Capítulo 111: Chapter 111: Accepting Disciples
As Mo Yuanjiao looked at Lin Dayou again, he suddenly felt a deep sense of respect. No wonder he is the father of a sect leader!
This sect leader's father must be like those mysterious figures described in stories—an ordinary-looking person who is actually a powerful figure capable of great feats.
Though this senior appeared to be only in his thirties, he must have witnessed countless changes in the world by now.
Despite his noble status, he dressed humbly, likely having grown tired of a life full of turmoil. Perhaps he had chosen to experience the simple life of a mortal, blending into this small village in pursuit of the highest, most straightforward path of cultivation.
As Liao Pantou predicted, Mo Yuanjiao immediately bowed deeply to Lin Dayou and pleaded, "I humbly request that you take me as your disciple. Although I'm young, I'm very hardworking!"
Realizing that this child was here to seek apprenticeship, and knowing that he himself was only at the early stages of Qi Refining, Lin Dayou dared not accept a disciple on his own and quickly waved him off.
But Mo Yuanjiao, seeing Lin Dayou's refusal, thought it was due to his own lack of sincerity. So, he doubled down on his fervent requests to become Lin Dayou's disciple.
Normally full of authority when dealing with Lin Xiao, Lin Dayou now found himself flustered in the face of Mo Yuanjiao's passionate pleas.
In the end, he couldn't resist Mo Yuanjiao's strong desire to become his disciple and, almost involuntarily, nodded in agreement.
Mo Yuanjiao formally performed the disciple's rite of bowing, and just like that, they became master and disciple.
As a newly appointed master, Lin Dayou saw that it was getting late, and his new disciple and his guard had no place to stay. With a wave of his hand, he said, "You two can stay at my place for now." He wasn't referring to his house in the village, as there were no spare rooms there. Instead, he meant the quarters Lin Xiao had arranged for him at Guiyuan Mountain Residence.
As Lin Dayou walked toward the sect, Mo Yuanjiao eagerly followed, ignoring the bump on his head from earlier.
Mo the guard, however, tried to stop him, "Young Master, be careful!"
But when Mo Yuanjiao reached the spot where he had been repelled before, this time, he passed through effortlessly.
Seeing this, Mo Yuanjiao excitedly waved to Mo the guard, "Old Que, come on! It's safe now!"
Mo the guard reluctantly followed but was still blocked by the invisible barrier.
Lin Dayou, remembering that Lin Xiao had mentioned the barrier only allowed sect members to pass, turned to Mo the guard and said, "This barrier only lets sect members in. How about you head down to my house and make do with a bedroll for the night?"
Could Mo the guard agree to this? Of course not!
It wasn't that he minded sleeping on the floor, but as a guard, he needed to stay close to his young master, even if it meant sleeping on the ground.
Realizing there was no turning back, Mo the guard decisively knelt before Lin Dayou, "I humbly request to be accepted as your disciple as well, Senior!"
Lin Dayou thought, I've already accepted one; why not accept another? After all, he could just leave them both to Lin Xiao later on.
So, with practiced ease, he nodded and accepted his second disciple.
And so, the two newly minted disciples of the Lingxian Sect followed Lin Dayou, finally crossing into the sect's territory.
At the same time, back in the county town, Lin Xiao suddenly heard the system's notification:
[Number of disciples has reached seventeen. Sect defense function upgraded to Sect Protection Formation. In normal mode, sect disciples and those approved by the sect master may enter and exit freely. In alert mode, all entries and exits must be approved by the sect master or authorized personnel. Reminder: Only the sect master can designate authorized personnel.]
Lin Xiao was surprised. This doesn't add up.
Previously, the sect had fourteen members, and with the addition of Tuan Tuan, that made fifteen. So why was the system now saying the sect had seventeen members?
He quickly opened the sect panel and confirmed that the member count was indeed seventeen. He then checked the member list.
Did someone suddenly accept disciples in the middle of the night?
When he opened the member list, he indeed found three new entries.
The first was no problem—it was Tuan Tuan.
[Name: Fang Tuantuan]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone Age: 13 years]
[Qualification: Quite ordinary but lucky]
[Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage 7]
[Sect Position: Inner Disciple (modifiable) (Disciple of Sun Yigao)]
[Sect Role: None (modifiable)]
The system even helpfully noted whose disciple he was.
But when he saw the next two entries, Lin Xiao fell silent.
[Name: Mo Yuanjiao]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone Age: 13 years]
[Qualification: Exceptional]
[Cultivation: Mortal]
[Sect Position: Inner Disciple (modifiable) (Disciple of Lin Dayou)]
[Sect Role: None (modifiable)]
[Name: Mo Que]
[Gender: Male]
[Bone Age: 28 years]
[Qualification: Nothing special]
[Cultivation: Mortal]
[Sect Position: Inner Disciple (modifiable) (Disciple of Lin Dayou)]
[Sect Role: None (modifiable)]
Lin Xiao could hardly believe it, but no matter how many times he closed and reopened the panel, the entries for these two clearly stated [Disciple of Lin Dayou].
He then checked his father's profile.
No issues there—still at Qi Refining Stage 1.
Lin Xiao: ...
What happened to his father? Since when did he have time to take on disciples? Wasn't he always saying he was too busy with farming and cultivation to do anything else…?
Come to think of it, Lin Xiao felt these two names seemed familiar.
One was thirteen, the other twenty-eight, both surnamed Mo.
Suddenly, he recalled the guard and the somewhat eccentric young man he had encountered in Liaoju Prefecture.
Could it be that they really managed to find their way here?
Lin Xiao was tempted to go back and see what had transpired, leading his low-profile father to suddenly take on two disciples at once.
But then he remembered that the sect still had Elder Liao and the Sect Protection Formation in place, so nothing too serious should happen.
He decided to stay in the county town to continue accompanying Sun Yigao for his exams and, in the meantime, make some extra money with Tufu and Fuzhi.
Speaking of which, Lin Xiao had discovered a new business opportunity.
With one spirit stone, he could buy a hundred inksticks of pine soot! In the mortal world, pine soot ink was quite expensive.
One inkstick could easily fetch two taels of silver.
Selling just one or two would allow him to buy everyone warm blankets.
Additionally, Lin Xiao planned to buy some other items.
If this had been before, when he relied solely on tasks to earn spirit stones, he wouldn't have spared a single spirit stone on mundane things.
But now things were different—he was a man with a mine.
A little spending here and there was no big deal!
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