Three days ter.

  After the news of Master Feng accepting a disciple spread, tless cultivatathered at the foot of Great Bamboo Peak. Fortunately, the disciples guarding the peak were there to stop them, otherwise the mountain path would have been trampled ft.

  "I really want to know what kind of genius could catch Master Feng's eye," a short and stout cultivator said sourly.

  "Hey, that person is Lin Hao, the champion of the outer sepetition."

  "Him?" The short cultivator's eyes were filled with disdain as he snorted, "I thought it was some extraordinary talent, turns out it's just an outer sect disciple."

  "I was the one whistered him back then, just a middle-grade spiritual root, and he bee the master's disciple?"

  "Moreover, he won the petition relying on talismans, his real strength doesn't match up!"

  "This kid's luck is too good. Being the master's disciple, the cultivation resources he'll receive will surely be preferential."

  At the foot of the mountain, both outer and inner sect disciples were envious and jealous of Lin Hao's fortune.

  The peak was bustling as well, with fire lotuses dang in the sky, strange flowers blooming on the ground, spiritual butterflies fluttering among them, and the spiritual energy was extremely dense.

  This was a sacred pce for cultivation; even ordinary people living here for a long time could extend their lifespan.

  Feng gyue sat on the cold jade lotus ptform and said, "Being my disciple requires no formalities, nor do you o adhere to strict rules. Just remember ohing: do not betray Great Bamboo Peak, or I will kill you. Uand?"

  "Disciple uands," Lin Hao replied with a serious expression, perf the disciple's salute.

  "You are my third disciple. Your senior brother and sister are not in the sect currently. I'll introduce you when they return."

  "By the way, after joining my sect, you must form yolden Elixir before the end of a tury. Your senior brother formed his at forty, your senior sister at thirty. As for you... with your average spiritual root, I'll allow you up to a hundred years."

  A hundred years?! Lin Hao thought that as long as he ied with enough people, surpassing his senior sister wouldn't be a problem!

  "This sword was what I used during my Foundatioablishment stage. sider it yift for being my disciple."

  Feng gyue sent an uhed sword to Lin Hao, who felt a sho his heart upon toug it.

  A magical treasure... a top-grade yellow-tier magical treasure!

  A silvery ugh echoed from the sky.

  "Master Feng, only giving a yellow-tier magical treasure for accepting a disciple, isn't that a bit stingy?"

  Feng gyue looked coldly at the newer. She disliked crowds, so she only ihe elders of her peak to the so-called disciple acceptance ceremony, not the entire sect.

  Uedly, an uninvited guest still showed up.

  "What wind blew Junior Sister Murong here, or did you e following the st?"

  "Senior Sister's st is known throughout the sect, detectable from a thousand miles away."

  "No, it's Junior Sister's keen nose, even sharper than the hounds Elder Yang raises."

  Listening to the verbal sparriweewo powerhouses, Lin Hao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, stantly reminding himself not to eavesdrop on inappropriate matters.

  "Lin Hao, it's not too te to ge your mind. If you join my Little Bamboo Peak, I give you a profound-tier magical treasure."

  A look of surprise fshed across Lin Hao's face. Profound-tier magical treasures were extremely precious, and even ordinary Golden Elixir cultivators might not own one, yet to Master Murong, it was like ese cabbage.

  "Master Murong, I will always be a disciple of Great Bamboo Peak. That will not ge."

  "Oh, what kind of bewitg potion did Feng gyue give you to make you follow her so loyally?"

  "Let me tell you, my Little Bamboo Peak has many female cultivators, including noble dies from prestigious families. If you find one, you won't have to worry about wealth, panions, methods, or nd."

  "Hmph!"

  Feng gyue snorted coldly, boldly deg, "As my disciple, you won't ck wealth, panions, methods, or nd. Lin, cultivate well, and when you form yolden Elixir, I'll get you a saintess as a Dao panion."

  "Just one saintess? e to my Little Bamboo Peak, and you choose from saintesses, demonesses, and entresses."

  Uh... what was supposed to be a solemn disciple acceptance ceremony was taking a straurn, Lin Hao silently pined in his heart.

  The ceremony cluded, and Lin Hao quickly fled from the peak, returning to his inal cave dwelling, setting up a restri to prepare for seclusion.

  He first took out the three jade boxes he received for being the petition champion.

  The most precious item inside was the profound-tier manual.

  The only thing he regretted was that it wasn't a body refieique.

  But one 't have everything. Body refieiques are rare, let alone profound-tier ones!

  He opehe manual and skimmed through it. The Nine Revolutions Scarlet Fme Teique, when mastered, could repeatedly temper the fire spiritual energy within and even invoke earth fire.

  He had been worried that his previous cultivation teique couldn't be tinued after Foundatioablishment, so this erfect for switg to the Nine Revolutions Scarlet Fme Teique.

  What delighted him even more was that the spiritual energy circution of this teique was almost identical to his previous one, saving him the trouble of relearning.

  It only took him two days to switch teiques, and as expected, his spiritual energy became more solid, and the power of his fire spells increased by about ten pert.

  After studying the teique, he moved on to the talisman treasure, ahat only Golden Elixir stage cultivators could craft, possessing both talisman and magical treasure properties.

  As a able, its power was slightly strohan magical treasures of the same tier.

  The talisman treasure in Lin Hao's hand was defensive, sealing part of the power of the top-grade yellow-tier magical treasure, the Fire Dragon Shield, capable of withstanding a full-force attack from a mid-Foundatioablishment cultivator. However, it could only be used three times.

  This was a det life-saving measure. Lin Hao decided to fix it on his arm for quick use in a crisis.

  Lastly, there was the magical treasure embryo. Since he received Feng gyue's sword, he wasn't too ed about the embryo.

  Refining it into a magical treasure would require a lot of materials and careful nurturing, ing a lot of energy.

  Better to sell it for spirit stones. Having made up his mind, he put the jade box taining the embryo bato his ste bag and took out his master's sword.

  The sword was three feet long, fed from star iron, with a light and thihat gleamed with a cold light.

  The hilt was carved with two fire lotuses, with a groove below for embedding fire spiritual stoo enhahe sword's power.

  He tested the bde, finding it incredibly sharp, truly a bde as keen as autumn frost.

  What surprised him most was the faint red line along the edge, like bloodstains, exuding a chilling killing i. His master must have sin many foes with this sword.

  That she would give him this sword showed how much she valued him.

  Gripping the hilt, he infused a bit of spiritual energy, and the sword sang, like the cry of a Fire Phoenix.

  He steadied his mind, silently vowing: I must not disgrace the name of this sword!