Chapter 476: Chapter 270 Immortal Body Enhancement, Selecting the Immortal Seed_2

Afterward, they followed the instructions and melted the Taiyin Crystal powder into tons and tons of steel alloy.

This enhanced the various attributes of the alloy steel, precious even on Water Blue Star, to soar once again.

It allowed them to withstand carvings of formations by Array Masters and various other new rounds of enhancing, much like many expensive materials could.

With the abundance of high-quality Spiritual Energy, as well as the generous reward system of the Blood God Ancestor,

and the addition of new recruits every five days during this period,

the Artifact Refiners’ morale remained extremely high despite some fatigue.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, near Southern Desolate Island, one of the newly formed islands.

Yun Jiu, recovered quite well except for his hair turning half white, was now energetically holding a Magic Artifact, testing the newly turned twelve-year-olds on the island.

After gifting a Magic Artifact to Fairy Luo, and shortly after being wounded in spirit,

Yun Jiu had been weary from dealing with the chaos in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Fortunately, he had made it back to Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop in the end and inadvertently found refuge with his once senior brother Su Ping.

It had provided him with some stability for a while.

He then migrated alongside the Mortal folk to the island.

Not before long, he had transformed and joined the Island Master under the Blood God Ancestor,

becoming a member of the mysterious force envied and resented by all major powers.

As a former Outer Sect disciple of the Immortal Sect, Yun Jiu was gradually absorbed into the team formed by the original Immortal Sect disciples of Southern Desolate Island.

The team’s captain was rumored to have once been the owner of the Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop.

But due to the great upheaval in the Immortal Cultivation World and the loss of Cloud Mountain, he had no choice but to pass it on to a Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivator.

This captain also recognized Su Ping, whom Yun Jiu trusted.

When their footing was solidified, they even went looking for Su Ping.

But they were searching for Su Ping, the Inspector of Golden Sparrow City,

which they could never find on Southern Desolate Island.

At most, they could learn from the immigrants who originally lived in Golden Sparrow City that their beloved Inspector was favored by an unknown great personage and seldom came back to visit his old acquaintances.

Knowing that his senior brother hadn’t met with misfortune but had instead stumbled upon a great opportunity, Yun Jiu felt a poignant happiness for Su Ping’s prosperous future.

After learning about this, the rest of the team paid even closer attention to gathering information,

for at first, these Outer Sect disciples had some advantages.

However, as the children of the families guarding the Immortal City arrived with a full retinue to seek protection,

the survival of these so-called Immortal Sect disciples, who were just a group of Qi Cultivators out of options, faced significant challenges!

They desperately hoped to find a powerful patron to improve their living conditions.

Regrettably, no matter how much they inquired and searched, their direction from the start was misguided.

They could never grasp that an Outer Sect disciple, dispatched as the Inspector of Golden Sparrow City in the Mortal World,

had become the exalted Blood God Ancestor, whom not even the Sect Leaders of top-ranking sects dared to slight!

Yun Jiu’s current task was dealing with Mortals.

For other lofty Cultivators, this might be hard to accept,

but Yun Jiu was already well-versed in such affairs.

After examining this batch of children,

Yun Jiu revealed a smile, inviting over a dozen boys and girls with Low Grade Spirit Roots to step forward.

For the rest, he offered some encouraging words and informed them not to neglect their Cultivation studies.

As long as they performed well, even those with slightly inferior Spirit Roots had the chance to obtain learning opportunities and become Martial Artists or Loose Cultivators.

He dismissed the children to find their own families, then took the selected ones to the port to board the Tower Ship.

After gathering children with Spirit Roots from various districts,

the Tower Ship finally set sail for the main island of Southern Desolate.

For these Mortal children,

the changes on the main island of Southern Desolate in this period could be described as revolutionary.

Not to mention the many tall buildings rising from the ground, there were also numerous structures floating in mid-air.

This caused waves of amazement among the children,

and these exclamations quickly drew the attention of some merchants.

Some recalled the Immortal Ascension Conference from the days when the Immortal Sect could still maintain the general situation and showed a hint of nostalgia.

“Who would have thought that at this time, we could still see Mortal offspring being given the opportunity to pursue cultivation here,”

the merchant murmured unwittingly, immediately gaining nods of agreement from a few customers of the Side Sect.

Since the overall environment of the Immortal Cultivation World began to deteriorate, many sects had intentionally started to abandon Outer Sect disciples.

Unless one possessed a top-grade Spirit Root or a Spiritual Body, nearly no new blood was being absorbed.

After all, with the pressure of time, resources had to be allocated where they were most needed.

As for the future… they could only offer an apology.

However, at this time and in this place, witnessing the current scene,

many cultivators showed a few more sparks of light and an emotion known as hope in their eyes.

“A force willing to cultivate mortals indicates that their expectations for the future, no matter how bad, can’t be too disastrous, right?”

“Could it be that the invasion of evil qi into the world has slowed down?”

A young scion from a family serving as guardians of an Immortal City couldn’t help but ask his older sister out of curiosity.

The woman cultivator in a purple magic robe shook her head slightly:

“The speed of the evil qi’s erosion is only accelerating. The latest message from the old ancestor informed us that another event of an Evil God Avatar’s descent has occurred in the West Desert, advising our family to avoid that region as much as possible.”

The Blood God Ancestor’s subjugation of the Mu Character Domain indeed bolstered the spirits of many cultivators.

Yet they were quickly brought back to reality by the continuous stream of dreadful news.

The onslaught of evil spirits throughout the Immortal Cultivation World continued unabated.

The victory in one region could not change the overarching trend of the entire Immortal Cultivation World.

Yun Jiu, leading the way, also noticed the gazes of senior cultivators around him.

He took a deep breath and puffed out his chest proudly.

Although his cultivation level wouldn’t have even qualified him to meet those Foundation Establishment cultivators in the past,

he was now officially serving the old ancestor as a staff member of the Southern Desolate Island.

He no longer needed to feel inferior as he once did!

Click!

Inside the main island, the heavily fortified doors of the City Lord Mansion, which had undergone multiple repairs, began to slowly open upon Yun Jiu’s notification.

Then Yun Jiu, leading the way, ushered the children into the mansion in single file.

Seeing this scene, some cultivators couldn’t help but feel envious.

Their cultivation levels were at the very least in the late period of Qi Cultivation.

However, when competing for those lower-level positions, they were unable to beat the direct descendants of the White Crane True Man.

In their eyes, what allowed people like Yun Jiu to rise in rank was their association with White Crane True Man, having been loose cultivators without any sect affiliation.

For the Blood God Ancestor, who currently did not bring a large number of middle and lower level descendants,

this kind of background was undoubtedly most suitable.

If it were them, they too would prioritize employing people from such a lineage for managerial roles.

Thus, they would not question the meager strength of these loose cultivators or the defeated dogs of the Outer Sect,

but rather lament that such opportunities had not befallen them!

Inside the City Lord Mansion.

It was not Yun Jiu’s first visit, yet he still felt somewhat nervous.

Fortunately, the manager here was Manager Dongfang, an old acquaintance from the Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop.

Many people had at least some contact with this earnest and responsible Chief Steward.

Manager Dongfang arrived in the main hall and gave Yun Jiu a slight nod.

Then he had the servants prepare food and drink, allowing everyone to recover before he finally spoke:

“The old ancestor has just issued an order.”

“This time, the Immortal Seed must undergo one more special inspection.”

Pausing, Manager Dongfang turned to Yun Jiu:

“And we, as well, are fortunate enough to receive this opportunity.”

“You must also strive hard.”

“Your talent is the most likely among us to benefit from the new test.”

“Benefit from the new test?”

Yun Jiu was taken aback.

He was well aware of his own abilities, which featured a slight talent in Beast Taming.

Was he really regarded so highly by the Chief Steward?

But what kind of test could rely on talent to bring benefits, perhaps enhancing talent?

That couldn’t be possible, for in the stories, only highly valuable Spiritual Medicines could enhance talent.

And he, a person of his stature, was worthy of enjoying such resources?

“Impossible!”

Yun Jiu pondered in confusion, slowly noticing more and more acquaintances, along with children from other islands, entering the hall.

Then, once everyone had arrived and had their fill,

they saw a red light appear in the hall, enveloping everyone.

Within the red light, a pair of colossal snake eyes suddenly appeared before them all.

In an instant, it dragged all of them into the Dream World…