The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?

Canglan Realm.

Divine Light Sect.

The morning bell sounds continued incessantly, and all disciples awoke, their spirits bright and their breath channeling Qi Refinement.

The sounds of morning practice echoed throughout the entire sect.

Brisk and lively.

Atop Seven Color Peak, Qi Yuan lay in bed, finding the sound of the morning bell particularly grating as he covered his ears.

The wooden cat puppet also opened its mouth appropriately, making a sound.

"Time to get up!"

"Time to get up!"

Qi Yuan waved his hand, stuffing a little wooden fish into the mouth of the wooden cat puppet, silencing it.

He shifted his position, comfortably falling back asleep.

As the saying goes, "While the sun rises high, I alone sleep; who is an immortal, I am an immortal!"

It was some time before Qi Yuan finally roused himself languidly.

He deeply inhaled a breath of air.

"Ah, the air in another realm is quite sweet."

Qi Yuan was once a part of the masses on Blue Star, having transmigrated to this world half a year ago.

Unlike his previous world, this world had transcendence, it had cultivators.

By a stroke of luck, Qi Yuan entered the Divine Light Sect and became a disciple of Seven Color Peak, and the sole disciple at that.

Qi Yuan finished washing up, dressed neatly, and stood up to leave the courtyard.

Yesterday, the Master had sent a message down, instructing him on certain matters.

Qi Yuan stood halfway up the mountain slope and looked up towards the peak, towering into the clouds, enshrouded in an ethereal mist.

Qi Yuan glanced at the palace among the clouds and whispered softly, "Another day longing for Master."

The clouds atop the peak rippled instantaneously and then dissipated in a blink, as if nothing had ever happened.

The Master resided at the peak, and had placed a prohibition on Qi Yuan from ascending.

Qi Yuan didn't see the clouds gathering and scattering above the peak; he walked downwards from Seven Color Peak.

Today was the disciple recruiting ceremony of the Divine Light Sect.

He was about to represent one of the five peaks of the Divine Light Sect, Seven Color Peak, in recruiting disciples.

The vast Seven Color Peak only had him, a good-for-nothing disciple, which the sect had some opinions about.

Of course, since the strength of Seven Color Peak's Peak Master was strong, those opinions could only be kept to oneself.

But now, even the Peak Master of Seven Color Peak had issues with Qi Yuan, hence the plan to recruit some more disciples.

Qi Yuan made his way slowly down from Seven Color Peak.

Halfway down the mountain, Qi Yuan halted his steps.

There was a large tree there, several zhang tall, looking down from above

[This is a somewhat unusual sprig of grass, but three days ago, Kumu True Monarch and Empress Dashang had a secret rendezvous upon it.]

Qi Yuan stood under the big tree, glanced at the fresh green grass on the ground, and a string of text emerged in his mind.

He was momentarily stunned.

If his memory served, the last time he was here, what his eyes had seen was...

[This is an ordinary sprig of grass, but four days ago, a stray dog urinated on it.]

"This sprig of grass is quite interesting."

After stepping into Qi Refinement, Qi Yuan found there was something odd about his eyes; they could see things others couldn't.

For example, the first time he looked at the Immortal Cultivation Method his Master gave him.

Seven Colors Fire Refinement Technique.

What he saw was...

[This is a jade-grade Cultivation Method with 1,371 significant flaws evident; a number of other flaws are present as well. If cultivated to the supreme realm, one will become an indescribable form of nourishment.]

At that time, Qi Yuan, seeing this message, was stunned.

He looked at other Cultivation Methods.

Most were about the same.

The supreme realm?

Nourishment?

Seemed far-fetched?

Not something a mere Qi Refinement cultivator should ponder upon.

Of course, his Cultivation Level remained stuck in Qi Refinement.

Because, according to what his eyes could see, once he broke through in cultivation, he would confirm his status as nourishment.

So, Qi Yuan had been on the lookout for a suitable Cultivation Method and was working hard towards it.

...

Sect Main Hall, divine light scattering in all directions.

White-haired Kang Fulu, holding a duster, sat cross-legged in midair.

Behind him, the senior disciples from the other peaks all stood tall and straight.

Kang Fulu looked towards the hundreds of new disciples that had just passed the selection, showing a pleased expression.

However, he seemed to remember something and slowly asked, "Has the person from Seven Color Peak not arrived yet?"

"Senior Brother Kang, as you know, the personality of the chief disciple of Seven Color Peak..." a man in golden clothes said softly.

Hearing this, Kang Fulu did not speak further.

Just then, a voice came through, "Senior Brother Qi Yuan of Seven Color Peak has arrived."

Accompanying the voice, Qi Yuan, clad in a white robe, appeared before everyone, his posture upright with a jade piece at his waist, approaching in the light.

Many disciples from Divine Light Sect as well as those newly initiated disciples turned their attention to Qi Yuan, with varied looks in their eyes.

"I didn't expect Senior Brother Qi Yuan to actually come down the mountain!"

"Even more handsome than the rumors by three parts."

"What a pity, such a figure, tall and straight like a young tree in the breeze, yet..."

"Yet what?"

"His behavior is odd, and he has mental issues!"

"Ah?"

"It's not really the case, it's just that his cultivation is different from ordinary people.

He belongs to the lineage known for its 'obsession'; all cultivators of this lineage tend to have unique personalities!"

"A mental case from the realm of immortal cultivation? Best not to mess with that."

"Don't be fooled by his occasionally odd behavior; he is actually a true genius, with great insights into cultivation. Many senior brothers and sisters go to him for advice on their cultivation problems."

The cultivators below buzzed with conversation, many casting strange glances at Qi Yuan.

In the Canglan Realm, there were three types of people one should never provoke.

First, never provoke a physician; second, never provoke a sword cultivator; third, never provoke an obsessed cultivator.

Physicians possess medical skills that can heal injuries and save lives.

Any cultivator could end up hurt in a duel and need a physician's help to recover quickly, hence why one should never provoke a physician.

Moreover, physicians are generally also adept at concocting deadly poisons and poison pills, able to kill invisibly, and should not be offended if possible.

Sword cultivators are frightening in battle, decisive in killing, and best to be avoided if possible.

And as for obsessed cultivators, they are even more peculiar.

These cultivators focus intensely on one thing.

It could be a single sword, a blossom, or a person.

The extreme of obsession signifies some sort of mental issue.

Such cultivators are not to be trifled with, who knows when they might suddenly go mad?

And Qi Yuan is one of the cultivators from this lineage of obsession.

"Junior Brother Qi Yuan, you're somewhat late," Kang Fulu said softly.

"I went to bed too late last night," Qi Yuan replied with a yawn.

Seeing this, the senior disciples from the other peaks held their peace.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin the recruitment of disciples," said Kang Fulu.

On the plaza now stood mostly disciples who had just passed the entrance assessment.

These senior disciples from various peaks were responsible for selecting candidates to join their respective peaks.

Kang Fulu stepped forward. He looked down at the hundreds of new disciples and slowly said,

"Divine Light Sect is one of the three great immortal cultivation sects of Great Shang."

"Congratulations to you all for passing the rigorous tests. From now on, you will be disciples of Divine Light Sect."

The hundreds of young men and women on the field felt somewhat excited upon hearing this.

After all, Divine Light Sect was one of the most powerful of the three great immortal cultivation sects in the Great Merchant Nation.

Joining the sect meant becoming a cut above the rest.

Kang Fulu appeared very pleased with the crowd's reaction and continued to speak.

"Divine Light Sect has five peaks, and you may choose to join any one of them."

"This is Zhuge Miao, the chief disciple of Divine Medicine Peak."

"This is Xu Yiyi, the chief disciple of Myriad Law Peak."

"This is Qi Yuan, the chief disciple of Seven Color Peak."

"This is Madman, the chief disciple of Combat Peak."

"I am Kang Fulu, the personal disciple of the master of Five Lights Peak, son-in-law to the Sect Master of Divine Light Sect, the one who has achieved Great Mastery of the Quintessence of Five Lights methodology, the founder of the Solar Illumination technique, the chief senior disciple of Five Lights Peak."

As white-haired Kang Fulu spoke, a five-colored divine light also appeared above his head, making him look incredibly radiant and conspicuous.

Indeed, Kang Fulu, known as the most noticeable one from Five Lights Peak.