I can sneak across the wild world

A few years ago, Luo Ziren might have scoffed at Lan Yan's behavior.

But now he has no qualms about participating and profiting from it.

If you can't change the world, just adapt to it.

"It's just a transaction, just say thank you."

Luo Ziren has no special feelings for Lan Yan. Although they are classmates, they rarely see each other.

The two sides are not familiar with each other.

And Lan Yan suddenly became so enthusiastic and proactive, Luo Ziren felt that it was because he was more valuable now.

Sure enough, Lan Yan was not angry after hearing Luo Ziren's words, but straight to the point:
"My great-grandfather was the general of the Zhongjing Pioneer Army. He asked me to tell Mr. Luo that if you want to join the army, I will guarantee you a brigadier general position."

A brigadier general can lead five thousand soldiers, and it stands to reason that at least a late-stage Jindan monk can hold the position.

In the eyes of Lan Yan's great-grandfather, Luo Ziren's value is probably far more than that of a late-stage Jindan monk!
The other party's recruitment was so straightforward, which was indeed the style of a big shot in the military.

It's a pity that Luo Ziren has not changed his original intention of not joining the army until now.

"Thanks, but I don't need it."

Luo Ziren originally wanted to be polite, but he was worried that the other party would misunderstand him. After thinking about it, it was better to refuse clearly.

"Ah? Don't you think about it?"

If she hadn't known that Luo Ziren was not angry, Lan Yan would have doubted whether she had offended him.

That is the position of brigadier general!

After a few years of experience, it is not impossible to become the youngest general in the future.

Why did this guy refuse without even thinking about it?

Could it be that he, like himself, wanted to follow the Daomeng route?
Lan Yan thought to herself.

"After thinking about it, this is the answer."

Luo Ziren paused and added:
"I was just quick to respond, no disrespect intended."

Blue smoke: "."

After bidding farewell to Lan Yan, Luo Ziren directly found Zhong Daoxuan who was bragging to his friends using the communication jade charm.

"Eh, um, contact me later, I have business here."

When Zhong Daoxuan saw Luo Ziren, he quickly hung up the phone and greeted with a smile:

"Classmate Luo Ziren, you are finally willing to show up! You can really keep your composure! It's such a big thing to win the championship, and there are so many awards waiting for you to show up, so you can just endure it and go into seclusion!"

"Teacher Zhong, let's get down to business."

Luo Ziren rejected Zhong Daoxuan's greeting: "I need to improve my spiritual root qualifications, and it is best to use the Five Elements Spirit Tempering Technique to adjust it."

"I know that's why you came here, and I promised you that too!"

"Don't worry, it's not too late for us to chat first."

Zhong Daoxuan's tone was full of confidence, and he had obviously already thought about how to deal with Luo Ziren.

Luo Ziren was just worried that Zhong Daoxuan wouldn't take it seriously, so he kept his temper when he saw how serious his words were.

Zhong Daoxuan first brewed spiritual tea for Luo Ziren. While making tea, Zhong Daoxuan took the initiative to speak:
"The ultra-miniature magical puppet I borrowed from you last time doesn't have to be returned to me in the future."

It can be seen that Luo Ziren's victory on behalf of the Academy of Immortality this time has brought many unexpected benefits to Zhong Daoxuan, which made him, who was already very generous, become even more generous.

"Thank you, teacher."

Luo Ziren did not refuse.

The main reason is that he explored the spiritual stone veins in Qingxuan Realm and filled the set of ultra-miniature puppets with all the spiritual energy. He had not used them much yet, so he directly returned them to Zhong Daoxuan and suffered a loss.

Anyway, the Zhong family has a big business and won't care about such a small issue with him.

It's just a magic weapon worth several million spirit stone coins.

"One more thing, my father wants to accept you as his personal disciple in his own name."

"This matter should have been more sincerely spoken by him himself, but you know, the old man is saving face and is afraid of being embarrassed by your rejection, so let me talk about it first."

Zhong Daoxuan said with a smile.

Just as Luo Ziren was about to speak, Zhong Daoxuan added:
"If you agree, he doesn't mind accepting one more person in person, so the quota will naturally be reserved for Li Zhiwei."

When Luo Ziren heard this, he immediately lost the thought of refusing.

The direct disciple of Yuanying Zhenjun in Wudaoyuan has a rather unique name, Daozi.

It is said that all Taoists are qualified to have access to some secret techniques of the Five Avenues Academy, and the speed of cultivation and elixir formation will be greatly improved!

In fact, even if there is no such thing as a secret technique, just by receiving the guidance of True Monarch Nascent Soul, the speed of cultivation will definitely not be slowed down.

What's more, this mentor-disciple relationship is a very important human connection.

Luo Ziren is very aware of his situation. Compared to monks of his generation, he is not lacking in strength or even merit, but in terms of connections, he is very weak.

When he was in Lingzhou, he fought against the two Nascent Soul Lords who met each other, and warned him as a potential criminal during the night vigil. Long Yuyan directly became a sworn enemy.

If nothing else, Luo Ziren's background in the Immortal Cultivation Research Institute will be Luo Ziren's most solid foundation.

And the strongest leg in this foundation is undoubtedly Dean Zhong Beihai.

The most important thing is that in order to win over him, Zhong Beihai was willing to give one more spot to Li Zhiwei——

Hey, that’s not right!
Luo Ziren suddenly realized that Zhong Beihai's willingness to accept Li Zhiwei as his direct disciple was probably not selling out his face at all.

Li Zhiwei has Tianlinggen qualifications. She has just turned 17 and is a true cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. She contracted a chi dragon with her natal spirit beast, and now she still controls the incomplete spirit treasure ice dragon inner elixir.

Plus she has the honor of being a championship team member.

If there were scoring criteria for selecting [Daozi], how could Li Zhiwei be considered one of the best, right?

I feel misled!
At this time, Zhong Daoxuan seemed to have seen Luo Ziren's thoughts, and said with a smile:

"I admit, classmate Li Zhiwei is indeed excellent."

"But our Taoist temple is special. Senior monks, including my old man, don't like to accept disciples."

"It's such a waste of energy to train direct disciples."

"Although it sounds a bit unpleasant to say it, the fact is that there are many students in their research institute who are rushing to help and work for free."

Luo Ziren was silent. He had to admit that Zhong Daoxuan's words made sense.

For those great monks, recruiting disciples is actually a troublesome matter with no positive feedback. Probably only the Long family, which requires a large number of combatants, would recruit disciples on a large scale.

The instructors here at the Immortal Cultivation Institute are probably a little better in character than Long Yuyan and his ilk, and would not squeeze the lives of their apprentices, but they simply don’t accept them!

This is true for many things in the world. If you want to be used, you must at least have the value of being used.

For Zhong Beihai, outstanding students like Li Zhiwei are not enough to impress him. Only Luo Ziren is worthy of his troublesome planning.

"I understand. Thank you Dean for your kindness. I'll think about it."

Luo Ziren was a little more reserved.

Zhong Daoxuan didn't mind, waved his hand and changed the topic:
"Speaking of which, a lot of big forces should have sent you invitation messages in the past few days, right?"

"I heard that the Pioneer Army has spread rumors that they will drag you into the army at all costs, haha."

Luo Ziren was slightly startled when he heard this.

He didn't expect Lan Yan's great-grandfather to be so domineering.

He had just rejected Lan Yan personally a few minutes ago, but Zhong Daoxuan actually heard the news in advance?

This can only show that Lan Yan's great-grandfather deliberately spread the news to the outside world without waiting for Lan Yan's reply. In this way, Luo Ziren's rejection would be like a slap in the face, hard on the other person's face.

You offended someone for no reason!
However, Luo Ziren has no regrets, as his principles will not change anyway.

As for offending Lan Yan's great-grandfather, there was nothing he could do about it.

I hope we won’t meet each other again if nothing happens in the future!
"I've turned my back on the military."

Luo Ziren looked at Zhong Daoxuan with a teasing look on his face and said calmly.

"Uh"

Zhong Daoxuan's expression froze, and a wry smile appeared on his face:

"This is really sad news."

Obviously, Zhong Daoxuan can also guess what will happen next.

Luo Ziren nodded and did not want to say more.

"In that case, let's talk about the Five Elements Spirit Tempering Technique!"

"You must have heard of this secret technique before."

"The service of using the Five Elements Spirit Tempering Technique to improve spiritual root qualifications is extremely expensive. In addition to the 'raw material' they require, which is the third-level demonic beast inner elixir, it also requires the personal conditioning of a Nascent Soul Lord!"

"Even if it is not difficult for True Lord Nascent Soul to cast this secret method, it can be completed in a day or two at most."

"But the essence and spirit of True Monarch Nascent Soul are difficult to measure in terms of spiritual stone coins. Isn't this secret method so expensive as to be a genius?"

Zhong Daoxuan gave popular science the special features of the Five Elements Spirit Tempering Method.

Luo Ziren had learned this simple information a few years ago, so he was naturally not surprised.

However, Zhong Daoxuan's words reminded him that performing the [Five Elements Spirit Tempering Technique] requires a Nascent Soul Lord. So who is the best candidate for this person?

Is there any Nascent Soul Lord that Luo Ziren can trust?
Then Luo Ziren thought of Zhong Beihai.

Luo Ziren came back to his senses now.

Dean Zhong was afraid that he knew this would happen later, so he deliberately put the matter of recruiting disciples upfront to avoid being misunderstood by Luo Ziren as blackmailing him or something.

In fact, it is unnecessary.

Even if Zhong Beihai really used this to blackmail Luo Ziren into becoming his disciple, Luo Ziren would still think it was reasonable and would not do what he wanted again.

After all, looking at the whole of Zhongjing, there is no one else he can barely trust, except his own dean.

"So, the one who can really cast the Five Elements Spirit Tempering Technique is actually the dean?"

Luo Ziren asked.

Zhong Daoxuan nodded:
"That's right, I have prepared the [Artificial Five Elements Spirit Root] material extracted from the inner elixir of the monster and placed it with the old man!"

"He is the one who can really cast spells on you."

Zhong Daoxuan persuaded without hesitation:

"If your boy is not ready to become a disciple, I advise you not to rush to answer him."

"After all, he's not a big-hearted person. He'll be in trouble if he holds a grudge against you."

Before Luo Ziren could say anything, he saw a small bolt of thunder and lightning suddenly jump out of the void above Zhong Daoxuan's head and hit the opponent!
Snapped!
The electric light exploded into a sharp and crisp sound.

When the surroundings calmed down, Zhong Daoxuan's long hair exploded and the roots stood up, looking very miserable.

Even so, he still kept smiling:

"Look, let me just say that someone is very narrow-minded!"

Luo Ziren: "."

He did not expect that his conversation with Zhong Daoxuan would be eavesdropped by Dean Zhong Beihai.

What's more, I didn't expect that Dean Zhong was really mean-spirited!

Fortunately, Zhong Doxuan is a real Jin Dan and can afford to make such a joke.

If it were a Qi-training monk, his head would probably have been blown open by that inconspicuous thunder and lightning.

If you think about it on the bright side, this proves that Dean Zhong has strong control over magic.

Luo Ziren thought for a while and decided to tell his true thoughts.

"Dean Zhong is willing to accept a disciple, which is really an honor for me and my junior sister."

"I will choose a good day someday, prepare generous gifts with my schoolmates, and then go visit her and become my disciple in person."

At this time, Luo Ziren did not consult Li Zhiwei's opinion and directly made the decision for her.

But you know without asking that Li Zhiwei will most likely not refuse such a good thing.

"No need to go to so much trouble cough cough!"

Luo Ziren didn't expect that his words would lead to the real owner.

As Zhong Beihai finished half of his sentence, an old figure appeared out of thin air in Zhong Daoxuan's office.

I saw that he was wearing a long robe and looked like a gentle scholar. He was Zhong Beihai, the director of the Academy of Immortality Cultivation.

As soon as Zhong Beihai showed up, Zhong Daoxuan laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, causing the old man to cough repeatedly, which was extremely embarrassing.

"It's none of your business here, get out of here."

After Zhong Beihai finished coughing, he drove Zhong Daoxuan away with a look of disgust.

Zhong Daoxuan didn't care about him, and directly winked at Luo Ziren, telling him not to be polite when he should ask for benefits, and then Shi Shiran left.

It's a pity that he seemed to have forgotten that his hair was extremely messy due to lightning. No matter how elegant his movements were, his manners were not so beautiful.

Luo Ziren held back his laughter.

"Classmate Luo Ziren, um, let me admit it first, I underestimated you before."

Zhong Beihai looked at Luo Ziren's childlike handsome face and sighed inwardly.

Who would have thought that this young man could accomplish such an innovative feat for the Academy of Immortality Cultivation!

When Zhong Daoxuan wanted to sell his property to help Luo Ziren get a spiritual energy purification device, Zhong Beihai didn't quite believe that Luo Ziren could do what he said.

结果
Feel proud!
Zhong Beihai has served as the dean of the Academy of Immortality for decades, and for the first time he felt the happiness that a dean should have.

And all this was brought by Luo Ziren.

Therefore, it is necessary to recruit direct disciples.

Luo Ziren needs the Dean's connections, and Dean Zhong also needs Luo Ziren's signature face.

Both parties should help each other.

This is also the reason why Zhong Beihai maintains a very low profile.

He knew very well that Luo Ziren didn't actually need any advice from him.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as both parties acknowledge their master-disciple relationship, that’s enough!
No need to add anything else at all.

Of course, this is just Zhong Beihai's wishful thinking.

Zhong Daoxuan's words before and the reminder before leaving all told Luo Ziren, never be polite to the old man, and don't ask for less of the benefits you deserve!

Apart from anything else, the fact that Luo Ziren helped the Cultivation Academy gain control of the secret world of the Four Symbols Divine Prison was enough for Zhong Beihai to reward him extra heavily.

……

In the past two days, my family and I have taken turns having high fevers, so I asked for leave. I originally wrote a note explaining the situation, but I was too confused and didn't send it out. I'm sorry. (End of chapter)