Looking forward to accepting apprentices

Central State!

Chaotic Land.

Mountains rise and fall, stretching endlessly, with lush ancient trees standing tall. Occasionally, a few birds soar across the sky, and the entire land is full of vitality.

Two people walked slowly on a mountain path.

If Zhong Qing were here, he would surely recognize these two: Dugu Feng and his servant Lu Wanli, who wanted to take him as a Disciple.

White clouds drifted lazily in the sky, and a gentle breeze swept across the ground.

Lu Wanli looked at his Master’s back as he walked, pondered for a moment, and then couldn’t help but ask, “Master, you have now obtained the Venerable-Grade Spirit Medicine, Three-Yuan Six-Harmony Fruit, which can effectively elevate one from the Returning to One Realm to the Venerable Realm. The most urgent matter now should be to quickly go to the Phoenix Feather Sect and take Zhong Qing as your Disciple. Why are we walking there?”

Dugu Feng walked with his hands behind his back, his eyes gazing at the ancient pines and trees covering the mountains, a hint of nostalgia in his Vicissitudes.

He stopped, pondered for a moment, and then smiled, “Extraordinary people do extraordinary things.”

“I see he possesses an unyielding spirit; he cannot be judged by conventional standards.”

“Walking there will better demonstrate the sincerity of taking him as a Disciple!”

These words made Lu Wanli’s Face stiffen, and he stood frozen, his expression extremely complicated.

What kind of person was his Master?

Although he was a Loose Cultivator, he was a figure who could sit as an equal with the highest authorities of the Three Sects, One Academy, and One Dynasty in the Void Domain.

If he were to announce that he was taking a Disciple, the number of people willing to become his Disciple would probably stretch from the entire Void Domain to the Three Thousand Domains.

Yet now, to take a young man in his early twenties as a Disciple, he not only traveled countless miles to search for a grand gift for accepting a Disciple, but now he even had to walk there to show his sincerity.

How did he feel that all of this seemed to be reversed?

But as soon as Lu Wanli thought of Zhong Qing’s terrifying talent, he immediately felt that doing so seemed to be perfectly fine.

This made his thoughts surge.

Indeed, talented people are just so willful and can do whatever they want.

And rules are only established for ordinary people to follow; Geniuses are destined to break order and rules.

The rest of the journey was silent.

The two passed through mountain paths, traversed mountains and ridges, and finally arrived at the Phoenix Feather Sect’s main gate at sunset!

At this time, the Phoenix Feather Sect had undergone several renovations. The entire main gate was built with Meteorite Gold, engraved with a Nine Dragon Flying Heaven Diagram. The entire gate was over three hundred zhang tall, looking majestic, grand, and truly extraordinary.

The mountain gate was connected to high walls!

The walls stretched across numerous mountain ranges, like a long Dragon covering ten thousand li.

On the gray-brown wall bricks, each piece was carved with Formation Restrictions and inscriptions, emitting a shimmering light.

Looking from afar, the entire Sect seemed to be enveloped in divine light, as if it was about to Ascend at any moment.

“This…”

Lu Wanli was stunned.

What kind of place was the Chaotic Land?

In his opinion, it was synonymous with poverty, backwardness, and remoteness.

However, now, just the Formations carved on the walls, he felt that many Venerable Realm Sect forces couldn’t compare to them.

Did a small place truly possess such a foundation?

At the main gate, there were ninety-nine Outer Sect Disciples guarding it.

This was naturally Feng Buqun’s masterpiece.

The Phoenix Feather Sect of today was no longer what it used to be.

If the Phoenix Feather Sect was previously the overlord of the entire Chaotic Land, then now, with the incorporation of surrounding forces into its Sect system, its strength had increased exponentially, undoubtedly making it the Supreme ruler of the Chaotic Land.

Now that Zhong Qing had no intention of further leading the Phoenix Feather Sect out of the Chaotic Land and occupying Shuo North, he naturally had to improve the Phoenix Feather Sect’s prestige in all aspects.

These ninety-nine gate-guarding Disciples were arranged by him, and they were also his Junior Brothers.

Under Zhong Qing’s guidance, each of them had switched to Cultivating Saint-Grade or even Emperor-Level Cultivation Techniques.

Now, their Cultivation Techniques had achieved some success, and their spirit and energy were incomparable to before.

In Lu Wanli’s eyes, they appeared even more extraordinary.

He was secretly startled.

Over the years, following his Master and traveling north and south, he had seen many grand scenes.

He had even set foot in the strongest forces in the Void Domain.

Just by looking at the spirit and energy of these gate-guarding Disciples, he even had the illusion that these people were no weaker than the guards of the Three Sects and One Academy.

But soon, he shook his head with a smile, sighing that he was too naive.

What kind of strength did the Three Sects and One Academy possess?

Among them were terrifying forces with Supreme and even Half-Saint experts presiding over them.

How could a small Sect in the Chaotic Land compare to those great Sects?

Did he really think that those top Schools that had suppressed the Void Domain for countless years didn’t care about Face?

Despite this, Lu Wanli still felt that the Phoenix Feather Sect was very extraordinary.

While he was observing, the Disciples were also observing the two.

Among them, a man in a green robe, holding a long sword, who appeared to be in his twenties, asked in a deep voice, “May I ask why the two of you have come to our Phoenix Feather Sect?”

Lu Wanli instinctively wanted to announce his Master’s name.

Perhaps few people knew his Master’s name, but who wouldn’t show some Face when the Sword Dao Supreme was mentioned?

This was a legend of an era in the Void Domain, an idol to countless people, and a living golden signboard.

However, before he could speak, Dugu Feng had already stepped forward and negotiated, “I am Dugu Feng, an old man, here to visit Zhong Qing of the Phoenix Feather Sect. I hope you will inform him.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s hearts trembled, unable to figure out the relationship between this old man and their Master.

But in the Phoenix Feather Sect, anything involving Zhong Qing was not a small matter.

“Your Excellency, please wait a moment. I will go and inform him right away!”

As his voice fell, he dared not show any negligence. With a flick of his long sword, he hastily departed on his sword.

The other party’s demeanor surprised Dugu Feng.

It seemed that his future Disciple held a very high position in the Phoenix Feather Sect!

However, after a moment’s thought, he was relieved!

After all, to be able to Cultivate to the Returning to One Realm at an age of less than twenty.

In any Sect, such a person would surely be treasured.

After waiting for about half an hour.

The Outer Sect Disciple received a message from his fellow Disciple.

He immediately said to Dugu Feng, “Gentlemen, please enter!”

Under his guidance, Dugu Feng and Lu Wanli entered the Phoenix Feather Sect.

As soon as they entered the Sect, they saw purple Qi surging like a river, Spiritual Qi misting like fog, divine radiance everywhere, golden light shimmering, and the Qi of creation permeating the air, like a Holy Land for immortals.

This time, even Dugu Feng was a little surprised!

The Formation Restriction outside the gate, while not bad, was only so-so in his eyes.

But the pervasive Qi of creation here, even in some top Venerable Realm forces, would be considered a rare Secret Realm treasure.

As far as he knew, the strongest force in the entire Chaotic Land was only at the Returning to One Realm.

When did a Returning to One Realm Sect become so prosperous?

With this feeling, he followed the guiding Disciple without revealing his thoughts.

He had a premonition that all the divine wonders of the Phoenix Feather Sect were probably inextricably linked to Zhong Qing.

After all, Zhong Qing’s talent was too terrifying.

And generally, such extraordinarily talented people would have great Luck accompanying them.

If so, the Phoenix Feather Sect benefiting from his Luck and gaining good fortune could explain everything.

And this further strengthened his resolve to take Zhong Qing as his Disciple.

A Disciple with talent and strength is hard to find, but a Disciple with talent, strength, and great Luck accompanying him is even rarer in the world.

This made him look forward to meeting Zhong Qing with great anticipation.

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