Chapter 433 Yi Zu
In the next half a quarter of an hour, Venerable Yanxu and Zhou Ling had a friendly exchange and discussion. Even a fool could clearly sense the change in the atmosphere.

Many people were surprised at first. How could the most severe man in the Punishment Hall suddenly become so gentle?

But as the two of them fought back and forth, they gradually realized the root of the problem -

This Zhou Ling, who had been unknown in the past, turned out to be a peerless evildoer with unfathomable strength, and was recognized by Venerable Yanxu!

Although during this test, Venerable Yanxu behaved politely and even gave a reminder before making a move.

However, the power unleashed by every move and every style is absolutely real.

But Zhou Ling was able to resolve it without any danger every time, which was enough to show his strength, which was completely comparable to that of a saint.

A cultivator at the Ancestral Immortal Realm, who is able to straddle the two realms and fight back and forth with the Holy Immortals, even if he is facing only the most ordinary Holy Immortal, is enough to be called a monster that is hard to find in the ages.

Such a genius will be treated with the highest standards of courtesy no matter which sect he belongs to.

In comparison, Zhou Ling's previous kicking of Fu Lingfeng and punching of Master Qinghong seemed insignificant.

Although sect rules are important, they are established to maintain hierarchy and order.

Zhou Ling has already proven that he possesses strength far beyond that of Qing Hong Zhenjun's ancestors and grandchildren, and is even comparable to that of the saints and immortals. So, if he failed to provoke the other party and was beaten up instead, it was entirely his own fault.

If we punish Zhou Ling now, won't the sect rules become a means to suppress those in power?

This is simply impossible among the feudal and authoritarian forces in the fairy world.

In the crowd, Master Qing Hong, who had figured this out, was sweating profusely and his face was completely pale.

He has also realized what a powerful existence he has offended.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel extremely regretful, and recalled the warning from Immortal Mo Yun not long ago -

"Don't blame me for not warning you. Zhou Ling now is not someone you can afford to offend!"

At that time, he didn't take this sentence to heart at all, he just thought it was just the nonsense that Immortal Master Mo Yun said in anger.

But now that I think about it, what they said was the truth.

A super genius like Zhou Ling, let alone him being a mere punishment officer, didn't he see that even the deputy chief of the Punishment Hall had already begun to work hard to make up for the cracks that had been caused before!

"If he comes to settle the score later, I'll be finished... I'm afraid not only me, but the entire Fu family behind me will have to pay a heavy price for this!"

True Lord Qinghong almost wanted to cry, but he quickly made up his mind.

"No, I can't let things develop to that point! I will go and apologize immediately, I can't let the whole family be implicated... Good words can't persuade the damned ghost, I really brought this upon myself..."

Zhou Ling, who had already turned his enemy into a friend and was communicating with Venerable Yanxu in a friendly manner, was of course unaware of True Lord Qinghong's regret.

He secretly praised in his heart that his master's decision was indeed wise.

Just as the master said, as long as one shows enough talent in the sect, all the so-called inherent rules will become favorable principles to protect him.

Zhou Ling's admiration for Chai Xin unconsciously arose again.

This is the norm after becoming a soul servant. As long as the master does something, it will inspire their great respect.

Of course, it is impossible to tell the difference between soul servants and normal people from their appearance. This is the power of the Great Salvation Technique.

However, if one only relied on the Great Salvation Technique, it was possible that someone stronger than the caster could detect something unusual if they tried to investigate.

However, the great salvation technique performed by Chai Xin, with the blessing of the power of creation, is even more powerful.

Unless the Supreme Lord personally releases his divine sense and explores Zhou Ling's soul deeply, people below this level will not be able to see through the cover of the power of creation.

If he didn't have such confidence, Chai Xin would not have had the idea of ​​first trying to infiltrate Taiyi Sect and now sneaking into Shenzhou Sect.

And when he refines the Xuanhuang Seal again, the combination of his own strength and the power of his natal magic weapon will be enough to rival the best among the saints.

At that time, he could completely transform into Zhou Ling's appearance again and truly replace him.

He has just returned to the sect, and in order to avoid the personal reception and scrutiny by various important figures, which would have the risk of being exposed, Zhou Ling was sent out to deal with the situation.

After a period of time, with Zhou Ling's strength, there is a 99% chance that he will be sent out to be the leader of a local sect.

By then, he will be a local emperor. He can use the power of Shenzhou Gate to conquer all directions, but he will no longer have to worry about someone closely watching him all the time.

At this time, those old guys who were secretly paying attention to Zhou Ling could already be completely certain that he had the combat power comparable to that of a saint.

They have already begun discussing how to train this extraordinary genius who suddenly emerged.

A few old fellows have already had a dispute. They are all invincible among the saints and they want to directly accept Zhou Ling as their disciple.

Generally speaking, disciples in a sect are trained collectively, which is basically the same as schools on Earth.

In other words, disciples in the same group will be taught by the same group of elders, and there will not be a dedicated master.

This is to avoid forming cliques among teachers and students, which would eventually lead to the creation of factions within the school.

After all, the lifespan of a cultivator is extremely long. Even an ancestor immortal elder can live for millions of years.

Even if he only lived for tens of thousands of years, if he was allowed to recruit disciples within his sect, who knows how many thousands he would have accepted, and it would have been easy for him to form his own sect.

As for those Yuanxian and Shengxian, there is no need to say more.

After hundreds of thousands or millions of years, I'm afraid that there will no longer be any such thing as Shenzhou Gate. Instead, there will be just a bunch of small hills, and it will be difficult even for the top leaders to issue orders.

Of course, even with this system, we cannot completely eliminate factionalism, but we can alleviate it to a great extent.

Therefore, even those who have passed down the core teachings often do not have a master.

One has to at least reach the level of Saint Son, or a stronger genius, before he can attract the real big boss in the sect to accept him as a disciple.

Such a big guy is at least at the level of a saint.

In other words, beings below the level of Saint Immortal generally do not put their full effort into recruiting disciples.

However, the sect is not completely inhumane.

When the time of death of some disciples is really approaching, if they cannot bear to see their unique skills lost, they may apply to the higher-ups to accept a few promising people into the sect as successors.

This can be considered as keeping the benefits within the family. They are all dying anyway, so there is no need to worry about them forming cliques.

Of course, if they want to accept disciples outside the sect, they will not be restricted as long as they do not teach the sect's unique skills that are not allowed to be passed on to outsiders.

In addition, if the apprentices they accept outside the sect can pass the postgraduate entrance examination set by the sect, they can even be accepted as disciples of the sect.

However, in order to restrict disciples from recruiting disciples arbitrarily in order to expand their own power, this kind of assessment is often very strict and several times more difficult than the regular recruitment of disciples by the sect.

"No need to argue. I have taken a liking to Zhou Ling and plan to accept him as my last disciple. You guys are not going to argue with an old man like me who is about to die, are you?" Just as the elders were arguing, suddenly an extremely vicissitudes of life voice sounded like thunder, stunning everyone.

"Yi Zu!"

"Greetings to Master Yi! I never thought that this kid would alarm Master Yi..."

"Since Master Yi has spoken, we younger generations should obey! But Master Yi has never been involved in the affairs of the sect, so why did he want to accept a disciple?"

After a brief silence, these old guys stood up and saluted, their expressions showing respect but also a hint of shock.

Since this Yi Zu can be called "Ancestor", he is certainly not an ordinary person, but a legendary immortal!
There are two supreme titles in the world of immortal cultivation, namely "Emperor" and "Ancestor".

Except for some arrogant, ignorant and shallow people, anyone who dares to use these two names must be a giant in the entire fairy world.

Generally speaking, "Emperor" is a higher level, and is a title that only a half-step Heavenly King strongman, second only to the Heavenly King, can have.

Such as the Jade Emperor of Heaven, the Disaster Emperor of Taiyi Sect, the Yu Emperor of Shenzhou Sect, etc., all of them are beings who live as long as the heaven and the earth.

As for "Ancestor", it is slightly inferior and is the title of honor for the most powerful immortal.

Generally speaking, beings like Heavenly Sovereigns and Half-Step Heavenly Sovereigns would not inquire about worldly affairs for hundreds or tens of millions of years.

Therefore, the Supreme Immortal is equivalent to the highest level of existence among all major forces.

Most wars between sects, and even conquests with the God Realm and Dragon Realm, are led by the immortals of each sect.

The emperor who is half a step away from becoming a heavenly monarch would simply ignore anything unless there was something major that could shake the foundation of his sect.

Their lifelong pursuit is to break through to the realm of Heavenly Sovereign and achieve true freedom. Even if heaven and earth decay, I am still immortal.

As for those supreme celestial monarchs, sometimes they will not show up even if the sects they founded are destroyed.

In their eyes, everyone below the Heavenly Emperor is an ant.

No matter how powerful a force is, it is impossible to survive an era. When the heaven and earth are destroyed, it will eventually be reduced to ashes.

If you are still interested in building a power in the next era, just rebuild one. It's just a piece of cake.

Their original intention of establishing their power was mostly to dig out seeds that had the potential to reach the realm of Heavenly Lord as a boost to themselves.

Some do it to promote their own reputation and to gather luck and faith. Over a long period of time, little by little, they add up to a lot and can be of some use.

Of course, some are purely out of interest.

In short, in the Shenzhou Sect, the Immortal can be regarded as the highest level.

Even if an unparalleled genius is born, they rarely accept disciples. After all, most of their energy is focused on breaking through to the Half-Step Heavenly Monarch level.

A small amount of energy should be put into managing the affairs of the sect.
As for teaching disciples, there are many saints and immortals in the sect to do it.

In fact, as early as when these immortals were still saints, they had already accepted countless disciples, some of whom had even reached the same level as them.

It no longer appeals to them to spend time and effort teaching some Golden Immortals, Ancestral Immortals, or even Yuan Immortals.

Even for someone like Zhou Ling who has the potential to become a Half-Step Heavenly Monarch, they are not very interested.

Potential is just potential. In the endless years since the establishment of Shenzhou Sect, there have been dozens of disciples with such potential.

But in the end, there were only three people who truly achieved the status of emperor.

The current head monk, Emperor Yu, was the last person to enter the realm of emperor, and that was more than 53 billion years ago!
In these more than 50 billion years, has there never been a genius comparable to Zhou Ling?

Of course there was! And more than one.

However, in the end, not a single one of them became a Half-Step Heavenly Monarch, and two of them even died before they could become an Immortal.

Therefore, for those immortals whose lifespans are long enough, no matter how talented a person is, whether or not he is accepted as a disciple is of little importance.

But today, a powerful immortal actually stood up and wanted to accept Zhou Ling as his disciple.

Moreover, Yi Zu's strength had already reached the pinnacle of the immortal realm tens of millions of years ago. Logically, he should have focused all his attention on breaking through the realm. How could he have thought of accepting a disciple?

This extraordinary situation inevitably surprised many veterans of Shenzhou Sect.

But at this moment, a gray cannon figure walked out from the depths of the void.

This is a tall and thin middle-aged man who looks to be in his forties. He is not handsome, but has a gentle temperament.

There is no dignity or noble temperament in him, he is just like a teacher in the secular world.

However, the moment they saw this man, the elders gathered there all stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "Greetings to Yizu."

It turned out that this middle-aged man who looked like a teacher was the famous Yizu of Shenzhou Sect.

"No need to be polite."

Yi Zu waved his hand gently, signaling everyone around him to stand up, but his eyes were already fixed on Chai Xin who was fighting with Venerable Yanxu outside the layers of space.

"My time is coming to an end. I have less than 100,000 years left, and there is no hope for further progress. A cultivator has already understood life and death, but I am afraid that all I have learned in my life will vanish in the long river of time..."

His tone was calm and he stopped talking here, but everyone was struck by lightning.

"Yi Zu's time is coming to an end!"

"Less than a hundred thousand years... Alas, so that's how it is."

"No wonder Yi Zu, who had long since stopped caring about worldly affairs, suddenly came out of seclusion and announced that he wanted to accept a disciple..."

Although no one dared to comment, they could not contain the shock in their hearts, and their previous confusion suddenly disappeared.

One hundred thousand years is an unimaginably long time for ordinary people in the secular world. It can even give rise to countless brilliant civilizations...

But for cultivators, especially those who have become "immortals", their time is running out.

Beings like the Supreme Immortals would sometimes be in a state of meditation for thousands or even tens of thousands of years - this is why they don't easily accept disciples, they simply cannot take care of them!

Just after entering into meditation for a while, his disciple was chased by someone. He quickly solved the problem and went into meditation again. Before he came out, his disciple had already failed to advance and turned to ashes...

Therefore, unless they meet a young person who they particularly like, most monks will not accept him as their successor.

Even if they accept disciples, they often just make them as nominal disciples on a whim, give them some benefits, and then let them develop freely.

As for the kind of successor who is taught carefully, one will be extremely cautious before accepting him as a successor.

(End of this chapter)