I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Chapter 489 487. Introduction

Xiaoyao Sect, Water Curtain Cave.

Among the numerous buildings within the sect, this cave dwelling is one of the few that Xiaoyao personally constructed in advance using magic, as this place is the cultivation ground for Ma En, the Vice Sect Leader of the Xiaoyao Sect, second only to the Sect Leader in terms of cultivation.

At first glance, the Water Curtain Cave appears to be just an ordinary modern building, but upon entering, one would realize that the space inside is much wider than it appears from the outside. The interior decoration, while not like that of the cultivation world, is also not in a modern style, but rather closer to the ancient style of the Eastern Federation, although modern facilities are readily available.

Moreover, this cave dwelling itself has various formations personally arranged by Xiaoyao, which can prevent external prying. He did especially well in this regard because he had been spied on during his conversations with Ma En.

At this moment, Xiaoyao is standing in the main hall of this cave dwelling, where a rich spiritual energy permeates everywhere. This spiritual energy does not exist within a mist but is released by the melting of spiritual energy pills and controlled within Ma En's cave dwelling using a spirit gathering formation. In the future, his registered disciples will also be able to enjoy this spiritual energy.

His direct disciples also have residences specially for cultivation, with each room equipped with a separate spirit gathering formation and spiritual energy pill supply, not even inferior to those famous orthodox sects.

The two young people who will enjoy the most supreme treatment within the sect in the future are standing behind Xiaoyao.

And Ma En is sitting in the main seat opposite them.

"From now on, Ma En will be your master," Xiaoyao said, "Do you understand?"

Luan Linghua and Shen Tianyi both lowered their heads slightly:

"Greetings, Master!"

After saying that, they walked to the table one after another, picked up the teacups, and offered tea to Ma En according to the rehearsed procedure. Ma En could see that they were both particularly restrained, cautious as if afraid of doing something wrong.

But in reality, Ma En had no respect for this so-called procedure at all. He simply couldn't understand Xiaoyao's insistence on carrying out the apprenticeship ceremony, nor could he realize what its significance was.

However, he also took advantage of the apprenticeship process to secretly invade their minds with his telepathic abilities, reading the first half of the lives of these two disciples discreetly and quickly. And as he thought...

They have no problems at all. Ma En can sense many sincere and clear emotions in their minds. These memories cannot be faked, and even if they were, they couldn't match their life trajectories.

This means that the pasts of both of them must be clean, especially Luan Linghua, who is a member of the Federation. It is almost impossible for her to be a spy arranged by Sairan, and Shen Tianyi also has no suspicious points.

But the more this is the case, the more vigilant and suspicious Ma En becomes of them. He doesn't really think that the problem can only lie with the second disciple just because Luan Linghua is a member of the Federation, nor can he dispel or reduce his suspicion of them because of this.

After all, judging from the abilities Sairan has displayed in several actions and what he has learned recently, it would not be surprising no matter who is Sairan's spy, and it would be normal even if they were both related to Sairan.

However, in fact, it is not a bad thing for Ma En no matter who is Sairan's spy. Ma En is only afraid that both of them are really not related to Sairan, so he will not be able to carry out his plan.

In fact, if one really analyzes it rationally, it is normal that neither of them is Sairan's backup plan. When Xiaoyao found Shen Tianyi, he had not yet negotiated with the Federation, and it is even more impossible for a Federation disciple like Luan Linghua to be Sairan's person. Moreover, the recruitment of disciples was completed in a very short period of time.

Even if Sairan is particularly powerful, he cannot arrange his spies into the Xiaoyao Sect in such a short period of time, let alone directly become his disciples.

But this is not a problem for Ma En. As long as he can always avoid revealing flaws and perform according to the plan, it doesn't matter when Sairan's spy approaches him.

Ma En calmly accepted the tea offering:

"Very good, from now on, you are my disciples."

Hearing his overly brief words, Xiaoyao, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but add:

"On the path of cultivation, a master is like a relationship between parents and teachers to a disciple. I hope you can respect and appreciate the master's efforts for you. The master is a teacher second only to parents."

"And in many cases, what the master teaches you will be far more than what your parents teach you. What he wants to teach you is definitely not just the so-called immortality and various spells, but also how to walk on this path and other paths."

"You must know that this kind of effort is not something you are born to deserve, you should be grateful for it."

Luan Linghua and Shen Tianyi both showed sincere expressions upon hearing these words, and responded:

"I understand."

Ma En didn't know what they understood, but he still followed Xiaoyao's instructions and went through the process:

"You may know something about me, or you may have never heard my name before."

Shen Tianyi was naturally the disciple who didn't know. In fact, he hadn't fully reacted to what had happened to himself and around him during this period of time, and there was still some confusion in his heart.

However, he had a strong sense of gratitude towards Xiaoyao, who had saved his grandfather, and Xiaoyao had also briefly explained Ma En's identity before bringing him over - he was the Vice Sect Leader of this sect and Xiaoyao's eldest disciple.

Therefore, he also had a simple respect for Ma En, whom Xiaoyao introduced.

The other disciple, Luan Linghua, was the opposite of Shen Tianyi. She had heard of Ma En's name long ago, and before coming here, her parents and other members of her family had specially reintroduced him to her in detail.

A member of the mysterious organization lurking in the Salvation Alliance, who took away her younger sister when the Divine Firmament was defeated, deeply affecting the Federation's plan against the Divine Firmament, and later led the remnants of the Salvation Alliance to fight against the Federation in the Southern Federation, and achieved considerable success in protecting the members of the Salvation Alliance in the Southern Federation.

And after realizing that the sacrifice of the Salvation Alliance might no longer be meaningful, he also facilitated the ceasefire agreement between the Salvation Alliance and the Federation, and joined the Federation in the humble capacity of a former member of the Salvation Alliance.

But in fact, the Federation simply doesn't know that Ma En is actually a member of a mysterious organization who used the Salvation Alliance as a springboard to enter the Federation, and all the things he did in the Salvation Alliance were just for this purpose.

Then Ma En seized the opportunity in the Federation and gained the trust of Shadow, and then helped the Federation do several things in succession, but his real purpose was to contact the Divine Firmament.

If he were allowed to continue doing this, perhaps one day in the future he could really bring a lot of help to the Divine Firmament, but fortunately, some time ago, an ally helped the Federation to investigate what Ma En had done.

He once assassinated a young member of the Federation politician, the "notorious" Shu Yun.

Therefore, Luan Linghua's feelings towards Ma En are extremely complicated. Although she doesn't particularly like Shu Yun, no matter what, she is considered a member of the Federation politician family, and strictly speaking, she has the same identity as herself.

So Luan Linghua has some fear and resistance in her heart towards Ma En, who killed Shu Yun.

Moreover, Ma En's deeds also show how terrifying a person he is, which also exacerbates Luan Linghua's fear of Ma En, this top-level ability user, but if it were these, then her emotions would not be complicated.

Luan Linghua's second emotion towards Ma En stems from his actions.

Although she is actually not much younger than the Divine Firmament, Luan Linghua actually grew up listening to the stories of the Divine Firmament. Before the Federation and the Divine Firmament went to war, the young children of the Federation politician families often discussed this name.

And every time they mentioned the name of the Divine Firmament, a strong sense of pride would rise in their hearts. They would often discuss how many foreign powerhouses the Divine Firmament had defeated and be proud of this powerhouse who represented the Federation.

At that time, the Federation actually promoted the Divine Firmament with an extremely positive image. Although it seems now that it may just be their way of paralyzing the Divine Firmament, it is undeniable that the Divine Firmament once had many admirers.

After all, she is so strong.

It is also because of this that they often praised the virtues of the Divine Firmament by the way. They all know that the Divine Firmament is an almost perfect Federation powerhouse, so they also know exactly what kind of person she is.

Although the Federation's imprisonment of the Divine Firmament is considered semi-public, the reasons are not particularly clear to politician children like Luan Linghua who have not yet officially embarked on their careers, but this ambiguity is the answer.

She didn't hear anyone say that the Divine Firmament did anything wrong, which means she may not have done anything wrong.

Therefore, as a very normal young person, it is difficult for her not to have some admiration for Ma En.

In general, she can be said to respect and fear her master.

"But you will definitely know in the future that I am not a professional cultivator," Ma En didn't know what they were thinking, he just continued, "Even my relationship with Xiaoyao is very special."

Xiaoyao also nodded in cooperation:

"Although Ma En is my disciple, his more important identity is my Vice Sect Leader."

Ma En continued:

"So in fact, I won't often cultivate, and I may not even break through to the Golden Core in this lifetime, which is the so-called Rank IV often mentioned by the Federation, and if you cultivate diligently, you may all reach this realm."

"But you don't have to worry that I can't teach you well. Although my own cultivation will always be at the Foundation Establishment stage, I actually have a good understanding of cultivation itself, and my achievements in other fields are equivalent to the Nascent Soul cultivators on the path of cultivation, which is why I didn't put my energy on cultivation."

"In addition to this, I also have some of my own things to deal with, and I may not be able to teach you at all times."

"Therefore, if you really encounter some problems that I can't solve very well or don't have time to solve, you can also ask my junior sister Guan Yi for advice. She is a Golden Core Perfected cultivator."

The two disciples nodded quickly, responding one after another to indicate that they understood this.

Looking at them, Ma En nodded slightly. He hoped that they would really listen to this sentence, because the sentence about having some things to deal with was actually the important information he hid in the entire passage.

The thing he wanted Sairan to know.

Ma En then looked at the two disciples and said:

"Alright, now that you have entered my sect, I will also teach you about cultivation, and the most important thing is naturally the pursuit of the immortal path of immortality, and secondly, your own Dao techniques."

"But you don't have to consider the latter in a short period of time, and cultivation is not suitable for only cultivating the immortal path. Blindly indulging in the path of longevity may slow down your cultivation speed, so you also need to cultivate some other Dao techniques, which is also the premise for you to find your own Dao techniques."

"Do you know what other Dao techniques can be cultivated?"

The boy didn't know what Ma En was asking, but Ma En already knew this, because he had been accepting the basic skills of body refining under Xiaoyao's arrangement during this period of time, so he immediately looked at the young woman beside him.

Luan Linghua immediately answered confidently:

"Well, I have read a lot of books during this period of time, which mentioned various Dao techniques, including alchemy, weapon refining, killing, weapons, talismans, formations, arithmetic, etc."

"However, the books mention that these are all small paths to assist cultivation, and the right path is still the method of longevity."

Ma En said the understanding from Du Jin:

"This is indeed the case before the Nascent Soul stage, but if you want to break through to a higher realm, you have to start pondering your own Dao techniques in the Golden Core stage. The Dao techniques of cultivators are often based on the immortal path, supplemented by their own understanding and knowledge of other Dao techniques combined."

"After all, the immortal path you cultivate is not the right path for everyone, but the path of the first 'immortal', but later cultivators realized that following his path is more likely to find their own path, and eventually the immortal path became the thoroughfare of cultivation, but in fact, the immortal path is not a naturally occurring avenue."

"Everyone cultivates immortality just because they can gain longevity. Without longevity, becoming Dao would be thousands of times more difficult."

These principles were not "learned" by Ma En himself. In the past, Du Jin and the others had a very shallow understanding of this, but Ma En still felt that it made sense. After all, if someone wants to obtain some kind of truth...

Extending lifespan is indeed a good way to help succeed.

"So have you thought about what Dao you want to learn?"

Luan Linghua said without even thinking:

"Alchemy."

This is definitely not her idea. This choice had already been decided before she came. The family would spend resources to arrange for her to accept the first batch of tests, just to allow her to bring back the technology that could extend life.

And alchemy is the thing that best fits their ideas.

Ma En nodded slightly, then looked at Shen Tianyi:

"What do you want to learn?"

The boy showed a ashamed expression:

"Master, I don't understand these things very well, so if I want to help others..."

"What should I choose?"

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