The four of them gathered there again to play mahjong, showing no sense of urgency to complete their missions.
"Boss?"
Hawkeye was the first to notice Li Chonglou's arrival and immediately looked at Chen Pao.
Li Chonglou noticed this detail and immediately understood that the one truly looking for him was Chen Pao.
However, at this moment, another figure captured Li Chonglou's attention.
It was Chen Peiyue, sitting in the corner.
She was seated there, completely in a meditative state, radiating a faint spiritual energy all around. Even though she wasn't undergoing soul fusion at the moment, Li Chonglou could clearly sense it!
What did this mean?
This was a precursor to a breakthrough!
Li Chonglou's face lit up with joy, and he quickly walked over. At the same time, Chen Pao also stood up and said,
"Boss, don't disturb her. It's already the third day. Whether she succeeds or not depends on tonight!"
Li Chonglou stopped in his tracks and secretly initiated another soul fusion with Caihong. Under the Heavenly Eye's insight, he indeed found Chen Peiyue at a critical juncture of her breakthrough.
This kind of breakthrough, akin to enlightenment, could not be interrupted by others, nor could anyone offer help. It had to be done by herself.
However, with the Heavenly Eye's insight, Li Chonglou discovered that Chen Peiyue's pulse and internal energy circulation were all very stable. Breaking through was only a matter of time for her!
At this moment, Chen Pao walked over.
"Boss, I was looking for you to ask you something."
Li Chonglou looked at him in confusion.
"Can we take her as our disciple?"
As soon as he said this, Li Chonglou's expression froze. If it were Chen Pao's own intention, he could understand it, but Chen Pao spoke for all four of them.
What did that mean?
Li Chonglou was utterly bewildered. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Logically speaking, taking a disciple was usually something one kept to oneself. After all, everyone had selfish desires and only wanted their own disciples to be the ones they taught.
While there might have been cases of multiple people vying to take a disciple in the old era, it was almost unheard of now.
First, it was important to distinguish that this kind of taking a disciple was not like what is commonly called a teacher now. Many students in modern times have several teachers throughout their lives.
However, the relationship of a disciple was called a master, where "father" (父) is the same character as in "father" (父). There is an ancient Chinese saying, "One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father," which refers to this kind of relationship!
And Chen Pao and the other three were all people within their circle. What they meant by taking a disciple was naturally this very meaning.
This was what bewildered Li Chonglou!
He even doubted if he had heard correctly!
"Brother Chen Pao, do you mean that the four of you intend to take Yue as your disciple simultaneously?"
Rou Shan, who rarely spoke, suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Boss, I want to teach her the art of hard qigong. I tested it with her during missions, and Yue is the most suitable person I've ever met to practice my secret teachings!"
Li Chonglou fell silent, even feeling a trace of jealousy.
Rou Shan's current physique was built through his own training. He was not like those people with extraordinary talent.
With Li Chonglou's Heavenly Eye's insight, he could see many hidden ailments within Rou Shan's body, all caused by minor mistakes during his previous cultivation.
Some were unavoidable hidden ailments.
But overall, they were not detrimental. If one could cultivate their body to this extent, the benefits would far outweigh the drawbacks!
However, Li Chonglou then thought about it again and suddenly felt some reluctance.
This world was still a world dominated by ordinary people. No matter how powerful a cultivator was, they couldn't stand against airplanes and cannons. This led to the situation where, in a world with mainstream values, people with such physiques would attract stares wherever they went.
Li Chonglou did not want to attract such unnecessary attention, nor did he want to be afraid to walk on the street because of practicing some cultivation technique...
Thinking about Chen Peiyue again, if she cultivated herself to this appearance.
The thought made Li Chonglou shiver involuntarily.
"Brother Rou Shan, are you sure Yue will agree to you?"
Rou Shan's deep voice sounded again. Every time he spoke, everyone felt a strange vibration in their ears, which was rather peculiar.
"Boss, I know what you're thinking, but my cultivation technique doesn't only have this effect. This is just my personal choice."
Li Chonglou raised his eyebrows: "In other words, you deliberately cultivated yourself to look like this, and it has nothing to do with your cultivation technique?"
"Yes."
This was good. Otherwise, Li Chonglou would never agree to let Chen Peiyue accept, as long as Chen Peiyue still listened to him.
Finally, Li Chonglou looked at Hawkeye again.
"Besides Rou Shan, I can still barely understand the others. Then why are you? Don't tell me Yue also has a talent for shooting?"
Hawkeye rolled his eyes.
"Do you think I only know how to shoot? My movement techniques are also second to none. Ask them if you don't believe me."
At this moment, Kulinan suddenly said, "If he tries to escape, it would be very difficult for us to catch up."
Hawkeye immediately chuckled triumphantly, only to be exposed by Chen Pao a second later: "This guy is just afraid of death. His movement techniques are indeed impressive, but without any ability to counter-attack, they can only be used for escaping."
Hawkeye immediately became displeased, "What do you know? Not dying is already holding the high ground of victory. As long as the person is not dead, there will always be an opportunity to counter-attack!"
On this point, Li Chonglou agreed. It was just like the old saying, "As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn!"
However, Li Chonglou was hearing about Hawkeye's formidable movement techniques for the first time. Previously, at the airport, because everyone's strength was so great, he didn't need to make much effort.
He had never encountered any danger, so he had never displayed this aspect of his skills.
Now, hearing what they said, Li Chonglou became interested.
However, his change in expression was keenly captured by Hawkeye.
"Boss, I advise you not to act rashly now. Xiao Yue's condition is not very stable. If our internal energy causes any turbulence, wouldn't that be unfair to Xiao Yue!"
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes slightly, but he also dismissed the idea of testing it now. Then he looked at Chen Pao.
Besides Rou Shan and Hawkeye, Chen Pao was his third incomprehensible point.
Because in his perception, Chen Pao was skilled in calculation, strategy, and technological things. Although Chen Peiyue wasn't stupid, she shouldn't have reached such a level, right?
Seeing Li Chonglou look over, Chen Pao understood what he meant and took the initiative to say, "You wouldn't have thought it, would you? Yue also has a monstrous talent in technology! The programming concepts I told her, she hardly needed me to repeat them a second time!"
"Tsk tsk, Boss, I really don't know how you found such a prodigy blessed by the heavens. If I had met her earlier, I would have given up all my money just to take her as my disciple!"
Chen Pao's face was full of envy, and his evaluation of Chen Peiyue reached a new height.