Apprentice

Ten Thousand Merchants Market.

A hundred days later, amid the eager anticipation of countless cultivators, Patriarch Fang had thoroughly consolidated his realm and emerged from seclusion to lecture on the Dao.

Over these hundred days, as news of Patriarch Fang's Core Formation spread, the flow of people through the entire market increased tenfold!

Though they harbored deep misgivings about the Li Family, an opportunity to hear a Core Formation cultivator lecture was rare indeed. Naturally, these low-level cultivators flocked to it.

To accommodate this lecture, Ten Thousand Merchants Market had long since erected a lofty lecture platform in the valley, with countless meditation cushions arranged in concentric rows around it.

When the day of the lecture arrived, dozens of great Foundation Establishment cultivators packed the innermost circle full.

The female cultivator surnamed Bai, Lin Ye, and the Lan Family cultivators were all among them.

"So many fellow cultivators came..."

The female cultivator surnamed Bai swept her gaze across the densely packed Qi Refining rogue cultivators below the platform. It was nearly the largest gathering she had ever seen in her life, and she could not help but sigh.

"A Core Formation cultivator sharing their cultivation insights is a once-in-a-century opportunity. Of course they would come..." Lin Ye chuckled. "And besides... that one from the Li Family... to be honest, he's already like the setting sun. These Foundation Establishment cultivators may have other thoughts in coming to hear this lecture."

Though the Lan Family cultivators wore faces as dark as still water this time, they said nothing.

When the sun had risen high in the sky, Aaron transformed into a streak of light and landed at the center of the lecture platform.

He looked around the crowd and gave a slight nod.

"Now that I have formed my core, it is