Yellow Court Daoist

Three Mountains and Nine Waters.

Originally, the Ten Great Immortal Sects of Three Mountains and Seven Gorges were revered and led the heroes of the Righteous Sects. Demons roamed between the mountains and waters, never ceasing to cause troubles.

Over six hundred years ago.

The Dutian Demon of East Sea Jinshan took the lead, causing the Dutian Lineage to rise.

At first.

East Sea Jinshan was chosen as the sect's mountain gate, serving as its foundation.

Later, the Dutian Demon annihilated the Green Wood Valley Lineage and took over Yellow Maple Gorge where it was located.

Since then.

The Three Mountains and Seven Gorges Immortal Sect lost one, leaving only Three Mountains and Six Gorges.

Apart from East Sea Jinshan and Yellow Maple Gorge, the Dutian Lineage had another location called the Illusion Wave Sea within the Biyang Lake Territory in the Southern Territory.

With these three sites as the base, the Dutian Sect flourished under the leadership of the Dutian Demon.

Until today.

There are quite a few Jiedan True Men in the sect, and numerous High-level practitioners in the Third Realm of the Life and Death Skill, especially disciples who cultivate character and Life Dao, which are sprouting like bamboo shoots after a rain in the Third Realm.

Because of the 'Dutian Demon's' reputation, the Dutian Sect is categorized as one of the Demon Sects. However, the disciples of the Dutian Sect mainly focus on cultivating Spiritual Medicine, breeding spiritual shell, Alchemy, and Artifact Refining to establish and run the sect.

They seldom commit massacres.

Of course, with the reputation of the Dutian Demon, nobody dares to provoke the Dutian Sect.

With the fall of Green Wood Valley.

The Dutian Sect took over the spirit-rich lands, mines, and Shell Fields previously occupied by Green Wood Valley and continued to expand.

Already a force to be reckoned with.

In recent times, with the powerful support of the Dutian Demon, the Dutian Sect is gently trending towards a whitewashing of its name.

...

On this day.

Within Yellow Maple Gorge.

Lu Qingfeng summoned several managing disciples of the Dutian Sect.

"Teacher."

Wu Feng, Chu Jiang, Ma Chang, Xie Daoyun, Sikong Shangshui, Ge Qinghan — top disciples in the Life Dao and Nature Dao — respectfully saluted Lu Qingfeng, who sat at the head.

These six disciples, together with four other Life Dao disciples stationed at Jinshan and Illusion Wave Sea, were the ten disciples Lu Qingfeng took in his early years when he first started cultivating the Life and Death Skill with his Green Wood Clone.

As early as seven hundred years ago.

These ten disciples had successively reached the Third Realm.

Now, their cultivation levels vary, with the strongest having reached the pinnacle of the Third Realm.

Like Xie Daoyun of the Dutian Sect, the top figure in Nature Dao, who had already attained the level of 'Soul Carrying Seven Spirits, Yang Fire Self-Generated.' She was only one step away from entering the Fourth Realm of spirit light in Nature Dao.

As for the first in Bright Dao, it was Wu Feng, who had already reached the pinnacle of the Third Realm's Refining Core Realm, with Dan Fire generated within.

All of them were strong practitioners.

"Dao Yun."

"You are the Alchemy Dao Master of the sect in charge of the Ju Mang Palace; do you know how many Fourth-rank Alchemists and Third-rank Alchemists we currently have in the palace?"

Lu Qingfeng turned to his second disciple Xie Daoyun, who was clad in a moon-white Daoist robe, and asked.

She was a female cultivator with talent and refinement, possessing a natural gift for Cultivation and excellent Alchemy Accomplishment, already a Fourth-rank Alchemist.

"Replying to teacher."

"Apart from myself in the Ju Mang Palace, there are only Sister Zhou Yun and Junior Brother Yang Jue who are Fourth-rank Alchemists. There are a total of twelve Third-rank Alchemists."

Third-rank and Fourth-rank Alchemists were rare treasures for the newly established Dutian Sect, and Xie Daoyun listed them effortlessly.

"Only fifteen."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head.

After all, the Dutian Sect was newly established and had not been around for a long time. In just six to seven hundred years, a considerable number of the Third Realm Disciples emerged, but the path of Alchemy was even more obscure, requiring talent and substantial financial support.

Even with the Dutian Sect's unique advantages, it was still difficult to cultivate more High-level Alchemists in a short period.

After all.

Third-rank and Fourth-rank Alchemists are not something that can be produced at will.

Improving cultivation and studying Alchemy both require balance.

Seeing her teacher shaking his head, Xie Daoyun felt both shame and fear as she knelt down, saying remorsefully, "Teacher forgive me, your disciple is dull; my own cultivation and Alchemy are passable, but teaching disciples, I always fail to find the right method."

"Not skilled in teaching disciples."

Lu Qingfeng paused, instantly thinking of that kind old man. His own master was similar to Xie Daoyun, with a decent talent for Alchemy but not skilled in teaching disciples, to the extent that their Combined Pill Hall was almost disbanded.

The master-disciple duo hence formed a bond because of this.

"Thinking carefully."

"My master ascended more than four hundred years ago."

Compared with his master, he, as a teacher and Sect Leader, was much more negligent.

Lu Qingfeng was contemplative, his thoughts on his master, Gu Bu Yan, made him feel even more melancholy. With a light flick of his sleeve, he helped Xie Daoyun up and then declared loudly, "Spread the word, every year I will rotate and teach for seven days in the Twelve Halls. All Third Realm Practitioners, Third-rank Alchemists, and Third-rank Artifact Refiners are welcome to the halls to listen."

"Teacher's mercy!"

Xie Daoyun's face lit up upon hearing this.

Her teacher was acknowledged by Three Mountains and Nine Waters as the number one figure, and not long ago he had resisted a catastrophe by eradicating demons. Whether in terms of Cultivation or Alchemy and Artifact, he was one of the best in the world.

With the teacher willing to lecture the disciples, the Dutian Sect will surely develop faster, which is a great fortune for all disciples in the sect!

"Furthermore."

"Set up a system of lectures, requiring all of the Third Realm Practitioners, Third-rank and Fourth-rank Alchemists in the sect to give lectures for a period each year in the Twelve Halls to support the younger disciples."

Lu Qingfeng rarely interfered with the administrative affairs of the Dutian Sect. This time, prompted by his memories of his master Gu Bu Yan, he felt a stirring to give back to the younger disciples.

To him, it was a simple matter of moving his lips.

But for those younger disciples, it could potentially change their destinies.

Moreover.

"Once Yuan Gui City is restored, maybe it can come in handy."

Lu Qingfeng thought to himself as he made his way to the Ju Mang Palace.

There's no better day than today.

He would start lecturing in Ju Mang Palace today.

...

Outside Three Mountains and Nine Waters.

In the Void, Han Ling City.

Within the city.

Han Ling'er awoke from her meditation, opened her eyes, and a flash of spirit light shone within them, bursting forth with starlight. In the next moment, it all disappeared.