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The 1st Elder turned to face the 3rd Elder and the 4th Elder before saying shamelessly, "You don't mind me taking Tian Ye as my disciple, right, 3rd and 4th Elder?"
'You already did, why do you even ask?!' The 3rd and 4th Elder's lips twitched.
Tian Ye then stood beside the 1st Elder and said, "Master, I have something to say."
The 1st Elder looked at Tian Ye for a moment but nodded, "Go ahead."
"Yes, Master." Getting his master's approval, Tian Ye explained, "Although I broke through the 1st layer at the age of 9, I still have 3 childhood friends that I taught how to cultivate and they should be able to break through within one to two months."
"I'm sorry what?" The 1st Elder asked unconsciously, his expression calm but in his thoughts, he was shocked, 'Did my disciple just say that he taught 3 children to cultivate and although a bit late compared to himself, they are about to break through to the 1st layer at the age of 9?'
Tian Ye disregarded the 1st Elder's confused question and nodded, "Yes, I taught three children. They are Zhao Feng, Sun He, and Yang Wei. They should break through within a month or two."
Tian Ye then began to explain in-depth, "As for how I taught them, actually, the cultivation technique is a bit too lacking in information. Although it mentions what not to do, it doesn't teach how to do it. If taught properly, everyone should be able to reach the 1st layer without any problems as long as they spend a little over 4 years without resources."
The 3rd and 4th Elder listening to Tian Ye looked at each other's eyes full of disbelief and shock.
A 9 year old child… no… it should be a 5 year old child considering he had started cultivating 4 years ago.
He had thought of this the moment he received the cultivation technique?
The 3rd and 4th Elder looked at the 1st Elder seriously before saying, "1st Elder, please proceed to your floor first, we'll see you there later after we get the other 3 children that Tian Ye just mentioned."
The 1st Elder, as an experienced elder, naturally knew the impact of Tian Ye's words so he nodded solemnly, "I know, go now."
The 3rd and 4th elders immediately channeled spiritual qi to their feet and hurried down the mountain.
The 1st Elder looked at the two guards in the entrance and said seriously, "The two of you have not heard anything, got it? If you did, you know the consequences right?"
The two guards felt goosebumps all over their bodies so they nodded frantically towards the 1st Elder before looking at Tian Ye in amazement.
Tian Ye just scratched the back of his head as he thought, 'Did I show too much…? No… it's risk management, if I win, I'll get a lot of resources, If I lose, I'll be taken advantage of.'
The 1st Elder, seeing his talented disciple Tian Ye, had his eyes glowing in excitement but calmed himself down and said, "Follow me, tell me more when we arrive at my office on the 5th floor of the pavilion."
"Yes, Master." Tian Ye simply nodded as he followed behind the 1st Elder.
As Tian Ye followed behind the 1st elder, the gazes of the disciples who were receptionists and servants in the Elder's Pavilion were filled with envy and mixed with amazement.
Such a young child broke through to the 1st layer and became the disciple of the 1st elder! His future was bound to be great!
After the initial feelings of envy and amazement, they looked at Tian Ye like a hungry ghost waiting for a chance to curry favour to him. Especially the ladies.
Tian Ye got goosebumps all over his body as he sensed their gazes and thought in exasperation, 'I'm only 9 okay?'
Although Tian Ye had a mature mind, he wasn't the typical lustful protagonist that fell to whomever he saw. Yes, beautiful external appearance gives a great first impression and Tian Ye would even gladly praise them but that doesn't mean he likes them.
Beauties were like flowers, just because they are beautiful doesn't mean one necessarily falls for them, at most, they're beautiful and that's all.
Tian Ye, as an adult soul, also had a mature mind so establishing connections was difficult for him, that's why he wanted to establish childhood connections so it's easy to know their true nature and be able to trust them.
After all, the younger one is, the more free they are of the dirty things of the world making them more true to themselves and showing their real personality more.
Only after they see the dirty world that they become corrupted and try to hide their real selves and protect themselves.
Although he thought this, he also didn't have any desire to establish romantic connection with young girls after all, he wasn't a groomer.
Only after they get to know each other as they grow, would Tian Ye consider such things.
However, even considering such things was difficult for Tian Ye in the current world because, with how his cultivation is going, he will live for hundreds of years once he steps into the next major realm, what would happen with them? If he reaches a higher realm, he will live even longer.
Tian Ye couldn't even care for himself right now, he couldn't spare such attention for others especially in a perilous world like the cultivation world.
Tian Ye directly put these thoughts to the back of his mind as he continued to follow the 1st Elder.
A few minutes later, Tian Ye and the 1st Elder arrived at the top floor of the Elder's Pavilion.
The 5th Floor had a wooden sliding door that was open by the balcony, considering that was where the 1st Elder came from as he jumped down below to take Tian Ye as his disciple.
Within the large floor of 1,000 square meters, there was only a desk on the side, a few bookshelves, then on the other side was a couch on opposite sides with a low table in the middle.
The minimalistic design was quite to Tian Ye's liking.
The 1st Elder proceeded to sit on the couch casually and said as he waved his hand towards Tian Ye behind his back, "Sit."
Tian Ye nodded and sat on the opposite of the 1st Elder.
The 1st Elder with a smile of excitement said, "Now tell me more."
Tian Ye agreed and began to explain in-depth, "When I first started to cultivate, the Qi Refinement Manual was a bit lacking in information but when I entered the meditative state a few hours later after trying to cultivate after the first day work as a servant I figured some things out."
"Entered the meditative state a few hours after reading the Qi Refinement Manual?!"
"Yes, I then saw that the thoughts became more simple but also a bit out of control so I invented the chant cultivation techniques which hypnotized the chanter to help my friends thus cultivating on the chant… oh! And I also made the chant to fit the breathing technique of the manual…"
Hearing Tian Ye's words as he explained, Han Yi was extremely shocked, 'This is a 9 year old!... no! a 5 year old's thoughts! How deep is it?!'
Han Yi began to ask more, "How did you know you'd succeed?"
Tian Ye's expression to Han Yi was a bit confused as he replied scratching his head, "Isn't it just common sense? If you know how the breathing technique works?"
'Common sense my ass! Why don't I have that common sense?!' Han Yi gritted his teeth hearing his words.
But, considering Tian Ye's status as his disciple, he couldn't help but be more satisfied with Tian Ye and asked, "What did you mean earlier that everyone can enter the 1st layer after 4 years and why didn't you expose this in the servants' hall but instead in front of us elders?"
"First, I lack strength to protect myself…" Tian Ye then shook his head, "Two, it's too much. As I grew up, I already processed the information of the sect. If I spread the cultivation technique that guarantees one of entering the 1st layer, there would be too many disciples. The sect wouldn't be able to support it in the short term, it needs preparation."
Han Yi's eyes widened upon hearing Tian Ye's words, 'My disciple isn't only a genius in cultivation technique development, or martial arts, but also had a great sect management ability at the age of 5?'
Han Yi with these thoughts couldn't help but laugh out loud in happiness, "Hahaha! Wait until the sect leader hears this!"
Seeing his master lose composure, Tian Ye just sat quietly with the thought, 'I don't know if my gamble is correct, but if this goes right, I have a lot to gain.'
Han Yi then nodded in satisfaction towards Tian Ye and said with a grin, "So, you telling us about your childhood friends, you hope to take them as the other elder's disciple and be able to grow well."
Tian Ye was a bit embarrassed, "You saw through that too, master? Haha…"
Han Yi then waved his hand, "It's fine. Even with knowing the guaranteed way to enter the 1st layer, 9 year olds who have stepped into the 1st layer are valuable enough for elders to teach them. They can be seen as the first batch, making the cultivation technique more believable when spread out. As you've said, the sect can't support so many disciples so the number has to be controlled but recently, there have been too few to little numbers breaking through to the Qi Refinement Realm so your chant cultivation came at the right time."
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