Chapter 525: Chapter 525: Accepted the First Official Disciple
Chapter 525: Accepting the First Official Disciple
“Do Shen Qi and the others know that you are an Immortal?” Wang Huilan asked nervously.
“They don’t know because they don’t have Spiritual Roots and can’t cultivate Immortality.” Mengyu told her.
Wang Huilan’s heart thumped violently; Shen Qi and the others didn’t have Spiritual Roots and couldn’t cultivate, which is why elder sister didn’t tell them.
But elder sister told her—did this mean she had Spiritual Roots and could cultivate Immortality?
She remembered this morning at the inn when Mengyu had her touch a stone that emitted a red light.
“Do I have Spiritual Roots?”
Mengyu was pleased with her quick understanding: “That’s right, you do have a Spiritual Root, and it’s a singular Fire Spirit Root. You can cultivate Immortality!”
Wang Huilan knelt before Mengyu with a thump: “Master, please teach me Immortal Cultivation.”
Mengyu had indeed intended to accept Wang Huilan, a disciple with Fire Spirit Root. Seeing that Wang Huilan was pleading and had even called her ‘Master’, how could she possibly refuse?
She lifted Wang Huilan up: “Stand up first, I will tell you some rules about cultivating Immortality.”
Mengyu conveyed to Wang Huilan all the things Xiao Tao had taught—about the ruthless struggle for resources, power, and manpower in the Immortal Cultivation World, and even the brutal survival rules like killing each other and snatching others’ Spiritual Roots, as well as the rules for Cultivators in the mortal world.
“If you remain a Mortal, with your intelligence and wisdom, along with the initial capital I’ve provided for you, you’re destined to become wealthy; but entering the Immortal Cultivation World means that you will henceforth live a life struggling for resources against others and may even die by someone else’s blade one day. Are you still certain you want to cultivate Immortality?”
Wang Huilan did not hesitate: “I want to cultivate Immortality!”
Seeing her unwavering Dao Heart, Mengyu agreed to accept her as her Disciple: “Prepare the tea, you may show respect by offering tea to your Master.”
Wang Huilan first kowtowed, then poured the tea and presented it to Mengyu: “Master, please drink the tea.”
Mengyu drank the tea Wang Huilan offered in respect of their teacher-disciple relationship, thinking that since this was her first official Disciple, she should give a generous gift for their meeting.
She was about to give her a storage ring as a gift, when Xiao Tao shouted in the space: “Master, those two storage rings are too big; she won’t be able to use them, just give her a storage bag.”
“Why didn’t you say it earlier? Now, hurry up and bring it here.”
In fact, she herself also felt it wasn’t quite appropriate to give a storage ring; even Gu Dongxing only used a storage bag If she gave someone else a storage ring, it seemed somewhat unfair to him.
“Uh, this, Master, they cost Essence Value to buy,” Xiao Tao said awkwardly.
Mengyu’s mouth twitched in frustration—Xiao Tao had not mentioned earlier that Essence Value could be used to buy storage bags, certainly because Xiao Tao wanted to keep all the Essence Value for itself.
She didn’t expose it but asked instead, “How much Essence Value is needed to buy one?”
Xiao Tao replied: “One yuan of Essence Value can buy one-square-meter space.”
“How much Essence Value do I have now?”
“Uh, you have one hundred and fifty thousand left,” Xiao Tao said a bit shamefacedly.
During this period, Mengyu had collected quite a bit of Essence Value, just the Ming Dynasty Items she got from Old Tu’s house alone were worth three hundred and twenty thousand.
Later, they collected quite a few antiques and she remembered that just a dog basin was more than ten thousand Essence Value; how come only one hundred and fifty thousand was left?
No need to ask, it must be because Xiao Tao used the Essence Value in the reverse expansion space.
“From now on, using Essence Value must be approved by me first,” Mengyu said unhappily.
Xiao Tao whispered: “Master, I asked you before. You told me to decide.”
Mengyu was furious: “You decide and you only leave me with one hundred and fifty thousand?”
Xiao Tao didn’t dare to speak anymore.