Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 353 Where is there any master-disciple relationship?

Chen Xuan knew that Master Du'e had taken in three disciples: Li Jing, Zheng Lun, and Chen Qi.

Zheng Lun and Chen Qi are both proficient in soul-based attack techniques. Now that Zhang Guifang is also of average skill, Chen Xuan couldn't help but think of many things.

He even thought to himself, "This Master Du'e has taken in so many disciples, yet he's expelled them all from the sect. Some of these disciples don't even know who their master is. What exactly is he trying to do?"

In the original primordial era, Master Du'e was not a disciple of the Chan Sect, but a disciple of the Human Sect.

Because the requirements for accepting disciples in the Human Sect are extremely high, the number of disciples is very small. And the disciples that Master Du'e accepted were indeed not considered to be exceptionally talented.

He worried that if he accepted disciples indiscriminately, he would be punished by his master in the future. He also worried that if he had no disciples to shield him from calamities, he would become a notorious figure on the Investiture of the Gods list.

Therefore, Master Du'e had no choice but to take in disciples and then expel them from his sect. Moreover, for safety's sake, he inevitably had to train several more.

However, the current Master Du'e is a disciple of the Chan Sect. While the Chan Sect's requirements for its disciples are higher than those of the Jie Sect, they are still far inferior to those of the Human Sect in the original prehistoric timeline.

Therefore, Chen Xuan couldn't help but develop some interest in this True Man Du'e. After all, any uncontrollable factor could influence the final outcome.

At the same time, disbelief was also evident on Feng Lin's face. He stared directly at Zhang Guifang and asked.

"Senior brother, where did you hear all this from? If Master is truly the Immortal Du'e, why would he conceal his identity?"

In public, Feng Lin usually addresses Zhang Guifang as "General," since they are in a superior-subordinate relationship based on their positions.

Now Feng Lin no longer cares about the superior-subordinate relationship and directly addresses Zhang Guifang as his senior brother in public.

Zhang Guifang nodded and said, "I, your senior brother, witnessed this with my own eyes over the course of time."

"Moreover, when our master accepted us as disciples, it wasn't because he truly saw our potential or thought we were promising talents."

"Instead, he wants to use our lives to shield him from the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods. At the same time, he is using us as pawns to control the future war."

Upon hearing this, Feng Lin's expression turned serious. Finally, he directly asked Zhang Guifang, "Senior brother, do you mean that if we go to war with Xiqi, which is supported by the Chan Sect, Master is very likely to intervene?"

Zhang Guifang nodded. "At that time, he will not only show up, but may even incite us to rebel."

"Let us lead our army to surrender to Xiqi first, and then let the two of us brothers die in the next great battle to complete the mission of protecting him from calamity."

At this moment, Feng Lin's eyes were blazing with anger. Although he didn't want to believe that his master was such a despicable person, he was equally willing to believe Zhang Guifang's words.

Finally, as if he had made a great decision, he spoke to Zhang Guifang and said, "Senior brother, as subjects of the Shang Dynasty, we have absolutely no possibility of betraying our country."

"If my master asks me to betray the country, I would rather end my own life than do anything that would betray the Great Shang or the King."

After hearing this, Zhang Guifang nodded heavily as well, "After all, our skills were taught by our master. At worst, we can just return everything to him when the time comes."

At this moment, Chen Xuan finally understood why Zhang Guifang had taken her own life after the defeat. After all, with her Taoist skills, it wouldn't have been a problem for Zhang Guifang to escape back to the Five Passes.

The reason Zhang Guifang decided to end her life was actually her master. And now, the probability of this happening is even greater than the original primordial trajectory. Chen Xuan then said directly, "Zhang Guifang, Feng Lin, although your skills were passed down from the evil corpse incarnation of True Person Du'e, you owe him nothing."

"Because he never treated you as his disciples, and he taught you martial arts and supernatural powers for his own benefit."

"If you two choose to end your lives for someone who is unworthy of being your teacher, then you are the truly foolish ones, and that would also be exactly what the True Man Du'e wants."

Chen Xuan's words left Zhang Guifang and Feng Lin stunned. After a long while, Zhang Guifang finally spoke.

“The words of the Azure Lotus Saint are absolutely right. My brother and I have been too attached to appearances. Even if we die, I, Zhang Guifang, will die a glorious death.”

“Once we brothers lead our army to pacify Xiqi, we will return our cultivation and skills to him. That would be a way for us brothers to fulfill our loyalty and righteousness.”

Upon hearing this, Feng Lin nodded in agreement. "Senior brother is right. We must never forget that we are responsible to the King and to the 100,000 soldiers under our command."

"Even if we are to die, we must wait until we return in triumph. We cannot abandon the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers to preserve a teacher-student relationship that never existed in the first place."

Seeing that Feng Lin and Zhang Guifang had made up their minds, Chen Xuan nodded in satisfaction and spoke.

"Although you are disciples of the evil corpse incarnation of the True Man Du'e, in a sense, you do not have a true sect affiliation."

"Since that's the case, then you shall enter the Daoist sect as nominal disciples. From now on, you will be nominal disciples of the Three Pure Ones of Daoism, and successors of my Qinglian Island lineage."

As Chen Xuan spoke, he waved his hand and imparted the basic cultivation techniques of the Daoist sect to the two of them in a profound and enlightening manner.

Zhang Guifang and Feng Lin were overjoyed to be accepted into the Taoist sect, and immediately knelt down, respectfully bowing to Chen Xuan and addressing him as "Grandmaster."

Later, I met Taiyi Zhenren and Yuding Zhenren, two senior brothers from the Daoist sect.

Finally, Chen Xuan had Feng Lin spit out the red bead from his mouth. After looking at it, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

"So it was a demon core after all. No wonder it was surrounded by black mist when you used it. Luckily, you didn't use it to kill enemies often, otherwise you would have already turned into a demon by now."

Upon hearing this, Feng Lin was greatly surprised. Recalling the time when he used the red bead to kill someone, he realized that he did feel uneasy and understood where the problem lay.

This inevitably reignited a strange anger in Feng Lin's eyes. His former master-disciple affection for Master Du'e had almost completely vanished.

At this moment, Chen Xuan simply waved his hand, shattering the red bead into dust. Even the black mist surrounding it dissipated.

As a result, Feng Lin suffered a backlash from the destruction of his magic weapon, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

However, this mouthful of blood was not bright red, but rather jet black. It even emitted a foul stench.

Chen Xuan glanced at the foul-smelling black blood on the ground and couldn't help but sigh and shake his head. He thought to himself, "This Master Du'e is truly extraordinary insidious."

(End of this chapter)