Chapter 356: Chapter 197: Testing the Disciples_2
Translator: 549690339
Hearing this, he was as if granted a great amnesty, escaping in a flurry of scrambling and crawling.
Seeing this disciple in such a sorry state, the personal guards at the doorway could not help shaking their heads in secrecy, showing quite a bit of sympathy.
Some couldn’t help but think: ‘This must be the last one.’
‘These generals’ disciples, usually so pompously intimidating, now know how humiliation tastes.’
Yes.
Over the past few days, Lu Yuan had recalled his disciples to evaluate them.
However, upon examination, out of the fifty-six registered disciples, there were less than nineteen who had earnestly practiced cultivating their minds, while the rest were all indulging in enjoyment and neglecting their cultivation.
And among these nineteen dedicated practitioners, only four had truly achieved anything and were worthy of use.
That is to say, only four people passed his evaluation after Lu Yuan’s assessment and were able to take the Divine Acupuncture Elixir to break through the first-class realm.
Among these four disciples, two of them, Chu Wei and Li Liang, were highly valued by Lu Yuan from the beginning and were given special attention in their training.
The other two named, Han Shun and Zhang You.
These two were originally unremarkable, but their sudden emergence as dark horses was rather surprising.
Among the four, Chu Wei had cultivated six meridians, just reaching the second-class realm. Li Liang had cultivated seven meridians, a bit higher.
As for Han Shun and Zhang You, they had both cultivated five meridians, with relatively low cultivation.
However, now that these four people have passed the evaluation, Lu Yuan will naturally give them special training.
So he granted them the Divine Blood Elixir.
He gave Chu Wei seven, Li Liang six, and Han Shun and Zhang You eight each, just enough to help them break through to a first-class state.
Then he sent these four to Zhou Qing, to have this Senior Brother instruct them on what they needed to be aware of when breaking through.
As a result, twenty-nine Divine Blood Elixirs were bestowed on these four people.
Then Lu Yuan rewarded the other fifteen disciples who had earnestly cultivated their minds with one Divine Acupuncture Elixir each as encouragement.
Zhou Qing was also given one more.
This disciple, after more than a year of cultivation, had made a great enhancement in his mental state, which would be enough for him to break through one more meridian and make further progress.
In this way, after several rounds of rewards, the fifty Divine Blood Elixirs given by True Person Anqiu had been reduced to only five remaining.
And Lu Yuan didn’t keep this remaining five elixirs either.
During this time, as he unified the five prefectures in the south of the province and captured Wuling Prefecture, commanding the territory of six prefectures, his momentum became increasingly enormous.
Many local heroes had seen this, and quite a few came to pledge their allegiance.
However, for these people, Lu Yuan usually assigned them to places to serve as inspectors and catch officers.
Until they had passed his examination, he wouldn’t give them the chance to wield military power.
As an army leader, he held a high grip on military power.
However, this was the time of need and circumstances dictated expediency, so these people who were still under instruction could be utilized now.
Therefore, Lu Yuan began to sort out the list of inspectors and catch officers in the various prefectures and counties, selecting suitable candidates.
Eventually, after several rounds of selection, one person named Zhuang Hua was chosen.
This man was a local from Shaoyang Prefecture. He grew up in a small Taoist temple, studying the Taoist Classics from a young age, with a high level of mental cultivation. At the same time, he also practiced martial arts in the temple and his cultivation had reached the second-class level, having unblocked as many as eight meridians.
Perhaps it was due to his martial arts training, that this man could not stand loneliness. After taking care of his aging master who had raised him since childhood till his death, he left to venture out in hopes of achieving wealth and honor.
At that time, Lu Yuan had just crushed the Miao Thieves in Shaoyang Prefecture and had been conferred the title of Brave General. Hearing the news, Zhuang Hua hurried over to pledge allegiance and was then assigned the post of inspector, in charge of maintaining law and order in several counties.
He then accumulated merits along the way and rose to his current position of Catch Officer, responsible for law enforcement and maintaining order in all of Shaoyang Prefecture.
In summary, he could be considered one of Lu Yuan’s old subordinates. In terms of ability and loyalty, he was quite reliable. Moreover, the fact that he cared for his aging master till his death before setting out to seek adventure speaks volumes about his character.
However, just because he hadn’t managed to break into the core group, he could only be left circling at the local level.
Now that he was in dire need of talents, and there was such a suitable candidate, Lu Yuan simply called him over for an assessment.
After the assessment, Lu Yuan could not help but nod in satisfaction.
At this moment, looking at Zhuang Hua on the ground, who was starting to suspect what was happening and was slightly breathless, Lu Yuan smiled and said, “Zhuang Hua, your mental cultivation is top-notch, and you’re a talent. I wish to take you as my disciple and include you in the true line of transmission. Are you willing?”
Phew phew phew!
Hearing that his conjectures had come true, Zhuang Hua took several heavy breaths.
Having a grandmaster of the Inborn realm as a master was a huge stroke of luck.
Not to mention that this Inborn Grandmaster also held a large number of soldiers and was a lord dominating one side.
Such luck couldn’t even be described as the ancestors’ graves billowing with green smoke, only barely fitting to say it was the luck of several lifetimes accumulated.
With such a great opportunity presented before him, Zhuang Hua, who had always desired wealth and prestige, didn’t hesitate at all and immediately knelt down to perform a ritual of respect: “Disciple Zhuang Hua, greets Master.”
“Good, good, good!”
Seeing this, Lu Yuan could not help but laugh heartily: “Good disciple, rise quickly.”
Hearing this, Zhuang Hua finally stood up.
Looking at the disciple he had carefully selected, Lu Yuan was quite satisfied. He picked up a manuscript that someone had copied and a jade bottle from his desk and with a wave of his hand, they floated over.