Before Joining the Sacred Land, He Was Taken as the Sacred Lord's Disciple—Not Even Idol Dramas Dared Film This

The mountain towered into the clouds like a sky-piercing pillar, stabbing straight into the heavens.

At the summit, Jun Wangyou saw only a towering Red Maple Tree and a courtyard. There was nothing else.

"This is Lingtian Peak. From today onward, this will be your cultivation residence."

At that moment, the old man's voice came from beside him.

Jun Wangyou turned to look at him, his face full of confusion.

He had far too many questions in his heart.

With his hands clasped behind his back, the old man wore the bearing of an otherworldly master as he introduced himself expressionlessly.

"I am Qingwei. Others call me True Man Qingwei, or Sect Master. Of course, you may also call me Master."

"Qingwei... Sect Master?!"

Jun Wangyou's eyes widened abruptly, his face filled with disbelief.

How could he not know True Man Qingwei?

He was the Sacred Lord of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land!

One of the top ten supreme powerhouses on the Ascension Rankings!

A colossal figure whose every word could make the entire Mystic Realm tremble three times over.

And such a great figure was the unremarkable old man standing before him?

And without saying anything else, he had taken him as a disciple?

Jun Wangyou felt like he was dreaming and could not help slapping himself.

Smack!

"Hiss... That was too hard."

Jun Wangyou covered his swollen red cheek, grimacing in pain.

Beside him, the corner of True Man Qingwei's mouth twitched.

He felt that this newly accepted disciple of his might not be quite right in the head.

Shaking his head, True Man Qingwei continued to look at Jun Wangyou with an inscrutable expression.

"Do you know who I am now?"

"Mhm!"

Jun Wangyou nodded obediently.

"Then what should you call me now?"

True Man Qingwei raised his head high and glanced at Jun Wangyou from the corner of his eye.

He looked extremely smug.

Jun Wangyou was clever. In an instant, he understood what True Man Qingwei meant.

He immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said respectfully and sincerely,

"Disciple Jun Wangyou pays respects to Master."

"Hahaha, good, good, good! Rise quickly, my good disciple."

At the sight of this, True Man Qingwei's image as an exalted master immediately shattered.

He hurriedly helped Jun Wangyou up from the ground.

Holding Jun Wangyou by both arms, True Man Qingwei looked him over from top to bottom, the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

It was one thing for him to be devastatingly handsome.

More importantly, his talent was absurdly good.

Although he had not tested it yet.

As a mortal, he had entered enlightenment and even triggered a heavenly phenomenon.

There was no need to say any more about how exceptional that talent was.

In the cultivation world, a person's talent was generally judged by the grade of their Spiritual Root.

Spiritual Roots generally came in six grades: mixed, low, middle, high, supreme, and immortal.

Under normal circumstances, possessing a high-grade Spiritual Root already made one a genius.

A supreme-grade Spiritual Root made one the prized seedling of any faction.

An immortal-grade Spiritual Root was almost impossible to encounter.

Across the entire Mystic Realm, the number of revealed immortal Spiritual Roots could be counted on one hand.

Yet whether it was a supreme-grade Spiritual Root or an immortal-grade Spiritual Root,

True Man Qingwei had never heard of anyone achieving enlightenment as a mortal while simultaneously triggering a heavenly phenomenon.

So the moment he saw that scene, True Man Qingwei decided to take Jun Wangyou as his disciple.

He was afraid that if he hesitated even a little, some other shameless old bastard would snatch Jun Wangyou away.

Coming back to his senses, True Man Qingwei patted Jun Wangyou and said,

"Wangyou, from now on, you are my only disciple and one of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land's core disciples. Later, I will have someone bring you your robes and token. From this day forward, cultivate diligently on Lingtian Peak. Strive to comprehend the Great Dao soon and ascend in broad daylight."

"Thank you... Master." Jun Wangyou nodded blankly.

He was still somewhat dazed.

True Man Qingwei nodded. Then, with a sweep of his sleeve, a cultivation manual and ten bottles of pills appeared before Jun Wangyou.

Pointing at the manual, True Man Qingwei said,

"This is the highest-grade cultivation method of the Sacred Land, the first level of the Heavenly Dao Divine Codex. It is enough for you to cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm."

"These are ten bottles of Qi Refining Pills. Take them for cultivation first. If they are not enough, come ask me for more."

Jun Wangyou's eyes immediately lit up as he looked at the three kinds of items on the ground.

Why had he joined the Sacred Land? Was it not to cultivate immortality?

Only by becoming powerful could he live freely and unrestrainedly in this world where the strong were revered and cultivators were everywhere.

Without standing on ceremony, he put everything away.

Jun Wangyou once again said sincerely, "Thank you, Master."

"Mhm." True Man Qingwei gave a soft grunt, took a deep look at Jun Wangyou, and vanished.

From then on, only Jun Wangyou remained on the vast Lingtian Peak.

He stood where he was, excited for quite a while.

Only then did Jun Wangyou walk toward the small courtyard nearby.

The courtyard was not large. It contained only three rooms arranged in a triangular formation.

Cultivators were detached and indifferent, focused solely on pursuing the path to immortality.

They did not really have many requirements for their residences.

Some cultivators even simply dug a cave and moved in for convenience.

Though the courtyard was small, it had everything it needed.

Jun Wangyou quickly assigned each of the three rooms a purpose and moved in.

Inside the cultivation room.

Jun Wangyou sat cross-legged on the bed, lowered his head, and pondered why True Man Qingwei had accepted him as a disciple.

1. He was too handsome.

2. True Man Qingwei was blind.

3. His parents were reclusive super powerhouses who had informed True Man Qingwei in advance.

4. His talent was too strong, and True Man Qingwei had recognized it at a glance.

Jun Wangyou thought it over.

After thinking for a while, he realized that only the fourth guess seemed reliable.

"As expected, being handsome means having good luck. You can stumble into a fortune just by walking around."

Jun Wangyou chuckled.

Earlier, he had been worried that his talent was too poor and that he would not even pass the aptitude test.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, he would become the final disciple of the Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land?

In this absurd world of immortal cultivation, nothing was surprising after all.

Without wasting any words, Jun Wangyou immediately picked up the cultivation manual and began reading. He wanted to cultivate.

His parents were ordinary people, and his family was an ordinary family.

Before this, Jun Wangyou had never known what his talent was like.

But after being accepted as True Man Qingwei's disciple, Jun Wangyou became extremely confident in his talent.

Could talent be bad if a Sacred Land's Sacred Lord took one look and accepted him as a disciple?

Sure enough.

Jun Wangyou took only one look at the Heavenly Dao Divine Codex to comprehend it immediately and successfully draw qi into his body.

The entire process took less than ten seconds.

If news of that speed got out, it would absolutely shock the entire cultivation world.

Of course, Jun Wangyou did not know what that speed represented.

At that moment, he was already immersed in cultivation.

The first realm of immortal cultivation was the Qi Refining Realm.

To reach the Qi Refining Realm, the first step was to draw qi into the body.

After successfully drawing qi into the body, one had to guide that qi through the meridians within the body.

According to the cultivation method, as long as one could guide that qi through thirty-six major cycles within the body,

one could smoothly break through to the early stage of the Qi Refining Realm and gain inhuman strength capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart with bare hands.

Of course, the process was also extremely difficult.

Ordinary bodies were filled with impurities. To complete the circulation, those impurities had to be expelled.

And that required a very long time.

To speed things up, one could take a Body Tempering Pill.

Yet to Jun Wangyou's surprise, he completed one major cycle very quickly.

He abruptly opened his eyes, disbelief filling them.

"It was that easy?"

They said that during the first circulation, impurities would create obstructions and require a long time to slowly clear.

But Jun Wangyou could not feel the existence of any obstruction at all.

He completed one major cycle with incredible smoothness.

"Hahaha, I really am a genius."

Jun Wangyou was excited. At this rate, he could break through today.

He did not know how long other geniuses needed to break through.

But breaking through within a single day definitely counted as genius-level talent.

Very quickly, Jun Wangyou began cultivating again.

The sun set and the moon rose.

In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.

At that moment, Jun Wangyou abruptly opened his eyes in the room and hurriedly examined his body.

A trace of panic appeared on his face.

"No, I didn't break through!"

"How could this be? I clearly completed thirty-six major cycles!"

Jun Wangyou could not believe it.

He had indeed completed thirty-six major cycles.

But he had not broken through as the cultivation method described.

Jun Wangyou panicked.

Could it be... he was not a genius.

But trash?