"Are you still wondering why this old man would take you in as a disciple just because of your status as an admiral?" Liu Lei saw the doubt in Gu Han's heart and smiled, "Have you heard of a saying?
Cast the net wide, catch more fish, and select the best.
"Sword Immortal Baiju and I have already discussed it. In order to ensure that Yuzhang City can survive in the Difficult Sword Era five years later, we must nurture those sword-bearers with potential, so that Yuzhang City will not be without successors.
"In my life, I have seen countless geniuses. Some of them were even more talented than I am. One of them could even form a sword affinity with 10% of swordmaidens at the same time.
Such talents, as long as they continue to grow, 10% or 20% of them can reach my current position. But in the end, they all died.
"It's not that they did not have great strength, it's just that they were unlucky and met a strong enemy. They could not defeat, hide, or escape, and so they fell in the desert ruins."
Liu Lei sighed. "It's not that we can't save them. As long as we old guys at the Immortal Sword Tier are willing to help, it's not impossible to save them from their desperate situation.
But in the end, we old guys are still stingy with our lives. Who would be willing to give up 20 days of their lives to save someone who has nothing to do with them? "
"Give up 20 days of life?" Guhan was stunned. Didn't they say that using the Giant World-Breaking Hand would only cause a period of weakness for 20 days?
How did it become 20 days of life?
This was what Wuzhang Shifang had said himself.
"Senior, why is it said on the Internet that using the Giant World-Breaking Hand will only cause a period of weakness for about 20 days?" Guhan asked directly.
"Hmph, that refers to those swordmasters who are full of vigor. They practice ancient martial arts, and the vigor in their bodies is endless. Using the Giant World-Breaking Hand to save you little guys requires a lot of vigor.
Those who practice martial arts are full of vigor, and may be able to withstand the consumption of the Giant World-Breaking Hand.
But for old guys like us, if we want to use the Break World Big Hand, we have to use our own lives. "
So that's how it is. Guhan was secretly startled. Wuzhang Shifang said that he would only have a period of twenty days of weakness. Didn't that mean that Wuzhang Shifang was also a Sword Master who cultivated ancient martial arts? This was something that had never been mentioned in the published information about Wuzhang Shifang!
Guhan suppressed the speculation in his heart and listened to Liu Lei continue, "If it weren't for the Difficult Sword Era, this would be the right thing to do. It's understandable to preserve one's lifespan.
However, in the upcoming Difficult Sword Era, we would be digging our own graves if we continue to allow talented sword wielders to fall into the hands of our enemies.
That's why Bai Ju and I each took in two disciples with the greatest potential. We'll escort them along the way so that they won't die prematurely on the path of immortal sword wielders. "
"Guhan, you have great potential. I am very optimistic about you. You are one of the two disciples that I want to take in!" Liu Lei explained the reason why he took the initiative to take in Guhan as a disciple.
All the problems were explained clearly. Liu Lei had a premonition that he did not have much time left. He planned to choose those sword wielders with great potential to escort them along the way, so that they could become immortal sword wielders as soon as possible. This way, Yuzhang City would not have no immortal sword wielders after the death of Liu Lei and Bai Ju.
"I've told you everything I need to tell you. Why don't you quickly kneel down and worship me as your master?" Liu Lei snorted coldly. How could this Guhan be so tactless? Did he want him to beg him?
Guhan was naturally very willing to worship Liu Lei as his master.
However, a few days ago, he thought that he was smart to worship Wuzhang Shifang as his master. Now, it had become a huge hidden danger.
He had already agreed to participate in Wuzhang Shifang's test, but now he suddenly worshipped Liu Lei as his master. Who knew if Wuzhang Shifang would be petty and bear a grudge against him? This was a blatant slap to Wuzhang Shifang's face.
At that time, it might cause some unnecessary trouble.
At the same time, if he concealed this matter and did not tell Liu Lei...
If this matter reached Liu Lei's ears in the future, wouldn't he be in a terrible position?
Therefore, Guhan had to take the initiative to tell Liu Lei about him worshipping Wuzhang Shifang as his master. The rest was up to Liu Lei to decide.
If there was any blame, it would be on Liu Lei.
Therefore, Guhan replied decisively.
"Senior, it's not that I don't want to worship you as my master. It's just that I have an agreement with Wuzhang Shifang, so I dare not make a rash decision!"
As soon as Guhan said this, Liu Lei was surprised. How did this guy get involved with Wuzhang Shifang?
"What agreement do you have with Wuzhang Shifang? Tell me quickly."
Therefore, Guhan told Liu Lei everything about himself and Wuzhang Shifang without hiding anything. Liu Lei's old face was a myriad of colors as he listened, and he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
He never thought that the disciple he fancied would actually have a secret relationship with Wuzhang Shifang... Uh, no, it seemed that the adjective 'secret relationship' could not be used.
However, he did not expect that the Grand Prince Seed was dug out by this kid, Guhan. This time, Liu Lei was even more satisfied with Guhan.
What was the most important thing to become an immortal sword wielder?
Strength?
Bloodline?
Wisdom?
Although these things were of some help to become an immortal sword wielder, in the end, they were not the most important thing to become an immortal sword wielder.
For an immortal sword wielder, the most important thing was one's character, or luck.
Even if one's strength was nature-defying, bloodline pure, and wisdom outstanding... As long as one's character was bad, luck was bad, and there was no Sword Maiden of the next level who was willing to synchronize with you, then one would be trash, destined to be like this for the rest of one's life... This kind of example was not uncommon. Countless amazing sword wielder had fallen on this road. The most famous one was a famed sword wielder 500 years ago: he became a famed sword wielder at the age of 19. With the physique of a famed sword wielder, he finally accumulated the standard of 10 million quarks of sword essence to reach the Jiandi level. As a famed sword wielder, he could skip four levels of Yuan Kou and fight against the Yu level Yuan Kou, who was equivalent to an immortal sword wielder.
Such an amazing sword wielder was once thought to be the next Jiandi sword wielder, but in the end, he died of old age at the famed sword level. No matter how amazing he was, there was no Sword Maiden of the spiritual sword level who was willing to synchronize with him. This was completely helpless.
Therefore, when Liu Lei heard that Guhan was able to dig out a Prince Seed, his satisfaction with Guhan immediately skyrocketed.
He had dug out a Prince Seed on his first mining trip. With this kind of character, this kind of luck, it seemed that he was at least a spiritual sword level.
"Guhan, don't worry. This sword immortal will help you clarify this matter with Sword Immortal Shifang.
That Sword Immortal Shifang took your Prince Seed and still set up this almost impossible test for you. This means that he was originally not willing to take you as a disciple, and only wanted your Prince Seed.
I will help you reject him. I think he will only be happy and not angry. "Liu Lei's words were reasonable and convincing.
Indeed, Wuzhang Shifang did not want to take Guhan as a disciple. With Liu Lei taking the blame, Wuzhang Shifang was naturally more than willing.
"Guhan understands. Guhan thanks Master!"
Seeing that Liu Lei had said things to this extent and taken the blame to this extent, if Guhan still refused, then he would really be an idiot.
Therefore, Gu Han made a prompt decision and kowtowed a few times in front of Liu Lei, calling him 'Master' and whatnot as if it was free.
"Hahaha!"
Liu Lei laughed heartily. Not only was this disciple's luck not bad, he was also smart and tactful. Very good, very good.
Suddenly, Liu Lei seemed to have thought of something. His face darkened. "What a pity, what a pity." He sighed twice.
"I wonder why Master is sighing?" Guhan asked obediently.
"Sigh, Master is just feeling pity for the Prince Seed that you gave to that Wuzhang Shifang.
Now that I have taken you in as a disciple, the Prince Seed is in his hands.
He did nothing and just got a Prince Seed out of thin air. Isn't that a pity! "Liu Lei felt sorry for the Prince Seed that Guhan had given to Wuzhang Shifang.
This thing was an irresistible temptation to any immortal sword wielder.
"Master, don't be silly. Look at what this disciple has in his hands." Guhan opened his hands, and a resplendent dimensional crystal mine glistened.
"You still have a Prince Seed!"
Liu Lei sucked in a breath of cold air as he stared at the Duke Seed in Gu Han's hand. He didn't even blink. Good heavens, what kind of disciple did he take in? He actually managed to obtain a Prince Seed and two Duke Seeds in one go. This kind of character was something that had never been seen before!
"Master doesn't know, but this disciple's luck has always been good. This time, I got a Prince Seed, two Prince Seeds, and a Duke Seed.
This is the last Prince Seed I have in my hands.
Master accepted me as a disciple, and I have nothing to repay you with. I can only give this last Prince Seed to Master as a gift. I hope Master doesn't mind. "
Guhan, this liar, had clearly gotten four Prince Seeds. At this time, there were still two Prince Seeds in his dimensional pocket.
"Good disciple, I will accept your gift!" Liu Lei laughed and did not stand on ceremony. He put Guhan's Prince Seed into his pocket.
However, after receiving such a precious gift from Guhan, Liu Lei naturally could not not show any other expression.
He walked to the bookshelf in the office, took out a thick book, and handed it to Guhan. "Good disciple, this book is Master's gift. Keep it well and study it day and night. You will have unexpected gains!"
Guhan took the book that Liu Lei gave him. He saw the words "Gentleman's Book" written on the cover. Other than that, there was nothing else on the cover.
Guhan flipped open the book and read a few pages. Then, he decisively closed the book and put it into his dimensional pocket … This book was actually filled with pictures of anime that could make one's blood boil.
Guhan did not expect that the book with the name "Gentleman" was actually a book like this.
However, since Liu Lei gave this book to Guhan, there must be a reason.
Guhan could not be careless. He wanted to bring it home and study it carefully.