Chapter 331
"You… are not bad . " Su Ningfei didn't say anything else, and instead pointed with her right hand . A large amount of purple mist diffused out of her palm and slowly formed into a delicate, purple pebble .
"Take this . You may enter the secret area at your will in the future . If you have any questions, come find me . " Su Ningfei ultimately decided to give Lu Sheng her token . Not the token of her descendants, but hers .
Living in the secret area and enjoying the nourishment of the massive amount of Essence Qi provided by the Great Yin did come with certain responsibilities .
Selecting qualified disciples and giving them necessary guidance was something the hermits cultivating in seclusion were supposed to do .
They had to guide at least one disciple every one hundred years .
Su Ningfei happened not to have a chosen disciple yet in these past one hundred years, and then she saw Lu Sheng by chance . Though she could ignore this rule, she was truly interested in Lu Sheng .
Lu Sheng also understood the rules . His heart jumped in ecstasy as he hurriedly took the purple pebble .
"I am grateful for master's guidance!"
"I'm not your master . You can call me Heining," Su Ningfei said flatly .
"Of course, Master Heining," Lu Sheng responded respectfully .
"Regarding True Qi techniques, I will teach you a new mantra . You can ignore the basic True Qi technique you are cultivating now, and transform your True Qi according to the mantra I give you," Su Ningfei said simply, and taught Lu Sheng her special basic True Qi technique, just like she had done for the few people before Lu Sheng .
But unlike her previous students, she hesitated on whether or not to add an extra step at the end of the mantra .
She had never done this before .
According to the normal flow of things, hermits like her would usually choose a disciple and very systematically complete their requirement . But, this time, because of a feeling she couldn't put her finger on, Su Ningfei decided to add the extra step . She even repeatedly made sure that Lu Sheng remembered it .
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye .
It was also about time for Lu Sheng to leave . All disciples who entered the secret area had a time limit . At their level of cultivation, staying in there for too long was not very beneficial .
"I am grateful for the master's teachings, disciple will now leave . " Lu Sheng bowed toward Su Ningfei seriously .
She deserved it based on both her power and attitude .
He could vaguely guess Su Ningfei's background from the profound explanation she made for him on True Qi techniques .
She was extremely familiar with most of the True Qi techniques in the Great Yin, just like every one of them was her own . Her breadth of knowledge far surpassed Lu Sheng's imagination . Her research and understanding of True Qi techniques and the physical body had reached a very detailed and microscopic level .
It could be said the knowledge this Master Heining possessed certainly surpassed that of basically everyone in the Great Yin .
"Go . Don't forget to cultivate the True Qi technique, and come to this secret area at least once a month . I want to check on your progress," Su Ningfei reminded him .
"Disciple understands . " Lu Sheng lowered his head in respect, and retreated several steps . His body started to become clear and faded, completely disappearing from the edge of the lake a few breaths later .
Su Ningfei stood in place as she watched Lu Sheng disappear with narrowed eyes, not moving for a long time .
She'd originally planned to simply guide a random disciple for the sake of completing her task . But, this time, with this young man named Lu Sheng, she unexpedly added something extra at the end of her standard teachings .
"If he possess the Savage Moon Body like me…" Su Ningfei whispered under her breath . Her emotions, which had been undisturbed for too long, stirred a little .
"I will wait until my original body comes, and then think about this in detail . If he truly is…" She closed her eyes, and turned toward the direction where she came from .
"Hiss!" A beam of purple light shot out .
The breeze stirred up the fallen leaves, and the edge of the lake was empty in the blink of an eye, without a single human in sight .
***
A pillar of white light abruptly landed from the sky, landing on the bronze formation of ten thousand horses in the lobby silently .
Lu Sheng's shape appeared out of the light . At the same time, a purple token dropped out in front of him .
"Sccracck!"
The token was at least half as tall as a grown man . It pierced into the the bronze formation violently, emitting a sound like a sharp blade cutting into metal .
Zhang Shilong was waiting there already with the guards next to the bronze formation . They quickly went up to greet him when they saw the pillar of light .
All eyes were focused on the purple token next to Lu Sheng .
"This is purple? There are a total of twenty-three masters in the secret area with purple tokens, and four of them are around the lake where Lu Sheng was… whose is it?" Zhang Shilong inspected the patterns on the token with great anticipation .
"This isn't right… this is not the Purple Sun Sage's token . " The master who was the most enthusiastic about guiding people and taking in disciple was the legendary Purple Sun Sage .
He possessed a great level of cultivation, and was famous for his mild temperament . The chance of him giving guidance and taking in a disciple was very high . This was why Zhang Shilong urged Lu Sheng to go near the lake to test his luck .
Not all candidates who entered the secret area would receive guidance and become the disciple of a hermit . The latter also had their own standards—if someone with low potential entered, they might not even show themselves, let alone give guidance .
But, luckily, Lu Sheng had an above-average potential . The hermits usually wouldn't be stingy with their teaching with someone with a Scarlet Jade rating . Zhang Shilong just hoped that the master who guided Lu Sheng had a higher level of cultivation, and was preferably someone in the upper three tiers of Earth Prime . That way, he would hold a higher position and have greater influence within the sect in his future .
Oftentimes, those who managed to become a disciple of one of the masters would become the representative of their master outside, and would hold an unmatched position .
But this newly appeared dark-purple token made Zhang Shilong blank out .
He had never seen this kind of pattern before . The dense shapes and figures on it merely felt familiar to him, but he couldn't remember where he'd seen it before to save his life .
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