When Sect Master Gu saw the liquid spiritual energy in the Primordial Pond emptied, he felt an emptiness in his heart as well.
Following that, he immediately let out a long whistle and transformed into a golden light, rushing towards the ninth mountain behind the main peak.
When he arrived furiously at the entrance of the Primordial Pond Stone Valley, he saw an old man in a gray robe feeding grass to a green ox.
This scene was exactly like an old farmer herding in a mortal village, but it startled Gu Qingzhu so much that he tumbled down from mid-air and rolled to the old man's side.
"Greetings, Elder Nangong!" Sect Master Gu greeted him very respectfully.
The old man turned his head, smiled slightly and said, "Little Gu, you're still so impetuous. This is not the demeanor a Sect Master should have."
Gu Qingzhu gave a wry smile but still said, "That Su Yuan, I don't know what kind of monster he is. He swallowed the spiritual energy of two billion Spirit Stones in one go. I really can't understand it. It would take me several months to absorb that much spiritual energy, so I rushed here to check the situation."
The old man looked into the depths of the Primordial Pond with profound eyes and said, "Does this scene feel familiar to you? Think back carefully?"
Gu Qingzhu fell into thought upon hearing this. Since the Elder asked this way, he clearly had something in mind, but Gu Qingzhu really couldn't think of it for a moment.
Nangong Xianweng looked at Gu Qingzhu's slow-witted appearance and shook his head speechlessly.
He said, "Alright, let's not talk nonsense anymore. After Su Yuan comes out, let him be the Peak Master of Hidden Peak!"
When Gu Qingzhu heard this sentence, his pupils constricted!
Hidden Peak, what is Hidden Peak?
The Seven Absolutes Sect didn't set up a Hidden Peak at all in the beginning; what they set up was the Reserve Peak!
Because before the Seven Absolutes Sect, every time a peerless Prodigy emerged and obtained the Patriarch's ultimate art, they would open up a new peak and become the Founding Patriarch of that lineage!
But it was impossible for the Founding Patriarchs to truly establish a peak from scratch, so the Sect arranged to build a Reserve Peak. Once a peerless Prodigy emerged and opened a new lineage, this Reserve Peak would become useful! The new peak would quickly take shape, and the ultimate art could also be taught to a suitable Genius.
However, after the Seven Absolutes, no new ultimate arts had emerged for a long time, so the Reserve Peak gradually became the Hidden Peak in the eyes of other Disciples, appearing mysterious and considered the Sect's hidden strength.
But in reality, the essence remained unchanged. Although almost everyone believed the ultimate arts had been exhausted, what if? Setting up the Reserve Peak was a form of hope.
Why did the Spirit Transformation Elder personally preside over the Immortal Seed Valley?
Because the Seven Absolutes Sect had long known that the Sect's Foundation was not in territory or wealth, but in people, in the continuous stream of new immortal seeds; they were the Sect's Foundation.
Therefore, every batch of immortal seeds was personally inspected by the Spirit Transformation Elder, continuously observed for three months to eliminate moles, spies, those with unstable hearts, and talented individuals with demonic tendencies, while seeking good talents with high comprehension, good character, excellent talent, stable minds, and deep fortune.
Therefore, Su Yuan must have been continuously watched by the Spirit Transformation Elder, and since the Spirit Transformation Elder said so, it is clear that Su Yuan obtained the ultimate art inheritance!
Gu Qingzhu recalled the non-human-like experiences of the Founding Patriarchs recorded in the Sect's records. He once thought that the predecessors had excessively praised and beautified the Patriarchs' power, but now seeing Su Yuan's situation, he suddenly realized that those records seemed to be neither beautified nor overly exaggerated; they seemed to be truly realistic!
If he were to write the Sect's history now, it would definitely be considered beautified and overly exaggerated by later generations.
Huh, it seems he can leave his name in the Sect's history!
Gu Qingzhu suddenly thought of this point, and his eyes lit up.
"What are you thinking about?" Nangong Xianweng asked in confusion.
"Oh, it's just that Su Yuan is now my True Disciple. How should this be handled?" Gu Qingzhu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
Nangong Xianweng said casually, "This doesn't affect anything. It's quite normal for him to take over as Sect Master after you in the future."
"That's true." Gu Qingzhu nodded happily.
He had already foreseen that after he entered the Nascent Soul Elder group later, his benefits and treatment would definitely not be bad, because he was the honorary Master of a generation's Founding Patriarch!
He, Gu Qingzhu, was rich! Wasn't it just two billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones? Never mind, that's too much!
Nangong Xianweng saw some of Gu Qingzhu's thoughts and curled his lip, saying, "Cultivate properly, don't think about useless things. Relying on others is not as good as relying on yourself!"
"Understood, understood!" Gu Qingzhu nodded perfunctorily.
Nangong Xianweng patted the green ox's head, then soared into the sky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The green ox sighed regretfully with an ox breath. Its cultivation was insufficient, and it couldn't even be a mount.
Hmm, the green ox suddenly thought of the conversation the two just had. A glint flashed in its ox eyes. He couldn't be Nangong Xianweng's mount now because Nangong Xianweng's cultivation was too high, but this new "Patriarch"'s Realm wasn't high. Wouldn't being his mount be just right?
The green ox glanced at the Sect Master, opened its ox mouth and said, "Sect Master Gu, I'm not doing this job anymore!"
"Huh?" Gu Qingzhu looked at the green ox in confusion. "Didn't you ask for this job yourself? It's leisurely and comfortable, and there are Disciples to plant and feed you grass!"
"That was before! What future is there in being a gatekeeper?" The green ox said disdainfully.
Sect Master Gu waved his hand, "Suit yourself, I'll just get another Elder to guard it!"
The green ox, on the other hand, began to pack up its rations. A storage ring on its ox ear emitted a ray of light, sweeping away the surrounding spirit grasses and herbs, leaving only a bare patch of ground.
Sect Master Gu's mouth twitched. He was still there, did it have to be so shameless? Being a former mount of an Elder was impressive, huh! Hmph, hmph! In the future, he would still be the Master of the Founding Patriarch...!
Gu Qingzhu ignored the green ox and waited for Su Yuan to come out.
After a while.
Sure enough, Su Yuan slowly walked out of the Primordial Pond, holding a fish tank Magical Artifact.
Su Yuan saw Gu Qingzhu, was stunned for a moment, and immediately controlled the fish tank Magical Artifact to float in the air. He then bowed with both hands and said, "Su Yuan greets Sect Master!"
Then he stood up and said, "Brother Gu, why are you here?"
Gu Qingzhu didn't mind Su Yuan's antics. He said expressionlessly, "Su Yuan, do you know that you did something wrong?"
"What?" Su Yuan was confused.
Sect Master Gu pointed to the floating fish tank Magical Artifact beside him, looked at the group of spirit fish inside, and his mouth twitched.
"Uh, is there a problem?" Su Yuan asked cautiously.
"You can't bring Spirit Beasts or spirit pets into the Primordial Pond. Look what you did? You directly brought in 50 spirit pets in one go. You are truly defying the heavens!" Sect Master Gu gritted his teeth in hatred.
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan awkwardly rubbed his cheek, lowered his head, and argued, "Nobody told me, I thought it was allowed."
This was a lie!
Su Yuan had seen similar records in the Scripture Pavilion, but he just wanted to try it, just in case? He didn't expect it to actually succeed!
Anyway, nobody told him, and it didn't say anything was forbidden here, so he was innocent due to ignorance.
Sect Master Gu glared at him, "Don't do it again!"
Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his opinion of Sect Master Gu greatly changed. This Sect Master was actually alright!
"By the way, what Realm are you in?"
Sect Master Gu said, "I detected that you absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy. That amount of spiritual energy is enough for you to break through to Golden Core!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan shook his head and said, "I haven't broken through to Golden Core yet!"
"Really? Try to float in mid-air. Just float by willpower, don't mobilize the power in your body." Sect Master Gu stared at Su Yuan and said slowly.
"How can I float just by willpower... Uh!"
Su Yuan looked at himself floating in mid-air, also dumbfounded.
This was one of the basic abilities of Golden Core, floating in the air, but he had always thought he wasn't in the Golden Core Realm. He didn't expect to be able to do it in the Golden Sand Realm.
Sect Master Gu stroked his chin, circled around Su Yuan, and shook his head, saying, "I can't understand it, what a monster, what a monster."
Su Yuan's face darkened, "Sect Master, what are you saying!"
"Alright, you are also in the Golden Core Realm now. It's time for you to contribute to the Sect. Have you thought about what you want to do?" Gu Qingzhu suddenly asked.
Su Yuan didn't argue anymore and asked, "Can I go to the Immortal Seed Valley? It's quite interesting there."
"What?" Sect Master Gu was surprised, "You want to go to the Immortal Seed Valley?"
"Is it not allowed?" Su Yuan asked.
This was a low-key way he thought of to gain fame. Although the newly admitted Disciples generated little fame, their subsequent fame points could be expected after they grew up. In this way, the fame points would slowly increase like a steady stream.
"It's possible." Sect Master Gu pondered for a moment and said, "However, you also need to concurrently serve as the Peak Master of a peak."
"What? I'm going to be a Peak Master?" Su Yuan was surprised.
Sect Master Gu said leisurely, "You learned one of the Patriarch's ultimate arts, right? Every inheritor of an ultimate art needs to pass down the inheritance and not let it be broken. Do you understand what I mean?"
Su Yuan's expression shifted. He didn't expect the Sect to know some of his situation. Since he owed the Patriarch a favor, he would naturally pass down the inheritance. Moreover, passing down his ultimate art would definitely increase his fame points, which would also be continuous and a good thing.
"I can!" Su Yuan nodded.
Seeing that Su Yuan actually admitted it himself, Sect Master Gu's heart still trembled slightly.
An ultimate art inheritance! What's important is not the inheritance, well, it's also very important, but what's more important is the person who can inherit the inheritance! What an exaggerated talent that is?
Moreover, the later the ultimate art is, the more outstanding the talent of the person who can comprehend it!
Especially after the Seven Absolutes, it had been a very long time since anyone could comprehend an ultimate art. This meant that Su Yuan's talent surpassed all past prodigies of the Seven Absolutes Sect, including the Seven Lineage Patriarchs!
"Let's go! I'll take you to Hidden Peak. You can think about what name you want to change it to later. That will be your territory from now on!"
The Sect Master soared into the air and flew towards the distance.
Su Yuan floated in the air, about to follow.
A green ox beside him had already come under Su Yuan by itself.
Su Yuan lowered his head in confusion and exchanged glances with the green ox that had turned its head.
The green ox blinked its eyes, full of innocence.
Su Yuan was a little surprised, but still sat on the ox's back.
Then the green ox soared into the air and followed Sect Master Gu forward.
Sect Master Gu turned back and saw this scene, looking at the green ox with a shocked expression: Good heavens, old ox, no wonder you're not guarding the gate anymore! You want to switch to a potential stock!
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