The Grand Elder stayed behind.
This was both Su Bai's arrangement and the Grand Elder's own wish.
Back then, one departure had become an eternal regret.
But this time, he wanted to watch Yun Xuan grow up safely and completely.
To become an Immortal King!
Perhaps even stronger than him!
She had that talent. She was the most dazzling pearl of the Human Race, the daughter of Heavenly Mandate for this age.
Her future should be better, higher, and stronger than his!
The next morning.
The thirty-six disciples returned one after another.
The crowd at the foot of the mountain suddenly swelled enormously!!
The news seemed to have grown wings.
"Have you heard? That shabby hill east of Blackwater City really has a place called the Heavenly Dao Sect, and they teach Immortal Arts without charging a cent!!"
"One night! Just one night! Everyone who went up the mountain the day before yesterday became Qi Refining cultivators!"
"Wang Ergou from the village next to mine said it himself. He can move bowls through the air whenever he wants now, and he can even rub flames into existence with his bare hands!"
"Free Immortal Arts? Qi Refining in one night? How could that be possible?!"
"It's absolutely true! So many people saw it! When those people came down the mountain, even their auras had changed! Their eyes were glowing!"
Doubt still remained, but the shock of witnessing a miracle firsthand, along with the unparalleled allure of the word "free," drove even more people to come from all directions!
When the dense black mass of people gathered again at the foot of the mountain and saw the still-crude thatched hut, the white-robed Sect Master and fairy-like elder standing quietly before it, along with a middle-aged man and the thirty-six disciples—
The