Seeing Zoro quietly observing him, Leon couldn't help but swallow.
He was under immense pressure, even more nervous than when he faced HR for a job interview.
But then again, in terms of combat power, 100 HRs wouldn't be enough for the Great Abundance Immortal in front of him.
A strange silence fell over the side hall, and Leon didn't know whether he should stand or sit.
After a while, a voice devoid of emotion finally echoed in the side hall.
"I thought you had something to tell me, little friend."
Zoro spoke first.
Hearing this, Leon nimbly knelt on the ground: "I have admired the Trinity Sect since childhood, and I hope Sect Leader Zuo can accept me as his disciple!"
With that, he kowtowed once.
Leon felt no embarrassment about his actions.
Becoming a disciple, it's not shameful.
Time passed by second by second, and Leon remained in his kneeling posture, not daring to look up and see Zoro's expression.
It wasn't until cold sweat drenched him that the voice of the Trinity Sect's Sect Leader sounded again.
"You may rise now. I have some questions for you."
Upon hearing this, Leon's heart skipped a beat, but he still stood up, ready to answer.
Zoro looked at the fair-skinned young man before him and calmly asked, "Did someone force you, little friend, to relay a message to me?"
As the one known as the Great Abundance Immortal, he could naturally tell that the person before him was just an ordinary person, both in terms of temperament and cultivation.
And the words his disciple had told him earlier clearly showed a thorough understanding of his situation.
Regarding the Inverse Life Third Stage...
He also understood it very well.
Therefore, it was not strange for Zoro to have this doubt.
However, Leon merely shook his head slightly at this point, saying, "No one forced me; those were my own words."
But then, he added, "However, I read it all in a book."
Comic books are also books, no problem there.
Upon hearing this, Zoro was first startled, then slightly furrowed his brow.
In his opinion, Leon's words were not impossible.
Because the Trinity Sect's ancestors, when attempting to break through to the Inverse Life Third Stage, would often travel to seek opportunities, so if they had left behind any handwritten notes that happened to be obtained by this little friend, although the probability was very low, it was not impossible.
After a moment of silence, Zoro asked again, "Did the book say anything else?"
"A path with an end is not worthy of reaching the heavens." Facing the inquiry, Leon recalled the original plot and replied, "A ball is a ball, a person is a person; a ball can never become a second head."
Leon did not have photographic memory, so he only remembered the general content.
And after seeing his demeanor, Zoro became even more certain of his conjecture: "I see..."
"May I, little friend, have a look at that book?"
Leon was stunned upon hearing this.
Leaving aside where he would pull out "Under One Person," even if he had it, he wouldn't dare show it to Zoro.
Before Leon could find an excuse to brush him off, Zoro shook his head slightly and said, "Never mind, little friend, just pretend you didn't hear me."
"Since you obtained the handwritten notes left by an ancestor of my Trinity Sect, we can be considered to have a certain karmic connection."
"I agree to your request to become a disciple, but according to the rules, you must first undergo training in the lower courtyard."
At this point, Zoro's gaze flickered.
He didn't say what would happen if the training wasn't passed, because by then, he would personally settle Leon, which would also fulfill their karmic connection.
As for why he didn't ask for the handwritten notes mentioned by the person in front of him, firstly, with his eyesight, he could naturally tell that there was no place on him to hide anything, and secondly, it was merely one person's opinion from the past.
Hearing this, Leon felt a sense of relief.
No matter what, he finally had a chance to come into contact with a profession that contained extraordinary power.
However, soon, threads of doubt surfaced in Leon's mind.
He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Sect Leader, what I just said..."
Leon felt that since he had already mentioned that the Inverse Life Third Stage could not reach the heavens, Zoro should have some reaction, but he appeared completely unfazed, as if he had said nothing at all.
Hearing his words, Zoro's usually calm face now showed a hint of a smile.
Then, the Great Abundance Immortal softly said, "There will always be successors."
The so-called successors referred to the Trinity Sect disciples passed down through generations, which naturally included Zoro himself.
Before personally verifying whether the Inverse Life Third Stage truly couldn't lead to immortality, he wouldn't easily give up.
Recalling the performance of the Great Abundance Immortal in the original work, Leon fell silent.
After a while, he spoke, "Sect Leader, on my way here, I heard that Quansheng seems to want to harm the Trinity Sect..."
Leon wanted to point out that Rootless Sheng, the leader of Quansheng, and Li Muxuan, the wicked child, intended to infiltrate the Trinity Sect and cause trouble, but since he couldn't explain the source of the information, he could only hint at it in this way.
And when Zoro heard the words 'Quansheng', he slightly lowered his eyelids, lost in thought for a moment.
A moment later, his calm voice resonated in the hall.
"I understand. You may go now."
Hearing this, Leon pursed his lips and said nothing more, merely kowtowing once before turning and walking towards the door.
Just as he was about to push the door open, Zoro's voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Do not speak of what was said today to anyone."
Leon paused, then nodded heavily: "I understand, Sect Leader."
With that, he pushed the door open and walked out.
Leon had some guesses as to why Zoro had given him such an instruction. A large part of the reason was probably that not everyone in the Trinity Sect was as magnanimous as Zoro; if his words just now had been overheard by other disciples, he probably wouldn't have had an easy time afterward.
Stepping out of the side hall and seeing the young man who had brought him up the mountain earlier still waiting for him, Leon stepped forward and respectfully said, "Senior Brother, the Sect Leader told me to train in the lower courtyard first."
Hearing this, the young man was first startled, then looked at Leon with some surprise; he hadn't expected this older youth to actually be able to make his master make an exception.
"I understand. Follow me."
However, his master must have his reasons for doing so. The young man quickly accepted this fact and put it out of his mind, leading Leon towards the small courtyard down the mountain.
The moment Leon stepped into the small courtyard, a prompt suddenly appeared on his profession panel, which had been inactive for a long time.
It was professional information.
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[Profession: Entry-level Qi Refiner]
[Conditions for Employment:
1. Mental Strength attribute reaches 1.1 (√)
2. Participate in the disciple selection ceremony of any Xuanmen sect (√)]
[After Employment:
1. Attribute growth
2. Gain professional skill – Qi Control
3. Gain professional specialty – Calm Mind
4. Gain special bonus:
Reading speed will be slightly increased when reading Taoist classics]
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