Chapter 100: Master Recognition

The power of this immortal spell was not reflected at the time, but in the subsequent time, quietly and silently exerting its might.

Moreover, the cultivation threshold for this immortal spell was not high; as long as one's cultivation reached the Soul Formation stage, one could Cultivate it.

However, while it was easy to Cultivate, there was a prerequisite.

That was, the Cultivator's affinity must be highly compatible with this Cultivation Technique.

Otherwise, even someone with extremely high cultivation would often find it difficult to Cultivate successfully.

Furthermore, the execution of this Xuanzhao Evil Light could only take effect on one person at a time.

If this Xuanzhao Evil Light had already been cast on someone, the Xuanzhao Evil Light on the previous person would become invalid the moment it was cast on the next person.

Moreover, if this Xuanzhao Evil Light was cast on someone whose cultivation was lower than oneself, the success rate was one hundred percent.

And if cast on someone whose cultivation was higher than oneself, the success rate would plummet straight down.

The higher the target's cultivation compared to the caster's, the lower the success rate would be.

And even if it succeeded, the target might break free from the spell at any time.

Viewed in this light, the Low Grade immortal spell named Xuanzhao Evil Light still had considerable limitations.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan's Divine Sense examined the Low Grade immortal spell inside the Jade Slip while silently recording it in his mind.

Sun Xuan was quite interested in this Low Grade immortal spell, and when he had time in the future, he would definitely take it out to carefully study and practice it.

After completely recording this Low Grade immortal spell in his mind, Sun Xuan handed it back to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan reached out and took it, not handing it to another Elder, but instead speaking with a solemn expression:

"The Dharma cannot be lightly transmitted, let alone an immortal spell!"

"Within the entire Qianyuan Sect, up until now, we only possess this newly acquired Low Grade immortal spell in our hands."

"Elder Sun is able to be taught this Low Grade immortal spell because the Gantian Holy Land discovered and found by Elder Sun is a great contribution to the Sect."

"If you Elders wish to Cultivate this immortal spell, you must produce massive contributions; only then can this Sect Master pass down this immortal spell!"

Hearing Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's words, the group of Elders looked regretful, but they didn't say much more.

After all, what Sect Master said was the truth. Without Sun Xuan, let alone immortal spells, their Qianyuan Sect wouldn't have gotten anything at all.

At this moment, the chessboard quietly resting on the stone seat suddenly trembled slightly.

Then a small, illusory turtle suddenly emerged from the chessboard.

The turtle blinked its slightly bewildered little eyes at the crowd, as if it had been suddenly awakened from a deep sleep.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the crowd suddenly changed drastically.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan spoke softly with a look of shock in his eyes:

"Artifact Spirit!"

After being bewildered for a moment, a trace of illusory colorful light suddenly flashed through the turtle's eyes.

Then its pair of mung bean-sized eyes fiercely locked onto Sun Xuan.

Immediately afterwards, the little turtle looked around, its gaze lingering deeply for a moment on the motionless skeleton.

A moment later, the little turtle's gaze turned back, and without a word, it rolled up the chessboard beneath it and the two stone cups filled with chess pieces, dashing towards Sun Xuan with a swoosh.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan's gaze shifted slightly. Instead of dodging, he reached out and let the little turtle jump onto his hand.

"Kid, from now on Lord Turtle will hang out with you."

"After the old man kicked the bucket, Lord Turtle doesn't know how many years I've stayed here."

"For so many years, I haven't been nourished by magic power. If it weren't for the dense Immortal Qi here, I'm afraid Lord Turtle would have long since gone along with the old man."

"You kid obtained the old man's Restriction Legacy, and Lord Turtle likes the aura of your body."

"Don't be afraid if anything happens in the future, Lord Turtle will definitely cover you!"

The moment the turtle artifact spirit jumped onto Sun Xuan's hand, an old-fashioned voice suddenly resounded in Sun Xuan's mind.

Hearing these words, Sun Xuan cast a sidelong glance at the turtle artifact spirit with a peculiar look in his eyes.

Then he tentatively transmitted his Divine Sense to the turtle artifact spirit:

"As long as you serve me well, everything else is easy to talk about."

Immediately following that, Sun Xuan's Divine Sense gently branded itself into the turtle artifact spirit.

The turtle artifact spirit didn't dodge either, allowing Sun Xuan to brand his Divine Sense within its body.

After initially branding its Divine Sense within the turtle artifact spirit, Sun Xuan instantly breathed a slight sigh of relief in his heart.

You must know that this was a Medium Grade Immortal Treasure.

If the artifact spirit within did not cooperate, then with Sun Xuan's current Divine Sense and magic power…

It would be absolutely impossible to successfully brand his Divine Sense and carry out initial refinement on it.

Afterwards, a wave of pleasant surprise flashed through Sun Xuan's heart.

This was a Medium Grade Immortal Treasure after all; he didn't expect it to fall into his hands just like this.

After carrying out initial refinement on it, the name of this Medium Grade Immortal Treasure was also transmitted into Sun Xuan's mind.

This treasure was named the Yitian Board. Its combat power was quite ordinary, and its most important function was to assist in deducing Formations and Restrictions.

With the assistance of this Yitian Board, some Jinduan Great Arrays that Sun Xuan was currently unable to set up with his current ability now completely had the possibility of being successfully set up.

The effect of this Yitian Board on Sun Xuan could be described as adding wings to a tiger.

Thinking of this, Sun Xuan flipped his hand and put the Yitian Board into his body.

At this moment, everyone including Sect Master Lü Daoxuan stared at Sun Xuan with weird expressions.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan gave a light cough and spoke without any trace of embarrassment on his face:

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this treasure is fated with this poor Daoist…"

Hearing these words, the crowd couldn't help but reveal speechless expressions on their faces.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan looked at Sun Xuan, words failing him as he opened and closed his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

That was a Medium Grade Immortal Treasure!

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan had cultivated for so many years, yet this was the first time he had ever seen what an Immortal Treasure looked like.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan had originally wanted to keep this Immortal Treasure for his own use.

He didn't expect that in just a trance, the cooked turtle had actually flown into someone else's hands.

Now this treasure had run into Sun Xuan's hands on its own, and had even been initially refined by him.

Moreover, looking at the appearance of the Immortal Treasure's artifact spirit, it was clearly very cooperative with Sun Xuan, without a shred of resistance.

Otherwise, with Sun Xuan's current cultivation, wanting to refine a Medium Grade Immortal Treasure was simply wishful thinking.

In this way, it was equivalent to the treasure recognizing its Master on its own.

Even if he forcefully took back this Medium Grade Immortal Treasure now, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan would find it impossible to refine it again.

At least with his current cultivation, it was impossible.

Even if he advanced to the Questing stage, it would still be impossible.

If he forcefully snatched this Medium Grade Immortal Treasure from Sun Xuan at this moment, besides needlessly offending Sun Xuan…

And getting something he could only look at but not use, there was not a single bit of benefit otherwise.

Figuring this out, although Sect Master Lü Daoxuan's gaze looking at Sun Xuan was turning somewhat green with jealousy…

Yet he had to forcefully squeeze out a bitter smile and say:

"Since this treasure is fated with Elder Sun, it is only right that Fellow Daoist's Opportunity has arrived."

Hearing this, Sun Xuan's slightly nervous state of mind relaxed a bit, and he said to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan:

"Then this poor Daoist thanks Sect Master for your fulfillment!"

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan shook his head with a bitter smile and said no more.

At this moment, Gu Xuanji, who had been somewhat absent-minded ever since entering this Gantian Holy Land, suddenly stepped forward.

Sun Xuan frowned, looking at Gu Xuanji who had stepped out to face him.

In his heart, he couldn't help thinking:

"Could this Gu Xuanji be so tactless?"

"Even Sect Master Lü Daoxuan has accepted that he, Sun Xuan, obtained this Medium Grade Immortal Treasure at this moment."

"Could this Gu Xuanji still want to stand up and oppose him?"

Thinking of this, a gloomy look flashed slightly across Sun Xuan's eyes.

If Gu Xuanji was so ungrateful, Sun Xuan wouldn't mind finding an Opportunity to directly finish him off.

At this moment, Gu Xuanji cast a glance at Sun Xuan with clear eyes.

Then without a word, with a smack, he knelt down right in front of Sun Xuan.

Sun Xuan's expression froze, and for a moment he was actually somewhat at a loss.

Gu Xuanji's move obviously exceeded Sun Xuan's expectations.

Gu Xuanji's kneeling not only exceeded Sun Xuan's expectations…

The expressions of everyone present were all somewhat stunned at this moment.

Originally, the other few Elders saw Gu Xuanji jumping out again.

And thought that this old fellow was going to make trouble for Sun Xuan again.

These old foxes were all waiting to watch the joke between Gu Xuanji and Sun Xuan.

But what people didn't expect was that Gu Xuanji directly knelt in front of Sun Xuan without a word.

"Master above, please accept this Disciple's bow!"

Seeing Gu Xuanji as if he completely couldn't see the strange gazes in other people's eyes…

Kneeling on the ground, he directly banged his head heavily three times towards Sun Xuan, and then shouted loudly to Sun Xuan.

"What is Fellow Daoist Gu doing? Hurry up and get up!"

By this moment, Sun Xuan finally reacted.

In his heart, he couldn't help muttering to himself, could this Gu Xuanji be crazy?

Then he immediately used his magic power to prop Gu Xuanji up.

However, the strength of Sun Xuan's magic power at this moment was only Soul Transformation Perfection.

And Gu Xuanji's magic power strength had already reached the Peak of the Nascent Transformation Initial Stage.

Under Sun Xuan's prop of magic power, he actually couldn't lift the other party.

As a result, looking at Gu Xuanji kneeling in front of him with a sincere expression, Sun Xuan felt even more speechless in his heart.

"Master!"

"Previously, this Disciple was presumptuous and overestimated my own capabilities by playing a game of chess against Master."

"Later, I suddenly sensed destiny and had an Epiphany; you are the Master in my destiny."

"So no matter what, Master must accept this Disciple!"

As Gu Xuanji spoke, he was about to continue kowtowing.

At this moment, the System prompt suddenly resounded in Sun Xuan's mind:

"A Cultivator wholeheartedly wishes to take the host as Master. The host's cultivation has not reached the Second Step; the current available Disciple-taking quota is: 1 / 1."

"Quota is full, taking Disciple failed!"

Hearing the System prompt in his mind, Sun Xuan's expression couldn't help shifting slightly.

But his hand movements did not stop.

Seeing Sun Xuan arrive in front of Gu Xuanji in two or three steps, he then grabbed Gu Xuanji's body that was about to bow down with both hands.

And yanked him straight up.

Comparing cultivation, Sun Xuan truly could not lift Gu Xuanji.

But comparing physical strength, Gu Xuanji was completely no match for Sun Xuan.

Upon hearing the System prompt, Sun Xuan indeed felt a somewhat irrepressible joy in his heart.

Originally, Sun Xuan thought he could only take one Disciple, so in that case, this Disciple quota could only be given to Wang Lin.

But what he didn't expect was that the reason he could only take one Disciple was simply because his own cultivation was insufficient.

Once his cultivation reached the Second Step, he would be able to take Disciples again.

Sun Xuan had long tasted the sweetness of the ten-thousand-fold cultivation return.

Now that adding another Disciple was in sight, how could Sun Xuan not be excited in his heart?

However, Sun Xuan had never thought of taking Gu Xuanji as a Disciple at all.

Although according to the System prompt, Gu Xuanji seemed to genuinely want to take him as Master in good faith.

Not to mention that his age was already several thousand years old, older than Sun Xuan by who knows how much.

If he took him as a Disciple, it was very likely that in the end, not only would a precious Disciple quota be wasted, but nothing would be gained either.

After all, his cultivation had already reached the Nascent Transformation Initial Stage, and his potential was basically exhausted.

Wanting his cultivation to improve further without some fortuitous encounter was already unlikely.

Even if he could improve by one or two grades, for Sun Xuan…

Without the massive cultivation returned from previous cultivation enhancements, there was no special potential afterwards either; this was completely a losing business.

In the end, if this Master outlived his Disciple, it would merely add to the joke.

Thinking of this, after pulling Gu Xuanji up, Sun Xuan immediately spoke:

"As for the words of taking a Master, Fellow Daoist Gu must never mention them again."

"At this moment, Fellow Daoist Gu's cultivation is already higher than this poor Daoist's. If this poor Daoist takes you as a Disciple, it will only invite mockery."

"Moreover, Fellow Daoist Gu's Dao of Restrictions and Formations is also extremely extraordinary."

"Although this poor Daoist was slightly superior to Fellow Daoist Gu before, this doesn't explain much."

"Therefore, do not speak of Fellow Daoist Gu taking me as Master again!"

Gu Xuanji looked at the firm expression in Sun Xuan's eyes and couldn't help letting out a soft sigh.

Then he spoke to Sun Xuan with a resolute expression:

"Since Master is unwilling to accept this Disciple at this moment, this Disciple cannot be ungrateful and continue pestering Master."

"However, this Disciple's sincerity in taking a Master can move the heavens, earth, sun, and moon."

"This Disciple will not give up. One day, Master will surely see this Disciple's utmost sincere conviction."

Sun Xuan looked at the resolute expression revealed on Gu Xuanji's white-bearded and white-haired face.

For a moment, he was actually speechless.

His two hands propping up Gu Xuanji—taking them away wasn't right, and continuing to prop him up wasn't right either.

Suddenly, Sun Xuan couldn't help thinking in his heart.

Rather than this old fellow pulling such a stunt, it would be better if he had just jumped out and opposed him directly.

At least when dealing with enemies, he, Sun, had a hundred ways to kill him.

Now, facing this person who sincerely wanted to worship him as Master, Sun Xuan temporarily lacked a way to deal with it.

Sect Master Lü Daoxuan, who had been dumbfounded watching the scene before him, finally reacted at this moment.

At this moment, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan also saw the stalemate of the situation.

He awkwardly touched his nose, and then bit the bullet and walked forward.

With one pull, he dragged Gu Xuanji away.

"Elder Sun, please don't take offense. Elder Gu suffered too great a blow from losing the chess game the other day."

"After a period of time, I believe Elder Gu will recover."

Hearing this, Sun Xuan immediately took the Opportunity to step down:

"Sect Master Lü says it extremely well, extremely well…"

"Since matters here are settled, how about we return to the Sect first?"

After Gu Xuanji was pulled away by Sect Master Lü Daoxuan, he remained silent and spoke no more.

However, the expression on his face grew increasingly resolute.

After hearing what Sun Xuan said, and respectfully gathering the Immortal King's skeleton sitting cross-legged on the rush mat…

He then spoke:

"Let's go. Other matters can wait until we return to the Sect before discussing them."