left, and perhaps soon to be devoured by demonic beasts, she resolutely refused, saying, "Immortal, I have heard that cultivators need to sever ties with the mortal world. Although Wanyan yearns for the path of immortality, there will be no one to take care of her parents after she leaves. I beg you to find a new disciple."
After saying that, he gently kowtowed three times on the ground.
Seeing her filial piety, Zhang Lingyu couldn't help but praise, "What a good child!"
"That's right, there is indeed a saying among cultivators that they sever all ties with the mortal world, but this usually happens after their parents have passed away..."
"Now that I have accepted you as my disciple, how could I leave your parents alone in this desolate wilderness? Of course, I will take them back with me. I come from a family of cultivators, and once we get back, I will arrange for them to live in a small town at the foot of the mountain, where they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. They can come down the mountain to see me whenever they want."
"Really!?" the girl asked excitedly upon hearing this.
Seeing the man in blue nod slightly, she kowtowed three more times without hesitation and said respectfully, "Disciple Meng Wanyan greets Master."
"Alright, alright, get up."
Zhang Lingyu helped her up and said with a smile, "Although there wasn't a formal apprenticeship ceremony, I don't care about that. Now you're my second disciple!"
Why would he travel thousands of miles to this small mountain village and wait half a day to accept Meng Wanyan as his apprentice?
It was because the intelligence system updated a Level 6 intelligence report.
The girl in front of me is not only a spiritual being, but also possesses a fire-elemental spirit.
The so-called spiritual body is a special constitution. All cultivators who possess a spiritual body are exceptionally talented and possess all sorts of wondrous abilities.
The world of cultivation is full of wonders, and some people are just lucky enough to be born with exceptional talent. Of course, there are even better ones, namely, spiritual cultivators.
Generally speaking, spiritual beings are born naturally. It is more likely that a spiritual being will be born from the union of high-level cultivators. It is almost impossible for a spiritual being to be born from the union of two mortals.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's one in a billion!
But Meng Wanyan is a living example. When Zhang Lingyu saw this information, he was absolutely stunned and guessed that her ancestors must have been cultivators.
Of course, some spirits are formed later in life, and can be acquired by consuming some extraordinary natural treasures. However, such precious items are extremely rare and will be fiercely contested by cultivators as soon as they are born.
The Fire Virtue Spirit Body is the most basic of the Five Elements Spirit Bodies. Meng Wanyan, for example, is naturally affinity-for-fire attribute spiritual energy, making her cultivation of the Fire Virtue Technique twice as effective and her breakthroughs even faster.
Zhang Lingyu accepted her as his disciple, and the "Burning Yuan Fire Scripture" was just right for her to cultivate; otherwise, if it were another spirit, he would have to find another suitable one.
Besides the Fire Spirit Body, there are also the Wood Spirit Body, the Sword Heart Enlightenment Body, etc.
Zhang Lingyu didn't know about spirits in his early years; he only learned about them from some borrowed books after he became a guest elder of the Jade Light Pavilion.
I thought it would be hard to find someone like this, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and I even took him as my disciple!
After accepting Meng Wanyan as his disciple, Zhang Lingyu was in a good mood and rode the wind to take her to the cave where her parents lived.
"Wanyan!"
Upon seeing their child return safe and sound, the couple, both looking utterly miserable, immediately embraced him tightly.
Meng's father choked up and said, "I'm useless. I actually let a six-year-old child like you go out to find food. I hope you didn't encounter any danger."
"Of course not, Father and Mother, look at me, I'm perfectly fine!"
The girl patted her chest, but the scars on her small hands betrayed her. She broke free from her embrace and continued, "Father, Mother, I met an immortal! I even became his disciple!"
After saying that, she turned to look at Zhang Lingyu at the cave entrance.
Following their daughter's gaze, Meng's parents looked towards the cave entrance and discovered a man in blue robes standing outside, smiling at their family.
"Please spare my life, Immortal Master!"
Meng's father was not happy, but his eyes were full of fear. It was already late at night, how could a fairy suddenly appear in such a desolate place?
He heard a lot of news along the way: the immortals were busy hunting down monsters everywhere, so they had no time to care about them.
It's most likely some kind of ghost or demon in disguise!
Meng Wanyan was young, and although she was wary, she was still a child after all. Moreover, most of the people in front of her were ghosts and demons, so she was easily fooled with a few words.
This kind of thing is all too common in ordinary life!
Now that I've come here with my daughter, I'm sure I'll have a good meal.
But what can be done now that things have come to this?
They were just mortals, and severely injured, they were powerless to fight back. All they could do was kowtow repeatedly, begging the immortals to spare their lives.
Seeing her parents so terrified, Meng Wanyan began to doubt the other party's identity once again.
Yes, if the immortal insists on taking me as his disciple, why must it be in this desolate wilderness on a dark and windy night? Why not come during the day?
Zhang Lingyu was somewhat amused and exasperated, but he could understand. Even if he wasn't a ghost but a true immortal, mortals would still be afraid of him.
He glanced at Meng's father; the wound on the man's broken leg had become infected and he would likely die if it wasn't treated soon.
The mother of Mencius looked very haggard; she probably saved all the food she had along the way for her daughter.
Without explanation, three pills meant to strengthen the foundation of mortals flew into the mouths of the family of three, and then they waited silently.
Half an hour later, the family of three began to regain their rosy complexions, and even their cold bodies began to feel warmer.
Only then did Meng's father believe that Zhang Lingyu was not a ghost, but a true immortal.
My daughter really did become a disciple of an immortal!
"My eyesight is poor; I mistook an immortal for a ghost. I beg your forgiveness!"
"It's alright, worrying about your children's safety is a perfectly normal experience for any father!"
Zhang Lingyu showed no anger at Meng's father's fear. Seeing that he believed her, she gently waved her long sleeves and led the three of them into the sky, heading towards the State of Zhao.
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