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"Junior Brother, I'll need to borrow your Dao field for a while to preach to them."

After assigning the more than twenty arriving disciples, Sun Qidao turned to Song Wen with a beaming smile.

"Just use it. This place of mine is quiet year-round. It's truly a blessing for this place to have the fated opportunity for two Senior Brothers to preach here."

Song Wen didn't say much; he was happy to do a favor for his two Senior Brothers.

Although he didn't take in any Direct Disciples this time, the number of Named Disciples was enough to erase that small difference in karmic opportunity.

Elder Sun took in more than ten, and Senior Brother Li also uncharacteristically took in seven Named Disciples.

Although they were Named Disciples, they were still disciples. While their karmic opportunity was extremely shallow, and perhaps these disciples might not even enter the Inner Sect Courtyard in the end, the rarity of a single preaching session at this stage was an fated opportunity that was hard to come by in ten thousand years.

Naturally, he wouldn't stop them.

Since the host said so, Elder Sun flicked his sleeve, and his batch of Named Disciples went to another mountain peak. "I'll leave this place to you, Junior Brother."

"Senior Brother, I won't disturb your preaching either."

Elder Sun left, and Elder Song also left. Now only eight people remained here.

One of them was Lu Qing's newly recognized cheap Master. Named Disciples, naturally, could not directly enter the Inner Sect Courtyard.

The champion of this arena competition also failed to become a Direct Disciple; he was taken away by Elder Sun.

Li Luoyang's gaze swept over the seven disciples he had chosen.

He had already seen the performance of six of the seven disciples in the arena. As for the remaining Lu Qing, he had also glanced at him at the time, and he stood out among the disciples outside the arena.

Being able to gain insight into the Great Dao of Time at this stage, he immediately added a spot.

Lu Qing had not expected that his selection would be due to this insight, which Li Luoyang happened to see at precisely the right moment.

For Li Luoyang, since Senior Brother Sun took in more than ten, it wouldn't be good for him to take too few. Seven was just right, corresponding to the Big Dipper, so he simply added another name.

"My surname is Li. You are entering my sect as Named Disciples. Named Disciples cannot directly enter the Inner Sect. You should be aware that you have one fated opportunity per year to listen to the Dao in the Inner Sect."

"disciple understands." Lu Qing responded along with the other six.

A call of 'Master' solidified the outcome. Lu Qing was very much looking forward to the preaching that Elder Sun, who had just left, had mentioned.

Preaching the Dao, not ordinary lecturing on techniques.

This kind of fated opportunity is only encountered by great luck.

"Mm." Li Luoyang nodded slightly. He was always straightforward and had no taboos.

Taking in this batch of Named Disciples from the Outer Court was also a first in his Cultivation career.

"Sit cross-legged, and I will preach the Dao to you."

He spoke plainly.

Lu Qing immediately complied.

The others did the same.

Putting everything else aside, being able to obtain this fated opportunity, Lu Qing felt no immediate excitement about the title of Named Disciple on his back. A title couldn't protect him; if a Named Disciple died, it wouldn't even alarm the Master. This was Lu Qing's understanding of each disciple's status after reviewing the jade slip.

As for his cheap Master asking if he had any objections, it was merely a polite remark.

The Gathering of Heroes hexagram reading had concluded.

No new hexagram reading had been opened here, so he valued practical things more than titles.

Lu Qing immediately immersed himself in this preaching.

This Master's preaching was not concise.

"The ten directions of heaven and earth, the boundless Dao..."

A rumble echoed from within Lu Qing's Purple Mansion.

Instantly, Lu Qing became completely immersed in this vast yet subtle, boundless and ethereal essence.

At the scene, as Li Luoyang preached, golden lotuses bloomed, and Dao Rhymes manifested.

Countless golden lotuses descended from the heavens, sinking into the ground and disappearing, but more landed on the seven of them.

From the very first sentence spoken by his cheap Master, Lu Qing had entered a state of mental emptiness.

This was a completely different state from listening to a lecture in the past.

During lectures, Lu Qing still had his wits about him and could understand and remember every word.

But here, as the first sound fell and the first golden lotus appeared, Lu Qing had already forgotten himself, completely immersed in this preaching.

He only felt some mists in his mind suddenly disperse, and countless insights surged into his heart.

The fundamental cultivation technique that had accompanied him to this point, the Profound Heaven Origin Scripture, was also operating, rapidly increasing his foundation of insights.

Eighth layer, ninth layer.

It finally stopped at the tenth layer.

Lotuses entered his glabella, landed on his shoulders, and merged into his body and Divine Soul. Instantly, without realizing it, the Great Concealment Art he was practicing began to circulate, concealing some of the breakthrough phenomena on his body.

His foundation in all aspects, and even his Comprehension and Aptitude, all increased.

In a daze, Lu Qing seemed to see a vast, unrestrained Chaos sky, with countless stars like grains of sand floating and sinking in the Chaos.

It wasn't until a buzzing sound in his ears and a golden magical power condensed in his Purple Mansion Divine Soul that his empty mind finally returned.

At the same time, the spiritual sea in his Dantian instantly expanded, and drops of Spiritual Liquid rapidly transformed.

A pure aura circulated within Lu Qing's body.

His limbs and bones, Purple Mansion Divine Soul, Dantian spiritual sea, Sea of Consciousness insights...

His cultivation at the fourth realm of Purple Mansion instantly broke into the fifth realm of Purple Mansion!

This was not over yet.

Lu Qing suddenly opened his eyes. The Dao Rhyme in his ears had stopped, the lotuses had vanished, and his Master was no longer in sight.

Only in the instant he opened his eyes, his aura quietly broke through again.

The sixth realm of Purple Mansion, achieved!

Breaking through two minor realms in a row, even Lu Qing couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised.

After this preaching session, his harvest was truly abundant.

If the increase in his cultivation gave him a small surprise.

Then his senses becoming clear, his Comprehension rising another level, and his Aptitude further improving, gave him a big surprise.

His Comprehension and Aptitude were not bad, but they were, after all, Acquired and stimulated by treasures and Spirit Herb. They required years of nourishment to compare with some Innate Aptitudes.

Now, it was equivalent to instantly simplifying this process. If he were to test his Aptitude again, Lu Qing could be sure that he was already Earth Grade Aptitude. Whatever Comprehension and other qualities an Earth Grade Aptitude should have, that last bit of gap in him was completely filled here.

In fact, in some aspects, Lu Qing's Cultivation Aptitude was even slightly inferior to his Comprehension.

Even Lu Qing himself couldn't say what level his Comprehension had reached.

But undoubtedly, if the Profound Heaven Origin Scripture, which had previously operated slowly like a tortoise, was crawling before, then now this tortoise had started to walk. Although still a tortoise, its speed had clearly increased.

Now at the tenth layer, it would be no problem for him to cultivation all the way to the eighteenth layer afterwards.

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