Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 40 Warning
After cutting out the divine purple gold, Li Yao became incredibly famous and had become the center of attention in the jade gambling industry.

Do not underestimate the status of a master of source arts. In the various holy lands, such a person is a guest of honor of all the major powers.

Li Yao cannot yet be considered a master of Origin Arts; his current record is too small to be convincing.

However, he also has an advantage that other Source Masters do not have, which is his age.

It's not hard to predict that an eleven-year-old with such extraordinary skill in Source Arts will surely become a grandmaster of Source Arts in the future.

Nearby, many elderly people were quite direct, extending olive branches to Li Yao, suggesting that if he could befriend a genius of Origin Arts, there would be great benefits in the future.

However, these olive branches were cut off by Zhang Chong as soon as they were extended, and without saying a word, he took Li Yao and left the gambling stone market.

……

The backyard of Yaoguangfang.

"I think your most important thing right now is to cultivate diligently. Making friends with those important figures too early might raise your status a lot in a short time and make you a prominent figure in the Eastern Wilderness, but as someone who has been through it, I don't think that's a good thing."

Zhang Chong carefully chose his words to explain to Li Yao, who was following behind him.

If other disciples were to witness this scene, they would likely be so shocked that they wouldn't be able to sleep. A Supreme Elder was actually explaining his actions to a disciple from the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm with such seriousness, his tone was calm and earnest, without any condescending air, as if there was no difference in status between the two.

This was incredible, but as Li Yao continued to demonstrate his talent, Zhang Chong also lowered his expectations.

“I understand. I have no intention of associating with those people. These are just external forces, illusory displays of wealth and status. Whether someone is noble or not depends entirely on others’ attitudes. I have always understood that only true strength is the foundation of everything,” Li Yao said earnestly.

Zhang Chong smiled with satisfaction. Li Yao's maturity made him feel that the boy's future achievements were even more limitless. Unlike some young people who, after achieving some success, completely lose themselves after being praised by others.

The story of Zhong Yong's tragic fate doesn't exist in the Big Dipper Star Region, but there are countless similar stories there. There are countless geniuses who could have gone very far, but ultimately their cultivation level remained mediocre.

A person's future achievements are not entirely determined by their physical constitution.

Li Yao's physical talent is not top-tier. At least compared to the level of innate Dao embryo, Taiyin body, and Taiyang body, he is far inferior, and even compared to divine body and royal body, he is slightly inferior.

However, Zhang Chong was very confident at this moment, feeling that Li Yao's future achievements would be very high, because his mature mindset, firm pursuit of the Dao, and extraordinary comprehension were not things that a special physique could bring.

Especially in terms of comprehension, those small factions or those who are ignorant may think that comprehension talent is not very important.

However, as the Supreme Elder of the Yao Guang Holy Land, Zhang Chong knew very well how important it was for a person to reach the level of near-immortality in cultivation.

Throughout the history of the Yao Guang Holy Land, there have been many ancient sages. They did not possess special physical constitutions, but in the end, their achievements far surpassed those of those with divine or royal bodies.

In Zhang Chong's view, Li Yao's comprehension was in no way inferior to anyone in the history of Yao Guang.

In half a year, many people were still learning the basics of cultivation and comprehending the meaning of scriptures, but Li Yao had mastered the Yao Guang Scripture to a high degree. Otherwise, even with sufficient resources, it would have been impossible to cultivate to the Divine Bridge Realm in half a year. This already shocked Zhang Chong, but that's not all. Li Yao had also taught himself a remarkable Origin Technique without any guidance.

Zhang Chong compared himself to the past and eventually discovered a very hurtful fact: when he first joined the Yao Guang Holy Land, it took him three months to learn the basics of cultivation and two months to comprehend the profound meaning of the Yao Guang Scripture before he officially embarked on the path of cultivation.

In a horizontal comparison, Li Yao's cultivation realm at this time had reached the peak of the Life Spring, and he soon broke through to the Divine Bridge Realm.

Thinking about all this, Zhang Chong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sometimes, the gap between people is really greater than the gap between people and dogs.

"Master Zhang, this disciple will return to cultivate now." The two had reached the fork in the road. Li Yao bowed and took his leave, preparing to turn and depart.

"Wait a moment." At this moment, Zhang Chong called out to Li Yao, then took out a jade bottle, handed it to Li Yao, and said, "This is your cultivation resource for the next three months, a total of six thousand catties of pure source."

"Six thousand catties!" Li Yao was somewhat surprised.

He is now at the Divine Bridge Realm, and according to the initial agreement, he should receive 1,000 jin of cultivation resources per month.

"Strive to cultivate diligently. Rising Sun Island desperately needs a genius. The more amazing you are, the more resources will be poured into you."

“For example, this time, you broke through the Divine Bridge and defeated the somewhat famous Han Lin, proving your talent. In order to show that the higher-ups of Rising Sun Divine Island value you, they increased the cultivation resources from one thousand catties to two thousand catties,” Zhang Chong explained.

He paused, then continued, "This is not the limit. As you become more and more amazing, Rising Sun Island will invest even more heavily in you."

Li Yao said with some surprise, "Thank you for your guidance, elders."

He wasn't really interested in the 2,000 catties of resources per month. In fact, after overcoming the initial financial difficulties of not having start-up capital, getting resources was no longer a difficult task for him.

What surprised Li Yao was the high regard that Rising Sun Island held for him. Before he could grow up, he needed someone to help him withstand the storms as much as possible.

The more Rising Sun Island invests in him and the more resources it puts into him, the more it will value him and prevent him from dying prematurely; otherwise, their losses would be too great.

"Don't be so easily satisfied. Although this is the treatment the Holy Son enjoys on the surface, with your intelligence, you should be able to guess that these are just the most basic. The real good things are not as simple as just giving them to Yuan." Zhang Chong left these words behind and turned to leave without waiting for Li Yao's reply.

Li Yao stood there, pondering Zhang Chong's words. He knew, of course, that the things enjoyed by the dignified Holy Son of Yao Guang were definitely more than what was on the surface.

"It seems we still have to work hard. The accumulation of a holy land that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years is terrifying. If they were to dedicate all their efforts to cultivating a disciple, the good things they would give would be something that those rogue cultivators wouldn't even dare to dream of."

"By the way, use that piece of divine purple gold as soon as possible. The strength of the Holy Lord lineage and the Supreme Saint lineage is such that even Elder Xun has to give way."

Just as Li Yao was deep in thought, Zhang Chong's voice came from afar, like a wisp of green smoke. Apart from him, none of the disciples of the Yao Guang Holy Land walking around nearby reacted.

(End of this chapter)