"Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple the supreme-grade Heaven-Grade Magical Artifact, the Autumn Water Sword, triggering a 5,000-fold return, with the reward being a Mid-Grade Spirit Treasure: Earth Nine Sword."

  "The Earth Swords, twelve in total, can be used separately or combined into one supreme-grade Spirit Treasure, second only to an Immortal Artifact. When split into twelve, they can form the Meridian Sword Formation, unmatched in its lethality."

  "The twelve swords correspond to the Twelve Earthly Branches, with the Earth Nine corresponding to Shen Metal, perfectly matching the Geng Metal Sword Art."

  Gu Liangyuan looked at the introduction of the Earth Nine Sword, feeling both delighted and secretly cursing.

  Isn't this exactly like the strategy of a certain factory from my previous life!

  Releasing a series set, making people unable to resist collecting them!

  It's fine if you don't get any piece from the series, but once you obtain one or more, the desire to collect them all magnifies infinitely, making you want to pay-to-win.

  Little system, do you think you can hook me with this method?

  Hmph!

  Well, congratutions, you guessed right!

  Gu Liangyuan made up his mind that in the future, he would gift his disciple more swords to complete the Earth Twelve Swords.

  The system's notification continued:

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple the Profound-Grade Magical Artifact, the Purple-Gold Ring, triggering an 80-fold return, with the reward being an Earth-Grade Magical Artifact: Purple Cloud Ring."

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple the Earth-Grade Magical Artifact, the Auspicious Cloud Umbrel, triggering a 20-fold return, with the reward being an Earth-Grade Magical Artifact: Azure Gauze Umbrel."

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple the Profound-Grade Magical Artifact..."

  The other six magical artifacts also triggered disciple return, but the return multiples were not rge, the highest being a Heaven-Grade Magical Artifact, which turned out to be an undergarment!

  These items, for Gu Liangyuan, were better than nothing, just stored in the system space, thinking of gifting some useful ones when free, or exchanging them for other treasures, and trying again ter to trigger a high return.

  Seeing Qian Qiu carefully holding these treasures, Gu Liangyuan spped his forehead, realizing he forgot to give Qian Qiu a storage bag.

  Looking at the spatial ring in his hand, Gu Liangyuan had a thought, took it off, and handed it to Qian Qiu along with the spirit stones and some talismans inside:

  "I forgot, from now on, this storage ring is yours, use it to store spiritual items."

  Qian Qiu didn't know what a spatial ring meant, she only knew that her master thought of everything for her, and she was so moved she almost cried, but she didn't want to embarrass her master in front of everyone, so she suppressed her emotions:

  "Thank you, Master."

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple the Heaven-Grade Magical Artifact, the Spatial Ring, triggering a 5,000-fold return, with the reward being a Mustard Seed Bracelet."

  "The Mustard Seed Bracelet, a Mid-Grade Spirit Treasure, contains a vast storage space, capable of holding eighteen towering mountains!"

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple 5,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones, triggering a threefold return, with the reward being 15,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones."

  "Ding, the host has bestowed upon the disciple talismans..."

  After a round of returns, Gu Liangyuan was satisfied, as his assets had nearly increased tenfold, not counting the storage bracelet.

  Gu Liangyuan was satisfied, while the disciples below looked at the treasures bestowed by Gu Liangyuan, their faces twisted with envy, some even had eyes turning red!

  Even some elite and personal disciples were breathing heavily, their magical power running unstable.

  Such extravagance!

  Ordinary elite disciples at the Core Formation stage only have a few Profound-Grade Magical Artifacts for self-defense.

  Earth-Grade Magical Artifacts are kept as treasures!

  As for Heaven-Grade Magical Artifacts, they are considered trump cards by Nascent Soul cultivators!

  And this is because they are disciples of the Holy Land, outside cultivators are even less fortunate.

  Yet Gu Liangyuan, right off the bat, bestowed several Earth-Grade Magical Artifacts and two Heaven-Grade Magical Artifacts!

  Qian Qiu has extraordinary talent, but she's only at the Qi Refining stage, isn't this too much pampering?

  Not only the disciples, but even the other peak masters felt Gu Liangyuan was overdoing it.

  Too much indulgence is not good for a disciple.

  But after all, this was a private matter of Emotionless Peak, so they couldn't say much.

  They didn't speak, but Gu Liangyuan remembered them.

  After Qian Qiu collected the treasures, Gu Liangyuan pointed to Lv Qingmei and introduced her to Qian Qiu: "This is your Senior Sister Lv, the Peak Master of Limitless Peak, and also the Sect Master of our Supreme Holy Land."

  Upon hearing this, Qian Qiu approached Lv Qingmei and bowed: "Greetings, Senior Sister Lv."

  Lv Qingmei stood up, first giving Gu Liangyuan a charming gnce, then flipped her hand to take out a light purple thin gauze:

  "Since Martial Uncle has taken a disciple, as the Sect Master, I must show some gesture."

  "This Purple Cloud Handkerchief was used by me in my early years. Though it has no grade, it can conceal one's appearance, even a Soul Transformation level existence cannot see through it with divine sense."

  "In the Cultivation World, beauty is a blessing, but sometimes a curse."

  "Now that I fear nothing, I gift this Purple Cloud Handkerchief to my junior sister."

  Qian Qiu didn't accept it immediately, but turned to look at Gu Liangyuan. Only after he nodded did she take it:

  "Thank you, Senior Sister."

  Gu Liangyuan continued the introduction: "Beside her is Senior Brother Li of Heavenly Secrets Peak."

  Qian Qiu went to pay her respects again and received another magical artifact.

  Soon, after meeting the six peak masters one by one, Qian Qiu received six more magical artifacts.

  Watching this scene, the disciples below were somewhat numb, roughly calcuting that Qian Qiu's wealth now exceeded that of most Nascent Soul cultivators!

  Martial Uncle Ancestor, do you need more disciples? I want to be apprenticed too!

  The disciple recruitment ceremony ended perfectly, and the six peak masters and tens of thousands of disciples bid farewell and left.

  Gu Liangyuan felt a bit regretful in his heart, according to the Holy Land's rules, only the recruitment of a sect-founding senior disciple would have such a grand ceremony, future recruitments wouldn't have such treatment.

  Otherwise, recruiting a disciple each time and taking advantage of them would quickly make one wealthy.

  After the st person left Emotionless Peak, and the Mountain Protection Array was reactivated, Qian Qiu, who had been suppressing her emotions, could no longer hold back and threw herself into Gu Liangyuan's arms:

  "Master, meeting you is truly my fortune."

  As she spoke, tears began to fall.

  At first, they were just a few drops, but soon she was sobbing uncontrolbly.

  As if she wanted to express all the grievances she had suffered over the years, and the joy in her heart, through this one bout of crying.

  Gu Liangyuan looked at the 100 Devotion Value above Qian Qiu's head, gently stroking her hair, and softly said: "Cry, cry, let it all out, and you'll feel better."

  Gu Liangyuan just held Qian Qiu like that, not knowing how long she cried until suddenly there was no sound.

  Gu Liangyuan looked down and found that Qian Qiu, due to the extreme emotional highs and lows, had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

  Gu Liangyuan's movement seemed to disturb Qian Qiu, as she rubbed her cheek against his chest, found a comfortable position, and continued to sleep soundly.

  Mumbling in her sleep:

  "Master, why are you so good to me..."

  "I have spiritual roots now, I can cultivate too..."

  Gu Liangyuan smiled and shook his head, carrying Qian Qiu back to her bed.

  As the disciples left, the events at Emotionless Peak quickly spread throughout the Supreme Holy Land!

  From then on, Gu Liangyuan shed the bel of a simp, and instead became known as the Doting Disciple Maniac!