The eastern foothills of the forest, on the outer edge.

A wooden grandstand quietly stood up.

On the stands, the newly recruited disciples of the Cloud Soaring Sect sat upright; they were all elites in this newcomer competition.

Their gazes were fixed intently on the few people on the awards stage.

Especially Fang Li, who was in the first position.

The male disciples, witnessing this scene, were both surprised and deeply moved.

Who would have thought that just three months ago, a mortal who couldn't even climb the 19th step of the Inquiry Ladder would win first place in the Newcomer Competition?

They crushed all the geniuses of the Great Wilderness Domain.

The female disciples stared at Fang Li with adoration, as if they had already regarded him as their beloved Daoist partner.

Regardless of what these disciples were thinking.

Dressed in a purple robe, Yun Zhongzi, the sect leader of the Yunxiao Sect, with an air of otherworldly elegance, walked steadily toward Fang Li, carrying a tray covered with a red cloth.

"Fang Li, congratulations on winning first place, you truly deserve it."

"I hope you will guard against arrogance and impetuosity. You must know that there are always people better than you and there is always something beyond your understanding. You must never be arrogant or conceited."

"Thank you for the reminder, Sect Master. I will keep it in mind," Fang Li said respectfully, bowing and cupping his hands.

"Excellent!"

Yun Zhongzi smiled with satisfaction, "With your character, I am very relieved."

"This is your reward."

He finished speaking.

He lifted the red cloth on the tray, revealing four extraordinary items.

The first item is a red whip about one meter long with electric arcs flashing on its surface. This is the top-grade royal magic weapon - Kunji Whip!

It specializes in attacking the spirit and soul, and is effective against spirits and souls.

The second item was a palm-sized jade porcelain bottle containing ten drops of the Water of Life.

This is the essence that overflowed at the beginning of heaven and earth; a single drop can add a hundred years to a mortal's lifespan.

For monks.

A single drop can revive a dying cultivator and also has the effect of cleansing the marrow and tendons.

Because it takes a thousand years to form just one drop.

Therefore, they are extremely rare and have a price but no market.

The moment Fang Li saw the Water of Life, his eyes suddenly brightened.

If the water of life is given to parents, it can prolong their lives.

He remembered his parents in his hometown.

Spring flowers fade in autumn, cicadas die in winter, and human life is but a hundred years.

My purpose in cultivating immortality is simply to ensure my parents live a good life and live to a ripe old age.

The last item was a rectangular, blue jade talisman carved with patterns.

What is recorded therein are the first two levels of the Yunxiao Sect's most treasured artifact, the divine-level cultivation technique "Supreme Yunxiao Scripture".

Press it on your forehead, and it will automatically enter your mind like a sudden enlightenment.

The first-place prize is quite generous, and Gu Zhuxuan and others who came in second and third place also received prizes.

However, the difference is far from the reward for first place.

Everyone was overjoyed.

The Yunxiao Sect's triennial newcomer competition has now come to a slow close...

........

At the same moment, deep within Medicine King Valley.

The pavilions and towers are scattered in a well-organized manner, hidden among the mountains and forests, just like a paradise on earth.

Living here are the hundreds and thousands of children that Gu Xuan rescued from Zuixianju in the Eastern Region.

The youngest was only five or six years old, and the oldest was no more than eleven or twelve.

After half a month of recuperation.

The fear they once showed on their faces had vanished, and their numbness and despair about the future had also dissipated.

Instead, innocent and carefree smiles bloomed on the lips of these children, just like sunshine illuminating the whole world.

Living here.

They were carefree, surrounded only by warmth and hope.

When Gu Xuan and Jiang Qingqing arrived here under the guidance of the Divine Phoenix Shen Li, and witnessed these scenes, they sincerely felt that they had done the right thing.

I will not be a heartless immortal, but a compassionate person!

At this moment, the children saw Gu Xuan, their savior, and rushed forward to greet him.

The children's cheerful smiles were like rainbows, radiating their pure hearts and boundless gratitude.

Gu Xuan smiled gently and distributed the candies and toys he had brought from the mortal world to the children.

At the same time, he infused a bit of vitality into the children's bodies to repair their hidden ailments, which also had a certain effect of cleansing their marrow and tendons.

Jiang Qingqing assisted from the side.

After all, she was only six or seven years old, and it didn't take long for her to get along well with the children.

"Shen Li, how's the search for these children's parents going?" Gu Xuan asked after distributing the gifts.

"Master, we have already searched."

Shen Li sighed softly and said in a heavy tone, "Zui Xian Ju handled the matter extremely cleanly; the parents of these children have all been murdered."

Gu Xuan's face darkened, and he said coldly, "It seems we shouldn't have let these people die so easily back then."

He finished speaking.

He then changed the subject: "Are any of these children interested in cultivation?"

“Master, they all want to, and are even willing to, become your servants,” Shen Li replied.

"Deadpool is fine."

Gu Xuan waved his hand, and a jade talisman, as white as jade and engraved with divine patterns, appeared in his hand. "This is the Saint-level cultivation technique, the Human Emperor's Dao Canon, which contains the ancient teachings of humanity. It is the great righteousness, morality, order, and benevolence formed by the condensation of hundreds of millions of ancient people. For now, you will be in charge of teaching them how to cultivate it."

Immediately afterwards, he took out a Qiankun Ring.

Among them were the pills he had casually refined over the years, which he handed over to Shen Li.

Just then.

A crisp system notification sound rang in Gu Xuan's mind!

[Congratulations, host, on completing the task of nurturing your eldest disciple, Fang Li. The first stage, task two, is now complete.]

[Obtained a bucket of Water of Life, the Great Reincarnation Technique and the Great Teleportation Technique (two of the Three Thousand Great Daos), the Immortal Slaughtering Sword (one of the Four Supreme Immortal Slaughtering Swords), the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram, the Sky-Piercing Divine Ship, the Dao of the Sword and the Dao of the Zither (two of the Myriad Dao Principles), and a thousand years of cultivation.]

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