Chapter 35 - Junior Brother Luo Yan of the Heavenly Workshop

Chapter 35 Junior Brother Luo Yan of the Heavenly Workshop

When Shi Liuli pulled Luo Yan in front of Elder Shi Ding and finished talking excitedly, Elder Shi Ding could not help but reveal a puzzled expression. She went to investigate a spy, but as she investigated, she brought back a disciple for me?

Back when Shi Liuli had gone to check on him, Elder Shi Ding had also seen his test video records and did not find any problems. It would be more accurate to say that a spy who should have kept a low profile was not stupid enough to score full marks on the entrance exam.

Besides, if his talent for comprehension was as exaggerated as Liuli said, then it would be a waste of his talent to be a spy.

Wasn’t it good for the sect to nurture him carefully? Whether it was the alchem, the essence of forging treasures, or the array formation that could be said to have a “huge” in calculation, it required an extremely high comprehension ability to master it.

If one’s comprehension was insufficient, the speed at which one learned… was truly touching!

Thinking of this, Elder Shi Ding said calmly, “Your name is Luo Yan, right?”

“Greetings, Elder.” Luo Yan quickly bowed.

“Who are you?” Elder Shi Ding asked.

“I was born in Lin’an County, Yangzhou,” Luo Yan said respectfully. “My parents died and I was all alone. In my early years, I helped to write papers in a private school.”

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“Hmm.” Elder Shi Ding did not comment. “Then what are your birth characters?”

Luo Yan: “?”

Was there a need to count one’s birth date and eight characters to become a disciple?

While he was in a daze, Shi Liuli, who was beside him, shouted in embarrassment and anger, “Father! Why are you calculating Junior Brother’s birth characters?!”

“I actually…” Elder Shi Ding finally realized that his question was indeed ambiguous. He wanted Luo Yan’s birth characters only because he wanted to use the Taiyi Divine Number to calculate if Luo Yan’s background was true. But to his daughter, it sounded like he was calculating whether their marriage was compatible…

Of course, it was impossible for Elder Shi Ding to explain to his daughter in front of Luo Yan that he’s not talking about marriage. He’s just confirming if what he said is true. So, he could only lie. “I just want to calculate if he’s suitable to become a disciple…”

“Then why didn’t you count Senior Brother and Senior Sister’s birth characters when they entered the sect?” Shi Liuli asked angrily.

“That’s because…” Elder Shi Ding could not continue the topic. He forcefully waved his hand and changed the topic. “Forget it, forget it, Luo Yan. I’ll tell you.

“My name is Shi Ding. In my early years, I entered the Dao by forging a cauldron. Now, I’m proficient in various refining methods and have inherited the Heavenly Workshop.

“In Penglai Yuqing Temple, although I don’t dare to claim to be number one in refining weapons, I can say that I’m not inferior to anyone.

“I saw your entrance exam. You’re extremely talented in terms of comprehension. You’re suitable to inherit my heritage.

“That’s why I’m asking you here. Are you willing to become my disciple and learn how to refine weapons?”

Luo Yan immediately became serious and bowed respectfully. “I’m willing to learn.”

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“Alright.” Elder Shi Ding stroked his beard and smiled.

Although Luo Yan was decisive in acknowledging a master, he had already thought it through. The cauldron was the key to the array, and “entering the Dao” was a very strict term.

To use a realistic analogy, he was about the top level among the academicians.

Perfected Shi Ding claimed to have entered the Dao by “refining a cauldron”, which meant that he had extremely high attainments in array formations.

Then, he was “proficient in all kinds of refining methods.” This was a very valuable short sentence.

There were many ways to refine artifacts. The cauldron, mirror, seal, pot,sword, zither and clock. Who dared to say that they could master all of them? Therefore, there were the fewest cultivators who cultivated the Dao of refining artifacts, causing the price of artifacts to be high all year round.

The “sword forging” needed to be mentioned again. Flying swords were the fastest and had strong lethality. They could also seal Dao techniques. They could be considered the “guns” of the cultivation world. Therefore, all the sects used flying swords.

Currently, in the cultivation world, there’s a phrase, “out of the ten, six were from Penglai”. In the future world, it could be said that Penglai was the monopoly in the industry. There was naturally no need to say how much wealth it represented.

In short, he had to cozy up to Elder Shi Ding. So that he would not lack flying swords, Dharma treasures, or spirit stonesIn the future!

As for Shi Liuli, she was just an ignorant young lady.

If Master doesn’t want me to be involved with her, I promise I won’t care about her!

Seeing that Luo Yan chose to become his disciple without hesitation, Elder Shi Ding was very satisfied.

Due to his hypocritical persona and the psychological hints of the Imitation Mode, Elder Shi Ding’s first impression of Luo Yan was excellent. With a high level of comprehension and an honest personality, who wouldn’t love such a disciple?

Shi Liuli pouted beside him, feeling a little unhappy.

In her expectations, her father would look down on Luo Yan and she would strongly recommend him to her father so that he could reluctantly accept Luo Yan as his disciple. Hence, Luo Yan would be deeply grateful and loyal to her.

Then, her father finally realized that Luo Yan’s comprehension was very high. He would then look at him in a different light and praised her for her foresight…

That’s how it should go! Why didn’t you follow my script? However, after having a junior brother, I am no longer the youngest.

Hence, she excitedly called herself a senior sister and said to Luo Yan, “Since you’ve also become my father’s disciple, I’ll bring you to familiarize yourself with the environment and meet the other senior brothers and sisters”

Elder Shi Ding watched his daughter pull Luo Yan out and could not help but smile.

Putting aside the matters between men and women, his daughter had been surrounded by her senior brothers and sisters since she was young. She was doted on very much and had also developed an innocent personality.

It would definitely be a good thing if her junior brother, Luo Yan, could make her consider herself as a senior sister and nurture a sense of responsibility.

As for whether his daughter would like him in the future, that was up to the younger generation.

Shi Liuli pulled Luo Yan around the workshop. She also took the opportunity to visit her senior brothers and sisters’ residence.

Her eldest senior brother, Linghu Chu, was a Golden Core Daoist who specialized in the Dao of Sword Refinement. At the same time, he was also quite accomplished in the Penglai Sword Technique. However, he seemed to be an alcoholic. Shi Liuli pulled Luo Yan into the main hall and saw him leaning against the armchair, drunk and sleeping.

Shi Liuli wrinkled her nose in disgust and introduced him indifferently. Then she pulled Luo Yan away, as if she was afraid that he would be infected with alcohol.

Second Senior Sister, Lei Caiyan, was also a Golden Core Daoist. She specialized in making zithers and was very talented in music and divination. However, her thoughts and words were a little dull.

In order to express her welcome to her new junior brother, Senior Sister Lei directly gave him a “Phoenix-Tailed Zither”. It was made of a thousand-year-old parasol tree wood and was carefully unblocked with True Essence. It was an extremely high-quality zither-type Dharma treasure.

Qiu Changtian was proficient in music and had put in a lot of effort on the flute. He planned to appear when he needed to in the future with the flute.

However, he was not good at playing the zither, so Luo Yan was prepared to give this Phoenix-tailed Zither to Qiu Changtian and then give it to his junior sister to play.

Third Senior Sister Liang Ruohua was also a Golden Core Daoist. She refined mirrors and seals and had deep experience in sealing techniques.

Shi Liuli’s usual Dharma treasure, the Heaven Upheaval Seal, was forged by her according to the Sky Flipping Seal of Postnatal numinous treasure. It was said to be 30% of the original treasure’s power.

30% of the power of a postnatal numinous treasure treasure was already very ridiculous, okay? A tenth-grade immortal sword could be bent by it, but it was slightly weaker than an “eleven-grade immortal sword” like the Taiyi Light Splitting Sword.

Shi Liuli begged for a “Life Mirror” from Liang Ruohua for Luo Yan. It was said that with it, it could withstand a fatal attack at a critical moment.

Luo Yan was flattered and thanked her profusely.

Fourth Senior Brother Shi Wenshi was a Transformation Realm cultivator who specialized in making pots and clocks. In addition, his family’s spatial Dao technique was very profound.

It was said that almost 80% of the storage bags, and cosmic bags on the market came from the Fourth Senior Brother’s Shi family of Guangling

However, this family had never produced a Nascent Soul cultivator in history, so they kept a low profile and were considered “invisible tycoons” in the cultivation world.

As a greeting gift, Shi Wenshi gave Luo Yan a “Hundred Treasure Bag”. The space inside was so huge that it could even fit a large ship. Luo Yan was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly thanked him.

It had to be said that because the cultivators of the Yuqing Temple in Penglai were obsessed with cultivating all kinds of techniques, the number of Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators was at the bottom of the three orthodox sects. No wonder the Sect Master Polestar of the Kunlun called them “nerds”.

However, Luo Yan discovered that in Elder Shi Ding’s Heavenly Workshop, not only were they familiar with each other, but they were also close enough to give each other Dharma treasures at will.

It was as if they were family. It warmed Luo Yan’s heart.

On the other hand, on Kunlun’s side, although Sect Master Polestar had many personal disciples, his senior brothers and sisters could not even speak other than listening to the scriptures together in the lecture hall.

Human nature paled in comparison.