This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 10: His Daoist name is Qianhe (Thousand Cranes), and Zhong Bai is dumbfounded.

The Three Schools of Talismans truly live up to their name!
After truly beginning to understand the Dao of Talismans, Zhong Bai's knowledge of talismanic arts was truly broadened.

Are supernatural powers and spells powerful? They are indeed very powerful.

But... human strength has its limits, and so does the true essence within the body. You can't just use lightning magic to blast every low-level white-haired zombie you see, can you?

Therefore, the importance of talismans lies in storing one's true essence in advance through talismans, thereby enhancing one's endurance.

That's the general idea, but Zhong Bai still didn't spend most of his time learning talisman techniques.

He only intended to learn a few dozen practical talismans; what he truly needed to focus on was still his Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique!

Every day, Zhong Bai needs to spend a lot of time absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and refining it into his dantian to increase his cultivation. At the same time, he also needs to inject his true essence into the thunder seal in his dantian to solidify it.

This process itself is very time-consuming and laborious. Zhong Bai and Lin Fengjiao's eyes are different, and cultivating thunder magic is just that difficult...

It is said that cultivation can be quite addictive.

Before reaching the first level of Qi Refining, Zhong Bai thought it was a bit of an exaggeration, but now, he only regrets that he doesn't have enough time to spend cultivating.

For a full year and a half, if it weren't for the fact that Zhong Bai needed to go to the Sanmao Ancestral Hall to receive his ordination after three years of training, Zhong Bai probably wouldn't have stopped his daily mechanical operations.

Inside the Hall of Law Enforcement.

Master Qian Yuan remained unchanged, just as he had a year and a half ago, as if time could not touch him in the slightest.

Da da da……

As a series of crisp footsteps approached, Master Qian Yuan looked up at the newcomer.

His usually calm eyes now revealed joy and satisfaction.

"After a year and a half, the cultivation in the Talisman Hall has come to an end. Not bad, not bad, Qi Refining Level 2."

Zhong Bai, you have been a member of Maoshan for three years now, and it is time for you to be formally ordained.

"Tell me, have you decided on a Taoist name yet?"

This issue is neither too big nor too small. Besides making one's future reputation more illustrious, the most important thing is that no one really wants to wander the world under a secular name.

Zhong Bai was slightly stunned. He had shed much of his naivety. In the blink of an eye, he was already nineteen years old. In this chaotic world, anyone else would have been married and had children long ago.

After joining Maoshan, Zhong Bai felt he was still very young, so he focused solely on cultivation and didn't even consider the issue of his Daoist name...

"Ahem, Master, I never expected this. However, whatever Master bestows is the best. I humbly request Master to grant me a Daoist title!"

Well, problems are returned to where they came from, and Zhong Bai is quite adept at that.

Upon hearing this, Master Qian Yuan had already anticipated it. He smiled slightly and then said, "Disciple, I intend to bestow upon you the Daoist name Qian He!"

What do you think, my disciple?

A deafening roar exploded in Zhong Bai's mind. What did he hear?
His master gave him the Taoist name Qianhe (Thousand Cranes)?!
Zhong Bai was so surprised that he forgot to reply for a moment.

Seeing this, Master Qian Yuan thought that Zhong Bai was not satisfied with the Daoist name he had chosen, and he frowned slightly. He thought that the Daoist name he had chosen was very good and very domineering!
Master Qianhe of Maoshan Law Enforcement Hall...

Master Qianhe of Maoshan Law Enforcement Hall...

Maoshan Law Enforcement Hall, True Lord Qianhe...

Lord Qianhe of the Maoshan Law Enforcement Hall!
Hmm, he muttered a few words to himself, and Master Qian Yuan was satisfied no matter how he listened.

"What's wrong, my disciple? You don't like it?"

Qian Yuan Zhenren's words pulled Zhong Bai back to reality, and no matter how turbulent his heart was, he could only suppress it at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Zhong Bai slowly shook his head. "Master, I don't think it's bad, but the words 'Thousand Cranes' have stirred up a storm in my heart, as if they belonged to me."

Upon hearing this, Master Qian Yuan became cautious. The Daoist intuition is usually very accurate. Since Zhong Bai said so, it proves that the Daoist name Qian He has something special about it.

"Then... will you still insist on using the Daoist name Chizuru?"

"It's alright, Master, your disciple has no fear!"

Regardless of the circumstances, he was still a disciple of Maoshan. Even if he really was Qianhe himself, Zhong Bai felt that his core had already changed.

The original Chizuru did not cultivate the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique, and I will not repeat the same mistake!
"Indeed, this is the reason why I value you so much. Zhong Bai, now come with me to the Sanmao Ancestral Hall to prepare for your ordination!"

"Disciple will humbly obey Master's decree!"

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The master and disciple soon arrived at the Sanmao Patriarch Hall. As soon as they stepped into the hall, dozens of eyes were fixed on Zhong Bai.

The ordination ceremony is not a big deal for Maoshan, but generally speaking, when the direct disciples of the elders of each hall are ordained, the elders of the other halls will come to watch the ceremony.

Therefore, at this moment, not counting the elders of Maoshan who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, there were more than twenty older disciples alone, and dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on Zhong Bai.

Most people would find this situation difficult to handle, but Zhong Bai is a seasoned veteran.

"Disciple Zhong Bai greets all senior uncles, master uncles, and senior brothers!"

After bowing slightly, everyone in the hall nodded in response to Zhong Bai's greeting.

“Uncle Ming, I’m entrusting Zhong Bai’s ordination ceremony to you.”

Upon entering the hall, True Man Qian Yuan went straight to Ming Wanqian, who was the most senior member of the household.

Originally, the ordination ceremony for direct disciples required the sect leader to preside over it personally, but...

The head of Maoshan, who was also Shi Jian's master, had already gone into seclusion long before Zhong Bai became a disciple of Maoshan.

Therefore, nowadays, Maoshan is almost headed by Ming Wanqian. Of course, Ming Wanqian is of high seniority, so no one thinks it's wrong.

"Haha, Qian Yuan, you've finally decided to leave the Law Enforcement Hall. I thought you'd be spending your days guarding that treasure, the Kui Niu Drum."

Ming Wanqian couldn't help but tease Master Qian Yuan. In the entire Maoshan, who didn't know that Master Qian Yuan was an old man who stayed at home? He had almost all the affairs of the Law Enforcement Hall handled by the Second Elder, Liu Gang.

As for Master Qian Yuan himself, he and the Third Elder Cui Cheng, who also lived in seclusion, cultivated together every day by the Kui Niu Drum.

Well, over time, it became common knowledge.

Joking aside, when Ming Wanqian turned her gaze to Zhong Bai, the admiration in her eyes was undisguised.

"Good lad, only a year and a half and you've already reached the second level of Qi Refining. It looks like you'll be able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining in less than a year and a half."

It has to be said that the combination of the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique and the Kui Niu Drum resulted in an incredibly fast cultivation speed in the early stages!

Ming Wanqian wasn't actually envious of this, but he was still somewhat shocked. After all, it took Lin Fengjiao of the Talisman Hall about five years to reach the third level of Qi Refining.

Zhong Bai, on the other hand, could reach the same level in just four years. Keep in mind, Lin Fengjiao's talent was even greater than Zhong Bai's...

Hearing his grandmaster praise him, Zhong Bai's earlobes turned slightly red. He knew his own family's situation. In the past year and a half, in addition to having the Kui Niu Drum as a treasure to assist his cultivation, his master, True Man Qian Yuan, had also given him countless spiritual pills.

In general, apart from being unable to provide guidance on the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique, Master Qian Yuan was almost completely proficient in all other material matters.

If Zhong Bai can't even make faster progress in his cultivation, he might as well just kill himself.

(End of this chapter)