Chapter 148: Reciprocity

Chapter One Hundred Forty Eight
Wangyue Peak, the main peak of the Luoxia Mountains, ushered in the most lively ceremony today. Venerable Zilou personally presided over the ceremony for the inaugural honorary elder Yang Teng.
This was the most lively celebration in the history of the Zilou first line. All three generations of disciples and elders and deacons attended. Twenty second generation disciples came. Among them, Su Zhiyi didn't participate on the excuse of being unwell, and all the other disciples in the Luoxia Mountains were present.
Disciples from the four generations down and those outside disciples are naturally not eligible to participate in such a grand ceremony, and Mochizuki Peak does not have such a wide space to accommodate so many people, so it is limited to three generations of disciples.
When the auspicious hour arrived, Venerable Zilou announced the start of the ceremony, "Please Yang Teng come on stage and take up the post of honorary elder!"
Yang Teng came to the ceremonial stand and gave a deep gift to the Venerable Zilou, "The disciple Yang Teng has seen the Venerable."
Without the gift of mentoring and apprenticeship, Yang Teng's inner respect for Venerable Zilou does not need to be expressed in these forms.
"Yang Teng, you are willing to join me in the purple building line, to contribute to the Luoxia Mountains, to maintain the dignity of the purple building line, even if you give your life for this, you will not hesitate!" Venerable Zilou asked loudly.
Yang Teng replied loudly: "The disciple must abide by the rules of the Zilou line. If there is any betrayal, five thunderstorms will blow!"
Venerable Zilou created the Zilou line until now, no matter whether he is accepting disciples or preaching, he does not pay attention to the cumbersome process. As long as he can abide by the rules and is willing to pay for the Zilou line, he is a qualified student.
"The old man announced that from now on, Yang Teng will be a member of the Luoxia Mountain Range, and he will be granted the title of honorary elder. He has the same status and status as Liang Dongyun and others. You must not deceive him because Yang Teng is young!" The voice of the disciples was heard in the audience.
The disciples had already received the news in advance, so they were not surprised at this time.
Zhu Yiping looked at Yang Teng on the stage, feeling very strange in his heart. A few days ago, he took Yang Teng to the Luoxia Mountains. At that time, he just marveled at Yang Teng’s ability to comprehend alchemy and felt that Yang Teng had entered. After the line of Zilou, he is willing to work hard, and if he gets the favor of an elder, he will definitely do something in the future.
Unexpectedly, Yang Teng soared into the sky, and in a blink of an eye he became the honorary elder of the Zilou family. He would now call Yang Teng the uncle.
Is it luck or power?
Zhu Yiping shook his head secretly. The world of genius is not comparable to that of ordinary people like himself. It is said that Yang Teng's alchemy is far above the meaning of the fifth master, Bo Su. Yesterday, the fifth master proposed to compete for alchemy, but Yang Teng was finally caught Vomiting blood.
How can such a powerful strength be compared to a little disciple of oneself? If you can get Yang Teng's advice or two, maybe your alchemy will be upgraded to a level from now on.
Zhu Yiping didn't have any jealousy or dissatisfaction in his heart. What he thought was that he could also be regarded as Yang Teng's guide. By relying on this relationship to get closer to Yang Teng, his own benefits would be indispensable in the future.
He thought so, but other disciples didn't think so.
There are many gray-haired elderly people watching the ceremony.
Venerable Zilou received thirty-five disciples throughout his life, and these disciples of his had also accepted many disciples, some of whom were older.
Now seeing a sixteen-year-old boy standing on the stage, becoming an honorary elder, and later his uncle, most people are not convinced.
But no one dared to stand up and question the decision of Venerable Zilou. Didn't you see Su Zhiyi's face today?
The ceremony was very simple, and soon came to the last item. Venerable Zilou handed a purple jade medal to Yang Teng.
This is the status symbol of the Zilou disciple.
The branch of the purple building spreads its branches and leaves. The disciples' sphere of influence is not only in the Luoxia Mountains, but also not limited to the Izumo Empire. There are purple building disciples throughout Dongzhou.
In order to identify the identity and prevent the same kind of cannibalism from happening, every disciple has a jade card that symbolizes his identity.
Yang Teng took the jade medal in both hands and held it respectfully.
The jade plate is dark purple, on one side is a towering tall building, and on the other side is depicted with four characters: Honorary Elder. In the lower left corner is a character Yang.
Yang Teng knows that the dark purple jade plate represents that he has the same status as Liang Dongyun and others, and the honorary elder expresses his identity.
The entire Luoxia Mountain Range originally had thirty-five deep purple jade medals, and the thirty-sixth in his hand. He is a second-generation disciple of the first line of Zilou.
The jade plates of the three generations of disciples are slightly lighter in color, lavender. The front is also a tall building, and the back shows the identity and name of the purple building and which Dongfu belonged to.
Zhu Yiping holds a lavender jade medal.
The four generations of disciples are Baise Pan Ziyu brand, and the fifth generation of disciples are pure white jade.
There is no sixth-generation disciple in the Zilou family yet, so it has not yet produced a jade medal of this level.
Afterwards, Venerable Zilou announced that the appraisal of his disciples was about to begin, and he asked all disciples to treat it correctly.
"Congratulations, Junior Brother Yang!" Yi Hua and others came to the stage, congratulating Yang Teng one after another, and Yang Teng responded one by one.
Yang Xin was very dissatisfied, and mumbled: "Dignified Zilou, the honorary elder inauguration ceremony, this is too shabby."
In her opinion, this was not as grand as Fenglei Town's scene of welcoming the messenger back then, and it was completely unworthy of the status of the third brother.
However, Yang Teng knew that this was already the largest ceremony held in the Luoxia Mountains. Venerable Zilou was indifferent to fame and fortune by nature, and he had never been keen on high and meaningless things.
If it weren't for the three generations of disciples to get to know this honorary elder, Venerable Zilou wouldn't even hold a ceremony of this level. He would gather a few second generation disciples and announce that it would be over.
At the end of the ceremony, Yang Teng greeted the seniors, and then returned to his cave with Yang Xin and Ximenye.
Since the peaks around the main peak already had their owners, Yang Teng's cave had to be arranged farther away, and it seemed very remote.
In terms of location, it is not even as good as the Dongfu of some three-generation disciples.
But Yang Teng didn't care about this. The more remote the location, the quieter it was. Yang Teng was quite similar to Venerable Zilou in this respect, and did not like the lively life.
However, the various facilities of this cave were readily available, and both the alchemy room and the refining room made Yang Teng very satisfied.
It's just that Yang Teng arrived for the first time, without any foundation, and his cave mansion did not arrange for outer disciples to serve.
This was also what Yang Teng meant. According to the rules of the Luoxia Mountains, he should arrange for some outer disciples to clean the courtyard and look after the cave mansion, but Yang Teng didn't want these outer disciples.
He has not yet accepted disciples, so there are only three of them in the cave.
Whether the population will increase in the future depends on Yang Teng's own intentions.
"Look at the people, who are clamoring and embracing, should you consider recruiting some disciples." Yang Xin suggested that Yang Teng, the honorary elder, is really good enough to do the work of cleaning the courtyard. .
Usually the materials needed for alchemy refining equipment must be collected by himself, and no one will run errands for him.
Look at the thirty-five disciples of Venerable Zilou. Which of them is not the one who embraces them, the most powerful even has tens of thousands of disciples and grandchildren.
Just a word of what you want to do, and someone will immediately run before and after.
Compared with them, Yang Teng was too shameless and completely unworthy of the title of honorary elder.
Yang Teng smiled slightly: "Do you think it is so interesting? Wouldn't it be a misunderstanding for me to recruit disciples? I don't have the mind to teach the disciple. I don't want outer disciples to run errands for me. It's better to be quiet."
"Besides, I didn't plan to live in the Luoxia Mountains for a long time. Why should I recruit so many people."
It is a good thing to have a large number of people, but there are also a lot of troubles. It is necessary to teach disciples to practice, allocate various resources, and deploy disciples to do things. Yang Teng hates these things the most.
"Junior Brother Yang, that's not what I said." As soon as Yang Teng finished speaking, Yi Hua came to visit.
"Brother Yi, please, I am relatively simple here, Brother Yi sits casually." Yang Teng hurriedly invited Yi Hua in.
"Junior Brother Yang, I don’t agree with your words. I thought that way. It’s troublesome to get so many people, and I have to take care of them. But have you ever thought about it. If you go out on a trip, who will take care of it? If you don't become so ruined, when you come back, the grass is everywhere, do you pull it out one by one? Someone will always take care of the cave for you." Yi Hua said with deep feeling.
Yang Teng smiled: "Senior Brother Yi, at my age, it's not good to be served by people."
When he was in the Yang family, only Yan Xiaoyu was beside Yang Teng, he didn't need servants to take care of him, everything was done by himself, and he didn't have the arrogance of a young master.
"There is nothing wrong with it. It is the glory of those outside disciples to be able to serve you." Yi Hua waved his hand, "Zhu Yiping, from now on, you temporarily help Elder Yang manage the Dongfu."
Zhu Yiping stepped forward, "Disciple Zhu Yiping has met the elders."
"Don't be so polite. Speaking of being able to come to the Luoxia Mountains to become the honorary elder, you are still my guide." Yang Teng laughed, and now he is an elder, so naturally he can't match Zhu Yiping as a brother.
"Come here to see the elders." Zhu Yiping greeted the twenty disciples behind him to step forward.
Everyone saluted, "I have seen the elders."
"Senior Brother Yi, what does this mean?" Yang Teng asked.
Yi Hua smiled and said: "You are deserted here, I will ask them to come over and help you add some popularity."
Yang Teng could see that these people were not outside disciples, but apprentices recruited by Yi Hua, "Brother Yi, this is wrong."
Yi Hua glared, "What's wrong! You and my brothers still need to talk about those useless. Besides, I am unstable, and I don’t usually teach them life things. Junior Brother Yang will give them a little bit later. , Let them be used for life, it is also their blessing."
Speaking of this, it would be too hypocritical for Yang Teng to refuse again, which is tantamount to not giving Yi Hua face.
Yang Teng knew it was Yi Hua who gave him a favor. After all, Yang Teng helped him refine the worry-free pill. This is also a courtesy.
"Okay, thank you brother for your kindness." Yang Teng had to accept, thinking in his heart that in the future, there will be time to teach them something based on the characteristics of these people, which can be regarded as giving back to Yi Hua. After all, these people are disciples recruited by Yi Hua.
Zhu Yiping took twenty disciples down.
Yi Hua said, "The appraisal of the disciples is about to begin, I wonder if Junior Brother Yang has any plans."
The appraisal of the disciples is divided into several stages. In the first stage, those who have just started the appraisal, that is, the monks who entered the Luoxia Mountains with Yang Teng, have passed the second round of appraisal and become the official line of Zilou. Disciple, we must conduct the third round of assessment to confirm what strength these disciples have.
After this round of assessment, these disciples will enter the internal and external disciplines based on their performance in the assessment.
Successfully entering the inner door will be followed by thirty-five people including Yi Hua, who will be kept under the door according to their performance.
The second stage of assessment has nothing to do with these people. The target of the assessment is outer disciples. If they perform well, they can become inner disciples. There is also a chance to worship under 35 second-generation disciples.
The third stage is the big exam for the three generations of disciples and inner disciples. It will be hosted by Venerable Zilou. Those who perform well will go to the main peak, Wangyue Peak, and have the opportunity to listen to Venerable Zilou’s sermon.
The significance of the third stage assessment is more than that. It is also a competition of the strength of thirty-five cave houses. Which cave mansion gets more qualifications to go to the main peak, and which one is stronger, shows that this second-generation disciple teaches well.
Therefore, the third stage is the most important assessment for the 35 second-generation disciples.
Yi Hua just asked casually. According to the normal procedure, Yang Teng should participate in the first stage of the assessment and strive to become an inner disciple.
But now Yang Teng is already an honorary elder, and he has no disciples under him, so the three-stage assessment has nothing to do with Yang Teng.
But Yang Teng said, "Brother Yi, I want to participate in the first stage of the assessment."