"Greetings, Master!"
The moment Zhuge Feng woke up, he noticed Su Bai's presence and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you, Master, for saving my life. If it weren't for your help, I would surely be dead today."
Su Bai smiled and helped him up.
"Now that I've accepted you as my disciple, I naturally won't abandon you. Let me assess your physical condition; how do you feel?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Feng immediately closed his eyes and carefully examined his body.
A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with shock, and slowly clenched his fist, making a series of cracking sounds.
"Master, I feel such a powerful force! Is this all a gift from you?" Zhuge Feng was incredibly excited as he felt the overwhelming power within him.
That's amazing!
At this moment, he felt that he was dozens of times stronger than before!
Simply breaking through one level wouldn't result in such a heaven-defying improvement, indicating that his physical body has undergone a tremendous change!
There have been far too many additions!
If he had such strength when seeking revenge, why would he need elixirs or burning his Life?
"This time, I can save you, but I may not be able to next time. Don't act impulsively in the future, and don't recklessly burn your Life again," Su Bai admonished.
"Yes! Your disciple will follow your teachings!" Zhuge Feng quickly bowed and replied.
Then, Su Bai looked towards the mountain gate, where someone had already climbed to the sixtieth floor of the assessment Heavenly Ladder!
"Haha, I did it! I finally did it!"
"Father, Mother, can you see? Your child can finally enter the Immortal Gate!"
It was a boy, of average appearance and dressed plainly, but extremely excited and thrilled, shouting continuously toward the mountain gate.
With the first one there, many more people were full of energy and rushed to get ahead.
Once you enter the Immortal Gate and cultivate Immortal Method, you can become an immortal!
Then, the second, the third, the fourth...
As the sun set, after today's assessment concluded, a total of seven people successfully reached the sixtieth floor and passed the assessment.
A moment later, Xiao Yan led the seven people to the top of the mountain and gathered them in front of Su Bai.
These seven people included three teenagers, three young girls, and even an elderly man whose hair was half white!
"Immortal Master, I am already past the age for cultivation. Can I still join the Heavenly Dao Sect?"
The old man asked somewhat nervously.
The other boys and girls were also somewhat nervous.
Some of them came from poor families, some had low Spirit Root, and some came from both poor families and had low Spirit Root. Other sects wouldn't even give them a second glance, and they had suffered countless scornful looks.
Will they be kicked out again this time?
"Those who pass the sixtieth level can join the Heavenly Dao Sect. However, there are five sect rules; it depends on whether you can accept them."
Su Bai said calmly.
The group immediately pricked up their ears to listen, afraid of missing any details.
First: Indiscriminate killing of innocent people is prohibited!
Second: Never bully the weak!
Third: Fellow disciples must not kill each other!
Fourth: Never betray your sect!
"Anyone who disobeys this order will have their cultivation revoked and be expelled from the sect; in serious cases, they will be executed!"
"Finally, the basic monthly allowance will be settled before the last day of the month. Can you accept that?"
Everyone was stunned after hearing Su Bai's words.
No, can this really be called clan rules?
Isn't this a basic moral quality of being a human being?
If you can't even follow these rules, do you even deserve to be called a human being?
Moreover, other sects submit a month's worth of silver at the beginning of each month, and some sects even submit silver for the next three months or even half a year at once!
The Heavenly Dao Sect can actually wait until the end of the month to pay this month's silver?
Add to that the rules that joining the sect is free, Immortal Method are free, and one can cultivate Immortal Method upon joining the sect, doesn't that mean...?
Can one cultivate Immortal Method even if they have no money?
If the Immortal Method is real, then a mere thirty taels of silver a month can be raised with a little effort before the last day of the month!
"What, you can't accept these clan rules?"
Su Bai smiled faintly and said calmly.
"No! No, we accept!" Everyone reacted quickly and agreed, afraid that if they were too slow, they would miss this incredible fortuitous opportunity.
"Alright, from now on, you are the Fifth-Generation Disciple of my Heavenly Dao Sect. When you can reach the seventieth floor, you will be promoted to Fourth-Generation Disciple."
"When you are promoted to Second-Generation Disciple, you can become my disciples and my personal disciples." (Each Second-Generation Disciple is described in detail, hence the designation of them as personal disciples)
"Alright, now let your senior brothers take you to choose Immortal Method. Cultivate diligently," Su Bai instructed.
"Yes, sir!" everyone said in unison, and followed Xiao Yan to the Immortal Arts Pavilion.
Afterwards, everyone who came out of the Immortal Arts Pavilion was filled with shock and surprise.
The Immortal Method is real!
And there's no charge!
At least, up until now, they haven't paid a single penny for obtaining the Qi Refining Chapter of the Qi Refining Immortal Method!
All of this felt like a dream, making them feel as if they were floating on air, as if they were dreaming.
"Father, Mother, can you see? Your son has lived up to your expectations; I can finally cultivate immortality!"
"I've participated in so many sect assessments over the years, and I've never had one go so smoothly!"
"Having sought immortality for fifty years, I thought there was no hope in this life. But unexpectedly, in my old age, I have received such a predestined encounter with the immortals. I have no regrets in this life!"
Some cheered, some rejoiced, and some wept bitterly!
In their quest for immortality, they have endured countless hardships and humiliations over the years, paying a price and suffering unimaginable to ordinary people, yet they have still failed to gain entry into the Immortal Gate.
Now, a divine destiny has descended upon us; the joy is beyond the comprehension of anyone else!
Seeing this, Su Bai smiled slightly.
From this day forward, the Heavenly Dao Sect will truly be on the right track!
Every day thereafter, the number of disciples in the Heavenly Dao Sect would increase, and the rate of increase would accelerate day by day!
This is just the beginning!
The real madness will begin once the first batch of disciples have mastered their skills and their reputation has spread!
And the next few days unfolded exactly as Su Bai had predicted.
On the first day, there were seven new disciples.
The next day, the number of new disciples increased to nine!
On the third day, the number of new disciples even exceeded single digits, reaching ten!
In just three days, twenty-six new disciples were added, although these disciples were still mortals and could not increase Su Bai's strength by much.
But these are all promising companies!
Once they have all successfully Qi Refining, each person's increase will add up to a little bit. With enough quantity, the quantitative change will lead to a qualitative change, which will be enough to significantly improve Su Bai's strength!
More importantly, the surge in the number of disciples has also completed half of the sect's upgrade task, far exceeding the ten disciples required for the task.
The sect is upgrading; now all that's missing is a Foundation Establishment Realm disciple!
And this is just the beginning.
On the seventh day, eighteen new disciples were added.
On this day, the number of disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect also successfully broke through the one hundred mark!
More importantly, some of the disciples recruited in the past two days have already successfully completed the Qi Refining!
Seven days of Qi Refining, although far inferior to Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi and others, is still an incredibly fast pace that is terrifying to outsiders!
Even the empire's number one genius is nothing but trash in the face of such speed!