「Two days later,」

Inside Lin Xuankong's residence in Spiritual Crane Immortal City.

Lin Xuankong looked at the seven individuals before him: Li Xiaohu, Han Lu, Hu Shuo, Yang Mountain, Li Er, Liy Ruofeng, and Liy Ruoqing. In the days since their arrival in Spiritual Crane Immortal City, these seven had not been idle either; they were responsible for selling various products from the Ba Mountain Secret Realm.

The bodies of these seven had all been replaced with those of the seven Demon Venerables from the Six Demon Sects, and naturally, they now possessed Ninth-Layer Perfection.

Ninth-Layer Perfection, of course, didn't qualify one as a top figure in Spiritual Crane Immortal City, but it also wasn't considered weak. In Spiritual Crane Immortal City, not everyone was actually at the Ninth-Layer Realm. Ninth-Layer Cultivators from various Dynasties, along with their subordinates and servants, formed the majority of the resident population. These people included not only Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth-Layer Cultivators but also those at the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Layers, and even some First-Layer servants and laborers.

Additionally, there were merchant caravans from various Dynasties. The Cultivators in these caravans were unlikely to be very strong; at most, a few Ninth-Layer Cultivators among them served as leaders escorting the caravans.

As they possessed Ninth-Layer Perfection, Li Xiaohu and the others found it relatively smooth to work in the shops of various merchant caravans and those established by the Dynasties. Furthermore, Lin Xuankong had allocated a number of capable and loyal commoners from the Ba Mountain Secret Realm to serve as their subordinates. Thus, during this period, they had already secured numerous storefronts and opened over a dozen shops, all operating under the name Seven Tigers Store.

One reason it was named Seven Tigers Store was, naturally, because its principal managers—Li Xiaohu and his companions—totaled seven people.

Although the reputation and scale of the Seven Tigers Trading Company currently seemed quite insignificant among the major trading companies and various powers within the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, its development was advancing rapidly. This was thanks to the backing of Lin Xuankong's Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone Secret Realm and the resources from the Celestial Demon Bone Secret Realms of Little Hu and his six companions.

Another reason was that, at Li Xiaohu's instigation, Han Lu, Yang Mountain, and the others finally couldn't restrain themselves any longer and had kowtowed, served tea, and formally acknowledged Lin Xuankong as their adoptive father.

Actually, this matter was inconsequential to him. He now possessed an increasingly profound Great Reincarnation Technique, which ensured the safety of the seven. Their loyalty was also guaranteed; whether they recognized him as adoptive father or not, they would undoubtedly work for him wholeheartedly.

The crucial point, however, was that by recognizing him as their adoptive father, they also benefited from his miraculous 'Wives, Children, Elders, and Youngsters' second Talent. This would greatly enhance their Cultivation Speed!

A thirty-fold bonus to Cultivation Speed, applied to any Cultivator, could bring an extremely terrifying boost!

Not to mention their own natural Talent wasn't considered too poor. Even if their Talent had been lacking, with the thirty-fold speed increase, their Cultivation Speed would still surpass that of most so-called geniuses!

After all, the disparity between individuals could be greater than that between a human and a dog, yet even the latter difference wouldn't amount to thirty-fold. According to some views from his previous life, dogs like Golden Retrievers were even considered smarter than five or six-year-old human children!

Moreover, this thirty-fold bonus didn't just apply to pure Cultivation Speed; it could also affect the efficacy of some Spirit Herbs and Elixirs. For instance, the Ghost Frog Eggs he had consumed, and the effects of Spiritual Objects he took, would have a success rate sixty times higher than for ordinary Cultivators!

Therefore, in his view, these seven fellows recognizing him as adoptive father meant they were truly getting a huge bargain!

If it weren't for the fact that his relationship with these seven fellows was now genuinely excellent, and that they were extremely serious and reliable in their work, he actually wouldn't have been willing to so casually accept adoptive sons!

"Adoptive Father, did you summon the seven of us today for something important?" Li Xiaohu asked, moving closer to Lin Xuankong with a cheerful smile and cupped hands.

Lin Xuankong nodded slightly. "Naturally, it's an extremely important matter."

He swept his gaze over the seven people before him. "In one more day, the disciple recruitment ceremony of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect will officially begin. Today, all of you should set aside your current tasks and participate in the preliminary trial of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. With your strength, obtaining the qualification for the preliminary trial should be no problem. After obtaining the preliminary trial qualification, you seven will participate in the formal tournament of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect with me!"

Lin Xuankong had already secured his qualification for the preliminary trial of the disciple recruitment ceremony some days ago.

The so-called preliminary trial was, in reality, just an identity verification conducted by disciples of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, along with a test of the Cultivation Techniques one possessed.

One purpose was to prevent an overwhelming number of participants by preemptively eliminating those with insufficient strength. The other was to prevent Cultivators from the Profound Yin Demon Sect and other Demon Sects from infiltrating the ceremony.

Although Li Xiaohu and the other six now inhabited bodies from a Demon Sect, they each possessed their own specialized Cultivation Techniques. Furthermore, with Demon Pearls and Celestial Demon Bones, they had numerous methods at their disposal. They could pass the preliminary trial without needing to use any Demon Sect techniques at all.

Upon hearing Lin Xuankong tell them to participate in the preliminary trial of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony, Li Xiaohu and the others were naturally somewhat surprised.

Han Lu frowned and said, "Adoptive Father, participating in the preliminary trial for the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony is no problem at all. After taking the Elixirs you gave us these past few days, our Cultivation Speed has been extremely fast. Both our own Cultivation Techniques and the Demon Techniques from our Celestial Demon Bones have improved significantly!"

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.