Chapter Thirty-Five: Did You Go Out to Recruit Disciples or Stock Up on Goods?

Because it looked cooler that way.

Leading the five of them, Hua Yunfei stood at the front of the giant sword and guided it with a pointed hand.

The giant sword instantly soared into the air, tracing a graceful arc as it surged toward Backer Peak.

As the sect master's peak, Backer Peak was the highest and largest among the seven peaks.

The sect's ancestral land sat deep behind Backer Peak.

The ancestral tomb lay deep behind the ancestral land, concealed by a special stealth grand formation.

Ordinary people could not perceive the existence of the ancestral tomb even if they stood at its very entrance.

This was the greatest secret of Backer Sect.

Only past sect masters were qualified to enter the ancestral tomb.

At that moment, Yun Tian Zhenren had just finished handling his current batch of sect affairs and was leisurely sipping tea while sitting inside the grand hall of Backer Peak.

"Junior Uncle Sect Master, we haven't met in half a year, yet your strength grows increasingly profound."

Hua Yunfei led the five inside the grand hall and spoke with a smile.

The information on Yun Tian Zhenren was completely laid bare before his eyes.

Name: Yun Tian shu, Yun Tian Zhenren
Age: Five hundred and nine years old
Realm: Fourth-Heaven of Approaching Dao Realm
Identity: Sect Master of Backer Sect, Dao Grade Apex Talisman Master, Heaven Grade Apex Poison Master
Cultivation Talent: Dao Grade Low-Grade
Other Talents: Dao Grade Low-Grade Dao-Mastering Talent, Dao Grade Low-Grade Talisman Talent, Dao Grade Low-Grade Poison Talent
Physique: None
Techniques: Selfless Rebirth Art (Grade-less), Unfathomable Concealment Art (Grade-less)
Divine Powers: Palm Universe, Great Desolation Tablet Hand
Dharma Artifacts: Backer Seal, Sky Trapping Whisk
Qi Luck: Purple

"Whoa!"

"This old fellow broke through again."

Hua Yunfei clicked his tongue in wonder.

Sect Leader Yun Tian Zhenren appeared to be at the Ninth-Heaven of the Celestial Realm on the surface, but before Hua Yunfei left, his true realm had been the Third-Heaven of the Approaching Dao Realm.

Now, he had unexpectedly broken through to the mid Approaching Dao Realm.

It seemed the sect would soon need to change its sect leader.

Junior Uncle Sect Master was also due to go sit inside the ancestral land.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Did You Go Out to Recruit Disciples, or Did You Go Grocery Shopping?

"I wondered who it was."

"Well, you've been out for nearly half a year, did you secure any disciples?"

Yun Tian Zhenren held his teacup, lightly sniffing the tea fragrance as he glanced at Hua Yunfei and smiled leisurely.

Hua Yunfei walked over to sit below Yun Tian Zhenren and said, "Junior Uncle Sect Master, take a look at these few."

He gestured toward Lin Yang and the other four.

"Oh?"

Yun Tian Zhenren curiously looked at the five of them, his sharp gaze instantly discerning that they appeared to possess extraordinary talent.

However, their exact talents required a personal inspection to be certain.

He said, "Are these five all new disciples you recruited?"

Hua Yunfei laughed in amusement. "Junior Uncle Sect Master, you know how I am. I dislike going out and even less desire to tangle with too much karma, so how could I recruit so many?"

"This is my second disciple, Huang Xuan."

Hua Yunfei pointed at Huang Xuan.

Huang Xuan immediately bowed in greeting. "Greetings, Junior Grandmaster Sect Master."

"Mm."

Yun Tian Zhenren smiled and nodded, saying, "Can you tell your sect master what grade your talent is?"

Huang Xuan replied without being servile or overbearing, "This disciple is unaccomplished, and has merely reached Low-Grade Saint Talent."

"Hm... indeed unaccomplished..."

"Hm?"

Yun Tian Zhenren put down his teacup, stood up, and looked at Huang Xuan in astonishment. "What talent did you just say you have?"

"This disciple possesses Low-Grade Saint Talent."

Yun Tian Zhenren's eyes widened. With a joyful expression, he walked forward, patted Huang Xuan on the shoulder, and laughed heartily:

"Not bad, not bad! My Backer Sect has a promising future!"

"First it was Fan, and now it's you. On the surface, my Backer Sect already has two disciples with saint-grade talent."

Yun Tian Zhenren looked at Hua Yunfei. "You brat, why is your luck so good? You recruit two disciples, and both turn out to have saint-grade talent."

"Just sheer luck."

Hua Yunfei smiled faintly.

Yun Tian Zhenren chuckled and shook his head, then turned his gaze to Lin Yang and the other three. "And who are they?"

Hua Yunfei said, "These four are disciples I scouted for the sect. I figured Junior Uncle Sect Master would like them."

"You're still the thoughtful one. Those junior uncles of yours have nothing but cultivation on their minds; even when they go out for several years, none of them ever bring back so much as an egg."

Yun Tian Zhenren chided him with a laugh, then asked:

"What about their talents then? I know this brat has high standards; anyone who catches your eye must at least have heaven-grade talent, right?"

The corners of Hua Yunfei's mouth curled up. "Aside from the young lass who has Heaven-Grade Medium-Grade talent, the other three all possess dao-grade talent."

Hearing this, Yun Tian Zhenren looked at Hua Yunfei. Seeing that he did not seem to be joking, he turned his head back to inspect Lin Yang and the other three.

"Are you cheating, brat?"

Yun Tian Zhenren circled the five of them—including Huang Xuan—three times clockwise and three times counterclockwise, staring at them as if they were precious treasures.

Even Huang Xuan felt the hair on the back of his neck standing up.

Why did he feel like this sect master was far from as simple as he appeared on the surface?

"May I inspect them?"

Yun Tian Zhenren asked Lin Yang, Mu Qingqing, Tang Yi, and Tang Er.

He found it somewhat hard to believe. Heaven-grade medium-grade talent aside, dao-grade talent was not easy to find.

For Hua Yunfei to unexpectedly unearth three at once, while the disciple he recruited personally possessed saint-grade talent—

Did he go out to recruit disciples, or did he go grocery shopping?

All four nodded in unison. "Junior Grandmaster Sect Master, please go ahead."

Yun Tian Zhenren extended a hand, and a powerful divine sense enveloped the four of them.

"So strong!"

Lin Yang and the others widened their eyes in shock.

Under the shroud of Yun Tian Zhenren's divine sense, they felt like a lone leaf of a boat on a vast ocean, liable to capsize at any moment!

Soon, Yun Tian Zhenren withdrew his hand, his eyes completely revealing a look of profound shock.

Mu Qingqing's Heaven-Grade Medium-Grade talent already reached the standard of a core disciple, but the other three were even more terrifying.

Lin Yang, Dao Grade Apex Cultivation Talent!

Tang Yi, Dao Grade Medium-Grade Cultivation Talent!

Tang Er, Dao Grade Medium-Grade Cultivation Talent!

Moreover, his divine sense already detected special, profound dao rule fluctuations emanating from the dantian regions of all three.

That was the origin of their physiques!

It meant the three before him not only possessed exceptionally high talent, but also carried special physiques!