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In the small town in the Dragon Spring Prefecture, a young Daoist priest wearing a lotus flower hat was seated by himself behind a small desk in an old school building that was no longer in use. He cast his gaze toward the spot where Qi Jingchun had been standing for 60 years, and he was silent as he unconsciously traced a finger back and forth over the surface of the desk.
Upon returning to his senses, Lu Chen raised a hand, making a grabbing motion, and he was able to "scoop" He Xiaoliang straight up from the Kun ship and pull her to his side. Even for a Golden Core Tier Qi refiner like He Xiaoliang, instantly traveling over such a vast distance left her reeling from a sense of dizziness, and she stumbled momentarily before steadying herself.
A solemn look then appeared on her face, and she took a moment to compose herself and smooth down her clothes before taking three steps back and falling to her knees, then kowtowed to the ground as she declared, "Disciple He Xiaoliang pays her respects to her master."
It was nothing short of an enormous blessing for the Jade Girl of a continent's Daoist orthodoxy like her to become a direct disciple to a Branch Master of Daoism.
Lu Chen nodded in response, then gestured for He Xiaoliang to get up as he said, "There's no need to observe such trivial formalities as my disciple, it's the thought that counts. You probably don't believe what I'm saying right now, but you'll come to understand once you meet your five other senior brothers and sisters. Outside of the Great Dao, everything else is completely superfluous."
Lu Chen had been born in Majestic World, but he had actually grown up in Heavenly World, and he didn't place much bearing on the rites and formalities observed in Confucianism or even the integral rules of Daoism. Even prior to his ascension, he had always placed very little weight on social norms, and that was why he lived a very carefree and uninhibited life and why his writings were renowned for their free-flowing nature.
In contrast with his first senior brother, who was meticulous to a fault, and his second senior brother, who was very careful and prudent, even in the face of their master, Lu Chen had never been one to follow rules. He had been scolded by his first senior brother and even beaten by...
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