Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Li Shundao glanced at Ling Yu and the others. After so many years of cultivation, with the blessing of the Heavenly Court's fortune, True Person Ling Yu had reached the limit of the Golden Immortal realm. When the opportunity came, breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm would not be a problem.

Wang Chong and others who came with Li Shundao from Leibu also broke through one level. In particular, Wang Chong, a veteran Golden Immortal who had reached the mid-stage of Golden Immortal, broke through to the late-stage of Golden Immortal this time, which made him very happy for several years.

However, the fastest to advance were Wangyue and Liulian. With Li Shundao's support, they also advanced to the late stage of Golden Immortal, and their supernatural powers reached the seventh or eighth level. Even among True Lords, they were considered to be in the middle of the second tier.

If we add the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Ninth Grade Pure World White Lotus, that Li Shundao gave them, even a top-tier True Monarch probably wouldn't be able to break through their defenses.

After listening to the recent affairs of the Ministry of Finance for a while, Li Shundao nodded and dismissed them, but kept Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao behind.

Looking at Li Shundao who had ascended to his position, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao felt somewhat uneasy. This was not because they had done anything against their conscience, but rather a natural reaction in the face of a powerful figure. Not to mention that Li Shundao was a cultivator at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the fact that he was the Heavenly Venerable of the Ministry of Finance of the Heavenly Court was enough to make Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao feel awe. Moreover, Li Shundao had been in seclusion for many years, and they had been in the Ministry of Finance for some time, but they could count the number of times they had seen Li Shundao on one hand.

Because they had met so few times, they knew very little about Li Shundao. They only learned about some of Li Shundao's past deeds from old people like Wang Chong, which sounded very impressive!

Seeing that Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao were somewhat uneasy, Li Shundao didn't ask any further questions, since they already knew what they needed to know. He simply asked, "Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao?"

"To!"

"To!"

Seeing their reactions, Li Shundao smiled inwardly, feeling as if he had returned to his university military training in his previous life.

"Would you two be willing to take me as your master?"

Just as Xiao Sheng was about to give a mechanical reply, he heard Li Shundao's next words and his mind went completely blank. Only the words "Would you be willing to become my disciple?" kept echoing in his mind. He felt no joy; his mind was completely blank.

Cao Bao, who usually seemed a bit reckless, was the first to react. He gently nudged Xiao Sheng and then bowed to Li Shundao.

At this moment, Xiao Sheng also realized what was happening. A feeling of surprise and joy welled up in his heart, along with a bit of bitterness. He thought about how he and Cao Bao had been all alone all these years, fighting desperately for cultivation resources. They had to rely on themselves for everything. Sometimes they would even fight tooth and nail for a single spirit stone. Now that they could become disciples of Li Shundao, how could he not be excited!

"Xiao Sheng greets Master!"

"Cao Bao greets Master!"

Li Shundao's face lit up with joy. He reached out and used his magic to help the two of them up. Looking at Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, he nodded in satisfaction. He then took out two low-grade innate spiritual treasures from the God of Wealth World and handed them to Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao. "These are spiritual treasures that your master gives you. The sword is named Dragon Spirit, and the saber is named Tiger Roar. See if you like them?"

These two magical treasures were given to him by Chen Fusheng, but he never used them. In addition, Liulian Wangyue, who was by his side, didn't like them, so they remained unused.

Xiao Sheng took the Dragon Spirit Sword, lightly flicked it, and his face was full of satisfaction. Cao Bao was even more overjoyed, his right hand tightly gripping the Tiger Roar Blade, while his left hand gently stroking it, as if he had seen the girl of his dreams.

Li Shundao felt somewhat gratified as he looked at the two of them. He recalled the first time he met Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao on Mount Wuyi, when Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao were still minor cultivators at the Xuanxian realm.

At that time, Li Shundao was too busy searching for the Fallen Treasure Coin to pay much attention to anything else. In fact, his cultivation level was not very high at that time, only at the Perfected Realm of Profound Immortal. Finding the World of the God of Wealth was purely by luck. Later, he directly passed the Golden Immortal Tribulation with the Fallen Treasure Coin. At that time, because he was stabilizing his realm, he did not pay any more attention to Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao.

Later, when he was about to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he followed his heart and found Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, giving them some compensation.

However, it was precisely because of Li Shundao's innate spiritual treasure that Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao were able to overcome the Golden Immortal Tribulation and break through to the Golden Immortal realm. Later, they even caught up with the Heavenly Court's Ministry of Finance recruiting people and directly entered the Heavenly Court.

Perhaps it was fate, but after all the twists and turns, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao became officials of the God of Wealth just like in their previous lives. However, unlike in their previous lives, this time they not only entered the Heavenly Court a step earlier, but they also didn't have to be forced into the Investiture of the Gods calamity like in their previous lives, where they were tricked by Daoist Ran Deng. Not only were their top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Treasure-Falling Coin, stolen, but the two of them also died at the hands of Zhao Gongming, one of the eight disciples of the Jie Sect. Later, Zhao Gongming was killed by Daoist Lu Ya, and the three of them entered the Heavenly Court together and became officials of the God of Wealth.

Although they did not obtain the Treasure-Dropping Coin, it was precisely because of this that they were able to break through to the Golden Immortal realm safely and even enter the Heavenly Court ahead of schedule, thus avoiding the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods in the Southern Continent.

And now, because of this, he has become Li Shundao's disciple, which can be considered a cycle of cause and effect!

After accepting Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, Li Shundao felt a great sense of relief in his primordial spirit, especially since the two largest causal threads connected to him had changed from being on one side to being connected by fate.

He glanced at Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao and had a sudden realization. Although he had left two innate spiritual treasures for Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, compared to the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Treasure-Falling Coin, the value of these two innate spiritual treasures was far from enough to repay the karma involved.

It was only because Li Shundao's cultivation was higher than Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao's, and he had many spiritual treasures to suppress his luck, and he was only an avatar of Chen Fusheng. You should know that Chen Fusheng had the innate treasure Qiankun Cauldron, which was enough to suppress the karmic disputes brought by Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, that he did not feel any trouble, and he did not encounter too many obstacles in his cultivation.

However, Li Shundao has already reached the perfected state of the Great Luo Golden Immortal with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. The next step is the Quasi-Saint realm. If he cannot resolve the karmic dispute between Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, it will be quite difficult for him to break through smoothly!

However, Li Shundao himself was not very clear about this matter. The Great Dao of Cause and Effect is one of the top ten Great Daos among the Three Thousand Great Daos. In the entire prehistoric world, only the Western Buddhist Sage Jieyin had comprehended some of it and might have some sense of cause and effect. As for others, even the Sages like Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones could probably only understand their own cause and effect. As for others, those with lower cultivation levels could still sense some of it, but at the level of Chen Fusheng and Li Shundao, they really didn't know!

If Yuanshi Tianzun could use the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to see the cause and effect of others, he wouldn't have been kept in the dark by the two Western Saints in his previous life and schemed against his junior brother, Tongtian Jiaozhu. Although he won, most of his disciples were directly won over by the two Western Saints. It was a classic case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead, and it even caused the Three Pure Ones Taoism to be fragmented.

Li Shundao looked at Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, and was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that just wanting to find a disciple to inherit his lineage would resolve a karmic debt on his body. He had really struck gold!

Li Shundao secretly rejoiced at his good fortune. Fortunately, he had recently been somewhat spurred on by Chen Fusheng's disciple, Fang Hui; otherwise, he wouldn't have accepted Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao so quickly.

Li Shundao glanced at Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Alright, the things are all yours now. You can look at them however you like when you get back. This is the cultivation method of my lineage, the Haotian Scripture."

The "Haotian Scripture" is the cultivation method of your grandmaster, who is also the current Jade Emperor. You should go back and study it carefully. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me.

I'll explain it to you in a few days, and then I'll take you to meet your grandmaster.

Faced with Li Shundao's arrangement, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao happily accepted the jade slip, nodding as they did so.