HPMC Chapter 4

　Recently, a sensational event happened in the Jiuyang Sect. Yu Tianze, the Nascent Soul stage Master with the best talent of thunder and fire in ten thousand years, actually left his respected master and went out to set up a new peak residence.
　　To be honest, this was really good news for many disciples in the sect. As for the reason?
　　It was because once Yu Tianze became a master, he would be allowed to accept disciples. Even if he didn’t want to accept disciples so early, he had to accept at least a few servants, right? Being a servant to a Nascent Soul Master, maybe they could get some guidance at some time. After all, this was already much better than groping out for it by yourself.

　　Looking through the entire sect, the current Yuanying Masters are all old guys, totalling to only about 20 to 30, and they have accepted many disciples. Only Yu Tianze, because he has always protected his master, did not consider this aspect.
　　It is conceivable that now the whole sect is eyeing covetously. Once Yu Tianze speaks, I am afraid that it will stir up trouble.

　　As for Yu Tianze, he has put all his belongings into the storage bracelet and stood in front of a small mountain range.
　　This small mountain range is the Feixiao Mountain Range, and each of the small peaks in it is called Feixiao Peak.
　　It is also where the Yuanying Master lives.

　　The sect treats the Yuanying Master very well. All the cultivators who advance to the Yuanying stage can choose an independent small peak in the Feixiao Mountain Range as their residence. They can also do whatever they want to do on the mountain.
　　Yu Tianze had thought about moving here before, and then let Ming Yuan live with him – after all, the environment of Feixiao Peak is more than ten times better than Yinxiao Peak. But the sect has its own rules. Disciples can live with their masters, but there is no reason for masters to live with their disciples. So although they moved here at about the same time in their previous life, Ming Yuan at that time was also qualified to live here. But in this life, he can forget about it.

　　His mind did not stay on the memory of his previous life for too long. Yu Tianze held a token in his hand and flew back and forth over the Feixiao Mountain Range.
　　Then he quickly chose a small peak with abundant spiritual energy and put the token directly on it.
　　From then on, this small peak belonged to him.

　　Yu Tianze didn’t have the time to transform the peak. He stretched out his arms, and a ball of thunder and fire as big as a water tank appeared in his palms. They gathered together like a column of thunder and fire, and hit the top of this small peak directly.
　　In an instant, there was a deafening roar. Wherever the thunder and fire passed, all the grass, trees, and rocks turned into charred ash and were blown away by the wind.
　　When the wind dissipated, it could be found that the top of the peak was already bare without any grass, and it was directly sunken into a smooth stone ground with a depth of one foot. Both sides were smooth as a mirror, so clean that people looked sideways.

　　Yu Tianze nodded with satisfaction, and with his other hand, he took out a ball of white light from his sleeve and threw it directly into the sunken place.
　　In the blink of an eye, the white light grew in the wind and turned into a very majestic hall.
　　And on the stone tablet in front of the hall, Yu Tianze pointed out three big characters.
　　——”Thunder and Fire Hall”.

　　This palace was specially made by the master of the Refining Treasure Pavilion when Yu Tianze went out to look for the Lingying Fruit last time. He was going to give it to Mingyuan as a gift for the birth of the baby, so that his master would not be looked down upon by his fellow disciples after moving into Feixiao Peak.
　　But now it belongs to Yu Tianze for his own enjoyment.

　　Then, Yu Tianze set up a mountain protection formation, countless prohibitions, and carved his divine sense on the mountain.
　　In the future, if someone comes to him, as long as he sends a message, he can get the news through his divine sense and the formation – but if it is someone he doesn’t want to see, the formation and prohibition will naturally blast them away for him.

　　Then, Yu Tianze moved into this Thunder Fire Palace.
　　What he needs most now is to practice, practice, and practice.
　　He doesn’t care about other things.

　　In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.
　　During this period of time, many people took turns to visit Yu Tianze. Mingyuan came, Chen Yiheng came, and the old men in the upper echelons of the sect also came, but no one could see him.
　　The only news everyone got was that the demon spirits guarding and cleaning the mountain at the foot of the mountain conveyed that “the master is in seclusion. Even these demon spirits didn’t know anything else. They were not allowed to enter the peak or the Thunder Fire Hall. Even if there were things they needed to deal with, they could only use a magic array to transmit what Yu Tianze needed.
　　As for Yu Tianze, he seemed to really ignore everything and only wanted to practice.

　　Finally, at an inner disciple selection meeting, the mountain protection array was opened.
　　Yu Tianze came out of seclusion and became the guardian elder of this selection meeting at the invitation of the head of the sect.
　　Yes, all cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage will automatically become elders of the Nine Yang Sect.

　　Yu Tianze walked along the mountain path, and on his left and right sides were several disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage. They were respectful to him, and they didn’t dare to be negligent in their expressions and gestures. If Yu Tianze’s expression was not too cold, they would even compliment him with all their heart.
　　But until they brought Yu Tianze to the venue of the selection meeting, they still failed to establish a good relationship with him. When they left, the two disciples could only sigh in their hearts. The temperament of this guardian elder was really as unkind as the rumors said, and the feeling that he was suppressing his violence and seemed to be about to explode at any time… It was really scary.

　　And it was obvious that they were not the only ones who thought so.
　　When Yu Tianze strode to a high stone platform and sat down, the disciples who were originally talking around him all quieted down in an instant. This also eased his impatience a little.

　　If it weren’t for the bottleneck, Yu Tianze would not have participated in this selection meeting.
　　After a year of seclusion, perhaps the resentment of the previous life and the will of this life combined, Yu Tianze, who had no hidden injuries, tried his best to absorb spiritual energy in Feixiao Peak, and soon broke through again and became a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.
　　But just reaching this realm, if you want to go further, you can’t achieve it.

　　Yu Tianze knew that he was being asked to go out and gain experience, so there happened to be a selection meeting asking him to protect the safety of the disciples, so he agreed without hesitation.
　　Yu Tianze didn’t have any good feelings towards the current Jiuyang Sect.
　　No matter how you count it, no matter how much this sect has raised and nurtured him, he had been a thug for so many years in his previous life, and offered so many treasures, and in the end his life was calculated to be gone, this was enough to repay this favor – even if the previous life was not counted, in the years before this life, he had paid enough.
　　Once this person is discouraged, no matter how much benefit he gets from the other party later, he can’t be as open-hearted as before.

　　Every selection meeting is almost a group of disciples competing with each other. After the outer disciples compete, the top three can get the quota to enter the inner sect. After the inner disciples compete, the more outstanding ones can be selected by Jindan Zhenren or even Yuanying Shangren to accept them as disciples.
　　This is a good opportunity – there are so many inner disciples, and most of them are actually not taught by the master.

　　Yu Tianze flicked his fingers and cast a thunder and fire shield, protecting the entire arena. As long as the disciples fighting on it are not more powerful than Yu Tianze, no matter how fierce the fight is, they cannot break through this thunder and fire shield.
　　However, for a cultivator of Yu Tianze’s level, these disciples are too weak. He is not unaware that many people want to be his disciples, but how is this possible? He has no feelings for the sect. Would it be troublesome to teach a disciple?

　　Just thinking about it, Yu Tianze felt a gaze fixed on him from a distance.
　　He turned around and saw…wasn’t it Ming Yuan?
　　In previous selection meetings like this, Ming Yuan said that he didn’t want to see disciples hurt each other; he would feel distressed, so he refused to participate, and Yu Tianze also accompanied him in not participating. But this time it was strange, why didn’t he feel distressed? Don’t tell me that Ming Yuan missed him as a disciple?

　　There was really no feeling of missing in Ming Yuan’s eyes, but more resentment.
　　But now Yu Tianze had no intention to figure out the master’s thoughts to comfort him. He pretended not to notice and kept his attention on the competition stage of the selection meeting.

　　The selection of the outer sect ended quickly, but Yu Tianze was in charge of the inner sect, so he only saw three new disciples coming to the two sides of the competition stage to watch the battle. He did not see the specific situation of the outer sect selection.
　　The inner sect was also average in fighting. There were indeed two good seedlings, but the really good ones had already been divided up by the elders and factions of various families, and they were not even selected.

　　After the competition, the elders and Jindan Zhenren of each faction just wanted to show their appreciation and select some of their disciples with great perseverance to be accepted into the sect. However, most of these disciples’ spiritual roots were not very outstanding, so after being selected, they were mostly nominal disciples. If they wanted to become personal disciples, it would depend on their progress.
　　To everyone’s surprise, Ming Yuan actually accepted a disciple.
　　The disciple stared with unbelievable eyes, while Ming Yuan and all the other inner sect cultivators looked at Yu Tianze in unison.

　　Yu Tianze sneered and said nonchalantly, “I have already graduated. My master is lonely, so I should let my little disciple fulfill his filial duty for me.” After saying that, he threw a storage bag over, “There are several kinds of elixirs in it, which can be regarded as a gift from me as a senior brother.”
　　The disciple took it in a daze, feeling a little incredulous.
　　Ming Yuan’s brows also wrinkled slightly, which made people feel very pitiful.

　　At this time, the other disciples came to their senses…
　　Yu Tianze, he directly recognized a disciple! Master Ming Yuan had not yet said whether to accept him as a registered disciple or a direct disciple, but the graduate directly determined the status.
　　He asked the new disciple to fulfill his filial duty for him? Did he really feel that Master Ming Yuan was lonely, or did he use this opportunity to distance himself from Master Ming Yuan and pass the burden of filial piety to the new disciple…
　　For a moment, it was very suspicious.

　　Yu Tianze didn’t care what these people thought. He stood up with his foot raised, and after a flash of lightning, he disappeared on the stone platform.
　　Don’t get me wrong, he didn’t go back to continue practicing, but went for a walk in the woods near the sect.