154: Chapter 153 Teaching in place of her master, Qi Lin is on the verge of tears.

In the National Destiny Space, inside the quiet room of the Juxia Ship, Qilin had just successfully cultivated the Shangqing Qi Refining Technique.

As she was secretly rejoicing in her heart, the light and shadow before her suddenly flickered, and Ye Qingxuan, holding Bai Yuekui by the hand, appeared out of thin air, startling her into a sharp cry.

"Ah! Daoist… Daoist Ye! Have… have I successfully practiced this?"

Ye Qingxuan carefully looked her over and nodded gently: "It took you seven hours just to enter the threshold; your Comprehension Ability is barely acceptable."

"Ah? Barely… barely acceptable?" Qilin felt somewhat discouraged.

"You, stop crushing people's confidence! If her Comprehension Ability were merely acceptable, you wouldn't even be making such comments."

Bai Yuekui couldn't help laughing out loud and offered Qilin some comfort.

"Ah? Is that so?" Qilin uttered in a somewhat dazed and cute manner.

Ye Qingxuan gave the white-haired woman a speechless look, which meant: Why are you tearing down your own man's stage?

The white-haired woman didn't speak, only looking at him with a smiling expression.

"Let's go!"

As the words fell, he casually waved his hand, taking the two of them and instantly teleporting back to Mount Mao.

At this moment, the square of Mount Mao was bustling with noise and excitement, with thousands of Daoist priests surrounding the Enlightenment Stone Stele.

Some people were scratching their heads around the stele, bitterly trying to comprehend it without finding the way; others sat quietly in front of the stele with peaceful expressions, having already gained some insights.

Gazing at such a grand scene, Qilin couldn't help but widen her eyes in shock.

At this moment, Xiujing caught sight of Ye Qingxuan and Bai Yuekui at a glance, with an unfamiliar young woman following behind them. He quickly trotted forward to salute: "Ancestral Master, Ancestral Grandmother! Who is this?"

Watching this seventy or eighty-year-old Daoist priest respectfully salute before her, calling them Ancestral Master and Ancestral Grandmother left and right, Qilin was so shocked that her mouth stayed wide open.

Ye Qingxuan calmly introduced: "Her name is Qilin. This poor Daoist intends to accept a Disciple on behalf of Master, taking her as the sixty-third generation Disciple of the Shangqing Sect. From now on, she will be my Junior Brother."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Daoist priests in the audience froze, looking uniformly towards Qilin. After a brief pause, they collectively bowed deeply in a grand salute, their loud voices echoing across the entire square: "Greetings, Ancestral Master!"

The thunderous shouts startled Qilin, making her cheeks flush red as she hurriedly waved her hands: "No, no, no, you don't need to be like this!"

Ye Qingxuan raised his hand to stop her, speaking calmly: "Don't decline; you deserve it. Entering my sect puts you at the same generation as me, making your seniority dozens of generations higher than theirs. It is only right for them to call you Ancestral Master. Follow me into the hall."

Ye Qingxuan lifted his foot and walked toward the Ancestral Master Hall. Bai Yuekui gently tugged at Qilin, who was still dazed, and said softly: "What are you daydreaming for? Keep up."

Qilin followed dazedly, thinking in her heart: What kind of situation is this? I've become an Ancestral Master just like that?

The three of them stepped into the main hall, and upon seeing this, Xiujing quickly followed behind.

The sharp-eyed Sect Heads of various sects around instantly reacted, all walking hurriedly right behind them—the Sect Heads of Longhu Mountain, Shenxiao Sect, Chunyang Palace, Baiyun Temple, Wudang Mountain, and others, not a single one was left behind.

Every single one of these people was clever; such a Master-accepting ceremony on behalf of Master was a once-in-a-millennium event, especially since it was being presided over by an actual ancestor. No matter what, they could not miss it.

On the way, Xiujing turned back to glance at the bunch of old friends gathered behind him and helplessly glared at them. However, since Ye Qingxuan was walking slowly ahead, he didn't dare to voice any complaints and could only quietly follow at the end of the procession.

The group walked into the Ancestral Master Hall. Ye Qingxuan generously sat down in the main seat and said to Qilin:

"Qilin, today you enter the gate of the Shangqing Sect. Our Daoist Sect emphasizes that the Dao follows nature, so there is no need to be constrained by overly complicated formalities. Our Master is not in this Realm, so all Master-acceptance rituals are completely simplified."

"From now on, you are the sixty-third generation Disciple of the Shangqing Sect, and the sixth Disciple under the seat of Daoist Yuanxin. The complete Master-acceptance ceremony will be made up to you when you meet Master in the future."

Qilin's head was buzzing as she listened. Hearing that she could meet Master in the future, she hurriedly spoke: "Ye… Senior Brother, do you mean that I can meet our Master in the future?"

Ye Qingxuan said with a pointed meaning: "Heavenly Secrets cannot be leaked. Once the time comes, you will naturally know."

Qilin was instantly speechless, thinking to herself: Why is this Senior Brother exactly like the worldly experts in movies and TV shows, always speaking only half of what they mean and leaving people hanging?

Bai Yuekui understood the hidden meaning in Ye Qingxuan's words, and simply stood quietly to the side without saying a word.

After hearing these words, the Sect Heads of various factions in the hall all lit up in their eyes, each harboring deep thoughts in their hearts as they silently stood to the side, not daring to speak out and disturb.

The bullet comments in the National Fortune Live Broadcast Room were frantically refreshing the screen:

[Good heavens, she's directly of the same generation as Daoist Ye! Qilin's seniority directly crushes all the old Daoist priests present.]

[Heavenly Secrets cannot be leaked—the classic line of Daoist experts.]

[Why do I feel like all the Sect Heads present understood, but Qilin is the only one who didn't wrap her head around it?]

[Master Yuanxin has inexplicably gained a Disciple with supreme Aptitude; he must be laughing secretly to himself.]

Ye Qingxuan paused here and slowly introduced the members of the sect to Qilin:

"Under our Master, counting myself, there are a total of five Disciples. Eldest Senior Brother Qingming is the opening-the-door Disciple, Second Senior Brother Qingyun, Third Senior Brother Qingling, Fourth Senior Brother Qingmo is the closing-the-door Disciple, and I am the closing-the-window Disciple."

"As for you, pick a moniker yourself: locking the door, closing the skylight, closing the side door, holding the lamp, or turning off the lights—pick any one you like."

Qilin's brain crashed right on the spot, her face filled with bewilderment: "What does that mean? Closing the skylight, locking the door, holding the lamp? What kind of weird titles are these?"

Seeing her looking all confused, Bai Yuekui leaned close to her ear and quietly explained the whole cause and effect in detail.

The more Qilin listened, the more absurd it felt. In her impression, those immortal-cultivating experts shouldn't be high and aloof, untainted by worldly things? How come her Master turned out to be like a playful old urchin?

After hearing Bai Yuekui's explanation, the corners of the mouths of all the Sect Heads in the hall twitched simultaneously. Each of them found holding back their laughter agonizing, but they didn't dare to lose decorum in public and could only forcefully hold it in.

The National Fortune Live Broadcast Room was filled with a full screen of laughing bullet comments:

[Hahaha, Shangqing taking Disciples and giving names is based on door-guarding divisions, right?]

[Qilin's mind is completely blown; the contrast between the imaginary immortal gate and reality is too huge.]

[Master Yuanxin has inexplicably gained a Disciple with supreme Aptitude; he must be laughing secretly to himself.]

CCTV Broadcast Room — —

In Master Yuanxin's heart, he was both overjoyed and embarrassed, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Beside him, Celestial Master Zhang and Master Kongming could not suppress the corners of their mouths trying to hold back laughter. Master Yuanxin helplessly rolled his eyes and couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them.

On Blue Star, the Daoist Sect Heads everywhere were guarding the National Fortune Live Broadcast Room to watch. Seeing Master Yuanxin's undisguised smug expression, they clenched and loosened their fists, loosened and clenched them again, their hearts filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Having gained another Disciple with an Innate Dao Body, and with Ye Qingxuan's Comprehension Ability being even rarer through the ages, Master Yuanxin's luck was truly infuriating and eye-reddening.

On Blue Star, at the Shangqing Sect of Mount Mao, the entire mountain was filled with joy and festivity.

The Qing-generation was happy to have gained an extra Genius Junior Brother; the Xi-generation Disciples looked forward with full anticipation to paying respects to this Junior Martial Uncle with an Innate Dao Body. Since Uncle-Master Qingxuan said they would meet, they definitely would.

At the same time, their aspirations were also raised. Qilin possessed an Innate Dao Body, and everyone deeply knew how terrifying such Aptitude was; even if she couldn't compare to Ye Qingxuan, that was only compared to Ye Qingxuan.

It was definitely not something they could compare with.

Therefore, everyone secretly made up their minds to Cultivate twice as hard and never be easily surpassed by the newly entered Junior Martial Uncle... although it was pretty much useless, it was only a matter of time.

National Destiny Space — —

Inside the Mount Mao main hall, Xiujing was very observant and hurriedly brewed a cup of tea, handing it to Qilin's side while quietly giving her a look.

Qilin instantly reacted, holding the teacup with both hands and respectfully presenting it in front of Ye Qingxuan.

"Senior Brother, please have some tea!"

Ye Qingxuan picked up the teacup, took a light sip, casually put it down, and spoke calmly: "Alright, the Master-acceptance ceremony is now complete. For now, you are still called Qilin; as for your Daoist title, wait until you meet Master and let him give it to you."

Seeing this, Bai Yuekui helplessly rolled her eyes. She knew that Ye Qingxuan detested cumbersome etiquettes and human pleasantries the most, but she didn't say much.

The Sect Heads present didn't dare to have half an objection. In terms of seniority and cultivation, no one present could compare to Ye Qingxuan. Since the ancestor had spoken, they could only respectfully comply.

Ye Qingxuan scanned the crowd: "Do you all still have matters to attend to?"

The Sect Heads of various factions hurriedly shook their heads collectively. Although there was no Spiritual Qi in heaven and earth before and everyone had never truly practiced Qi Refining, they had spent years studying Daoist scriptures and polishing their Heart-Nature.

Before Foundation Establishment, they would not have any Realm Bottlenecks; as long as resources were sufficient, they could smoothly Breakthrough all the way.

Ye Qingxuan waved his hand with slight impatience: "If there's nothing else, disperse and go do whatever you need to do."

The Sect Heads could only look at each other in dismay and successively withdrew from the main hall.

Walking on the road, everyone's brains were in a mess, repeatedly pondering in their hearts: Just a cup of Master-accepting tea and a few sparse words, and the grand ceremony of accepting a Disciple on behalf of Master is already over?

Then shifting their thoughts, they sighed inwardly: As expected of a top-tier enlightened expert, acting in such an unconventional manner.

The main hall quieted down. Ye Qingxuan used his Spiritual Sense to simply inspect Qilin's Foundation, then instantly teleported with her and Bai Yuekui to the back mountain of Mount Mao.

Gazing at the exceptionally familiar mountain and river scenery before him, Ye Qingxuan sighed inwardly. As expected of all heavens sharing the same origin; the scenery here was identical to Mount Mao where he had lived for over twenty years.

He turned his head to look at Qilin and slowly explained: "The Shangqing Qi Refining Technique you are currently cultivating is merely an introductory Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique. Only upon cultivating a Golden Core can you study the foundational method of the Shangqing Sect—the Shangqing Dadong Scripture."

"As a Disciple under Master, aside from the core Daoist scriptures, you must also Master all kinds of Dao-protecting abilities."

"Sword formulas, Talismans, spells, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Formations, escape arts, and Qimen deductions—you must learn every single one of them."

Just listening to this, Qilin felt her head go dazed, silently wailing in her heart: Do I have to learn all these things?!

Ye Qingxuan seemed to see through the thoughts deep in Qilin's heart and spoke: "These are merely the basics of cultivation. Cultivating immortals is inherently complex, and there will be many more things to learn in the future."

As soon as his voice fell, he casually flipped his hand, and a dozen thick books materialized out of thin air, each book being several times thicker than a Xinhua Dictionary.

Qilin blankly reached out to catch this stack of classics, on the covers of which were written sequentially: Records of Shangqing Omissions, Volumes One to Ten.

"Inside here is all the basic common sense of the cultivation world. Put them away first and study them slowly."

After finishing, Ye Qingxuan remembered that the dark plane had been destroyed by him earlier and Qilin didn't have any object to store items, so he tossed out an antique jade ring.

"Take it and refine it; this is a Storage Ring. Your cultivation resources are prepared inside: Spirit Stones and all kinds of Medicinal Pills are fully provided. Put the classics inside as well. Cultivate with peace of mind from now on, and if you have any points you don't understand or are confused about, feel free to ask me at any time."

Holding the thick stack of books and looking at the Storage Ring in her hand, Qilin's entire brain was buzzing, feeling that the path of immortal cultivation was far more arduous than she had imagined.

With a dazed expression, Qilin cautiously asked: "Senior Brother, if I withdraw from the sect now, is it still too late?"

She wailed incessantly in her heart; she had already graduated and worked for many years, never expecting that upon entering the path of immortal cultivation, she would actually have to restart an endless study mode.

Ye Qingxuan gave her a faint glance and consoled her: "Don't be disheartened. You have just entered the threshold and haven't condensed your Spiritual Sense yet, so you can only flip through the classics word by word. After Foundation Establishment, once your Spiritual Sense takes form, you'll be able to thoroughly read and understand an entire volume of a Daoist book in a matter of moments."

Upon hearing this, Qilin instantly breathed a huge sigh of relief, raising her hand to pat her chest: "I thought I'd have to bitterly gnaw through it word by word for several years! So there's such a convenient Spiritual Sense! Senior Brother, rest assured, I will Cultivate properly!"