I raised demonic beasts in Douluo Continent, which shocked Gu Yuena.

It was precisely because of the illusion that enveloped the entire tree that it was not discovered by the soul beasts on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Suddenly, a figure darted out from the surrounding tree canopy.

This person was none other than Bai Yuan.

He carefully surveyed his surroundings for a while, and after confirming that there was no danger, he cautiously walked to the big tree, merged into the illusion, and "disappeared" there.

Reaching out and pushing open the door, Bai Yuan was greeted by a living room.

The living room is not large, and there is a wooden round table in it. Around the table are several wooden stools, all of which are integrated with the wooden floor and were obviously carved out along with the hollowed-out wood.

Bai Yuan went up the wooden staircase that was integrated with the wall. Upstairs was a wooden kitchen where firewood was burned.

However, because they frequently use magic to deal with the situation, they are not afraid of accidentally setting the entire tree on fire when they start a fire.

Bai Yuan continued up the stairs to the third floor, where there was a single bedroom with only a simple wooden bed.

The fourth and fifth floors, and even the sixth and seventh floors, remained the same, as simple as could be.

However, once they step into the seventh floor, they will find that the world has changed drastically. Although they are still in the tree, after going upstairs they will find that they have stepped into a lake with a diameter of several hundred meters.

The lake was still very still at dawn, but strangely, the bottom was not visible. In the center of the lake was a blue lotus, and there was no other living creature.

"Master, you're back."

Qinglian transformed into a white-haired little girl and rushed into Bai Yuan's arms in an instant. The surrounding lakes vanished like bubbles, turning into a simple room just like the one below.

Bai Yuan reached out and caught Bai Yu, affectionately ruffling her little head, and said, "Bai Yu, have you been cultivating diligently lately?"

Bai Yu raised her eyes and smiled, "Of course I'll cultivate diligently. I've already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. But speaking of which, where are the junior brothers and sisters that Master promised to take care of for me? Why can't I sense their presence? Did Master hide them away?"

Bai Yu leaned on Bai Yuan's shoulder and looked downstairs, but she couldn't sense or see anything.

Bai Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "Bai Yu, I didn't get any disciples this time, so no one believes me."

Bai Yuan sighed, at a loss for words. Even though he had used magic in front of ordinary people, they still thought he was a Soul Master who had simply hidden his Soul Rings through a special method.

Therefore, no one wanted to become Bai Yuan's disciple. Those without innate soul power called him a fraud and refused to become his disciple.

Those with innate soul power thought Bai Yuan was crazy, since he was clearly a soul master but insisted on calling himself a cultivator, so no one wanted to become his disciple.

Bai Yu put her arms around Bai Yuan's neck and patted his back gently to comfort him, "Master, it's their loss that they don't want to become your disciples. We don't need to care."

Bai Yuan hugged Bai Yu, looked back at the room downstairs, and fell into a state of solitude.

Six years ago, Bai Yuan brought Bai Yu to the Star Dou Great Forest to evade the Spirit Hall's search and Tang Hao's pursuit. They painstakingly created eight rooms in this tree.

He had thought he would soon find new apprentices and fill all the rooms, but eight years later, he and Bai Yu are still the only ones there.

In these six years, Bai Yuan's appearance has remained largely unchanged, perhaps due to his cultivation of immortality, while Bai Yu is even more remarkable, showing no signs of growing up.

It's as if once a demon beast transforms into human form, it will be forever fixed in its transformed appearance, or as if the lifespan of a demon beast is too long, and six years is simply not enough time for her to grow even a little bit.

This left Bai Yuan speechless. His perfectly good, mature female disciple had been turned into a permanent little loli due to a miscalculation.

As for why Bai Yu only improved his cultivation by six levels in the past six years, compared to the reason why he improved by three levels in one night back then.

Besides the fact that cultivation slows down as you progress, another reason is that in that one night, Bai Yu transformed his hundreds of years of soul beast power into his own cultivation level.

That's why it was improved so much at once.

The fact that the level has increased by six in six years can only be attributed to the effects of the Transformation Pill. After all, demonic beasts can only transform into human form at the Golden Core stage, and transforming into human form ahead of time is equivalent to enjoying the benefits of the Golden Core stage ahead of time.

Seeing Bai Yuan remain silent, Bai Yu suddenly said, "Master, since those humans are ungrateful, why don't you take on a few more soul beast disciples?"

Bai Yuan remained silent.

He had naturally considered taking on soul beast disciples.

But right now he doesn't have the treasure chest he needs most, and the Transformation Pill costs 10,000 Master Virtue Points in the shop!

After six years of system missions, Bai Yuan has only just earned a little over 12,000 Master Virtue Points.

If he were to exchange it for a Transformation Pill, his chances of obtaining his desired cultivation technique would become even more distant.

"Master, please take another soul beast as your disciple! If you can't communicate with them, I will. Or you could take this big tree sister as your disciple; she's wanted to become your disciple for a long time." Bai Yu said coquettishly in Bai Yuan's arms.

After pondering for a moment, Bai Yuan asked, "You said that your big tree sister wants to become my disciple?"

Bai Yu nodded and said, "Yes, it really wants to become your disciple. After you left, it asks me every day when you will come back and whether it can become your disciple."

Bai Yuan was slightly stunned. He had searched high and low in the human world, but no one was willing to become his disciple. However, Bai Yu had a big tree sister who wanted to become his disciple every day.

Where is the big tree sister you mentioned?

Bai Yu said, "We are inside the big tree sister's body."

Bai Yuan: ...

"I basically emptied it out completely, doesn't it hate me?" Bai Yuan asked.

Bai Yu was taken aback and said, "Master, let me ask for you."

Bai Yuan fell into deep thought.

A few seconds later, Bai Yu said, "Big Tree Sister said it hates us. At first, it wanted to kill us, but after I gained sentience, it didn't hate us as much anymore. It said it wants Master to give it a chance."

Bai Yuan still did not answer.

Because he was worried that the tree was lying.

Open the properties panel.

[Host: Bai Yuan]

[Cultivation: Nine levels of Qi training]

[Item: Foundation Building Pill Recipe]

[Special: Novice Alchemist, Novice Weapon Refiner, Novice Array Master, Novice Talisman Master]

[Number of disciples: 1]

[Bound Disciple: Bai Yu (Current Bound Limit: 1) (After binding a disciple, each time the disciple levels up, the host's cultivation will increase by the same amount.)]

[Teacher Ethics Points: 12300]

[Shop: Click to open]

[Current Task 1: Refine Foundation Establishment Pill, Reward: Intermediate Alchemist, 1000 Master Virtue Points]

[Current Task 2: Recruit three apprentices (one already recruited), reward: Most Needed Treasure Chest, 3000 Master Virtue Points.]

[Current Task 3: Break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Reward: Bound disciple limit * 2, 10,000 Master Virtue Points.]

Chapter 7 Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre

Bai Yuan's eyes flickered.

"Forget it, whether they mean it sincerely or not, don't give them the Transformation Pill for now, just keep it to make up the numbers. If they find out they have no intention of giving, just kill them with one sword."

Having made his decision, Bai Yuan said without hesitation, "Alright, I am willing to take you as my disciple. Are you willing to become my master?"

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully accepting an apprentice!"

Bai Yuan's eyes burned with fervor as he looked at the second task, which was just one disciple away from completion.

That's the most needed treasure chest right now.

He has only received it once in the past six years, not to mention the three thousand teacher virtue points.

With these, Bai Yuan was now less than 5,000 Master's Virtue Points away from mastering the first level of the "Great Dream Celestial Technique," a skill he had always dreamed of.

"The Great Dream Celestial Technique" is a must-have for lazy people, allowing them to cultivate in their dreams.

Bai Yuan believed that as long as he obtained this cultivation technique, coupled with the cultivation provided by his disciples, his strength would increase dramatically.

Without lingering, Bai Yuan was thrilled by the successful acceptance of this disciple.

"Master, my junior sister asked me to ask you, can you help it transform into a human now?" Bai Yu's voice stopped him in his tracks.

Bai Yuan turned around and said, "I still need to observe her for a while. I have no intention of helping her take human form for the time being."

Trying to transform this tree into a human form now would be incredibly foolish.

If he takes on another disciple and obtains the most needed treasure chest, he might be able to open two Transformation Pills at once. Wouldn't that be a huge profit?

Thinking of this, Bai Yuan picked up Bai Yu and walked downstairs.

He's going to recruit soul beast disciples, a large number of them, and then help them change their class!

After exiting the tree gate, Bai Yuan pointed to a large soul beast tree next to him, which was one or two hundred years old, and said, "Good disciple, quickly help your master communicate with it and make it accept me as its master."

Bai Yu's lips twitched slightly, and her delicate face was full of speechlessness as she said, "Master, it hasn't even developed intelligence yet, so I can't communicate with it."

Bai Yuan's joyful expression froze.

He seemed to have forgotten that for a soul beast to fully develop its intelligence, it would take at least ten thousand years. Bai Yu's ability to develop intelligence in just a few hundred years was extremely rare.

The tree gained sentience entirely because Bai Yu had cultivated within it for several years; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she had enlightened it.

"Then how should I take on my last apprentice?!"

Bai Yuan was on the verge of collapse. A ten-thousand-year-old soul beast—the current master and disciple were no match for it; going there would only be sending them to their deaths.

After all, the first level of Qi Refining is equivalent to level eleven, the second level of Qi Refining is equivalent to level fifteen, the third level of Qi Refining is equivalent to level nineteen, and so on.

The ninth level of Qi Refining is equivalent to level thirty-nine, but special soul beasts that can awaken their intelligence in ten thousand years are not something that a mere level thirty or forty can handle.

As for why Bai Yu was able to defeat Yu Xiaogang in one move, besides the element of surprise, it was entirely because Yu Xiaogang was too weak.

"Should we take Bai Yu on an adventure, or go to the human world again?" Bai Yuan hesitated.

To venture into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that has awakened its intelligence, they would undoubtedly have to go there. If they were unlucky enough to encounter a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast, they would probably be doomed.

After much deliberation, Bai Yuan decided it was best to play it safe and take Bai Yu to the human world.

If all else fails, take Bai Yu back, live under a different tree for another ten or eight years, and see if you can enlighten another tree.

Bai Yuan stopped dawdling and concealed his presence as much as possible, leading Bai Yu towards the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Bai Yuan put a mask on his face and Bai Yu's face respectively.

There was nothing they could do; they had offended Tang Hao.

But Tang Hao did not die.