Holding the clear stone that Dong Jun had given him in return, Li Mu was momentarily dazed.

This kind of spatial ore is a rare resource even in the cultivation world. I never expected to encounter one again in the mortal world.

Back when I was out there, I tricked a blacksmith into giving me a piece of clear stone and used it to make two rings.

He once regretted not having crafted a ring for Yue Ling, but now this disciple, who had not yet been acknowledged, had actually given him one.

What does this mean? Is it fate?

Or is it that if you live long enough, you'll eventually encounter good things?

This piece of the Void Stone is slightly smaller than the original one, but if it were to be made into a ring, it would be the largest one available.

Because the original Kongming Stone was cut into two, the integrity of the whole was destroyed and the usable space was wasted.

Li Mu glanced at Dong Jun again; the guy was still looking at him with a sincere expression.

What was originally a simple act of gifting a flying sword turned into a gift exchange between master and disciple.

Should we take this apprentice as a disciple?

Now that the formation has been set up, after a lot of time and effort, I absolutely cannot give it away for nothing.

Besides, he had also invested hundreds of tons of materials, and he didn't want to let others control this place.

He had originally wanted to find someone he could trust here to act as a manager, but now that Dong Jun was here, he could entrust the job to him with peace of mind.

He then made the decision to take on apprentices.

"Dongjun, since you are willing to become my disciple, I must say this upfront: feel free to ask me any questions about cultivation and array formations."

As for how to conduct oneself in society, I cannot teach you. I only hope that you can distinguish right from wrong and understand the principles of advancement and retreat.

Before Li Mu could finish speaking, Dong Jun knelt down and said:

"Yes, Master, your disciple will follow your teachings."

Li Mu lifted up the kneeling Dong Jun, thus accepting her as his disciple. The process was shockingly simple.

There were no elaborate rituals or prostrations.

Even if someone suggested it, he wouldn't go to great lengths to do such superficial things.

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Li Mu should have set off for Dong Shenzhou much earlier, but the incident of taking on disciples delayed him by half an hour.

After greeting the group again, he nodded to the two old men and prepared to leave.

Even after Li Mu left, the two old men didn't stay idle.

They will travel to Fuxing City to convene another martial arts consultation meeting.

Then, Li Mu casually pulled Dong Jun onto his flying sword and flew eastward.

Two hours later, the two had already begun collecting jade on White Jade Mountain.

Under the two-meter-long broadsword, the raw ore of various sizes was easily peeled away by Li Mu, as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.

In one day, Dong Jun collected several hundred kilograms of jade.

Li Mu, however, collected over a hundred tons and, to Dong Jun's astonishment, put them into the Golden Pearl World.

The two returned to the valley of the teleportation array and began refining the jade tablet.

The crafting of this jade pendant is not difficult; it simply involves engraving an activation array on the pendant.

Whenever the teleportation array is activated, a jade tablet must be used to activate the spirit gathering array before the teleportation array is activated by the spiritual energy gathered in the spirit gathering array.

According to Li Mu's plan, he needs to make two types of teleportation jade tablets.

One type of jade plaque can be used permanently, while the other is for temporary use.

Permanent jade tokens will be allocated to various sects according to a fixed quota, while temporary jade tokens will be awarded to the winners of the martial arts competition.

Furthermore, Li Mu also planned to inscribe some restrictions on the teleportation jade tablet to safeguard the authority of the administrator.

The lifting of this restriction is currently only intended for Dong Jun, besides himself.

While mining jade at Baiyu Mountain, Li Mu had already told Dong Jun about his idea, and Dong Jun accepted the task.

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Ten days later, Li Mu had crafted more than a hundred teleportation jade tokens, half of which were crafted by Dong Jun herself.

Afterwards, he brought Dong Jun to Fuxing City, where the Martial Arts Consultation Conference would be held again.

Before the consultation meeting was held, Mr. and Mrs. Dong Yisheng, along with most of the elders and deacons of Ziyang Pavilion, came to Fuxing City.

The purpose was to hold a grand apprenticeship ceremony for his son in Fuxing City.

Li Mu genuinely disliked this kind of formalism, but the Dong family wanted to promote Dong Jun, so he couldn't refuse.

The reason Dong Yisheng insisted on holding the apprenticeship ceremony was because he had heard that Dong Jun would be managing the teleportation array as Li Mu's representative.

The apprenticeship ceremony was held in a very formal manner at the Xu Family Inn, with the heads of various sects serving as witnesses.

Besides gaining an apprentice, Li Mu also received a chorus of compliments.

Over the course of more than a decade, he killed several people in China, earning him a notorious reputation.

Similarly, he also made some good friends here.

For example, in the Tianxuan Sect in the south, although he killed two people there, he befriended several of the sect's elders.

In the Western Divine Continent, he killed the Yue family members who coveted him, and now he has also eased relations with the people of the Western Mausoleum.

Yue Ling has lived in the Northern Divine Continent for more than ten years, and this bond of kinship must not be broken.

Dong Jun from Dong Shenzhou is now his apprentice, which speaks volumes.

The only place where Li Mu and I didn't have much interaction was the Treasure Pavilion.

He considered Xu Shiheng a friend, but the Xu family might not necessarily consider him a friend.

The apprenticeship ceremony concluded in a lively and joyful atmosphere, with both hosts and guests thoroughly enjoying themselves.

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The next day.

The martial arts consultation meeting was held as scheduled.

Li Mu was pushed to the main seat, and Dong Jun, as his apprentice, sat directly next to him.

After everyone was seated, Xu Mingxuan, as the host, spoke first.

"First of all, I would like to thank Fellow Daoist Li for his contributions to Shenzhou, which have enabled the teleportation array in Shenzhou to continue."

On behalf of the more than 700 martial artists of the Treasure Pavilion and all martial arts practitioners in China, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Fellow Daoist Li.

After Xu Mingxuan finished speaking, he led the applause. After the applause subsided, he continued:

"On behalf of the martial arts community of China, I hereby make this promise to Fellow Daoist Li."

From this day forward, Fellow Daoist Li and his family and disciples will forever be the priority recipients of teleportation.

Next, please welcome Fellow Daoist Li to introduce the teleportation array.

After a round of applause, Li Mu smacked his lips and took out two teleportation jade tokens from his ring.

He was speechless at Xu Mingxuan's remarks; this guy was a sophisticated egoist.

A string of dry, unvarnished words of thanks, seemingly polite, but in reality, a betrayal of their usefulness.

This means that once the formation was set up, Li Mu could retire gracefully, without even mentioning any compensation from his mother.

Of those present, only Wu Qingfeng and Ran Hui, who had participated in setting up the formation, pouted, wanting to say a few words of fairness.

Others, as beneficiaries, would certainly not be foolish enough to offer compensation or refute Lao Xu's words.

He originally planned to allocate ten slots directly to each sect, but now he has changed his mind.

Wanting to use his rearranged teleportation array without paying a price is just wishful thinking.

Li Mu took the two jade tokens, tapped them lightly twice on the table, and said:

"The teleportation array has been set up and will be operational in about six months."

As for how to use it, or who to use it for, that's entirely up to me.