"Oh, it was nothing much. I just wanted to tell you... Wait, the Sect Leader isn't beside you, is he?"
Hua Yunfei looked at Yun Tian Zhenren. Only after seeing him shake his head did he say, "He isn't here. What is it? Go ahead."
The Sound Transmission Stone glowed as a voice came through. "Your old man called because I wanted to tell you to hurry up and find a disciple. Hand over the position of First Seat, then come find me right away. Your old man found a super fun place."
"What about the sect? You're just leaving it behind like that?"
"The sect? Hmph! That fool Yun Tian, along with his master and his master's master, are all the same—squeezing our Hua Family dry every day. Do you know how many Hua Family ancestors are lying in Backer Sect's Ancestral Tomb?"
"The First Seats of the other main peaks have only been passed down for a few dozen generations. Only our Daoyuan Peak has been passed down for a hundred generations!"
"Why? Because our Hua Family has good blood! Every one of us is a genius, and every one of us quickly surpasses the sect's apparent strength, smoothly enters the Ancestral Tomb, stages a 'surface-level' death in meditation, and hides inside the Ancestral Tomb to become the sect's foundation!"
"If your old man hadn't run fast enough, I'd be lying in there too by now!"
Hua Yunfei awkwardly glanced at Yun Tian Zhenren, whose face had already turned black as the bottom of a pot. How was he supposed to respond to that?
It had been said so bluntly!
"Uh... Dad... I understand. Is there anything else?"
As Hua Yunfei spoke, the Sound Transmission Stone in his hand suddenly felt like a hot potato. He desperately wanted to end the conversation.
He could already feel Yun Tian Zhenren's urge to tear his father apart alive!
"There is. Hurry up and find yourself a wife, give your old man a big fat grandson. Your mother is waiting to hold her grandson."
"You know your mother's temper. If you don't do as she wishes, getting beaten together would be getting off lightly for both of us!"
Hua Yunfei rolled his eyes. He had no interest in a cultivation partner. "Anything else?"
"Hey? You brat, I finally managed to have a chat with you, and you're already so eager to hang up?"
Yun Tian Zhenren finally could not hold back. "Hua Cangqiong! You bastard..."
Beep...
The transmission from the other end immediately cut off, and the Sound Transmission Stone on that end was directly locked. It was impossible to transmit a message over from this side now.
"Uh, Sect Leader, my father is just like that... You know him... He's just... good with his mouth. Actually..."
Hua Yunfei did not know how to explain it either.
Hua Yunfei Descends the Mountain, System Version 2.0
Yun Tian Zhenren patted his chest, striving to suppress the fury in his heart.
That old brat had actually called this old man a fool...
Only after taking a fierce gulp of Dao Tea did he feel much better.
Hearing Hua Yunfei's words, Yun Tian Zhenren said,
"You don't need to explain for him. If he dares come back, I'll skin him alive. When the time comes, just don't stop me."
Hua Yunfei said quietly, "I'm afraid you wouldn't be his match."
"What did you say?"
Yun Tian Zhenren stared at Hua Yunfei.
Hua Yunfei hurriedly shook his head. "Nothing. But Sect Leader, I truly have no interest in taking disciples."
Ding, the system has issued a disciple-recruitment mission...
"Stop. I won't accept it. Rejected!"
In his heart, Hua Yunfei directly rejected the system's mission.
He did not want to run all over the world for the sake of a mission.
Like a slave.
System received. Mission rejected. Mission system canceled!
Hua Yunfei nodded in satisfaction.
Though Yun Tian Zhenren was angry, he still said earnestly, "Disciples are the foundation of a sect. Hua Yunfei, as the sect's youngest Celestial Realm cultivator, could it be that you have no thought for the sect? No desire to nurture a genius disciple?"
"Besides, if your disciple brings glory, your own face will shine as well!"
Hua Yunfei shook his head. "Not very interested."
In the hundred years since he had transmigrated, he had rarely even stepped out of Daoyuan Peak.
As for the thankless, laborious matter of taking disciples, he did not want to touch it at all.
He was rather lazy. Staying on Daoyuan Peak and signing in was enough.
Once he signed in his way to becoming a Great Emperor, taking a stroll outside would not be impossible.
Yun Tian Zhenren fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm afraid this is also your mother's wish."
At those words, Hua Yunfei raised his head. "If it's Mother's words, and it's only taking a disciple, then I still have to listen."
His mother had favored him since childhood and loved him dearly, so he was willing to listen to her.
Yun Tian Zhenren stroked his beard in satisfaction. "Seven days from now, the sect will hold its triennial disciple-recruitment ceremony! Remember to attend!"
Backer Sect was one of the top powers in Wildlands Province of the Big Dipper Star's Eastern Region.
Throughout Wildlands Province, only Dao Yi Immortal Sect and Nether Ghost Palace could stand on equal footing with Backer Sect.
Even across the entire Eastern Region, Backer Sect had a voice.
It was one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects of the Eastern Region, ranked sixth!
The disciple-recruitment ceremony held once every three years was a grand occasion for Backer Sect.
It was also a grand occasion for all of Wildlands Province!
Even mortals knew Backer Sect's name as though thunder had rung in their ears. Since childhood, they had often heard their elders speak of it.
Thus, even though Wildlands Province spanned ten billion li, countless people set out early for the disciple-recruitment ceremony.
Some had even departed three years earlier, traveling for three years before barely crossing several spatial transmission gateways to reach Backer Sect's mountain gate!
Hua Yunfei had been a First Seat for thirty years. All told, he had attended the disciple-recruitment ceremony no fewer than ten times.
Every time, he had merely fished in troubled waters and never accepted a disciple.
Even when people came specifically because of his reputation as a genius, he turned a blind eye.
This time, however, Hua Yunfei had resolved to choose a suitable successor for Daoyuan Peak.
The First Seats of Daoyuan Peak had been top-tier geniuses generation after generation.
Under his watch, he could not let the signboard be smashed!
But...
Seven days later, the disciple-recruitment ceremony was held as scheduled. A million people flooded into Backer Sect for the month-long ceremony!
Yet when the disciple-recruitment ceremony ended,
Hua Yunfei still had not found a suitable successor.
Perhaps he was simply too outstanding; ordinary geniuses could hardly catch his eye.
For one of the "ordinary geniuses" Hua Yunfei spoke of, Tianji Zhenren and Gou Yuan Zhenren had fought fiercely over who would become the disciple's master on the day of the ceremony!
In the end, Gou Yuan Zhenren won by the narrow margin of a palm strike and luckily became that "ordinary" genius's master, taking the disciple into Gouyuan Peak.
Daoyuan Peak.
Hua Yunfei took a sip of Enlightenment Tea. Its sweet fragrance of the Great Dao spread through his heart.
His sea of consciousness became clear, and his whole body entered a state of selflessness.
His dantian surged as terrifying power circulated through him. Tens of thousands of runes appeared around his body, wrapping him within. Phenomena emerged above Daoyuan Peak, the Great Dao resonated in harmony, and immortal radiance flowed.
"I've advanced another step. The suppression of heaven and earth is far too severe now. Even my progress has become so difficult."
The current world seemed to have entered the Era of Dharma Decline. Great Emperors did not emerge, Saints did not reveal themselves, and everything returned to mediocrity.
Some figures at the Holy Lord level had deduced that this was a sign of a great era's arrival, the momentum of mountain rain about to come as wind filled the tower. When the Great Dao next lifted its suppression and the myriad Daos revived, it would be a dazzling Golden Age.
"Sect Leader, I am preparing to go out for a while. I do not know how long I will be gone."
A First Seat of a peak was incomparably important to Backer Sect. Before leaving, he needed to inform the Sect Leader.
"Be careful. The Eastern Region has not been peaceful lately. Three days ago, a second-rate force in Wildlands Province was destroyed by evil ghosts. Be cautious. If you encounter danger, call for help!"
Yun Tian Zhenren transmitted his voice.
"Understood!"
Hua Yunfei nodded. This was also why he liked Backer Sect: it was harmonious and dependable. Though they were cautious, whenever disciples encountered trouble, they never feared trouble.
Backer Sect, everyone's backer!
It made one straighten one's spine, filled with confidence!
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