"I am here."
Lin Feng turned his head abruptly, only to see a figure had appeared between heaven and earth at some unknown time.
It was Han Xuanji.
He did not reveal his appearance; his aura was unfathomably profound, like the Dao itself.
Having reached the Hunyuan Taiji Realm, almost all matters in the Immortal Realm held no secrets for him.
A single step spanned vast distances, and the entire universe lay beneath his feet.
The moment he saw Han Xuanji, Lin Feng's suspended heart finally settled, and then a surge of warm current rose within him.
Could it be that Han Xuanji had been secretly observing his growth?
Otherwise, why would he intervene precisely when Lin Feng was in crisis?
If not for Han Xuanji's intervention this time, Lin Feng felt he would have perished here.
He was not a fragile person, but at this moment, his eyes felt somewhat hot.
Lin Feng tidied his robes, bowed deeply and solemnly, his voice a little hoarse:
"Junior Lin Feng respectfully thanks Senior Han for saving my life!"
After a moment, Han Xuanji slowly spoke, his voice still calm:
"So much time has passed, yet you are still in the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm. This is somewhat disappointing."
He turned slightly, his gaze falling upon Lin Feng. His eyes were calm and profound, as if they could illuminate all the trajectories of his past and present lives.
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately felt a bit awkward but dared not refute.
Actually, his Breakthrough speed was quite fast. He was initially a newcomer to the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and now he was not far from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
However, in Han Xuanji's eyes, he had wasted these years.
He was a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Reincarnation after all; was it that difficult to become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
Han Xuanji was somewhat puzzled.
Seeing Han Xuanji's disappointed expression, Lin Feng lowered his head, his voice a little aggrieved:
"Senior is right... this Junior has been negligent."
But the unyielding spirit in his bones made him unable to resist looking up, trying to explain his path, even if the explanation might seem pale and powerless to the other party:
"It's just... these past years, this Junior has been adventuring alone in the Immortal Realm, and all Opportunities had to be contended for by myself, without reliance on anyone. Moreover, due to certain Karma, I had to act cautiously, proceeding step by step.
Many times, it wasn't that I didn't want to advance bravely and diligently, but rather... I was powerless and treading on thin ice."
He spoke sincerely, and there was indeed nothing wrong with it.
Han Xuanji listened quietly, showing no emotion.
After a moment of contemplation, he spoke again, his tone still calm, but seemingly with a hint of elusive meaning:
"Then why do you insist on traveling the Immortal Realm alone, unwilling to rely on anyone?"
Han Xuanji hit the nail on the head:
"With your talent, many powerful individuals would be willing to nurture you, but you have refused them one by one. Is it that you are unwilling... or is it your Heart Demon at play?"
Lin Feng was startled, suddenly recalling various events from his previous life.
After Reincarnation, his Realm had fallen, and his Dao Heart had also been tarnished.
The Heart Demon left from his previous life had confined him, making him reject many external forces that could have accelerated his growth.
"Thank you, Senior, for clarifying..."
Lin Feng nodded solemnly, and something deep within his heart seemed to loosen.
"Senior, I..."
Lin Feng hesitated, feeling somewhat embarrassed to speak certain words.
Han Xuanji said indifferently:
"Are you willing to become my Disciple?"
At these words, Lin Feng's heart warmed.
In the cultivation world, the Master-Disciple relationship is even more steadfast than that of father and son.
This was also why, after being betrayed by his Disciple in his previous life, he still couldn't let it go.
Lin Feng immediately knelt and kowtowed, saying:
"Greetings, Master."
Everything fell into place naturally. Lin Feng's favorability towards Han Xuanji had now reached its peak.
Han Xuanji nodded, first pouring a bucket of cold water on him:
"If you enter my sect, you will temporarily be a Named Disciple. Can you accept this?"
Named Disciple?
Lin Feng felt a little lost, but Han Xuanji's words continued:
"The day you achieve the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm, you will become my formal Disciple. Are you willing?"
Only upon achieving the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm could one become a formal Disciple.
How high and almost stringent this requirement was.
There were countless beings and Prodigies like clouds in the Immortal Realm, but let alone Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal, those who could achieve Grand Unity Golden Immortal were few and far between.
And among Grand Unity Golden Immortals, less than one in a hundred achieved Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
Lin Feng understood that this was not Han Xuanji looking down on him or making things difficult, but rather his expectation for Lin Feng's future and recognition of his talent.
In Han Xuanji's eyes, Lin Feng's achievement of Hunyuan was just the beginning.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng faced Han Xuanji, knelt on both knees with the most solemn ancient rites, and kowtowed:
"Disciple Lin Feng, I am willing to enter Master's sect!
The Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit, this Disciple will strive with all my might to achieve it, and I will never fail Master's guidance today!"
This kowtow was done with heartfelt conviction, breaking the shackles of arrogance and paving a brand new Dao path.
Han Xuanji smiled, nodding slightly, accepting the Rites.
The reason for such complexity was not for anything else, but to test what he was thinking in his heart.
Initially, Lin Feng's future only required fifty simulations, but now it required eighty.
This had already far exceeded the number of simulations required by Su Ming and was not far from Han You.
"Indeed, under my influence, Lin Feng's value is rising..."
Han Xuanji nodded slightly.
He didn't feel bad about the increased simulation times; the more times, the better the rewards naturally would be.
He now needed System rewards to help him Breakthrough to the Limitless Primordial Realm faster.
As for why he didn't directly accept him as a Disciple, Han Xuanji felt that his acceptance of Disciples was somewhat too casual, and Lin Feng was different from other Disciples, possessing a supreme treasure like the limitless jade disc, so there was no need to cultivate him by his side.
Han Xuanji did not let Lin Feng get up immediately, but instead silently thought:
"System, check in."
This place was also a seven-star check-in location.
The System's prompt then sounded.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully checking in at the seven-star check-in location "Demon God's Fallen Land." You have received "demon god origin."]
[The Dao rhyme of this place has been exhausted and cannot be checked in again.]
The demon god origin obtained from the System check-in was more complete than what remained in this place, and the power it contained was also more immense.
Before this Demon God fell, it was also a powerful being who had entered the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm, not far from the Celestial Golden Immortal Realm.
Han Xuanji pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and made a grasping motion at the cluster of demon god origin, and then performed a Fusion with the demon god origin he had obtained from the check-in.
"This shall be your meeting gift from your Master."
With previous experience in transforming the Chaos Physique for a group of people, Han Xuanji found it effortless.
The light mass, imbued with vast Chaos Qi, gently floated down and hovered above Lin Feng's head.
Although Lin Feng was somewhat surprised, he did not move rashly.
Han Xuanji pointed his fingers like a sword, drawing countless profound and unpredictable Dao patterns in the air.
In an instant, countless fine strands of Chaos Qi, as if possessing life, flowed gently into Lin Feng's body through his acupoints.
Before long.
Lin Feng let out a suppressed roar.
This was the extreme pain brought about by the forced elevation of his life level.
But along with the pain, he could clearly feel that his original Physique was undergoing a tremendous transformation under the cleansing of that incomparably pure Chaos power!
Life was sublimating.
In short, it was a coexistence of pain and pleasure.
Watching Lin Feng's Physique transform, Han Xuanji was not idle but began to simulate him.
[Simulating Lin Feng requires one hundred times. Do you wish to simulate?]
"It increased by twenty times just like that?"
Han Xuanji was startled and quickly said in his mind:
"Simulate!"