When the boy heard that Su Mo had agreed to his request, he quickly knelt before Su Mo to pay his respects.
"Congratulations, Master! You have accepted your first disciple. Master will now be rewarded."
Obtained [Magic Treasure: Divination Rod]
Obtained [Mysterious Manual: Great Circle Cultivation Method] (Increases level up speed)
Su Mo had expected the system to reward him after accepting the boy as his disciple.
Moreover, the rewards were pretty good. A magic treasure is a level above the spirit tool. A spirit tool would become a magic treasure when it has gained its own consciousness.
Su Mo knew that no one on the floating island possessed such a thing.
As for the Great Circle Cultivation Method, it suited Su Mo's current state.
However, the Great Sun Formation was not a cultivation method. It was a secret technique that converted mana into pure Yang energy.
The cultivation technique that Su Mo was currently focused on was a technique of the Crimson Heart Clan. But it was inefficient. The conversion rate of spiritual energy into mana was insufficient for Su Mo's current state.
Now that Su Mo possessed the Great Circle Cultivation Method, his cultivation capabilities had improved by leaps and bounds.
Su Mo saw that the boy had completed his apprenticeship, so he said, "Get up. Tell me how an ordinary person such as yourself managed to get into the Myriad Flower Blad Clan."
This matter made Su Mo curious.
"Well, it's a long story…"
The boy sighed and began to narrate, and Su Mo understood how the boy ended up there.
The boy's name was Lin Ping, and he was just nine years old. He was the son of a general in the Mortal Kingdom. Lin Ping's father was a martial artist, and he was talented.
He had practiced his martial arts to the extreme, but he never had the opportunity to become a member of an immortal family. The Lin family was only a rank below one person, above ten thousand people in the Mortal Kingdom. They were also a well-known family in the surrounding countries.
Others initially respected Lin Ping, but everything changed after one fateful event. A family capable of cultivation wanted to rule over the Mortal Kingdom, and it was an unprecedented event.
But the King was unwilling, so he asked Lin Ping's father to test the abilities of the cultivation family. They were a small family, and their strongest member was only a cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Although Lin Ping's father could not cultivate, he defeated that person by relying strictly on martial arts. But Lin Ping's father did not kill that person. Lin Ping's father told that person that he could become the kingdom's ruler only if he defeated him.
This made everyone in the Mortal Kingdom happy. But they did not know how capable this family was. One of their family members had joined the Myriad Flower Blade Clan. That person was the ladies' man, the young master of the Myriad Flower Blades, who Su Mo killed.
When the young master of the Myriad Flower Blades heard that someone had dared to object to his family's wishes, he brought his men with him and assaulted the Mortal Kingdom.
The young master killed the King and the general's family. He even slaughtered many members of the Mortal Kingdom's army. But the young master left Lin Ping behind. The ladies' man then brought Lin Ping up into the mountains.
From then on, the young master tortured and enslaved Lin Ping. Fortunately, Lin Ping had practiced martial arts since he was a child, causing him to possess an outstanding physique. That was why Lin Ping was able to survive up until this point.
Although this past year had been bitter for Lin Ping, his desire for revenge never diminished.
Lin Ping had seen many cultivators who flew into the sky and burrowed into the earth during that time. He yearned for the ability to cultivate and live the life of an immortal.
When Lin Ping witnessed Su Mo killing his enemies as a powerful cultivator, he came over to request that Su Mo take him under his wing.
"I didn't expect that you have gone through so much," Su Mo sighed
"Come here," Su Mo waved his hand and said.
Lin Ping walked to Su Mo's side obediently.
Su Mo's magic powers flowed through his fingertips and went into Lin Ping's body. As Su Mo's fingers slid, Lin Ping felt his body go numb with a tingling sensation.
"Ah, Master, please slow down," Lin Ping couldn't help but moan.
"Shut up." Su Mo couldn't help but feel awkward.
Lin Ping's voice sounded as if Su Mo had done something inappropriate to him.
Lin Ping immediately shut his mouth in fear of angering his master.
"You've been abused for a whole year, and you have many internal injuries. It's not a big deal right now, but it will affect your cultivation in the future. I'm just going to help you heal your internal injuries," Su Mo explained to Lin Ping.
Su Mo's kind gestures touched Lin Ping. Su Mo quickly dealt with Lin Ping's minor injuries.
"All right, brat. Stop moaning," Su Mo said with some dissatisfaction.
Lin Ping's moans were weird. If there were others around, they would think something inappropriate had happened.
Lin Ping saw that Su Mo was dissatisfied, so he repeatedly apologized and promised that he wouldn't do it again in the future.
Su Mo noticed that there was something wrong with his disciple. Lin Ping was old-fashioned and seemed to be afraid of him.
"You won't anger me as long as you don't commit an unforgivable crime. There's no need to be so formal!" Su Mo said.
"Yes, Master, but what is an unforgivable crime?"
Su Mo could not help but feel helpless when he saw that Lin Ping was still being formal. This disciple of his was talented and had a good temperament, making Su Mo, who was used to being carefree, feel uncomfortable.
However, this change in demeanor needed to happen.
"An unforgivable crime is when fellow disciples kill each other, betray their brethren, and hunt mortals for sport!" Su Mo replied.
Su Mo considered these to be the most unforgivable forms of crimes.
"Understood, Master!" Lin Ping nodded and said.
Su Mo began to take stock of his recent gains to see if anything suited Lin Ping.
'A defected Divination Rod? I don't need this, but I could give it to Lin Ping. The low-grade pills are also useless. I'll give them to Lin Ping as well. Hm? When did I get this defensive spirit tool? I'll give this to him too. I don't seem to have a cultivation technique with me, so I'll find one for him later.'
Su Mo pondered for a while, thinking what he should and shouldn't give to Lin Ping. Su Mo finally made up his mind and brought out whatever he planned on giving to the boy.
"This is a Divination Rod, and it is a Magic Treasure. It will be your weapon from now on. Magic Treasures have their own spirits, so you have to take them with you everywhere and communicate with them."
"This is a defensive Spirit Tool, which is yours to keep. As for a cultivation technique, I'll pass you one later," Su Mo instructed.
In the end, Su Mo decided against giving Lin Ping any medicinal pills. This was because Lin Ping was a person who walked the path of a martial artist. Lin Ping needed to build a solid cultivation foundation as of now.
"Thank you, Master!"
Lin Ping hurriedly knelt and kowtowed. He had lived in the Myriad Flower Blade Village for a year, so he knew how precious these things were.
'Master, you have been extremely kind to me. I will not disappoint you!' Lin Ping said in his heart.
"Get up." Su Mo was unperturbed because he was communicating with the system.
Su Mo then spoke to the system in the subconscious, "Can you think of a way to claim every resource from the Myriad Flower Blade Village?"
"No, but I can recycle some materials as resources. Then you can use those materials to upgrade the village."