My Master Knows It All

Of course, as for going or not, generally speaking, the odds are still higher for those children to be taken away.

On the way back, Cao Zhen and Nong Liben even more clearly noticed that there were far fewer pedestrians on the streets, and people worshipping at the roadside could be seen everywhere.

For them, this was their one and only chance at Immortal Cultivation.

”Finally, tomorrow the Immortals will be here. I wonder if Ling Ling and Little Hu have the talent for Immortal Cultivation.” Nong Liben walked back with Cao Zhen while muttering nonstop.

Ling Ling and Little Hu were his two children. Ling Ling was his daughter, full name Nong Yueling, nine this year; Little Hu was his son, Nong Yuehu, five this year.

Hearing this, Cao Zhen comforted him: ”Those two kids are both smart, especially Ling Ling—she’s much smarter than other kids her age. They’re bound to become Cultivators.”

He was only trying to comfort him. If it were in the past, he would naturally have had ways to judge whether these two children had talent for Immortal Cultivation. But now he himself was just a mortal—how was he supposed to judge?

”I’ve asked around. Being smart doesn’t necessarily mean having Cultivation Talent. Some kids look especially clever. You weren’t originally from our street, so you might not know—there used to be a teacher on our street, everyone called him Mister Fan.

Mister Fan, just like Ling Ling, was smart from a young age. None of the older kids were as clever as him. But in the end, he didn’t have even a shred of talent for Immortal Cultivation.

On the contrary, some of the kids who looked much dumber than him actually had talent for Immortal Cultivation and were chosen to become Immortals.

So you really can’t just look at whether they’re smart or not.”

As he spoke, he looked at Cao Zhen and said, ”Speaking of which, you have to go too. People always say ’if you survive a great disaster, you’re bound to have good fortune afterward.’ Back then you starved at home for so many days and still didn’t die—doesn’t that count as surviving a great disaster? Maybe this time you’ll be chosen as having the talent for Immortal Cultivation and then go off to become an Immortal.”

Cao Zhen walked on and gave a wry smile. ”It’s not that easy.”

If the testing method in this world was the same as in the world he came from, he might not be chosen at all.

He did indeed possess Cultivation Talent, but the problem was that his talent was extremely average. Back then, when he was chosen, it had probably been by the barest margin, and that was when he was younger. Now he was already older; it really wasn’t likely he’d be selected.

What’s more, he ultimately wasn’t a clansman of this One Clan. Even though he had once connected to that Celestial Wheel Immortal Monarch, he had then voluntarily severed that connection.

So even if he were chosen, he wouldn’t be able to Cultivate.

He honestly had very little interest in the Great Teaching’s recruitment of Disciples tomorrow. Of course, he still had to go; after all, for something like this, every mortal of suitable age would be going. If everyone else went and he didn’t, that would make him stand out too much.

Back in his own room, Cao Zhen opened China Cloud once more to check up on his wife, children, and Disciples.

By now, they had all been assigned to different worlds.

”Hm?”

Upon checking, an unexpected look appeared on Cao Zhen’s face. In his vision, Xiang Ziyu was sitting cross-legged, clearly cultivating something. As he cultivated, Xiang Ziyu would occasionally frown and mutter to himself.

”That’s not right. The Cultivation Technique of this world clearly has problems. It shouldn’t be cultivated like this... Wouldn’t it be better if I modified it a bit?

How should I modify it?

As the main character, there must be a reason I came into this world.

I get it—this world must have some connection with our Human Clan’s world. What if I bring in our Human Clan’s Cultivation Techniques?”

Listening to Xiang Ziyu’s self-talk, Cao Zhen’s eyes widened.

”What do you mean?”

Cao Zhen immediately spoke to Xiang Ziyu: ”Are you cultivating the Cultivation Technique of some One Clan in your world? Has a One Clan been wiped out?”

In the Immortal Cultivation world, it was generally acknowledged that before a Human Clan was wiped out, other clans were not allowed to cultivate that clan’s Cultivation Techniques. That should be related to Heaven as well—it should be because Heaven exists that other clans are unable to cultivate that clan’s Cultivation Techniques and Spells.

But once that One Clan was exterminated, that Heaven would no longer be there, and naturally other clans could cultivate that clan’s Cultivation Techniques.

Upon hearing his master’s voice, Xiang Ziyu immediately replied, ”No, that One Clan is doing just fine. They’re actually very powerful.”

Cao Zhen grew even more puzzled. ”That One Clan still exists, so why can you cultivate their Cultivation Techniques?”

”What’s so strange about that?” Xiang Ziyu said as if it were only natural. ”Who am I? I’m the main character. What’s so strange about me being able to cultivate other clans’ Cultivation Techniques?”

Cao Zhen let out a cold laugh. ”Is that so? Then let me ask you this: can you cultivate the Demon Clan’s Cultivation Techniques, or can you cultivate the Sky Clan’s Cultivation Techniques?”

”Those two clans are different. I can’t cultivate their Cultivation Techniques. It must be because their Cultivation Techniques don’t suit me. This One Clan’s Cultivation Technique is fated for me, so I can cultivate it.”

Listening to Xiang Ziyu’s answer, Cao Zhen couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Sure enough, the highest level of lying is when you even fool yourself—Xiang Ziyu was exactly that kind of case.

Xiang Ziyu really could come up with all sorts of reasons just to prove he was the main character.

He absolutely did not believe this happened because Xiang Ziyu was the main character. Odds were high that after all of them entered other worlds, they all gained the ability to cultivate that world’s Cultivation Techniques and Spells, or else the world Xiang Ziyu was in was special.