The Crowd That Accidentally Broke Away

Yun Yun did not want to take on another disciple?

Lin Hao shifted his gaze from Yun Yun to the Grand Elder, Yun Leng.

Yun Leng was the Grand Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, his status second only to the Sect Master and Young Sect Master. To Yun Leng, the issue of Lin Hao's unregistered status was an insignificant matter.

At this thought, Lin Hao did not feel too disappointed. At the very least, the crisis caused by his unregistered status could be resolved.

"Dou skills... as long as there are Dou skills..." At the thought of the Misty Cloud Sect's Dou skills, the faint disappointment in Lin Hao's heart was washed away entirely.

"Ahem!"

Yun Leng stepped down from the platform, lightly kicked off the ground, and leaped over ten meters before landing before Lin Hao.

Just then, a powerful surge of energy rippled down from the mountaintop.

Yun Leng, who had intended to take Lin Hao as his disciple, turned to look behind him.

An elderly man flew down toward them with Dou Qi wings spread behind him.

He wore an extremely plain white robe. Its sleeves fluttered in the wind, giving him an otherworldly, elegant air.

He appeared quite old. His face was covered in the wrinkles of age, his long hair was snow-white, and his skin had a yellowish pallor. He looked like a dying man with little time left to live.

Yun Yun and all the elders present today bowed respectfully to the old man. "Master!"

"Sect Master!"

The Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, a peak Dou Emperor expert—Yun Shan.

Yun Shan landed beside the Black Stone Stele. His feet touched the ground without making the slightest sound. Looking at Lin Hao, he spoke to Yun Yun instead. "Yun Yun, when you were six years old, what level was your Dou Qi at?"

Yun Yun bowed respectfully to Yun Shan. "In reply to Master, Level Five!"

"Are you willing to take him as your disciple?" Yun Shan asked Yun Yun again.

"Master, I already have Yanran." Yun Yun's delicate brows drew together slightly. Even though Lin Hao's talent was outstanding, she had no intention of taking another disciple.

"Very well. Then I shall take him as my disciple." As Yun Shan spoke, he waved his hand, and a White Jade Waist Token flew before Lin Hao. "Are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?"

One side of the White Jade Waist Token was engraved with a map of the Misty Cloud Sect, while the other bore a large character for cloud.

Lin Hao blinked, then quickly came back to his senses. He reached out and accepted the White Jade Waist Token. "Lin Hao pays respects to Master!"

Only an idiot would refuse when the master of a sect was willing to accept him as a disciple.

Leaving aside Yun Shan himself, given his status as a peak Dou Emperor and the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, no one would dare touch Lin Hao for the next eight years.

Thus, the problem of his unregistered status was resolved.

Yun Shan waved his hand, and a stream of Dou Qi lifted Lin Hao to his feet. He then turned to Yun Yun. "Yun Yun, I have decided to enter closed-door cultivation unto death and attempt a breakthrough into the Dou Zong realm. You will teach your junior brother in my stead. As Sect Master, I hereby announce that Yun Yun has cultivated to become a Dou Emperor and is qualified to inherit the position of Sect Master. Today, in my capacity as the eighth-generation Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, I pass the position of Sect Master to Yun Yun. Considering Yun Yun's lack of experience, I hope Grand Elder Yun Leng and all the elders will provide her with greater support and protect the sect together."

"Yes!"

Three days later, at the Scripture Pavilion.

Walking along the unobstructed path, Lin Hao followed behind Yun Yun and looked up at the enormous pavilion before him. He could not help marveling inwardly.

The huge pavilion covered an area of ten thousand square meters.

It was even larger than a football field.

The plaque above bore the three ancient-looking words, "Scripture Pavilion."

Under normal circumstances, this building was an important restricted area of the Misty Cloud Sect.

All the Dou skills and cultivation methods collected by the Misty Cloud Sect since its first Sect Master, Yun Potian, were stored here.

These cultivation methods were the foundation of the Misty Cloud Sect.

As the sect's most important location, it was guarded with extreme strictness. Even the sect's core disciples were ordinarily forbidden from entering without permission. It would only be opened temporarily on certain important occasions.

When Lin Hao reached the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, he saw more than a dozen children around ten years old.

They were all disciples recruited into the Misty Cloud Sect this year, and each had taken an elder as their master.

As for the other outer sect disciples and ordinary Inner Sect Disciples, they were not qualified to enter the Scripture Pavilion to choose Dou skills and cultivation methods.

The Misty Cloud Sect would issue the relevant Dou skills and cultivation methods to those "common folk" as a standard allocation.

If those "common folk" wanted to obtain more cultivation methods and Dou skills, they had to spend sect contribution points to exchange for them.

Lin Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across several dark corners around the pavilion.

Yun Yun's eyes revealed slight surprise. "Junior Brother, did you sense them?"

Lin Hao asked, "Are there really people there?"

Yun Yun said, "So you really did sense them. Shadow Guards are concealed there. Master was right to take you as his disciple."

Even if she did not want to admit it, Yun Yun had to acknowledge that Lin Hao's soul perception was stronger than hers.

Yun Yun would never have imagined that Lin Hao's soul power was so strong because he had lived two lives.

Besides his own soul power, Lin Hao had also fused with the soul power of the body's original owner.

"I trust that those around you have already explained the rules for entering the Scripture Pavilion, so I will not repeat them. In short, once you enter the Scripture Pavilion, you must come out within two hours. Each person may only take one cultivation method and one Dou skill suited to their own attribute. Do not take more. Anyone attempting to conceal additional items will have their qualification revoked. Also, you are not permitted to go to the second floor."

Standing atop the high steps, Yun Leng swept his stern gaze over the young men and women before him.

"Yes!" the youths shouted excitedly.

If they could obtain a better Dou Qi cultivation method, they would gain an advantage over others right from the start.

This was what everyone yearned for most.

"Since you know the rules, let us begin. First, Lin Hao." Yun Leng took out a small booklet and read out Lin Hao's name.

Lin Hao stepped forward.

Yun Leng held up a crystal ball and presented it before Lin Hao. "Touch the crystal ball and let me see your Dou Qi attribute!"

After entering the Scripture Pavilion and choosing their Dou skills, everyone would register the corresponding cultivation method and Dou skill they had acquired.

Lin Hao extended his hand. Until now, he only knew that he had awakened the Realm Profound Talisman soul skill. He did not know the attribute of his Dou Qi or Soul Power.

At first glance, the crystal ball differed from the one used to test Innate Soul Power on the Douluo Plane only in color. Yun Leng's crystal ball was white, with a small bead containing nine colors at its core.

When Lin Hao pressed his palm against the crystal ball, a suction force emerged. The Dou Qi within his body was drawn in and absorbed into the crystal ball.

The small bead inside the crystal ball bloomed with nine-colored light.

"All Attributes!" Yun Leng said in surprise. "You actually have a Waste Attribute!"

"Waste Attribute? What does that mean?" Lin Hao frowned.

"Waste Attribute is merely a term people forcibly attached to All Attributes." Yun Yun interjected, explaining, "A Dou Zhe with All Attributes can cultivate the nine attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, darkness, and light. A person's energy is limited, making it difficult to attend to them all. That is why Dou Zhe with All Attributes are called Waste Attributes."

Yun Leng stroked his beard and looked at Lin Hao excitedly. "Child, I never expected you to be this outstanding. You have the potential to become an Alchemist!"