Chapter 11: Apprenticeship

At the top of Tianmen Peak, in the Innate Hall, Lu Yang stood upright, waiting respectfully for his master to arrive.

Inside the Innate Hall, it was cold, quiet, spotless, and curling incense smoke rose, making the heart calm.

Lu Yang noticed that three memorial tablets were enshrined in the hall, which were the Innate Daoist, the Guiyuan Heavenly Venerable, and the Hanhai Dao Lord.

Lu Yang knew all three of these people. They had extremely special significance in the Profound Heaven Sect:

Twelve thousand years ago, the Innate Daoist who walked out of the Daoist temple established his own sect and created the Profound Heaven Sect. At that time, the Innate Daoist was just an ordinary cultivator. In the Central Continent, there were ten thousand, if not eight thousand, people with his cultivation level. Therefore, when the Profound Heaven Sect was established, it was just a small sect.

Ten thousand years ago, the world was in chaos. The Profound Heaven Sect produced an incredible genius. His cultivation talent was not in the top fifty at the time, but he had a brain, liked to make friends, was loyal, and had the blessing of luck in the dark. He rose in troubled times, followed the trend of the times, stood at the forefront of the era, was glorious, and his cultivation was difficult to match. His title was Guiyuan Heavenly Venerable.

The Profound Heaven Sect was carried forward in the hands of Guiyuan Heavenly Venerable. The Profound Heaven Sect jumped to become one of the top major sects at the time. At the Profound Heaven Sect's 20,000th anniversary celebration, many close friends came to celebrate. He took this opportunity to establish the title of the five great immortal sects with the four top cultivation experts at the time, which was recognized by the world.

There is no eternal existence in the world, and there is no eternal glory. Another five thousand years passed, the Profound Heaven Sect became weak, the elders in the sect were either reaching their limits or died unexpectedly, and there were few who could support the situation. The disciples under the sect were not promising either, resulting in an awkward situation of disconnection, and even rumors that they would fall out of the five great immortal sects.

Perhaps the Profound Heaven Sect really had the blessing of luck. One day, the elders of the Profound Heaven Sect went out to slay demons and rescued a child in the ruins, brought him back to the sect, and then were surprised to find that this child was an extremely rare cultivation genius. The child lived up to expectations, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and in a few years, he became the strongest Tribulation Transcendence stage at the time.

That child was called Hanhai Dao Lord, known by later generations as the ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect's revival, continuing the glory of the Profound Heaven Sect for fifty thousand years, until today.

"Senior Sister, where is our master?" Lu Yang withdrew his gaze, waited in the hall for a long time, but didn't wait for a second person other than Senior Sister.

"Master is currently in seclusion, cultivating to a critical period, and cannot get away. I am acting as a master to accept disciples on his behalf and teach you cultivation."

"Before formal cultivation, I will briefly introduce you to this sect. Master has very few rules. As long as you don't go too far, violate ethics and morality, or make people angry and resentful, he won't care."

"However, my bottom line is higher than his. I will care about what he won't care about."

"There are four disciples under Master. Except for you and me, there is a senior brother and a senior sister above you. They are in the Western Buddhist Country and the Southern Demon Domain respectively, and they don't return to the sect all year round. It is very difficult to see them."

"When you have achieved cultivation and have the opportunity to travel around, perhaps you will see them. As for now..." Miss Yun Zhi paused and took out three ink paintings, lined up in a row. They were exactly the master, second senior brother, and third senior sister that Lu Yang had never met.

The three people in the paintings were smiling extremely happily.

Master had white hair, and his eyes were not turbid like ordinary old people, like an outsider expert who liked to play and play in the world.

Second Senior Brother's smile was gentle, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, warm and moist like jade.

Third Senior Sister had ten thousand kinds of amorous feelings and was a beauty who could bring disaster to the country and the people.

"Master specifically explained that there are five people in this sect including you. When you apprentice, only you and I are too lonely. For this reason, Master specially prepared their three paintings to replace them."

Lu Yang looked at Senior Sister, then at the black and white paintings placed around, which were lifelike and seemed to be watching him, and inexplicably felt a chill on his back.

It was like the sect was full of loyalty, and only he and Senior Sister were left.

In front of Lu Yang appeared three spiritual incenses, which were handed over by Miss Yun Zhi: "This is letter incense, which can pass on what is in your heart. Offer three sticks of incense to Master, which can convey your gratitude and respect."

The three spiritual incenses were lit and inserted into the small incense burner placed in front of Master's painting: "Grandmaster witness, Master is above, please accept the disciple's bow."

Now it's more like it.

After the apprenticeship, Lu Yang asked hesitantly: "Senior Sister, although it is a bit disrespectful to ask this, Master is indeed still alive, right?"

Lu Yang was afraid that Miss Yun Zhi would reveal a sneer and say, "The master has fallen, and the high-level officials are hiding it and not letting it out. This secret is also known to you, and I can't keep you."

Miss Yun Zhi was confused and didn't understand why Lu Yang asked this.

"Of course alive."

"I have seen your exam results in Yanchuan Peak. You remember the human acupoints and meridian positions very accurately, and you can recite the basic heart method. It is very good. This kind of learning spirit is worthy of praise."

"Next, start formal cultivation."

Hearing this, Lu Yang showed an excited smile on his face and listened more and more seriously.

He could finally start cultivating.

Formal cultivation began. Senior Sister started the article and said: "I am teaching a disciple for the first time, and you are being a disciple for the first time. You and I will make do with each other."

"However, you don't have to worry too much. I have made full preparations for today."

Miss Yun Zhi lined up various small medicine jars, labeled with the names of the pills, which Lu Yang had heard of:

Bai Gu Pill that brings the dead back to life.

One of the series of Buddhist Country inventions for accumulating merit and creating things, the Seven-Level Floating Butcher Pill that saves a life is better than building a seven-level floating butcher. Anyone who eats the Seven-Level Floating Butcher Pill, the Buddhist Country can get a share of merit.

Nine-Turn Reincarnation Pill. The cultivation world has a saying that nine deaths and reincarnation for one life.

With these pills, it is difficult for Lu Yang to want to die.

"Qi Refining first refines the body. Although you haven't been exposed to body refining training, we will start from scratch."

Miss Yun Zhi casually tore the space and took out two large water vats from the storage space. Hearing the dull sound of the water vats hitting the ground, Lu Yang's heart sank, and he had a bad premonition.

"Sword cultivation pays attention to sword intent and arm strength. Therefore, in body refining, we must first focus on exercising arm strength. I will only demonstrate once. Look carefully."

Miss Yun Zhi stepped on the edge of the water vat with both feet, as if walking on flat ground. Then she pinched the edge of the other water vat with one hand and lifted it up gently, letting go. While the water vat hadn't landed yet, she changed to the other hand to pinch the edge of the water vat again. The action was as smooth as flowing water, making people feel pleasing to the eye.

If you don't consider the feeling of the arms, this method can indeed exercise arm strength.

"It's okay to reach this degree."

Miss Yun Zhi put down the water vat and said it lightly.

Lu Yang swallowed a mouthful of saliva in fear. He didn't need to lift it to know that this water vat was half a person high. Putting him into the water vat and filling it with sand and burying it in the ground would be more than enough.

Playing such a big vat around, this is the rhythm of playing with life.

Lu Yang stepped forward, held his breath, and lifted the water vat with one hand. The whole action was done in one go.

Didn't lift it.

He exerted force with both hands again, using the strength of breastfeeding, and the water vat shook reluctantly, indicating that Lu Yang was indeed very hard. ===== CHAPTER 12 =====