Another Semi-Immortal Artifact Bestowed, Instantly Hailing as "Godfather"

Looking up, one could see the Third Ancestor, Bai Ling'er, sitting upright above, as well as the man beside her with an extraordinary aura who seemed to have just nodded slightly at him.

Gu Changyuan's gaze did not linger on Yun Fan for long. Instead, he turned to a core disciple standing at the edge of the open space. His voice was calm but carried an unquestionable authority as he slowly spoke:

"Take him down first and settle him properly. Grant him the treatment of an inner sect disciple. Currently, all the elders are in secluded cultivation in the discussion hall. After they finish their seclusion, the elders will discuss and complete the subsequent matters of choosing a master for a personal disciple according to the rules."

Beside him, Bai Ling'er also nodded slightly in agreement.

Seeing this, the holy land disciple bowed respectfully, then turned and made a "please" gesture to Yun Fan, leading him quickly into the holy land.

Watching Yun Fan's departing back, Bai Ling'er asked softly:

"What does Master think of that Yun Fan?"

Gu Changyuan withdrew his gaze and said indifferently:

"His temperament and perseverance can be considered excellent. However, his talent is only above average. His spiritual root purity and physique are somewhat lacking, which might limit his future cultivation speed and upper limit. Nevertheless, with this child's state of mind, as long as he does not stray from the right path and has decent opportunities, he might not be unable to carve out his own piece of the sky."

Talent was something that was seventy percent destined by heaven.

Although there were methods to defy the heavens and change one's fate later in life, such as consuming legendary heaven-defying pills, transplanting top-tier spiritual roots and dao bones, or cultivating special techniques, the price was enormous, and the effects were often not as perfect as being born with them.

Furthermore, his system's cultivation ratio transmission function only looked at a cultivator's innate talent.

Otherwise, with his current strength, artificially creating a batch of top-tier geniuses would be a piece of cake.

......

Time quickly reached noon. The Heavenly Abyss Sacred Ceremony entered a one-hour recess, and all the disciples returned to their uniformly assigned areas to rest.

Gu Changyuan brought Bai Ling'er back to the discussion hall, where Xiao Yi, Yun Tianhe, and Han Feng were already waiting.

As soon as they entered the hall, they felt a surge of spiritual energy fluctuations that were much more turbulent than when they left.

Inside the hall, hundreds of elders were still sitting cross-legged, but the spiritual light around many of them was flickering, and their auras were fluctuating.

The first to show signs of unusual movement was the Taiyin Elders' area, clearly having reached the final critical juncture of refinement.

As if causing a chain reaction, soon after, many other Taiyin Elders successively finished their refinement. Spiritual energy fluctuations rose and fell, causing the grand hall to tremble slightly.

Movements also came from the Supreme Elders' side. Many had broken through bottlenecks they had been stuck at for decades, their auras skyrocketing.

Right at this moment, a woman dressed in a light cyan flowing immortal dress, with a clear and gentle face, suddenly erupted with a rich emerald green spiritual light around her body.

The light was full of vitality. Faint phantoms of vegetation swayed and grew behind her, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

It was one of the Taiyin Elders, Ning Heling, who was also the personal disciple of Yun Tianhe.

Seeing that Ning Heling was the first to show signs of awakening, a look of gratification appeared on Yun Tianhe's face, along with a trace of joy.

Ning Heling's talent was of the tenth grade. She possessed the rare Withered Glory Azure Wood Sacred Physique and had an innate affinity with wood-elemental laws. She held a unique advantage in healing, cultivating spiritual plants, and wood-elemental offense and defense.

At this moment, her beautiful eyes slowly opened. A hint of haziness flashed through them first, which was quickly replaced by an indescribable excitement and enlightenment.

She could clearly feel that the newly fused Supreme Bone was resonating wondrously with her Sacred Physique, and her perception of the wood spiritual energy between heaven and earth had become sharper and clearer.

She even found a new direction for excavating the potential of her own Sacred Physique.

Taking a deep breath, she suppressed the surging emotions in her heart. She stood up immediately, turned toward the high platform, knelt on one knee, and assumed an extremely respectful posture:

"Disciple Ning Heling thanks the Holy Ancestor for his generous gift!"

Gu Changyuan nodded slightly, his voice peaceful:

"Rise."

"Thank you, Holy Ancestor!"

Ning Heling stood up as instructed, but she did not return to her original position. Instead, she stood by the side, her posture as straight as a pine, quietly waiting for her fellow sect members to finish their refinement.

As if guided by Ning Heling, immediately after, one Taiyin Elder after another erupted with powerful aura fluctuations.

About half an hour later, the last elder also slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath, his face full of satisfaction and excitement.

Without needing any orders, everyone stood up and formed neat ranks.

At this moment, unprecedented sharp lights and confidence flickered in the eyes of every elder. Their auras were generally a notch stronger than before.

Especially those elders who were already stuck at bottlenecks; with the help of the Supreme Bone, they were already showing signs of a breakthrough, just waiting to return to their secluded cultivation spots to prepare.

Gu Changyuan remained seated high on the Holy Ancestor's throne. His gaze swept over the completely renewed crowd below, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad."

He spoke, his voice clearly entering everyone's ears.

"It seems everyone has gained quite a lot, with improvements in both foundation and potential. Then, next is the second gift."

Huh? There's another gift?!

All the elders were dumbfounded.

All the elders were dumbfounded, their faces written with disbelief.

They all thought that this Supreme Bone was already the ultimate blessing. The Holy Ancestor was actually going to give them something else?

Just as their hearts were filled with doubt, they saw Gu Changyuan gently raise his right hand. Over five hundred radiant and colorful weapons appeared out of thin air, floating in front of each elder.

Every single one exuded a terrifying pressure and profound Dao charm. Their grade was astonishingly Half-Immortal Weapon!

In front of the Taiyin Elders were high-grade Half-Immortal Weapons, with the brightest spiritual light and the strongest pressure.

In front of the Supreme Elders were mid-grade Half-Immortal Weapons, slightly inferior in quality but still far surpassing ordinary treasures.

In front of the ordinary elders, although they were low-grade Half-Immortal Weapons, they were still genuine Half-Immortal Weapons.

The entire discussion hall was instantly filled with the treasure light and pressure exuded by the five hundred-plus Half-Immortal Weapons, causing the space to tremble faintly.

Many elders widened their eyes until they were perfectly round, their mouths opening unconsciously, their minds going completely blank.

With the Heavenly Human Holy Land's current foundation, out of the five hundred-plus elders, not even forty possessed a Half-Immortal Weapon!

Moreover, most of them were low-grade, mid-grade ones were scarce, and high-grade ones were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!

The vast majority of people were still using supreme-grade Heaven Weapons, unable to even touch the edges of a Half-Immortal Weapon.

And now, with just a casual wave of his hand, the Holy Ancestor gave one to everyone, distributing them according to their ranks?!

This generosity, this boldness... could no longer be described as merely wealthy; this was simply subverting their cognition!

In terms of rarity and difficulty of acquisition, these things were, to some extent, even more precious than the Supreme Bone.

The Supreme Bone strengthened oneself, while a Half-Immortal Weapon was a tangible external battle power multiplier.

At this moment, the expressions on all the elders' faces completely broke down, shocked beyond measure.

A male elder named Li Huili, who had always been straightforward and unrestrained by nature, could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. With a thud, he fell to his knees and shouted loudly:

"Holy crap! Godfather!"

Some of the elders who were usually on good terms with him, or who shared his uninhibited nature—and who were currently dizzy from being struck by this heaven-sent fortune—seemed to have found an emotional outlet. Several of them followed suit, dropping to their knees with a series of heavy thuds, and began shouting over one another:

"Please accept our respects, Godfather!"

"Such generosity, Godfather!"

"......"

While some were bold enough to shout, there were naturally others who were more thin-skinned or steady in nature, feeling too embarrassed to chime in.

However, thanks to the antics of Li Huili and his fellow clowns, the originally solemn, austere, and even somewhat tense atmosphere of the entire discussion hall was instantly shattered.

It was replaced by an almost fanatical sense of excitement and relief, with many people simply unable to hold back their smiles.