Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Accepting an Apprentice, The 5th Disciple (Weekend Bonus)
“With my cultivation level, if I wanted to harm you, why would I bother talking so much?”
“…”
The fox clan girl fell silent.
She indeed sensed that Lu Changsheng’s cultivation was very high, and she was no match for him.
If Lu Changsheng had malicious intentions, there would be no need for such courtesy.
Moreover, Lu Changsheng was handsome and had an upright aura, not looking like a bad person.
The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan was quite sensitive to auras.
“I appeared here in the Demon Suppression Tower because someone sent me a dream, instructing me to come here. If you still don’t believe me, I can mention your name. You’re a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, named Ji Xuan. Am I correct?”
Lu Changsheng had to play the part of a mystic charlatan in order to coax this person into becoming his disciple.
The information he had was all displayed by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator as a potential disciple candidate, not from any dream.
“Could it be that my mother sent you the dream…”
Seeing that Lu Changsheng correctly mentioned her name and lineage, the fox clan girl’s wariness greatly dissipated.
“The person in the dream also asked me to take you as a disciple and impart cultivation techniques and magical treasures to you. Are you willing to take me as your master?”
Now that he had run out of tricks, Lu Changsheng seized the moment to recruit a disciple.
I don’t know how long I have been asleep, nor what changes have occurred in the outside world, but no matter what, I need a backer. Besides, this person is not bad, and there’s the dream sent by my mother. Although he’s from the human race, my mother also had dealings with humans…
After struggling internally, the fox clan girl finally nodded: “You have a dream sent by my mother, I believe you. Master, please accept your disciple’s bow.”
He had succeeded.
Lu Changsheng secretly wiped a cold sweat, thankful for the dream ruse; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy to gain her trust.
“Once we get out, as your master, I will initiate you with power-infusing initiation.”
Lu Changsheng unexpectedly took on his fifth disciple in the Demon Suppression Tower, and now his daily reward quota has increased to five times.
If this girl’s cultivation reaches the Void Refinement Realm, the number of times he can return an Immortal Artifact each month will also increase by one.
“Power-infusing initiation?”
Ji Xuan was shocked.
Human cultivators have a very heaven-defying ability, that is, power-infusing initiation.
But doesn’t power-infusing initiation require sacrificing the initiator’s cultivation?
Moreover, the higher the realm, the less efficient power-infusing initiation becomes.
Why would this makeshift master be willing to perform power-infusing initiation as soon as they met?
“Qingzhi, Lian’er, Zhi’er, this is your junior sister Ji Xuan.”
“And these are your senior brother, second senior sister, and third senior sister.”
Lu Changsheng brought Ji Xuan out and introduced them to each other.
After sleeping for countless years, Ji Xuan found it somewhat novel to see so many strangers and hid behind Lu Changsheng.
“That’s great, I have a new junior sister. Master, may I teach her, please?”
Lu Qinglian planned to lead her fourth junior brother and fifth junior sister to dominate Mount Shu in the future.
“That’s not possible.”
Lu Changsheng did not intend to let Lu Qinglian teach the fox clan genius with the Demon God Physique.
Ji Xuan was different from Shen Xiaoyao; Shen Xiaoyao was chivalrous and tenderhearted, with his own Dao, and would not be led astray by Lu Qinglian.
If the fox clan genius were to be corrupted by Lu Qinglian and turned into the next Demon Lord, then Mount Shu would suffer.
“If in the future your master goes into seclusion, then Qingzhi, you will instruct your junior sister.”
Lu Changsheng appointed Lin Qingzhi, the chief disciple of Qingyun Peak, to guide the other disciples in their cultivation during his seclusion.
Lin Qingzhi nodded, “Disciple will remember.”
“Humph, Master doesn’t love Lian anymore.”
Lu Qinglian protested with dissatisfaction.
Ji Xuan saw that the atmosphere among the people was harmonious, and at this moment, she had no guard up.
In the Ancient Times, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was peerlessly elegant and often coveted by great experts among humans; hence, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox race was always wary of human cultivators.
However, the group of Lu Changsheng and his disciples had no evil intentions, embodying the immortal charm and Dao Bone.
It seemed that Lu Changsheng truly only wished to be her master.
“By now, your fourth junior brother should have already entered the Star Tower, we should leave this place,” Lu Changsheng said.
Lu Changsheng summoned his Immortal Sword and, with his four disciples, took to the skies in Sword Flight, heading towards the Star Tower above.
When Lu Changsheng arrived at the Floating Island where the Star Tower was located, the Demon General from Huang State had already vanished, replaced by a veiled woman in green clothes.
As for the Sun Moon Sect that guarded the Star Tower, they had been eradicated by the Demon General from Huang State.
The woman in green had a longsword on her back, surrounded by numerous corpses of the Great Demons from Huang State.
Clearly, these Great Demons from Huang State had all fallen to the woman in green, yet she herself remained spotless.
Upon the arrival of Lu Changsheng and his party, the woman in green looked over at them.
Lu Changsheng, filled with righteousness, was unafraid and met her gaze.
The woman in green did not resort to violence.
Lu Changsheng and his companions were human cultivators, unlike the Great Demons from Huang State.
The woman in green’s gaze shifted to the young girl of the Fox Race, Ji Xuan, her eyebrows knitting together, yet she still didn’t make a move.
Ji Xuan was merely at the Qi Transformation Realm, not posing any threat at all.
But why would this person take a demon girl as a disciple?
Lu Changsheng was also assessing the woman in green.
This woman in green must possess extremely high cultivation, and the longsword she carried on her back was most likely an Immortal Sword.
It would be unwise to make an enemy of her.
“I am the master of Shen Xiaoyao. I thank the fairy for saving my disciple’s life. Should the opportunity arise, I will repay the favor,” Lu Changsheng said.
Lu Changsheng knew that this woman was likely one of the predestined noble persons in Shen Xiaoyao’s life.
“How do you know I saved him?” the woman in green asked, her pupils constricting.
Her confrontation with the Demon General from Huang State happened after Lu Changsheng had fled, yet Lu Changsheng knew it was she who had saved Shen Xiaoyao.
Could it be that Lu Changsheng had foreseen their arrival in advance, which is why he had left Shen Xiaoyao behind while taking the other disciples away?
Shen Xiaoyao had already entered the Star Tower by that time.
This, too, could very well have been within Lu Changsheng’s plans.
Considering this, the woman in green’s pupils dilated, her breathing hastened.
This Elder from Mount Shu was able to deduce the workings of fate—he was no ordinary person!
“If my guess is correct, the fairy is neither from one of Xia State’s six major sects nor a Loose Cultivator, but from a powerful sect in another state. You must also have calculated in advance when the Immortal Ruins would appear, which is why you entered the Immortal Ruins at the first opportunity,” Lu Changsheng deduced.
Lu Changsheng’s wisdom was top-ranked among the six sects, so it was not difficult for him to guess the origins of the woman in green.
Mount Shu was the foremost sect of the Righteous Dao in Xia State, and beyond Xia and Huang States, there were many other states with powerful sects.
Ordinary Loose Cultivators would have a hard time obtaining an Immortal Sword, and the one behind the woman in green was very likely a mid-grade Immortal Artifact.
The woman in green was even more astonished, “You’re very smart. But we too belong to the Righteous Dao and have no intention of making an enemy of Mount Shu.”
Lu Changsheng nodded, confirming that the sect the woman in green belonged to must indeed be of the Righteous Dao.
If she had been from the Demon Sects, she would have already killed Lu Changsheng and his group, and after disposing of the bodies, Mount Shu would have no way to investigate.
“My disciple should have entered the Star Tower by now.”
“Indeed, he and our young miss both meet the qualifications for the inheritance.”
“What?”
The one thing Lu Changsheng had miscalculated was that there were two spots for the Star Tower’s inheritance, and there were two individuals who met the qualifications!
