Chapter 1283: Chapter 1283: The Elder’s Identity
"Wine money? What wine money? Don’t even think about taking advantage of us disciples. Our Yellow Hall doesn’t have a single spirit stone left, so forget about the wine money."
Zi Ling looked at the drunken old man, extremely angry, and said.
"No spirit stones again? Isn’t it the middle of the month? How could there be no spirit stones left."
"Little Zi Ling, I’ve told you countless times, you must hold your temper and don’t fight recklessly inside the Heavenly Palace. You’ve surely injured someone again and destroyed palace buildings, costing lots of spirit stones, right?"
"If you fought less, you’d save so many spirit stones and buy me so much fine wine."
The drunkard, keeping his composure, sighed and said, then opened his wine gourd and took a sip.
Upon hearing the old man’s words, everyone exchanged glances and turned their gazes from the old man to Senior Sister Zi Ling, secretly guessing who this old man was, that he could make Senior Sister Zi Ling tolerate him without resorting to violence.
For they knew of Zi Ling’s reputation; her temper was not like this, even when facing the Thirteenth Prince, she would boldly declare her defiance.
Yet, facing this drunken old man, Zi Ling restrained her rampant temper, never losing her cool or resorting to violence.
Everyone looked up and down at the drunken man before them, thinking this old man surely wasn’t simple. Lin Chen was the most surprised in his heart.
Because he couldn’t discern the old man’s cultivation, yet could sense an incredibly strong power within him.
Noticing Lin Chen and the others’ gaze, the old man also glanced towards Lin Chen.
Carefully observing Lin Chen, the old man let out a "huh" from his mouth.
Lin Chen, merely at the fifth level of the Nirvana realm cultivation, appeared very inconspicuous in the crowd; the old man hadn’t noticed him initially.
But upon closer examination, he realized Lin Chen’s extraordinariness.
On Lin Chen, he sensed a powerful aura beyond his current cultivation level.
This indicated that Lin Chen’s actual strength must surpass the cultivation he appeared to have.
And Lin Chen’s gaze at this moment was also directed at the drunken old man, feeling as if all his secrets were being seen through by the old man.
Among the strong individuals Lin Chen had encountered, none seemed to give him the kind of feeling the old man did.
Evidently, the old man wasn’t merely a common drunkard as he appeared, but a powerful being within the Yunlong Heavenly Palace.
"Don’t mind this perpetually drunken guy, everyone follow me."
Zi Ling glanced at the drunken old man, then bypassed him and left.
Su Yun and the others saw this and followed Zi Ling, also taking a detour to leave.
Lin Chen saw this and did the same.
"Little Zi Ling, this is too rude, how can you instigate the disciples to isolate me?"
The drunken old man saw Zi Ling leading the group away from him, spoke out, trying to call them back.
However, everyone quickly walked away.
"Senior Brother Cheng Liang, who is this old man?"
Lin Chen walked up to Cheng Liang and asked.
He didn’t dare to ask Zi Ling, naturally, he only dared to ask Cheng Liang.
Seeing this, Cheng Liang honestly answered Lin Chen’s question.
"The old man you just saw is our Yellow Hall’s mentor, Xiao Chitai."
Cheng Liang looked at Lin Chen and spoke quietly.
Hearing this, Lin Chen was stunned; that old guy was actually the mentor of the Yellow Hall.
No wonder the Yellow Hall is the worst of the four halls.
It’s a joke, the old man is the Yellow Hall’s mentor, with his demeanor, what strong disciples could he possibly cultivate?
Although Lin Chen admitted that the drunken old man was not weak, teaching disciples isn’t just about strength; it’s about the teacher’s attitude.
Moreover, judging by the old man’s demeanor, he seems to be asking disciples for money to buy wine daily.
Lin Chen couldn’t help but feel the Yellow Hall was indeed peculiar.
The mentor is perpetually drunk, the disciple is a violent maniac, fighting every day.
Only Cheng Liang seems normal, but not entirely normal; if he were, he’d have surely transferred to another hall by now.
While Cheng Liang was telling Lin Chen these things, Zi Ling actually heard them, but she didn’t intervene, knowing these matters would come to light sooner or later for Lin Chen and the others; talking about them now doesn’t hurt.
"All of you listen, in the future when that old guy asks you for wine money, just ignore him, he can’t do anything to you."
Zi Ling looked at Lin Chen and the others and said flatly.
Hearing this, Lin Chen and the others felt slightly awkward, thinking inwardly about the old man, who, despite being the Yellow Hall’s mentor, was so disregarded by the disciples, a sorry state.
But thinking about that old man, though he’s a mentor, besides being drunk, he’s probably never taught the disciples, so this is why Zi Ling and Cheng Liang hold him in such low regard and why other disciples have left.
But speaking of it, everyone realized a problem, having joined the Yellow Hall, with the old man acting like this, who would guide them in their cultivation later?
Joining the Yellow Hall without a mentor to guide them in cultivation, what difference is there from not entering Yunlong Heavenly Palace?
"Don’t worry about cultivation issues, if you have questions during your practice, you can come to me for guidance."
"Moreover, although Elder Xiao is our mentor, everyone still has the opportunity to learn from other branches."
"The mentor is just a managing mentor of the Four Great Hall, besides that, the Four Great Hall also has many instructors."
Zi Ling seemed to notice everyone’s concerns, looked at them and said.
Everyone listened carefully to Zi Ling’s explanation, finally understanding that mentors and instructors are different.
Everyone who joined the Yellow Hall, the mentor can’t change and must be Elder Xiao.
But everyone has the opportunity to learn from other halls, though before obtaining contribution value from Yunlong Heavenly Palace, they can only enroll in one course for free.