"This disciple understands. Many thanks for Ancestor Lei's reminder."
Hearing Lei Wanhe's words, Fang Yu's hanging heart settled. He hurriedly voiced his thanks.
"I never expected Nephew Fang to have come from the secular martial world. That means you and Uncle Lei are truly fated. Before joining a sect, Uncle Lei was also a young martial grandmaster from Jian Prefecture. He even relied on his martial arts to kill an evil rogue cultivator and embark on the path of cultivation. In the end, he passed the Ascension Conference and joined a sect."
Sect Master Zhong of Yellow Maple Valley smiled as he spoke of Lei Wanhe, his face bright with delight. Then he casually explained the matter.
"The Sect Master is right. When I was young, I was indeed a martial grandmaster. Since you and I are fated, would you be willing to become my disciple?"
At this, Lei Wanhe gave a light laugh and looked at Fang Yu before asking.
"This disciple Fang Yu pays his respects to Master."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yu bowed respectfully and acknowledged him as his master.
"Good! Hahaha. You're my seventh disciple. As for your other senior brothers and sisters, they're mostly not at the sect. When they return, I'll introduce them to you one by one."
Seeing this, Lei Wanhe laughed heartily, then patted the Storage Bag at his waist.
At once, a gleaming silver, crescent-shaped hook artifact appeared in his hand. He handed it to Fang Yu with a smile.
"This is a top-grade Thunder Attribute artifact called the Thunder Moon Crescent Hook. It was an artifact I used in my early years, and its power is quite good. Consider it your welcoming gift."
"This disciple, Fang Yu, thanks Master."
A top-grade artifact, and one with a Thunder Attribute at that—it was exceptionally well suited to Fang Yu. Naturally, he was delighted and immediately thanked Lei Wanhe respectfully.
"Mm! All right. I still need to leave the sect to search for spiritual herbs. Stay here and cultivate diligently. Don't venture out to gain experience until you've established your foundation."
Lei Wanhe smiled and instructed him again.
"This disciple will obey. Many thanks, Master."
Hearing this, Fang Yu blinked and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
He knew just how difficult every step forward was for Core Formation cultivators in the Human Realm of the Mortal World.
Thus, consuming large quantities of pills that increased one's cultivation and magical power had become the usual way for Core Formation cultivators to improve their strength.
Such pills could not be refined from ordinary medicinal ingredients. They required herbs hundreds of years old, rich in spiritual energy, or pure spiritual medicines of Heaven and Earth. Only then could they accelerate cultivation.
Consequently, whenever Core Formation cultivators traveled far from home, much of their time was spent searching for extremely rare medicinal ingredients.
Of course, in the Mortal World, taking pills was merely an auxiliary means of improving one's magical power.
It could only shorten the time spent meditating and absorbing spiritual energy!
Diligent cultivation was the true path to transforming spiritual energy into one's own magical power!
Otherwise, no matter how many pills one swallowed, if one did not spend time refining their spiritual energy bit by bit, they would be useless and add not a shred of magical power. Even—
There had even been cases of cultivators swallowing heaven-defying pills found in ancient ruins, only to have so much spiritual energy build up inside them that they exploded and died! So casually taking pills far beyond one's cultivation level was extremely dangerous.
Cultivators who could break through cultivation bottlenecks without relying on medicinal effects were simply too rare in the entire cultivation world. Each was a cultivation prodigy seen only once in a century—the possessors of Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
However, since the Heaven-Palm Bottle was collecting Nine Yang Sacred Water at the Fang Family, Fang Yu had not been cultivating medicinal herbs. Besides, he was not short on pills.
If he ran out of Foundation Establishment Pills, he could simply exchange Nine Yang Sacred Water with Fang Qingxue for more.
So, as for Lei Wanhe's medicinal herbs, even if Fang Yu had any, he would not bring them out just yet.
That would be foolish, not a sign of reverence for one's master!
Afterward, Lei Wanhe gave Fang Yu some pointers on his cultivation before setting off from Yellow Maple Valley to search for medicinal herbs and spiritual medicines.
For any cultivator, nothing mattered more than their own cultivation.
"Uncle Sect Master, if there's nothing else, this disciple will take his leave."
After Lei Wanhe left, Fang Yu chatted with Sect Master Zhong of Yellow Maple Valley for a little longer and discussed his cave dwelling. Once the other man had registered the details, Fang Yu rose, ready to leave.
"Younger Brother, you're now Uncle Lei's disciple. Just call me Senior Brother Sect Master. There's no need to call me Uncle."
Sect Master Zhong of Yellow Maple Valley smiled.
"This disciple wouldn't dare! Please forgive me, Uncle Sect Master."
Hearing this, Fang Yu quickly demurred.
"Hehe, what wouldn't you dare? Uncle Lei said that with your aptitude, surpassing him someday is only a matter of time. If you ever need anything, come to me. As long as it's within my power, I won't refuse."
Sect Master Zhong of Yellow Maple Valley said with a genial smile.
"In that case, I'll take the liberty of doing so. Many thanks, Senior Brother Sect Master."
Seeing this, Fang Yu accepted the offer.
"Mm, go back to your cave dwelling and cultivate, Younger Brother. If anything comes up, come find me here."
Sect Master Zhong of Yellow Maple Valley nodded.
"This younger brother will take his leave."
Hearing this, Fang Yu did not linger. He rose, took his leave, and exited the Council Hall.
The news that Lei Wanhe had taken him as a disciple quickly spread throughout Yellow Maple Valley, leaving many Qi Refining Stage disciples and even Foundation Establishment cultivators green with envy.
Yet they did not dare say much. They could only trade a few sour remarks among themselves.
After all, Fang Yu possessed a Thunder Attribute Heterogeneous Spiritual Root. In terms of aptitude, at most there were people in all of Yellow Maple Valley who could match him. The only ones who could surpass him were possessors of Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
And there had been fewer than ten possessors of Heavenly Spiritual Roots in Yellow Maple Valley's entire history. Naturally, there could be no one like that now.
After Fang Yu finished tidying up everything in his temporary cave dwelling, he headed for Yellow Maple Valley's Qilin Pavilion.
The name "Qilin Pavilion" sounded imposing and grand. It was also one of Yellow Maple Valley's most important locations, as it was where the valley kept and tamed its spiritual beasts.
Fang Yu's goal was the Twin-Eyed Rat at Qilin Pavilion. He needed the spiritual beast to help him find the Spirit Eye Spring Han Li had obtained.
Mm! It felt a little like stealing Han Li's opportunity, but Fang Yu had already stolen the Heaven-Palm Bottle, so he had no need to worry about this tiny Spirit Eye Spring.
In any case, time flowed very differently between the Mortal World and the Great Primordial World. Though the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth here was considerably weaker, Fang Yu was not short on pills, so the difference did not amount to much.
Three months was roughly equivalent to ninety years in the Mortal World. Naturally, he couldn't spend all that time there. But with such a long stretch of time, if he could obtain the Eclosion Sect's Origin Spirit Art, Chaos-Cavern Breath-Absorption Art, and Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth, he might well be able to break through into the Divine Ability Secret Realm.
Even so, he still planned to get his hands on the Great Development Art.
He wanted to see how this cultivation art differed from the Origin Spirit Art. Perhaps it could also help him open the path to divine abilities.
Whether it would work depended on luck. Even if it didn't, it could still strengthen his spiritual sense. In short, there was nothing to lose.
But obtaining it wouldn't happen in a moment. He still needed to plan things carefully—or wait for the other party to walk right into his trap. It seemed there wasn't much time.
If he returned to the Great Primordial World, only a few days would pass there.
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