Stone House

After being delayed for so long, the buffer period for killing Ke Zhenbei was nearly used up. There was also the enemy behind the scenes who wanted to kill Master Ling Xu. These were all matters he would have to face next. Before retreating into the shadows, these troubles had to be resolved.

Ling Xu Grotto-heaven.

The day after Chen Luo returned to the mountain, he announced a Sect Opening and began broadly accepting disciples.

In less than half a month afterward, seven people caught Master Ling Xu's Dharma Eye and became disciples of Ling Xu Grotto-heaven. Unlike Lu Chen and Zhong Yan before them, these disciples were all Rogue Cultivators who had entered the sect, each already possessing extremely high cultivation.

Six of the seven were Void Return Cultivators.

The six Void Return Venerables taking a master caused an enormous stir. Zhong Yan strongly opposed these seven Junior Brother Apprentices of unknown origin. She believed they harbored ulterior motives and had entered the sect with objectives in mind. However, Master Ling Xu suppressed her objections. Thus, Ling Xu Grotto-heaven came to have nine disciples.

Over the next half month, these seven disciples gradually took in some Third Generation Disciples.

In less than two months, the number of people in Ling Xu Grotto-heaven grew to over a hundred. Some businesses previously run by outsiders were also slowly gathered under their control. The lower-tier Immortal Cultivation Families went through several rounds of reshuffling, and all interests within Ling Xu Grotto-heaven's territory were divided anew.

At midnight, Zi Shi, the moon had reached zenith.

Chen Luo ignited an incense stick in the rear mountain of Ling Xu Grotto-heaven and silently recited "Eternal Night" several times. After roughly ten breaths, the ground where the Bamboo Incense had been inserted melted like liquid.

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