The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 38

Chapter 38: Formal Disciple

You XiaoMo entered behind Fang ChenYue, and as they crossed the courtyard, he saw a few magic herb plots. Of course , there were more magic herbs in the magic herb gardens, but You XiaoMo stared at these because the magic herbs in the plots were all high level magic herbs.

These high level magic herbs were those above level six. He ’d read about them before , so he recognized them. Usually these were only needed by high level mages , because low level and mid-level mages were restricted by their level. Even if they had high level magic herbs, they were unable to refine any magic pills. These high level magic herbs were only at the seedling stage, a long way from maturing.

Upon entering, Fang ChenYue didn’t bring him to Kong Wen’s room, but walked towards the backyard. After a few steps, a figure in blue became visible. That person had his back towards them, squatting next to a magic herb plot. He seemed to be fiddling with a magic herb.

You XiaoMo froze for a moment. This person was Kong Wen , but he clearly heard his voice coming from inside the room just a moment ago.

“Shifu, I’ve brought him.” Fang ChenYue said respectfully to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man wiped his hands and got up. He turned around saying, “ChenYue, go ahead and help Shifu infuse a pot of tea. I have some things to discuss with your Xiao Shidi.”

Fang ChenYue happily agreed and before leaving he surreptitiously winked at You XiaoMo and mouthed the word ‘Congratulations’. You XiaoMo was puzzled. Why would Da Shixiong congratulate him?

“Do you know what magic herb this is?” After Fang ChenYue left, Kong Wen again turned towards the plot of magic herbs behind him. The first thing he asked was related to magic herbs.

Although he did not call him by name, You XiaoMo knew that he was the one being asked. That was because he was the only one here. He craned his neck to look at the magic herb at Kong Wen’s feet. Luckily , he had seen this magic herb in the books so after some thought, he named it.

“If I remember correctly, this should be the level seven magic herb, Goldthorn Herb.”

Goldthorn Herb was just like its name implied. No matter the leaves or stems, they all appeared golden. Every time the sun shined, the radiance of the Goldthorn Herb was very dazzling. Usually , one would not be able to look directly at it during that time , but it was also the best time to identify it.

Luckily for You XiaoMo, he had been reading a lot these few days. Although there were not many level seven magic herbs in the books, there were simple descriptions of their characteristics. So , with one look, You XiaoMo was able to identify it. As far as he knew, one that glittered so brightly was the Goldthorn Herb. Furthermore, since Kong Wen was a high level mage, his courtyard was mostly planted with high level magic herbs , j ust like those few magic herb plots he saw when he came in. Putting these two things together, he guessed that it must be the Goldthorn Herb.

Kong Wen nodded in apparent satisfaction, “Not bad, even though you only entered the sect for less than a month, you can already recognize the Goldthorn Herb. That’s not easy. Furthermore, Shifu had already heard from Zhao-shishu from the Hall of Magic Herbs. He said that you were very diligent in refining magic pills. Even though your inborn talent was lacking, you have the will to improve. So , Shifu has decided to receive you as a formal disciple!”

You XiaoMo was temporarily giddy from having being hit by the golden goose that fell from the sky. Kong Wen wanted to accept him as a formal disciple? No wonder Da Shixiong congratulated him before leaving. Looks like this was the reason.

“What is it? Are you not willing?” Kong Wen asked seeing that he didn’t respond for a long time.

You XiaoMo immediately came back to his senses, stammering, “Willing, disciple is willing. Shi – honorable Shifu, please accept this one as a disciple!”

Saying this , he kneeled down and gave Kong Wen a proper kowtow , banging his head on the ground. Of course he was just copying what he had seen on TV.

Kong Wen didn’t stop him, fully feeling that he deserved this act of respect. He later allowed him to stand up, “Shifu has six other disciples. From today onwards, you will be number seven. They are all your seniors. The one that brought you here today is your Da Shixiong Fang ChenYue. I trust you already know each other. Later , he will bring you to meet the other five disciples.”

“Yes, Shifu!” You Xiao replied respectfully.

After that, Kong Wen said a few words bringing up the usual things that he should pay attention to. From start to finish, he didn’t bring up the matter between him and Ling Xiao. As if the only reason he called him over was to accept him as a formal disciple.

When it was about the Wei period, that was to say one p.m., Kong Wen finally let them leave. Fang ChenYue simply brought You XiaoMo to the canteen. Although it was a little late, the cook would usually leave some food for Fang ChenYue. This was because he knew that they would be late, Fang ChenYue had told the cook to leave aside a little more this time.

After lunch, Fang ChenYue brought him to meet a few of the other disciples. Being able to become a disciple of Kong Wen was a matter of intense pride in Capital Peak. Kong Wen was a high level mage, one of the top in the Mage Division. He had the highest power in the whole of Capital Peak. Even though Capital Peak was ranked last among the three peaks, there were still a lot of people that wanted to be his disciple s . Although there were so many disciples in Capital Peak, only six could be considered Kong Wen’s disciples. So , that meant that it was not easy to become Kong Wen’s disciple.

A good shifu could steer oneself to the right direction, cutting down on the number of detours. You XiaoMo didn’t think that a high level mage like Kong Wen would accept him as a disciple. So , he never had such extravagant hopes. He had only thought that if no one was willing to accept him as a disciple, he would just learn everything from books. Who would have guessed that such good news would come crashing down on him.

Although happy, You XiaoMo was still a little uncertain. Why would Kong Wen accept him as a disciple? He believed that it couldn’t be just because he was diligent, there must be some other reason he couldn’t figure out. So , it was best to drop it. After all, being a disciple of Kong Wen would only bring him more good than harm.

Kong Wen had six disciples. Among them was Fifth Shixiong Zhao DaZhou and Third Shixiong Wu Yan , both of which he had met before. Zhao DaZhou was the one he met on the way to the canteen before , when he was following behind a group of people. It was also that Zhao-shixiong that let him know that one must have connections with the higher – ups in order to get good work assignments. That was what made him give up that idea. But this Zhao-shixiong had always had connections since young. He was the son of Zhao-shishu , who was in charge of the Hall of Magic Herbs. His nature was completely different from that of Zhao-shishu. He was rather fond of showing off , but his basic character was definitely not bad. Otherwise, Kong Wen would not have accepted him as a disciple.

As for Third Shixiong Wu Yan, he was the one that was there when he first tried refining magic pills. He was the one Da Shixiong asked to look after them, a very amiable and patient Shixiong. Then there was Fourth Shijie NanGong Ying and Sixth Shixiong Mao Can. Da Shixiong brought him to meet all four of them one by one.

Hearing that Shifu accepted a disciple right after coming out of closed-door cultivation , all four of them were very surprised, especially Zhou DaZhou. However, they didn’t show an extreme reaction ; since Da Shixiong was personally bringing him around , Shifu must have already accepted him as a disciple. If Zhou DaZhou had not given him a thinly veiled appraising look, You XiaoMo would have been quite pleased with this trip.

As for the Second Shixiong Fu ZiLin, You XiaoMo didn’t get the chance to meet him. According to Da Shixiong, he went down the mountain a few days ago to look for a magic herb. Furthermore, this Second Shixiong had a completely different character than the rest of them. Referred to as a Little genius, Fu ZiLin was actually someone with an poker face, also falling into the class of people that were habitually silent. Among the disciples, the only one that was used to his nature was Da Shixiong Fang ChenYue. Furthermore, Da Shixiong was the only one that could talk to him. If others were to talk to him, they would be ignored. So it seemed that Fu ZiLin didn’t have many friends even though he was a little genius when it came to refining magic pills.

When You XiaoMo reached his room, the sun was about an hour away from setting. Since he spent the whole morning with Ling Xiao practicing the [Heavenly Soul Scripture] in his room, then went to meet Kong Wen, and the other disciples, it took up a lot of time. As a result, he hadn’t refined a single magic pill. Thinking that Ling Xiao may be back at any time to collect magic pills, You XiaoMo rushed to bring out his cauldron and prepared to refine magic pills as soon as he returned to his room.

This time refining magic pills was not the same as before , because he had already practiced the [Heavenly Soul Scripture]. Ling Xiao had told him that he could make use of the [Heavenly Soul Scripture] at any time, especially when refining magic pills.

It was necessary to stimulate the soul force when refining magic pills, creating an unending cycle of consumption and recover. By making use of the [Heavenly Soul Scripture]’s soul training techniques, one could continuously challenge the limits of their soul force. This way one could achieve a breakthrough and increase the soul force at the same time.

Due to the fact that he had already tried it out a few times in the morning, You XiaoMo easily got the [Heavenly Soul Scripture] soul training technique to resonate with his soul force. In this way, he could achieve twice the result with half the effort. You XiaoMo purposely slowed down his speed in order to avoid making any mistakes.

As a result, by the time the sun set, You XiaoMo had only refined ten magic pills. Even then, he was so tired and covered in sweat that he could hardly lift any of his fingers. Luckily there was the magical lake water and after drinking half a bottle and taking a short rest, You XiaoMo continued.

Originally worried that Ling Xiao would come over and criticize him for not having the magic pills ready, You XiaoMo was on edge for over an hour. In the end, though he waited until the middle of the night when most people had fallen asleep, there was still no sign of Ling Xiao.