Chapter 16 – Disciple Initiation Ceremony
The next morning, Li Guanqi was already up and had made his bed by the hour of the Rabbit.[1]
He did his punching routine tens of times in his backyard, boosting his blood circulation and drenching him in sweat.
He looked up at the brightening sky, then finally set down the sword box on his back. After that, he heated some water for a bath.
He still did not know why his grandfather called this sword box a sword coffin.
Meanwhile, the main pavilion of Heavenly Lightning Peak was bustling with activity. Nearly all the disciples had gathered there.
Li Guanqi was the first new disciple of Heavenly Lightning Peak in three years. And not just any disciple—he possessed the legendary Saint Spirit Root. He was an inhuman prodigy!
In a courtyard behind Heavenly Lightning Peak, a young girl in a flowery coat had just spent all her energy hanging up clothes to dry. She squatted by the door, pulled out a bao from her pocket, and took a bite.
Half the bao disappeared into her mouth in just one bite. The fragrant filling burst forth, coating her lips in grease.
“Grandfather Li, aren’t you attending the disciple initiation ceremony today?”
A drunken voice came from inside the house. “Nope.”
The young girl nodded as if the answer did not surprise her. Then, she continued, “The Saint Spirit Root chose the Lightning Lineage. And he’s blind.”