Wild Dogs

Regardless of whether Qinglong's feelings for Yang Fan are genuine or not, at least Qinglong currently harbors no hostility towards him.

Yang Fan nodded gratefully.

Seeing this, Qinglong smiled.

Then Qinglong looked at Yang Fan.

"Take the Nine Transformations of the True Spirit and cultivate them properly when you get back."

"As for the other True Spirit bloodlines, I won't give them to you for now."

As he spoke, Qinglong looked earnestly at Yang Fan.

"Actually, the true spirit bloodline I gave you is only the bloodline of these true spirit descendants, and it is not pure."

"The power they can exert is incomparable to that of true spirits who possess complete true spirit bloodlines."

"So once you master the Nine Transformations of True Spirit and these bloodlines, you will need to find ways to collect the bloodlines of other True Spirits in the future so that your strength can be improved as soon as possible."

Yang Fan nodded heavily.

"Yes, I understand."

"Alright, you can go back now."

"I've already figured out a way to get the Mysterious Infant Pill for you, and I estimate we'll find it soon."

"However, before I can get the Profound Infant Pill, you need to raise your strength to the late Core Formation stage. You need to speed things up."

"I gave you the Glazed Purple Fiend Pill before, and with all those other resources, it should be enough for you to advance to the late stage of Core Formation."

"During the period when you advance to the late stage of Core Formation, you should improve your cultivation level while diligently practicing the Nine Transformations of True Spirit."

"Once you reach the late Core Formation stage, I'll find a way to help you advance to the Nascent Soul stage."

At this point, Qinglong looked earnestly at Yang Fan, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

Yang Fan was equally grateful and hurriedly nodded and bowed to Qinglong.

However, Yang Fan would not open up to Qinglong just because of this.

To be honest, he could tell that Qinglong had ulterior motives towards him.

After all, why would Qinglong show him so much kindness for no reason?

Yang Fan then bowed and respectfully withdrew.

To be on the safe side, Yang Fan stayed in the alchemy room for a while longer, until he had refined several kinds of pills before leaving.

After they left, the deputy peak master of Danfeng arrived just in time.

"How are things? Are you having any problems staying here in Danfeng?"

The deputy peak master of Danfeng looked at Yang Fan with great enthusiasm.

Yang Fan nodded.

"I think I'm doing really well here in Danfeng."

"Have you ever thought about staying in Danfeng?"

The deputy peak master of Danfeng continued to enthusiastically recruit Yang Fan.

Yang Fan politely declined the offer of the deputy peak master.

He has too many secrets, so Xingfeng, a place where no one cares, is the most suitable place for him.

Now, standing atop Star Peak, he possesses sufficient status and is unlikely to encounter any mishaps, making him the most suitable candidate.

And so, Yang Fan quickly returned to Star Peak.

Yang Fan then gave Zhou Peng an instruction and prepared to go into seclusion.

But at that moment, Zhou Peng looked at Yang Fan with some difficulty.

"Master, I don't need to trouble you with anything else."

"But the sect is about to recruit many disciples, and Xingfeng also needs to recruit people."

"Now that our Xingfeng Peak has a lineage, we should recruit some disciples as well."

Yang Fan patted his forehead, realizing he had forgotten about this.

Then Yang Fan frowned again.

"Didn't you say you were going to open your doors wide to recruit disciples? Why are you only starting now?"

Zhou Peng gave a wry smile.

"That's right, it was supposed to start a long time ago."

"But some things happened at the sect, so it was postponed until the last few days."

"If Master doesn't want to recruit disciples for Xingfeng, I'll find a way to decline."

"But if we do that, it will be difficult to explain to the Peak Master of Xingfeng."

Yang Fan thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"It's best not to turn this down."

"Now that the Star Peak Inheritance has appeared, it wouldn't make sense not to recruit some disciples."

"How about this, I'll select a few suitable ones to place on Star Peak later."

"However, you can warn them that they are not allowed to approach my cave dwelling easily, do you understand?"

"Yes."

Zhou Peng nodded repeatedly.

Managing disciples is something he excels at.

And so, Yang Fan gave Zhou Peng some serious instructions.

Yang Fan himself certainly wouldn't waste time and effort training these disciples.

He will then have Zhou Peng take charge of managing these disciples, while he himself will be busy with cultivation.

After giving his instructions, Yang Fan looked at Zhou Peng.

"Alright, you can take care of selecting disciples for me."

After saying that, Yang Fan prepared to return to his cave.

But at that moment, Zhou Peng took a step forward.

"Master, I'm afraid you'll have to do it yourself."

Yang Fan looked at Zhou Peng in surprise.

"Why do I have to choose these things myself? Why don't you just pick some suitable disciples?"

Zhou Pengqian chuckled.

"Of course I am willing to help my master share the burden, but most of the participants this time are Core Formation cultivators, and there may even be Nascent Soul stage disciples and elders present."

"Under these circumstances, my disguise techniques are no match for those elders, so I have to ask you, Master, for help."

Yang Fan thought about it carefully and nodded.

"Okay, what you said is true."

"Since there's a Nascent Soul cultivator here, your disguise skills won't be enough to fool them. I'll go there myself then."

Finally, Yang Fan looked at Zhou Peng.

"However, it should still be a few days. You will protect me for the next few days, and I will go there when the sect officially begins selecting disciples."

After he finished speaking, Zhou Peng nodded repeatedly.

Then Yang Fan returned to his cave.

Yang Fan took out the Glazed Purple Fiend Pill, glanced at the light emanating from it, took a deep breath, and then swallowed the pill in one gulp.

He hadn't taken the pill before because he was worried that the other party might do something underhanded.

Now that he was certain that the other party genuinely wanted him to reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible, Yang Fan naturally had fewer concerns.

Therefore, he took the elixir and immediately began refining it.

And so, for the next few days, Yang Fan worked tirelessly to refine the medicinal power of the Glazed Purple Fiend Pill.

It must be said that the medicinal power of the Glazed Purple Fiend Pill is indeed strong, and this pill is extremely gentle. It does not release all its medicinal power at once, but rather releases it slowly.

In this way, it would be much easier for Yang Fan to refine these medicinal powers.

With the help of this medicinal power, Yang Fan felt that he was only a hair's breadth away from breaking through to the late stage of Core Formation.

This made Yang Fan even more excited.

However, just as he was at the crucial moment of his breakthrough, Zhou Peng sent him a message from outside the cave using a sound transmission talisman.

Are you already recruiting disciples?

Upon seeing the message Zhou Peng relayed, Yang Fan couldn't help but frown.

To be honest, he originally wanted to give himself more time to make a final push to the late stage of Core Formation, but it seems he's still not quite there yet.

Fortunately, the medicinal power of the Glazed Purple Fiend Pill is released slowly, so there is no worry about wasting the medicinal power. Moreover, he can continuously refine the medicinal power during the selection of disciples.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan shook his head slightly.

After leaving the cave, he looked at Zhou Peng.

"Master, this is a message talisman from the sect. According to it, today is the day to officially open the mountain gates and select disciples. Once the selection is complete, our Star Peak will have the right to select disciples."

Yang Fan nodded, and with a grabbing motion, he took the communication talisman and the token into his hand.

After glancing at the communication talisman and the token, Yang Fan put them away.

Yang Fan immediately sped up and headed in the direction indicated by the transmission talisman.

Before long, Yang Fan arrived at a square in front of the Tianji Palace in Beiyuan.

At this moment, hundreds of disciples were waiting there.

Seeing these hundreds of disciples, Yang Fan couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

The number of disciples selected this time was much higher than in previous selections, which surprised Yang Fan greatly.

Under normal circumstances, not many disciples are left after passing through these layers of selection. Moreover, the most outstanding disciples are selected by the elders and inner disciples in advance, and the rest are only selected by the outer peaks.

As Yang Fan surveyed the hundreds of disciples in front of him, a gaze swept over from the side.

Sensing the threat in that gaze, Yang Fan immediately looked over.

Then he saw a middle-aged man staring at him with an icy expression.

After glancing at the man, Yang Fan immediately pondered his origins.

After a long while, Yang Fan realized that this person was none other than the Peak Master of Yan Peak.

This person's cultivation has reached the late stage of Core Formation, and his strength should not be underestimated.

However, Yang Fan is not afraid of anyone right now.

Since his Golden Core was upgraded by the small cauldron, Yang Fan could feel that his actual combat strength was significantly superior to that of other cultivators at the same level.