Time passed like a white colt glimpsed through a crack.
A hundred years slipped quietly by amid cultivation.
The Stele Forest of the God Tomb remained solemn. The blue-gray courtyards were shrouded in morning mist year-round, and only Bai Ye's footsteps during his patrols occasionally broke the silence.
Without Elder Liu, he immersed himself even more deeply in cultivation within Dust Star Valley, practically ignoring everything happening outside.
He had not even heard that the Heavenly Star Sacred Sect had held another Disciple Recruitment Ceremony after so many years.
Until this day, when two slightly green figures followed an Inner Disciple's footsteps and appeared outside the God Tomb's Stele Forest.
Only then did Bai Ye learn that the sect had held another Disciple Recruitment Ceremony not long ago.
The visitor was a young man dressed in the blue robes of an Inner Disciple. His cultivation had already reached the late True God stage, and his expression held a hint of official detachment.
He led one male and one female new disciple and stopped at the courtyard entrance. Upon seeing Bai Ye, he clasped his hands in salute. "Elder Bai, these two are newly promoted Inner Disciples from this Disciple Recruitment Ceremony. According to the sect's arrangements, they have come to the Divine Tomb lineage to cultivate under your guidance."
Bai Ye gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping over the two new disciples.
Seeing this, the young disciple said no more. After leaving behind a "This disciple takes his leave," he transformed into a streak of light and departed.
"This disciple Li Tie Zhu pays his respects to Elder Bai!"
The male disciple stepped forward first, clasped his hands, and bowed. His movements were somewhat clumsy, but his respect was unmistakable.
He was sturdily built, with an honest, simple face