Chapter 21 Becoming the Disciples (b)
Master Fang took the two brothers to the palace and bowed to the master "Dear master, we are here."
"Yeah... Master Fang, please take a seat in the front." A majestic voice came from behind the main hall. Zheng Zinuo looked up curiously and looked at the old man sitting on the big wooden chair, an old man who had white hair but a young face, with a majestic look.
Sitting on the left of the master was an old man in a dark blue gown. Though he was very tall, he was thin and had a pair of small eyes. There were five middle-aged men sitting behind him, all in khaki long gowns. There were two middle-aged women sitting opposite to him. One in her fortieth with some remaining charm. The other one was a little younger, in her early thirtieth, with a very beautiful but slightly cold-looking face.
"Thump..." While Zheng Zinuo was still observing the crowd, Zheng Zizhou dragged him and both of them fell on their knees. Zheng Zizhou said in a respectful tone "It's our honor to see you all. Zheng Zizhou and my little brother Zheng Zinuo are very grateful that you saved our lives."
The seven people in the palace, including the first master in the center and the two masters next to him couldn't help to control their delight in their heart and said to themselves "What a precious piece of jade!"
The first master Tao Wuyang threw a sympathetic look at the two youngsters and waved his hand. A soft power lifted both of them up. Master Tao Wuyang then said kindly "You are very welcome. I've heard what happened to your parents and sent some Yinglin disciples to collect information for you in Riverside City. We haven't got any useful information yet."
"Thank you master, for all the things the denomination have done for us. We two brothers are not powerful and have nothing to pay back. But if we have such abilities in the future, we will definitely pay back today's grace!" Zheng Zizhou said firmly.
Because Zheng Zinuo was young, he had never joined serious meetings like this. He couldn't help but felt a little scared.
However, everyone in presence saw that Zheng Zizhou, though also young, was calm and handled the situation very well, all showed their approval on Zheng Zizhou.
People all smiled after hearing what Zheng Zizhou said. Even the cold glamorous beauty couldn't help but also nodded and smiled. If it weren't because she mainly in took female disciples, she would have already invited Zheng Zizhou to join her division.
"So kid, how do you plan to pay us back?" Tao Wuyang asked, being a little amused. Subconsciously, he was testing Zheng Zizhou's ability to react.
"If the Lingyin Denomination didn't despise our low-ranking and ruthless talents, we are willing to join Lingyin, becoming your disciples. After this, we will contribute all we have." Zheng Zizhou replied.
"Ha ha ha..." Tao Wuyang laughed out and said, "Zheng Zizhou, blue martial soul with level fourteen martial strength, aged 11. Am I right?"
"Yes!" Zheng Zizhou did not have much surprise and nodded.
"Good! It's really rare to achieve this level of martial training." Tao Wuyang nodded with a smile and his eyes were full of appreciation. Then he turned to the little shy Zheng Zinuo and said "Zheng Zinuo, eight years old, orange martial soul with level three strength, right?"
"Yeah!" Zheng Zinuo nodded weakly. He was obviously not as good as his brother in such a big meeting.
"Okay!" Tao Wuyang smiled again and nodded. He said to the five peak hosts under him "I and the other two masters are too old to in take any disciples. Which one of your five would like to have these two kids as your disciples?"
"Dear head master, in my view, it's better to have them under two different masters. They share similar backgrounds. If they stay together and see each other every day in the same division, they would recall what had happened on them before. In this case, I'm afraid it's of no good to them!" A giant and strong middle-aged man said. He was the peak host of the Kundi peak.
The Kundi peak was the No.2 peak among the eight peaks. There were almost about 100 disciples under Kundi peak. The peak host was also one of the top masters of Lingyin.
Tao Wuyang looked at the two kids and pondered for a while. Then he said "What master Wan said is reasonable. The two kids have experience a big catastrophe in their life. We certainly need to help them resolve the hatred in their mind. If so, it is inappropriate to let them live together. Then we need two masters to host them." He looked over to other people after saying so.
"Dear head master, the two brothers are of different ages. One has a strong talent and the other one has a weak talent. How do you want the other five masters to pick between them two?" The cold beautiful female master stood up and said. She was the peak host of the Kanshui peak.
"This..." Tao Wuyang frowned and looked at the five masters.
Now the five peak hosts were all looking at Zheng Zizhou. It seemed that none of them were interested in the little brother Zheng Zinuo.
In martial training, what mattered the most was the martial talent. It was said that a good talent was better than a hundred years' training. For Lingyin fighters, this was especially true. During the time when Lingyin Denomination was at the corner, it was the genius ancestor master who mastered all the skills and exceeded all his predecessors. It was him who revived Lingyin Denomination, setting the foundation for it to become the leading denomination of the world today.
In addition, it was hard to find a famous martial master. It was similarly difficult to find a talented disciple. Zheng Zizhou had a rare talent in martial art. Every peak host wanted to make him their disciple.
After a little while of quietness, Li Qiushui, the other woman in a yellow gown stood up and said "Since everyone wants to have Zheng Zizhou. I have one solution. Can I talk about it?" She was the host of the Duize peak.
"Oh? Please go ahead and tell us about your plan." Tao Wuyang said.
"Yeah!" Tang Haixia first bowed to the head master and the two elder masters, and then said, "Since the two juniors have different talents. Why don't we let our five masters turn around and let the two youngsters to pick their own masters? How about this?"
"This..." The five masters hesitated and didn't move at all. Another middle-aged man stood up and said "Master Tang, in history, it has always been the masters picking their disciples. I don't think this would work." The man speaking was the head of the Zhenlei peak Tian Yun.
people heard each other and looked at each other. They had been sitting for a long time, and they were full of faces. They were full-bodied and burly. It looked like Zhang Fei's middle-aged man got up. "Tang Shimei, since ancient times, the masters have chosen the disciples. Master's reason, I can't see this plan." This person is the main Tianyun of the thunder.
"Brother Tianyun, what you said was not completely correct." A tall and handsome figure stood up and said "Historically, it has always the case that the master picks their disciples. That was because usually it was masters who ran into their disciples. But today there are two talented kids in front of us. We could all be their masters. Now there are more masters than disciples. Why don't we have a try to let the disciples select their masters?"
"What master Feng said makes a lot of sense. I also think it's a good idea. What do the others think?" Tao Wuyang said while touching his long beard.
With what the head master said, the plan was approved. Nobody dared to raise an opposite opinion. People looked into each other and nodded. Even Tianfeng, who just opposed the idea, had to sit down again.