At this moment, Bai Lao's hands began to tremble with excitement, and his eyes were filled with excitement.
"Mr. Bai, what are you doing?"
Long Xiangtian struggled for a long time to break free from Bai Lao's hands, and asked Bai Lao with a puzzled look on his face.
"How did you get the battle flag to accept your control smoothly?"
Bai Lao did not answer Long Xiangtian's words, but asked him a question in return.
"I don't know either. After I injected the mysterious power, the feeling of resistance disappeared on its own." Long Xiangtian reported truthfully.
"Sure enough, sure enough." Bai Lao nodded, confirming his guess.
There was only one possibility for Long Xiangtian to be able to master the formation so quickly, that is, the level of Long Xiangtian's profound strength was extremely high, causing the formation flags to surrender instantly. Long Xiangtian's words also confirmed the elders' guess.
"Little Long, how about discussing something with us?" Bai Lao's expression suddenly changed, and a sly smile appeared on his face.
"What's the matter?" Seeing Bai Lao's strange expression, Long Xiangtian subconsciously took a few steps back, as if he was afraid that Bai Lao would pounce on him again.
"Don't worry, it's a good thing." When Bai Lao saw Long Xiangtian took a few steps back, he immediately came over and said, "Long Xiangtian, how about you become my apprentice?"
This was what Bai Lao was thinking. Before this, Bai Lao had never thought of accepting a disciple.
It’s not that he doesn’t want someone to inherit his mantle, but that he hasn’t found the right person.
Most people only care about cultivation and are not interested in fighting against mages. And those who are interested in fighting against mages are mostly those who don't like cultivation and want to take shortcuts, so Bai Lao has not found any satisfactory apprentice until now.
Now that he had discovered Long Xiangtian, a genius in formation, how could he not be tempted? That's why he proposed to Long Xiangtian that he wanted to be his disciple.
"Mr. Bai, I'm sorry I can't agree to this request."
"Well, then you will be my...what did you say?"
Bai Lao originally thought that if he proposed to take Long Xiangtian as his disciple, Long Xiangtian would definitely agree excitedly. Just as he was about to say a few words of advice to Long Xiangtian in satisfaction, he suddenly realized that Long Xiangtian actually said no.
"I said I can't agree to it." Long Xiangtian thought that Bai Lao was too old and frail and didn't hear him clearly, so he repeated it.
"Why?" Bai Lao really didn't know why Long Xiangtian rejected him. He was not bragging. His cultivation might not be the highest in this martial arts academy, but in terms of understanding of multiple formations, even the elders of the inner court were not his match.
In this martial arts academy, there may be many people who know how to use formations, but there is actually only one true formation master, Mr. Bai.
It's not that Bai Lao had not told Long Xiangtian about his status and achievements in formation, but Long Xiangtian still resolutely refused.
"I do have a master, but he is a low-key person and doesn't want to reveal his name, so I have been hiding his identity."
In Long Xiangtian's heart, there is only one master, Zhan Tian. Even Du Ruo is just a mentor and there is still some gap between him and the master.
"oh."
Bai Lao nodded as if he suddenly understood something, his tone full of regret and envy.
"Got it. I will still teach you the formation, but I won't be your master." Suddenly, Bai Lao had a flash of inspiration and came up with a brilliant idea.
Although Long Xiangtian had his own master, Bai Lao couldn't bear to see such a good talent as Long Xiangtian, a formation master, slip away from him, so he came up with a plan.
As long as I give the formation to Long Xiangtian first, and let Long Xiangtian and I have a master-disciple relationship, then even if I am not his master at that time, I have the grace of education, and I am almost the same as a master.
"This... is inappropriate."
Although Long Xiangtian really wanted to learn the formation, he was a little worried about the method proposed by Bai Lao. It was not that he was worried about Bai Lao, but he also knew that this was a bit disrespectful to Bai Lao.
The current situation is just like a grown girl wanting to have sex with Long Xiangtian without even asking for a name. This makes Long Xiangtian feel a little embarrassed.
"It doesn't matter."
With a wave of his hand, Bai Lao took out more than ten books from his storage ring and handed them to Long Xiangtian.
"I know you will be entering the inner courtyard soon. You can't keep following me to learn the formation. These are my experiences gained over the years. Take them back and read them. They will quickly improve your ability to control the formation."
"Also, the previous formation flags were too low-level. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. I have a set of Bijiang flags here that you can use until you become a third-grade formation master. The ones I use are only one grade higher than them."
"..."
In just a short while, Bai Lao stuffed a lot of things into Long Xiangtian's hands, including formation diagrams for practice and things for restoring his profound strength, but there were countless of them.
These were all prepared by Bai Lao for his apprentice. Although Long Xiangtian was not his apprentice now, Bai Lao already regarded Long Xiangtian as his apprentice. Therefore, Bai Lao not only did not feel sorry for giving these things away, but also felt very gratified and excited.
In the end, Long Xiangtian bowed deeply to Bai Lao solemnly and accepted all of Bai Lao's and his own things. Long Xiangtian did think about refusing, but Long Xiangtian thought that as long as his strength was a little stronger, he could see Yunniang and the others one day earlier, so he finally accepted everything.
Long Xiangtian also secretly swore in his heart that he decided to carry forward the art of formation and live up to the expectations of the elders.
After leaving Baidong Mountain, Long Xiangtian did not return to the dormitory immediately, but wanted to look for "Yu". However, he did not find her in the end. He wondered where they had gone to cause trouble again.
Time passed quickly, and ten days went by in the blink of an eye. In the remaining days after returning from Bai Lao, Long Xiangtian chatted with his friends every day.
Everyone felt a little sigh and envy when looking at Long Xiangtian again. The one who was most reluctant to let Long Xiangtian go was Zhang Yerong. When she heard that she didn't know when Long Xiangtian would be able to come out, her eyes immediately turned red.
During this period, Long Xiangtian also went to the Treasure Hunting Tower, wanting to ask Senior No. 1 if he had any news about the Tenglong Empire.
What made Long Xiangtian happy in the end was that after the search by Senior No. 1 and the underground forces of the Martial Arts Academy, they did discover a small country in a remote corner called the Tenglong Empire, whose ruler was Emperor Tang.
Although Senior No. 1 also said that there are considerable obstacles between the Martial Arts Academy and the Tenglong Empire, in order to go from Jiutian City to the Tenglong Empire, one must pass through an abyss. This is also the reason why Senior No. 1 is not clear about the Tenglong Empire.
However, Long Xiangtian still excitedly accepted the map given to him by Senior No. 1, and planned to go back and take a look after finishing the things at hand.