I was almost eaten at the beginning, luckily I was able to transfer the negative status

See this.

The great scholar Gu Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, then sighed again and raised his hand slightly towards them:

"Hey...what are you all kneeling for? Get up quickly.

I was indeed wrong about this matter. The Hengfa had such ability, and its background must be very powerful.

How dare a cultivator be so high-profile in our Taiyuan Continent where Confucianism and Taoism gather?

If I am not mistaken, He must have been supported by those from the immortal and Buddhist paths.

Their purpose is self-evident. They want to deliberately cause trouble and use it as an excuse to work together to deal with me, the Confucian and Taoist Super Nine.

We Confucianists and Taoists have too few super-nine people. If we cannot reach a balance with the Taoism and Buddhism as soon as possible, we will definitely be wiped out by them.

You are all our hope for the revival of Confucianism, please get up quickly, get up quickly..."

Hearing the heartfelt words of the great scholar Gu Jing.

Jiang Mengqiu and the other two looked at each other, and then slowly stood up without hesitation.

"Eh...that's right."

The great scholar Gu Jing nodded with satisfaction.

"Yuanhang's death is irreversible, and that method cannot be used to deal with it for the time being.

If you need anything from now on, you can directly seek help from Julu Academy. This matter ends here."

"Ah this..."

I heard the great scholar Gu Jing say this.

Jiang Mengqiu and the other two's expressions suddenly changed slightly.

However, when they saw the gradually indifferent expression on the face of the great scholar Gu Jing, they immediately swallowed back everything they wanted to say. In the end, they just nodded resignedly and said:

"Yes."

"Very good, then let's go back."

The great scholar Gu Jing nodded again with satisfaction.

Then, without waiting for Jiang Mengqiu and the other two to move, he turned around again to face the cold pond, picked up the silent fishing rod again, and continued to silently gaze at the quiet surface of the pond.

See this situation.

Jiang Mengqiu and the other two did not delay any longer. After bowing to him one after another, they turned around and quickly left the bamboo forest.

……

for a long time.

When the bamboo forest returned to its original tranquility.

A thin layer of invisible light curtain suddenly spread out from the body of the great scholar Gu Jing, quickly covering the entire bamboo forest tightly.

"That traitorous disciple of yours is no ordinary person..."

The great scholar Gu Jing spoke softly while holding the fishing rod steadily.

moment.

His lips suddenly moved, and he slowly uttered a voice with a completely different tone:

"It's indeed not simple. I heard that He has the ability to summon disasters.

Therefore, after he betrayed the sect, I ignored him temporarily because I wanted to ensure that my plan to devour the inanimate world would not go wrong.

I didn't expect that after just a few years, he had grown to the point where he could kill super-eight practitioners.

If my guess is correct, these abilities are most likely acquired from the Mysterious Dao Realm."

"This is the only explanation at the moment. What are your plans now?"

"What else can we do? We are in the crucial period of advancement to the top ten, and we absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes.

That guy also has the ability to summon disasters, so it’s better for us not to have a conflict with him for the time being.

It will be soon. In a hundred years at the slowest and ten years at the fastest, we will be able to advance to level above ten. It won't be too late to deal with that guy then.

He is only at the super seventh level now, and there is no way he can grow to a level that can threaten us in such a short time.

After all, the further you go in your practice, the more difficult it becomes. Think about how I advanced from Lianxu Hedao to Sanhua Juding. Even though I had tried many strategies, it still took me more than a hundred years to finally succeed.

Therefore, unless that kid can be in the same situation as you and me now, otherwise, the speed of his cultivation improvement will definitely not be too excessive.

And if He could be like you and me, then things would be much easier to solve.”

"Yes, it would be interesting if that kid was like you and me."

The great scholar Gu Jing raised the corner of his mouth slightly and nodded.

Afterwards, He fell into complete silence, not making any more sounds, and just continued fishing quietly.

……

Zhoutian Mountains.

It lasted three days and three nights.

The billions of people who wanted to join the Zhoutian Sect have all been tested.

Among them, 3.6 million outer disciples and 36,000 inner disciples were all recruited. As for the core disciples who had to reach the ultimate level of the Spirit Refining and Return to Void Realm, only 49 were recruited in total, not even a fraction of the planned 360.

But this is normal.

After all, in this world of return, beings who have reached the limit of the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void are not considered weaklings. Even if they are placed in the forces at the upper sect level, they are honorable beings who can serve as elders.

If Zhou Heng had not said from the beginning that he would use his foundation to help the core disciples quickly advance to the Lianxu Hedao stage, otherwise, I am afraid that they would not be able to reach even a fraction of the current forty-nine people.

Because the matter of recruiting disciples has ended.

The temporary cities near the Zhoutian Mountains were also completely reduced to ashes, and thus the area around the Zhoutian Mountains once again regained its former tranquil atmosphere.

In the inner core disciple area of ​​the Zhoutian Mountains.

In the empty hall of Teaching Peak.

Zhou Heng and the forty-nine core disciples all sat cross-legged on their respective cushions.

Looking at everyone.

After a moment of silence.

Zhou Heng spoke slowly:

"With your cultivation level, if you were placed in other sects, you would definitely have the authority of an elder.

However, my Zhoutian Sect is based on spiritual practice. I don’t want you to waste your time on worldly affairs, so you are still just disciples.

I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts and not resent me."

"Old Ancestor, you are too kind. Since we have decided to join the Zhoutian Sect, we are naturally willing to be disciples. Why would we feel resentful?"

Everyone spoke with deep emotion.

Hear this.

Zhou Heng's face immediately showed a satisfied and relieved smile.

"If you can think this way, I will be relieved.

By the way, from now on you don’t need to call me ancestor.

If you wish, you may call me Master. If not, you may call me Hengfa Renxian."

After hearing what Zhou Heng said.

Everyone present looked at each other in silence for a moment.

soon.

They all stood up at the same time and knelt down to kowtow to Zhou Heng:

"Disciple pays homage to Master, and I hope Master will not think that I am stupid."

See this.

Zhou Heng was also silent for a moment.

Then He laughed heartily and raised His hands to the crowd:

"Hahahaha...disciples, no need to be polite. Hurry up and get up. Hurry up and get up."

"Thank you, Master."

Everyone responded in unison, then stood up and sat back on the futon without any pretense.

Wait until everyone is seated.

Zhou Heng nodded, then waved his hand and handed out a book to each person, and went straight to the point:

"This is the inherited method of our Zhoutian Sect, the Zhoutian Dharma Sutra.

This method of cultivating immortality can allow one to cultivate to the level of Great Celestial Venerable, the fourteenth realm of the Transcendent Realm."