Chapter 657: Entering the Divine King Realm!
"This... this is..."
Ji Jiuwu was instantly frozen in place seeing this scene before him. He murmured: "Could Master be about to break through?"
Just as shocked as him were the disciples of the Wendao Sect. They all stood there dumbfounded.
Even Qing Song and Yun He, who had been waiting outside the Wendao Sect's mountain gate, were attracted by this beam of light. They glanced at each other, then with a wave of their large hands, left a line of words in the sky.
Anyone who comes to bow to the master and enters the Wendao Sect within three days will have passed the first test.
The disciples of the hundred clans who had come to participate in the test were all stunned seeing this large line of characters. They hadn't expected the Wendao Sect's test to be so simple. Immediately, countless living beings surged toward the Wendao Sect.
Yun He and Qing Song headed up the mountain. As they walked, they discussed: "Did you reduce the level of the mist formation at the mountain gate?"
As the words fell, both froze. Obviously, neither had done this. Fortunately, they each had tokens that controlled the mountain gate. After setting it up, they continued up the mountain.
The divine light grew brighter and brighter, soon shooting straight into the sky, reflecting radiance with the sun in the heavens.
Everyone present waited quietly for Chu Feng to emerge from seclusion. Even Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian stopped what they were doing, quietly waiting in the mountains.
At dusk, the strange phenomena ended. Then Chu Feng stepped out with the setting sun behind him. The moment he appeared, he became the sole focus of this world. All the sunlight converged on his body.
He didn't need to do anything, nor did he need to speak. Simply standing there, he was the supreme existence of this world.
All the disciples present, seeing Chu Feng appear, knelt down and bowed to him.
Chu Feng's breakthrough to Divine King didn't bring heavenly tribulation, but it brought the Heavenly Dao's blessing. The moment he appeared, the entire Wendao Sect was shrouded in nine-colored auspicious light. Every disciple was bathed in this radiance.
Chu Feng spoke indifferently: "Everyone, sit cross-legged on the spot and listen to me expound the Dao."
His voice reached every corner of the Wendao Sect. The dozen or so lucky ones who had just passed through the mist, hearing this familiar voice, revealed great joy on their faces. They never expected that on their first day at the Wendao Sect, they would hear the Dao Ancestor expound the Dao.
For a time, Chu Feng's voice echoed throughout the Wendao Sect. Every disciple listened to the sound of the Great Dao.
Nine days later, Chu Feng finished expounding the Dao. Waves of breakthrough energy emerged within the Wendao Sect.
Cao Youqian and Xiao Chen even entered a state of enlightenment. They were only half a step away from the Saint realm. After hearing Chu Feng's Dao exposition, they could break through to the Saint realm in one fell swoop.
Seeing them in seclusion breaking through, Chu Feng didn't disturb them. Instead, he gathered all the disciples around him and asked: "In all these years I've been in seclusion, has anything happened in the Wendao Sect?"
Several were about to say nothing had happened when they suddenly remembered something very important.
Ji Jiuwu was the first to step forward and admit his mistake: "Master, we forgot that a few days ago was the disciple recruitment assembly. We still haven't brought those disciples up the mountain."
Hearing this, Chu Feng smiled and didn't scold them. He said with a smile: "No matter. Those newly recruited disciples were able to hear me expound the Dao—seems they have a connection with me. With their cultivation level, they won't wake from enlightenment for a while. You all go down the mountain and select disciples yourselves."
After speaking, he turned and disappeared from the spot. Everyone quickly responded: "Yes."
Then Ji Jiuwu led his junior brothers hurrying down the mountain. When they saw these little ones were indeed as their Master had said—not yet awakened from enlightenment—they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Qing Song asked: "Senior Brother, how should we assess these disciples' aptitude?"
Ji Jiuwu smiled and said: "Didn't Master already give us the answer?"
Qing Song quickly realized—if what Master said was true, whoever woke up first had the highest talent.
Everyone waited for several days and finally saw the first young person wake up.
The youth opened his eyes and saw a group of Wendao Sect's powerful beings looking at him with smiles. He quickly stood up and bowed: "Disciple Li Mu pays respect to all seniors."
"Rise."
Ji Jiuwu said with a smile.
Li Mu hadn't expected the powerful beings of the Wendao Sect to be so approachable—completely different from what he had imagined.
In their city, those high and mighty big shots would never speak to him in such a tone. He really had come to the right place. He, Li Mu, would prove to the world that he wasn't a jinx!
He quickly stepped forward and asked: "Seniors, are there any other tests?"
Seeing that no one else had awakened, Ji Jiuwu smiled and said: "Next, I will ask you a few questions. Answer truthfully."
"Please ask, Senior."
Li Mu said politely.
"I already know your name. Tell me about your life experiences."
Ji Jiuwu had long obtained the secret method for recruiting geniuses from his two senior brothers. This was their lineage's most guarded secret.
Li Mu was stunned again—the Wendao Sect's assessment was this casual?
In his memory, the great clans in the cities all assessed physique, bloodline, comprehension, and so on. Why was the assessment content of the Wendao Sect, the world's number one power, so...
Though puzzled, he recounted his experiences from childhood to adulthood. Finally, he murmured: "Senior, am I a bane star and jinx? Everyone associated with me..."
Li Mu didn't dare continue speaking, only secretly observing the expressions of the several seniors.
To his surprise, after hearing his experiences, not only did the seniors not show any expression of disdain, they looked at him with burning gazes.
???
Li Mu revealed a confused expression.
Ji Jiuwu and the others also realized their expressions were too exaggerated. They hadn't expected this fellow to match everything Master had said. Was a genius coming this quickly?
"What technique do you wish to cultivate at my Wendao Sect?"
Ji Jiuwu asked, restraining the smile on his face.
"This... I haven't thought about it. After all, what I learned before was all stolen—I've never formally cultivated anything."
Li Mu said awkwardly, scratching his head. Feeling the expectant gazes of the several seniors, a thought arose in his heart: I must work hard.
"No matter. After you enter the sect, we'll see what you're suited to learn." Ji Jiuwu said nonchalantly.
"Senior, are you saying I passed the test?"
Li Mu asked excitedly.
"That's right. Go sit on the stone steps first."
As soon as Ji Jiuwu's words fell, he heard a rumbling sound.
Li Mu's face immediately turned red. He lowered his head in embarrassment, murmuring: "Strange, I clearly ate my fill before coming, and one meal keeps me full for seven days—why am I hungry again?"
"Hahaha..."
Ji Jiuwu laughed and said: "That's because you haven't eaten or drunk anything for ten days. Fortunately, the spiritual energy in these mountains is abundant, and the morning dew each day can sustain ordinary people. That's why you didn't starve to death, kid."
Qing Song beside him casually pointed, and a drop of spiritual dew flew toward Li Mu. The latter subconsciously opened his mouth.
After one drop of spiritual dew entered his stomach, Li Mu felt his whole body become warm, and the hunger in his belly completely disappeared.
He quickly bowed to Qing Song: "Thank you, Senior, for bestowing me spiritual liquid."
Qing Song smiled without speaking, waiting for the second disciple to awaken.
As time passed, eight living beings successively woke up. These eight included four humans and four cultivators from the hundred clans. Among them, a little one formed from jade essence was particularly eye-catching.
Ji Jiuwu and the others could tell at a glance that this child was extraordinary just from the spiritual light radiating from his body. Yun He even praised him publicly as having the bearing of a Saint.
The nine little ones followed Ji Jiuwu up the mountain on the first evening to pay respects to Chu Feng.
When they saw this legendary number one person in the world, their faces all showed adoring gazes, even forgetting to bow.
Chu Feng looked at the gazes of these little ones and smiled: "What, you see me and don't want to bow?"
The nine little ones then reacted and knelt on the ground: "We pay respect to the Dao Ancestor."
"Rise."
Chu Feng said indifferently: "From now on, you don't need to call me Dao Ancestor. Just call me Sect Master. If you can become disciples under my nine disciples, then address me as Grandmaster."
The nine little ones spoke in unison: "We will follow the Sect Master's command."
"You may all withdraw."
Chu Feng said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes."
After the nine little ones acknowledged, they followed Ji Jiuwu out of the main hall.
Seven days later, this Wendao Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony ended. A total of over five hundred people entered the Wendao Sect. Compared to the hundreds of thousands of living beings who came to participate in the Wendao Sect's trials, the number five hundred was pitifully small.
All living beings realized that entering the Wendao Sect wasn't easy. Soon someone recalled that they had heard before that the ancestors of the Nameless Sword Sacred Land and Tyrant Fist Sacred Land came from the Wendao Sect. Thus, many cultivators who didn't pass the trials decided to go to these two sects to bow and learn the arts.
The arrival of new disciples injected infinite vitality into the Wendao Sect. Watching the new disciples working hard at their cultivation in the Wendao Sect, Chu Feng恍惚 returned to his days at the Wendao Academy. His heart began to miss the family and disciples at the Wendao Academy. Now he just needed to wait for Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian, these two disciples, to break through to the Saint realm so they could raise the new banner.
Several months later, Chu Feng sensed two different aura fluctuations coming from the back mountain of the Wendao Sect...
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