When Lu Zhen looked at them, they were hoping that he'd refuse His Majesty's offer. Even Her Highness tried to dissuade him, "Your Majesty, this won't work. They are five Realms apart. How can a Qi Purification Realm cultivator teach Human Realm experts, it should be the opposite." "Enough! I've made up my mind but I won't force them if they don't want to." said His Highness. They all breathed a sigh of relief. They'd rather die than accept a weakling like Lu Zhen, who was even younger than them as their master.
"Your Majesty, I'll be staying in your world for a hundred years and I'll leave after that. Are you sure you still want me to teach them." Lu Zhen was tactfully rejecting His Majesty but this king had thick skin.
"Of course, a hundred years is more than enough." "Fine then but they'll only become my disciples in name. Who wants to acknowledge me as their master?" suddenly asked Lu Zhen. The room fell silent. Lu Zhen was also not in a hurry and waited for their response. "Disciple greets Master!" Princess Zhu was the first one to acknowledge Lu Zhen as her master. She kowtowed.
"Disciple greets Master!" "Disciple greets Master!" The third and fifth Prince also kowtowed and acknowledged Lu Zhen as their master. The rest were skeptical.
"Let me say this, after today, I'll never accept you as a disciple even if you beg me, even if His Majesty begs for you, I unfortunately won't give him any face. Think wisely." warned Lu Zhen. Unfortunately for him, the rest were mocking their siblings inside and looked down on Lu Zhen. To them, he wasn't worth their attention.
"It seems you've made up your mind. Stand up, from today onwards ,you'll become my In name disciples. Do you accept?!" he looked at the three youths kneeling in front of him. "WE ACCEPT!" they shouted in unison.
There others didn't say anything and only kept quiet and rooted on their seats.
His Majesty hid the disappointment on his face. "Your Majesty, I have four requests. I need all kinds of poison you can find, as many SSS rank swords you can provide, a storage ring or pouch and plants that heal and improve your soul." "I'll arrange it immediately." he gestured to one of the Knights and the Knight left immediately. "Follow me." he said as his three disciples followed behind.
"Husband, you went overboard this time around. How could you let our kids accept such a weakling as a master? Their talent will be wasted on that kid's hands, please reconsider." complained Her Majesty. His Majesty looked at his children who didn't accept Lu Zhen as their master and asked, "Why didn't you acknowledge him as your master?"
They didn't say anything for the longest time,
"He is not worthy of us father, how can a Qi Purification Realm expert guide us who are in the Human Realm. It would have been our greatest mistake if we acknowledged him as our master." said the First Prince.
"Do you also think that he's not worthy of you?"
The rest of them nodded in agreement. His Majesty sighed and said, "A person that I personally recommended for you is not worthy of you. I'm disappointed in you all, I gave you an opportunity and you threw it away just like that. Tell me, if someone that I recommend is not worthy of you then who is?!"
Realisation struck them right there and then, even the Knights had doubted His Majesty's decision. Their father had created a chance for them but they didn't appreciate it and let it slip through their fingers willingly.
"One, what do you think of that young man?" His Majesty asked the knight who was threatened by Lu Zhen previously.
"He is..." he didn't want to answer but since His Majesty asked, he responded truthfully,
"He is terrifying Your Majesty." everyone's face was constricted. One was the number one knight in the entire kingdom and for him to fear a youth was unheard of. "To think that I even bargained with him and you refused without batting an eye. I honestly expected more from you."
"Husband, I think One is exaggerating a bit, how could he fear a Qi Purification Realm junior who doesn't even know the Art of War." said Her Highness. "You're right, he doesn't know the Art of War but I'm sure he knows the Art of Killing. I don't doubt One's judgement since I'm also afraid of that young man." everyone's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
'Even someone like His Majesty was afraid of that young man, just who was he? ' is what everyone thought. They now realised that they just lost the greatest opportunity of their lives and could only blame themselves for it.
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Three youths knelt in front of another youth. They had seen the great opportunity their father was providing them, they gritted their teeth and grabbed it with both hands but couldn't help but wonder if their decision was correct. "I don't have time to guide you in cultivation so I'll give you something that will keep you preoccupied while improving your strength in these hundred years that I'm still here." they wondered what it was that their weak master could give them.
'If it was so powerful, why didn't he use it on himself?' is what they thought but they dared not voice out their thoughts. Lu Zhen then bit his hand and three drops floated in the air.
These droplets contained boundless power within them, the aura they exuded was even stronger than that of their father. These blood droplets emitted an aura of dominance, majesty and power.
Their faces became paler than paper and they couldn't stop shivering, they slammed their heads in the ground so hard that they bled. 'Just what type of bloodline was this?' is what they thought inside. "You will each refine a droplet of my blood, if someone else covets it and tries to absorb it forcefully, they will be devoured by it. If you are greedy and try to absorb more than your body can handle, you'll definitely explode. Your potential will be stimulated while your cultivation increases. Do you still regret being my disciples?" said Lu Zhen with a smile on his face.
The aura within the droplets was then sealed and they could raise their heads again.
"We dare not! Thank you Master for accepting us as your disciples even though we lack talent.
Lu Zhen then left and returned to his courtyard. His disciples ran to their own courtyard with excitement written all over their faces. This was definitely the greatest opportunity their father had bestowed upon them and they thanked him in their hearts. They also no longer doubted Lu Zhen.