Star Sky Professional

"This Dongshan Ao is not bad..."

"That white fox has already cultivated its Primordial Spirit, and it seems to have awakened a trace of Qingqiu bloodline... In the future, it may develop in the direction of the Bewitching Technique..."

Spirit Treasure Palace.

Inside the main hall.

Various Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons were seated on jade mats, tasting tea and drinking wine, occasionally commenting on the disciples who came to ask for masters.

Ao Xin casually praised the white fox, but in his heart, he thought: 'With sand and gravel mixed in, fish and dragons are jumbled together... Opening the mountain gate is ultimately just an expedient measure... It's far inferior to the sect's small world where the population propagates and grows, where loyalty is cultivated and grown from a young age...'

'However, my Boundaryless Mountain seems to be similar too...'

Seven Killing Daoist, looking at a scene in the Mysterious Light Mirror, felt something stir in his heart: 'This Yiling Loose Cultivator is a killing embryo... It's just a pity; his life span is not long.'

In the hall, most of the Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons were paying attention to the Yiling Loose Cultivator.

After all, being able to become a Primordial Spirit Dominator is even rarer than Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons.

And unless intentionally making things difficult, any tests aimed at the Primordial Spirit Realm should be easily passed by a Primordial Spirit Dominator!

The Yiling Loose Cultivator was a scholar, dressed in white, looking elegant, holding a plum branch in his hand, though his temples were slightly frost-white.

He transformed into a stream of light, the fastest among the challengers, and had already ascended to the last platform.

On the platform, there was only a green-scaled snake lady, holding a whip in her hand.

"Heavenly Demon Puppet?"

The Yiling Loose Cultivator was somewhat surprised: 'The Palace Master of the Spirit Treasure Palace indeed has deep pockets; even such puppets are here...'

He came to seek refuge with the Black Dragon Demon Emperor with a small plan in mind.

Because his life span was already running out, and breaking through as a Primordial Spirit Dominator was notoriously difficult.

Now that the Spirit Treasure Palace was newly established, he might have a chance to compete for the title of the great initial disciple.

Even for the price of a thousand gold horse bones, the Black Dragon Demon Emperor could not just watch him die of old age, right?

Moreover, he would surely do his best for the Spirit Treasure Palace, even after breaking through.

After all, finding a backing as strong as the Spirit Treasure Palace was quite difficult as well.

For a loose cultivator, having this level of loyalty was already quite sufficient.

But upon seeing this Heavenly Demon Puppet, the Yiling Loose Cultivator's heart immediately went cold halfway, feeling that he might have overestimated himself before.

His role was not as significant as he had imagined!

'Could it be that the Black Dragon Demon Emperor doesn't care about me? Ready to eliminate me directly?'

The Yiling Loose Cultivator felt distressed in his heart.

He was just the most ordinary Primordial Spirit Dominator, at most equivalent to the strength of a first or second-layer Heavenly Immortal.

Upon encountering experts above the third layer of Heavenly Immortal, he would be defeated.

"Withstand ten moves from me, and you will pass this platform and enter the mountain gate."

Fortunately, the following words from the green serpent made the Yiling Loose Cultivator breathe a sigh of relief: "Thank you... But is this the last test for those mortals too?"

"Of course not. I will only be one minor realm stronger than you in strength," the green serpent smiled lightly and said.

"One minor realm?"

The Yiling Loose Cultivator's expression froze, then immediately felt the eruption of Heavenly Demon fourth-layer mana. A bitter yet resolute expression appeared on his face: "Seven-Star Secret Technique, Ignite!"

The plum blossom energy in his hand emanated, with a hint of the rhythm of the law of life hidden within...

The whip shadows filled the sky, scattering the plum blossoms.

A few breaths later.

"The ten moves have passed, congratulations."

The green serpent's figure disappeared.

Only the Yiling Loose Cultivator remained, looking at the treasure in his hand that had turned bare with only branches and no plum blossoms, a wry smile appeared on his face:

'It turned out to be a peak Heavenly Demon puppet...'

'This Spirit Treasure Palace, it seems to be the right place.'

...

Outside the Spirit Treasure Palace, the Yiling Loose Cultivator tidied his clothes and then walked into the main hall.

In an instant, numerous gazes from Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons shot directly at him.

The Yiling Loose Cultivator seemed unaware, but when meeting Fang Xing's eyes, his body trembled, and he directly performed a grand salute: "Disciple Yiling, sincerely joining the Spirit Treasure Palace, please take me in, teacher..."

"Yiling?"

Fang Xing smiled: "Your talent is not bad; you can be my Registered Disciple..."

This Registered Disciple is like a modern society teacher-student relationship; you could say it's a master-disciple bond as well, but to truly say there's any causation would be a bit too far-fetched.

Therefore, when strong individuals take on Registered Disciples, they often collect a bunch at once, but True Disciples or Legacy Disciples require much more caution.

"Hiss..."

A collective gasp of astonishment immediately echoed around.

"Heavenly Immortal Dominator, in terms of status, is not much different from us, and yet he is just a Registered Disciple?"

"This Black Dragon Demon Emperor recruits disciples so stringently?"

"There's a good show to watch now. It's said that the Yiling Loose Cultivator has always been proud and has refused the recruitment of many forces before. What choice will he make now? Will he walk away in anger?"

"Heh heh, brother, you're overthinking. If it were four or five thousand years ago, maybe so... But now, the Yiling Loose Cultivator is already over nine thousand years old..."

An old Heavenly Immortal chuckled.

He had witnessed many such thoughts from those with short life spans.

Even a Primordial Spirit Dominator has only ten thousand years of life!

Once dead, there's nothing left.

Thus, except for a few heroic ones, late-stage Primordial Spirit Dominators will seek various ways to attempt to break through the bottleneck.

The Loose Cultivator Yiling has always been carefree, but now actively seeks to apprentice himself, clearly he is the latter.

Bang bang!

He immediately bows: "Disciple greets the Master!"

"Good!"

Fang Xing nodded, regardless of anything, this Loose Cultivator Yiling could be considered a warhorse worth a thousand gold, not to mention he is a Primordial Spirit Dominator with Heavenly Immortal battle power. After accepting him into the sect, there's no need to teach him much, just throw him a few secret books to practice on his own. Apart from being a bit old and difficult to serve for too long, he is otherwise acceptable.

Moreover, there are ways to deal with that.

"Since you are the first to come and apprentice yourself, your heart is sincere. As your Master, I bestow upon you a 'Green Emperor's Wood Heart'. After refining this, you can extend your life for three thousand to five thousand years..."

Fang Xing smiled slightly, flipped his palm, revealing a green wood heart.

An aura of life immediately emanated.

"Is this... the tree heart of the Green Emperor's body? Even for a Daoist, this is a rare treasure."

"To give it to a mere Primordial Spirit for extending life, such a waste, too wasteful!"

In an instant, many Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons gathered their gazes, seemingly wishing they could snatch Loose Cultivator Yiling.

Actually, this is indeed the case. If it weren't within the Spirit Treasure Palace, they might have already taken action.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

Loose Cultivator Yiling was also dazzled by the sudden surprise.

Though he was straightforward, coming to apprentice himself for breakthroughs and life prolongation.

However, he expected Fang Xing would surely test him somehow, at least use him as a servant for a period before giving him a chance.

Some less scrupulous sects might work you to death and then pretend like nothing happened.

But he had nowhere else to turn, coupled with the Spirit Treasure Palace's first time accepting disciples, he forced himself to try.

Unexpectedly... the surprise came so suddenly!

Fang Xing was indifferent in this regard, anyway, he didn't worry about this servant running away.

'Primordial Spirit Dominators are good... In the Great Realm of Qing Yuan, many Secret Realms can only be entered by Primordial Spirit cultivators, just perfect for my servants...'

From Fang Xing's perspective, he naturally knew that even if Loose Cultivator Yiling was given another five thousand years, it would be unlikely to break through.

Primordial Spirit Dominators are essentially tragic; if they could break through to Heavenly Immortal or Heavenly Demon, they almost couldn't stay in this realm for long.

'Unless... I cultivate without regard to cost.'

'This depends on his fate, if he can obtain something that moves me, promoting to the Heavenly Immortal Realm is nothing.'

'I've already paid first...'

Fang Xing thought quietly.

Not long after, following Loose Cultivator Yiling, Ao Xin, White Mountain Fox, and others, humans and demons, entered the palace one by one, solemnly performed the apprenticeship ceremony.

Fang Xing accepted them all without refusal, but none were direct disciples, all were registered disciples, which made many Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons secretly astonished.

"Senior's eye is indeed sharp..."

Ao Xin, having some previous dealings with Fang Xing, spoke more freely: "Even Loose Cultivator Yiling and those with the 'Heavenly Moon Body' aren't appealing?"

"Hehe, I only accept based on affinity when taking in disciples."

Fang Xing looked at the dense mesh of registered disciples below and coughed: "My Spirit Treasure Palace has countless techniques and treasures... There are twelve slots for Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons, you all should strive to compete."

These few words made the Wahuang Palace cultivators look very displeased.

And those disciples privy to insider news naturally rubbed their hands secretly, knowing they had come at a good time.

If they wait for twelve Heavenly Immortals to be appointed, breaking through will be incredibly difficult without the massive resources provided by the Spirit Treasure Palace.

"Does Senior favor any disciple?"

Ao Xin glanced around, somewhat curious.

"Cast a wide net... To speak of now, that Grass Wood Body disciple is good."

Fang Xing casually pointed at someone.

Ao Xin looked over and saw a young human clan cultivator in a green robe, looking quite ordinary.

The Grass Wood Body is considered a spirit body talent, but in the Primordial Spirit Realm it is useful, far inferior to a 'Heavenly Moon Body', which can still be effective in the Thirteen Realms of Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Demons.

She was a little skeptical at the moment.

"In my Spirit Treasure Palace, there is a scroll of the 'Green Emperor Longevity Technique', I see it is quite suitable for this person to cultivate..."

Fang Xing explained with a subtle smile.

After obtaining the Green Emperor's Life Span Tree, he naturally conducted research.

He has already begun experimenting with how to cultivate tree seeds from the Life Span Tree.

And when the tree seeds mature, they can naturally be given to cultivators, combined with the talent of Druids [Tree Shepherds], to nurture them as Lifebound Spirit Plants, perhaps breaking the laws of this world, allowing Primordial Spirit Realm to live beyond ten thousand years.

Of course, this cultivation technique is still in its embryonic stage in his mind, the key depends on the original body.

'Observing the myriad of paths is to prepare for opening a new path in the future...'

Fang Xing looked at the lavishly scattered disciples below, suddenly feeling a bit of pity.

These disciples may mostly become cannon fodder on his path of pioneering.

Of course, many people would still eagerly seek to become such cannon fodder.

'Everything on my side is ready now, it depends on the original body's side...'

'No, I am the original body... But the talent of this Black Dragon body is obviously inferior to the original body, especially the 'Great Divinity'...'