Chapter 337: Chapter 300: Break Off an Engagement? Worthless? Genius! Accepting Disciples! (4K)_2
Xiao Fan, no longer connected to Murong Lan, was further looked down upon by the disciples of the Xiao Family.
“If only I were a peerless genius, becoming a direct disciple of the Divine Lightning Sect, our Xiao Family wouldn’t lose business, and Miss Murong wouldn’t have called off the engagement,” he lamented.
Xiao Fan went alone to the forest outside Chongwu City to cultivate, but his body’s absorption of nature’s spiritual energy had almost ceased, plunging the bewildered Xiao Fan into deep despair.
“Could it be that I, Xiao Fan, am a complete failure? No, I, Xiao Fan, must defy the heavens! Even if the heavens hinder my cultivation, I shall become an immortal!” he vowed.
The pride in Xiao Fan’s bones quickly spurred him on.
“Good. The old must become stronger, and never shift from their will. Though poor, we must remain resolute and never abandon our aspirations,” he encouraged himself.
A strange voice suddenly echoed, and Xiao Fan turned to look behind, only to see a Daoist of refined appearance and a handsome face, smiling faintly.
At the third level of the Dao Palace Realm, Xiao Fan hadn’t noticed when this person had appeared.
“I am but a Loose Cultivator who has noticed your exceptional talent and wish to take you as my disciple. Would you be willing?” the stranger proposed.
Lu Changsheng knew that being new here, it wasn’t realistic to take someone from the Earth Immortal Realm as a disciple in the Immortal Realm.
Lu Changsheng, being at the first level of the Earth Immortal Realm himself, knew he was no match in terms of cultivation techniques or experience compared to Earth Immortals who had practiced for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years.
So, conning this naive lad into being his disciple was the best strategy for now.
“Me? Exceptionally talented?” Xiao Fan was stunned by Lu Changsheng’s assessment.
With his realm having advanced only one level in fifty years, and having been publicly rejected by Murong Lan, he was known as the famous good-for-nothing of Chongwu City. Yet, Lu Changsheng considered him to be a peerless genius.
“Daoist, this, this can’t be right, can it?” Xiao Fan said, scrutinizing Lu Changsheng, who, with his otherworldly bearing, seemed like a true ascetic sage rather than a common swindler.
“As long as you accept me as your master, I can help you rapidly improve your cultivation,” Lu Changsheng claimed.
Knowing that he would need to demonstrate his abilities for Xiao Fan to trust him unconditionally, Lu Changsheng activated the Taiqing Heavenly Scripture, revealing his Earth Immortal Realm cultivation without a doubt.
Boom!
The entire forest trembled, startling countless Immortal Cranes.
“An expert of the Earth Immortal Realm!” Xiao Fan was utterly shocked.
In Chongwu City, there was not a single expert at the Earth Immortal Realm!
This Loose Immortal from the Earth Immortal Realm, although not as unfathomable as the elders of the Divine Lightning Sect, was undoubtedly an unbeatable presence in Chongwu City.
He, Xiao Fan, was simply a Dao Palace Realm good-for-nothing. To be able to take this Earth Immortal Loose Cultivator as his master was his great fortune.
Moreover, this Loose Immortal seemed to be able to solve his stagnation in cultivation?
Xiao Fan respectfully performed the disciple’s salute: “Master above, please accept Xiao Fan’s bow.”
Lu Changsheng nodded.
He had finally taken his seventh direct disciple in the Immortal Realm.
However, Xiao Fan’s realm was only at the third level of Dao Palace, limiting him to receiving rewards such as Grade Six Elixir Pills, Grade Six Talismans, and lower-tier Innate Spirit Treasures.
Lu Changsheng wasn’t bothered.
Having disciples to reward was better than having none at all.
Lu Changsheng felt an urgent discomfort whenever he went a day without taking on a disciple.
“This is a Body Tempering Elixir I refined using various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which should aid in your body tempering. Your physique is unique and needs a substantial amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for support to advance your realm. Your slow advancement at the Dao Palace Realm is due to a lack of these treasures for body tempering,” he explained.
With a wave of his hand, Lu Changsheng conjured a Medicine Cauldron.
It was a superior-grade Immortal Artifact, named the Jishi Xian Ding (Life-saving Celestial Cauldron).
During his retreat on Qingyun Peak to mentor disciples, Lu Changsheng had acquired numerous immortal artifacts, half of which he left at Mount Shu and the other half he brought to the Immortal Realm.
He casually took out several Immortal Pills and used the Jishi Xian Ding to create a pool of Body Tempering Elixir.
“This is the ‘Nine Revolutions Divine Demon Body Refining Method,’ a lower-tiered Immortal Realm Body Refinement Method. Follow it for your body tempering,” he instructed.
After consideration, Lu Changsheng believed Xiao Fan’s War Heaven Tyrant Body was extremely dominant. Given the dense spiritual energy of the Immortal Realm, Xiao Fan should be able to directly cultivate the Immortal Realm Technique, ‘Nine Revolutions Divine Demon Body Refining Method’ even at the Dao Palace Realm.
“Master is too good to this disciple, am I dreaming?” Xiao Fan slapped himself.
Unfamiliar with this Loose Immortal and possessing an Immortal Realm Body Tempering Technique alongside Body Tempering Elixir, Xiao Fan doubted his own reality.
“Enough chatter, proceed with the body tempering. Your realm is too low,” Lu Changsheng abruptly chastised.
Back at Mount Shu, when rewarding Unity Realm disciples with superior-grade immortal artifacts, he could receive Ultimate Treasures or Treasured Fragments in return.
Xiao Fan’s cultivation was even lower than his sixth disciple at Mount Shu, Chen Yao, which necessitated a rapid improvement.
Xiao Fan was beginning to understand the temperament of his master.
A stern man of few words.
The Medicine Cauldron expanded to the size of a pool, and Xiao Fan immersed himself, as his War Heaven Tyrant Body voraciously absorbed the potency of the elixir, visibly shrinking the pool.
The awakening of Xiao Fan’s War Heaven Tyrant Body from the Xiao Family Ancestor was far from a failure; it was the lack of sufficient cultivation resources provided by the Xiao Family that was the issue.
The declining Xiao Family, now a third-rate clan, could hardly sustain a War Heaven Tyrant Body.
The further the War Heaven Tyrant Body progressed, the more cultivation resources it required.
In the Dao Palace Realm, Xiao Fan already needed a vast number of resources, not to mention in the Void Refinement, Unity, and Earth Immortal Realms.
Even if the Xiao Family spent all their wealth, they wouldn’t be able to sustain a War Heaven Tyrant Body at the Void Refinement Realm.
But with the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator, Lu Changsheng had no such worries.
“I wonder, between my seventh disciple’s War Heaven Tyrant Body and my second disciple’s Martial King Divine Physique, which is the more domineering one?” Lu Changsheng pondered as Xiao Fan tempered his body, not missing the chance to sit in meditation himself.
The rich spiritual energy of the Immortal Realm surged into Lu Changsheng from all sides, filling him within.