In this year's Zhenling apprenticeship ceremony, there were a total of 14 Enlightened Masters who decided to accept disciples. However, there were more than 50 people who came to be apprenticed. Some of the Enlightened Masters found that there was no suitable disciple for them, so they left early and waited for the next apprenticeship ceremony. In addition to those who were eliminated, only 37 people obtained the qualifications to be apprenticed.
The apprenticeship ceremony was held in the square in front of the Heaven's Spirit Hall. Early in the morning, Lu Ping followed the disciples to the square with a feeling of unease.
At this time, there were already many Zhenling disciples gathered around the square to watch the ceremony.
When the time was almost up, the Core Forging Enlightened Master who received Lu Ping and the others to register a few days ago slowly walked out of the Heaven's Spirit Hall. It seemed that this Enlightened Master had come to the Heaven's Spirit Hall after Enlightened Master Xuan Yuan left the Heaven's Spirit Hall to take over the Zhen Ling Side Hall.
The Enlightened Master commanded a few cleaning boys to move out fourteen exquisite grand armchairs from the Heaven's Spirit Hall and placed them in front of the Heaven's Spirit Hall's entrance. The entrance of the Heaven's Spirit Hall was spacious enough, and the fourteen grand armchairs were placed far apart from each other.
Lu Ping saw that there was a clear difference in the arrangement of the fourteen grand armchairs. There were a total of eight grand armchairs at the outermost ends of the hall, and four red grand armchairs were placed on each side. In the middle of the four red grand armchairs were two yellow grand armchairs, and the two purple grand armchairs in the middle were the most conspicuous.
The Zhenling disciples who came to watch the ceremony immediately began to discuss among themselves. Lu Ping knew that there must be people who understood the mystery of the arrangement of the chairs, so he carefully listened to the discussions.
"I didn't expect that there would be late Core Forging Enlightened Masters accepting disciples this time, and there are two of them at once!"
"Yes, according to the sect's custom, late Core Forging Enlightened Masters do not accept disciples. But it is only a custom, there are no such rules."
"That's right, I've heard of late Core Forging Enlightened Masters accepting disciples in the past, but this is the first time I've seen it."
"There are also four mid Core Enlightened Masters. It seems that this apprenticeship ceremony is quite grand."
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After listening to everyone's discussion, Lu Ping understood that the tri-colored armchair symbolized Zhenling's early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage Core Forging Realm. However, it seemed that the appearance of two late-stage Core Forging Realm masters had surprised everyone. Lu Ping didn't know who these two late-stage Core Forging Realm masters were and who was the lucky person who had obtained the favor of these two masters.
At this moment, the ushering boy seemed to have suddenly received an order. He loudly sang, "The apprenticeship ceremony is about to begin. Everyone, silence!"
Lu Ping heard someone mumbling behind him, "What time is it? Why did the ceremony suddenly start?"
Another person said in a low voice, "What time? When the Spiritual Masters arrive, the ceremony will begin. The first Spiritual Master to arrive will be the beginning of the ceremony."
The previous voice asked curiously, "If the real people only arrive in the afternoon, what should we do?"
"Wait the whole morning!"
Lu Ping rolled his eyes. This was the privilege of a Core Forging Daoist Master.
As soon as Lu Ping finished lamenting, he heard the ushering boy shout, "Yuzhang Prefecture's Spiritual Master Xuansheng has arrived!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man who looked like an idler suddenly squeezed out from behind the crowd of cultivators. He raised his head and saw the Spiritual Master on duty at the entrance of the ceremony. He loudly laughed and said, "Damn, I didn't think that Xuansheng would arrive first today. Senior Martial Brother Xuanmiao, you are early!"
Spiritual Master Xuanmiao, who was on duty, nodded at him and smiled. "Junior Martial Brother is indeed early."
Spiritual Master Xuansheng casually sat on one of the red armchairs on the outside. He then closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep.
After a moment, the ushering boy shouted again, "Three Mysteries Mansion's Spiritual Master Xuance has arrived!"
As soon as the ushering boy finished speaking, a golden light descended from the sky. Afterward, a cultivator wearing Daoist robes stood in front of the hall. Spiritual Master Xuance slightly nodded at Spiritual Master Xuanmiao. Spiritual Master Xuansheng was still sleepy. Spiritual Master Xuance didn't mind and sat down next to Spiritual Master Xuanmiao.
When the third Spiritual Master arrived, it was already two hours later. However, four more Spiritual Masters arrived one after another. The four Spiritual Masters arrived in different ways. They occupied seven of the eight red armchairs on both sides of the hall. Two of them were women. As everyone waited for the eighth early Core Forging Spiritual Master, Spiritual Master Xuanmiao, who had been standing at the entrance of the Heaven's Spirit Hall, walked over to the only empty red armchair and sat down.
The ushering boy was surprised and said, "Fifth Yuanfu, Spiritual Master Xuanmiao, please be seated!"
As soon as the boy finished speaking, there was a distant bird cry in the sky. A bird twice the size of Lu Qin flew toward the Heaven's Spirit Hall with a person on its back. At the same time, there was a dark cloud beside the bird. There was also a person standing on top of it. The two of them seemed to be chatting as they flew toward the Heaven's Spirit Hall.
The ushering boy shouted, "Spiritual Master Nie Xuanjing of Golden Roc Mansion and Spiritual Master Xuanhuai of Mountain Dock Mansion have arrived!"
This time, the eight early Core Forging Spiritual Masters who were sitting on the red armchairs all stood up and bowed. "Greetings, Senior (Uncle) Xuanjing! Greetings, Senior (Uncle) Xuanhuai!"
Everyone greeted each other, creating a moment of chaos. The two mid Core Forging Spiritual Masters did not mind and only greeted everyone with a smile. They each chose a yellow armchair and sat down.
After a while, another two Mid Core Forging Enlightened Masters arrived one after the other. One of them was also a woman, and the Enlightened Masters exchanged pleasantries with each other. Lu Ping was dumbfounded as he watched from the side. The Enlightened Masters acted as if there was no one else around them, and they chatted and laughed as if nothing was going on. The spectating cultivators and Lu Ping, who were waiting to be apprenticed, could only stare blankly.
At this moment, the boy called out, "Spiritual Master Xuanyin of the Spirit Ritual Manor has arrived!"
As soon as the boy's voice faded, the Core Forging Spiritual Masters who were chatting fell silent. The other Spiritual Masters all looked at Spiritual Master Xuanmiao who was on duty outside the Heaven's Spirit Hall. Spiritual Master Xuanmiao only acted according to the rules and did not know anything else.
Just as everyone was looking forward to how Spiritual Master Xuanyin would appear, a short middle-aged man with a blurry face sat on one of the two purple armchairs in the middle of the hall. He looked so ordinary that it was difficult to notice him.
Just as the cultivators watching the ceremony looked at each other, wondering how this person had appeared, the twelve Enlightened Masters all stood up and respectfully said to the middle-aged man on the purple chair, "Greetings, Senior Martial Brother Xuan Yin (Uncle)!"
The middle-aged man was quite arrogant and didn't move from his seat. He only nodded his head and said, "En." Then he didn't say anything else.
The twelve Spiritual Masters clearly knew this person's temperament. After greeting each other, they all took their seats. Although they still conversed with each other, they didn't chat as casually as before. It was clearly because of this Spiritual Master Xuanyin.
Lu Ping thought that this Spiritual Master Xuanyin had quite a strong aura. However, when Lu Ping used his spiritual sense to investigate, he couldn't find any aura from this Spiritual Master Xuanyin. Although he was sitting there, it was as if he didn't exist. Instead, the Spiritual Master Xuanyin seemed to be aware of Lu Ping's secret spying. His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened slightly in Lu Ping's direction before closing them again.
Lu Ping immediately felt a sharp gaze shooting towards him like a sharp blade. This gaze contained a fierce killing intent, but it didn't erupt. Even so, Lu Ping felt that he was suffocating from this imposing aura. The killing intent was like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Although it was restrained, it was like a fireball that could explode at any time. It hung in Lu Ping's heart, causing his mind to be in chaos.
Lu Ping was startled. Fortunately, he had experienced life and death several times. The North Sea Wave Listening Art was a top-notch cultivation method. As he circulated his magic power, his powerful heartbeat was like a wake-up call. It freed Lu Ping from the Spiritual Master Xuanyin's gaze. However, his body was already covered in a cold sweat.
The four Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters sitting on the yellow chairs seemed to have sensed something. They suspiciously looked at the Spiritual Master Xuanyin. The eight Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters didn't seem to sense anything. The Spiritual Master Xuanyin still had a bleak expression, as if nothing had happened.
At this time, there was only one purple chair left. Naturally, it caused everyone to speculate. Although Lu Ping was also curious, he was obviously more concerned about who his teacher was. At this time, there were three female Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters. However, Lu Ping didn't know any of them. Even their names were only known through the welcoming boy.
Just as Lu Ping was secretly observing the three female Spiritual Masters, the welcoming boy suddenly shouted, "Heavy Flower Mansion's Spiritual Master Xuanyin has arrived!"
The cultivators in the square suddenly fell silent. They all wanted to see what kind of person this late Core Forging Stage Spiritual Master was.
Lu Ping was stunned. Others might not know who Spiritual Master Xuanyin was, but Lu Ping had seen him before. The Spiritual Master who led the Zhenling team to Fei Ling Island was Spiritual Master Liu Xuanyin and Spiritual Master Guo Xuanshan. Spiritual Master Liu Xuanyin had left a deep impression on Lu Ping. He was an existence that could rival Xuan Ling Sect's Spiritual Master Feng Xudao!
Who was Feng Xudao? He was a genius of Xuan Ling Sect. He was the Xuan Ling Sect's most likely expert to enter the Dharma Phase. Together with Zhenling Sect's Spiritual Master Jiang Xuanlin, they were known as the "North Sea Twins"!
This showed Spiritual Master Liu Xuanyin's status!
As expected, when the twelve early and mid-stage Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters heard Spiritual Master Liu Xuanling's arrival, not only did the twelve early and mid-stage Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters stand up to welcome him, even Spiritual Master Xuanyin, who had been sitting motionlessly in his chair, straightened his back and slowly stood up.
A long red ribbon flew across the sky. One end of it landed in front of the Heaven's Spirit Hall, and the other end was so long that it disappeared into the horizon. Just as everyone was puzzled, they saw a beautiful woman in her thirties standing on the bridge formed by the red ribbon. When everyone looked again, she was already slowly descending toward the Heaven's Spirit Hall.
Lu Ping looked over. This elegant and beautiful woman was Spiritual Master Liu Xuanling, whom he had met before. At this moment, she was greeting the Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters in front of the hall. The Spiritual Masters greeted her in a chaotic manner. Some greeted her, "Greetings, Martial Aunt." Some said, "Greetings, Martial Aunt." The four mid-stage Core Forging Stage Spiritual Masters all addressed Spiritual Master Liu Xuanling as "Senior Sister." The strangest thing was that Spiritual Master Xuansheng, who arrived first, actually stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Mistress!"
Spiritual Master Liu Xuanling did not say anything about Spiritual Master Xuansheng's greeting. She walked straight to the purple chair. The Spiritual Masters were not surprised by this. Spiritual Master Xuansheng did not feel awkward and returned to his seat after bowing.
Spiritual Master Liu Xuanling smiled at Spiritual Master Xuanyin, who was standing beside her. "I didn't expect Junior Brother Xuanyin to come as well. This makes Senior Sister happy!"
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