85: Chapter 44 Golden Core Cultivator Accepts Disciples!

Yanfa Hall.

The many Foundation Establishment Elders were all smiles. This year's batch of Disciples had quite a few promising seedlings.

Although they only possessed Medium Grade Spiritual Roots, they had gained enlightenment! This meant there was a high probability they would achieve Foundation Establishment in the future.

Foundation Establishment Elders were not immortal. With a lifespan of three hundred years, most had already cultivated for over a century.

After they eventually passed away, if their Family had no Foundation Establishment Disciple to protect it, then only their own Disciples achieving Foundation Establishment could provide some protection. Such was the nature of legacy and sentiment.

At this moment, the scene unfolded as follows:

"Zhang Chi, are you willing to take me as your Master?"

Zhang Chi was immediately overjoyed and kowtowed: "This Disciple is willing."

"Liu Dong, are you willing to take me as your Master?"

Liu Dong remained composed, "This Disciple is willing."

The Foundation Establishment Elder above could not help but look at him with higher regard; this child's Heart-Nature was excellent. Although they were all youths, the gap in their Dao Heart was already apparent.

As for those who had not yet been taken as Disciples, they were all looking on eagerly, hoping for an Opportunity to receive personal instruction and progress. To put it exaggeratedly, it was like saying, "Revered Master, I want to take care of you in your old age."

Chen Xuan sat there with an air of unshakeable calm. Naturally, he wanted to take a Revered Master. However, Liu Lili had already told him about it. 'I wonder who will take me in; it's so hard to guess.'

Chen Xuan looked toward the high platform; the Dharma body of Immortal Master Liu Yun finally moved.

"Yun Qi, I, Liu Yun, have walked the Dao for 400 years, witnessing the rise and fall of Dynasties and the changes of great Sects. With my experience, I can certainly provide some guidance. You..." "Are you willing to take me as your Revered Master?"

Liu Yun spoke. The surrounding Foundation Establishment Elders all cast looks of goodwill. The Foundation Establishment circle had long anticipated this day.

Chen Xuan possessed a special Physique, an existence even rarer than High Grade Spiritual Roots or Earthly Spiritual Roots. The founding Ancestral Master of the Liuyang Sword Sect possessed the same special Physique as the Wine Sword Immortal.

Although he only had Medium Grade Spiritual Roots, he still carved out a resounding reputation in the Central Plains. For those with a special Physique, the two factors offset each other, and their actual cultivation state was basically comparable to having High Grade Spiritual Roots.

A Golden Core Master wanted to take a Disciple? The Qi Refining Disciples at the bottom were all stunned. What kind of luck was this? What kind of Opportunity was it? No one did not want to become a Disciple of a Golden Core Master.

The top Cultivators in the Southern Region were Golden Core Masters. Achieving the Golden Core meant being invincible in the Southern Region. To be taken as a Disciple by an invincible existence was such an honor.

Chen Xuan stood up respectfully and performed a Daoist salute: "This Disciple is willing."

"Good~" The green light gradually dissipated, and a jade token flew out.

"From today on, you are the fifth Disciple under my, Liu Yun's, tutelage. Come to the Conquest Hall tomorrow to meet your Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters." As the voice fell, the figure dissipated.

Chen Xuan caught the token. He was stunned for a moment. This identity token was actually a protective Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact. How generous!

Indeed, whatever a Golden Core Master let slip through their fingers was more than enough for those below to enjoy endlessly. The crowd dispersed. After saying goodbye to his Senior Sister, Chen Xuan returned to his Immortal Cave.

Now that he had become a Disciple of a Golden Core Master, Chen Xuan's cultivation speed should be even faster. Coupled with the fact that he had already gathered the Materials for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. The peak that was unreachable in his past life might be conquered very soon in this life. Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment! How exciting!

Furthermore, there was the auction for the ascension spirit liquid. Chen Xuan looked forward to it even more. The future was bright. He had never had such a wonderful start.

When he discovered he could fly with a sword like an immortal, the gears of fate had already begun to turn. He quickly suppressed his excited emotions.

Chen Xuan circulated the Canglan Art, continuing to cultivate his water-attribute mana. He stabilized his cultivation, which had just reached the Late Stage of the sixth level of Qi Refining. This enlightenment had been immensely beneficial.

His chances of successfully breaking through to Foundation Establishment had increased by at least ten percent. Most ordinary Qi Refining Cultivators only had a ten percent chance when attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Finding Foundation Establishment spiritual items in a Secret Realm, such as Vermilion Fruits, and using them as an aid might provide a twenty or even thirty percent chance. As for consuming a foundation establishment pill, it provided a fifty percent chance of achieving Foundation Establishment.

It was a pity that a Foundation Establishment achieved through a foundation establishment pill had no connection to power; one couldn't even become an Elder of the Liuyang Sword Sect. At most, one could be an Outer Sect deacon. After all, the Foundation Establishment achieved by a foundation establishment pill was merely Human Dao Foundation Establishment. The limit for one's entire life would only be the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Days passed. The next day, Chen Xuan opened his eyes, greeted the first ray of morning glow, and flew on his sword toward the Conquest Hall.

Liuyang Sword Sect, Qingming Peak, Conquest Hall. At this moment, wisps of green smoke were curling upward. A top-tier meditation incense stick called "Azure Dragon Sleep" had been lit. It emitted white smoke in the shape of an Azure Dragon, dancing outside the great hall and wandering between the red bricks and black tiles, making the place look like an Immortal Realm.

Chen Xuan put away his sword and walked step by step past the main hall, leading to the place where the Hall Master cultivated in the rear hall. Only the Hall Master, his Disciples, and attendants could appear in this area.

"Disciple, you have arrived." Liu Yun's Divine Sense had already detected Chen Xuan the moment he left his Immortal Cave.

"Yes, Master." Chen Xuan pressed against the protective array's light screen. His identity jade token emitted a glow, and the protective array expanded outward, wrapping around Chen Xuan and sending him inside. Just like that, he went in smoothly.

This was Chen Xuan's first time coming to the rear hall, and he looked around curiously. On the white walls were murals depicting the Liuyang Sword Sect subduing demons and devils, wandering in justice. In the very center was a man in red, carrying a gourd as big as a person, battling a Flood Dragon on a vast ocean. It must have been an event from the past.

He entered the main hall of the rear hall. Liu Yun was sitting on a meditation cushion; it was not his Dharma body, but his true self. "Greetings, Revered Master." Chen Xuan bowed. Logically speaking, taking a Revered Master required a gift of tuition, and Chen Xuan naturally could not skimp on etiquette. He placed a Storage Pouch on the tray to the side. That was the tuition Chen Xuan had prepared. Otherwise, Liu Yun would have brought Chen Xuan to the rear hall yesterday.

"Rise." Liu Yun looked at the youth before him, a fledgling of twelve or thirteen years old. Everything was still unformed; it was the perfect time for development. He was also an obvious Golden Core seed within the Sect.

Chen Xuan also looked at his Revered Master, who had white hair and white eyebrows, an immortal air, and looked like a highly accomplished Revered Master with an extraordinary aura.

"Since you have entered my Sect, you must know that besides obeying the rules of the Liuyang Sword Sect, you must also obey the rules of my Sect." "Do not do evil, do not bully the weak." "If you encounter injustice, you must not ignore it!"

Liu Yun spoke frankly and with great confidence. Revered Master, I am only at the Qi Refining stage, Chen Xuan complained in his heart. Others could poke me to death with a finger. Against Foundation Establishment, with Chen Xuan's strength, he could trade a few blows with someone at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, and perhaps even gain the upper hand. But once he encountered a Cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, especially one who had mastered a minor Divine Ability, he would have no choice but to run. If he didn't run, was he just waiting to die? The cultivation world was just that strict with its rules.

"Yes, Revered Master." Even with so many doubts in his heart, Chen Xuan still agreed.

"By entering my Sect, I bestow upon you one Three Bright Moon Sword, a protective Spiritual Artifact." Liu Yun did not say anything else, simply bestowing the treasure. Chen Xuan was shocked once again. The Spiritual Artifact he had sought but could not obtain in the past, and a High Grade Spiritual Artifact at that, was now just given to him so easily for becoming a Disciple. This thing couldn't even be bought with Spirit Stones! At most, one could buy a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact. Anything Medium Grade or above would be snatched up by those Families and Sects the moment they were seen.

Chen Xuan became more and more certain in his heart that there would be absolutely no problems in this life.

"Alright, the protective treasure has been bestowed upon you; the path ahead must be walked by yourself." "Your Senior Brother Zhang Qian and Second Senior Sister Xu Miao are currently training by hunting sea beasts in the Long Sea of the Southern Region and have not yet returned." "This is your Third Senior Brother, Yun He."

Chen Xuan looked at the person Liu Yun was pointing to; he was handsome, extraordinary, and had a well-proportioned figure. At a glance, it was clear he followed his Master's path. Their styles were consistent; one was the elderly version, and the other was the youthful version. Chen Xuan evaluated in his heart.

"Greetings, Third Senior Brother!" Chen Xuan cupped his hands.