"Forgive me for my insolence, Master Lin."

"I promise that I’ll—"

"Go back and watch over their training, Yun Yun," Lin Tian interrupted.

The girl lowered her head, both of her eyes watery as if she were holding back tears, her shoulders trembling and her heart beating fast.

Her task had already been taken back by Lin Tian, which at first made her think Lin Tian would listen to her and change her mission for her.

But everything went beyond what Yun Yun had imagined. She did get another task, but that task only made her feel even further behind the others.

With slow and confused steps, she said goodbye and left the sect’s main hall building.

Lin Tian opened his eyes and sighed. Out of all his disciples, only Yun Yun was enough to annoy him. She still didn’t understand her own cultivation path and always compared herself to the other disciples.

Even though all cultivators knew and understood that everyone’s cultivation path was different.

Some had luck, then encountered a massive bottleneck. Some were slow, but could handle every bottleneck.

Everyone’s fate and destiny were different. If she still compared herself to other disciples, she wouldn’t be able to grow.

Hopefully, letting her train the disciples for a few days will make her realize that everyone has different capabilities.

***

Three days later.

There were no more attacks on the Lingxian Sect. That day, only ten envoys from the Longhao Sect came, bringing tribute according to what Lin Tian wanted.

The person leading the delivery was the man who had been planted with a restriction seal.

Since their last attack on the Lingxian Sect, the Longhao Sect Master had been afraid of Lin Tian’s threat and the strength of the Soul Formation cultivator.

To prevent the problem from becoming longer and dragging on, they decided to give tribute according to what the Lingxian Sect wanted.

Lin Tian opened his eyes and stepped quickly out of the sect’s main building. He arrived in the front courtyard in a flash of white light, shocking the disciples who were cultivating.

Lin Tian’s attention was focused forward. One elder stepped right in front of the White Dragon dome formation of the Lingxian Sect.

"Greetings, Sect Master of the Lingxian Sect."

"Our Sect Master ordered us to come and fulfill your request."

The man turned and ordered his people to take out the chests. There were 15 fairly large chests placed on the ground, right in front of the sect.

They opened them, revealing the treasures they had given, which consisted of hundreds of pills, weapons, technique and array scrolls, and thousands of spirit stones.

Lin Tian was impressed. That was quite a large amount for a sect like theirs. He guessed the incident from before had frightened the Longhao Sect quite a bit.

"Good."

He waved his hand and accepted the treasures, putting them into his bag of holding. However, Lin Tian still stood there, waiting for the final item.

The elder realized that Lin Tian wanted their sect’s Natural Spiritual Vein. The man tapped his bag of holding and handed an artifact to him.

"Forgive us for our insolence. Our Sect Master doesn’t want to give the sect’s Natural Spiritual Vein because it’s related to the future of our sect."

"However, in exchange, we’ll hand this artifact and weapon to you as our apology," the elder said.

Lin Tian narrowed his eyes. He raised his hand and pulled over an ancient mirror-shaped artifact and a sword weapon.

Both had dominant and powerful qi momentum, although the ancient mirror artifact was far stronger.

The man’s eyes lit up, and he looked at the status of the ancient mirror artifact in his right hand. A detail panel appeared in front of his face.

[Artefact Details:]

[Name: Sun Melting Mirror]

[Grade: High-Grade]

[Minimum Requirements:]

[1. Host must have a Nascent Soul cultivation base (✓)]

If the artifact’s quality is high-grade, then its power can be confirmed to be equal to heaven-grade. This will benefit me a lot.

He did the same thing to the sword in his left hand. A detail panel appeared, showing the name and quality of the weapon.

[Artefact Details:]

[Name: Sky Iron Sword]

[Grade: Earth-Grade]

Although the Sky Iron Sword’s weapon grade wasn’t stronger than the Sun Melting Mirror, both the artifact and weapon were still worth it.

By having both of them, Lin Tian no longer feared facing enemies from any sect, even Yuntian.

"What’s your decision, Sect Master of the Lingxian Sect?"

"Alright."

"I accept your artifact and sword."

He directed his hand forward, pulling the restriction seal out of the elder’s body. A wide smile spread across his face, he felt relieved to be free from the shadow of destruction.

He clasped both hands together respectfully. "Thank you for your generosity, Sect Master of the Lingxian Sect."

They left after paying their respects to Lin Tian. The man stored the artifact and sword in his bag of holding.

His body turned around, and he clearly saw Yun Yun in front of the other disciples who were cultivating. Ji Xue wasn’t in the front courtyard because her task had been fully handed over to Yun Yun.

Yun Yun’s eyes were closed, and she was still sitting cross-legged and meditating. She cultivated calmly with the other disciples.

I’ll leave her be. Maybe this is the best way to train her patience.

He walked away from the front courtyard and arrived at the sect’s main building. While sitting on the cultivation altar, he brought out the 15 chests from earlier and separated the pill chests and spirit stone chests.

With the power of spiritual qi manipulation, he made all the items in the two chests float in the hall.

The total number of spirit stones they had given reached 7,000, consisting of 5,000 low-grade spirit stones, 1,500 mid-grade spirit stones, and 500 high-grade spirit stones.

His eyes turned to the left, exactly where 150 open pill boxes were floating in front of Lin Tian.

Through his Absolute Dao Emperor Comprehension ability, he could see the quality of those 150 pills.

A total of 112 pills were tier one pills, while 36 pills were tier two pills, one pill was tier three, and one pill was tier four.

Although there were many tier one pills, their functions were different. They had given more Qi Recovery Pills than pills to help with qi absorption.

Out of the total 112 tier one pills, only 21 pills could help Qi Condensation cultivators absorb qi.

Maybe I can give these 21 pills to my disciples later.

His attention shifted to the tier three pill and the tier four pill. He was extremely shocked. The tier four pill was a pill with the ability to help a Nascent Soul cultivator break through.

"Yuan Soul Transformation Pill?"

By using this pill, along with the number of spirit stones and spiritual qi from the Natural Spiritual Veins, I can quickly break through to Perfect Nascent Soul in less than one year.

This is impressive... where did they get this many resources? I’m curious.

While Lin Tian was observing the pill in front of him, a system panel suddenly appeared and shocked him.

[2nd An Yue Disciple Task:]

[Objective: Practice elemental techniques for one month] [Completed!]

[Reward:]

[Disciple: Chance to break through cultivation stage || Increased affinity efficiency || Emotional level +5]

[Host: Chance to break through cultivation stage || Increased soul power || 1x Earth-Grade Scroll Wind Technique]

[Status Vision:]

[An Yue: Attraction (72/250)] [+5]

An Yue’s disciple task panel had been completed, clearly showing the rewards obtained by An Yue, as well as by Lin Tian.

An earth-grade wind element technique scroll appeared in front of Lin Tian, and he immediately opened and read it.

"Mountain-Destroying Wind Palm Technique?"

"I should try this technique immediately."

Lin Tian turned to the side, faintly hearing a sound from the backyard. It was An Yue’s voice filled with joy because her training had succeeded.

She had successfully learned the Wind Drill Technique in less than one month.

[NOTIFICATION]

[An Yue’s Disciple Task will be given after she successfully breaks through to Foundation Establishment]

Just like Luo Mei, An Yue’s disciple task would be given after she broke through to Foundation Establishment.

"Now, I only have to wait for Ya Fei so the three of them can fully focus on cultivating to break through."