Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 125 Longji, the Girl with "Money" Power

"Junior brother!"

Taiyi hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking via telepathy, "This prince's cultivation level... seems a bit..."

Upon hearing the voice transmission from the jade cauldron, one immediately understood Taiyi's meaning.

However, at this moment he found this filial and sensible disciple more and more pleasing to the eye, so he transmitted his voice and said, "It's alright, Your Highness is only sixteen years old and has a long future ahead of him."

Although the master leads you through the door, the cultivation still depends on the individual.

However, upon meeting, he immediately presented his master with a gift...

What master wouldn't love such a well-behaved, adorable, and sensible apprentice?
Little loser... well, let him be a little loser. How many examples of losers turning their lives around have he seen?

He didn't understand the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts the first two times, but this time, Yu Ding's opportunity to demonstrate his true teaching skills has arrived.

You mean sixteen years old, right? Taiyi looked up at the sky with a sigh.

He was more accustomed to using the Yuan Dynasty calendar than the current popular date system, so he reacted faster than Yu Ding.

"Come on, disciple, let's go back to the mountain with your master!"

Yu Ding extended an invitation with a smile.

"Ok!"

Longji smiled, his eyes narrowing into crescents. He nodded emphatically, a little pleased with himself. Indeed, bringing a gift for his master was an extremely wise and correct decision. He was such a clever little devil.

"Senior Brother Huanglong, shall we join you?" Taiyi invited with a smile.

Huang Long glanced at the master and disciple, feeling a pang of sadness. He wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that he still had to explain things to Yu Ding.

Otherwise, he'll feel guilty whenever he sees Yu Ding in the future.

Then Huanglong and Taiyi released their mounts, the cranes; Longji rode the blue phoenix; and Yuding rode his disciple's mount, heading straight for Yuquan Mountain.

Yuquan Mountain, in front of Jinxia Cave.

A blond boy was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his body radiating golden light as he diligently cultivated, the blood flowing within him making a gurgling sound like a small stream.

On the futon beside him was Qingyun.

Next to Qingyun was the "reclining chair" that he had once built for himself but which was later confiscated by the master.

"Hey Xiaofei, all you do all day is cultivate and meditate. Aren't you tired?" Qingyun glanced at the blond boy.

"My teacher said that cultivation is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind. I am born an anomaly, so my cultivation is slow. Therefore, I must start early, even if I am slow. Heaven rewards those who are diligent..." the blond boy said.

Qingyun shook his head and smiled, "Master also said that cultivation requires a balance of work and rest. When it's time to cultivate, you should cultivate; when it's time to enjoy... cough, when it's time to rest, you should rest."

As he spoke, he glanced back at Jinxia Cave.

As expected of the master, even though his real body went to the Peach Banquet, he left a clone at home to guard the house.

He can't even enjoy life.

"That's because my senior brother's skill has reached the Void Returning Realm. He only needs to achieve enlightenment to attain the true immortality and longevity." The blond-haired boy said with some envy.

Qingyun smiled: "It's not that easy. I'd be satisfied if I could become an Earth Immortal. But I can share some of my master's experience with you. Cultivation and magical power are about refining, but as for realms, you have to rely on..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly seemed to sense something, and abruptly opened his eyes to look at the horizon.
Two white rainbows appeared on the horizon, and a blue rainbow appeared at the edge of the sky, but they quickly disappeared into view in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, it appeared within the territory of Yuquan Mountain.

"Xiao Fei, hurry up, the master is back."

Qingyun went to greet him with great joy.

"Please wait here for a moment, my two senior brothers."

In the sky, Yu Ding smiled at the two of them, then said to Long Ji, "Come with your master for a moment."

"Oh!" Longji, without suspecting anything, quickly followed.

Taiyi and Huanglong, sitting cross-legged behind the two cranes, exchanged a silent glance.

Do you understand?

How can I understand if you don't understand?
The two then looked down and saw Yu Ding leading Long Ji to the mountain gate with the three phoenix seal characters 'Yuquan Mountain' written on it.

"Come in with me!"

With his hands behind his back, Yu Ding stepped into the mountain gate first and looked at Long Ji: "Once you enter the mountain gate, you will be a true disciple of my Yuquan Mountain."

This is a formal ceremony for a disciple to enter the sect. Since Yuan Hong and Yang Jian have already gone through it, Long Ji, his disciple whom he likes more and more, naturally cannot be without a sense of ceremony.

"Oh!"

Longji, having looked around, quickly followed.

"Leading you into the mountain gate has another meaning besides signifying that you have become a true disciple of my Yuquan Mountain."

Yu Ding looked at Long Ji seriously and asked, "Do you know?"

Longji paused for a moment, pondered for a second, and then shook his head: "This disciple does not know, please enlighten me, Master."

“The other meaning is: the master can only lead you in, but the cultivation still depends on you on your own,” Yu Ding said earnestly.

"The master leads you through the door, but the cultivation depends on the individual."

Taiyi nodded slowly and smiled, "Indeed, a master can only play the role of imparting knowledge and skills, but a disciple's ultimate achievement depends on his own understanding and efforts. Junior brother has quite a bit of experience in this area!"

"I see!"

Upon hearing Taiyi's words, Longji's eyes lit up, and he nodded earnestly, saying, "Master, I will definitely work hard to master what you have taught me."

"Cough cough!"

Yu Ding raised his hand and coughed lightly: "That's good."

"master!"

Two figures floated down from the mountain path.

Qingyun exclaimed with delight, "I've missed you so much!"

"This kid..."

Yu Ding shook his head and smiled, still looking the same.

Beside him, the blond-haired Taoist boy was quite composed, smiling and whispering, "Master!"

A disciple in name only is different from a true disciple. When there are other people around, the disciple is a child; when no one is around, the disciple is a teacher and student.

"Xiao Fei has transformed! Not bad, not bad!"

Yu Ding's eyes flashed and he smiled, "The first step in cultivation for a different kind is to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, and refine the transverse bone in the throat so that one can speak human language."

The second step is to cultivate into human form. Some demons can only reach this level after cultivating for thousands of years, but once they become human, their cultivation speed will greatly increase and they will reach the level of humans.

The golden-winged bird hadn't been with him for very long.

He also adopted a hands-off approach, passing on some cultivation methods and answering questions himself.

To transform so quickly...that's unexpected!
"Qingyun greets Lord Taiyi and Lord Huanglong!"

Qingyun quickly bowed to the two people in mid-air.

"That boy..."

When Taiyi saw the golden-robed Daoist boy, he looked at Yu Ding in surprise. How exactly did this guy teach him?

"Master, are they from Yuquan Mountain?" Longji asked Yuding with a smile.

"Master... Father..."

Qingyun looked at Longji in astonishment, then at Yuding.

Master, didn't you go to the Peach Banquet?
Why did you bring another disciple back?
It seems to be the true master, so does that mean I'm going to become the number three person in Yuquan Mountain?
Hey, why did I say "again"?

Qingyun: ╭╮

When Master Taiyi's little flying crane arrived, he became the third most important figure at Yuquan Mountain.

Later, Little Flying Crane brought back Yang Jian and his sister to Lord Taiyi. Hey, he's still the third most important person there.

This time it's another true disciple... or is he the third person again?

The true masters come and go, but the third-ranked person remains constant.

So much sadness...

"Indeed, she is my newly accepted disciple."

Yu Ding smiled and said, "Her name is Long Ji, and she will be your senior sister from now on."

"Hello, Senior Sister Longji!"

Xiao Fei spoke first, stating that he was the youngest and last in Yuquanshan anyway. There was no dispute about that; it didn't matter how you ranked him.

"Hey, sweetie!"

Longji flipped her hand and pulled out a handful of glowing elixirs from her pouch, smiling as she said, "Here, it's our first meeting. I don't have much to give you, so here's a handful of elixirs!"

"One...?"

Xiao Fei stared blankly as he stretched out his hand, looking at the elixir in his hand, then at Long Ji and the jade cauldron.

It feels so unreal!
Such a generous gesture right off the bat, just who is this senior sister?
In the sky, Huanglong and Taiyi's eyelids twitched at the sight, they exchanged a glance, and finally both sighed.

Others sell elixirs by the pill, but this one sells them by the bunch.

"Do you think this is feeding chickens?" Nearby, Qingyun, who had been grieving, suddenly brightened up and, forgetting his sadness, immediately leaned over and chuckled:

"Greetings, Senior Sister Longji. I am Qingyun, the number one attendant under the Master. I know this Jade Spring Mountain best. Please let me know if you need anything..."

"Hmm, Qingyun is good too. Here, have one for you too."

Longji was very generous and raised his hand to give another handful of elixirs.

This spendthrift little apprentice... even Yu Ding's eyelids twitched for a moment, and he was quite speechless.

Her apprentice is truly outrageously wealthy!

With the help of the elixir, Longji quickly became friends with Qingyun and Xiaofei.

Qingyun readily became a lackey, while Xiaofei, being young, was more reserved, only calling her "sister" repeatedly.

Yu Ding: "..."

Qingyun was very resentful of Yuan Hong, whom he could no longer remember, and Yang Jian.

This was probably the most harmonious time among his disciples since he began accepting his true teachings. Although he knew it was due to Longji's "money" ability, the harmonious relationship among his disciples made him feel at ease, so he let them be.

"It's wonderful that my junior brother's disciples have become so close so quickly," Taiyi sighed.

Unlike his disciples, Lingzhuzi would train Baiyun Tongzi every few days, leaving Baiyun Tongzi with bruises and swelling every day.

"Cough cough, that's enough, what kind of behavior is this?"

Yu Ding said to Taiyi and Huanglong, "Senior brothers, please!"

Taiyi and Huanglong nodded, and the group went up Jade Spring Mountain.

Yu Ding's clone walked over and entered his body. The three of them sat down on the cloud bed in the Golden Cloud Cave and talked for a while.

"Junior brother, how is the lotus pond on the back mountain?"

Taiyi suddenly remembered that treasure.

"There's still no movement at all."

Yu Ding frowned as he spoke, confirming that the one in the lotus pond must be the Precious Lotus Lantern.

However, she has not been born to this day, which makes him wonder if it is because he did not take Yang Chan with him when he split the mountain to save his mother.

"Well, this calamity is going to be difficult to overcome!"

Taiyi sighed sadly: "Junior Brother Yuding, although you are not destined for a life-threatening calamity, you still have to be careful."

Two days passed like this.

"Senior brother, are you looking for me?"

Yu Ding arrived outside the Golden Cloud Cave.

Master Huanglong, who had his back to him, turned around upon hearing this: "Junior brother, there's something I've been keeping to myself for a long time, and I still need to make it clear to you."

"If it's about the Queen Mother of the West looking for me, then forget it."

Yu Ding patted his shoulder, winked, and laughed, "Haven't I just taken on another good disciple?"

Huanglong stared at Yu Ding for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and laughed: "You cunning fellow already knew, but I have to make it clear to you that I didn't sell you out. The Queen Mother of the West had already guessed it."

"Then why do I need to talk to you?" Yu Ding pouted.

Huang Long said guiltily, "They asked me to confirm it."

Yu Ding nodded slightly. He originally thought that his performance that time was normal, but now he realized that there were still flaws.

For example, Yang Jian raised a legal question that others couldn't answer, so why was he the only one who could?
At the time, it seemed insignificant, but now that I think about it, there were many flaws, so it's normal that people noticed the suspicious points.

but……

"Give it to me!" Yu Ding stretched out his hand.

Huang Long was taken aback: "What?"

"The benefits? You don't know we'll split it in half when we meet?"

Yu Ding said with a smile.

After a long while, Huang Long said with a sigh of relief, "Now we're even."

Yu Ding weighed a glowing fan in his hand and smiled, "Of course."

"Master, why haven't you taught me yet!"

Longji stayed on the mountain for a few days. At first, Yuding didn't pay attention to her. Qingyun took her up the mountain to catch pheasants and birds, and down to the river to catch fish and shrimp. She had a lot of fun.

It felt like a bird flying out of its cage.

However, after waiting and waiting without Yu Ding teaching her anything, she couldn't wait any longer and came looking for him, somewhat puzzled.

"You really want to cultivate now?" Yu Ding smiled.

Longji hesitated for a moment, then decisively shook his head.

Are you kidding me?
Having been under surveillance and cultivated in Heaven for so long, how could she possibly want to cultivate?

“I don’t need you to do anything. Just meditate for an hour each morning and evening,” Yu Ding said.

"That's it?" Longji was taken aback.

Yu Ding nodded in agreement and said, "That's settled then. Go and try it for a month and see how it goes."

Longji left with some doubt.

"Junior brother, you don't intend to let His Highness continue like this, do you?" Taiyi asked, frowning.

Yu Ding laughed and said, "Of course not. The teaching of a disciple needs to be tailored to the individual. Long Ji is the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor. Bloodline, cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, magic treasures, resources... what do you think she lacks?"
I examined her body.

Her bloodline and physical constitution are both excellent. Since she lacks nothing, the problem of her being stuck in the Void Returning Realm cannot be found externally; it must be found internally…

Taiyi nodded thoughtfully, then raised an eyebrow upon hearing the following: "Internal..."

"Yes, this child has psychological problems!"

Yu Ding said with deep understanding, "In short, don't put too much pressure on her..."

There is another reason.
That means he's going to cultivate and advance to become a Celestial Immortal.

He reaped the most rewards at the Heavenly Peach Banquet, and by refining them, he could achieve the fifth level of profound cultivation, at which point he could prepare to become a celestial immortal.

This... is a huge project.

Taiyi nodded; he had originally intended to learn about the Jade Cauldron Cult.

However, the arrival of one person disrupted his plans.

On this day, a beam of light transformed into a tall Taoist priest and appeared on Jade Spring Mountain, looking up at the mountaintop.

Qingyun immediately noticed the newcomer, sized him up, and his eyelids twitched as he quickly asked, "What brings you here, sir?"

This Taoist priest gave him the feeling that he was just like an ordinary person, without any magical aura.

Can ordinary people fly?
Although he is not as good-looking as his master, he is obviously a master!

"Is this Jade Spring Mountain, the Daoist temple of Jade Tripod Immortal?" the Daoist asked.

Qingyun respectfully replied, "That's right!"

"That's it."

The Taoist priest laughed and said, "Go and tell him that Zhao Gongming of the Jie Sect has come to visit."

"Yes!" Qingyun turned and entered the Golden Cloud Cave.

"Zhao Gongming?"

Upon hearing this, the three people inside the Golden Cloud Cave, including Yu Ding, were startled.

"What is he here for?"

Huang Long's face immediately darkened; he still remembered the grudge he had inflicted on him by the Jie Sect members last time.

"Please wait here for a moment, I'll go out and take a look."

After pondering for a moment, Yu Ding shook his head and stood up. He thought about it and realized that he had not offended Zhao Gongming. In fact, Zhao Gongming was the first to respond to him in the Heavenly Court.

Besides, the Investiture of the Gods hasn't officially started yet, so he felt that Old Zhao couldn't possibly be looking for trouble.

"Let's do it together!" Taiyi said, frowning.

Yu Ding smiled and said, "No need, I'm fine on my own. I don't think he's here to cause trouble."

This is Yuquan Mountain, his sacred site and his home. If Zhao Gongming were to come here and cause trouble, the matter would be classified as very serious.

Yu Ding arrived outside the Golden Cloud Cave and saw a Taoist priest standing with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant scenery.

It was Zhao Gongming!
Sensing Yu Ding's appearance, Zhao Gongming turned around, bowed, and said with a smile, "I apologize for coming uninvited, Junior Brother Yu Ding!"

"How dare I? Senior Brother Zhao's arrival is an honor to my humble abode, Yuquan Mountain."

After returning the greeting with a smile, Yu Ding asked, "Senior Brother, did you come here to see me about something?"

"Well... there is indeed an important matter." Zhao Gongming chuckled dryly and readily admitted.

I'm not feeling well tonight. I've only managed 4,000 words so far. I'm scratching my head so much that I'm bald, and I feel a deep sense of guilt.

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