Shen Yue
By the time Ning Qi returned to the sect, he naturally saw Nangon Xu in meditation. Ning Qi didn't disturb him and promptly went to sit on the sect master chair. He saw the pizza right beside it and guessed that Nangong Xu probably ordered an extra for him too.
Finally, he is satisfied with this willing disciple to pay for the food. He thought of the 1 million, which Nangong Xu transferred, and hesitated whether to transfer it back or keep it for himself. But he decided to withhold it, as he is running low on funds now. He will compensate him back in the future or provide him with something even more valuable.
Just as he devoured the entire pizza, Nangong Xu gently opened his eyes and instantly looked at Ning Qi, who took the ultimate bite. His face suddenly went dark and wanted to curse this shameless sect master, who didn't even leave a single bit for him. He did order for the two people, but who would have thought that sect master possesses such an enormous appetite?
He took his mobile and reluctantly ordered one more, confusing Ning Qi. Even if he knows, he wouldn't bother with such things.
"Sect master! What happened with the recruitment?" Nangong Xu asked excitedly.
"I think it's a success, and you will soon meet your junior brother. He will become the second disciple of our sect when he reports to the Sect! " Ning Qi said, and he is thinking of another rule, in the meantime.
"But! Sect master, I have already invited my friend. who will be the second and who will be the third? " Nangong Xu raised a question. He also thought of an awkward thing that the sect master said.
'Do I need to call a middle-aged uncle, who is as old as my father as Junior brother?'
"Good Point! So, we will register them accordingly with whoever reports first, then." Ning Qi said as he doesn't bother about that too much.
"System! Can you give me a good board to write the sect rules? " Ning Qi asked the system, as he want to display the sect rules in the reception section on the first floor.
" Ding! These miscellaneous things will be provided to the host for free!" As the system said, a big red board appeared out of nowhere, scaring Nangong Xuan.
He knows that the sect master took it out of his 'storage belt'. As he didn't say anything but got bewildered as to why he took it out.
"Let's go to the reception hall." Ning Qi said and slowly walked down. Nangong Xu followed without uttering any nonsense.
" Alright! Take this and write the first 3 sect rules first." Ning Qi hung that board to the left side of the hall, before giving a white marker to Nangong Xu, asking him to write the rules.
Nangong Xu swiftly took the marker and wrote them down one by one. His handwriting isn't bad as Ning Qi thought.
"Write the fourth rule! Once joining the sect, one must stay in the sect and practice diligently. " Ning Qi said, and Nangong Xu also wrote it without complaining.
"Sect master! Does that mean, everyone has to move into the sect? But we don't have that many rooms to accept all the disciples right? " Nangong Xu asked a bit confused.
"It doesn't matter... We contain so much space here. If you don't have a bed, you can place a tent and stay inside it, ok? " Ning Qi said justly, making Nangong Xu a bit sullen.
Rule #1 Always follow sect rules.
Rule #2 Never Betray sect.
Rule #3 Never share the sect techniques without permission.
Rule #4 Disciples must move into the sect and diligently cultivate.
" That's enough for now! Let's go and spar a bit. " Ning Qi declared and lead the way to the martial arena hall.
Nangong Xu helplessly followed, as his stomach started growling. He cursed the delivery guy for taking so much time.
"System! can I reduce the stats to this disciple level? " Ning Qi asked, as he wants to fight with the stats and consolidate real-time experience. Even though his master-level hand-to-hand combat technique is good... he still has to make some muscle memories for it.
"Ding! The system adjusted the host stats to Disciple Ning Xuan's level! The host can regain them back one hour later automatically or the host can seek the system to restore directly." The system responded in detail.
'Nice' Ning Qi thought.
Before long both of them started practicing, and even with the same stats, Ning Qi triumphed over Nangong Xu.
An hour easily passed by and Ning Qi stopped after he discerned that its enough for the day. Nangong Xu also improved quite a bit, even though he got beaten up, every time he tried to attack Ning Qi.
Right after he stops, Nangong Xu ran for his order. that order guy has been calling his mobile for quite some time already. But both of them were too engrossed in their battle to care about that.
Ning Qi as usual dozed off in his chair, while Nangong Xu diligently cultivated.
At around 5:00 pm, Nangong Xu's mobile rang loudly, making both of them jolt at the same time. One from sleep and the other from his meditation. Initially, Nangong Xu felt that meditation will be too boring, he might need to grit his teeth to sustain. But after two or three sittings, he felt it is one of the most wondrous feelings that he has ever experienced.
"Hello! Ah? Alright... Wait for me! I'm coming down. " Nangong Xu said, before cutting the call.
"Sect master, My friend is here." Nangong Xu revealed a relatively excited face as he told Ning Qi. As though he won against Ning Qi in recruiting at least. Ning Qi frowned a bit but didn't say anything, merely following behind Nangong Xu.
When they just went outside, Ning Qi saw a nice-looking girl with a superb figure. She looked to be around Nangong Xu's age.
"Nangong Xu! Why did you call me here? what is wrong with you... I thought you are already dead somewhere. " She asked a bit fiercely. She thought this guy is already dead somewhere in those mountains, as he is not coming to school anymore. Suddenly he called her today in the middle of class, which pissed that physics demon.
" Alright, Yue! Can you not be so fierce? Sect master is standing right here? " Nangong Xu said relatively embarrassed. He knows this girl is extremely fierce, but she represents a very good person at heart.
Shen Yue looked at Ning Qi, who is also looking at her without any malice in her eyes, and suddenly felt that she is being harsh in other people's place. She smiled a bit apologetically and nodded her head as a greeting.
"Yue! Didn't I already explain everything to you on the phone? I don't think I need to explain frequently to you right? You are on top of a martial artist, right? " Nangong Xu asked again. He barely knew that she can fight really well, as he in the past seen her beating 5 bullies without sweating a bit.
Shen Yue's family is a martial arts family, her great-grandfather used to be a Grand master-level martial artist. But her family right now is going downhill, as there are no more Grand master-level martial artists in her family. Her grandfather is a Master level martial artist, and her father is in junior-level peak. She is just a junior-level early-stage martial stage.
"System? Is she a cultivator or a martial artist? " Ning Qi asked confused by their conversation.
"Ding! Shen Yue is a martial artist at the Junior level early stage, which equals to Qi refining level 1 cultivator, in general. But they are a bit disadvantaged when they fight against a level 1 cultivator. Same with all other levels from junior to Grandmaster, a total of nine levels, comparative to 9 Qi refining layers. Their practice will end there... No more paths like Qi cultivation. " System explained Ning Qi thoroughly.
He got a bit surprised, as even normal humans without practicing Qi can become that strong. It is commendable, but even the Grandmaster level is a bit too weak in Ning Qi's eyes now.
"Hello, sir! I'm from the Yangshuo Shen family. As you are a martial artist too, you likely heard of them. So, we can't join the organizations without permission from my family head. So please enlighten me with your organization's respected title, and I will contact my family and check whether I am allowed to join or not. " Shen Yue politely asked, as she doesn't want to induce an unknown enemy, because of her disrespectful behavior. Her family is already declining, so doesn't want to make that even worse.
Nangong Xu on the other side was a bit surprised by the new information from Shen Yue.
"Alright!.." Just when Ning Qi was about to say something, he saw Kang Xuan coming through and looking around the location. Ning Qi waved at him to hurry up, making Kang Xuan rush forward.
"Mr. Ning Thank you so much for saving my daughter's life. I never thought that there were such miracle drugs in this world. From now on, If you say west, I will never go east." Kang Xuan said emotionally and was about to kneel in front of Ning Qi to express his gratitude. But was quickly stopped by Nangong Xu, as he received the signal from Ning Qi to stop him.
Shen Yue suddenly got startled by the speed that Nangong Xu flashed from Ning Qi's side. She felt that his speed may probably be even faster than hers by quite a bit. She doesn't know how an ordinary guy who never practiced martial arts 3 to 4 days ago can burst with such speed.
Her mind went through so many thoughts, but one thought suddenly startled her. She shook her head denying it and looked at Ning Qi, but she is unable to fathom anything from this guy's expression.
If Ning Qi knows that Shen Yue tried but was unable to discover anything from his expressions, which made him mysterious in her eyes. He would have burst out laughing, as he isn't a monster who restrains his emotions in check. He is just an average guy 4 days ago, such that he will express whatever he felt like.