"Now, kneel. This humble Daoist will grant you the true method of transcendence!"
The crowd looked at one another, still hesitating.
Yet the pale, monkey-thin ten-year-old boy dropped to his knees before Li Qingyun with a thump. He kowtowed heavily, his voice choked with tears. "One-Eye bows to Immortal Master!"
Clever boy!
Li Qingyun calmly looked toward the one-eyed boy, his heart stirring slightly. This one must have the toughest fate among them. He was made into human medicine nine times, yet somehow survived every time!
He could naturally see the nine obvious traces of "Immortal Arts" drug-planting upon the one-eyed boy's body.
His right eye had been dug out, likely refined into Soul-Calling Powder. His heart had been removed once, likely to make a Five Hearts Pill, yet another heart had somehow grown hidden within him. Both his kidneys had also been carved out, but the boy had originally possessed four...
If the boy had not been targeted by an Immortal Lord, or if he had been born into an "immortal household," then once he reached adulthood, he could have easily transcended mortality and become Immortal with such gifted capital.
Unfortunately, he had no such fortune. Possessing treasure without the power to protect himself, he could only become human medicine material, a medicinal embryo, time and again. He had been carved up no fewer than nine times!
"What is your name? Also, from now on, do not call me Immortal Master. Just call me Dao Master!"
Li Qingyun's tone softened somewhat as he asked quietly.
"My original name was Miu Changsheng, but that name is better discarded. The Miu family only ever treated me as a human medicine embryo. I beg Dao Master to grant me a name!" When the one-eyed boy mentioned his original name, the hatred in