Just then, the Grand Elder’s voice asking Big Yellow rang out.
“Name?”
“Woof, woof, woof, woof!”
Big Yellow’s eyes shone, and it barked loudly.
The Grand Elder frowned. “Your name is Four Woofs?”
Big Yellow looked completely dazed. What the hell?
“Grand Elder, his name is Dongfang Big Yellow,” Lu Ming quickly answered on Big Yellow’s behalf. Four Woofs? How ridiculous was that?
The Grand Elder was also startled. “Good name, very auspicious meaning...”
“Woof~”
Big Yellow, who had been a bit depressed, happily rubbed against Lu Ming. Its name had been praised!
Lu Ming reached out to pet Big Yellow’s dog head, then helped slice its paw to complete the blood drip...
A moment later, Big Yellow’s identity token was ready, but it was golden and much smaller.
The Grand Elder even got a string to hang it around Big Yellow’s neck.
After Huang Tianbao’s identity token was also finished, Lu Ming looked at the token in his hand and asked, “Grand Elder, why is my identity token different from theirs?”
Because Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao’s were both golden.
The Grand Elder flicked his sleeve and stroked his beard. “Of course it’s different. You are the Eldest Senior Brother of the sect. In the future, all the disciples of our sect will be under your charge.”
Lu Ming’s eyes lit up. As expected, the protagonist’s light was impossible to hide! He hadn't done anything, yet he had already snagged the position of Eldest Senior Brother.
Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao also looked at Lu Ming happily. With Lu Ming as the Eldest Senior Brother, he would definitely take good care of them. Especially Huang Tianbao, who was thrilled; now he didn't have to worry about being bullied by other disciples in the sect.
“Then how many disciples does our Qingshan Sect have?” Lu Ming asked happily. Coming in and immediately becoming the Eldest Senior Brother made him quite nervous.
“Just the three of you.”
As soon as the Grand Elder spoke, Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and the others froze.
They had thought that no matter how bad the sect was, there would at least be a dozen or so disciples. But it turned out there were only three of them. Essentially, if they hadn’t come, wouldn’t there be zero disciples? Is a sect without disciples even a sect?
Lu Ming looked at the Grand Elder speechlessly and muttered, “Grand Elder, just the three of us? And you call this ‘all the disciples’?”
The Grand Elder looked at Lu Ming in confusion. “Three people make a ‘crowd.’ Didn’t you know that?”
Lu Ming opened his mouth. What a “three people make a crowd.” Was he playing character-assembly games with him?
In the end, Lu Ming managed to squeeze out, “Big Yellow is a dog.”
“Woof woof!!”
Right, right! I’m a dog, a certified dog! Big Yellow also shook its head and wagged its tail in protest.
“Well... close enough. Don’t be so pedantic,” the Grand Elder said with a nod, brushing it off.
Was this a matter of being pedantic? This... forget it, it really wasn’t a problem. Lu Ming also came around. Few people meant peace and quiet, fewer chores, and no fierce competition... This perfectly coincided with his original idea.
Just then, the Grand Elder’s voice continued, “Lu Ming! As the Eldest Senior Brother of the sect now, you must lead your junior brothers to cultivate well. Do not fail the cultivation and deep affection of the sect...”
Lu Ming’s eyelid twitched. He looked at his “crowd” of junior brothers beside him. Then, he bowed to the Grand Elder with cupped hands, “Please rest assured, Grand Elder. This disciple guarantees that I will make sure all the ‘disciples’ of the sect enter the top three in the Grand Sect Tournament...”
When he said “all,” Lu Ming deliberately emphasized the word.
The Grand Elder also looked at Lu Ming speechlessly. Behind him, Huang Tianbao couldn’t help but cover his mouth as his body shook with laughter. Big Yellow also grinned widely, looking very punchable.
The Grand Elder awkwardly packed up his table. “Alright, you can make your own arrangements now. Except for the residences of the three elders and the Sect Master, which are off-limits, the rest of the sect is open to you...”
Lu Ming thought this wasn’t bad. Quite a lot of freedom.
Just then, Lu Ming suddenly thought of something—Hanyan.
“Grand Elder, who was the one responsible for recruiting us this time?”
Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao also looked at the Grand Elder curiously.
The Grand Elder raised his eyelids. “Hmm... He is the sect’s Third Elder, Hanyan.”
“Then is he practicing some kind of technique like the silent cultivation technique?”
Hearing Lu Ming’s question, the Grand Elder flicked his sleeve. “Technique my ass... He just doesn’t talk to strangers.”
“What?”
“Woof woof??”
“Ah??”
As soon as the Grand Elder finished speaking, the three of them couldn’t help but cry out in shock.
“So I am also very curious. He doesn’t even speak, so how did he recruit three geniuses like you?”
“This was his tenth time going out to recruit disciples, and the first time he actually brought people back.”
Hearing the Grand Elder’s words, Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao both looked at Lu Ming. Huang Tianbao was even more excited. If not for the Eldest Senior Brother, he wouldn’t even have had the chance to join the sect.
Although Lu Ming knew this was because his protagonist’s light was too strong, his eyes still almost popped out. So his joining the sect was just an accident?
“But he stayed with us for several days?”
“Well... we’ve known him for a hundred years, and it took that long before he spoke to us.”
Hearing this, Lu Ming blinked. If he were a mortal, would he have spent his entire life without ever communicating with him?
Big Yellow wagged its tail. Talk about an eye-opener. People could actually be like this.
Huang Tianbao looked depressed. If he couldn’t cultivate, wouldn’t he never even get the chance to speak to the Third Elder?
“Alright, go make your own arrangements. Whether you have something to do or not, don’t disturb me.”
After saying this, before Lu Ming and the others could react, the Grand Elder’s figure flashed and disappeared.
Lu Ming and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say. They felt like this sect was rather unreliable!
But luckily, from the looks of it, the Grand Elder and the others had quite high cultivations, so they had indeed clung to a powerful thigh.
Afterward, Lu Ming led Big Yellow and the others all the way to the mountain peak.
Aside from the dilapidated main hall of the sect, there were a dozen or so houses scattered untidily across the peak. Some were so ruined they were practically falling apart.
A few of them even had signs hanging on them: “Sect Master’s Residence,” “Grand Elder’s Residence”...
Looking at the brand-new signs, Lu Ming’s mouth twitched. So these signs were just hung up, weren’t they?
Then Lu Ming and the others discovered that although the Qingshan Sect was dilapidated, it had everything it should. The Technique Pavilion, the Weapon Vault, the cultivation room...
Just as the three of them were getting familiar with the sect, a loud “BOOM!” rang out.
It startled Lu Ming, and he exchanged a look with Big Yellow.
Could it be that Huang Tianbao’s special constitution was acting up, and the Qingshan Sect was about to go extinct too?
Huang Tianbao’s face was pale, and his lips trembled, “Eldest Senior Brother, it’s not my fault, really. I didn’t do anything...”
Lu Ming nodded and patted him. “Let’s go... Let’s go see what’s happening first!”
With that, Lu Ming’s figure flashed as he quickly rushed toward the direction of the explosion.
Big Yellow also lunged forward.
Huang Tianbao followed behind with a dejected look on his face.
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