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The 2nd Elder ignored the 3rd and 4th Elder as he looked at Tian Ye in amazement then turned towards Han Yi, asking, "In my knowledge, you never accepted any disciple before, what made you take the initiative to take a disciple this time?"
Han Yi froze for a moment hearing the 2nd Elder's question and thought in his mind for a second, 'Indeed, what made me accept Tian Ye as my disciple?'
He then looked towards the talented Tian Ye in a cross-legged position, stabilizing his current cultivation after his recent break through and chuckled, "Who knows."
"Who knows?" The 2nd Elder muttered in surprise hearing Han Yi's nonchalant reply.
The 2nd Elder's name was Qin Fu and as the second oldest, he had quite a good relationship with Han Yi. Hearing the usually formal elder reply so nonchalantly, he couldn't help but feel surprised.
He looked again towards Tian Ye then rubbed his chin, saying in interest, "This is one of Sun He's sworn brother huh?"
The 3rd Elder nodded and said, "With the 1st Elders disciple, their group could be said to be full of potential, terrifyingly so. Even after just teaching them how to cultivate properly, they are still full of talents considering that they could keep it up. My disciple, Zhao Feng, isn't as bright as the other three but is simple minded so it's easy to teach."
After Tian Ye went to cultivate and his three childhood friends arrived, they each became a disciple of the remaining elders.
Sun He to the 2nd Elder, Qin Fu, Zhao Feng to the 3rd Elder, Gao An, and Yang Wei to the 4th Elder, Duan Li.
Just based on talent and diligence, they weren't that far away from Tian Ye so they simply decided who to take as a disciple based on their personalities.
The 4th Elder, Duan Li couldn't help but chuckle as he commented, "When they heard that the 1st Elder's disciple went into seclusion the moment he was taken a disciple by the 1st Elder, they immediately requested to also go into seclusion. Although the 1st Elder's disciple said they were dependent on him, it's not bad for them to be dependent since their dependency could be considered a positive one."
"True, with just knowing that the 1st Elder's disciple was seeking strength, they also want to follow but it's a little sad that they might think that they can't surpass the 1st Elder's disciple with their dependency and if ever his cultivation stops at a certain level, they might lose their drive for progress."
Han Yi, listening to the 3rd and 4th Elder's conversation, couldn't help but snort, then point, "What do you mean about his cultivation stopping? Look over there, can your disciples do that? Break through from 1st layer to 2nd within a week?"
The 3rd Elder retorted, "Of course my Zhao Feng can! You just gave your disciple a lot of resources but if I also do the same to my disciple, he'd be able to break through just as fast!"
The 4th Elder thought about it and disagreed with the 3rd Elder, "Even if we give our disciples spiritual herbs, can they figure out how to absorb the spiritual qi within them properly? They'd probably only absorb about a week's worth or even less, wasting a lot of the spiritual qi in the process. It's only because of the 1st Elder's disciple's intellect who could create a chant-guided cultivation technique when he was five years old that he could figure out how to absorb spiritual qi from the herbs properly at his first try."
The 3rd Elder's face blackened after hearing his senior brother's words but still agreed silently. With how simple-minded his disciple, Zhao Feng is, what he said would most likely happen.
The 2nd Elder chimed with a slight laugh, "Although the 3rd and 4th Elder's disciples are a little ordinary, my disciple, Sun He isn't that far from the 1st Elder's disciple in terms of intellect so I can't say the same. If I gave him resources, he would most likely be able to absorb close to the 1st Elder's disciple in terms of spiritual qi. From what he told me when we chatted, he didn't need the chant-guided cultivation technique but was simply curious as to how it was created. Even if my disciple never met the 1st Elder's disciple, it's likely that he will show his talent sooner or later."
Han Yi's expression suddenly brightened as he saw Tian Ye slowly opening his eyes.
Tian Ye, who opened his eyes was slightly surprised but stood up immediately to greet respectfully, "Disciple Tian Ye greets master and his fellow elders."
Seeing Tian Ye's etiquette, Han Yi nodded in satisfaction because Tian Ye knew how to show face to his master in front of others.
In their first meeting, Tian Ye would most likely be more easygoing towards him, but seeing that his fellow elders were here, he put up an appearance to show his worthiness as his disciple in terms of etiquette.
Han Yi then introduced, "2nd Elder, this is my disciple, Tian Ye, that I talked to you about, and Tian Ye, this is the 2nd Elder, Qin Fu, the remaining elder that you haven't met yet out of the all the elders."
Tian Ye nods and greets respectfully, "Disciple Tian Ye greets Elder Qin Fu."
Qin Fu just nodded and asked curiously, "How did you think of absorbing spiritual qi so efficiently from the spiritual herbs on the first try? You've obviously absorbed it to its fullest potential considering you broke through within just a week with 8 spiritual herbs and how did you break through so smoothly?"
Hearing Qin Fu's sudden question, Tian Ye scratched the back of his head and replied in a bit of confusion himself, "Common sense?"
Hearing Tian Ye's slightly arrogant yet innocent answer, the 3rd and 4th Elder couldn't help but choke from the air.
'Common sense? Why don't I have such common sense?' If the 1st Elder knew what the 3rd and 4th Elder were thinking, he'd say that he thought the same when he was told about the creation of the chant-guided cultivation technique.
Qin Fu just nodded knowingly with a hint of amazement visible in his eyes, "It's more accurate to say instinct right?"
"Ah!" Tian Ye, with sudden realization nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's it."
It's indeed more fitting to say that it's instinct instead of common sense.
Although his knowledge could be considered common sense from the theories inside the cultivation novels in his previous life, guiding it based on the reaction of the spiritual qi within the herbs, veins, roots, and dantian was more of a feeling rather than actually using knowledge he'd known in cultivation novels.
Yes, he had prior theories but he was indeed exploring, so it's more fitting to say instinct.
Tian Ye was a little amazed by the 2nd Elder because he seemed to be an old man who gave a scholarly vibe based on his words alone.
Tian Ye then asked, "Then, master, why did you bring all the elders to see me for? Is there something wrong with the chant-guided cultivation technique I wrote?"
He frowned a little and thought about what he wrote and as he remembered, he didn't think he wrote anything wrong and wrote it exactly the same as he did with his childhood friends.
Han Yi just chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I just brought them here to brag and extort some spiritual artifacts. Now then, fellow elders, give my disciple an artifact for his contribution."
The brows of the 3 elder's twitched after hearing Han Yi's words, they originally knew him as a strict and formal elder but they also knew him as a stingy and shameless fellow.
But looking at Tian Ye who had given their sect a chant-guided cultivation technique they nodded.
"Spiritual artifacts?" Tian Ye asked in confusion with a slightly surprised expression.
He had been around Eternal Lotus Sect for as long as he can remember when he reincarnated and not once did he ever hear of spiritual artifacts so he couldn't help but have the thought, 'There are spiritual artifacts in a low level sect with only the peak of Qi Refinement Realm as the ceiling?'
"That's right, spiritual artifacts are objects that can utilize the spiritual qi of the user to perform certain functions depending on the type of artifact." Han Yi explained thinking that it was natural for Tian Ye to be ignorant of such knowledge about spiritual artifacts.
It wasn't a particularly spread out knowledge, only known usually by cultivators of the 7th layer and higher.
Hearing his words, Tian Ye's expression brightened as he looked towards the 3 elders.
They smiled wryly but still stepped forward as they reached for something within their flowing sleeves.
The 4th Elder, Duan Li, brought out a bracelet, the Elder, Gao An brought out an earring, meanwhile the 2nd Elder brought out a ring.
The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Elders looked at Qin Fu in shock and the 1st Elder couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You're actually giving my disciple that ring?"
Qin Fu just chuckled and said, "Why not? He's contributed a lot for the future of the sect."
"The 2nd Elder is so generous." Even the 3rd Elder couldn't help but feel a little envy, making Tian Ye curious, "What kind of ring is it?"
"It's a spatial ring. If you inject this ring with spiritual qi, and hold an object at the same time, you can store it within." Qin Fu answered with a smile.
"A spatial ring?!" Tian Ye looked at the ring that Qin Fu handed over in his palms in shock. A low level sect with a spatial ring?!
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