25: Chapter 25 The Wondrous Clothes Master
Duobao Sect.
Duobao Peak.
"Miaoyi, go apply to become the Guardian of the newly promoted True Disciple Chu Feng, will you?"
"Master, why?"
"Because the Sect Master ordered me to arrange it."
"The Sect Master??"
...
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Chu Feng was sitting cross-legged, consolidating his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
A voice suddenly rang out from his true disciple jade token: "Yellow-grade Disciple Chu Feng, this session's Guardian selection has concluded, and the top three candidates have been decided."
"You have priority selection rights and may choose one of the three to become your exclusive Guardian!"
As soon as the voice fell, Chu Feng's Divine Sense was pulled into a special space.
Inside the space, three phantom images of mana exuding the pressure of the Golden Core Stage were suspended. Next to each phantom, the Guardian's name, cultivation level, and preference were clearly marked.
Chu Feng scanned the three phantoms and saw at a glance that all three preferred to choose him.
He observed the three phantoms closely; there were two men and one woman, and their auras were incomparably powerful.
"Who should I choose?"
Chu Feng pondered for a moment and soon made his decision. "Naturally, I choose..."
After making the selection, Luo Feng appeared again.
"The Guardian has been selected, and this True Disciple assessment has concluded perfectly."
"Duobao Pavilion will periodically provide centralized training for newly promoted True Disciples. There is still ten years until the next training session for your batch."
After Luo Feng finished speaking, he waved his hand.
Three beams of light flashed, and three jade boxes with exquisitely carved patterns floated in front of the three people out of thin air.
"Inside the jade boxes is a scripture scroll related to your respective cultivation techniques."
"After you return, you can use these ten years to study this scroll carefully. I believe it will help your skills improve significantly."
"I hope that when we meet next time, all of your skills will have made great progress."
After speaking, Luo Feng disappeared.
Chu Feng looked at Tang Yanrou. "Junior Sister Tang, until we meet again."
Tang Yanrou smiled and nodded. "Senior Brother Chu, until we meet again."
After speaking, both turned and walked in different directions.
...
A man and a woman walked side by side.
Chu Feng dared not let his gaze wander, only staring straight ahead.
He couldn't help it.
The temperament of this Guardian beside him was too dazzling—cold and spirited, like a drawn sword. She possessed both the majesty of a powerful expert and an indescribable grace.
Just seeing her for the first time, his Spiritual Root had been vibrating uncontrollably, and he had only just managed to suppress it.
"You don't need to be nervous." A cold female voice rang out, breaking the silence.
Chu Feng was slightly startled and looked up.
"After Duobao Pavilion selects a Guardian, I will not leave your side until you Cultivate to the Golden Core Stage. This period will be quite long."
"During this time, no matter what you do, I will not interfere. Only when you encounter fatal danger will I take action to save you."
He nodded. "Senior, may I ask how I should address you?"
"My Daoist name is Miaoyi."
"In the future, you may call me Immortal Master Miaoyi. When you Cultivate to the Golden Core Stage, you may call me by my real name, Jiang Miaoyi."
"Immortal Master Miaoyi."
Chu Feng bowed respectfully to Jiang Miaoyi. "In the future, I will entrust my life and safety to you!"
Jiang Miaoyi revealed a rare, faint smile on her face: "Not bad, you are calmer than I expected."
"Now that you have become a True Disciple of Duobao Pavilion, your status and position are completely different."
"In the future, besides the visible dangers from the outside world, you will face many conspiracies and schemes hidden in the dark."
"Being a True Disciple is merely the starting point of your cultivation journey."
"You are currently only at the second level of Foundation Establishment; your future path of cultivation is still very long."
"As your Guardian, I hope you can go further instead of stopping early on the path of cultivation."
Chu Feng nodded. "Thank you for your guidance, Immortal Master. Chu Feng will keep it in mind and will not dare to be the slightest bit slack."
Just as Chu Feng and Jiang Miaoyi were walking back, Immortal Master Hongyue also received a message.
"True Disciple Chu Feng is about to return, welcome him immediately!!!"
Immortal Master Hongyue read the content of the message three times.
After confirming she hadn't misread it, uncontrollable surprise surged in her eyes. "He passed! He actually passed! A True Disciple! My Hongyue City has finally produced a True Disciple!"
As the Pavilion Master of the Hongyue branch, she had not had an easy time over the years.
There was no help for it; who told the Hongyue branch to be ranked so low?
No, it couldn't be said to be low, but there were simply too many Duobao Pavilion branches. In the Southern Continent alone, there were tens of thousands of branches.
Therefore, every time she applied for resources, she had to be humble and suffer quite a bit of humiliation.
But now, everything was about to change!
The Hongyue branch had produced a True Disciple.
According to Duobao Pavilion's rules, areas with a True Disciple stationed would certainly see resources tilted in their favor. In the future, applying for resources would no longer be as difficult as it had been in the past.
Thinking of this, the smile on Immortal Master Hongyue's face could no longer be suppressed.
She immediately took out the communication jade talisman and sent several messages in succession, her tone urgent and solemn: "All Duobao Pavilion members in Hongyue City, gather at the square immediately! Do not be late!"
Soon, the Duobao Pavilion square was bustling with people.
All members of the branch in Hongyue City had arrived, and everyone was whispering to each other, their faces full of confusion.
"Old Zhang, why do you think the Pavilion Master suddenly summoned all of us here?" A three-star Guest Elder wearing a green Daoist robe asked the person beside him in a low voice.
Old Zhang was a four-star Guest Elder. He shook his head gently and whispered: "I don't know either, but for the Pavilion Master to personally summon everyone, with such a big formation, it certainly isn't a small matter."
"Previously, when something happened in the Red Moon Mountain Range, it hadn't been this tense."
At this moment, Immortal Master Hongyue appeared, attracting everyone's attention.
She lowered her eyelids slightly, and her Divine Sense at the Golden Core Perfection Realm scanned the audience like a fine-meshed net, taking in everyone's expressions.
"Everyone."
Immortal Master Hongyue spoke. Her voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears. "Our Hongyue branch's five-star Guest Elder, Chu Feng, has been promoted to True Disciple and is about to return."
True Disciple.
These four words were like a thunderclap, instantly stunning the Cultivators present, leaving their minds blank.
A True Disciple of Duobao Pavilion!
What a noble status that was?
Not to mention in this Hongyue City, even if placed in the entire Southern Continent, that was a top-tier existence.
"He passed?! My husband really passed?!"
Standing at the end of the line, Secretary Han Jiangxue swayed. If she hadn't forced herself to steady her mind, she would have almost cried out.
She had thought that Chu Feng becoming a five-star Guest Elder was already his limit.
She never expected that in less than half a month, he would transform into a True Disciple of Duobao Pavilion.
A True Disciple.
Was that something she dared to imagine?
Before, she certainly wouldn't have dared.
But now, not only did she dare, she could even engage in Dual Cultivation with him!!
Soon, Secretary Han Jiangxue felt it.
Many people's gazes had landed on her.
In those gazes, there was thick, unmelting envy, faint wisps of jealousy, and even more eager, burning desire to curry favor.
Who didn't know the relationship between her, Secretary Han Jiangxue, and True Disciple Chu?
Now that True Disciple Chu had transformed from a carp into a Dragon, wouldn't being on good terms with her be equivalent to making a connection?