Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Leaving behind Chu Li on his own after giving him some useful advice that might end up helping him not rush into the final tribulation and killing himself in the process, Xuan Hao left the Valley of Illusory Beasts that had seemingly returned to the same state as when he had first been there before moving towards the border of the Blue Sea Empire.

Considering that it had now been some time since the overconfident Celestial Immortal Realm Ancestor from the Blue Sea Empire had left to investigate the situation of the space node stone mine, he was planning to take his leave before anything happened. Intending to use the long-distance teleportation technique to return to the Star Shattering Sect and prepare in case the demonic cultivators ended up launching an offensive against the kingdoms bordering the Blue Sea Empire.

At the same time, he also made sure to contact Xuan Gui and asked her to inform him of the moment something happened. Giving him time to react in case the demonic cultivators really decided to make a move on the kingdoms and smaller empires between them and the blue Sea Empire.

Of course, this did confuse Xuan Gui, but she decided not to ask about it and just guessed that it might be because the Blue Sea Empire was preparing to launch an attack towards the demonic cultivators in the Frozen Wasteland and he wanted to safeguard his sect in case the demonic cultivators responded.

Not something unexpected, considering that quite a few of the major powers from the core region of the continent had begun to launch offensive campaigns against the demonic cultivators who had dared to attack them after they had recovered from the initial shock of the first attack.

Never would she have guessed that this had nothing to do with an offensive campaign from the Blue Sea Empire but was instead because one of the Blue Sea Empire’s Celestial Immortal Realm Ancestors would end up being stuck on the other side of the Frozen Wasteland without any way back to the blue Sea Empire.

If she really knew about this. Given her hatred towards the Blue Sea Empire, she wouldn’t have hesitated to inform her higher ups about the situation and possibly even join them in trying to kill this Celestial Immortal Realm Ancestor from the Blue Sea Empire before he could get any help.

Even if this was a bit unrealistic considering how much weaker she was compared to a Celestial Immortal Realm Ancestor, she would at least be able to provide some support to the Demon King Realm demonic cultivators with her Peak Demon Lord Realm cultivation base. Especially if joined together in a formation with other Demon Lord Realm demonic cultivators…

Unfortunately, none of this would end up happening, as Xuan Gui was instead more focused on the possible attack from the Blue Sea Empire that might end up taking place at any moment, as she decided to play things safe and retreat deeper into the Frozen Wasteland to avoid death in case a Celestial Immortal Realm Ancestor was leading the attack she suspected would take place after hearing what Xuan Hao said.

Xuan Hao on the other hand… Smoothly moved to the border of the Blue Sea Empire after a few days of casual travel through the relatively peaceful Blue Sea Empire before using his long-distance teleportation technique to return to the sect without alerting anyone about the fact that he had even left in the first place.

Of course, considering the large number of resources he had managed to secure this time around, Xuan Hao directly went to Elder Song before handing over close to a hundred top grade spirit stones along with dozens of Transcendent Grade Spiritual Herbs and Spiritual Metals.

The most important space node stones that he had managed to steal from the demonic cultivators was something he kept for himself as there wasn’t really anyone outside of him inside of the sect that could use it… And knowing the importance of teleportation formations for the future growth of the sect and easy movement between different important locations inside the sect’s territory, Xuan Hao returned to Eighth Star Peak where the former home of the Half Spirit Race was located.

Not to reminisce about the past, but instead to unravel the ancient teleportation formation that he had sealed off and hidden away inside of the former home of the Half Spirit Race before they became a part of the Star Shattering Sect.

Planning to use it to try and learn how to make a teleportation formation himself.

Of course, this kind of method was far slower than if he had something to guide him like a book on formations, but the Star Shattering Sect didn’t have a book on teleportation formations and the only one he could think about that might have those kinds of formations inside of it, the one he was gifted by the old man from the Fallen Immortal archipelago, was still far too hard for him to read.

Even after he entered the Dao of Formations and reached the Small Success Realm in the Dao of Formations, he couldn’t read it.

However, there was a bit of progress, giving him hope that he would be able to start reading some of the formations inside of it after his Dao of Formations managed to break through to the Large Success Realm.

But… This was for the future and wouldn’t be of any help to him at the moment, thus resulting in his current situation where he was carefully examining the ancient teleportation formation inside the former home of the Half Spirit Race, while at the same time keeping an eye on his communication talisman for any news from Xuan Gui in case the demonic cultivators decided on attacking.

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Unaware of the possible danger that the sect might soon find itself in, Elder Song was quietly looking over the large number of precious spiritual herbs and metals that Xuan Hao had brought to him for use in strengthening the sect.

”So many precious spiritual herbs and metals… I’m sure both alchemists and blacksmiths alike will be overjoyed when they learn about this, though… I do wonder where Xuan Hao managed to get his hands on all of these precious resources… Perhaps they were obtained during his last trip out of the sect?”

Even if he understood Xuan Hao was powerful, he still found it surprising that he had managed to bring back so many things for the sect. Seemingly always coming back with a large number of things that would be useful in the development of the sect.

”Oh well, if Xuan Hao is doing so much to help the sect grow stronger, its only right for me to work hard and ensure that the resources that he brings back are properly utilized! For these spiritual herbs and spiritual metals… It might be good to hold a competition for the elders for once instead of only the disciples.

Maybe this will also encourage some of the elders in the Blacksmith Hall and the Alchemy Hall to work hard… Yes, it definitely will encourage them if I give them a few months to prepare- No! Not just a few months, I could split up the competition into several rounds split up over a year or two and have them continue working hard with the promise of Transcendent Grade Spiritual Herb or Spiritual Metal as a final reward!

But… Preparation is needed for such a large competition and other rewards will also be needed. Haaa… Looks like I will have to work hard for the next few weeks if I want to ensure that the competition ends up being successful.”

As he slowly planned out a massive tournament that would involve all the elders of the Blacksmithing Hall and the Alchemy Hall, Elder Song soon felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him as he realized how much work he would have to do to make something like that work.

After all, the blacksmithing hall and the alchemy hall were by far the largest profession-based halls in the entire Star Shattering Sect.

Even if it only involved the elders, it would still be over a hundred people.

But more importantly than that, it would serve as a way to inspire the younger generation, as Elder Song already planned for the competition to be watched by the younger disciples of the sect. Giving them a chance to learn from their seniors or to help spark an interest in them for joining the Blacksmithing Hall or the Alchemy Hall in the future.

In a sense, the main goal of the competition in Elder Song’s eyes slowly turned towards inspiring the younger generation of the sect to strive for improving themselves with the help of the elders who would do their best to both win the competition and show of their strength to the younger generation of the sect, something that any elder would want to do, as they wanted to be looked up to by the younger generation…