Chapter Thirty-Four: Personally Transmitted Disciple

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  Lei's face revealed an irrepressible surprise and excitement, and he hastily knelt down to thank him sincerely: "Thank you, Old Ancestor, for your help."

  That expression, seen in the eyes of the old ancestor, still thought he was surprised and delighted to be a personal disciple, and couldn't help but nod his head secretly. If he could guess that this little guy was actually overjoyed to have narrowly escaped death, he wouldn't care about being a personal disciple at all. Needless to say, one slap would immediately slap him to death, and then replace him with another.

  "Lei Xiaozi, from now on, cultivate properly and don't let Laozu lose face." Gui Nu also solemnly instructed.

  "Yes, Ghost Slave-sama." Rai also put away his joy and replied with an unusually serious tone.

  Immediately following, Gui Nu began to speak of the various benefits of being a direct disciple. For example, every month there would be two pieces of Ling Stone and one bottle of Pei Yuan Dan as a monthly allowance. As their cultivation increased, the monthly allowance could also increase continuously. In addition, at the end of each month, Lao Zu would hold a lecture for all direct disciples. Here, direct disciples could ask Lao Zu questions about any doubts they had during their cultivation. Furthermore, direct disciples could move into the living quarters specifically for direct disciples, where not only was the environment far better than that of ordinary disciple living quarters, but most importantly, the meditation room inside was built on a spiritual cave, and its spiritual energy was much denser and more abundant than that of ordinary disciple living quarters.

  There is also a point that is unknown to ordinary disciples, which is that direct disciples only need to consume 80% of the marked price when exchanging items with contributions.

  Lei Dong, who had been somewhat disdainful of his fellow disciples, was now gradually taking them seriously. He couldn't help but admit that the advantages of being a direct disciple were exactly what he needed. With the Inverse Heaven Treasure and the Soul-Devouring Tower in hand, it could only be said that his combat power had increased greatly. However, for his own cultivation progress, there wasn't much benefit unless he was willing to upgrade more mid-grade spirit ghosts to sell, and then use the obtained spirit stones to exchange for dan medicines such as the Cultivation Origin Pill, which would indirectly boost his cultivation progress to a certain extent.

  However, always taking the Linggui to sell, going up the mountain many times will eventually encounter a tiger, and one day it will be discovered by someone with a heart that something is not right. After all, no matter how good a person's luck is, it is impossible to always easily obtain middle-grade or even high-grade Linggui.

  But the direct disciples are different, with 24 Ling every year, not too much or too little, but enough to fill their storage bags with wealth. The monthly bottle of Pei Yuan Dan is also a rare and precious thing, far better than the small Pei Yuan Dan used by Lei Dong in the past. There's also the residence built on the spiritual cave, as well as the old ancestor's personal guidance, all of which are benefits that can be directly applied to their cultivation. As for the exchange power priced at 80%, it will save a large sum of money in the long run.

  The benefits are indeed numerous, no wonder Zuo Chao and Zhou Minghua both advanced to the fifth layer in just three years, and Ding Wenyuan's cultivation has made rapid progress. Of course, their extraordinary talents play a role in this, but the various benefits of being a direct disciple also contribute greatly. At least after obtaining these, Lei Dong will definitely cultivate much faster than before.

  "Lei Xiazi, today is the first day you become my direct disciple. The old ancestor treats you specially. If you have any questions about your cultivation, you can ask me here." Gui Nu had a few interactions with Lei Dong and still quite appreciated this young man, his attitude pleased him a lot.

  Indeed, Lei Dong had been exploring on his own for the past three years and had accumulated many questions. After obtaining Old Ancestor's consent, he raised some problems that he had been thinking about but couldn't solve one by one. The Old Ancestor was also unusually gentle and explained each of them to him.

  The problems that had been troubling him for a long time were solved with just one or two sentences from Lao Zu, and everything became clear and bright. Whether it was in his heart or on his face, he couldn't help but feel more and more respectful towards Lao Zu. Of course, this was also because Leidong was already a personally taught disciple, and only those who were favored by Lao Zu could receive such treatment. Otherwise, ordinary disciples would not even be able to stand steadily in front of Lao Zu, let alone dare to ask questions.

  Half a day later, Lei Dong had no more questions to ask. The old ancestor then bestowed upon him a treasure that made Lei Dong's heart feel a mix of emotions - a mid-grade spiritual ghost. It was undeniable that this was already a very generous reward. Its market price was over 1,000 spirit stones. However, for Lei Dong, a mid-grade spiritual ghost was still somewhat of a useless thing, because with some effort, he could create one in just a few months' time.

  Of course, he still put on a surprised and delighted expression on his face, repeatedly thanking the old ancestor for his reward.

  After bidding farewell to the old ancestor, he returned to his own residence and collapsed onto the bed, exhausted. The process of meeting the old ancestor and becoming a direct disciple was even more exhausting than fighting against Zhou Minghua. However, having truly become a direct disciple, Lei Dong felt extremely fortunate. Because he knew that his innate talent was at most average to above-average, but his comprehension was pretty good. After becoming a direct disciple, the road ahead would be much smoother.

  As the news of Gui Nu making Lei Dong his direct disciple spread, many people came to visit and curry favor. Lei Dong only met with Chen Wei, and no one else. He also only briefly gathered with them before they each returned to their cultivation to prepare for the upcoming competition.

  In the subsequent battles, Lei Dong's progress was exceptionally smooth. The vast majority of people surrendered immediately when they encountered Lei Dong, with a look of reverence and respect on their faces. They were probably still afraid that Lei Dong would behead them and feed them to ghosts. That timid expression actually made Lei Dong somewhat laugh and cry at the same time.

  Until the 19th round, he met Chen Ge. After a pretentious and perfunctory exchange of blows, Lei Dong announced his defeat. In the 23rd round, he met Wei Hua again, naturally, Lei Dong fought for a while before admitting defeat. At the 27th round, he finally drew Ding Yuanyan, this time there was no way to avoid defeat, facing Master Ding, even if three ghosts came out together, they would not be her match.

  At the 30th round, his opponent was unexpectedly Zuo Chao. Lei Dong thought for a moment, if he wanted to win against Zuo Chao, he might need all three ghosts to come out in order to barely make it happen. Two strong ghostly chess pieces were already very eye-catching, and if all three ghosts came out at the same time, people would really start to suspect something. After all, Lei Dong had only been cultivating for three years now, and being able to rely on a high-quality Nurturing Soul Tower and multiple blood sacrifices, as well as putting in an enormous amount of effort to carefully cultivate two strong ghostly chess pieces, was already his limit.

  But if they didn't fight at all, it would be a waste. So, Leidong used two ghostly soldiers and fought with all his might, but ultimately lost by a narrow margin. However, Zuochao was not much better off either, the low-grade law shield was blown up, and even the Return to Origin Pill was consumed before he barely won against Leidong.

  It's unclear whether it was due to his youthful nature or his kind heart. Despite being forced by Lei Dong to the point of exploding his shield and wasting his elixir, not only did he not hold any grudges against him, but he even greatly admired Lei Tong, saying that if Lei Dong had been his direct disciple three years ago, he would not have stood a chance against him. He also mentioned that he was young in age, and even though he ranked above Lei Dong this time, he did not want Lei Dong to call him "older brother", instead taking the initiative to address Lei Dong as "older brother".

  Lei Dong also admired him, at such a young age, he already had this level of cultivation. What's even more impressive is that his use of magic was extremely skilled, far surpassing the second-rate Zhou Minghua.

  The last one, however, was a girl who had only cultivated her Qi to the third layer. With a pitiful and pleading expression, she begged Lei Dong to let her win once, willing to pay any price, otherwise she would be eliminated beyond 20th place. Lei Dong just coldly laughed, summoned his ghostly soldiers, and in less than ten breaths' time, forced her to admit defeat.

  The ranking of this small competition came out quickly, and as expected, Ding Yuanyan won all 31 games. Zuo Chao ranked second with 30 points, and the third place was surprisingly Chen Ge with 29 points. Chen Ge only lost to Ding Yuanyan and Zuo Chao, thanks to Lei Dong's early defeat of Zhou Minghua, which allowed Chen Wei and others who had not yet fought against Zhou Minghua to gain a point each.

  Weihua was also extremely lucky, initially not encountering any formidable opponents. By the middle stage, he had just been promoted from the third layer to the fourth layer, relying on his good cultivation and artifact techniques, advancing rapidly all the way, finally accumulating 28 points and ranking fourth. Leidong accumulated 27 points and ranked fifth. Although he was ranked fifth, everyone knew that he was actually the true third place.

  But only Lei Dong knew that once his three ghosts were out, he could completely defeat Zuo Chao. For a moment, Lei Dong couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion, the Ghost Controlling Spell after obtaining the good spirit ghost was indeed an extremely powerful spell.

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