Xuanhai Sect.
This sect, located powerfully within Yue Country, had its grandiose mountain gate, magnificent in scale, centered around the Sea Covering Hall, continually expanding outwards. At a glance, it appeared as a mountain constructed from innurable pagodas.
Outside the Sea Covering Hall, a dense crowd of cultivators filled the area.
All with complex expressions, they looked towards the central figure in the main seat of the grand hall.
However, Zhong Shenxiu did not have that many thoughts, his divine consciousness extended, and everything in Xuanhai Sect beca clear to him.
"Hmm, currently, Xuanhai Sect still retains one hundred seventy-six Qi Refinent Disciples, thirty-six Condensing Evil Inner Sect Disciples, six Refining Gang Elders, countless servants... Oh, and a few disciples who were just admitted, just having established their foundation, yet to start Qi Refinent."
His gaze shifted, falling upon a group of disciples.
These were the new disciples just admitted to Xuanhai Sect from the Immortal Fate Conference.
Liu Wugen, Zhu Long’er, and Zhu Ling’er, mixed in among them, were particularly conspicuous and awkward.
At this mont, the hall full of cultivators was utterly silent.
"Cough cough... Everyone, pay respects to the new Sect Master."
An elder, known as ’Qingshi Zen Master,’ who was a Refining Gang Elder, coughed and was the first to bow in greeting.
"Greetings, Sect Master!"
Imdiately, a wave of voices gathered, spreading far around.
"Everyone, rise."
Zhong Shenxiu raised his hands slightly, his mana surging.
Everyone unconsciously stood up, and many Refining Gang Elders’ expressions subtly changed.
It implied that the mana of this new Sect Master alone surpassed that of the entire sect!
’Top-grade Pill!’
Many had thoughts in their minds: ’Such a powerful individual, not going to Da Jing but instead mingling in the Southern Wilderness Hundred Countries... Alas, Sea Covering Ancestor died unjustly!’
But they dared not speak.
In fact, there were initially sixteen Refining Gang Elders in Xuanhai Sect!
Indeed, there were many steadfast and unyielding ones.
Alas, Zhong Shenxiu first sealed the Mountain Protection Array, then closed the door to beat the dogs, slaughtering through Xuanhai Sect like chopping through lons and vegetables.
Otherwise, the number of disciples present today would have been several tis more.
"Then let say a few words..."
Zhong Shenxiu, in a long robe, sat in the original seat of the Sea Covering Ancestor, sighed, and said, "All this... was actually a misunderstanding."
He thought for a mont, didn’t say much more, only stating, "Now that we have resolved our grievances and are as close as family, this is good... From today, I will open the Mountain Protection Array, allowing you all free entry and exit."
Many disciples and elders finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Many secretly decided that once out, they would flee thousands of miles away. If they couldn’t provoke him, couldn’t they still hide?
Zhong Shenxiu, indifferent to what these people were thinking, calmly said, "Starting today, a position of Chief Steward will be established within the sect to oversee all mundane affairs, and it shall be held by Elder Qingshi."
This was the payoff for the first person who pledged allegiance to him.
Below, the disciples and elders, though dissatisfied, dared not speak.
Zhong Shenxiu paused, then continued, "I wish to reform Xuanhai Sect, starting from today, the complete ’Xuanhai Secret Scripture’ will be open to all elders. Inner Sect Disciples may preview the Refining Gang section, and all Outer Sect Disciples will be taught the Condensing Evil Technique!"
After all, it wasn’t his property; he was not heartbroken.
After this act of kindness, so disciples who originally planned to flee found their hearts swaying again.
Many thought in secret, "Since I didn’t benefit much when the Sea Covering Ancestor was around, wouldn’t it be foolish not to stay and gain more from this generous old man?"
They all joyfully bowed in thanks, "Thank you, Sect Master!"
At that mont, Zhu Ling’er tugged at Zhu Long’er and they both bowed deeply in front of Zhong Shenxiu, "Master once promised a way out for and my brother, please shelter us."
Upon these words, many disciples beca envious, "She’s clever! She beat us to it."
"I don’t accept disciples."
To their surprise, Zhong Shenxiu waved a hand and refused again, but said, "However, teaching you so Daoist Skills wouldn’t hurt, and don’t call master, treat it as if you’ve hired a secular teacher, just call ’Teacher’. We owe nothing to each other, it’s mutually beneficial..."
"Wugen, you co here too, along with the elders. I’m not stingy in teaching the Superior Elixir Formation thod and lending a helping hand, that is manageable."
His thod had rather sinister implications.
The main reason he did this was to deduce the cultivation techniques.
The Supre Dragon Tiger Tribulation Suppressing Scripture, although it is a Primordial Spirit thod, isn’t an Outer Elixir thod, thus he still needed to base it on this to deduce the true Outer Daoist Primordial Spirit thod!
These elders and disciples... most of them are just guinea pigs to test his skills.
"It’s lucky that the Daoist skills in this land are extraordinary; although the Golden Cores ford are of inferior quality, after all... they are still cores! Since it’s a core, there’s a possibility for the core to break and release the Primordial Spirit!"
"Fortunately, forming a Golden Core is rely equivalent to nurturing a Divine Power Practitioner, and I can afford the cost."
To nurture another Primordial Pill Cultivator would exhaust Zhong Shenxiu.
But a few Divine Power Practitioners are manageable.
He didn’t even require these students to form a Top-grade Pill.
Having a Middle-grade, or even a Lower Grade, wouldn’t matter.
"With new thods for reference, I can easily improve and break through the Primordial Spirit; if these people beco too powerful, once they break through, they’d be harder to control..."
"Lower Grade goods, following an unorthodox path to break through to the Primordial Spirit, that spirit is also likely substandard... but nonetheless, it is still a Primordial Spirit!"
Regarding not forming a master-disciple relationship, that stemd from Zhong Shenxiu’s recent cultivation, gaining a profound understanding in the thod of fates and destinies.
There’s an old saying, "one day as a teacher, a lifeti as a father". Officially setting up a master-disciple relationship involves so complex intertwining of fate.
If he plans to harm them in the future, it would likely breed calamities.
But the relationship between teacher and student is different, a straightforward transaction of money for services, with neither party owing the other.
Even if they were to later cross swords, it would rely be a decisive battle.
The six Refining Gang Elders and three young disciples didn’t grasp the many thoughts swirling in Zhong Shenxiu’s mind; they were simply overjoyed and bowed deeply, feeling warmth in their hearts.
Especially the six Great Refining Gang Elders.
Initially delighted to receive the full Xuanhai Secret Scriptures, they were ecstatic to hear Zhong Shenxiu was willing to teach an even superior Dan Formation thod, felt almost out of body from excitent.
The Xuanhai Secret Scriptures, in fact, was not an extrely profound scripture, evident from how the Sea Covering Ancestor only reached the Seventh Grade Golden Core.
If they could form a Middle-grade Pill, not to ntion anything else, just the five hundred years of lifespan was enough to make many drool.
In their eyes, Zhong Shenxiu, a Great Grandmaster with a Top-grade Pill, surely possessed more profound Elixir Formation thods.
At once, everyone’s faces blood with smiles, and their loyalty increased a few percentage points.
"We greet the Teacher!"
Zhu Ling’er felt so regret, but didn’t dare insist further, she could only perform a courtesy bow along with her brother and Liu Wugen, begrudgingly addressing him as "Teacher."
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