Chapter 24: Taking on the Second Disciple!

The treasures left by my master are indeed good things.

After entering the Ye Family, Lu Xuan found the Ye Family to be vast; as a quasi-emperor-level force, it occupied several hundred li of territory.

In the distance, peaks rose and fell, rivers surged; nearby, pavilions stood in rows, mansions scattered everywhere.

Under the night sky, the tall pavilions emitted brilliant spirit patterns, and an invisible pressure continually flowed.

Lu Xuan felt somewhat excited.

Where is his precious disciple?

He could no longer wait.

As for how to gain Ye Chen's trust, Lu Xuan had already made arrangements.

Soon, he found a mansion.

"Heir's Manor!"

A huge plaque hung outside the mansion's gate, its gilded characters grand and imposing.

The mansion's buildings were magnificent and splendid, but the interior was sparsely populated, giving it a somewhat desolate feel.

Lu Xuan could also understand.

After all, he is a fallen heir apparent!

Lu Xuan glanced around and then stepped directly into Ye Chen's room.

"Huh?"

Seeing a large table laden with sumptuous food, Lu Xuan froze.

Spirit chicken meat, spirit rabbit meat, roasted spirit potatoes...

Not a single chopstick had been moved.

Only beside it were a wine cup and several bottles of spirit liquor.

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile.

"I and Ye Chen are indeed fated; knowing I would come, he prepared this meal for me."

He happened to be hungry, so he started eating right away.

Lu Xuan ate while commenting, "This spirit chicken meat is not bad, this spirit rabbit meat is also fine. The spirit potatoes are absolutely amazing."

Not long after.

"Creak."

The room door was gently pushed open, and Ye Chen walked in slowly.

The moment he saw Lu Xuan,

Ye Chen froze.

Then he stepped back out.

Did he take the wrong way?

The next moment, Ye Chen walked in again.

This is indeed his room.

But.

Who is this white-clad man?

He had handsome features, sword-like brows and starry eyes; his aura was transcendent and unworldly, profoundly mysterious, as if he had merged with this heaven and earth, like a divine son descending to the mortal realm, ethereal and beyond dust.

Ye Chen slightly furrowed his brows.

He closed the door and asked, "Who are you?"

Lu Xuan wiped his mouth and bluntly said, "Ye Chen, I am the Peak Master of the Great Dao Sect; I wish to take you as my disciple."

Ye Chen blinked in surprise, "You're probably not a swindler, are you?"

Peak Master of the Great Dao Sect?

How could he come to the Ye Family to personally take on a disciple!

The Great Dao Sect is a renowned hegemon-level power in Nan Huang!

Even if the Peak Master of the Great Dao Sect came to take a disciple, one would first contact the ancestor; how could he suddenly appear in his room... to eat and drink heartily?

Thinking of this,

Ye Chen's face turned somewhat cold, "I'll give you three sentences to explain. If I'm not satisfied, the Ye Family's experts can descend at any time."

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile and said leisurely.

"Ye Chen, deep down you are actually looking forward to this."

Upon saying that,

Ye Chen's body trembled imperceptibly.

Since he encountered this strange event, he has been like a drowning person, always wanting to grasp at a straw.

A fortuitous encounter!

His heart naturally yearned for some kind of fortuitous encounter!

Even a blessing that falls from the heavens!

But now that this so-called opportunity has come before him, he finds it hard to believe.

At that moment, Lu Xuan directly tossed out a token.

"Great Dao Token!"

Indeed, it is the peak master's token of the Great Dao Sect.

"Whoosh!"

An exceedingly ancient token appeared before Ye Chen's eyes.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, he stared intently at this token; on it were engraved three characters, "Xuan Qing Feng".

An obscure, ancient power emanated from the token, profoundly mysterious.

Lu Xuan gave a light smile, "Infuse it with spiritual power, try."

Ye Chen hesitated a bit; after a moment he gritted his teeth, gathered his courage, seized the Dao Token, and directly infused a thread of spiritual power into it.

"Boom!"

Before Ye Chen's eyes appeared an incredibly terrifying illusory world, this was a miniature of the heavens and earth spanning tens of thousands of li of the Dao Sect's territory, imprinted with a kind of creative technique into a power of Dao patterns.

Only to see between heaven and earth, countless peaks rose and fell, innumerable cave dwellings stood in rows, rosy light shone in all directions, towering divine radiance continually surged forth, endless brilliant Dao patterns ceaselessly flowed and intertwined.

One after another, the Dao Sect's supreme treasures appeared: the Trial Tower, the Flame Abyss Secret Realm...

Suddenly.

A tremendously ancient voice sounded.

"Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao!"

The Dao Bell tolled resoundingly.

The six utterances of "Dao" thundered in his ears, exceedingly profound, indescribable, like a transcendent power, like an ultimate power, subtly harmonizing with the force of heaven and earth, transforming into a torrent that shot toward Ye Chen.

It incessantly struck Ye Chen's body!

"Profound!"

"Too profound!"

"Like sweet dew anointing the crown!"

Ye Chen immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Instantly.

He withdrew from the illusory vision of the Dao Token.

His body was already soaked with sweat.

"Shocked!"

He looked at the white-clad man before him with utter shock, now eighty percent certain in his heart that Lu Xuan was the peak master of the Dao Sect.

Ye Chen's body trembled slightly; he respectfully returned the Dao Token.

He could not discern the cultivation level of the white-clad man before him.

But he knew that if this white-clad man wished to kill him, perhaps only a thought would be needed.

"However."

He felt somewhat puzzled in his heart.

"Why was he chosen?"

At that moment, Lu Xuan slowly opened his right hand, and a thread of the power of the Dao Scripture gradually emerged.

A profound aura began to drift toward Ye Chen, suffusing his surroundings.

Ye Chen was stunned.

"This aura is too transcendent!"

"Even on his ancestor, he had never felt such a thing!"

"\"Senior... senior, what kind of power is this? \""

Ye Chen asked respectfully; he only felt that this power made his body and mind at ease, and in an instant he experienced a thread of spiritual power flowing into his interior.

"Unprecedented!"

"This power actually can restrain the strange power within his body?"

Lu Xuan smiled, "This is precisely the Dao Sect's founding technique, the Dao Scripture!"

Ye Chen exclaimed, "The Dao Scripture!"

"You should know that the Dao Scripture is renowned throughout Nan Huang, ranking among the top ten Emperor-tier cultivation arts!"

"It is said that once one comprehends its profundity, one can step into the legendary Ultimate Realm!"

"As the young master of the Ye family, he naturally had some understanding of the major powers of Nan Huang."

"His heart already wavered somewhat."

"This white-clad man before him had actually come specially to take him as a disciple?"

"Immediately."

Ye Chen's expression turned respectful; he clasped his fists and gave a bitter smile.

"\"Senior, seven years ago a strange power suddenly arose in my body; now my cultivation has declined, and even my clan's Quasi-Emperor ancestor can do nothing about it. \""

"\"What qualifications do I have to become your disciple? \""

Ye Chen had already determined.

"The white-clad man before him is definitely a powerhouse of the Dao Sect!"

"Such an opportunity certainly moved him, but he wanted to know the reason."

Lu Xuan gave a light smile, saying without blushing.

"\"Taking on disciples depends entirely on affinity. \""

"\"I too am wandering through Nan Huang; I happened to pass through Qing City and heard of your affairs. \""

"\"You and I share affinity, so I will take you as my disciple! \""

"\"You should know that besides you, I have only ever taken on one disciple. \""

"The voice fell!"

Ye Chen stood frozen in place.

"Wandering through Nan Huang!"

Accepting disciples entirely depends entirely on fate!

This is definitely the style of an expert, ah!

Moreover, he has only ever taken on one disciple!

Just how high are his requirements for accepting disciples, ah?

And he will be his second disciple!

Thinking of these, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel somewhat excited.

He thought of a possibility; perhaps the white-clothed man before him had grown curious about the strange power on his body.

You should know that this strange power, even the Ye Family's Quasi-Emperor ancestor is helpless against it!

His father speculated that only a true Great Emperor could resolve it!

Ye Chen asked cautiously, "Senior, could you possibly be a true Emperor Realm expert?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan smiled lightly.

"I am not in the Emperor Realm."

Ye Chen's heart felt a bit of disappointment.

If he were merely a Quasi-Emperor, he probably couldn't completely resolve this strange power!

But at this moment, Lu Xuan said slowly.

"But the Great Emperor is my disciple."

Ye Chen was instantly stunned.

He understood.

This white-clothed man before him was merely being modest.

Even the Great Emperor is his disciple—how could he not be in the Emperor Realm?

Moreover, over all these years he has only ever taken on one disciple!

At this moment, Lu Xuan saw that the timing was right; he slowly rose to his feet, divine radiance surging in his eyes, his gaze deep and distant as he looked at Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen. Become my disciple, and the Emperor Realm is merely the entry level."

"At the family gathering seven days from now, do you really want the entire Ye Family to see you defeated?"

"Or can you accept Nangong Bai Xue descending upon the Ye Family, using a broken engagement to insult you?"

"Become my disciple! At the family gathering seven days from now, you can easily defeat Ye Liangchen! Crushing Nangong Bai Xue is no problem!"

Upon hearing this.

A huge wave surged in Ye Chen's heart.

In seven days' time, can he surpass Ye Liangchen?

Crushing Nangong Bai Xue is something he dare not even think of now!

You should know that Nangong Bai Xue is at the early stage of the Profound Emperor Realm!

This is a bit like the Arabian Nights.

But the white-clothed man's strength goes without saying.

Now such a terrifying opportunity lies before him—how could he not cherish it!

This is the only straw he can grasp at present!

Thinking of this.

"Plop!"

Ye Chen directly knelt before Lu Xuan, performing a respectful bowing ceremony to become his disciple.

"Disciple Ye Chen, greetings to Master."

Lu Xuan gave a light smile, "Good, from now on you are my second disciple."

"Rise."

Ye Chen slowly rose to his feet, his gaze blazing as he looked at Lu Xuan.

At this moment, the system's voice sounded.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the time-limited disciple recruitment task: taking Ye Chen as a disciple!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining the disciple recruitment gift pack!"

Ye Chen felt some anticipation.

What could the disciple recruitment gift pack be?

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a vast amount of cultivation foundation!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a one-star Emperor Weapon, the Great Dao Lock!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a six-star Emperor Rank, Heaven-Earth Aberrant Fire Seed, Bone-chilling Netherfire!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a Heavenly Rank Marrow Cleansing Pill!"

The voice fell silent!

Boom!

A stream of incredibly pure spiritual energy surged into Lu Xuan's body, continually striking his limbs and bones, like a mountain collapsing and sea overturning.

A refreshing sensation welled up.

Lu Xuan's cultivation surged, putting him just one step away from the Second Layer Profound Venerable!

Lu Xuan, feeling somewhat excited, sat down and began to check the system's other rewards.

Beside him, Ye Chen stood respectfully.

He could see that his master was experiencing some emotional fluctuations, and he dared not disturb him.

Lu Xuan began to check the system rewards.

"What is the Great Dao Seal?"

Lu Xuan murmured.

The System immediately gave a prompt: "Great Dao Seal, the Dao follows nature, using the power of the Great Dao to seal Strange Power, to seal Unknown Power!"

"However, the current Great Dao Seal is a One-star Imperial Rank, only able to seal a small amount of Strange Power and Unknown Power!"

Lu Xuan understood.

This was tailor-made for Ye Chen.

Because Ye Chen's body contains Strange Power!

Next, Lu Xuan began to examine the Bone-chilling Netherfire.

He murmured, "What a familiar name."

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