Gift!

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng, you've exchanged for so many secret manuals?"

Behind him, Liu Yu also walked over with a jade slip in her hand.

Seeing the hundreds of manuals Zhou Hao had exchanged, he exclaimed in surprise, "I thought I was the only one who would choose so many!"

He cultivates the art of formations. In addition to having talent, the more formations one has seen and learned, the broader one's knowledge becomes, which also brings many benefits to the art of formations.

"They're just some Earth-rank and Human-rank fist techniques. They seem like a lot, but they only add up to eight hundred merit points, which isn't expensive."

Zhou Hao smiled and waved his hand, collecting all the secret manuals on the ground into his storage magic treasure.

800 merit points isn't a lot?

Li Zhan put away the immortal-grade cultivation technique, "Three Heavenly Dragon Book," which he had exchanged for 800 merit points, and turned to leave.

"Senior Brother Li Zhan."

Wan Fei called out, but seeing that Li Zhan didn't turn around and released a magical flying boat to leave directly, she nodded apologetically to everyone and chased after Li Zhan with the taciturn Shen Xia.

Everyone came together. Although Yan Xun left first, the others were waiting to choose their cultivation techniques before leaving together.

Li Zhan left first, which made Gongsun Yi, Yan Huisou, and others, who already disliked his attitude, even more disdainful.

"I don't know what Junior Sister Wan Fei was thinking, following someone like that," Liu Yu muttered.

Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Why worry about others? Quickly put away your manual and go back to cultivate."

With everyone's current ' Domain Realm of the Dao ' realm, and with the Qi cultivation technique, as long as there is enough Origin Liquid, they will soon be able to break through to the Myriad Phenomena realm.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu agreed and quickly put away the twenty-odd secret manuals that Daoist Huang Ting had brought, then left the Dao Treasury Hall with the others.

On the golden fish that the Golden-Scaled Boat had transformed into, Zhou Hao and other outer disciples of the West Courtyard flew between the sect's mountain peaks.

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng, look over there." Liu Yu pointed to a mountain peak shrouded in a layer of colorful clouds in the distance. "There are so many senior sisters."

That was Ten Thousand Rosy Clouds Peak of ' Fairy Nishang,' one of the three true disciples.

As Yan Xun had previously introduced to everyone, Fairy Nishang Liang Clan from the Profound Heaven Realm, and was the eldest disciple of the Morning Jade Peak lineage.

Morning Jade Peak has the most female cultivators among the twelve inner sects, so Ten Thousand Rosy Clouds Peak is also the place where the most female inner sect disciples gather.

Zhou Hao enveloped the area with his divine sense, but the colorful clouds drifting outside the mountain seemed to have the effect of hindering his divine sense. He could only vaguely hear the female cultivators talking about looking for some petty thief.

"It seems like we've lost something," Zhou Hao said uncertainly.

"Things can be lost even within the sect?" Liu Yu asked in surprise.

"Who knows?" Zhou Hao shook his head. "It probably isn't anything valuable."

The cultivators' magical treasures have all been refined, and they are interconnected by spiritual resonance. Moreover, who doesn't carry their valuable treasures in a storage magic item?

After this little incident, no one wanted to wander around outside anymore, so the Golden-Scaled Boat flew straight back to Fool's Peak and back to the bamboo forest in their west courtyard.

After bidding farewell to their fellow disciples, Zhou Hao and Liu Yu returned to their small bamboo house courtyard, where they saw a streak of light flying in from the distance.

"Brother Changsheng, I apologize for my intrusion in visiting you."

As the light fell, a handsome young man in white appeared, none other than Yu Tiandu, the outer disciple of the Southern Academy whom they had met before.

"Why is he here?" Liu Yu asked, puzzled.

But seeing that Yu Tiandu was just smiling at Zhou Hao, he knew that Yu Tiandu had come for Changsheng Brother Changsheng.

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng, I'm going back to cultivate now."

Zhou Hao nodded to Liu Yu and said to Yu Tiandu, "Brother Tiandu, please come in."

As the two entered the courtyard, Zhou Hao led him to a stone table on one side of the courtyard.

"The bamboo house hasn't been tidied up yet, so please have a drink here, Tiandu."

As he spoke, Zhou Hao took out a wine pot and cup from his storage magic treasure and poured a cup for Yu Tiandu.

"This place is serene and tranquil, perfect for enjoying the bamboo and drinking wine," Yu Tiandu said with a smile. "Although outer disciples are not allowed to use servants, it's alright to place a few cleaning puppets here. I'll have someone send some to Brother Changsheng later."

Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Then I'll accept without hesitation."

A few puppets cleaning the house, even if they are human-level puppets, are not worth much. Yu Tiandu just wanted to express goodwill, he will accept them.

"Then it's settled." Yu Tiandu nodded.

He had only said it casually, but he regretted it as soon as he said it.

After all, most exceptional disciples value their reputation highly, and his words would sound like he was mocking the other party for being stingy.

Seeing that Zhou Hao didn't seem to care at all and accepted it directly, Yu Tiandu felt even more favorably toward him.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Hao asked, "Brother Tiandu, have you come looking for me?"

"I have come here on the orders of Immortal Yanhua of Tianyu Peak to deliver a gift to Brother Changsheng."

Yu Tiandu waved his hand, and a blue jade plate appeared on the stone table.

"After I returned, I reported the matter of Senior Brother Jueyun to the elders of Tianyu Peak, and also mentioned Brother Changsheng's amazing performance in the Myriad Forms Hall. I never expected that it would alarm the head disciple, ' Immortal Yanhua '."

Yu Tiandu replied, "After inquiring with Immortal Wuchen of the Myriad Forms Hall, Immortal Yanhua greatly admired Brother Changsheng's aptitude and said that Brother Changsheng's understanding of the Dao is the same as his own. That's why he sent me to invite you to meet him at Tianyu Peak."

As Yu Tiandu spoke, he sighed inwardly.

He originally thought that at most Primordial Spirit Daoist his masters would come out to take on a disciple, but he never expected that it would alarm the chief immortal.

It's unclear what Dao Zhou Hao has comprehended, as even he cannot reveal it.

Zhou Hao looked at the table and saw a black jade bottle, a yellow gourd, and a green gourd in the blue jade plate.

"This black jade bottle contains two thousand catties of Origin Liquid, which is for Changsheng Purple Mansion to use in expanding his Yuan Sea."

"Inside this yellow gourd is a high-grade Earth-rank magic treasure called ' Dust-Veiling Sand,' a life-saving treasure."

"As for this green gourd, it contains three Gui Water Divine Thunder, which are formed from the essence of the ocean. Once activated, they are inexhaustible. Even Myriad Phenomena True Person, without protective treasures, would perish under the divine thunders."

"Immortal Yanhua values Brother Changsheng highly and wishes to take you as his disciple," Yu Tiandu said with a smile. "Brother Changsheng, please accept these gifts for now. Once you meet the immortal and pay your respects to him, you will naturally receive a gift in return."

"Master was right after all," Zhou Hao sighed inwardly. "Tianyu Peak is moving incredibly fast and has such a grand scale."

What Yu Tiandu took out was extraordinary; it was two thousand catties of Origin Liquid. Many ordinary Myriad Phenomena True Person in the outside world wouldn't even have that much in their entire fortune.

As for the top-grade Earth-rank magic treasure ' Dust-Veiling Sand ' and the three Gui Water Divine Thunder, their value is even greater than two thousand catties of Origin Liquid.

These three items combined amount to six or seven thousand catties of Origin Liquid.

Yu Tiandu looked at Zhou Hao with a smile.

He is very confident.

The three gifts he brought alone were enough to invite outer disciples from other peaks, and Tianyu Peak would be a suitable choice for them in the future.

Not to mention, there's the immense temptation of the peak's chief immortal, a Void Return Immortal, wanting to take on a disciple.

In previous years, many of the most outstanding disciples among the outer disciples were recruited by other peaks in advance, but to be invited with such generous conditions is truly a once-in-a-millennium occurrence.

"I dare not refuse the gift from my master. I will accept the kindness of Immortal Yanhua." Zhou Hao waved his hand and put away the blue jade plate on the table.

really.

Yu Tiandu nodded with a smile.

"I have a jade slip here. Please take it back to Immortal Yanhua, Brother Tiandu. I will definitely pay him a visit in the future." Zhou Hao flipped his hand, took out a jade slip, and placed it on the stone table.

"Then let's..." Yu Tiandu's smile froze for a moment, staring at the jade slip in front of him, somewhat bewildered.

In return, a jade slip?

Will I visit you again in the future?

Are you sure you want to treat a Void Return Immortal like this, especially the head of a peak?

"Changsheng!"

Just then, a sound came from outside.

Yan Xun pushed open the bamboo door and walked in.

"Tiandu is here too?" Yan Xun wasn't surprised to see Yu Tiandu.

After all, Yu Tiandu was also in the Myriad Forms Hall earlier, and he left before him.

"Senior Brother Yan Xun." Yu Tiandu nodded slightly to Yan Xun who was walking over, then put away the jade slip on the table and said to Zhou Hao, "Since Brother Changsheng says so, then I will go and report back to Immortal Yanhua. Brother Changsheng, let's drink together again when we have time in the future."

After saying that, Yu Tiandu left directly.

Yan Xun was startled upon hearing the name ' Immortal Yanhua '. Seeing Yu Tiandu leave on his own, he asked in surprise, "Changsheng Brother Changsheng... Junior Brother Tiandu, did you come on behalf of Immortal Yanhua? You... you refused?"

"Mm." Zhou Hao nodded.

"It really is..." Yan Xun shook his head.

Although he didn't ask the reason, Yan Xun knew perfectly well what Yu Tiandu's intentions were. He thought that the chief of the first peak had been rejected when he wanted to take on a disciple, and he knew that he would be no exception this time.

Zhou Hao shook his head when he saw the jade bottle and magical artifact that Yan Xun had placed on the table.

"Senior Brother Yan Xun, I won't lie to you. I've already taken a master and plan to join Jade Dragon Peak in the future. You should take back the gift you brought."

Although his teacher, Daoist Kong Fang, instructed him to simply accept the gifts and return the jade slips to the recipients, he didn't need to say anything else.

However, Zhou Hao was unwilling to do so with Yan Xun, whom he knew well.

"Haha, it's alright, it's alright," Yan Xun waved his hand and said.

"This is also the goodwill of our masters at Windfire Peak, Changsheng Brother Changsheng, please accept it. The same applies to disciples from other peaks."

Zhou Hao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright. I will also go to Windfire Peak to pay my respects to the masters in a few days."

"Changsheng Brother Changsheng," Yan Xun asked curiously, "Could you tell me which senior in the sect your master is? Could it be Immortal Wuchen of the Myriad Forms Hall?"

In his mind, only the immortal in charge of the Myriad Forms Hall Palace could have accepted Zhou Hao so quickly.

"It's the Daoist Kong Fang."

Zhou Hao took out the jade slip marked "Windfire Peak" from a stack of jade slips, handed it to Yan Xun, and said with a wry smile:

"This is a jade slip my master gave me. He said that various peaks have come to give me gifts, and he told me to accept them as a gift for my formal apprenticeship."

Actually, Zhou Hao really wanted to ask his master, "Are you sure this is a gift for me, or is it to make me the target of hatred?"

Only after the Daoist Kong Fang assured him that he could rest assured and that as long as he returned the jade slips, everything would be fine, did Zhou Hao reluctantly accept the stack of jade slips.

"Ah, so it's Senior Kong Fang." Yan Xun exclaimed in surprise, then laughed.

"From what I've heard, it does sound like the way this senior conducts himself. With Senior Kong Fang as your master, every peak will have to show you respect in the future."

"So powerful?" Zhou Hao exclaimed. "Senior brother, although I've become an apprentice, I really don't know anything about my master. It was only after Steward Senluo reminded me through telepathy that I became his disciple. Tell me about my master's deeds."

"Senior Kong Fang is the Hall Master of the Thousand Treasures Hall of the sect, Junior Brother must know that," Yan Xun said with a smile.

Zhou Hao nodded.

"The Myriad Forms Hall, the Dao Treasury Hall, and the Hall of the Thousand Treasures Hall are all directly under the Profound Heaven Peak the sect, and do not belong to any of the twelve inner sect peaks. Except for the Myriad Forms Hall, which is a celestial-grade magic treasure and requires an immortal to manage, the hall masters of the other two halls are all Primordial Spirit Daoist," Yan Xun said.

"Among them, the Thousand Treasures Hall is the most special. Not only does it provide magic weapon crafting services for all disciples, elders, and immortal ancestors within the sect, but it also has branch halls in major cities of the Profound Heaven Realm, much like the Tianbao Mountain in our Xia Clan Great World."

"Furthermore, Senior Kong Fang is the sect's strongest weapon refiner, said to be able to forge even Immortal Artifact. He is also the most senior. Although I don't know his exact strength, the peak leaders and Void Return Immortals all address him as Senior Brother, so he is probably the most outstanding among the Primordial Spirit Daoist, no less than an immortal."

Zhou Hao listened and nodded.

I never imagined my master had such a powerful background. The Thousand Treasures Hall was like the Tianbao Mountain of the Xia Clan's royal family within the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

Wouldn't that mean they control the Mysterious Heaven Sect's purse strings?

"As for anything else, I don't know."

"I've only heard that Elder Kong Fang is witty, uh, rather unrestrained, and always seems to only gain an advantage, never suffer a loss," Yan Xun said with a smile.

"More disciples from various peaks will surely arrive later. If they bring gifts, we shouldn't refuse them. Changsheng Brother Changsheng, please feel free to accept them."

Humorous and unrestrained?

"That doesn't sound like a nice thing to say," Zhou Hao thought to himself.

But since Yan Xun has said so, let's accept it.

After Zhou Hao saw Yan Xun off, inner disciples from various peaks indeed arrived.

Moreover, many disciples not only come to his place, but also go to sit in the nearby Liu Yu Courtyard.

For a time, in the bamboo grove of the west courtyard, only his and Liu Yu's adjacent bamboo house courtyard was the most lively.

I'll continue; I'm not sure what time the next chapter will be.