Du Busi Takes a Disciple! Liu Yuan Named a Candidate for the Next Sect Master!

Inside the Elder Hall, the golden light gradually receded, but that sacred and domineering aura still lingered in the air.

Elder Chen's shout of "Hurry and notify the Sect Master"...

...was like a clap of thunder, instantly jolting everyone out of their daze.

"I'll go!"

Long Aotian was the first to react.

Though he was usually arrogant, he knew what mattered most in a crisis.

The emergence of a genius with Gold Grade Second Awakening potential was absolutely of vital importance to the Body Sect!

So he did not hesitate at all. With a stomp of his foot, he shot out of the Elder Hall like a cannonball. His speed was so great that it whipped up a gale, making the ever-burning lamps by the entrance sway wildly.

"I'll go too!"

Wang Yanfeng, Chen Lü, and the others came to their senses as well and hurried after him.

They might not be able to help with something as historic as this, but they could at least run an errand.

Watching their frantic departing figures, Vina smiled faintly. She then turned toward Liu Yuan, who still stood in the center of the formation, her eyes full of approval and gratification.

Liu Yuan, you really are outstanding...

Meanwhile, deep within the Body Sect, in the Sect Master Hall.

This hall was even grander than the Elder Hall. It was built entirely from black basalt and exuded a suffocating pressure.

Outside a meditation chamber deep in the hall, several disciples stood guard at the door, trembling nervously.

"Guard this place properly. This old man is going into seclusion. Even if the sky falls, don't come bother me!"

Half an hour earlier, the hot-tempered and immensely powerful Sect Master, Du Busi, had left behind those harsh words before plunging into the meditation chamber.

However, just then—

"Master! Master! Something terrible has happened... No, it's an incredibly great thing!"

A deep, urgent voice rang out from outside the hall. Then Long Aotian's figure rushed into the hall like a whirlwind, completely ignoring the attempts of the disciples at the entrance to stop him as he charged straight toward the meditation chamber.

"Senior Brother! The Sect Master is in seclusion..."

The guarding disciple had just tried to stop him when Long Aotian shoved him aside.

Standing before the meditation chamber door, Long Aotian took a deep breath and roared, "Master! Come out quickly! Something huge has happened!"

Inside the chamber, Du Busi, who had been sitting cross-legged and preparing to enter meditation, had veins bulging on his forehead.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and a flicker of anger flashed through those green pupils.

"You little bastard!"

With a thunderous boom, the stone door of the meditation chamber was blasted open by a violent surge of Soul Power.

Du Busi's tower-like body strode out, radiating a terrifying aura like an enraged lion.

"Long Aotian! Is your hide itching?" Du Busi glared at him, his voice exploding like thunder.

"This old man just said I was going into seclusion, and you still dared to cause trouble? If this isn't urgent, I'll skin you alive today!"

Facing his enraged master, Long Aotian was not afraid in the slightest. Instead, he said excitedly, "Master, even if you want to skin me, you have to hear me out first! Our sect... has a new disciple!"

"A new disciple?" Du Busi grew even angrier. "That's it? A new disciple joining the sect requires this old man's personal attention? What is Elder Chen for? What are you for?"

"He isn't an ordinary disciple, Master!" Long Aotian stamped his feet anxiously and explained at breakneck speed, "That new disciple just tested as having Gold Grade Martial Soul Second Awakening potential!"

"What nonsense Gold Grade? Even if it's Silver Grade, don't come bother me..."

Du Busi stopped mid-curse.

His entire body froze in place as if he had been struck by a immobilizing spell.

Several seconds later, his eyes widened larger than bells, and his breathing became rapid like a bellows. "You... what did you just say? Say it again. What grade?"

"Gold Grade!" Long Aotian was nearly out of breath from being grabbed, but he still shouted with difficulty, "Master! Gold Grade! Truly Gold Grade! Elder Chen has already confirmed it, so I rushed over to notify you!"

"Go... Gold Grade..."

Du Busi froze. Then overwhelming joy surged into his heart, making his originally fierce old face bloom into a grin like a chrysanthemum.

"Hahahaha! Gold Grade! It really is Gold Grade? Heaven has opened its eyes! Hahaha!"

Before Long Aotian could react, he felt his hand suddenly grow light, and his vision blurred.

Whoosh!

Du Busi, who had been standing before him, vanished without a trace in an instant, leaving only a green afterimage slowly dissipating in the air.

"This..."

Wang Yanfeng and the others, who had just arrived, could not help looking at each other.

Long Aotian gave a bitter smile. "Master's temper... is still the same. Come on, let's hurry back too."

Inside the Elder Hall.

Liu Yuan had just stepped out of the formation and was preparing to thank Elder Chen.

Suddenly, an incomparably terrifying aura came roaring in from outside the hall, as though a meteor were about to crash down upon them.

"Where is he? Where's that Gold Grade brat? Let this old man see him!"

Accompanied by an ear-splitting roar, a green figure appeared in the center of the hall as if teleporting there.

The newcomer was exceptionally tall. Though his beard and hair were both dark green, his face did not look old at all. Instead, it carried a wild vitality.

His eyes in particular were an eerie dark green, gleaming with a chilling light.

It was none other than the Body Sect Master, Level 98 Super Douluo, Du Busi!

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

Upon seeing him, Elder Chen hurriedly bowed.

But Du Busi had no time to pay attention to him. His gaze swept rapidly across the hall like a radar before locking firmly onto Liu Yuan.

In that instant, Liu Yuan felt every hair on his body stand on end.

Du Busi's gaze was far too naked, far too fervent!

That look was not the way one looked at a disciple. It was more like a lecherous wolf who had gone hungry for three days and nights suddenly seeing an unmatched beauty standing naked before him!

It was filled with greed, desire, and an urge to swallow him whole!

Liu Yuan could not help shuddering. He instinctively took half a step back, feeling a wave of disgust in his heart.

This old man... isn't his gaze way too perverted?

"So it's this brat?"

Du Busi paid no attention to Liu Yuan's reaction. With a flash, he appeared before Liu Yuan, stretched out his enormous hands, squeezed Liu Yuan's arms, then patted his thighs, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Good! A fine build! Vigorous blood and energy, broad meridians! Excellent material!"

"S-Sect Master..." Liu Yuan felt rather uncomfortable being handled like that and smiled awkwardly.

"Sect Master, don't frighten the child." Elder Chen hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, smiling as he spoke.

"This is Liu Yuan, the new disciple Vina brought back. You already know the result of his test. He truly has Gold Grade potential."

"I want to see it with my own eyes!"

Du Busi waved his hand. Though he already believed it eight parts out of ten, this concerned the sect's future, so he had to make absolutely certain.

"Brat, test yourself again for this old man! If you truly have Gold Grade potential, this old man will reward you handsomely!"

"Yes."

Liu Yuan had no choice but to enter the formation once more.

He skillfully released his Martial Soul. The Double Pupil reappeared, and those eerie ripples once again spread throughout the hall.

Gray-black, cyan, silver-white...

The lights shifted, and in the end, that dazzling, sacred, and domineering golden glow once again filled the entire hall without suspense!

It was even several degrees brighter than the first time!

"Hahahaha! Good! Excellent!"

Having witnessed that golden light with his own eyes, Du Busi could no longer suppress the wild joy in his heart. He threw back his head and laughed, his laughter making the entire Elder Hall hum.

"Heaven truly favors our Body Sect! In this era, we actually have two geniuses with Gold Grade potential at the same time!"

Du Busi's laughter abruptly stopped. He stared at Liu Yuan with blazing eyes. At that moment, the perverse gleam in his eyes vanished, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity and dominance.

Before Elder Chen, Vina, and Long Aotian's group, who had just rushed back, he announced loudly:

"By my order!"

"From this day forward, Liu Yuan shall officially become the second personal disciple of Du Busi!"

"His status and treatment shall be equal to that of the chief senior disciple, Long Aotian! So long as he needs them, all sect resources shall be supplied to him unconditionally as a priority!"

At this point, Du Busi paused. His gaze swept across everyone present as he said each word clearly:

"Furthermore, Liu Yuan shall be named a candidate to inherit the position of the next Sect Master! He and Long Aotian shall compete together. Whoever completes a Gold Grade Second Awakening first and proves stronger in the future shall become the next Sect Master of the Body Sect!"