Chapter 566: Apprenticeship Ceremony

After listening to their narration, Gu Xuanzhan frowned, holding the tea bowl, and did not move for a long time.

Gu Wanhua and Gu Wanhao looked at each other, and finally turned their eyes to Gu Xuanzhan.

They were also a little confused for a moment, why did the Lanling Patriarch want to find Gu Changde.

Seeing that Gu Xuanzhan was hesitant to speak, Gu Wanhao said anxiously:

"Uncle Twenty-one, you see..."

Although Changde was not the most outstanding child in the family, he had been with this kid for several years in Jiuqifang City and loved him very much.

Gu Xuanzhan stood up, and there was a rough sequence in his mind.

He looked at Gu Wanhao, and just as he was about to say something, he looked out suddenly.

Outside the door, Gu Changde's breath appeared!

Everyone in the Gu family was happy, and then they saw the door open, and a tall, jade-faced and extremely beautiful monk walked in. Gu Changde was behind him, with a smile on his face.

Everyone in the Gu family was stunned.

They didn't expect that the person they were trying to "rescue" just now suddenly appeared in front of them in good health and with a smile on his face.

Moreover, wasn't the person in front of Gu Changde the Lan Ling Patriarch whom they had met not long ago?

The Yuanying Patriarch came to the door, and the Gu family and other cultivators naturally did not dare to neglect him, and all stepped forward to pay their respects.

Patriarch Lan Ling nodded, and his spiritual sense swept across the entire Gu residence.

It was not intentional, but just a habit of casual cultivators.

However, after a sweep of his spiritual sense, he found a person who was condensing a golden elixir and two who were advancing to the purple mansion.

And it seemed that the two who were advancing to the purple mansion were almost at the last moment, and at most three days, they would be able to attract the purple qi to gather.

The one who condensed the golden elixir also looked calm, as if he had a plan in mind.

Very good.

Although the people who welcomed him in the hall also had doubts on their faces, they were obviously happy about Gu Changde's return.

Patriarch Lan Ling looked at Gu Changde who was winking at a few young men with doubtful eyes, and smiled in his heart.

It seems that his disciple is not a dull and old-fashioned person.

Patriarch Lan Ling said:

"Gu family friends, don't be restrained. I came here today because I have a happy event to discuss with the Taoist friends of the Gu family."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Gu Changde.

Gu Changde immediately stepped forward and introduced the person in charge of the Gu family to Patriarch Lan Ling:

"This is our Gu family's supreme elder, Gu Xuanzhan."

Gu Xuanzhan also paid respect to Patriarch Lan Ling again.

Patriarch Lan Ling waved his hand and asked him to sit down. Gu Xuanzhan refused but sat down.

Then, Patriarch Lan Ling directly stated the purpose of his visit.

"I came here today to accept Changde as my disciple;

Although I have a high level of cultivation, accepting disciples is a big deal in this world of immortal cultivation, and I must obtain the consent of my parents and elders."

When these words came out, everyone in the Gu family was surprised and happy.

Being accepted as a disciple by the Yuanying Patriarch, even if it was just a nominal disciple, was enough to make people envious.

With such a good thing coming to his door, Gu Xuanzhan naturally had no reason to refuse, but he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, why did Patriarch Lanling accept Gu Changde as a disciple.

After all, only two or three people in the Gu family knew that Gu Changde had a talent in practicing the Illusion Dao.

Here, after Gu Xuanzhan asked tentatively, Patriarch Lanling said directly,

"This child has a talent in practicing the Illusion Dao. Although he can't inherit my skills, it's just right for him to be a formal disciple."

Hearing that Gu Changde had a talent in practicing the Illusion Dao, many members of the Gu family showed envy.

Gu Xuanzhan understood a little bit, so he said:

"The ancestor wants to accept our Gu family members as disciples, which is naturally an honor for our Gu family."

This is the words of agreement.

"Just don't know if it is necessary to hold a banquet for accepting disciples?"

Gu Xuanzhan asked with some expectation.

In the world of immortal cultivation, the rules and regulations for accepting disciples are not all the same.

If you accept a direct disciple who can inherit the mantle, it is a very grand matter.

You need to choose an auspicious day, invite relatives and friends, set up a banquet, and hold a disciple-accepting ceremony under the witness of many cultivators.

For direct disciples, you must kneel three times and kowtow nine times to worship the master and serve tea before the ceremony is considered complete.

The status of direct disciples is not inferior to that of biological children, so naturally you can't be careless.

But for formal disciples, there are not so many rules.

Whether to invite relatives and friends to hold a banquet depends on the master's decision.

Of course, you still have to kowtow, but you don't have to kneel three times and kowtow nine times, but you still have to kneel and serve tea.

As for registered disciples, it is even simpler.

Few people held banquets, most of them just served tea.

Ancestor Lan Ling wanted to accept Gu Changde as a formal disciple. In theory, he was qualified to hold a banquet, but whether to hold a banquet was still up to Ancestor Lan Ling to decide. After all, many people could only be invited by Ancestor Lan Ling.

Gu Changde also looked at Ancestor Lan Ling with some expectation.

Holding a ceremony for accepting disciples would be a good thing for him and the Gu family.

Ancestor Lan Ling thought about it for a while. This was his first time accepting disciples, so it would be better to hold a ceremony.

But his own cave was too far away from here, and he didn't want too many cultivators to visit his house.

So he said:

"Of course, the ceremony must be held, but now it's wartime, and it's not good to travel back and forth. It's better to find a day to hold the ceremony in this fortress.

Coincidentally, most of the high-level cultivators now gather here."

For Yuanying cultivators, it only takes half a day to come here from their respective front lines.

However, he did not accept a direct disciple, so those old guys were too lazy to move, and they would probably send a manager!

But for the Gu family, this was enough.

Here, Patriarch Lan Ling calculated the date and said:

"The 26th of next month is a good day.

I will find a few people to organize the celebration and invite all the fellows. You and Changde just need to attend the ceremony on time."

Although he has not accepted any disciples over the years, he still has useful subordinates. Some Jindan cultivators have also received favors from him, so it is more than enough to ask them to help organize a banquet.

However, after thinking about it, Lan Ling Patriarch waved his sleeves and took out a few things, handed them to Gu Changde, and said:

"This is a gift from my master. I see that you have reached the eighth level of foundation building. Your foundation is solid. You should not go out these days. Concentrate on cultivation and strive to advance to the Purple Mansion stage before the ceremony."

Today is only the third day of the first lunar month, and there are more than fifty days before the twenty-sixth of next month. If there is a sufficient supply of spiritual objects, it will be no problem to advance to the Purple Mansion stage.

Gu Changde bowed and said:

"Disciple will obey the master's order."

Then, he looked at the storage bag with his spiritual sense.

Wow, not to mention other spiritual objects, there are three pieces of Ziyang gems alone!

Sure enough, worshipping a Yuanying stage cultivator as a master is really a lot of benefits!