Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

"Liu Xing, my last disciple, please take good care of me. Liu Xing, come and greet the elders." After discussing the leadership transition, Su Xingchen pointed at Liu Xing and introduced him to everyone. He didn't introduce his own disciple at the beginning or the end. Was he trying to recommend his own disciple as a candidate for the leadership? Everyone present was a centuries-old veteran, so they naturally understood everything.

"I'm Liu Xing. I greet the elders and the two headmasters. Please look after me." Liu Xing bowed 90 degrees and saluted respectfully. Addressing them as elders or headmasters is a way of honoring their positions and titles, while addressing them as uncles or brothers expresses a warm relationship. If one hadn't witnessed Liu Xing's frenzied devastation on the battlefield, one would have thought him a well-educated, well-mannered student. Seeing Liu Xing's unyielding and humble manner, everyone nodded in satisfaction.

"Congratulations to the Great Elder for finding a good disciple. He will surely become a pillar of our Qianji Sect in the future!" Everyone congratulated Su Xingchen in unison.

"Junior Brother Liu, I have a elixir suitable for Jindan cultivators to improve their cultivation. I'm giving it to you as a welcome gift." Elder Ge was the first to stand up and present the gift. The others were quite surprised. Why was Elder Ge so enthusiastic? Su Xingchen remained calm, and of course, a few people who knew the inside story sneered inwardly.

Elder Ge knew that his grandson, Ge Teng, had a minor conflict with Liu Xing, even though the conflict between good and evil had eased somewhat. Liu Xing's status as the Great Elder's disciple had already been confirmed, so as an elder, he had to step in as a safeguard, benefiting both himself and his unmotivated grandson's future in the sect.

"Thank you, Elder Ge, for the gift. I'm deeply grateful. I wonder if you have a recipe for a pill that can improve my Jindan cultivation. I'm willing to trade my late-stage Foundation Establishment puppet for it." Liu Xing accepted the generous gift with a smile. Pills that could improve cultivation were incredibly precious and hard to find. Elder Ge's generosity was intended to resolve the conflict between him and Ge Teng. Liu Xing figured that as long as Ge Teng didn't act rashly against him, he wouldn't take people like Ge Teng seriously.

"Oh, I happen to have one, but the elixir is hard to find. Please keep it, nephew." Seeing that Liu Xing not only accepted his generous gift but also made new requests with a sincere attitude, Elder Ge smiled happily, as if the matter with Ge Teng had been resolved. As for the recipe for the Jindan stage elixir, he happened to have one, but it was of no use to him, so it would be perfect for resolving the grudge.

Elder Su glanced at him and nodded, meaning that he appreciated it. This made Elder Ge feel more at ease. He would remind his disappointing grandson not to cause him trouble again in the future.

When Liu Xing asked for the elixir formula, everyone immediately thought of many things. Could it be that Liu Xing's spiritual roots were not good enough, and his cultivation level was only improved by elixirs? Generally, relying on elixirs to forcibly improve cultivation level would only lead to limited achievements in life. Logically, the Great Elder would not accept such a useless disciple. Could Liu Xing be a relative of Elder Su? Everyone's imagination ran wild, but each one kept silent.

However, the direction was clear: Liu Xing needed the elixir formula! Whether they wanted to curry Liu Xing's favor or pursue other goals, they could all start with the formula. Liu Xing wanted to use this opportunity to accept gifts from the boss as a way to signal his need for the formula, hoping to accelerate his cultivation. Otherwise, relying solely on luck, he might not even be able to collect so many elixirs even if his lifespan ran out.

However, sending signals is a double-edged sword. Whether others are using the recipe to get close to you or to frame you, you can only rely on yourself to counter their moves later.

Liu Xing took the recipe and threw it into his storage bracelet without even looking at it, intending to study it later. He believed that Elder Ge would not give him a fake recipe.

Then, he took out a wooden ape puppet in the late foundation-building stage and gave it to Elder Ge. During his retreat, he had refined more than a dozen puppets in the late foundation-building stage in case of emergency.

Elder Ge took the puppet and magnified it into the air. Of course, a puppet of this strength was useless to ancestors like them. Elder Ge displayed it mainly to show off Liu Xing's strength. You have to know that in the entire Qianji Sect, apart from the Yuanying ancestors, only a few masters in the late Jindan stage can refine a puppet of the late Foundation Establishment stage. Liu Xing had just broken through to the Jindan stage, but he had such a skill, which showed that he had extraordinary attainments in the art of puppetry.

After Liu Xing's refinements, the wooden ape had already reached the peak strength of the late Foundation Establishment stage. Its craftsmanship was exquisite, and its control system and spiritual energy transmission system were both state-of-the-art. Elder Ge couldn't discern much, but Shangguan Nan, the head of the Puppetry Department, was at the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage. His profound mastery of puppetry, capable of refining puppets reaching the late Core Formation stage, made him a master puppeteer within the Qianji Sect. As the saying goes, the layman sees the excitement, the expert the details. He immediately recognized the puppet's extraordinary power and Liu Xing's potential, and immediately took a different view of him.

"Junior Brother Liu, is this a puppet you made yourself?" Shangguan Nan asked impatiently without waiting for Elder Ge to speak.

"My Lord, Uncle Shangguan, this is the batch I made personally not long ago." Liu Xing answered honestly.

"Good, good, good, the young are formidable. I have a recipe for an elixir here, and I'll give you a puppet in exchange. In addition, Junior Brother Liu is interested in the art of puppets, so I have a collection of experiences in puppet making here, and I'll give it to Junior Brother Liu." Shangguan Nan praised three times in a row and gave him a big gift at the same time.

"Thank you, Uncle Shangguan! I will never forget you!" Liu Xing's thirst for knowledge is unparalleled. The experience and insights shared by the Yuanying Patriarch are so precious that he is naturally grateful.

The other elders were somewhat surprised, both at Liu Xing's excellence and Shangguan Nan's generosity. Su Xingchen was also somewhat surprised, a gleam in his eyes.

With Elders Ge and Shangguan leading the way, the other elders offered generous gifts. Of course, no one offered a recipe in exchange for a puppet, but Cao Changyun and Lu En each gave him a recipe. Liu Xing was overjoyed; he hadn't expected to receive four recipes in one meeting. That was incredibly efficient. The status of the Great Elder's closed disciple was indeed highly sought after, and he was determined to capitalize on it and extract the most value from it.

"Thank you all the elders and the master for the great gifts. On behalf of my humble disciple, I would like to express my gratitude to you all again." Su Xingchen also came forward to express his gratitude at the end.

"You are too polite, Great Elder." Everyone quickly returned the greeting.

"Elders, I would like to recommend Liu Xing as the candidate for the next leader." Lu En brought up the next topic at the right time.

"There are already two candidates for the leader, and now we are still one short. There is a vacancy. But Liu Xing has just broken through to the Jindan stage. What qualifications does he have to occupy this vacancy?" As if it was rehearsed, Cao Changyun raised the common question of everyone.

Liu Xing was also surprised. His master had not discussed with him the matter of making him a candidate for the headmaster.