Gu Jia suddenly grinned and glared fiercely at Shen Yebai: "Hmph, now that the Grandmaster is here, let's see how arrogant he can still be!"
With just one sentence, Gu Jia reverted to his carefree self, and Li Zhishan finally felt relieved.
"You scared me to death! I thought you'd been frightened silly, Senior Brother." Li Zhishan patted his chest with lingering fear, but then he thought that if the elders who treasured Gu Jia found out about what happened today, he would definitely be in big trouble, and he couldn't help but feel sad.
"Don't worry." Gu Jia hooked her arm around Li Zhishan's neck and said confidently, "I promise I won't tell my dad. Even if someone tells him, I'll tell him I'm leaving you behind to have fun, and I promise I won't drag you down with me!"
"Yes, yes, yes, senior brother, just stop causing me trouble." Li Zhishan replied perfunctorily.
On the other side.
"Are you alright, Ye Bai?" Qin Moyu asked worriedly.
"It's nothing." Shen Yebai took a deep breath, looking very weak. "I acted impulsively. I'm afraid we won't be able to enter Guanlan Sect."
He knew in his heart that Master Xuanjing wouldn't actually take action because of that matter, but he would never want him to join the Guanlan Sect. Even without today's incident, Master Xuanjing would have found an excuse to refuse him entry into the Guanlan Sect.
"Of course you can't enter the Guanlan Sect. We don't have such a ruthless person in our Guanlan Sect." Master Xuanjing crossed his arms and looked Shen Yebai up and down. He couldn't stand the sight of him, especially the intimate actions between Qin Moyu and him, which made him wish he could separate the two of them.
This pulling and tugging is utterly disrespectful!
“Then I won’t go either,” Qin Moyu said without hesitation.
Shen Yebai frowned: "Mo Yu, you don't need to..."
He was the one who made the move, and Qin Moyu tried to stop him, not wanting to implicate Shen Qin Moyu.
"It was indeed wrong to injure someone, but there were reasons for it, so please forgive me, senior. Since there is no hope of joining the sect, let's leave now." Qin Moyu bowed and then prepared to leave with Shen Yebai.
No one expected Qin Moyu to leave so suddenly, without any hesitation.
"etc!"
Master Xuanjing grew anxious: "I said he can't enter the Guanlan Sect, not that you can't. Why are you walking so fast!"
“But we came together, so of course we should go in together and leave together,” Qin Moyu said matter-of-factly.
Master Xuanjing choked back a sob, and said with a look of exasperation, "Don't you want to join the Guanlan Sect?!"
"Yes, I do."
"Then why are you leaving!"
"But I'd rather join the Guanlan Sect with Ye Bai."
"..."
Master Xuanjing's face was as black as charcoal, and he practically spat out a sentence through clenched teeth: "No, it's not negotiable."
Qin Moyu was even more confused. It was clearly the first time he had met Master Xuanjing, yet the other party was trying so hard to keep him here. He didn't think that his performance in the illusion would make Master Xuanjing look at him differently.
"Excuse me for asking, but why does the senior show such...great favor?"
"Ahem." Master Xuanjing coughed lightly, stood with his hands behind his back, displaying the demeanor of a reclusive sage.
"I have not yet accepted any disciples."
That's practically an explicit statement.
Gu Jia and Li Zhishan, who were standing nearby, widened their eyes upon hearing this.
Li Zhishan was thinking, "Is Master Xuanjing finally going to take on a disciple? This is big news!"
Gu Jia was thinking that since Xuanjing Zhenren was his grandmaster, if Qin Moyu became Xuanjing Zhenren's disciple, wouldn't Qin Moyu be a generation higher than him?
Qin Moyu was surprised to hear what Master Xuanjing said, but still refused.
"I'm sorry, I already have a master. I only entered the Guanlan Sect to borrow the sect's books and have no intention of changing my master," Qin Moyu said honestly.
Generally speaking, in the cultivation world, it is assumed that each person should have only one master.
Although it's called the Disciple Recruitment Ceremony, there are quite a few people with established masters who sign up, not to change their masters, but simply to pass the preliminary test to enter the Guanlan Sect, and then to communicate with Guanlan Sect disciples or consult with a certain elder. The Guanlan Sect does not force them to join, and will give them a week to stay in the sect. As long as they do not do anything bad within the sect, they will not be interfered with.
Of course, if one wishes to change their sect, the Guanlan Sect will not refuse.
Qin Moyu had this in mind. He never thought about leaving his small sect. To him, it was not just a sect, but also the home he had lived in since childhood.
“But your master’s strength is definitely not as good as mine, and I don’t mind if you take two masters.” Master Xuanjing said slowly.
"Double apprenticeship" means, as the name suggests, that one should apprentice under two different masters at the same time. Although rare, it does happen.
—The premise is that the person who said this was not Master Xuanjing.
Who is Master Xuanjing? He is the number one person below the Tribulation Transcending stage. Being his disciple is equivalent to gaining the right to roam freely in the Four Continents. It is understandable if one is reluctant to part with their old master, but now Master Xuanjing has personally said that he does not mind having two masters. Only a fool would refuse.
Gu Jia had thought there was still a chance for things to turn around, but Master Xuanjing's words left him speechless.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, my wife is really going to become my elder!
As time passed, more and more people emerged from the illusion and were brought here, learning that the person standing there was True Man Xuanjing. Upon hearing this, they all envied Qin Moyu's fortunate opportunity.
However--
Qin, the Fool, Mo Yu: "Thank you for your kindness, but I have no such intention."
There was a moment of silence, followed by a burst of noisy discussion, like oil sizzling in a pot.
Leaving aside how many of them cursed Qin Moyu for being ungrateful, some even volunteered themselves, trying to attract the attention of Master Xuanjing.