Liyuan was surprised when he heard Elder He's reply.
He looked at him confused and asked "But elder… isn't it better to learn the sword?"
Elder He looked at him, pressure rising "Is this what you told him?"
Liyuan back started sweating heavily "I-"
"No need to say it, I already know. Can someone tell me the sect's first rule?"
One of the cultivators walked forward, bowing and said "The first rule is that the heart has to always be with your weapon!"
"That's right, weapon!" Elder He emphasized "Not sword!
We are a righteous and traditional inheritance of the weapon dharma!
Although we focus on the sword, this doesn't mean we disallow other weapons!
Since this young disciple has already chosen the bow before arriving at the sect, there is no need for us to change the path he chose for himself.
Swordsmen break rather than give up their path!
Archers starve if they give up their bow!
If you know what's best, you should be thankful we have a few more cultivators of different paths in our sect!
Even if we don't have bow cultivators, as long as this little disciples achieves anything, we will soon have an inheritance for the next time!"
Yugong admired Elder He and the sects ancestors for creating such an inheritance.
He bowed deeply to the elder to thank him with no words.
Any word would be superfluous, a bow is to show respect and admiration for the other persons' way.
"Alright, you can go now too. I will take the core disciples to register."
After saying so, Elder He jumped back on his sword.
This time, the sword grew several times, enough for the thirteen disciples to sit comfortably.
He raised his hand, calling forth a wind to carry the children onto the sword.
Then, he took the sword to fly towards the mid section of the mountain.
The disciples looked at the elder sitting on the top, then sat down.
An energic girl sat down, but subtly moved towards Yugong and Yiye with small movements, like a sanke trying to stealthily approach its prey.
When she was finally near them, she asked in a whisper tone "Do you really want to be an archer?"
Yugong looked at her like she was an idiot.
Do you really think the elder can't hear us just because you whispered?
Yiye, on the other hand, showed a proud expression.
"Of course he does! You don't know, but once elder brother has something in his heart, he will definitely follow it!"
"Really?" the girl asked enthusiastically, seemingly having found a person of equal energy.
"Yes! One time I asked him why he likes the bow more than the sword, even though the sword is so much cooler!"
"What did he say?" she asked.
"Well, hehe, why don't you guess?" Yiye made a teasing expression he learned from Yugong.
"That bows are cooler?" the girl looked like she was seriously contemplating it.
"No, no! He said that weapons shouldn't be judged by their appearance but by their use!
Since elder brother is a hunter, the bow is naturally the best weapon for him!"
"Ehhh, that makes sense!" the girl nodded, then she asked "what about you?"
"Well brother told me I should ask myself what I want to achieve, since I haven't had the need to learn a weapon just yet…"
The girl seemed to want to ask more, but Yiye wasn't sure, so he turned to Yugong, as if to ask whether he was allowed to say.
Yugong just closed his eyes, not caring.
Others might think it's a rejection, but Yiye knew this meant his elder brother gave him free reign in this matter.
Somehow, he felt that the girl in front of him was just like him, so he wanted to make friends.
More importantly, he liked bragging about his elder brother!
Although the girl was curious and impatient on the surface, she still understood things and became quiet when this small moment happened in front of her.
She also thought it was a rejection, but instead, the boy moved closer to her and whispered into her ear.
"For me, the sword is my path to reach everything I long for!"
"Ooohhh!" the girl made sound effects, then asked "What do you long for?"
"I don't know yet!" he replied giddy "But it doesn't matter.
Elder brother said that since I feel longing when I look at the sword, I should just cultivate the sword and everything I long for will be mine in the end!" he interpreted the words he heard and changed them slightly.
"That makes sense!" the girl applauded quietly, being a good supporter.
Then, Yiye realised he said a lot but didn't ask "What about you? Why do you like the sword?"
"Cuz they're pretty!"
"Pretty?" Yugong asked curiously, he hadn't felt this about the sword just yet.
"Yes! I once saw a dance, it was a very noble lady dancing with the sword in the wind.
I feel like the sword makes the fairies even prettier than any other weapon, so of course I like the sword most!
One day, I want to be like that dancer, walk in the world with a sword in hand, dancing with the sky, the earth and river!"
Yugong nodded imperceptible when he heard this, only now did he really approve of her.
As far as he remembered, this girl had dual roots of fire and earth, which is extremely close to the metal element in creation.
Technically, her talent for swords is no less than Yiye's, who has the mutated metal root, the best element for sword cultivation.
He felt that these two were a good match regardless, so he wasn't against them talking.
Now that he heard she had a real passion and idea, naturally he was satisfied with his own wisdom.
"I haven't asked for your name…" Yiye suddenly realised.
"I am Yu Lingyue!"
"Spirit moon? A pretty name!" Yiye commented.
He had learned how to interpret names from Yugong.
"Yes! What does your name mean?"
Yiye was suddenly embarrassed and said "I don't know!
Elder brother said my name is too old, so it's only a name and doesn't have deeper reason!"
That was naturally a lie.
Yugong once told him that his name was "a single page", which meant he was a simple person.
Rather than saying that, he would just say he didn't know it.
Unknowingly, they chatted and became a bit louder, forgetting the elder in front.
Elder He didn't mind either.
From listening, not eavesdropping, he heard a few things that made him approve of them.
One was a determined hunter, which is what he already guessed so far.
He was more focused on these chatting two.
The boy was a person who longed for the world and used his sword to explore it.
The girl was a person who wanted to dance through the world with her sword in hand.
These two already showed the spirit of swordsmanship at such a young age!
Meanwhile, he also laughed when the boy said he didn't know the meaning of his name.
He guessed the situation – it seemed the boys' elder brother was smart and should have told him.
'A single page… haha, it's indeed a good and fitting name!' he thought when he looked at the boy.
Half the page was the boys aspirations, the other was "elder brother said" or "elder brother did".
Anyways, he didn't think it was bad to be like this.
Loyalty was always a core value of swordsmen, while being straightforward or 'simple' was also a good trait to cultivate the sword.