Joining Yao Guang

A thatched hut.

After Fang Yang had consolidated his cultivation and prepared to continue practicing, intent on making a final push to break through into the Other Shore Realm—

An old voice sounded beside his ear:

"Come out and meet me."

Fang Yang's expression shifted at the words.

After a moment's hesitation, he rose and went straight outside the thatched hut, where he found two elders and a young woman.

"What is the true meaning of the Lesser Brightness Scripture?"

The elder standing in the middle had the air of an immortal. As soon as they met, he asked the question.

Fang Yang answered without hesitation:

"The body is like colored glaze, the heart like a candle's flame."

"How many hidden arts are there in the Lesser Brightness Scripture?"

"Thirteen in all: three for movement and six for offense..."

The old man and the young woman took turns asking and answering.

Fang Yang smoothly answered each increasingly tricky question, putting the old man in high spirits and making him beam with delight.

"One last question: are you willing to join Yao Guang Sacred Land?"

"I am!"

Fang Yang thought, Just as I expected.

He had begun to suspect as much when the old man asked him about the meaning of the Lesser Brightness Scripture. Now he knew his guess had been right: the other man was an elder of Yao Guang Sacred Land.

"My name is Li Daoming. The current Holy Lord of Yaoguang is my senior fellow disciple. If you can open your Dao Palace within two years of joining Yao Guang Sacred Land, I can take you into the Holy Lord Lineage."

Li Daoming looked at the courteous young man before him, whose manner was so refined, and felt that the boy was very much like himself. So he made him a promise.

If the disciples of Yao Guang Sacred Land learned of this, they would likely go mad with envy.

Li Daoming was only a half-step great expert, but he and Li Daoqing, the Holy Lord of Yaoguang, had studied under the same master. It would not be an exaggeration to say they were as close as brothers.

Becoming Li Daoming's disciple was the dream of nearly every Yao Guang disciple.

The head of Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven was also stunned.

He had never expected this elder of Yao Guang to have such a distinguished background.

"What about Weiwei?"

He wanted to ask, but he didn't dare act recklessly in front of Li Daoming.

Compared to Fang Yang, a stranger, he would rather see Weiwei—a disciple who had grown up in Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven—earn Li Daoming's favor.

Weiwei watched it all unfold without feeling any resentment or jealousy.

Without her Immortal Spirit Eye, she believed she would certainly be no match for Fang Yang. There was nothing unreasonable about Li Daoming favoring him.

To go from knowing nothing as a mortal to reaching the Divine Bridge Realm in just one year was already enough to astonish the world. On top of that, Fang Yang's understanding of the Lesser Brightness Scripture had reached perfection.

All he lacked to reach the Other Shore Realm was the steady accumulation of practice, turning his insights into real cultivation.

"Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven has done well in nurturing its disciples. I grant it a thousand catties of Pure Source."

Li Daoming took out a radiant piece of Pure Source and handed it to the head of Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven.

A thousand catties of Pure Source was nothing to him. Even ten times that amount would hardly make a dent in his wealth.

But Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven was only a small force.

If he gave them too many benefits, it might bring disaster rather than good fortune, drawing others' covetous attention for no reason.

"Thank you for your generous reward, Senior!"

The head of Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven fought to contain his excitement, trying his best to look as though he had seen it all, as he accepted the Pure Source from Li Daoming.

The instant the Pure Source touched his hand, a rich stream of vital essence flowed into his body of its own accord.

He resisted the urge to absorb it then and there, exchanged a few words of advice with Weiwei, and then asked Fang Yang if there was anything he wanted him to pass along.

Things were different now. Li Daoming was quite taken with Fang Yang, and his attitude toward Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven had improved along with it.

That was precisely why the head of Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven dared to act this way.

"Ye Fan and Pang Bo are my close friends. If you have the chance, Headmaster, please look after them for me."

"Elder Wu Qingfeng is still in seclusion, so I can't say goodbye to him in person. Please apologize to him for me. I'll definitely come back to visit him one day."

After entrusting him with these two matters, Fang Yang had nothing else weighing on his mind.

"I'll make sure your words reach them."

The head of Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven was very pleased.

He had never expected Fang Yang to feel any deep attachment to Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven. The fact that the boy had formed a bond with Wu Qingfeng as master and disciple was more than enough.

So he divided the thousand catties of Source he had just received into three portions, giving three hundred catties each to Fang Yang and Weiwei as Spirit Ruins Grotto-Heaven's final help to them.

From here on, they would have to make their own way.

"Thank you, Headmaster!"

"Thank you, Uncle Li."

Neither Fang Yang nor Weiwei was one to stand on ceremony, and they accepted the generous gifts.

Next, Li Daoming asked Fang Yang and Weiwei in particular whether they had any unfinished business. After receiving a definite answer, he took them along on the journey to Yao Guang Sacred Land.

The Eastern Wasteland was vast.

Even traveling at the speed of a half-step great expert, the journey from Yan Kingdom to Yao Guang Sacred Land would take a very long time.

Li Daoming chose to travel through a Domain Gate, crossing most of the Eastern Wasteland before bringing the two of them to Yao Guang Sacred Land.

Immortal cranes soared through the sky, and spiritual herbs grew lushly below.

Palaces filled the sky, while pavilions and terraces stood row upon row.

"Focus on your cultivation."

Li Daoming brought Fang Yang and Weiwei to a mountain peak and handed them over to a Yao Guang disciple. After giving them a few brief instructions, he left.

"Junior brother and junior sister, my name is Li Xue. I'll register you first, then take you to settle into your quarters."

Li Xue spoke with a warm smile. She looked poised and generous, with a full figure and the alluring charm of a mature woman.

"Thank you for your help, senior sister."

Facing her, Fang Yang could clearly sense that her aura far surpassed that of the Wheel Sea Secret Realm.

Yao Guang Sacred Land truly was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

Even a disciple in charge of registering newcomers had the strength of a small sect's leader in the outside world.

"Yao Guang's disciples are generally divided into two kinds: ordinary disciples who haven't taken a master, and elite disciples who have."

"Generally speaking, if a new disciple has good enough aptitude, once they reach the Dao Palace Realm, a Dragon Transformation Realm elder will take them as a disciple."

"What cultivation method are you two practicing?"

Li Xue chatted with Fang Yang and Weiwei as she recorded their names.

"The Lesser Brightness Scripture."

"Me too."

Fang Yang and Weiwei answered in turn.

It wasn't a secret, so there was no need to hide it.

"The Lesser Brightness Scripture? Mm... it's a decent cultivation method."

Li Xue said casually.

As they chatted, she seemed to ask offhandedly:

"May I ask why you two came with Elder Li Daoming?"

"Elder Li Daoming was going to the Primal Ruins. He happened to pass by the sect where we were cultivating, so he brought us along."

Weiwei smiled.

"I see."

Li Xue kept her expression unchanged, but inwardly she grew a little colder toward them.

She had thought they must have exceptional talent to earn Li Daoming's favor. It turned out they had simply been lucky.

"Your jade tablets are ready. You can head down to the mountainside and pick any vacant cave abode to stay in."

Li Xue handed two Identity Jade Tablets to Fang Yang and Weiwei, making no mention of her earlier offer to take them to find a cave abode.

[Joined Yao Guang Sacred Land]

[Fate Points +1500]

[Current Fate Points: 1865]