Primordial Era: The Way of the Three Lights and Stars

Chapter 14 014 The Recruitment of Apprentices Begins

Zhao Gongming explained helplessly, "Our Jie Sect's doctrine is to teach without discrimination, which means we are destined to open our gates wide and accept many disciples. Inevitably, there will be some who are not of good character among them."

"The eldest brother's intention was to let Master test his character a little, but Master refused."

"Perhaps because our eldest brother was thinking of the best interests of our Jie Sect, our master granted him the power to enforce the law on behalf of his master, which is not what you imagine."

Yunxiao earnestly admonished, "No matter what, he is still the senior brother. You may not like him, but you cannot speak ill of him behind his back."

"Moreover, to judge a person, you should look at what they do, not what they say."

"Whether Senior Brother's words were for power or truly for the good of the Jie Sect, we'll find out soon enough. You and I are merely outer disciples; we must not disobey our superiors."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, alright?" Seeing that her older sister and brother were scolding her, Bixiao felt even more annoyed.

Seeing Bixiao's outwardly compliant but inwardly resentful expression, Yunxiao felt quite helpless, but there was nothing she could do, because that was always how she was.

Shangqing Palace.

Tongtian overheard Zhao Gongming and the others' conversation and fell silent for a moment.

With only five disciples, things have already turned out like this. If he were to open his doors wide and recruit more disciples as he wishes, what would happen next?

It doesn't matter what his disciples do to outsiders, because he can handle it.

Now that all three brothers have attained enlightenment, as long as they don't offend their master, there is no one in the entire prehistoric world that Tongtian cannot protect.

But what about bullying your own family?

Tongtian felt a headache coming on at the thought that the Jie Sect might form factions and fight each other in the future.

However, the doctrine of the Jie Sect is that education should be provided to all without discrimination, so it is impossible for him to be cautious in accepting disciples. At most, he can formulate some rules to restrain his disciples.

……

"This is the last set of materials. If it doesn't work, we'll have to go out and find more." Wei Guang looked at the last set of materials with a sense of helplessness.

With a thousand years of experience in weapon forging, Wei Guang is now able to forge top-grade acquired spiritual treasures.

However, he always failed to obtain top-grade acquired spiritual treasures, let alone any supreme acquired treasures. Now, of all the materials Yuanshi gave him, only one set remains.

After adjusting his state slightly, Wei Guang began refining again.

This time, he was going to forge a sword.

In terms of the difficulty of crafting weapons, weapons are the simplest. In order to break through the bottleneck from high-grade to top-grade, Wei Guang chose the simplest one.

The art of weapon crafting consists of three parts: first, fusion; second, shaping; and third, inscription.

This process may seem like a simple three-step procedure, but each step requires absolute precision; otherwise, the product may be downgraded or even destroyed.

The first two steps, as long as they don't involve any special materials, are not difficult for Wei Guang now.

The key lies in the last step.

Inscriptions are key to determining the grade and power of a magical artifact. There are 128,000 acquired inscriptions, and different combinations of inscriptions each possess unique mysteries.

The inscription array formed by the arrangement and combination of inscriptions is what is known as the acquired restriction.

A top-grade acquired spiritual treasure requires at least thirty-seven acquired restrictions to be inscribed. It may seem like it's just a matter of quantity, and you can just keep adding more.

but it is not the truth.

As mentioned above, different combinations of inscriptions have different mysteries, and different combinations of restrictions also have different mysteries.

If the restrictions clash, there can only be one outcome.

However, Wei Guang was relatively lucky because the Dao of Weapons inheritance given to him by Yuan Shi contained all sorts of combinations of restrictions, so he didn't need to comprehend them on his own.

The challenge he faced was to make an inscription.

Engraving inscription combinations, also known as restrictions, is a delicate task; the slightest mistake can lead to failure, even if it's just a matter of transferring a tiny bit of magic power.

On this day, Wei Guang finally reached the most crucial stage of engraving the restriction.

Taking a deep breath and calming himself, Wei Guang carefully began to inscribe the restriction. It was easy at first, but as his energy was depleted, the difficulty gradually increased.

Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three...

As each restriction was successfully completed, Wei Guang became extremely focused at the final crucial moment. When he reached the last restriction, his heart almost stopped beating.

Success was just around the corner, when suddenly...

"boom……"

A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire prehistoric world. Wei Guang's magical power transmission paused slightly, and the last restriction, which was already halfway inscribed, suddenly erupted.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang and a terrifying shockwave, Wei Guang was thrown into the air, crashing into the wall before landing awkwardly.

As for injury, that's impossible.

Wei Guang cultivates essence, qi, and spirit. Essence represents physical strength, and his current physical strength is comparable to that of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

This tiny explosive device couldn't possibly hurt them; at most, they'd just look a bit disheveled.

"Holy crap..."

Ignoring his own injuries, Wei Guang gritted his teeth and stood up, his gaze piercing through the void as he looked towards the culprit.

"Red Cloud... Kunpeng, you're courting death."

It turned out that a group of quasi-saints and powerful beings had surrounded and attacked Hongyun, ultimately forcing him to choose to self-destruct.

Turning his gaze away, Wei Guang cursed under his breath, "Damn it, why did they have to launch this now of all times? This cave dwelling that my senior uncle gave me is no good either."

Of course, that was just a joke.

Wei Guang knew that even those inside a celestial cave would sense the self-destruction of a quasi-saint, let alone palaces that had been crafted later.

Although this attempt failed, Wei Guang felt that there shouldn't be any major problems.

If Hongyun hadn't self-destructed, he would definitely have succeeded. It's just a pity about all those materials. It seems he'll have to go out and explore after his master finishes accepting disciples.

After cleaning up the mess, Wei Guang took out the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc and began to comprehend the laws.

Putting aside magical cultivation for the moment, to enter the Great Luo realm, one must comprehend one level of law. Three levels is the early stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, six levels is the middle stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, nine levels is the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, and ninety-nine percent is the perfect Primordial Golden Immortal.

One who has fully comprehended a Great Dao Law becomes a Primordial Golden Immortal.

Of course, this is just a metaphor. The level of understanding of the laws is indescribable. You either reach it or you don't.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than two thousand years have passed.

At this moment, Tongtian and Yuanshi were sitting suspended in the void in front of the Sanqing Palace, while Wei Guang, Zhao Gongming, and the other four were standing obediently on the ground beside Tongtian.

At this time, Wei Guang was already in the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, while Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao had also successfully broken through to Taiyi.

Qiongxiao and Bixiao are a little slower, only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. However, they are only lacking in their understanding of the laws, and it is not impossible for them to break through suddenly.

At the foot of the mountain, there were two large formations.

Firstly, it represents the Chan Sect, which originated in the beginning; secondly, it represents the Jie Sect, which connects with the heavens.

Those who can pass the formation's test and reach the mountaintop will be able to become disciples of the two saints. At this moment, many innate beings are already attempting to break through the formation.

Outside the formation, a steady stream of innate beings arrived from afar and plunged into the formation.

(End of this chapter)