Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 489 - 301: Li is Waiting for You_3

"Helping our Thousand Mechanism Pavilion recruit people." Tang said. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Recruit people?" Zhang Ze didn’t quite understand.

Besides, if we were recruiting people, we should be looking for talented youngsters, not directly bringing them from somewhere else.

Tang looked at Zhang Ze and suddenly asked, "Your Thousand Mechanism Heart Method is soon to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, isn’t it?"

"It needs some time... Do you mean to have them?" Zhang Ze suddenly understood.

"Exactly." Tang nodded.

Upon hearing Tang’s anticipated answer, Zhang Ze felt a bit hesitant.

The Heart Method is made for people’s use; it needs a certain universality and stability.

After the Thousand Mechanism Heart Method broke through to the Golden Core, it has already been introduced internally within the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion on a small scale.

The effect was quite good, with only some negligible minor issues.

And when the Thousand Mechanism Heart Method is advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, it also needs someone to practice it...

This was originally fine, but after Zhang Ze understood his uniqueness, he hesitated.

His own Divine Soul and Tao Heart are as solid as steel, but others may not be, and he fears what might happen...

Tang saw Zhang Ze’s hesitation and waved his hand, "Taoist, I’ll teach you a few things today."

"Please go ahead." Zhang Ze said.

"First, don’t underestimate people in the world. Second, everyone has their own ambitions."

Tang made a gesture of three with his fingers but mentioned only two things, not continuing.

"The third thing?" Zhang Ze gently reminded.

"What third thing? There’s just two. First, as I was saying..."

Zhang Ze looked at Tang’s fingers making a three-gesture and decided not to bicker with the drunken man.

"Everyone has their ambitions, each person has their own thoughts and pursuits."

"Taoist Baixi probably just wanted to latch onto someone powerful. That Young Master Song has ideas of his own, aiming to verify some of his hypotheses through the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. Zhuge might just purely find you interesting; others have different thoughts. But..."

Tang sipped some tea to moisten his throat before continuing, "But this was their own choice. Regardless of the reason, they chose to follow you, to follow me on this path of Thousand Mechanisms.

"This is their own will, their own choice, no one is forcing them."

"Third point." Tang gestured with two fingers.

Zhang Ze wanted to remind him but chose to remain silent.

"Don’t underestimate people in the world. You must understand, you’re not the only one in this world interested in realms above Mahayana...

"Youthful spirit, desires to ascend high and pluck stars.

"Those people, barring Taoist Baixi... who among them is not a prodigy, who is not a leader among their peers; do you think they lack ambition? No, they have ambitions, aspirations, they too wish to see the Celestial Heaven!"

Tang slammed the teacup on the table and exhaled a turbid breath.

After a long pause, just as Zhang Ze was about to express his understanding, Tang extended a finger again, "The third thing..."

Zhang Ze, "..."

Tang stood up and patted Zhang Ze’s shoulder, then took out a Thousand Mechanism Rune Array from his pocket.

"This Thousand Mechanism Rune Array can derive Ten Thousand Laws, just like your Thousand Mechanism Heart Method, both are excellent things.

"The Path of Thousand Mechanisms is not about abandoning all other schools to dominate, it’s about embracing all, diverse and ever-changing.

"Such excellent things cannot be hidden away. Not only is it a new path, but it’s also a bridge that can unite our Six Sects.

"For a long time, the Six Sects have grown distant, partly due to the Hundred Demons Sect, partly due to ourselves.

"The farther we’ve walked, the lesser the communication, and further would cause estrangement. Now that the Hundred Demons Sect is no more, the leaders among us discussed and made a decision.

"In your words, it’s an investment; all Six Sects want to invest in your Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. We want to see you, to see how far the Path of Thousand Mechanisms can go.

"For you, and also for our Six Sects.

"So those kids won’t be in trouble, because we are here watching over them.

"Rest assured and continue moving forward."

After Tang finished, he directly lifted the teapot to his mouth, drank it dry, then swung his sleeves and hummed a tune as he walked away.

"Go to Spirit Deer Valley, Li is waiting there for you."

...

Indeed, an Li is waiting for him.

But this Li is not that Li.

Li Guanqi, upon hearing the bad news from the grinning Fatty Wang this morning, immediately sought out his good apprentice.

But due to arriving a bit late, he couldn’t find the trace of Zhang Ze, that little rascal.

Having searched for quite a while, he had no choice but to return to Zhang Ze’s small courtyard and wait.

He sat in the courtyard, grinding his black iron rod with a whetstone over and over.

He decided it’s time to fulfill his duties as a master.

A hundred and thirty years, indeed, how many hundred and thirty years does one have in life...

...

Spirit Deer Valley.

Zhang Ze looked at Li Yueqi who was sitting in the pavilion munching on sunflower seeds and asked, "Where’s your grandfather?"

"I do not know."