Li Xuan returned to the manor in excitement, sat down on a chair, holding the array plate in his hand. Although the plate was of the lowest order, it was, after all, his first one in the Ling Domain.
This signified the beginning of his unique martial arts journey, carrying extraordinary significance.
“Finding disciples, in the end, is all about destiny.”
Li Xuan sighed in his heart. He finally understood that grandmasters looked to destiny when they searched for disciples.
“Destiny makes everything go according to wishes. These four disciples are bound to flourish the path of unique martial arts.”
Li Xuan input his divine essence into the array plate, and eight secondary plates flew out instantly, landing in eight directions in the manor.
Hum!
The Mirage Displacement formation was activated!
Su Lingxiu, who was refining pills, suddenly paused, and the pill furnace tipped over with a bang.
During alchemy, she had somehow made a mistake, an inconceivable event.
To her, making a pill in a furnace was already a low-level alchemy technique. She couldn’t make a mistake even if she did it with her eyes shut.
However, she had just hit the furnace in a wrong position with a pat of her palm.
“Something’s wrong!”
Su Lingxiu felt a chill in her heart. She lifted her gaze, and the manor seemed… transformed!
“Why is this tree on this side?”
“What’s wrong with that battle puppet?”
Su Lingxiu frowned.
As her divine sense spread out, she finally noticed the anomaly.
The whole manor seemed affected by an unknown force, creating a confusing and upturned illusion. The position of the battle puppet she had just noticed was actually Shi’er practicing blade techniques.
“Is it an enemy attack? Or what?”
An icy feeling overcame Su Lingxiu, instantly making her vigilant.
Her divine sense intermingled with the surroundings, an iron hoe appeared in her hand, and thin golden needles swirled around her body.
All of the illusions of confusion and inversion suddenly disappeared, and Su Lingxiu turned her eyes to her carefree master sitting in the chair.
She ran over and asked, “Master, was there an enemy attack just now?”
Li Xuan smiled mysteriously and pointed out of the manor, saying, “You’ll know when you go outside and look in.”
With a hint of confusion, Su Lingxiu moved, left the manor, floated in mid-air, and looked down upon the manor.
What she saw left her utterly shocked.
From outside, the manor had changed. The original position of the manor had been replaced by several large trees, whereas the manor itself had appeared at the original position of the trees.
The figures of Shi’er and the others were no longer visible, as if they had been concealed within the flora.
Her Master’s position was vacant.
“What happened?”
Shocked, Su Lingxiu couldn’t comprehend why the manor had changed locations upon sight? She was familiar with the manor and slew of details about it. Had one been passing by in haste, one probably couldn’t detect any anomalies.
Her divine sense spread and discovered an unknown force that had enveloped the manor, causing the scenery in it to appear inverted and confusing.
“Master, what happened?”
Su Lingxiu asked, full of curiosity.
“These are formations,” Li Xuan responded with a smile.
“Formations?” Su Lingxiu appeared confused.
Li Xuan briefly explained formations to her.
“There’s something profound about formations. Your youngest fellow disciple has a talent for them. If you’re interested, you can ask him some pointers after he’s been initiated.”
“Learning some basic formations can be beneficial.”
Li Xuan’s smile was radiant.
Formations were about to make their appearance in the Ling Domain.
“Master, have you taken another disciple?”
Su Lingxiu asked smilingly, “I will be the older sister, this is great.”
“Fang Hao shows promise, and we share a connection. The unique martial arts path should have a successor.”
Li Xuan nodded.
The next day.
Fang Hao looked fondly at his residence in a remote corner of the southern road of the capital city of Zheng country. He was leaving today.
The opportunity to change his fate had arrived.
He placed the Spring Night Mirror on the stone table in the courtyard and wrote a few words. This was a message for Shen Haizhou.
Shen Haizhou, the young master, was pretty good. Fang Hao had made quite a profit off him in terms of spirit crystals.
He decided to gift the Spring Night Mirror to him.
“Quack!”
Little Ha gave a soft quack. Everything had been swallowed into its stomach.
“Master!” Fang Hao greeted Li Xuan, who had just walked over, with reverence.
“Hmm, let’s go!” Li Xuan nodded.
Today, he was going to pass on the unique martial arts to his fourth disciple.
“Yes!” Fang Hao responded respectfully.
Back at the manor, Su Lingxiu was waiting to see what the fourth disciple was like.
Shi’er, Zhou Ying, Meng Shushu, and Red Cat were all curiously observing.
“Fang Hao.” Li Xuan introduced the chubby boy behind him.
“This is your third elder sister Su Lingxiu, a pharmacist martial artist.”
In front of the stunningly beautiful third sister, the chubby Fang Hao’s face flushed instantly.
“Fang Hao pays respect to third sister!”
Su Lingxiu maintained a poker face, trying to exert a senior sister’s authority, she commented, “Hmm, as a newbie disciple, you must follow Master’s words. Except for following Master, you must also follow your elder sister, me!”
“Yes, yes!” Fang Hao appeared bit shy.
Li Xuan quirked his lips, he couldn’t help but remember the lecherous expression of the chubby boy Fang Hao when he first met him.
Especially the obscene look on his face when he looked at the Spring Night Mirror showing naked women.
After the disciples got acquainted, Su Lingxiu curiously stared at Little Ha and prodded its belly.
“So this is the Devouring Toad, it looks different though.”
“It’s called Little Ha.”
“Little Ha, hmm, let me see.”