After Bixiao called out "Master," she was the first to freeze.
Yunxiao and Qiongxiao looked over at the same time.
They had not even formally performed the discipleship ceremony yet, but in her excitement, this girl had changed how she addressed him faster than anyone else.
Bixiao clearly realized the issue too. Her cheeks reddened slightly, but she quickly recovered her righteous confidence.
"Anyway, I think this senior is pretty great. He never said we couldn't become his disciples."
Qiongxiao glanced at her and, unusually, did not refute her.
That bout of enlightenment had not lasted particularly long, yet its gains surpassed everything they had achieved through hundreds of years of exploration combined.
Yunxiao especially.
She had always possessed a special affinity for the Array Dao, yet it had felt as though she were separated from it by a sheet of window paper. She only knew that she liked it, but not where the true path lay.
Yet after merely contemplating at Enlightenment Cliff for a short while, she had condensed her first Cloud Formation. That sense of sudden clarity could not be faked.
More importantly, she had personally watched Luxuan observe the three of them attaining enlightenment and manifest three phenomena at once: the Array Dao, Sword Dao, and spatial Dao.
This could no longer be summed up with a simple phrase like "profound cultivation."
At least, within Yunxiao's understanding, she had never heard of any Great Wilderness mighty figure who could so effortlessly comprehend several completely different Great Daos at the same time.
"Senior."
Yunxiao no longer hesitated. After straightening her robes, she solemnly approached Luxuan.
The Dao phenomena around Luxuan had gradually faded away. Hearing her voice, he opened his eyes and saw Yunxiao respectfully perform a full disciple's bow.
"This junior, Yunxiao, is willing to take Senior as my master. From this day onward, I shall honor my master and uphold the Dao, cultivate diligently, and pray that Master will not reject me."
Qiongxiao followed closely behind and knelt.
"Qiongxiao is willing to take Master as my master."
Bixiao was the quickest of the three. While her two elder sisters were still performing their bows properly, she had already dropped to her knees with a thud.
"Bixiao is willing too!"
Looking at the three women before him, the smile in Luxuan's eyes finally deepened.
"Good."
As that single word fell, the unseen Dao itself fully acknowledged the three women's status as his disciples.
Three clear pieces of information appeared within Luxuan's primordial spirit at once.
Yunxiao, Top-tier Innate Divine Sacred Foundation, Golden Immortal Perfection, affinity with Cloud Water and the Array Dao.
Qiongxiao, High-grade Innate Divine Sacred Foundation, Late Golden Immortal, affinity with the Sword Dao and Slaughter.
Bixiao, High-grade Innate Divine Sacred Foundation, Late Golden Immortal, affinity with space and Yin-Yang Transformation.
"Well, damn."
Luxuan could not help but marvel inwardly.
No wonder the three sisters would one day trap the Twelve Golden Immortals of Elucidation in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and teach them lessons one by one. With foundations and comprehension like these, if they had not ultimately encountered a Sage stepping in personally, who knew how far they could have grown through normal cultivation?
Now that they had become his disciples, those future troubles naturally had nothing to do with the original course of events.
If anyone still wanted to bully his disciples by relying on seniority and cultivation, Luxuan would not mind personally teaching them what it meant to be an overprotective parent in the Great Wilderness.
"Rise."
Luxuan waved his hand, and a gentle stream of magical power lifted the three sisters to their feet.
"Now that you have entered my lineage, your methods of cultivation can no longer remain as haphazard as your past self-guided explorations."
As he spoke, he raised a finger and pointed at each of their foreheads.
Three streams of light containing the true intent of different Great Daos entered their primordial spirits.
What Yunxiao received was the Void Cloud Water Scripture, founded upon innate Cloud Water and cultivating the Array Dao alongside it.
What Qiongxiao received was the Mystic Origin Sword Codex, which focused on sharpness and Slaughter and could be cultivated all the way to Great Luo Perfection.
As for Bixiao, she received the Void Escaping Sky Scripture, which harmonized the Dao of space and transformation.
These cultivation methods had not appeared from nothing. Luxuan had derived them over countless years on Penglai according to the island's Innate Dao Marks. No one had cultivated them in the past, but now they happened to suit the Three Cloud Sisters perfectly.
A vast and complete inheritance poured into their seas of consciousness. The three sisters had barely risen before closing their eyes together once more.
Yunxiao was the first to enter cultivation.
She had already touched the bottleneck of Golden Immortal Perfection. Now that she had obtained the cultivation method most suited to her, the slightly scattered magical power in her body immediately began circulating along an entirely new route.
One cycle.
Ten cycles.
A hundred cycles.
The Cloud Water spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, wildly gathering into her body.
The changes in Qiongxiao and Bixiao were equally obvious.
Once the Mystic Origin Sword Codex began circulating, Qiongxiao's formerly gentle innate magical power swiftly took on a trace of unstoppable sharpness.
Fine spatial ripples continuously appeared around Bixiao. Though she was clearly sitting cross-legged there, she occasionally seemed to be displaced from the surrounding heavens and earth by a layer.
The three disciples completed their first true transformation of cultivation methods at the same time.
The hundredfold return arrived almost immediately afterward.
Boom!
The barrier of Early Great Luo within Luxuan, which had already begun to loosen, shattered with a thunderous crash.
In that instant, the entire Penglai Immortal Island seemed to resonate with him. Boundless innate spiritual energy surged back from all directions.
A vast sea of clouds covered hundreds of millions of miles.
Streaks of golden radiance pierced through heaven and earth.
The branches and leaves of the Enlightenment Ancient Tree swayed as countless Dao patterns flowed across its leaves.
Mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal!
Luxuan had not even deliberately attempted a breakthrough, yet his realm naturally crossed over under the push of three hundredfold returns.
The Three Cloud Sisters almost simultaneously awakened from their enlightenment.
Bixiao looked at the golden radiance filling the sky, then at Luxuan's aura, which was clearly even more unfathomable than before. Her expression gradually turned strange.
"Master."
"You... broke through again?"
Luxuan briefly sensed the magical power within him, now several times more majestic than before, and quickly returned to calm.
"Mhm."
"Just a minor realm."
"No need to worry about it."
The Three Cloud Sisters fell silent again.
They had spent who knew how many years cultivating to the Golden Immortal realm. Sometimes, even a minor realm could trap them for tens of thousands of years.
Yet with their master, how had watching them cultivate somehow led to him casually breaking through?
Bixiao held it in for a long time before finally leaning close to Yunxiao and sending a voice transmission.
"Elder Sister."
"Why do I feel like the 'minor realm' Master mentioned might not be the same kind of minor realm we understand?"
This time, Yunxiao did not lecture her, because she felt exactly the same way.
Luxuan took in their reactions, and he was instead quite satisfied.
This was only the first formal return.
Once Yunxiao began perfecting her Array Dao, Qiongxiao truly cultivated her own Sword Dao, and Bixiao deduced her spatial arts to a higher level, the rewards he received would only become more outrageous.
Not to mention the truly major breakthroughs in realms like Taiyi and Great Luo in the future.
With that thought, Luxuan's gaze upon his three disciples immediately became even more benevolent.
Yunxiao felt somewhat uncomfortable under his gaze and could not help asking, "Master, did something go wrong with our cultivation just now?"
"No."
Luxuan shook his head, then seemed to suddenly think of something and rose to his feet.
"Since you have formally become my disciples today, as your master, I naturally cannot merely impart cultivation methods without giving you gifts."
Bixiao's eyes immediately lit up.
The Innate Spiritual Roots she had seen along the way into the island instantly flashed through her mind.
However, Luxuan did not head toward the spiritual herb garden at all. Instead, he led the three of them toward the other side of Penglai.
Before long, a mountain cliff enveloped in countless treasures' radiance appeared at the edge of their vision.
Bixiao glanced at it from afar and abruptly stopped walking.
That was because the mountain was planted with, hung with, and floating with one treasure after another, each radiating an innate aura.
"Master."
"This place couldn't possibly be..."
Luxuan remained calm.
"Treasure Cliff."
"Pick a few that you like."
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