Volume 1, Chapter 73 – The First Manifestation

Gu Han looked at the girl kneeling before her, her body trembling slightly, and a trace of satisfaction flashed through her eyes.

She gently raised a hand, and a soft force lifted Ye Ling’er to her feet.

“From this day onward, you will be my fourth direct disciple.”

“Yes! Ling’er greets Master!”

The moment Gu Han finished speaking, the crisp sound of the system notification rang out in her sea of consciousness as expected.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on accepting the ten-star-potential disciple, Ye Ling’er!]

[The “Peerless Immortal Seedling” Gift Pack for Ye Ling’er is being distributed…]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the cultivation technique, Lunar Divine Codex.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained one Lunar Divine Stone! It is a divine stone from the Xuanhuang Continent that can assist someone with the Nine Yin Severed Meridians in awakening their constitution.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained 10,000 Master Dao Points!]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones!]

With a thought from Gu Han, the jade slip containing the Lunar Divine Codex appeared in her hand.

The entire jade slip was a deep, dark blue, and it radiated a pure, ancient aura of extreme yin.

As she sank her divine sense into it, a vast torrent of information flooded into her mind.

It also recorded several immensely powerful divine abilities, along with detailed methods for awakening the Lunar Divine Body.

It could be said that the Lunar Divine Codex had been tailor-made for Ye Ling’er.

“Ling’er.”

Gu Han looked at the girl before her, whose excitement was still impossible to conceal and whose tear tracks had yet to dry, then handed her the jade slip.

“This is the Lunar Divine Codex. It is perfectly suited to your constitution. Cultivate diligently, and the Great Dao will lie within your reach.”

Ye Ling’er accepted it with trembling hands, almost reverently.

The instant her fingertips touched the jade slip, a throb came from the depths of her soul.

It was as though the jade slip had always been waiting for her to awaken it.

She could even feel an indescribable longing and joy surging from her own body.

“Th-thank you, Master, for bestowing this technique upon me!”

Ye Ling’er bowed deeply once more.

She gripped the jade slip tightly, as though she were holding her own future in her hands.

Gu Han then took out the Lunar Divine Stone.

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It was a strange crystal the size of a fist, translucent throughout, with moonlight and starlight seemingly flowing slowly within it.

The moment it appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and tiny ice crystals condensed in the air.

A wave of cold instantly spread through the courtyard.

“This is the Lunar Divine Stone. It contains the purest lunar origin and can help awaken your constitution.”

Gu Han looked up at the bright, flawless moon in the sky.

“Now is the perfect time. The moonlight is at its strongest, and lunar power is at its most active. Both will greatly aid the awakening of your constitution.”

Ye Ling’er accepted the Lunar Divine Stone. It was icy to the touch, and moonlight seemed to flow inside it.

Sensing a call from within it that shared the same origin as her bloodline, excitement and nervousness intertwined in her heart.

“Master, should I do it here in the courtyard? Will it cause some kind of disturbance?”

She asked uneasily.

“It does not matter.”

Gu Han spoke indifferently, sweeping her gaze across the secluded courtyard.

“With me protecting you, no one will be able to disturb you.”

Ye Ling’er no longer hesitated. She felt an inexplicable trust toward the Master she had only just accepted.

“Ling’er understands!”

Gu Han gave a slight nod and waved her hand.

The next moment, piles of spirit stones appeared out of thin air before Ye Ling’er, quickly accumulating into a small mountain.

There were an astonishing ten thousand spirit stones in total.

Ye Ling’er stared at the mountain of spirit stones before her, which radiated vast spiritual energy and nearly filled her entire courtyard, and froze completely.

Her rosy lips parted slightly, while her clear eyes brimmed with incredulous shock.

Ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones!

That was already equivalent to half a year’s income for the Ye family of Falling Star City.

Yet her Master had taken them out so casually, as though she were merely tossing down a few ordinary rocks.

“M-Master, this… Disciple…”

Ye Ling’er’s voice trembled, and for a moment, she did not know what to do.

Gu Han pointed at the flat area in the center of the spirit stones.

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“Sit there. Circulate the cultivation technique according to the contents of the jade slip, and guide the Lunar Divine Stone to awaken your constitution.”

Ye Ling’er looked into her Master’s calm and profound eyes, which seemed to contain an entire sea of stars.

The shock in her heart was gradually replaced by a warm current and firm resolve.

She no longer hesitated. Taking a deep breath, she carefully climbed onto the small mountain of spirit stones.

Then she sat cross-legged at its center.

A cool yet smooth sensation came from the spirit stones, and pure spiritual energy spontaneously surged into her body from below.

Although it still could not remain in her meridians, it refreshed her mind.

She held the Lunar Divine Stone between both palms and placed it before the dantian in her lower abdomen.

Following the method recorded in the Lunar Divine Codex, she closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and slowly began circulating the profound cultivation technique.

At first, there was little change.

But as the technique circulated, a strange response emerged.

The Lunar Divine Stone seemed to awaken, and the moonlight and starlight flowing within it suddenly blazed brightly.

A stream of visibly icy-blue energy rose from the divine stone.

As though drawn by an invisible force, it slowly flowed into the space between Ye Ling’er’s brows.

At the same time…

“Buzz…”

The surrounding spiritual energy began to churn.

An invisible vortex formed with Ye Ling’er at its center.

High in the sky, the flawless moon seemed to be stirred by some power, and a beam of white light poured down into the courtyard.

The moonlight intertwined with the radiance emitted by the spirit stones, transforming into countless crystalline motes that surged madly into Ye Ling’er’s body.

There was naturally no way such a disturbance could escape the notice of those within the Ye estate.

The first person to be alarmed was Ye Ling’er’s father, Ye Nantian.

He had already been restless because of his daughter when he suddenly sensed fluctuations of spiritual energy coming from the eastern side of the estate.

A wave of cold was mixed into those fluctuations.

“This is…”

Ye Nantian’s heart jolted, and he shot to his feet.

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That direction… was Ling’er’s courtyard!

Without time to think, his figure flashed and vanished from the room.

Immediately afterward, the others in the Ye estate were also alerted.

Figures flew out from their respective courtyards and secluded chambers, staring in astonishment and uncertainty toward the place where the spiritual energy was gathering.

“Such intense fluctuations of spiritual energy! Is someone breaking through?”

“No… that direction…”

“It’s that wast… It’s Ye Ling’er’s courtyard in the east!”

“Ye Ling’er? That waste with the Nine Yin Severed Meridians? How could she possibly trigger such a phenomenon?”

“Quick, let’s go take a look!”

The members of the Ye family hurried toward the courtyard.

However, when they arrived nearby, they all froze and did not dare take another step forward.

The courtyard was enveloped by an invisible barrier.

The barrier appeared thin, yet it gave off an aura that made their hearts palpitate, as though approaching it would invite a devastating attack.

What shocked them even more was the scene inside the courtyard.

What were they seeing?!

Ye Ling’er, who had been regarded as the disgrace of the family and someone incapable of cultivation, was now sitting cross-legged amid a pile of spirit stones, cultivating!

The crystal floating before her radiated an aura that made even their souls tremble.

“What… kind of treasure is that?”

A Ye family elder spoke in a dry voice, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“Ling’er… wasn’t she unable to cultivate? How can someone with the Nine Yin Severed Meridians cultivate?”

A younger Ye family disciple murmured, as though his entire understanding of the world had been shaken.

On the Canglan Continent, the Nine Yin Severed Meridians had been regarded as a curse since ancient times.

Those born with this constitution were not only unable to cultivate. More cruelly, they usually did not live past the age of thirty.

Ye Nantian stood at the very front of the crowd, looking at his daughter in the courtyard and sensing her aura growing stronger little by little.

His hands trembled slightly, and his eyes instantly reddened.

As her father, he understood better than anyone how much pain and unwillingness his daughter had endured over the years.

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And now…

His daughter could actually cultivate!

“Ling’er…”

Ye Nantian’s voice choked with emotion.

Just then, everyone’s gazes finally shifted away from Ye Ling’er and landed on the other person in the courtyard.

It was the silver-haired woman standing quietly to one side while holding the little girl’s hand.

The moment the Ye family members looked at Gu Han, every one of them stopped breathing.

The woman merely stood there in silence. She had not deliberately released any pressure, nor had she even spared them a glance.

Yet all of them felt a reverence that came from the depths of their souls.

It was as though they were facing an insurmountable divine mountain or an unfathomable sea of stars.

“Who is this…”

The voice of a Nascent Soul realm elder of the Ye family trembled.

He discovered that he could not see through her at all. He could not even sense any obvious fluctuations of spiritual power from her.

There were only two possibilities.

Either she had no cultivation whatsoever, or… her realm was so high that it lay beyond his comprehension.

Anyone with eyes could tell that Ye Ling’er’s current transformation was undoubtedly connected to her.

How could someone capable of such methods possibly have no cultivation?

“Senior…”

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Ye Nantian stepped forward and bowed deeply toward Gu Han.

“This junior is Ye Nantian, Ling’er’s father.”

“I was unaware of Senior’s arrival and failed to welcome you. I hope Senior will forgive my discourtesy!”

He adopted an extremely humble posture, his heart filled with unease and hope.

This mysterious woman had clearly come for his daughter.

Gu Han turned her head and calmly swept her gaze across the members of the Ye family before finally settling on Ye Nantian.

“I am Gu Han, Palace Master of Yaochi Immortal Palace.”

“Ye Ling’er has already entered my sect as my disciple and is currently cultivating. All unrelated persons, withdraw.”