The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

"I heard that disciple's cultivation level hasn't reached the point where he should take a Foundation Establishment Pill, and his spiritual root aptitude is somewhat poor..."

Sect Leader Zhong's expression shifted slightly, and he murmured softly.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Sect Leader. I understand."

The Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Ye was slightly pleased. He thanked Sect Leader Zhong and then flew away.

……

Compared to the difficulties faced by Han Li, the situation for Lu Yao was quite different.

Lu Yao and ten disciples who had emerged victorious from the Ascension Arena arrived at the gates of the Hidden Moon Sect aboard a ship-shaped flying magical artifact.

Upon arriving at the Hidden Moon Sect, the ten new disciples were taken away by a Foundation Establishment manager, while Lu Yao and Fairy Shui Li arrived outside a grand hall.

"Please wait here while I go and report to my sect leader."

After giving Lu Yao a soft instruction, Fairy Shui Li transformed into a stream of light and flew into the main hall.

Lu Yao glanced at the two guard disciples at the entrance of the main hall and wisely stayed where he was.

Inside the main hall, the sect leader of the Hidden Moon Sect and several elders were present.

"Lightning spirit roots are extremely rare even among unique spirit roots. I wonder which elder would be willing to take this disciple in?"

Wearing a red dress, Ni Chang smiled as she looked at the five Core Formation elders in the arena.

“Besides that girl from the Yan family, Lei Linggen’s aptitude is among the best in the sect. It would be quite expensive to cultivate him.”

A handsome male cultivator shook the white jade folding fan in his hand and said with a soft smile.

"With a unique spiritual root, one can at least reach the Core Formation stage, and there's still hope of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. Spending any amount of resources is worthwhile. Senior Brother Tang needs to have a longer-term vision."

A clear, soft voice rang out, and the speaker was a girl who looked like an elf.

“Junior Sister Nangong is right. Since Junior Brother Tang has no interest, let him become my disciple. I was just planning to train a last disciple.”

The beautiful female cultivator next to Nangong Wan covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her every smile and frown exuding charm.

"Huh? I didn't mean that. You can't team up to frame me."

Elder Tang chuckled. He had only said something, but he hadn't expected to be attacked like this.

The other two Core Formation elders, a man and a woman, both expressed their willingness to accept Lu Yao as their disciple.

"Since several senior brothers and sisters are interested in taking on disciples, let this disciple choose for himself."

Ni Chang had anticipated their thoughts; after all, who wouldn't want to have a genius with a lightning spiritual root in their possession?

It's important to understand that there's a significant difference between disciples of a sect and apprentices of elders. Not only do they have access to cultivation resources, but they also receive guidance from elders and experience a rise in status.

Every disciple in the Hidden Moon Sect wanted to become a disciple of the Core Formation Elder.

"No need to choose anymore, I'll take this disciple!"

Just then, a white light flew into the hall; the person arrived before the sound came.

"Meet Uncle Master!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, all six men stood up and bowed to him.

As the white light dissipated, a middle-aged man dressed in blue robes with a somewhat smudged face appeared in the main hall.

"This disciple has good talent, so I'll take him on. Ni Chang, you don't have any objections, do you?"

The man in the blue shirt chuckled and gave Ni Chang a strange laugh.

"It is the disciple's good fortune to be accepted by Uncle Qiong, how could Ni Chang have any objections?"

Ni Chang looked somewhat helpless and quickly explained to her martial uncle.

"That's fine then, I'll take the person with me."

The man in blue chuckled softly and then vanished in a rainbow of light.

Watching the man in blue leave, Ni Chang and the other elders exchanged glances and helplessly shrugged.

"Why does Uncle Qiong suddenly want to take on a disciple? He wasn't even interested in the one from the Yan family with the Heavenly Spiritual Root before, so why does he suddenly want to take on this disciple with the Different Spiritual Root?"

The elder surnamed Tang looked at Ni Chang with a puzzled expression.

The other four also looked at Ni Chang, hoping to get some information from her.

"This is no secret. Uncle Qiong, who has a Heavenly Spiritual Root from the Yan family, also wanted to take him in, but Uncle Zhou had other plans, so Uncle Qiong gave up."

As the sect leader, Ni Chang naturally knew more information than the elders.

"I see."

The group suddenly realized that their Uncle Qiong had long planned to take on disciples.

……

Lu Yao, who was outside the main hall, was immediately enveloped by a white light, and after a dozen breaths, he arrived at a cave.

"Senior, may I ask why you brought me here?"

Lu Yao knew he had encountered a high-level cultivator, so he immediately became cautious. If the cultivator attacked him, he would leave the mortal world immediately.

"Haotian Pearl! Investigate!"

As the world's origin within the Haotian Pearl dissipated, information about the blue-robed man in front of him immediately surfaced in Lu Yao's mind.

Name: Qiong Tianyu

Cultivation level: Late Core Formation stage

Spiritual roots: Metal, Water

Technique: Invisible Escape Technique

……

Lu Yao was immediately startled and knew who was in front of him.

It was none other than the Old Monster Qiong of the Hidden Moon Sect, a powerful figure who, with his self-created invisible escape technique, could roam freely in the Core Formation realm and even hold his own against Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Hahaha, boy, I am an elder of the Hidden Moon Sect. From today onwards, you are my disciple."

Old Monster Qiong laughed loudly, looking at Lu Yao with great satisfaction.

Not only is his spiritual root aptitude excellent, but his qi and blood cultivation is also perfectly balanced, which shows that Lu Yao's physique is also outstanding.

This is a very suitable cultivation technique that Old Monster Qiong chose for Lu Yao.

"This humble one greets Master!"

Lu Yao understood that things had come to this point, and he had no choice but to agree. Besides, becoming Qiong Laoguai's disciple wasn't a bad thing.

As far as Lu Yao knew, Old Monster Qiong held a very high seniority in the Hidden Moon Sect, being on par with Nascent Soul cultivators. Furthermore, he was extremely protective of his own and had a good reputation for his disciples.

"Not bad, not bad, very clever, and quite savvy."

Old Monster Qiong chuckled and looked at Lu Yao with great interest.

"This is your apprenticeship gift. It should be enough for you for a while. If you need anything, just come to me. My good disciple, you can wander around inside the sect while I go find you some Foundation Establishment resources."

"By the way, this cave dwelling is yours too. It's a top-grade cave dwelling, with a second-tier spiritual vein underneath."

Old Monster Qiong tossed Lu Yao a storage bag, gave him a few instructions, and then left in a hurry.

"This master is a pretty good deal. Let me see what good stuff he has."

Lu Yao's heart stirred, and he opened the storage bag to look inside.

"Wow! Old Monster Qiong is so generous?!"

Lu Yao was startled when he saw what was inside the storage bag.

Ten mid-grade spirit stones.

There were more than a dozen bottles of various pills, all of which were for enhancing magical power.

A top-grade magical artifact.

A set of high-level Yellow-grade array plates.

These items, when converted into spirit stones, would amount to five or six thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Lu Yao couldn't help but marvel at Qiong Laoguai's generosity.

After packing his things away, Lu Yao left the cave and began to familiarize himself with the environment of the Hidden Moon Sect.

Due to the nature of its martial arts techniques, the Hidden Moon Sect has mostly female disciples, with relatively few male disciples.

This is because the Hidden Moon Sect split off from the Joyful Union Sect. The sect has many dual cultivation techniques and anti-aging spells, which have attracted countless female cultivators to join, resulting in a somewhat unbalanced male-to-female ratio in the Hidden Moon Sect.