April 2
Yesterday, the Yun family's "Immortal Mansion Convention" was successfully held.
Many, many things happened.
"Medicine King's Mansion," "Star Constellation Sword Alliance," "Overseas Demonic Cultivators"... they took turns appearing.
The ending was very good. Over 180 Golden Core Sword Cultivators from the "Star Constellation Sword Alliance" were mostly controlled by the "Sword Slave Restraint," becoming the most loyal fighters of the Yun family's Immortal Mansion.
With this force, the Yun family has completely established their footing, and no one dares to casually scheme against them.
As the Yun family's "mysterious backer," I am very gratified.
Alas, I seem to have accepted this strange persona of "Yun family's backer"...
April 3
Early in the morning.
Little Dragon Girl was tending to four medicinal herbs.
The Azure-eyed Purple Golden Howl had run out to join a brawl.
Liu Xiuer was still in a state of "enlightenment"...
Han Mo knelt there resolutely.
Suddenly, a commotion arose, and a large group of cultivators flew over.
[Ding! Your friend "Chong Xuanzi" has come to seek apprenticeship from you]
[Ding! Your friend "True Person Qing Feng" has come to seek apprenticeship from you]
...
Similar messages, over a hundred of them.
This is preposterous!
A large group of Golden Core cultivators running over to seek apprenticeship from a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like myself, when did your brains malfunction?
Even if they dare to seek, I don't dare to accept!
No acceptance, absolutely no acceptance!
Uh... I didn't expect these fellows to be so sincere. They actually knelt outside the cave.
What are they trying to do?
Are they planning to learn from Han Mo and move me with their sincerity?
What a joke!
Now that these guys are blocking the entrance, I won't even be able to go for a walk outside the cave anymore, so frustrating!
April 6
Yun Zhenting came by.
He told me that the Yun family's Immortal Mansion had now become the leader of the cultivation world in the Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range, with all major and minor sects respecting the Yun family's Immortal Mansion.
He also said that the Yun Juan Immortal Mansion was merely the facade, and the core soul of the entire Eastern Wilderness Mountain Range cultivation world was still me.
"We will follow the elder's lead. If the elder says to go east, we will never go west!"
These were Yun Zhenting's exact words.
Heh heh, Old Yun, you're still so sensible.
April 10
"Sect Master, please go back quickly! Our Chong Xuan Sect cannot be without you!"
"No, I won't go back! I will wait for the elder here!"
"Sect Master, stop being willful!"
"This is not willfulness, this is tenacity! As the saying goes, sincerity can move mountains and stones. We cultivators should be like this!"
"Sect Master, how about I kneel here on your behalf, and you go back first..."
"Wretch! You want to snatch my opportunity with the elder? I'll kill you!"
...
Early this morning.
Someone from the "Chong Xuan Sect" arrived, a Golden Core elder.
The Golden Core elder tried to persuade Chong Xuanzi to return.
Chong Xuanzi refused.
The two of them started fighting.
Perhaps fearing that the commotion would be too great and offend me, they didn't use their true essence when fighting, just like two old ruffians brawling, grappling with each other.
Speechless!
By the way, I am just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I really don't have any "heavenly great opportunities" to give them.
At most, I can only give them two "Qi Gathering Pills," is it worth these two old men fighting?
Crazy!
April 11
I was bored today and remembered something.
The Vermilion Refinement Cauldron!
The Vermilion Refinement Cauldron contained a great secret that required a thousand Fire Spirit Stones to unlock.
Now that everything is gathered, let's do it!
I took out the Fire Spirit Stones and the Vermilion Refinement Cauldron.
The system's usual routine.
Unlocking the secret takes time, 9999 hours.
Want to speed it up?
Simple!
Go down the mountain and befriend new fellow Daoists!
Each additional fellow Daoist can reduce the time accordingly.
Me: Heh heh...
Go down the mountain? I'd rather die than go down the mountain!
This small matter is no match for me. I gave Yun Zhenting ten thousand low-grade spirit stones and asked him to distribute them to the handyman disciples of the Yun family's Immortal Mansion. No more, no less, one low-grade spirit stone per person.
Yun Zhenting was incredibly dedicated to my "command."
I gave the order at nine in the morning.
By 9:20, Yun Zhenting had implemented it, distributing the ten thousand low-grade spirit stones and specifically stating that it was a welfare bestowed by the "mysterious elder."
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, "Chen Ergou" has received your low-grade spirit stone and generated favor towards you, Favor +1000, Current Favor: Three Stars (Deep Affection)]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, "Liu Sanma" has received your low-grade spirit stone and generated favor towards you, Favor +10000, Current Favor: Four Stars (Brotherhood)]
...
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, due to your making a large number of "new friends," the unlock time for the "Vermilion Refinement Cauldron Secret" has been reduced by —9000 hours... Beep, beep, beep... Beep beep beep... Beep!]
With this move alone, the unlock time was reduced to only 999 hours.
Heh heh, the system seems very angry.
Indeed, it wanted me to go down the mountain and make friends, but I used such a "clandestine" and "slick" move.
Mwahahaha, I'm a genius!
I planned to repeat the trick, but the system imposed a restriction: befriending cultivators below the Golden Core stage would no longer reduce the unlock time.
Intentionally making things difficult for me!
Hmph!
April 15
Today, Yun Zhenting came again.
He brought very important news.
An envoy from the "Heavenly Mystery Sect" had arrived.
As the foremost sacred land of the Central Continent, the "Heavenly Mystery Sect" held great prestige and was renowned throughout the entire "Great New Dynasty."
The envoy from the "Heavenly Mystery Sect" had come for the upcoming "Selection Convention."
Uh... don't misunderstand, this "Selection Convention" is different from talent shows like "Super Girl."
The purpose of the "Selection Convention" is to rank participants on the "Latent Dragon Ranking."
Yun Zhenting came to ask for my opinion on whether to participate in the "Selection Convention."
If you ask me, definitely not participate.
Such grand events will absolutely feature all sorts of "protagonist-like" characters.
The only significance for an ordinary person to participate is to let the "protagonists" show off and be slapped in the face, highlighting how awesome the "protagonists" are.
Learning from my last mistake, I no longer pretentiously wrote, but directly said to Yun Zhenting.
"Cowardice!"
I told him to "admit cowardice," not to eagerly rush forward and be slapped in the face, getting slapped hurts!
Yun Zhenting, this fellow, is usually very clever, but at crucial moments like this, he always falters. He misunderstood me again!
"Elder, you are right to admonish me, I am too cowardly, I shouldn't hesitate! Although the Yun family's Immortal Mansion was established not long ago, we should learn from the elder's spirit of forging ahead courageously... I will no longer be afraid, no longer hesitate, I will go back now and make arrangements for the Selection Convention!"
Me: ...
I have a sentence that needs to be said right now!
Yun Zhenting, you are only in the cultivation world. If you were in the real world, you would definitely be a learning failure!
Don't you understand "reading comprehension"?
A simple word "cowardice," and you understand it as "bravery," "fearlessness," "no hesitation"?
Are you poisoned!