68: Chapter 68 Recognizing the Master

Chen Changqing was already tempted, but he still needed to confirm so as not to bring trouble to the Family in the future.

"Senior, could you tell me everything about the Wanta Sect? Just pick the important ones so that it will be easier for me to choose. After all, this Junior also has Family members to consider, in case the Wanta Sect has any powerful enemies in Dayan."

"You don't need to worry about that, but I can tell you about the origins of the Wanta Sect first."

"Ever since the first Ancestral Master, Old Ancestor Hunyuan, the Wanta Sect has a history of more than five thousand years. Back when the four Sects were at their Peak, Dayan altogether governed thirty-three prefectures under its command, and the strongest Sect in Dayan was none other than our Wanta Sect."

"Not only did every generation have a Nascent Soul Cultivator presiding over it, but even the Golden Core Cultivators within the Sect exceeded twenty. This did not even count the major Golden Core forces under its command."

"Thinking back to those days..." The young girl seemed to have found someone to confide in, a smile hanging on the corners of her mouth as she talked eloquently.

Chen Changqing listened attentively, occasionally interjecting a word or two. Through the young girl's narration, he finally understood that the person before him had been trapped in this Secret Realm for a full millennium. Perhaps because no one had chatted with her for a long time, her tone was cold at first, but now this talkative appearance was her true personality.

"Rest assured, although I do not know how the Wanta Sect was destroyed, it has nothing to do with the various forces within Dayan. Those Golden Core forces do not yet have the ability to eliminate the four Sects, including the Wanta Sect," the young girl said indifferently.

"However, your worries are not entirely unreasonable. How about this, you first accept the resources you can use, and when the timing is right, you can go elsewhere to find a successor of the Wanta Sect's Legacy." The young girl offered another choice.

Since matters had reached this point, Chen Changqing was naturally willing to accept. After making a Heart Demon blood oath with the young girl on the spot, the young girl raised her hand, and a Storage Ring instantly appeared on it.

"This is? An Advanced storage container!" Chen Changqing was surprised. A treasure like a Storage Ring was far more precious than a Storage Pouch. It was generally a storage container used only by Golden Core Cultivators, with a space of at least tens of thousands of cubic meters inside.

After taking it, he dropped his blood to claim ownership, and then probed inside with his Divine Sense, his heart shaking. The space inside was nearly fifty thousand cubic meters, and the Spirit Stones piled up like a small hill roughly calculated to reach one million. In addition, a corner was stacked with over ten thousand pale blue crystals. Those were Spirit Crystals, an Advanced version of Spirit Stones, and according to the conversion ratio, it could reach one to one hundred.

However, these Spirit Crystals were the basic resources to support the cultivation of Golden Core Stage Cultivators, and they were also the basic circulating currency above the Golden Core.

And this did not even count Magical Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Techniques, and Formations. If all of them were added in, the value inside this Storage Ring would definitely exceed five million Spirit Stones. What kind of concept was this?!

This was a net worth that many Golden Core Cultivators might not even possess.

Chen Changqing drew in a sharp breath of cold air, and these were probably not all of the Wanta Sect's resources in this Secret Realm.

No wonder just some Legacies could yield such rich rewards. It seemed that his own vision was too narrow.

"These resources are what you can grasp for now. Once your cultivation reaches the Purple Mansion, the entire Secret Realm will be open to you at any time. Next, we will proceed to the next step." The young girl wore an indifferent expression.

"The next step?" Chen Changqing asked doubtfully.

"Dropping blood to claim ownership." The young girl merely gave a faint smile, then casually slashed Chen Changqing's and her own fingers together. Instantly, two drops of fresh blood merged together, and then the young girl formed a few unknown incantation gestures.

Immediately, Chen Changqing felt a connection established between himself and the young girl, a Revered Master-servant-like connection.

However, he was the Revered Master, and the young girl was the servant.

"Revered Master," the young girl said respectfully.

"You just dropped blood to claim ownership like this," Chen Changqing said in surprise.

"Mn, I am the artifact spirit of the Taiji Hunyuan Pagoda. Now you are also the Revered Master of the Taiji Hunyuan Pagoda, but your current magic power cannot yet support driving the Taiji Hunyuan Pagoda. On the day your cultivation reaches the Golden Core or even the Nascent Soul, you can come to the Secret Realm to take back the Taiji Hunyuan Pagoda."

Chen Changqing stared blankly at her. Having so many good things dropped on his head today, he was somewhat at a loss. However, having lived his second life after all, his vision wasn't huge, but having read so many novels in his past life, he could still accept it.

"Right, how do I leave?" he asked.

"There are Golden Core Cultivators in the outside world right now, so you will have trouble if you go out. When the Secret Realm closes, I will send you away, Revered Master."

"Mn, that's good." Chen Changqing nodded.

Since that was the case, he would first consolidate his Realm here.

He immediately sat cross-legged and began to polish his magic power.

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

Under the joint efforts of the four major Golden Core forces, many Cultivators were driven away, while they dispatched their own Cultivators to scavenge all the resources in the Secret Realm.

This trip down, no one in the Legacy Pagoda walked to the final floor, and thus they couldn't obtain all the Legacy left behind by the Wanta Sect. This point made them feel very strange. Logically speaking, if the Wanta Sect intended to find a successor, it shouldn't have set the difficulty of the Legacy assessment so high. This clearly showed no intention of letting anyone inherit it. Could it be because of their four families? After all, this Legacy Pagoda was a Grade 5 Magic Treasure, so an artifact spirit must exist.

"Junior Martial Uncle." Master Baiye respectfully bowed to Daoist Wuyou.

"Baiye, this old man heard that you walked to the ninth layer. Was there anything unusual on that layer?" Daoist Wuyou asked via voice transmission.

"I have failed Junior Martial Uncle's expectations. This Junior nephew's ninth round of assessment did not pass, so nothing unusual was discovered," Master Baiye said indifferently. As one of the last two successors, she understood very well that no one passed the tenth round. After all, not long after she came out, her Disciple also came out following her.

And that Disciple was precisely Li Qingling, whom she had newly accepted not long ago.

She sent a voice transmission to Li Qingling, telling her to come over.

Li Qingling felt somewhat apprehensive, respectfully bowed to the two of them, and said, "Disciple Li Qingling pays respects to Revered Master and Senior Grand Revered Master."

Daoist Wuyou stroked his beard and sighed deeply, praising, "Mn, Baiye, this Disciple of yours is very good. This old man observes that although her cultivation is only at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, the condensation degree of her magic power is even close to the Foundation Establishment Stage. If cultivated properly, given time, our Sect will have another Genius like you."

Master Baiye looked at Li Qingling, and that cold face seemed to soften a bit. At the very beginning, she accepted Li Qingling not only because of her talent, but even more so for her character. However, among the many Disciples under her Sect, she was the only existence whose talent was closest to hers, and coupled with her youngest age, she was deeply loved by her.

"Come, little Qingling, Senior Grand Revered Master doesn't have any valuable treasures to give you. This Second Grade Medium Grade Water Spirit Sword will be given to you." Daoist Wuyou nodded, his tone amiable. His Senior Sister was once Master Baiye's Revered Master, and coupled with the fact that his Senior Sister had taken good care of him since he entered the Sect, and was also his Dao Companion, he was quite friendly to the descendants of his Senior Sister's lineage. Unfortunately, his Senior Sister died under the Golden Core Lightning Tribulation.

Li Qingling was surprised, glanced at Master Baiye, and under Master Baiye's tacitly consenting nod, Li Qingling stepped forward to receive it with both hands.

"Thank you, Senior Grand Revered Master."