The following day, the disciples gradually returned, but as Liuchun mentioned, three students did not make it back. They had, however, privately communicated with Gu Tao and everything proceeded as planned.
Most of the new disciples were related in some way to the current ones, which spared Gu Tao a lot of trouble. He gave a brief opening speech and then declared there was no training planned for today, hoping the senior disciples would quickly familiarize the newbies with their surroundings.
