The True Hall's initiation ceremony was not complicated. After the Great Hall Master read the True Hall's precepts, the disciples recited them in unison and bowed before more than a dozen portraits of the patriarchs. This completed the entrance rite, officially making them Inner Hall Disciples.
Once the entrance rite was complete, it was time to formally take a master. In front of the patriarchs' portraits and the various Hall Masters, Zhaang Ye performed the ceremonial bow to the Fourth Hall Master. Henceforth, he was the Fourth Hall Master's eighth disciple.
At the same time, the Second Hall Master accepted Situ Houtu's ceremonial bow and took him as a disciple. The Great Hall Master and Third Hall Master, in turn, accepted Feng Tongming and Jiang Ailiang as their respective disciples.
