Primordial Era: I am a gourd vine, starting with seven gourds combined into one.

The Six-Eared Macaque almost blurted out that he wanted to become the disciple, but stopped at the last moment.

He hesitated and asked, "Has the Daoist master been preaching all these years just for me?"

Upon hearing this, the Taoist smiled and waved his hand. Instantly, all kinds of creatures throughout the mountains and plains were involuntarily and gracefully sent off the mountain peak.

The Taoist priest sat upright on the platform, looked at the Six-Eared Macaque, nodded, and smiled, "Not bad."

"From the first moment I saw you, I became interested in you. And over these eight thousand years, the tests I have put on you have been quite satisfactory to me. So, little monkey, think carefully about whether you want to become my disciple."

Upon hearing this, the Six-Eared Macaque was even more shocked. He gritted his teeth and asked again, "Does the Taoist priest know my background?"

The Taoist priest laughed again, "That's right. Others may not know you, but you can't hide it from me."

"Your six ears are so obvious!"

The Six-Eared Macaque lost all hope, his face turned pale, as if he were completely lost.

Upon seeing this, the Taoist priest couldn't help but laugh and say, "You little monkey, why are you making such a show?"

"I'm not harming you; on the contrary, I've given you so many benefits. Don't you understand?"

Upon hearing this, the Six-Eared Macaque recalled that indeed, the years he had spent listening to the Taoist's teachings were a blessing he had never experienced before.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel moved. Then, gritting his teeth, the Six-Eared Macaque bowed deeply to the Taoist and said, "Disciple greets Master."

Upon seeing this, the Taoist priest laughed loudly and said, "Good, good, good."

"Actually, I didn't want to take on a disciple in the first place. After all, taking on a disciple involves karma, karma, karma, and it's always a troublesome thing. But my meeting with you shows that we are destined to meet. Besides, your talent, if it grows, might be of great use to me."

The Taoist priest made no attempt to conceal his thoughts and spoke plainly. He pointed at the Six-Eared Macaque and imparted to him the various cultivation methods he had prepared beforehand, saying, "My name is Lin Yang, and my Taoist name is Creation Taoist. You must remember that."

This Taoist was none other than Lin Yang. More than eight thousand years ago, he had healed his injuries, and the Thirty-Six Heavens were nearing completion.

By chance, he used his divine sense to explore his surroundings, and his divine sense penetrated into the world, where he unexpectedly encountered this monkey.

The six-eared macaque. Lin Yang recognized the monkey immediately.

Among the four mischievous monkeys, the Six-Eared Macaque is good at listening, can understand reason, know the past and the future, and understands all things.

Well, to put it simply, it's the ability to eavesdrop.

It's incredibly powerful, at least in Lin Yang's eyes. When this ability is used to its fullest potential and for certain purposes, it's terrifying.

But if you call it useless, it really is useless. At least in the hands of the Six-Eared Macaque at the time, it was at best a useless ability to eavesdrop on other people's gossip.

It's of no use to the six-eared macaque.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to painstakingly cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm before meeting Lin Yang.

This is precisely because his supernatural abilities become more powerful as his cultivation level increases.

Of course, this power simply means that the range of eavesdropping has increased.

For the Six-Eared Macaque, it was not very meaningful, because in the prehistoric world, Taoist teachings were generally not passed on to outsiders, let alone talked about all the time.

Those who recite the Taoist principles word by word, explaining them clearly, are simply fishing for information.

For example, what Lin Yang did before.

But normally, which master, when imparting their teachings, doesn't do it the same way Lin Yang does—pointing a finger and directly transmitting the information into his mind?

It's quick and reliable, why would you need to pass it on verbally?

Therefore, although the Six-Eared Macaque wandered from place to place, eavesdropping on others' teachings in the wilderness, he gained very little.

It wasn't until he met Lin Yang that his rise to prominence truly began.

However, Lin Yang took a liking to him. This monkey was good; his abilities would be of great use to Lin Yang.

After all, in the hands of the Six-Eared Macaque, with his strength, this ability could at most only eavesdrop on a range of tens of thousands of miles.

However, if Lin Yang were to use this talent with his own strength, the scope of his eavesdropping would be much larger.

At that time, no matter what secrets are kept in the sky or on the ground, they will not be hidden from Lin Yang.

This also includes those powerful beings; their every move and action will be known to Lin Yang.

This is the greatest value of the Six-Eared Macaque's talent.

At that time, the God-level Choice System gave Lin Yang a choice task.

"Ding, the host has been detected to have encountered the Six-Eared Macaque, one of the Four Mischievous Monkeys. Please make the following choices."

"Option 1: Subdue the Six-Eared Macaque as your disciple, pass on your Taoist teachings, and help him cultivate and become stronger. You will receive the reward of the Great Dao Divine Power: Parasitism."

Option Two: Teach the Six-Eared Macaque the Daoist arts and let him cultivate them on his own. You will receive the reward of Telepathy (the ability to see into other people's minds).

"Option 3: Destroy the Six-Eared Macaque's soul, seize its body, and inherit its innate abilities. This option has no reward."

When Lin Yang heard this prompt, he couldn't help but feel a little conflicted.

To be fair, he wasn't a heartless person; otherwise, he wouldn't have killed the Eastern King Duke and devoured his origin on Zifu Continent.

The Eastern King Duke is like this, and so is the Six-Eared Macaque!

If the Six-Eared Macaque that Lin Yang encountered is correct, it should be the same one that Lin Yang later used to eavesdrop on Hongjun's sermon at Zixiao Palace, relying on his innate abilities.

But that was a later development. The current Six-Eared Macaque doesn't even have a decent Taoist technique; its cultivation level is only at the Golden Immortal stage.

It could be said that Lin Yang could kill countless six-eared macaques with a single breath.

Of course, that's not important. What's most important is that the monkey's innate abilities have captivated Lin Yang.

Eavesdropping.

It should be noted that Hongjun preached in Zixiao Palace, which was located in the midst of chaos.

One cannot enter the Chaos Realm without reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.

Based on this, it can be inferred that the Six-Eared Macaque at that time was probably just a minor Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Yet this mere Taiyi Golden Immortal was able to overhear things happening within the chaos.

This ability is simply unmatched.

As expected of one of the Four Mischievous Monkeys! This is... the bloodline of a demon god!

That's right, the Four Chaotic Monkeys, this is not a name for nothing, but rather, in the chaos there is a powerful demon god called the Chaotic Demon Ape.

Their strength is extremely formidable.

When Pangu created the world, the Chaos Demon Ape also made a move, challenging Pangu, but was killed by Pangu.

Its origin then split into four, falling into the primordial world and giving birth to these four kinds of monkeys.

The Long-Armed Ape corresponds to the origin of earth, the Red-Bottomed Macaque corresponds to the origin of water, the Spiritual Stone Monkey corresponds to the origin of fire, and the Six-Eared Macaque corresponds to the origin of wind.

The Six-Eared Macaque was only a Taiyi Golden Immortal, yet his abilities were so abnormal. If he hadn't encountered a sage, who else would have noticed that he was eavesdropping?

Therefore, Lin Yang was well aware of the benefits of the Six-Eared Macaque's innate ability.

However, with three options, how should we deal with this monkey?

In the end, Lin Yang made choice one. Although he could have hardened his heart to possess the Six-Eared Macaque, he still had other options.

Furthermore, Lin Yang had studied this monkey for thousands of years and found it quite to his liking.

Over the course of thousands of years, he preached the Dao several times, and after each sermon, he would set aside some time for the monkey to return and cultivate.

Through his observation, Lin Yang felt that the monkey was cultivating very seriously and diligently.

They don't let go of even the slightest opportunity to become stronger.

This finally moved Lin Yang, causing him to give up his idea of ​​possessing another body.

He then decided to take him as his disciple.

He wanted to teach this monkey well and see what kind of achievements it would make in the future under his tutelage.

As for the option of only instructing the monkey and not taking on apprentices, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

However, Lin Yang did not choose it because the reward for the chosen option was somewhat inferior.

He can read minds.

The supernatural ability to read other people's minds.

This supernatural ability naturally has its unique aspects, but compared to the Six-Eared Macaque's eavesdropping ability, Lin Yang felt it was somewhat inferior.

For Lin Yang, it was of very little use, almost useless.

Option one, however, rewards you with a powerful divine ability: Parasitism!

This parasitic supernatural power is an extremely abnormal supernatural power. Parasitism, parasitism, parasitism means relying on others to absorb their nutrients and strengthen oneself.

The higher the level of this parasitic supernatural power is cultivated, the more terrifying it becomes. At the beginning, it can only parasitize and steal the essence and power of others, but later it gradually steals the consciousness, primordial spirit, laws, and the Great Dao of others.

It can even become increasingly bizarre, silently invading another person's body, even their spirit and thoughts.

Imagine how terrifying it would be if your body, your spirit, and your thoughts were gradually replaced by someone else's without you even noticing!

It's much more practical than telepathy!

Of course, taking on a disciple also has a drawback for Lin Yang.

That is cause and effect.

Once you have disciples, you inevitably have to think about them, strive for their good fortune, protect them from disasters, and do this and that for them. As the karmic consequences accumulate, you lose your freedom.

However, as Lin Yang has experienced more, his thoughts are no longer as simple as they used to be.

Admittedly, taking on disciples will bring many troubles, but just like the Ancestral Dragon, Yuan Phoenix, and Shi Qilin who established their clans, they are bound by a large clan.

How profound is the karmic burden they bear?

But didn't Zu Long and the others understand this? It's because doing so has both advantages and disadvantages.

The downside is that one must bear the consequences and karma brought about by the clan.

But compared to the disadvantages, the benefits they gained far outweighed the disadvantages.

The fortune of an entire clan is bestowed upon them, allowing them to wield great power and cultivate themselves through that power, thus making them invincible.

Not to mention the boundless resources and assistance that the community provides.

Therefore, the same applies to taking on apprentices. There are disadvantages, but also advantages.

Of course, most importantly, although Lin Yang didn't intend to kill him, he couldn't possibly let him go.

It's better to keep this monkey under your own control than to let it fall into the hands of others.

Besides, although the Six-Eared Macaque's innate abilities are inherent to him, Lin Yang can still borrow them occasionally.

So, after the Six-Eared Macaque became his disciple, Lin Yang smiled and said, "Good disciple, would you like to experience what it would be like to unleash your talent to its fullest potential?"

The six-eared macaque was taken aback upon hearing this, and then subconsciously nodded.

The next moment, the Six-Eared Macaque felt his body stiffen, as if his body no longer belonged to him.