The bright moon hung high in the sky.
Sensing Hua Yunfei's thoughts, the system immediately reacted.
[Host, since...]
"Stop right there!"
Hua Yunfei chuckled. "Though this feeling is pretty great, the rewards you give for taking disciples are really not much to speak of."
"Heavenly Emperor Scripture is indeed badass, but I can't use it!"
"I didn't check the grade of the Taiyi Sword Art, but it's probably nothing special. I already cultivate enough techniques."
[Nothing special?]
[The Taiyi Sword Art is an Imperial Sword Art created by the Sword Dao Great Emperor! It surpasses even Sacred Tier cultivation arts!]
"An Imperial Sword Art?"
"Hiss..."
"Is it really that badass?"
Hua Yunfei hastily took out the Taiyi Sword Art and examined it carefully. He was instantly struck with astonishment.
The Ancient Emperor Taiyi, a Heavenly Prodigy who attained the throne through the sword Dao!
One man, one sword, invincible beneath the heavens!
The Taiyi Sword Art had been created by the Ancient Emperor Taiyi in his later years. It was the culmination of every sword art he had used from his youth to his old age!
[I thought you would notice, but it turns out you're just a fool!]
[Did checking in for a hundred years give you so many treasures that your eyes went crooked?]
Hua Yunfei felt a little embarrassed.
He hurriedly committed the Taiyi Sword Art to memory, intending to cultivate it when he had time and raise his strength.
[Are you still doing the Disciple Recruitment Mission? The rewards will definitely be generous, no worse than what you get from a ten-year milestone check-in!]
"No worse than my ten-year milestone check-in rewards?"
Hua Yunfei's expression changed, and delight filled his face.
His Check-in System allowed him to check in once every month, while every yearly milestone check-in would absolutely yield something good.
And milestones such as ten years and twenty years would yield even better things!
At the very least, they were treasures above the Sacred Tier!
The Great Transformation Universe divine ability, the One-Word True Mantra Dao technique, Enlightenment Tree Leaves, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, the Imperial Weapon Chaos Bell, and so on had all come from ten-year milestone check-ins!
If the reward for taking a disciple was at the level of a ten-year milestone every time, then... how terrifying would that be!
"I'll go to the inner sect and take a hundred disciples first. Remember to give me my rewards."
Hua Yunfei stood up. In any case, Dao Origin Peak's successor had already been settled.
He could relax the requirements for his disciples' aptitude a little.
How relaxed, exactly?
Well... anything that ran on land, swam in water, or flew in the sky—as long as it was alive and could breathe, would do!
Even if it was a pig, Hua Yunfei was confident he could teach it into a Pig Saint.
[Wait! Do you think rewards are that easy to obtain?]
"You have requirements too?" Hua Yunfei frowned.
As a successor of the Survival Dao, he still did not want to show his face in public. If there were aptitude requirements, he would have to go out and search, which was rather troublesome.
What if he slapped some blind Holy Land Level Force elder to death? That would only create more trouble for himself.
[Only by giving can one receive! Karma cycles through heaven and earth. You've cultivated to such a realm, yet you still don't understand such a principle?]
Hua Yunfei felt that the system was so angry it was about to start cursing. He compromised. "Tell me, then."
[The Disciple Recruitment Mission is merely a way for the host to obtain more good things. Relying on check-ins alone would be far too slow.]
"Enough. Stop trying to brainwash me. I'm no fool."
[Ding, the Mission System has been confirmed and activated. A Disciple Recruitment Mission is now being issued.]
[Required disciples: One]
[Requirement: At minimum, Sacred Tier Low Grade cultivation qualification]
[Other talent requirements: None]
[Mission time limit: Five months]
[Completion reward: One disciple recruitment gift pack]
[Failure penalty: One spirit treasure currently possessed by the host will randomly disappear]
"...?"
"In the current Big Dipper Star, Sacred Tier Qualification is exceedingly rare. Even Holy Land Level Forces thirst for such talent."
"And that's only your minimum requirement? Are you playing with me?"
Even the minimum aptitude for taking a disciple was Sacred Tier Low Grade. Did it grow like cabbages?
[If they are not discovered, then of course they are rare. Many peerless geniuses may remain ordinary people for their entire lives, never knowing just how monstrous their cultivation aptitude is.]
"That is true..."
[Rewards at the level of ten-year check-ins...]
The system casually muttered a single sentence.
It made Hua Yunfei's heart itch unbearably.
"At least I have five months. That should be more than enough time!"
Hua Yunfei consoled himself. For the sake of top-tier rewards, he could only console himself like this!
Early morning.
Ye Bufan finally awakened.
His entire aura was restrained, revealing nothing unusual.
Yet anyone with discerning eyes could see that a volcano seemed to be hidden within his body.
Once it erupted, heaven and earth would shatter!
His realm had reached the Core Formation Realm Second Layer!
It had taken only one day and one night!
Hua Yunfei walked out of his cultivation Cave Mansion, smiling faintly as he pointed at the Ginseng Fruit Tree. "Hungry? When your mouth gets greedy, go pick a fruit from that tree over there. It's good for your body and will help you live longer."
"Master."
Ye Bufan beamed and quickly stepped forward. "I've reached the Core Formation Realm Second Layer!"
"Not bad, not bad. You're much stronger than your master was back then."
Hua Yunfei had naturally seen through Ye Bufan's cultivation at a glance and was quite satisfied.
By his estimation, Ye Bufan at the Core Formation Realm Second Layer could contend with ordinary geniuses around the Core Formation Realm Fourth Layer!
Of course, this only referred to ordinary geniuses.
Top-tier geniuses and even Heavenly Prodigies found it difficult to challenge above their realm.
They were each the core of their sects, cultivating supreme techniques, and their combat strength was naturally supreme as well.
Casually leaping across realms went against the laws of the Heavenly Dao.
"Your master has a Taiyi Sword Art here. It's very ordinary. Take it and practice it however you like."
Hua Yunfei took out the Taiyi Sword Art and handed it to Ye Bufan.
"The Taiyi Sword Art!"
Ye Bufan tightly gripped the Taiyi Sword Art, his expression entranced.
He knew that whenever his master called something ordinary, it was absolutely not ordinary!
Even Heavenly Emperor Scripture had been called ordinary by him.
Upon opening it, Ye Bufan found that, just as expected, the Taiyi Sword Art was an Imperial Sword Art created by the Ancient Emperor Taiyi!
Even across the entire Big Dipper Star, it would be difficult to find a single Imperial Sword Art!
Yet his master had casually taken one out, all while calling it so ordinary.
At that moment, Mu Qiuxue walked out. Seeing that Ye Bufan had awakened, she curiously approached him with a gentle smile.
"Hello, my name is Mu Qiuxue."
Her smile was sweet, and she had the face of a first love. With her ponytail, she could easily win anyone's affection.
Seeing a beautiful woman suddenly strike up a conversation with him, Ye Bufan became flustered, his face flushing slightly.
"Y-you... hello. My name is Ye Bufan. I'm a disciple of Dao Origin Peak."
As he spoke, he tucked the Taiyi Sword Art into his clothes.
Without his master's permission, he would not expose what his master had given him before outsiders.
An Imperial Sword Art could stir up bloody storms wherever it appeared!
He could not bring trouble upon his master.
"Bufan."
Hua Yunfei smiled faintly. "Qiuxue is the youngest true disciple of Lower Profound Peak. Her aptitude is outstanding. Yesterday, the Lower Profound Peak Master personally sent her to Dao Origin Peak for further study. The two of you should get along well."
Ye Bufan hurriedly nodded. "This disciple will remember."
"Mhm."
Hua Yunfei nodded, then looked at Mu Qiuxue. After considering his words for a moment, he finally said, "Qiuxue, in darkness, do you see as clearly as if you were standing beneath daylight?"
"Why does the Dao Origin Peak Master know? Only my master knows about this!"
Mu Qiuxue had just been about to continue talking with Ye Bufan when she was startled by his words and turned to look at Hua Yunfei.
"This venerable one cultivates an eye technique. I mentioned it to your master before," Hua Yunfei said.
"I see."
Mu Qiuxue suddenly pulled her clothes tighter around herself and asked, "Dao Origin Peak Master, is there some problem for you to suddenly bring this up?"
"Do you want to know why you are different from others?"
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