Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five years went by.
There was a city in the first domain of the Immortal Astral Continent. From a distance, this city looked like a giant snail. The shell on the back of the snail was the entire city.
It was as if the city itself had a gravitational force. Although the shell was erected, for the people living inside, everything was normal. The sky was still the sky, and there was no difference.
The addition of a daoist temple in such a large city normally wouldn't attract much attention. After all, it was very small, and the daoist temple itself was very important to many people.
On the Immortal Astral Continent, most families would send their children to daoist temples when they were of suitable age to begin their cultivation.
For the Immortal Astral Continent, cultivation was the norm, just like the schools in the world of the stone tablet. Once the children reached a certain age, they would go to daoist temples to begin their cultivation.
The existence of daoist temples was to screen out those with good qualifications and send them to higher-level sects. Then, they would progress up the ranks and contribute their value to the development of the Immortal Astral Continent.
During this process, there were too many inspirational stories that spread across the Immortal Astral Continent. Every year, there would be children of suitable age who would go to places like daoist temples to begin their cultivation.
It could be said that daoist temples were the first places that most cultivators would come into contact with in their cultivation.
After all, almost all the daoist temples on the Immortal Astral Continent were built by large sects, and their cultivation methods were orthodox. Unless the parents already had a certain amount of resources and strength, most cultivators would choose to send their children to daoist temples.
There were also advantages and disadvantages between daoist temples. Everything was decided by the number of seeds they could cultivate. The more famous a daoist temple was, the more families would send their children there.
In this snail-shaped city, the appearance of this Daoist temple five years ago was naturally not too surprising. However, three years ago, among the first batch of children sent out from this Daoist temple, dozens of them were accepted by the first sect in this territory. The fame of this Daoist temple suddenly spread everywhere.
Every territory on the Immortal Astral Continent had many sects, and each territory had 8,000 cities. That was why it was so good to be accepted by the number one sect. In particular, as the number one sect of the Immortal Astral Continent, they had strict requirements for the number of disciples they accepted, so there weren't many spots.
Therefore, it was only natural that dozens of people would be taken in at once, which attracted a lot of attention. That was especially true of those who weren't taken in by the First Sect, who were immediately taken in by the top three Sects. It was as if they had been divided up among themselves, and that caused quite a stir.
This was because this was already a 100% admission record. It was too difficult for other Daoist temples to achieve this.
There was even a rumor that the First Sect of the Daoist Monastery had originally intended to take all of the Cultivation seeds. However, the other Sects were completely out of character. Their eyes turned red, and they divided up some of the seeds.
Compared to this, what made the Taoist temple even more famous was that among the batch of children three years ago, there was one who could be considered a personal disciple of the Taoist temple's Daoist master. He was actually taken in by the Black Heaven Sect, a supreme sect in the First Region. This caused a sensation and shocked countless people.
Therefore, in the following two years, every year when the Taoist temple took in disciples, countless families would fight to be the first to send their children into the Taoist temple.
At the same time, more and more cultivators began to investigate the origins of the Taoist temple. However, this Taoist temple was very strange. Unlike other Taoist temples, which had three to five Taoist masters, this Taoist temple … only had one Taoist master.
To be more precise, in this Taoist temple, inside and outside, there was only one Taoist master.
This person was called Taoist Master Wang. As for what his real name was, no one knew. His origins were mysterious, and his cultivation base was mysterious. It seemed that everything about him was very mysterious. Furthermore, no matter how many curious people inquired, they couldn't find any information about Taoist Master Wang.
It was as if … everyone who knew about him avoided talking about him. Even if they did, those who heard about him would choose to keep their mouths shut.
Gradually, this Taoist temple became even more mysterious.
And the Taoist Master Wang in this mysterious Taoist temple was naturally … Wang Baole.
Five years ago, when he found out that his senior apprentice brother was born, Wang Baole left the lonely mountain and came to this city. He bought a house not far from his senior apprentice brother's home and built this Taoist temple.
He understood the significance of Taoist temples on the Immortal Astral Continent. His original plan was to wait for his senior apprentice brother to grow up so he could bring him here and personally teach him the Underworld Technique.
Taking in the other children was also a casual matter. As for the batch of children three years ago that had been divided up by the major sects, there were countless rumors circulating outside. But in reality, Wang Baole knew that it was because the patriarchs of the major sects knew of his existence. That was why … they wanted to establish good relations with him.
This included the first domain's supreme Black Heaven Sect. The Laozu of the Black Heaven Sect was already at the fourth step and was one of the nine suns in the sky.
Although these things had broken his peace, Wang Baole didn't care too much. Since he had come to the Immortal Astral Continent, he wouldn't refuse to leave some karma behind.
At that moment, in the small Daoist temple, Wang Baole, who was wearing a Daoist robe, raised his head calmly after sending away all the children who had come to seek enlightenment. He stared at the parasol tree outside the doors of the Daoist temple. The leaves on the tree crown were half green and half red. They swayed in the wind and occasionally fell, as if attracted by the Daoist temple. Many of them floated into the courtyard and spun around on the ground as if unwilling to leave, gathering beside Wang Baole.
Wang Baole didn't look at the fallen leaves. His gaze didn't change, and he could vaguely see the family in the distance.
The cold wind blew by. Not only did it bring with it the feeling of autumn, but it also brought with it the sound of children playing and laughing.
Hearing the voice, Wang Baole's expression became even gentler. He held the broom and swept the fallen leaves that had fallen into the Dao Courtyard to the corner of the courtyard. As the broom swept across the ground, the sound of rustling could be heard, and the entire world seemed to become more peaceful.
A Dao aura appeared faintly on Wang Baole's body. It was a sense of peace and serenity.
Days like this passed one by one and autumn slowly passed. On the evening of the first snow, Wang Baole, who was sweeping the snow in the yard, felt waves in his heart and raised his head.
There was a knock on the gate of the Taoist temple. Outside the Taoist temple was a young man and woman holding a five-year-old boy's hand. They were nervously standing there.
"Daoist Wang, junior is Chen Yunluo, and this is my son, Chen Qing. We want to enter the Taoist temple and receive your enlightenment. We hope the Taoist will accept us." As the gate of the Taoist temple opened, Wang Baole's figure appeared in the eyes of the family of three. The young man held his wife's hand and bowed deeply to Wang Baole.
Only the boy opened his eyes wide and looked curiously at Wang Baole. He seemed to want to say something, but his father glared at him and pulled him down to kowtow.
Wang Baole moved to the side, avoiding the boy's kowtow. He looked into the boy's eyes and a warm smile appeared on his face. He spoke softly, but only the boy could hear his words.
"I am very willing to enlighten you in this life."
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