"Young friend, you truly have good fortune!"
"To think you could join the Cyan Peak Daoist School!"
Fire Dragon Child turned around, his face full of joyful smiles, and spoke to Gu Yuan with a gentle demeanor.
"Senior, you flatter me. It is merely the Ascendant’s pity."
Despite Fire Dragon Child’s gentle attitude, Gu Yuan dared not be careless and maintained a respectful demeanor.
"No matter, that is indeed the Cyan Peak Daoist School. With this step forward, you can rise to the top, with hope on the Immortal Path!"
"At the very least, you can cultivate peacefully..."
Fire Dragon Child shook his head, seeming to recall something, and spoke with great emotion.
Seeing Gu Yuan without a reaction, he smiled and said, "Young friend, do you not know what the Cyan Peak Daoist School is?"
"I am dull, please enlighten me, Senior!"
Gu Yuan cupped his hands and said.
Indeed, he did not know.
From a young age, he went to the mountain to cultivate and rarely interacted with the outside world. He only knew that the Cyan Wood Sect resided in the South Mountain Domain, within the Ba Country’s borders.
The Ba Country spans thousands of miles, housing three major sects: the Cyan Wood Sect, the Demon Slaughter Sect, and the Flame Dragon Sect. These three sects stand in triad, constituting the top forces of the Ba Country.
He once thought this was the world.
But now it seems he was merely a frog at the bottom of a well.
"As for regions far away, there’s no need to speak much. Just speaking of this South Mountain Domain, even if I spent my entire life, I might not walk out of it."
"The South Mountain Domain is vast and boundless, with countless spiritual veins and immortal mountains, great lake cave-heavens, and billions of people, including innumerable cultivators, demon beasts, and star spirits."
"Such a vast territory cannot be entirely occupied by the Human Race. Excluding those ruled by sects, Daoist schools, and various dynasties, most of the remaining land is barren, where all things struggle to thrive."
"Among them are numerous small sects. A few mountain peaks and one Qi Refiner can establish a sect or faction."
"Larger sects have several Foundation Establishment cultivators, with orderly inheritance, controlling thousands of miles of land, holding mineral spirit productions, with hundreds of disciples, much like your Cyan Wood Sect and my Flame Dragon Sect!"
At this, Fire Dragon Child couldn’t help but give a wry smile.
Gu Yuan’s face also showed shock.
What he had thought was "the world" was merely a small sect in a mountain valley.
A territory of thousands of miles is but a shallow pond for cultivators.
"Above that, are sects with Golden Core Ascendants. A Golden Core Ascendant possesses a strand of immortal golden nature and can inherit Dharma Seals, extraordinarily powerful. Such sects have countless mineral resources and territories spanning tens of thousands of miles, definitely notable forces."
"Such figures can, with a mere gesture, destroy you and my sect!"
Fire Dragon Child once more gave a wry smile and shook his head.
"But the Cyan Peak Daoist School is a force even stronger than that, rumored to have fearsome existences at the Daoist Embryo Realm within the sect."
"That’s why I say, young friend, you have no shallow fortune!"
"If you can be accepted under a Golden Core master, you might also be under a Daoist Embryo master. With such backing, you’d definitely traverse the entire South Mountain Domain!"
"However, even now it’s not bad. As long as you can join the Cyan Peak Daoist School, even if not under a Golden Core master, you will still have a vast future!"
Fire Dragon Child stroked his beard and smiled.
"Senior, you flatter me!"
"This junior has dull talent and only hopes to establish a Foundation like you, with no regrets in death!"
Although Gu Yuan’s heart surged with passion, he remained humble, setting Fire Dragon Child as his goal for now.
"Hahaha!"
Fire Dragon Child, upon hearing this, laughed heartily, the hidden pride before the Golden Core Ascendant seemingly returning.
Even a powerful Daoist school is not where everyone can establish a Foundation.
This young lad, though fortunate, is merely a Five-Aperture Body, with average aptitude. It’s uncertain if he can surpass me!
But considering his connection with a Golden Core Ascendant, I humbled myself slightly, or else, at Qi Refining Fourth Layer, he could be easily annihilated with a turn of my hand!
Yet, this lad indeed has a good heart nature, flexible, and doesn’t become arrogant over a bit of opportunity.
With such heart nature, he might indeed have a great destiny.
After all, the Cyan Peak Daoist School has countless Dharma Seals, and a Body Seal could definitely alter one’s aptitude.
Moreover, before the Golden Core Ascendant left, his stern gaze prevented any reckless acts.
"Meeting is fate, young friend entering the Cyan Peak Daoist School is destiny, and deserves celebration!"
Fire Dragon Child spoke with smiles, then patted his waist, and suddenly, a three-foot long, lifelike, vivid red Jade Flood Dragon Dharma Artifact appeared.
"Hoo!"
Fire Dragon Child cast a mana spell on the Jade Flood Dragon, which inflated with the wind, transforming into a ten-zhang long fabled creature, covered in scale armor, majestic and awe-inspiring.
"This is a Dharma Artifact I used when I was young, called the Jade Flood Dragon Shuttle!"