After Chi Zhao was done speaking, he looked at Lin Chengfeng expectantly, wondering how he would react.
But of all the guesses he had in mind, he didn't expect the reaction he saw.
Lin Chengfeng narrowed his eyes vigilantly and subconsciously placed his hand on his sword, "What did you just say?"
Chi Zhao: "...…."
It was just a little teasing, there was no need to think about killing!
Chi Zhao's neck felt cold. He blinked a few times and quickly put on a calm expression, "What I meant was, it's because it was you, senior brother. Who doesn't know that Zhao Tian sect's Lin Chengfeng is benevolent and cares about the world? From a young age, you started to take care of the sect. I have heard about senior brother's legends since I was a child and admire senior brother very much. I came to this assessment this time because I wanted to enter the Zhao Tian sect and be able to see senior brother's face. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to be taught by senior brother directly. Senior brother, rest assured. I will definitely train hard and not embarrass you."
He had spoken boldly and without fear, but Chi Zhao was actually a little nervous. With each line, he would secretly check eldest senior brother's expression, but his expression had always remained the same. It was hard to see what he was thinking inside.
His right hand however was still on his sword.
Chi Zhao felt more and more uncertain. He had said that just now because he wanted to test to see how Lin Chengfeng would react and how tolerant he was. He didn't expect such a result. Chi Zhao felt that he should give up. It seems that he really doesn't remember him at all, so there was no point in hoping that his old feelings would be rekindled.
In the past, the other party had sincerely pursued him. This time, their positions were reversed, and it was his turn to pursue the other party sincerely. Fortunately, there wouldn't be any tasks getting in his way. He will definitely make Lin Chengfeng quickly fall for him and then treat him well for the rest of this lifetime.
Thinking this, Chi Zhao's eyes slowly changed. Soft light flowed out from those eyes of his. Lin Chengfeng frowned. He relaxed his right hand. As soon as Chi Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, he spoke up, "Not senior brother."
Chi Zhao was confused. He didn't understand what he meant. If he wasn't senior brother, then should he call him master? Wasn't he a disciple of Jiye Zhenren?
Lin Chengfeng looked at Chi Zhao and seriously corrected him, "It's eldest senior brother. Don't call me senior brother in the future, you have a total of three senior brothers. As a Zhao Tian sect disciple, you must remember the rules and not mess up the order."
Except for the rules, there was another reason, but he didn't say it.
Calling him senior brother…..it sounded too intimate. Although it was the truth, for some reason when he heard it spoken so naturally and obediently from Chi Zhao's lips, he felt that it seemed to carry some unexplained emotions as well.
Chi Zhao felt that he really was serious. He even wanted to correct the way he called him. After some thought, he nodded, "I understand."
"In the future I will call you eldest senior brother when others are around and senior brother when it's just us. The same goes for you. You can call me youngest junior brother when others are around and when it's just us, you can call me junior brother."
Lin Chengfeng: "....."
He felt complicated inside for a few seconds. Lin Chengfeng still wanted to say something, but he then saw Chi Zhao yawn sleepily and rub his red eyes. Since the fifth round of assessment, he had only had a short nap while waiting for the others to test their spiritual roots and right now he was too sleepy. He asked, "Senior brother, where do I stay?"
If he didn't let him call him as he pleased, he definitely wouldn't let him sleep anywhere he liked, but he also shouldn't be too eager so early on. Chi Zhao added, "I'm not picky but I have a small request. Can I stay closer to senior brother? It will be much easier for me to find senior brother to solve my doubts in the future."
Lin Chengfeng's brows that had relaxed were furrowed again.
This youngest junior brother was not only afraid of heights he also habitually lies, speaks without restraint and is very clingy.
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What a troublesome person.
Although he thought this, he still arranged a room in the west wing for Chi Zhao to stay which was the room closest to his. He had originally planned to let Chi Zhao stay in a room in the back which was bigger, more spacious and cleaner, and he also wouldn't be disturbed by the disciples outside but after hearing Chi Zhao's request, he could only give up that idea.
After all, it wasn't an excessive request. It was just changing rooms.
He brought Chi Zhao to his room. Chi Zhao stood at the door and glanced back at Lin Chengfeng's room and was very satisfied. He obediently said goodbye to Lin Chengfeng and ran off to sleep.
Xu Shiqing had told Chi Zhao that eldest senior brother's cultivation level was in the late nascent soul stage but that was in fact not accurate. Lin Chengfeng's current level was halfway through spirit severing stage. As there were too many people in the Zhao Tian sect and all sorts of people were present, he generally wouldn't reveal his true cultivation level to remain low-key.
Normally, he wouldn't release his divine sense but after standing in the yard in silence for a while and looking at the closed door, he pursed his lips and silently let out an almost invisible strand of divine sense to check on the situation in the room.
Chi Zhao almost fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. His body wasn't very old, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, and Han Yu who had come with him was also of the same age. With his eyes closed, he looked even more harmless than when he was awake. He laid quietly on his side with his legs bent and hands by the side of his face. With such a well-behaved sleeping position, it was really difficult associating him with the miserable Yin spiritual root.
Ones abilities and their actual character seemed to be complete opposites. Xu Shiquing was an ice spiritual root, but she wasn't cold at all and was on the contrary very enthusiastic. Lu Yuezhi was a lightning spiritual root, but his temper wasn't explosive like lightning and on the contrary he was calmest of them all. Being able to hold back his anger with a seemingly nonchalant smile on his face, it was actually quite terrifying.
Those with the Yin spiritual root are filled with sunshine, but those with the Yang spiritual root are gloomy and dark. If anyone was together with one with the Yang spiritual root, they would even have trouble breathing.
Lin Chengfeng half lowered his eyes and retracted his divine senses. He also put a stop to the thoughts going through his mind and turned to leave.
Soon afterwards, his figure appeared in one of the most remote courtyards. This courtyard was the smallest of the six courtyards and the most remote one. To the north of this courtyard was an abyss and below the abyss was bottomless darkness. If you listened carefully, you could faintly hear something like a roar of a beast from below.
This remote and noisy courtyard was the place Jiye Zhenren stayed and he had already lived here for a long time.
In the sect, only Lin Chengfeng could enter and leave this courtyard and he would usually come and report every six months. Although it hadn't been half a year yet, he was someone who knew Jiye Zhenren the best so after Chi Zhao's matter was settled, Lin Chengfeng came over.
From the time he got ready to come over, Jiye Zhenren already knew about it. He was a cultivator in the body unification stage and if he released his divine sense, it could cover the entire continent. Although he wouldn't go out of his way to do this, as long as someone thought of him, he would know about it immediately.
When everyone talked about Jiye Zhenren, they are all very respectful. Firstly, it was because he was really powerful and secondly, it was because he was able to listen in and watch over the entire sect. Even if he didn't want to, there are always voices that would reach his ear. Now that he had reached the body unification state, Jiye Zhenren was able to filter out those noisy sounds and only listen to what he wanted to hear.
As such, no one dared to speak bad of Jiye Zhenren nor did they dare think about it. What if they were heard? They still wanted to live.
...…
Hearing that Jiye Zhenren was letting him in, Lin Chengfeng opened the door and saw him sitting in the centre of the room, reading an ancient book. He placed down the book and looked up, "Is it all settled?"
He clearly could just release his divine senses to know about the various changes in the sect, but he didn't do that. Every time something happened in the sect, Jiye Zhenren as the sect leader would always be the last to know because Lin Chengfeng who reported matters to him only came every six months.
Master's heart was like a needle at the bottom of the sea. Lin Chengfeng would naturally wonder what he was thinking but after so many years, he had now grown accustomed to it.
With his eyes lowered, Lin Chengfeng lowered his head and replied, "Yes, this disciple has arranged for youngest junior brother to stay in this disciple's courtyard temporarily. As for his future training, this disciple will personally give him pointers."
Jiye Zhenren didn't move. After a while, Lin Chengfeng heard him ask, "The sect is very busy. Do you still have the energy to take care of him?"
"It is fine. This disciple can handle it."
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"You are about to break through. With a new disciple at your place, won't you find it noisy?"
"No, youngest junior brother is very quiet."
"Staying with you is not a long term-solution. You can find some disciples and build a new courtyard. I remember there is space to the west of Yuezhi's place. Once it's constructed, Chi Zhao can move there. Yuezhi has also improved a lot with his cultivation so he can help lighten some of your burdens. With his current level, it shouldn't be a problem for him to teach Chi Zhao."
Lin Chengfeng raised his head and looked at Jiye Zhenren with an undecipherable expression, "Master, you don't wish for me to teach youngest junior brother?"
Jiye Zhenren was silent for a while. He then threw the question back, "Tell master, do you want to teach him?"
After a short pause, Lin Chengfeng nodded, "Yes."
Youngest junior brother had too many problems. If he was taught by second junior brother Lu Yuezhi, he was afraid that he would suffer a lot. With his quiet and submissive character, he might even resign himself to that treatment. As such, Lu Yuezhi wasn't suitable to teach him.
Third junior brother was too cold in temperament, even colder than this eldest senior brother. Furthermore, he was so obsessed with cultivation that he doesn't pay attention to anything else. Junior sister was proof of this. Junior sister's talent was comparable to theirs, but she was slowest in cultivation. Although part of the reason was because of junior sister's laziness, the main reason was because third junior brother didn't care about junior sister's progress, resulting in her lack of practice.
And junior sister naturally wasn't suitable. She hadn't developed herself enough yet so teaching others was out of the question.
Since the other three are not suitable, only he was left.
With such a good seedling, as long as you care for it well, it shouldn't grow crooked. He originally didn't want to teach Chi Zhao, but he couldn't just watch Chi Zhao become ruined in the hands of other juniors so he should step forward.
...…
Looking at his disciple's firm eyes, Jiye Zhenren lowered his eyes. He picked up the book he hadn't finished reading and said lightly, "Alright. If you want to teach, you can teach."