Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 1018 - 655: Taking on a Disciple on Behalf of the Master_2

Chapter 1018: Chapter 655: Taking on a Disciple on Behalf of the Master_2

Certainly, Shen Yi was also capable of manifesting the Fifth Grade Arhat Golden Body and travel on foot. It’s not about catching up with Ye Lan, but at least not being a burden.

However, that would be too ostentatious. It was an inherited position that had been stolen, akin to seeking death.

Therefore, it took the three a full two months just to travel.

"After we arrive, try to speak as little as possible and temper your impatience."

Ye Lan overlooked the many peaks below, her eyes touched by sadness when they reached the fifth highest peak.

Under Shenxu Ancestor, the second-generation disciples numbered eight, each establishing a lineage to continue the inheritance.

Now, the fifth lineage still exists, but that lineage’s founding Ancestor Master is no longer present, leaving only one third-generation disciple. Hence, this disciple is referred to as Ancestor Master Ye Lan.

"..."

Shen Yi lightly nodded, but confusion surged in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, Ye Lan once said that her lineage was nearly extinguished.

Yet the peak they were heading to was thriving with people, countless disciples shimmering like flowing light, bustling about busily and lively.

The scent of medicine was rich and enticing.

Ye Lan descended with the two, arriving at the mountainside, where they felt oddly out of place, as if they were outsiders.

Her expression was indifferent, walking upward without a sideways glance.

An older cultivator saw the trio, paused momentarily in astonishment, then stopped with an odd expression and bowed: "Senior Sister Ye has returned."

Ye Lan merely nodded slightly and proceeded to stride past.

"These are people from the Sixth Peak, practitioners of the Hundred Arts; sister’s lineage mainly practices the Alchemy Dao. After the incident, the Ancestor Master of the Sixth Peak took over management of this peak, including those alchemy teachings and Heaven and Earth Treasures..."

Ye Jing followed quietly behind, softly reminding Officer Shen.

In the Immortal Sect, one couldn’t continue addressing others as General.

"I understand."

Shen Yi followed Ye Lan up the mountain, feeling the increasingly peculiar stares around him, and slightly raised an eyebrow.

No wonder she had shown such an expression earlier; it was clear she had been dispossessed.

How much say Ye Lan still had in this lineage was hard to say.

By the time the three reached the summit courtyard, news of their return had already spread across several peaks.

"Come in."

Ye Lan reached out to push open the gate of the small courtyard, the indifference on her face finally subsiding a bit.

However, seeing the ground free from fallen leaves, which clearly indicated regular sweeping, and hot tea still on the stone table with a nearly tangible spirit fog floating above the green liquid, she suddenly clenched her hand tightly.

The Fifth Peak had been taken over, and now even this remaining small courtyard was inhabited by others.

Those furnishings in the courtyard, sealed in memory, had been changed beyond recognition.

"Huff—"

Ye Lan adjusted her breathing, slowly unclenched her hand, and walked into the inner room.

Looking at the Ancestor Master Statue, only the size of a forearm, placed on the altar at the forefront, her eyes were completely overtaken by chilliness.

"Senior Sister Ye has returned, how come you didn’t give your Junior Brother a heads-up in advance!"

A disheveled handsome young man hurried in, leaning on the doorway. He greeted her with a grin; seeing Ye Lan gaze at the altar, he touched his earlobe and casually said, "Since Senior Sister is seldom on the peak, our Sixth Peak’s disciples have been taking care of this place. Junior Brother figured you would rarely return, so to make it more convenient for the disciples to worship the Ancestor Master, I had the Ancestor Master Statue replaced."

"There really was no other intention, Senior Sister shouldn’t mind, right?"

"..."

Under the young man’s gaze, Ye Lan’s expression neither pleased nor angry, simply reached out, picked up the Ancestor Master Statue, and tossed it at the young man’s feet.

Thump.

The Ancestor Master Statue rolled a couple of times, causing the young man’s face to change dramatically: "Senior Sister! This is your Ancestor Uncle, aren’t you being a bit too disrespectful..."

His words were cut short by a cold voice.

"Take your father with you, and get out."

With slight disgust, Ye Lan wielded her hand, using the Spiritual Light to sweep the altar clean.

She bent down to retrieve a dust-covered statue of a middle-aged man from a hidden corner beneath the altar, and meticulously wiped it clean with her pristine white sleeves several times before carefully placing it in the center of the altar.

Finally, she pinched off the remaining incense on the altar, took new ones, lit them with meticulous care, and inserted them into the incense burner.

Having completed all this, she slowly turned around, not bothering to even glance at the young man, and said to Shen Yi, "I have already sent messages to the other peaks. Once the appointed time arrives, you will officially be taken in as my entry-level disciple."

In principle, taking on an apprentice for a Third Generation Disciple should not require so much fuss.

But Ye Lan was different. Though she was a Third Generation Disciple within the Shenxu Mountain, she held the position of Peak Master and was equal in status to the other seven Second Generation Disciples.

Amidst the spoken words, several vigorous presences suddenly enveloped the courtyard.

The intensity of these presences was such that even Shen Yi, who had personally experienced the Fifth Grade Fruit Position, felt a slight shiver in his heart.

In the next moment, three figures with the air of immortals about them quietly landed in the courtyard, including a middle-aged man with dark whiskers, an elder with the face of a child despite snowy hair, and lastly, a still-charming mature woman.

Seven messages had been sent, yet only three had come, and among them, the statue of the man was notably absent.

"Respected Masters, look at this!"

The disheveled young man pointed indigently at the statue at his feet, having been too timid to speak up earlier, now nearly spitting out his grievances and recounting the previous events.

"Lan’er!" The black-whiskered middle-aged man, who was the Peak Master of Third Peak, said sternly with a severe expression, "Mu Yang is your senior, how could you exhibit such disrespect, no matter how dissatisfied you are in your heart?"

Faced with the interrogation from the black-whiskered middle-aged man, Ye Lan didn’t offer any defense or ask for someone to decide on her behalf. Instead, she simply said coolly, "Master Qian Feng, please trouble yourself to address me as Peak Master."

A simple sentence brought Master Qian Feng’s expression to a brief pause; his pointing finger curled slightly before he waved his sleeve angrily, "Fine, fine, fine, Peak Master Ye, it was indeed my lack of discernment."

The other two Peak Masters exchanged glances, showing no intention of getting involved.

Ye Lan had already assumed the posture of a Peak Master, and she no longer considered herself a junior. With such a rigid stance, it was clear that any further reasoning would just be embarrassing oneself.

"..."

Shen Yi silently observed the scene in front of him. As an outsider, he could only stand respectfully to the side just like Ye Jing.

But many things had already become quite clear.

Despite Master Qian Feng’s initial accusations, the fact that he showed up suggested that he was likely among the more neutral of the Peak Masters.

As for the others who did not attend, they probably didn’t take Ye Lan seriously at all.

"The time has come."

Ye Lan didn’t show any emotion from beginning to end, she was merely going through the motions. It didn’t matter to her whether those people came or not.

"Come here."

She pointed to a spot behind her.

After Shen Yi stood in place, Ye Lan turned to the statue, lifted her skirt, and knelt directly on the ground: "Today, as the Peak Master of Fifth Peak, I act on behalf of my master to take on a disciple, to receive Shen Yi into Fifth Peak, to be under the tutelage of Shenxu Ancestor as a Third Generation Disciple. From this moment forth, we are of the same sect, and shall not abandon each other in life or death!"

After her words, she reverently kowtowed to the Ancestor Master Statue.

When she rose to her feet, the expression on her face once again became indifferent, and she turned, gesturing to see the guests out.

"..."

The three Peak Masters had complex expressions and simultaneously glanced at the young man in black.

Fifth Peak had long been a name without substance, and the only remaining Ye Lan, due to past events, harbored a gap in her heart. She rarely returned to Shenxu Mountain, often traveling outside, her activities unknown.

Now that she had finally come back, it was to perform the act of accepting a disciple on behalf of her teacher.

Could it be that she planned to restart Fifth Peak?

After so many years, this young woman’s thoughts seemed rather naive. The resources of Fifth Peak had long been firmly controlled by Junior Brother Mu Yang. It was not so easily taken back.

Merely the title of Peak Master was far from sufficient.

The young man with disheveled clothing stood outside the gate, holding the statue, his entire demeanor one of stupefaction.

He was not a Peak Master and had not received the message, totally unaware of the purpose of Ye Lan’s return.

Accepting a disciple?

For whom, Fifth Peak?

Was there even a Fifth Peak anymore?

At this thought, his eyelids twitched, and he glared at the young man in black with ill grace, before turning to fly towards Sixth Peak.

He had finally worked hard to become almost a Peak Master, and he could not allow this contemptible woman to cause any more trouble!

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