Chapter 47: Fishing Preparations

What is going on?

Di Tian had just thought Bai Yuan was drawing this thing very slowly—only a dozen or so sheets a day—and now, in the blink of an eye, it's already nine sheets?

It's already absurd enough that this thing is being mass‑produced?

And it's being drawn that fast!

Di Tian didn't know what to say for a moment.

But Di also felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, Bai Yuan is not on good terms with those human Title Douluos.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of a future war between humans and Soul Beasts, where ordinary people each have a Tianyan Star‑fall talisman…

Even Di Tian felt his scalp tingle.

Only after finishing the already‑prepared materials did Bai Yuan put down his brush; drawing talismans doesn't consume much of him, after all he uses only the Qi within the Five Elements Array.

Time flew, and in the blink of an eye a year passed.

During this period, Bai Yuan kept completing various system tasks to earn system‑rewarded teacher‑virtue points.

Through accumulation, Bai Yuan exchanged for a cultivation method applicable to all demonic beasts, and taught it to a family of three foxes.

At the same time, Bai Yuan kept taking on disciples.

But now Bai Yuan no longer seeks human disciples; his apprentices are little beings within the Five Elements Array who have absorbed heavenly and earthly Qi and have just awakened their spiritual intelligence.

Because the previously exchanged cultivation method was of low grade and could be recorded in text, Bai Yuan also taught it to all his disciples.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully recruiting a disciple."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, your disciple count has reached twenty‑one; reward: one Current Top‑Need Treasure Chest, 100,000 teacher‑virtue points."

Bai Yuan looked at the white snake coiled on his hand, its spiritual intelligence just awakened, and nodded with satisfaction: "From now on you are my named disciple, Bai Su, rank eighteen."

Because the number of disciples increased dramatically, Bai Yuan also divided them into direct‑transmission disciples and named disciples.

The three direct‑transmission disciples—Bai Yu, Mu Junwu, Wang Qiuer—are the ones bound by Bai Yuan's system.

During this year, Bai Yu's cultivation steadily progressed toward the mid‑Foundation Establishment stage, while Mu Junwu, under the boost of the Five Elements Array, reached an astonishing fifth layer of Qi‑refining.

Wang Qiuer, thanks to great fortune and the exclusive technique "Xuan Tian Zao Hua Jue", is on par with Mu Junwu.

Su Yin, Su Yue, and Su Xiaoxiao—a family of three—are among the eighteen named disciples, with Su Yin having the highest cultivation, reaching the eighth layer of Qi‑refining.

There's no way around it; his ten‑thousand‑year Soul Beast cultivation translates to just over the seventh layer of Qi‑refining, improving by half a layer a year, which is considered normal.

Bai Yuan opened the attribute panel.

【Host: Bai Yuan】

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage】

【Item: Current Top‑Need Treasure Chest】

【Special: Intermediate Alchemist, Intermediate Array Master, Intermediate Artifact Smith, Intermediate Talisman Master】

【Disciple Count: 21】

【Bound Disciples: Bai Yu, Wang Qiuer, Mu Junwu (Current binding limit: 3) (After binding, each time the disciple advances, the host advances the same cultivation.)】

【Teacher‑Virtue Points: 114000】

【Shop: Click to Open】

【Current Task 1: Refine Wash‑Marrow Pill, Reward: 10,000 teacher‑virtue points】

【Current Task 2: Breakthrough Golden Core Stage, Reward: binding limit ×7, 100,000 teacher‑virtue points.】

【Current Task 3: Recruit 365 disciples (21 already recruited), Reward: Current Top‑Need Treasure Chest, 1,000,000 teacher‑virtue points.】

Staring at the exaggerated disciple count and teacher‑virtue points at the bottom, Bai Yuan was dumbfounded, yet he knew that in such a short time he could not possibly recruit that many disciples.

"It seems the foundation of the Five Elements Array costs a million teacher‑virtue points in the shop," Bai Yuan muttered.

Immediately, Bai Yuan shook his head and said, "Better to finish Task 1, refining the Wash‑Marrow Pill, first."

The Wash‑Marrow Pill is a top‑grade elixir among second‑grade pills.

For an ordinary intermediate alchemist, refining such a pill is basically impossible to succeed.

But for Bai Yuan, it's a piece of cake.

The difficulty lies in the ingredients: even with Di Tian mobilized, they couldn't be fully found in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Either the time allotted for searching was insufficient, or by the time they were found, other Soul Beasts had already devoured them.

"Why hasn't Ning Fengzhi brought the Poison Douluo yet? Does he not want his daughter, or did something happen?" Bai Yuan muttered while hurrying.

Bai Yuan wants the Ice‑Fire Dual‑Instrument Eye; once he occupies that territory, he will no longer lack alchemy materials.

Then, whenever the system issues an alchemy task, he can complete it instantly.

Soon after, Bai Yuan found Su Yin.

With so many disciples, Bai Yuan handed the newly recruited ones to Su Yin to manage, letting him teach them the cultivation methods and sect rules.

After dropping off the new disciples, Bai Yuan rode on without stopping and soon arrived at Mu Junwu's rooting place.

The vast pit spanning several kilometers had become a huge lake, where Bai Yuan cultivated various lotus flowers and raised many fish.

It was a scene of a secluded paradise.

Bai Yuan crossed the lake and, in no time, arrived beneath Mu Junwu, who had grown ten‑plus meters taller.

"Master," Mu Junwu said.

Bai Yuan lightly nodded and said, "Junwu, the master will later take Bai Yu and Qiuer out for a while; you will look after the junior brothers and sisters."

When the master is absent, only Mu Junwu, as the array foundation, can mobilize a portion of the Five Elements Array's power.

Junwu replied, "Alright, Master, attend to your matters; the junior brothers and sisters are entrusted to me, nothing will go wrong."

Bai Yuan nodded and walked in.

Now there is the Five Elements Array, a vast territory; inside Mujunwu no one lives at all, only Bai Yuan and Bai Yu, and Wang Qiuer, who occasionally comes to keep her company.

After entering inside, Bai Yuan did not go upstairs; instead he formed a hand seal, the ground soil cracked open, and a girl whose whole body was wrapped by vines and whose mouth was blocked entered Bai Yuan's sight.

Immediately, the girl struggled.

But her struggle had no effect.

"All this time, and you still won't submit!"

Bai Yuan looked at Xiao Wu and sighed.

The girl let out a strange sound, as if cursing Bai Yuan, but he didn't mind; instead he said lightly, "Looking at you, it seems you've gotten used to the vine stuck in your mouth, showing no sign of discomfort at all."

Xiao Wu still let out incoherent curses.

Bai Yuan said, "Since you're so stubborn, then your usefulness to me is reduced to just one thing."

After his words fell, Bai Yuan no longer paid attention to Xiao Wu's reaction; he simply used spiritual energy to pull her outward.

Bai Yuan had once deceived Xiao Wu into becoming his disciple, only to increase his disciple count and obtain system rewards to grow stronger.

Now, Bai Yuan doesn't lack disciples; he plans to take Xiao Wu out, use her as bait, and go fishing.

To reel in Tang San.

As the usual protagonist, the future God King of the divine realm, Tang San is immortal, which makes Bai Yuan uneasy.

"Tang San, don't disappoint me. You said you wouldn't let anyone hurt Xiao Wu; if anyone tries to hurt her, they'll have to step over your corpse first!"

(End of chapter)