Chapter Fifty-Nine: Becoming Master and Disciple Together

  Shangguan Yu saw it, a figure was practicing those martial arts for him. The intricate martial arts moves, from simple to complex, and then evolved into a move that killed the enemy. Shangguan Yu watched as if he was drunk, he wanted to deeply engrave the essence of these martial arts in his mind. He deeply understood that in a battle of the same realm, martial arts moves were very important.

  Finally, Shangguan Yu opened his eyes, and a hint of sharpness flashed in his pupils. He knew that after such a long period of introspection, his martial arts realm had advanced by one level. With a sense of emotion, he looked at the stone tablet again, never expecting that just one word could bring him so much benefit. It was hard for him to imagine what kind of existence could leave behind such a word.

  "Hmm, you finally woke up. Look at the time, I've been waiting to death." Wu San Tong said as soon as he saw that Shangguan Yu had opened his eyes.

  "Master?"

  Not only was Shangguan Yu puzzled, but Qin Shou and the others were also confused. This old man claimed to be their master, but when did they ever become his apprentices?

  "You don't know, do you? The one who came to welcome you is your master. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to pick you up for no reason." Wu San Tong said nonsense. Anyway, he had already determined that these few disciples were his, as long as they were deceived into worshiping him as their master, it would be useless even if they wanted to regret it later. Besides, with his current status, which disciple didn't want to? It was their honor for them to worship him as their master.

  Wu San Tong said this, although it was strange, but Shangguan Yu and others also believed him. After all, this old man didn't need to deceive them, and they were just outer door disciples, so it was impossible for them to choose a master.

  "Slow down, you little brat isn't my apprentice. I had a purpose in showing you this 'martial' character too - only those who have gained insight can learn the martial arts here. You'd better go worship someone else as your master, my martial arts are not for you." Old Jiu pointed at Li Wei and scolded him. In his eyes, Li Wei was definitely untalented, so he naturally wouldn't accept him.

  Wu San Tong said that, Li Wei's face sank. The faces of Shangguan Yu and the other four were not good either, after all, they had been together for so long. They originally planned to worship the same master and cultivate together.

  "Don't think too much, I still have some status in the Zhenwu Sect. I'll find a good master for this kid, you can rest assured." Wu Santong patted his chest and said, this small matter was indeed not difficult for him.

  Wu San Tong said this, and the faces of Shangguan Yu and others improved. After all, this is the True Martial Gate, and there are some things they can't do on their own. Moreover, Shangguan Yu also knew that outer door disciples originally didn't have a high status. This old man could do so much for them, which was already very good.

  "You wait here for a moment, I'll go find a good master for this kid now." Wu San Tong said hastily, he was really afraid that these four disciples would not be able to protect him. After all, it's very difficult to find such an excellent one among the outer door disciples.

  Before Li Wei could say anything, he was pulled by Wu San Tong and disappeared together. Wu San Tong directly appeared on another mountain peak, and he didn't care if it was late now. Anyway, in the Zhenwu Sect, his qualifications were indeed considered old. The master of this mountain peak was still his junior apprentice brother, so he naturally didn't need to worry about anything.

  "Kobayashi Kai, your master has brought an apprentice for you, come out quickly!" Wu San Tong shouted loudly.

  A man in his forties appeared, but he had a gloomy face. "Greetings, Master! But, Master, I still have many disciples here, can you please not call me Little Lin Hai from now on?"

  "What? Isn't Master Shu older than you? Cut the nonsense, I'll give this kid to you as a disciple, no objections?" Wu San Tong said.

  "No, Master Uncle wants me to take it, I'll definitely take it." The middle-aged man didn't dare say more, this Master Uncle was not someone he could afford to offend.

  "Alright, with Lin Hai's words, I can rest assured. Next time when I'm free, I'll teach you a few more moves."

  Upon hearing this, Lin Hai became excited. He knew that although his master was not very reliable as a person, his martial arts skills were undeniable, and at the very least, his own master would definitely not be able to defeat this uncle of his. He took a look at Li Wei, but didn't think much of it, after all, he was just accepting an apprentice.

  "Alright, Master Shu has something else to attend to, I'll take my leave first!" Wu San Tong was also eager to return and collect his disciple, so he didn't have much time to linger around here.

  "Come here," Lin Hai pointed at Li Wei, "What's your relationship with Shifu? Why did Shifu hand you over to me?" Lin Hai was indeed very curious about how this young man in front of him got recommended by Shifu.

  As for the "Wu" character on the stone tablet, Li Wei didn't have any feeling about it, so he didn't mention it to Lin Hai. However, regarding other matters, Li Wei didn't hide anything and told Lin Hai everything. He knew that this middle-aged man in front of him was his master, so he naturally wouldn't play any tricks.

  "Oh? You're saying Master Wu has taken on four disciples? This is truly astonishing news, Master Wu has actually started taking on disciples too." Lin Hai was shocked, he hadn't expected that Wu San Tong would start taking on disciples.

  As for Lin Hai's question, Li Wei didn't know how to answer and could only stand there awkwardly.

  Lin Hai also noticed Li Wei's embarrassment, "Since it was recommended by Shifu, I will naturally accept you as my disciple!"

  Li Wei heard Lin Hai say this and immediately knelt down. "Disciple Li Wei, greetings Master!"

  "Hmm, from now on I'll be your master, you'd better get up quickly!" Lin Hai said with a smile. And so, Lin Hai and Li Wei became master and disciple.

  "Xiao Yu, can you trust that old man?" Qin Shou asked as soon as Wu San Tong left.

  Li Ruolan furrowed her brow, "Anyway, I always feel that old man is not reliable, no basis, but this is my intuition as a woman! You guys are all men, naturally don't know how accurate our women's intuition is!"

  Looking at Li Ruolan's confident appearance, Shangguan Yu shook his head. A 13-year-old girl had already begun to shout about women's intuition. It was really unknown how Princess Li Ruolan grew up, was she spoiled by the concubines in the imperial palace?

  "I don't know if this old man is reliable or not, but his martial arts skills are definitely not weak." Actually, Shangguan Yu didn't know the reason either, he just felt that Wu Santong's martial arts skills were very high. However, Xiang Tianlang nodded in agreement with this sentence.

  "Not bad, worthy of being my apprentice, your vision is not bad!" Wu San Tong suddenly appeared in front of the four people, this sudden appearance reminded Shangguan Yu of Jiu Lao.

  Wu Santong glanced over, Qin Shou shrunk his neck, but he thought of the ways Jiu Lao used to bully people. Li Ruolan also curled up her tongue, earlier she was also speaking ill of Wu Santong. It's unknown if this so-called master heard it, if she did, she would be in trouble.

  "Follow me, apprentices! I'll take you to see my place!" Wu Santong waved his sleeve and all five of them vanished into thin air.

  When Shangguan Yu was able to see things again, they were already in a room. The room had no decorations and looked very simple. In front of him was the nine-layered stairs, and Wu Santong was standing on top of the nine-layered stairs.

  "My master's name is Wu Santong, and it's also a well-known name in the Tianxuan Continent. Don't go out and lose face for your master." Wu Santong said with pride, even his white eyebrows were twitching. In his opinion, as long as he reported his own name, wouldn't the four people in front of him bow their heads and obey?

  Unfortunately, Wu Santong miscalculated. Who had ever heard of Wu Santong's name in the Upper Palace? Even if he asked him the name of the true martial arts master, he wouldn't know it, let alone Wu Santong? In Wu Santong's stunned gaze, the four people didn't show any expression.

  "Don't tell me you guys haven't even heard of my name?" Wu Santong furrowed his brow, these four people couldn't be that ignorant, could they?

  "Hmm, can we pretend we didn't hear it?" Qin Shou asked weakly.

  "Alright, we really don't know." Shangguan Yu also chimed in. Li Ruolan and Xiang Tianlang also nodded in agreement, they had indeed never heard of it before.

  "Hmm... you guys are really inexperienced, aren't you?" Wu San puffed out a breath, his eyes wide with surprise. He hadn't expected to have a day where he was ignored by others. But looking at the four people's sincere expressions, it seemed they were truly unaware. It made sense, they must be from some small place, otherwise with such talent, their martial arts realm wouldn't still be so low.

  "Disciple Tu Shangguan Yu pays respects to Master!"

  "Disciple Qin Shou pays his respects to Master!"

  "Disciple Li Ruolan pays respects to Master!"

  "Disciple Tiemu pays respects to Master!"

  Shangguan Yu led the way, and the other three also knelt down. The four of them were not fools either, looking at Wu Santong's expression, they must be extremely formidable figures. So they kowtowed, it was just a formality, after all, they didn't lose out on anything.

  Looking at the four disciples kneeling on the ground, Wu San Tong was delighted. In any case, these four disciples were indeed his own. It didn't matter how isolated and ignorant they had been before; with him as their master, they naturally wouldn't be that way in the future.

  Shangguan Yu and four others discussed their ages for next year, and it was found that Shangguan Yu is the oldest, Xiang Tianlang is second, Qin Shou is third, and Li Ruolan is the youngest.

  "Hmm, since that's the case, then from now on I'll be Big Brother Master!" Shangguan Yu said with a pleased expression. Being able to become Big Brother Master was for the best, he definitely didn't want to be Little Brother Disciple.

  "Then I am naturally Second Master," said Xiang Tianlang.

  "Then I am naturally Third Brother." Qin Shou's eyebrows danced with joy, his peach blossom eyes filled with delight. He was thrilled that Li Ruolan would become his junior sister from now on.

  "I'm Little Shifu!" Li Ruolan rolled her eyes and said with a displeased face.

  "Alright, alright, all of you get up. From now on, you are all my disciples. As the disciples of Wu San Tong, you can't be too weak. You must work hard to cultivate from now on." Wu San Tong paused for a moment, then smiled with schadenfreude, "Let me tell you some bad news, after becoming my disciple, your troubles in Zhen Wu Men will probably be one after another!"