Acknowledging a Master

"I'll be your disciple from now then," Li Wei said while bowing, even though he didn't know the old man since he has joined the sect way too late so he probably didn't reach the time that he is still alive.

"Then I Yin Hu will be your master from now on! You should call me as your master due to our relationship" Elder Hu said to Li Wei to which he acknowledged with a nod.

His goal is to get the status of a disciple of an elder which will help him to fasten his growth. Now that there is a patron for him he wouldn't hesitate to join him now since he is the first one to offer him to be a direct disciple.

"Wow lucky him! He now has an elder of the sect as a master"

"Is this the perfect example of a carp turning into a dragon?"

"He didn't look tough but he managed to become a student of an elder of the sect so he must be amazing"

"If I can just be his follower I will be more than happy since I will also have a faction"

"That's if he will even accept us as we are from a lower status, if he doesn't see any use to us then why would he even try to bother himself with us?"

"That might be true but you can't just stop hoping"

Hearing that, they nodded but only continue hoping. They are people who admire Li Wei since it looks like he just fought a tough fight with his looks now and he even manages to become a disciple of a sect elder.

Now that they are already in the crowd many people have heard of their conversation. Some are surprised and some are jealous.

With the status that he will have after joining the sect then it will be easier for him and he will not need to do various odd jobs just to get a proper standing in the sect, which became the reason for others' jealousy.

"He must just be a lucky bastard"

"Shh! What if he is a bastard child of the elder?"

"Yeah, but you better be quiet! We can't afford to offend any of them"

"We are just insignificant now so we can't do anything about it"

"Look at him, it probably takes him all his luck to just survive and managed to get the attention of the elder"

"I'm not gonna believe that he is strong! I'm going to challenge him into a duel now!"

"Young master Chen you need to calm down! What if that guy is really strong?"

"We won't have an easy life in the sect if we offend him now so it's better to get friendly to him.!"

"Think of it like this, what if we manage to defeat him? Then isn't that going to mean that we will also have the chance to have a sect elder to be our master?"

"Right it will be the fastest way to get resources and if we do manage to defeat him fairly then no one will say anything to it"

"But this is still risky!"

"If you don't take the risk then how will you make sure to grow stronger"

'Of course the bitter people and jealous will try to cause trouble no matter what type of situation this is' Li Wei thought and he frowns since he is tired now and wanted to rest already.

After Li Wei made a decision on accepting Elder Hu's offer the previous look of pity that others are sending into him changed into jealousy and admiration.

It's also at this moment that troublemakers are not going to pass this chance to show their boosted ego that doesn't really make sense. Three people suddenly block Li Wei's path disregarding the sect elder.

'What a bunch of retards. You think you can just offend anyone and think that you are the strongest person in here? Look at that smug faces of yours I wanted to smash it badly' Li Wei thought to himself but he controlled himself.

He is now a direct disciple of an elder of the sect so he at least has to act with the stature of someone like that. He straightens his posture and tries to look as good as possible.

Seeing the people blocking them Elder Hu choose not to say anything rather he just smiled since he knew where this is going.

"I Meng Chen of the Men Clan challenges you to a duel!" Meng Chen shouted to Li Wei with his smug and confident smile. This guy is still suffering from his superiority complex brought to him by his background.

"Who are you? Just how retarded are Meng Clan to groom an idiot like you. Do you think you can just challenge everyone to a duel? You are courting death if you continue to act like that" Li Wei said to the three people in front of him.

His posture and his good looks got ruined by his spiteful tongue easily. Hearing this even Elder Hu smiled since he can just accept the challenge and after he beat him he just needs to explain that he is just giving him some pointers.

"I don't mean to be regarded and act like that but since I heard that you managed to become a direct disciple of an elder then I want to have some pointers at least" Meng Chen quickly explains his smug look gone and his expression is bitter now.

"If you lose and don't give a good fight then you have to act and bark like a retarded dog," Li Wei said to him which cause to latter expression to even be darker.

"If I win then you also have to act like that!" Meng Chao said to him which made Li Wei smiled since he just wanted to humiliate the guy who doesn't know their limits.

Many people are looking at them and Meng Chao feels like he is being humiliated because many people are laughing at him but he needs to deal with this since it will be his ticket to success.

After hearing those words Li Wei nod and didn't say anything more the others quickly retreated and brought them at least a good space, encircling the two of them.

"Who do you think will win?"

"I don't know who that guy is but I know young master Meng Chao and I believe in him since we are from the same town"

"But that guy managed to be a direct disciple of an elder so he should be strong!"

"I think Meng Chao managed to rank 10 earlier before the rankings stopped working because of the beast tide"

"How do you even know that?"

"That's because we surrendered earlier and saw the rankings near the elders"

Hearing that the participants have higher anticipation in this duel. One is from a prestigious background and another is a black horse.

The other two elders have also watched the duel since now that the examinations are over they can do whatever they wanted since they already got the result.

"Since the two of you agreed to a duel then we will agree to it. Just don't forget the only rule, don't kill since you might be brothers tomorrow"

"I'll give you a minute to prepare yourselves" Elder Hu said to the two of them.

"I will show you why I am proud of my clan, my clan have been known for its best swordsmanship techniques and the sword cultivators that we have groomed!" Meng Chao said fury is evident in him.

"Then why have I not ever heard of your Meng Clan? They are just probably delusional people who think that they are the best" Li Wei replied provocatively.

"You can only say that because you haven't seen our sword techniques and cultivation arts are if you see it then you will admit it that it is good itself" Meng Chao replied to the provocation of Li Wei in a more exasperated manner.

"If your sword techniques and cultivation arts are good already then what are you doing here? Go back to where you came from if it is like that, you don't need a sect if your clan is really that good" Li Wei said again in a mocking tone.

Hearing the brief conversation of the two the crowd can't help but laugh, Li Wei is just making fun of their cultivation arts and sword techniques to show that they aren't really anything in this world.

"I can't believe this guy has the audacity to say that to a long-existing clan in this area!"

"Yeah, I can't believe it either! This man's balls should be made of steel!"

The elders who are also watching the show can't help but show a smile, indeed the Meng Clan is just an insignificant clan that can be erased anytime and anywhere.

It is also at this moment that Elder Hu signaled the two to be ready. Both take their stance due to the signal of the elder.

"Go" Elder Hu suddenly said which made Li Wei and Meng Chen sprang into action.