Chapter 32: The Great Harvest
Daoist Mingzhang nodded.
"To enter as a direct disciple, I still need to inform the Chief Temple, take you to be recorded in the lineage registry, but a lay practitioner has no such formalities."
A registered disciple really isn’t valued much...
"I can directly accept you as an apprentice and record you into the branch temple registry, simply notifying the Chief Temple."
Is this acceptance?
"Greetings, Master!" Lu Zheng’s eyes rolled, and he immediately kowtowed.
Don’t talk nonsense about modern people not kowtowing, when in Rome, do as the Romans do, got it?
"Don’t rush. Even if it’s informal, you’re still a registered disciple of the White Cloud Temple. In a moment, we’ll have your senior brother set up an incense altar at the Three Pure Ones Hall where I’ll give you instructions and record you.""
"Yes!"
Lu Zheng stood up with a smile and pushed the wooden box in front of him toward Daoist Mingzhang, "Just in time, this sword will be my apprentice gift to you."