The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

The journey of more than ten days was arduous enough for Lu Yao, but his horse could not.

When they arrived at the town at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, Lu Yao's horse was exhausted and was temporarily kept in the backyard by his men.

After arriving at the town at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, Lu Yao bought a mansion and hired some maids and servants to take care of it.

Lu Yao's current plan is to disguise himself as a wealthy young master and go to the Quanzhen Sect on Zhongnan Mountain to learn martial arts.

However, Lu Yao is now older than the Quanzhen Sect's standard for accepting disciples, so the conventional procedures won't work and they have to find other ways.

The next morning.

Lu Yao, disguised, ascended Zhongnan Mountain with his servants.

Zhongnan Mountain is high and beautiful, with clouds and mist swirling around it, like a secluded place for immortals to cultivate themselves.

The Quanzhen Sect, located on Zhongnan Mountain, held a pivotal position in the martial arts world due to the influence of Wang Chongyang.

Nowadays, major sects such as Shaolin and Beggars' Sect have become less influential and more low-key, while Quanzhen Sect has become the leading sect in the martial arts world.

After Wang Chongyang passed away, the Seven Masters of the Town also made a great name for themselves in the martial arts world.

Lu Yao disguised himself as a pilgrim who came to offer incense and was received by a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect.

After offering incense and prayers, Lu Yao took the opportunity to reveal the purpose of his visit.

"Young master, I've heard that the Quanzhen Sect is very famous in the martial arts world, and the Seven Masters of Quanzhen are renowned throughout the land. I'd like to become a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect and learn some martial arts. Is there any way to do so?"

Lu Yao spoke sincerely to the Quanzhen Sect disciple who was receiving him.

Upon hearing Lu Yao's words, the disciple was taken aback and carefully examined Lu Yao for a few moments.

"Young master, the Quanzhen Sect has an age limit for accepting disciples. You are older than the sect's age limit. You should give up this idea."

The disciple who was guiding Lu Yao shook his head.

"Ahem, although I have nothing in my lower body, I am quite wealthy and would like to donate a grand hall to the Quanzhen Sect. I wonder if that is possible?"

Lu Yao was already prepared and planned to use his "wealth-scattering technique".

Lu Yao already knew about the Quanzhen Sect's apprenticeship system. Normally, they only accepted children under the age of twelve to train as core disciples of the Quanzhen Sect.

However, there is another way: one can also become a disciple of the Quanzhen School.

That is to donate money!

Although the Quanzhen Sect had its own businesses and a decent income, its members were all martial arts practitioners, requiring food, drink, weapons, and medicinal herbs for martial arts training, resulting in numerous expenses.

In this situation, a master within the Quanzhen School came up with a way to increase revenue: accepting gold and silver donations from wealthy people, which would bring them into the Quanzhen School.

However, this amount is not something that ordinary wealthy families can afford. Joining the Quanzhen Sect requires paying one thousand gold coins, and the subsequent expenses for martial arts training are also self-funded. Martial arts training is also very expensive, and ordinary wealthy families really cannot afford it.

Furthermore, such disciples would not receive substantial training from the Quanzhen Sect; they would only enjoy the benefits of ordinary disciples.

Disciples who join the Quanzhen Sect through the normal process receive everything for free; aside from completing sect tasks, they need not worry about anything else.

Therefore, not many people joined the Quanzhen School in this way; there were only a dozen or so people who did so throughout the entire history of the Quanzhen School.

But this method suits Lu Yao perfectly; things that can be solved with money are no problem at all.

"Please rest for a moment, young master. I will go and fetch your master right away."

The disciple, beaming, poured Lu Yao a cup of fine tea and then turned to ask his master to handle the matter.

He was just an ordinary disciple who guided pilgrims; such matters should naturally be handled by formal disciples of the Quanzhen Sect.

A quarter of an hour later, a middle-aged man dressed in the robes of a Quanzhen Sect deacon entered the hall with the disciple who had just guided him.

"This humble Taoist priest, Wang Zhiyuan, has met this young master. I just heard from my disciple that you wish to donate a grand hall to the Quanzhen Sect. Is this true?"

With a smile, Wang Zhiyuan bowed to Lu Yao and asked him for confirmation.

"My name is Lu Yao. Daoist Wang, you are too kind. It is indeed true. However, I wish to join the Quanzhen Sect to learn martial arts, but I am unaware of this matter..."

Lu Yao smiled and nodded, then presented his request to Wang Zhiyuan.

"It is rare for Young Master Lu to have such a heart for the Dao. The Quanzhen Sect is naturally willing to open its doors to you."

Wang Zhiyuan understood what Lu Yao meant and nodded with a smile.

Both of them tacitly avoided revealing their practice of buying disciple slots, as such a practice was not something to be publicized by the Quanzhen Sect.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lu Yao didn't hesitate and immediately handed over the 1,000 gold notes to Wang Zhiyuan.

These gold notes were obtained by Lu Yao in advance by depositing gold into a money exchange. He also exchanged them for a number of smaller gold and silver notes for his own use.

After receiving the gold note, Wang Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction and took Lu Yao to register as a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect.

Because it was a special case, the entry process was very quick.

Lu Yao also successfully acquired a cheap master, a third-generation disciple of the Quanzhen School named Li Zhichang, whose master was Hao Datong, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen.

"Lu Yao, from today onwards, I will be teaching you Quanzhen martial arts. Now that you've joined the Quanzhen Sect, you'll also have your own Daoist name. Do you have any thoughts?"

Li Zhichang looked at his apprentice with a very kind and amiable tone.

He had already heard about Lu Yao from his junior brother Zhiyuan. Lu Yao was a very wealthy man with hundreds of millions in assets, so he had to be careful not to let him get away.

"Master is a highly accomplished Taoist master. Please give me a Taoist name."

Lu Yao was very sensible and did not act on his own initiative.

“In that case, you shall take ‘Qingwei’ as your Taoist name.”

Li Zhichang smiled and nodded, quite satisfied with his sensible and discreet apprentice.

"Qingwei thanks you, Master."

Lu Yao bowed and thanked his cheap master, Li Zhichang.

"This is a small token of Qingwei's respect for Master. Please accept it."

Lu Yao silently stepped forward, placed a gold note next to Li Zhichang's hand, and said with a smile.

"Hmm~ It's rare to see such filial piety from you, Qingwei. Then I will accept it."

Li Zhichang's eyes lit up, and with a flick of his wrist, the gold notes on the table disappeared without a trace.

"If you have any questions about Quanzhen Kung Fu and martial arts, Qingwei, you can come directly to your master and I will explain them to you."

Li Zhichang was all smiles and in a very good mood.

"Thank you, Master!"

Lu Yao smiled and bowed in thanks.

......

The disciples' dormitory within the Quanzhen Sect.

Because Lu Yao was different from other ordinary disciples, he was assigned a separate courtyard as his dormitory, instead of sharing a room with four other disciples.

"Learn internal strength first!"

Lu Yao looked at the "Quanzhen Internal Skill" and "Quanzhen Sword Technique" in his hands, his eyes flickering, and then put one of them down.