Chapter 791: Starry Sky Passes on the Legacy

The jade disc looked truly extraordinary.

When touched, it felt like the soft skin of a young girl.

Originally, Gu Xinghan had intended to turn this object in.

But somehow, as if by some strange impulse, he concealed the fact that he had found the jade disc.

Young Gu Xinghan was not someone who knew how to lie.

For several days, feeling guilty, he dared not look directly at the elders in the valley.

Fortunately, he was originally somewhat reclusive, and with the recent upheaval, the cultivators in Changsheng Valley were all busy with reorganization.

So no one noticed anything unusual about him.

Gradually, he began to relax.

A child's curiosity is incredibly strong.

Convinced he had unearthed a treasure, Gu Xinghan secretly busied himself researching the jade disc whenever he had a spare moment.

To his immense disappointment, even after many days, he couldn't discern what was special about the jade disc or what its specific purpose was.

It seemed to be just an ordinary, albeit beautiful, jade artifact.

However, driven by the fantasy that exists in everyone's heart, Gu Xinghan did not discard it.

Instead, he stored the jade disc within his dantian, nourishing it with his own spiritual energy and caring for it meticulously.

As Medicine King Valley was rebuilt, Gu Xinghan's attention was, however, forcibly shifted.

Because the former Sect Master Li Fan had tragically perished in the calamity, the future direction of the Medicine King Sect became a significant problem.

The succession of the Medicine King Sect had never relied on bloodline.

Li Fan's ascension to the position of Sect Master was solely due to Liu Ruchen's will.

Now that Li Fan had died suddenly, the choice for the next Sect Master was completely undecided.

If based purely on strength, then undoubtedly, the Sect Master should be chosen from among the three Dao Integration cultivators: Liu San, Jiang Yushan, and Fang Zaiji.

Jiang Yushan and Fang Zaiji had little interest in power. The most probable outcome was for Liu San to succeed.

However...

Firstly, Liu San believed himself to be Liu Ruchen's servant, unwilling and unworthy to hold the position of Medicine King Sect Master.

Secondly, the Medicine King Sect currently faced more than just the issue of succession.

A greater crisis stemmed from the thousands of cultivators who had been thrown out of the Medicine King Cauldron.

They were all cultivators of ancient methods, primarily practicing the Medicine King Sect's true heritage scripture, the "Scripture of Healing and Longevity."

If they were to awaken simultaneously, a massacre would likely erupt within the Medicine King Sect.

Although they had all been forced back into slumber by the combined efforts of the three Dao Integration cultivators,

without a supreme treasure like the True Medicine King Cauldron, this state could only be maintained for a short time.

In such a short period, there wasn't enough time to find cultivation methods suitable for all these slumbering cultivators.

Considering various factors, Liu San and the others eventually decided to surrender to the Myriad Immortals Alliance, just as the Taiyan Sect had done.

As the future of the Medicine King Sect was at stake, Liu San, feeling uneasy, personally went to observe the situation.

Upon his return, the three Dao Integration cultivators reached a consensus.

Liu San would formally visit the Myriad Immortals Alliance and request their surrender.

Meanwhile, Fang Zaiji used this time to distribute the "Final Discs" to some key figures within the sect, especially the prodigies he had found. He explained how to use them and sternly warned them never to disclose this matter.

Although the Medicine King Sect was not as renowned as the Ten Immortal Sects,

its disciples were benevolent and devoted to healing and saving lives. Therefore, even after thousands of years, many legends about them persisted. In terms of reputation, it was no less than that of the Ten Sects.

As the second minor world power to voluntarily surrender, and one whose overall strength remained largely intact,

the Myriad Immortals Alliance placed great importance on the Medicine King Sect.

They dispatched a Dao Integration Immortal Venerable named Qingyun to oversee the matter.

Led by Liu San, Qingyun visited Changsheng Valley and was visibly delighted.

Without any major hitches, both sides quickly agreed on the Medicine King Sect joining the alliance.

The Medicine King Sect retained its relatively independent freedom; its disciples only needed to carry the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror, just like ordinary Immortal Alliance cultivators.

As for the fact that many cultivators from the Medicine King Sect had already preemptively infiltrated the Immortal Alliance,

Qingyun did not investigate further.

Soon, the news of the Medicine King Sect joining the Myriad Immortals Alliance spread throughout the Profound Yellow Realm.

For a time, the world was shaken.

This accelerated the surrender of more and more minor worlds.

And the Myriad Immortals Alliance did not go back on its word; various forms of support quickly arrived.

Of course, the first step was the scanning with the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror.

The Beast Seed Realm and Changsheng Valley were both enveloped in the light of the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror.

The Medicine King Sect also received the much-needed cultivation methods as desired.

As the slumbering cultivators were awakened one by one and transitioned to new methods, the Medicine King Sect's crisis finally subsided.

With the danger averted, the next step was to look forward.

Currently, the Medicine King Sect had six Dao Integration cultivators, twenty-three Soul Transformation cultivators, and numerous Nascent Soul cultivators.

In the current cultivation world, it could certainly be considered a major power.

Yet, a leader had been slow to emerge, truly a case of 'a pack of dragons without a head'.

Although they had surrendered and the nominal leader was the Myriad Immortals Alliance,

under this high degree of autonomy, the power of the sect master remained substantial.

Direct accountability and interaction with the Immortal Alliance also brought more benefits.

Even Dao Integration cultivators were rarely unmoved by such prospects.

Thus, after a period of open and hidden struggles,

to prevent the Medicine King Sect, which had only recently recovered its vitality, from disintegrating once more,

it was ultimately decided by vote that Liu San would inherit the position of Sect Master.

The young Gu Xinghan wasn't really clear about the whole process.

He only vaguely recalled seeing many cultivators in strange clothes arrive.

Then, many elders awakened.

Amidst all the chaos, the final outcome was ultimately good.

He still had a very deep impression of Liu San, the old man who had personally taught them in the past.

Oh right, what did he teach back then?

Young Gu Xinghan couldn't help but fall into confused contemplation.

This period of contemplation lasted throughout the entire sect ceremony.

In the end, he still couldn't figure it out.

Later, when all sect disciples were required to enter the Heavenly Profound Sub-Mirror to generate their own Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirrors,

his attention was momentarily diverted.

For Gu Xinghan, the Heavenly Profound Treasure Mirror, with its countless functions, was far more interesting than the jade disc.

He immersed himself in it, studying its various uses, and gradually forgot about the jade disc.

Until one day, after he formally resumed his cultivation,

he noticed something was amiss.

While his peers were all attempting to leverage the wonders of heaven and earth to establish their cultivation foundations,

Gu Xinghan discovered that he seemed, possibly, perhaps...

had already established his foundation.

Gu Xinghan felt a momentary bewilderment.

Gu Xinghan dared not ask anyone about the unusual state of his body.

He simply pondered it slowly.

And during this process, the jade disc, which had remained motionless and seemed like an ordinary object...

finally reacted.