Chapter 118: Enlightenment Teacher

No way, our Ping'an has already taken you as his master, Daozhang; no matter what, he won't switch to another's sect!

Wang Lin firmly refused.

He is a rustic old man who has never left the prefectural capital, lacking experience, but he is not stupid; how could he not know that if his Ping'an took Luo Quan as master, the benefits would be incomparable to those from taking Xuanqing Daozhang as master?

The gap between them can truly be described as the difference between clouds and mud!

Just that.

He has not forgotten, and can never forget, that Xuanqing Daozhang, in order to take their Ping'an as a disciple, weeded out trouble for their family, yet lost twenty years of his yang lifespan.

Aside from their family, it's probably hard for anyone else to accomplish this.

Even that beast can't do it!

How could such trifling benefits be compared?

Liu Dongzhu angrily said, "Daozhang, what's going on again? Why don't you want to take our Ping'an? Are you angry that our Ping'an attracts bees and butterflies?"

Such matters are not the first time Xuanqing Daozhang has done them; there's no need to worry. He is testing her, and seeing his earnest expression, these words are clearly spoken sincerely.

But.

The more sincere he is, the angrier she becomes.

"Dongzhu, how could I be Ping'an's enlightenment teacher? Once he gains a bit of sense, he can study under me; after he learns all my skills, I can send him to that Lord Luo to study further!"

Xuanqing Daozhang let out a slight sigh, his expression somewhat complex, and said: "This is also good for Ping'an!"

Luo Quan suddenly placed a stack of talismans in the Wang family hall, making such a display of wealth, which still affected him to some extent.

With his abilities, not to mention one stack, he could produce even more talismans if needed.

But if it comes to a contest of wealth, he is far inferior to Luo Quan.

He knows that even if Luo Quan produced more money, the Wang family's nature would never change their minds to let Ping'an switch to Luo Quan's sect.

But that would not be good for the Wang family, nor for Ping'an.

On the path of cultivation, besides talent, one also relies on the supply of cultivation resources; otherwise, even with great talent, insufficient resources will still affect a cultivator's development.

Ping'an has just stepped into the cultivation threshold, so there's no need to worry about resource supply; he can still manage, but once he reaches the middle stage, it will be beyond his ability to provide, whereas the Luo family can easily supply more than enough.

In the later stage, it's up to the Ziyang Palace!

He cannot be selfish for himself, affecting Ping'an's lifelong development.

Anyway, for leaving a name in history, there's not much difference between a master and an enlightenment teacher.

On the contrary, the enlightenment teacher has two extra characters; saying it, he still comes out ahead.

"Daozhang..."

Liu Dongzhu still wanted to say something, but Xuanqing Daozhang cut her off: "Dongzhu, Old Brother Wang, Elder Sister Zhang, just listen to me; since Lord Luo has such good intentions, we shouldn't refuse—this will bring tremendous benefits to Ping'an's future development!"

The Wang family members exchanged glances, wanting to advise, but seeing Xuanqing Daozhang's demeanor, they knew whatever they said would be useless.

Liu Dongzhu solemnly said, "Daozhang, since you've said all that, I shouldn't add more, but I must say this: if Lord Luo truly wants to take our Ping'an as a disciple, he must be sincere and wholeheartedly wish him well; otherwise I won't agree!"

Wang Lin and Zhang Guihua didn't speak, but their expressions made it clear they stood with Liu Dongzhu on the same front.

"Rest assured, that Lord Luo is sincere and will wholeheartedly wish Ping'an well!"

Xuanqing Daozhang spoke righteously. Though he said that, he knew deep down that Luo Quan would accept Ping'an as a disciple for his own purposes; expecting him to be sincere and hoping he would wholeheartedly wish Ping'an well is nearly impossible.

He doesn't know whether it's because Luo Quan forcibly took his disciple, causing him to view Luo Quan through biased lenses, but he actually harbors no good feelings toward Luo Quan.

But regardless of whether Luo Quan's acceptance of Ping'an has his own motives, one thing is certain: Ping'an studying under Luo Quan will definitely be better than studying under him.

Who let them have a family backing them?

A thousand years of development—how could a lone solitary household compare?

Zhang Guihua shifted the topic: "Daozhang, you've sent both your disciples to the prefectural capital to study; there's no one to look after you at the Xuanqing Temple—why not come live at our place?"

She isn't worried that Xuanqing Daozhang lacks the ability to care for himself; when he first arrived, he was alone, and although ten or twenty plus years have passed, his age is still considerably younger than hers.

Moreover, as a Daoist practitioner, he is capable; taking care of himself is no problem.

She says this because she has her own ulterior motive: she wants Xuanqing Daozhang to protect their Ping'an around the clock.

"Elder Sister Zhang, I appreciate your kindness, but staying at your place would be inconvenient for me!"

Xuanqing Daozhang shook his head.

A flicker of disappointment crossed Wang Lin's eyes; he actually also hoped Xuanqing Daozhang could stay at his home, but seeing Xuanqing Daozhang so firmly refuse, he didn't dare to press further and changed his tone:

This novel you have arrived.

"Old woman, don't say that—you haven't seen Daozhang dusty and weary; he just rushed back from the prefectural capital and probably hasn't eaten, so hurry to the kitchen and cook!"

"You see how clueless I am—I'm going now!"

Zhang Guihua slapped her forehead, rose, and walked off.

"Elder Sister Zhang..."

Xuanqing Daozhang was about to stop the Wang family's kindness, but before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin interrupted: "Daozhang, let's sit down first; I'll have Dongzhu bring Ping'an over, and then I'll trouble you to examine our Ping'an!"

"Of course there's no problem..."

The words on Xuanqing Daozhang's lips were swallowed back; he casually found a seat, and before he could finish speaking, out of the corner of his eye he spotted the black cat catcher in the corner, startling him: "Old Brother Wang, is that your family's black cat?"

Wang Lin's family black cat, he had seen; among ordinary cats it's quite good, a fine prospect for a spirit beast, worthy of being called a 'spirit cat', but ultimately just an ordinary animal.

To become a spirit beast from an ordinary animal is not something that can be said to be harder than climbing to heaven.

But it's not so simple as to be nowhere near that!

Never would have imagined...

Now, upon seeing the black cat catcher again, it has already half-stepped into the threshold of a spirit beast.

Xuanqing Daozhang secretly wondered: "Could it be that my teaching Ping'an the 'Qi Cultivation Guidance Method (Spirit Pet Chapter)' has taken effect?"

"Daozhang, you're mistaken—it's not our family's black cat..."

Upon hearing the first half of Wang Lin's sentence, Xuanqing Daozhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He just said, after all, even if Wang Ping'an were still an Innate Dao Body, it's impossible that after just a few lessons of the Qi Refining Guidance Method (Spirit Pet Chapter) he could easily master it, let alone be able to use it on his own pet.

Let it step into the threshold of a spirit beast!

It was just the latter half of Wang Lin's words that made Character: Xuanqing's just-relaxed heart leap to his throat again, and the whole person was startled.

(End of chapter)