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Chapter 4 Becoming an Apprentice

The scene of accepting disciples changed once again. Liang Junjie stood inside the Huo family's Burning Heaven Palace, a palace built by the Huo family for Huo Tianqi. Beside Liang Junjie stood the now-grown-up young woman, Huo Chuyu.

"Ah Yu, you just turned sixteen this year and have already reached the Nascent Soul realm. As your father, I don't have much to give you."

Huo Tianqi's words carried a hint of weariness. It was a good thing that his daughter was outstanding, but she was also very unconventional and calm.

When she's feeling adventurous, she often likes to wander around alone. One day she might storm into a Nascent Soul realm to seize its energy core, and the next she might be raiding a Foundation Establishment realm to capture Foundation Establishment cultivators and subject them to inhumane... humiliating experiments. For example: "I'm only sixteen and I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage! You old fogies in your fifties are still only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, you're really useless!"

When calm, she shows no anger, fear, apprehension, worry, or other negative emotions when facing the pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Instead, she remains remarkably composed, even jokingly asking, "Senior? How long are you going to keep pressuring this humble woman?"

Indeed, all of the above scenes were created by Huo Chuyu controlling the dream and presenting them to Liang Junjie.

"Father, your daughter wants a magical artifact."

"Oh? Didn't you hate material possessions? Did the sun rise in the west today?"

"My daughter wants that piece depicting the myriad faces of humanity."

Without hesitation, Huo Tianqi threw out a magical artifact, a treasure that could freely change its appearance and body shape. Now that it was in Huo Chuyu's hands, the originally blurry face instantly transformed into Liang Junjie's appearance.

"???"

Not only Huo Chuyu and Huo Tianqi, but even Liang Junjie, who had been watching from the sidelines, was full of questions.

Q: What is it like to see yourself in a woman's arms, but your perspective is from a third-person point of view?

Liang Junjie now has countless mythical alpacas running through his mind.

"Could it really be that melodramatic? Am I her destiny?"

Once you have this idea, you can no longer suppress it.

Huo Chuyu's voice rang out, her tone full of annoyance: "What are you thinking about? Just watch the whole plot properly."

Liang Junjie felt a chill run down his spine, realizing that he had just been courting death.

"Who would start by talking about destiny? I must be overthinking it, hmm."

With this thought in mind, his attention refocused on the magical treasures of the myriad beings.

The magical artifact flickered a few times, and besides his own face, a woman appeared. This woman was someone Liang Junjie knew all too well.

She was a girl he had a crush on in high school, but later, for various reasons, he gradually stopped paying attention to her and turned to studying diligently.

"Jade Snow Silent..."

Liang Junjie muttered to himself, and Huo Chuyu naturally heard what he said.

"Daddy, thank you, Ayu loves this magic weapon!" In the scene, Huo Chuyu hugged her father, acting like a spoiled little girl, just like a kitten.

The scene shifts again, showing Huo Chuyu venturing out alone to contemplate the universe. Within a few years of entering the mortal world, she attained the enlightenment she sought, subsequently entering a twenty-five-year period of seclusion. Upon her breakthrough, she had reached the Nascent Soul stage.

The scene that unfolded after she emerged from seclusion was in the underground space where the comic convention was being held. When she awoke, she sensed a group of fake people on the ground. Among these fake people, Liang Junjie was the bright oil lamp, fragile yet possessing a fatal attraction.

The footage of her rescuing Liang Junjie stopped playing. When Liang Junjie came to his senses, he found himself still lying in his own bed.

"My chest feels so tight, and my thighs feel so numb..."

Liang Junjie's voice was very low. He had just woken up and hadn't yet sorted out what he had seen in his dream.

Huo Chuyu had also regained consciousness at this moment. She then quietly withdrew her hands and feet, but no matter how quietly she tried to do so, her breathing betrayed her.

The closeness of her breath, the warmth of her touch, made Liang Junjie's blood boil. Even if he were stupid, he would know that this woman slept in the same bed with him that night.

Furthermore, considering that this woman was an immortal, while he himself was just an ordinary mortal.

"Was everything I dreamt about last night real?"

Liang Junjie couldn't help but ask.

Huo Chuyu tidied her hair, then put on a light purple dress and casually summoned a new flying sword, which hung at her waist.

"Hmm, last night, I showed you things about the cultivation world. I observed your facial expressions and noticed that you weren't very shocked by these things. Why is that?"

Huo Chuyu's question left Liang Junjie with a bitter feeling.

"There's no particular reason. I just felt so insignificant, and I felt that the meaning of my previous hard work and struggles for a few taels of silver had disappeared. So, whether it was the immortals fighting or your aptitude test ceremony yesterday, I just thought it was nothing special, and it had nothing to do with me anyway."

Liang Junjie's words were casual, but every sentence came from his heart and were his most genuine thoughts. If it were any other ordinary person or even his own family member, Liang Junjie would never reveal his feelings of incompetence, insignificance, weakness, or inferiority to them. Instead, he would do everything in his power to protect himself and hide his true feelings.

"So, you saw everything in your dream yesterday. Now tell me your answer."

Huo Chuyu stretched out her right hand and lightly raised it to press on Liang Junjie's head.

Liang Junjie looked calmly at the woman before him and sighed. If she forced him to become her disciple, then he would have no power to resist.

"Disciple Liang Junjie greets Master!"

Liang Junjie knelt on the carpet on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Huo Chuyu.

Huo Chuyu smiled slightly, patted Liang Junjie's head with her right hand, and sent a spell into Liang Junjie's mind.

"This is the most suitable cultivation technique for you. I spent about... an hour crafting it for you. Listen carefully."

"Fire is born from the earth, fire grows on the ground, and all things have fire."

"It is not the fire of all living beings, nor is it the only fire."

"A fire in the heart, when gathered, becomes three flames."

"The fire that brings life to all things, the fire that extinguishes life in all things."

"The righteous fire of heaven and earth, the purple star fire of the netherworld."

"Fire, fire, fire, stunningly beautiful like the blazing sun."

"Fire, fire, fire, strange and mysterious, like a chilling ghost."

After Huo Chuyu drastically revised the introductory chapter of "Spark Technique" and integrated it into Liang Junjie's mind, Liang Junjie's body began to operate autonomously, without Liang Junjie needing to guide it himself; it was as smooth as breathing.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire."

Liang Junjie opened his eyes, and in them was a fiery red cloud. He had successfully entered the Qi Refining stage.