Taking a Disciple

After weighing it over and over, the youth finally could not hold back any longer.

"If I miss such a precious treasure, it will become a lifelong inner demon!"

"Forgive me. If you do not want it, you might as well give it to me!"

Afterward, he continuously swept the area with his primordial spirit, inspecting the entire palace. Guilty as a thief, he wanted to make absolutely certain whether anyone was inside.

Yet when his primordial spirit reached the Mountain River Society Diagram, he found only a hazy expanse within. The moment his primordial spirit entered, it vanished!

"My primordial spirit power is gone?"

The youth was astonished. His primordial spirit power had entered without being severed, and he had not been injured. It had simply vanished abruptly into thin air.

"Could there be another great treasure inside?"

With a sweep of his hand, the youth took down the enormous scroll floating before the door, wanting to see what lay beyond it.

Unexpectedly, the instant he removed it, his entire body froze. He was so terrified that he did not dare move at all!

Having removed the Mountain River Society Diagram, he saw the scene that had been concealed behind it.

In the final hall, several more spiritual treasures lay scattered about, all of them unclaimed.

That was not the important part. The problem was that a three-legged great cauldron stood at the center of the hall.

Within the cauldron sat a young man cross-legged, dressed in a five-colored feather robe.

Five-Colored Divine Light flowed around him, strange beyond compare, moving at his command.

The man continuously waved his hands within the cauldron, manipulating the divine light as though inscribing something within it. His face was pensive, and he was wholly absorbed.

The Dao aura around him was as