Yellow Court Daoist

This Green Wood King Ding is one of them.

Within the Five Directions Realm, after enduring the Blood Sea Calamity and the Great Destruction Era, many secret techniques and supreme treasures of the top Immortal Sects were lost. The Immortal Farming Sect originally did not possess all the magic gates. Fortunately, the previous Sect Master, Fairy Yan Lan, searched far and wide and, with her talent, managed to restore them.

Yet, she was powerless to suppress the magic artifacts.

Therefore,

In the Immortal Farming Sect, there was not even a single Eighth Rank Magical Artifact. The bestowed Green Wood King Ding was of great help to Mu Chen.

"Eighth Rank Magical Artifact."

As everyone witnessed it, their expressions shifted again, their hearts filled with even greater envy. Immortal Artifacts are rare in the Five Directions Realm. Apart from the Quiet Bamboo Stick in the teacher's hand and the Divine Fire Fan in the hands of the eldest disciple Qin Wei, even Yu Fengzi's Plague God Whip is not an Immortal Artifact.

Immortal Artifacts are scarce.

An Eighth Rank Magical Artifact is one of the finest in the world, a treasure indeed. Bestowing such a treasure casually, in this world, it is only slightly less remarkable than the power of Divine Skills.

Still, it is exceedingly rare.

Two Divine Skills.

An Eighth Rank Magical Artifact.

The treatment this junior sister received far exceeded that of their fellow senior brothers and sisters.

"I always heard that Sister Muu had known the teacher since she was young; now, it seems, it was true," thought Zhang Jingshan and the others to themselves.

Although envious,

They dared not harbor jealousy.

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Mu Chen, overjoyed, quickly sensed the mysterious powers contained within the Green Wood King Ding in her hand and hurried to thank Lu Qingfeng.

An Eighth Rank Magical Artifact.

Even for Mu Chen, now a newly advanced True Immortal, it would take considerable time to gather materials and painstakingly refine to create one. This bestowed Green Wood King Ding not only saved her a great deal of energy and time, but it was also rare for it to so perfectly complement the methods she practiced; the two enhanced each other, far from an ordinary artifact.

"There is no need for such thanks."

Lu Qingfeng waved his hand, signaling Mu Chen to step back.

Zhang Jingshan, Gongyang Ye, and others looked at Mu Chen, each stepping forward to offer congratulations.

After a moment, Gongyang Ye seemed to remember something, turned to the teacher with curiosity and asked, "Brother Jingshan is the teacher's fifth disciple, and there are four senior brothers and sisters ahead. Apart from the eldest disciple, who exactly are they?"

As he spoke, he turned respectfully to the silent Zheng Chi and the female cultivator standing side by side with Qin Wei, close to Lu Qingfeng.

Presumably,

These two were among them.

But as for their backgrounds, he was intensely curious. Moreover, apart from the three present, there should still be another senior brother or sister.

"The eldest disciple used to be the South Sea Alliance Leader."

"This Longevity Alliance Leader Zheng Chi is also a disciple of the teacher."

"I wonder what remarkable backgrounds this fellow sister, as well as the absent senior brother or sister, must have."

Gongyang Ye looked towards the teacher expectantly.

Zhang Jingshan and the others also directed their gaze, waiting for the teacher to speak.

Lu Qingfeng, listening to this sixth disciple's inquiry, looked profoundly towards the heavens.

After a long while, he slowly said, "After Ding Yu, I consecutively accepted two more disciples. The third disciple, your third brother, is called Gu Shaoshang. He was unfortunate, following the path of Immortal Dao because of his teacher, but also met with disaster because of it, killed by Six Paths True Man of the Left Dao Heshan Dao in Southern Continent, his soul refined into a magic artifact."

Lu Qingfeng's thoughts wandered, his heart filled with emotion.

This third disciple, Gu Shaoshang, was orphaned and wandered forests, battling fierce beasts, yet he was resolute and simple.

Only to be regretfully contorted by the Demon Dao.

In the end, Gu Shaoshang's Immortal Dao was incomplete, instead falling into the hands of the Demon Dao, enduring tortures and dying, with his soul confined in a magic artifact, unable to even reincarnate.

"Third senior brother—"

Hearing this, Zhang Jingshan and the others fell silent for a moment.

They hadn't expected that their third brother would have already passed away, and at the hands of the Demon Dao, no less.

Not just them.

Even Qin Wei and Zheng Chi, although they both hailed from the same sect as Gu Shaoshang, had never met him and were even unaware of this younger brother's existence.

"Killed by the hands of the Demon Dao."

Qin Wei's heart stirred, looking towards Zheng Chi.

Zhang Jingshan, and the others also snapped out of it and looked towards Zheng Chi.

The teacher's third disciple was killed by the Demon Dao, but Zheng Chi became the supreme leader of the nefarious hordes. It must be said, the irony was stark.

Lu Qingfeng paced gently, looking toward Zheng Chi for the first time, with disappointment and disdain evident on his youthful face, and said self-deprecatingly, "Before Ding Yu and after Gu Shaoshang, this notorious Longevity Alliance Leader was the second disciple I took in. Time flies; the young man who once fought to protect his mother in the county town has now become the abhorred Longevity Demon, his hands stained with blood."

Lu Qingfeng's pace was tranquil.

Each word landed heavily on Zheng Chi's heart.

Zheng Chi's face showed shame, he opened his mouth to speak but hesitated, his complexion turning from pale to red, rather disconcerted.

"Teacher."

"Perhaps the junior brother had his difficulties."

Unable to hold back, Qin Wei spoke up, frowning at the silent Zheng Chi, "Junior brother, what exactly happened during the trip to the Northern Border Blood Sea? I asked you before, but you remained silent. Now that the teacher is here, speak forth your troubles."

In earlier years,

Qin Wei and Zheng Chi had joined forces to venture through various dangerous locations and eliminate demons and monsters. Even the Five Fire Sect's lineage was something they obtained together. However, after both achieved Primordial Spirit status and ventured into the Northern Border Blood Sea, Zheng Chi disappeared.

Upon reappearing, the day the two brothers reunited, a disagreement arose, and they parted ways.

One followed the Immortal Dao, leading the South Sea Immortals, becoming the influential leader of the Righteous Sect and the South Sea Alliance Leader.

The other followed the Demon Dao, founded the Longevity Alliance, and, in pursuit of eternal life, turned into the reviled, yet infamous Zheng Chi Demon.