"Then please take as your disciple. I don't seek the true transmission, just the status of a nominal disciple, so I can listen to your teachings," Dai Huanzhen said.
Upon hearing Tan Shuchang's resolute request and considering how the senior inside his own body had repeatedly altered plans for Tan Shuchang's sake, it beca clear to him that this senior was unable to do anything about Tan Shuchang.
This only made Dai Huanzhen admire the "Saint Master" all the more!
Therefore, realizing that he couldn't make a deal with the senior inside his body, Dai Huanzhen hastened to request the status of a nominal disciple for himself.
Doing so would not only fulfill his wish but also save his life!
"Daoist Dai, may I ask what drives your persistence in wanting to take as your master?" Tan Shuchang put away the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead and then asked in a calm tone.
He could guess so of Dai Huanzhen's thoughts, but knowing that Dai Huanzhen had wanted to beco his disciple since their first eting, there had to be other reasons.
Upon hearing this, Dai Huanzhen took out all four volus of "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary" that he had collected.
"Saint Master, I was fortunate enough to co across four volus of your cultivation diary, which greatly enlightened upon reading. Although the Saint Master's words and actions may seem simple, they encompass profound life lessons.
Take this volu three, at first glance, it's rely a list of loots from post-battle spoils, but only after reading it several tis carefully can one appreciate the hard work and intentions of the Saint Master! Mortals of this world cling to wealth, while cultivators obsess over the Supre Profound Seal.
The Saint Master expressed disdain for the Supre Profound Seal in these diaries and detailed the wealth of the Black Heart Mountain elders to tell people that all these are but external possessions, we bring nothing at birth and take nothing at death..."
"And then there's the first article in volu one, which at first appears to be the Saint Master unreasonably breaking up a fight, but upon close examination, one can see that both individuals were greedy and cunning, both deserving of death! If they didn't deserve to die, why would the Saint Master bother to diate like that?"
"The second article, I confess my foolishness, but fortunately, after reflecting on the past, I finally ca to realize that the affairs of the heart are ultimately just a derivative desire based on physiology, so how could one take it seriously? Could today's love be the sa as tomorrow's love? Human hearts change, and so does the heart in love!"
"In my view, the fourth volu is where the Saint Master puts in the most hard work and effort. The Saint Master cultivated more than two hundred years' worth of mastery in just four years, yet still claims to be lacking in talent. Looking around the world, who isn't arrogant and self-satisfied with the slightest achievent?
I used to be such a person, only regretting that I did not comprehend the Saint Master's cultivation diary sooner..."
Dai Huanzhen, like recounting treasures of his household, ticulously went through all four volus of "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary" from beginning to end, with a tone full of excitent, and his admiration was beyond words.
Yet as Tan Shuchang listened on the side, he first looked closely at these so-called "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diaries". He was quite familiar with the first volu; it was commonly seen on Black Heart Mountain. He was even more familiar with the third volu since he had asked Qiu Junlin to help distribute it.
But what about the second and fourth volus?
In that instant, Tan Shuchang thought of the Gentleman Swordsman and the enthusiastic Thunder Jiao of Shuize Mountain who had hosted him; he finally understood the subtle emotions they had when they t him.
What nonsense about admiring one's literary grace; those two just wanted to see him in person after reading the diary!
Especially the latter, who even brought a bunch of little Thunder Jiaos from Shuize Mountain to see!
No wonder that fellow was so generous, giving away two Ren Water Peaches without a second word.
At the mont, Dai Huanzhen was still elaborating his feelings after reading the four volus of "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary", and Tan Shuchang, after giving it so thought, decided to adopt the manner of a certain young girl, and pretended to be expressionless.
Because that was the best disguise at the mont.
However, seeing that Dai Huanzhen was about to start sharing his life insights, Tan Shuchang decided to say, "Alright, I accept you as a nominal disciple."
It was like a gesture of thanks for bringing him these four volus of the cultivation diary, which helped him uncover this matter.
Dai Huanzhen, who was still speaking passionately, showed an ecstatic expression in an instant, and then knelt to the ground.
"Disciple Dai Huanzhen greets the Saint Master!"
Tan Shuchang nodded slightly, but said nothing, because he was pondering the affair of the diary. First of all, there was the second volu, of which he rembered very clearly that when the original diary was taken by that mysterious being, he had purposefully erased the text on it, and even mockingly wrote an article.
But it now seed that his actions had undoubtedly failed, as the other party had kept all the text intact.
However, when it cos to this article in the fourth volu, when exactly did he lose it?
And why is it that the first two volus were distributed in their entirety, but after he spread one article, the subsequent releases followed suit in single articles?
He rembered having written quite a bit.
"Could it be that I encountered so rule entity?" Having eaten too many rule-invoked ghost creatures in the dark world of the mysterious ga, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but wonder in this direction.
But Tan Shuchang, feeling that it wasn't likely, began to think about it in simpler terms.
If one cannot understand sothing by thinking complexly, then try to think of it simply! The biggest beneficiary of this affair, no matter how inconceivable their identity might be, must be the mastermind behind it!
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