121: Recognize the adoptive father again? The fifth level of the demon transformation realm!

Returning to the sect, Chen De immediately began the process.

The Assessment Elder led Chen De and the other two to a certain place.

There was a mountain, and on the mountain, there was a small house.

Inside the house was an old man with a white beard and a kind, benevolent face.

When Chen De was still far from this old man, he received frantic prompts from the system.

The blue dot was almost blue-purple, even purple-black.

In Tianyan Sect, only two people could pose such a high risk to Chen De!

One was the Tianyan Sect Master, and the other was the Tianyan Sect’s Grand Elder.

The person in front of him was clearly not the Sect Master, as Chen De had seen him in his memories.

So the conclusion was obvious: this person in front of him was the Tianyan Sect’s Grand Elder!

But!

Why was it the Grand Elder they met for promotion to a True Disciple, and not the Sect Master?

Logically, shouldn't such matters be handled by the Sect Master?

This made Chen De feel a bit strange.

Chen De guessed that this was probably related to certain things.

For example, something specifically used on True Disciples.

The Assessment Elder respectfully bowed to the Grand Elder, saying, “Greetings, Grand Elder!”

The Assessment Elder led the bow, and although he didn't instruct Chen De and the other two, they knew what to do without him saying anything.

So, Chen De and the other two also imitated the Assessment Elder, bowing respectfully and saying, “Greetings, Grand Elder!”

After the bow, the Grand Elder nodded slightly and said, “These three are the ones, I presume?”

The Assessment Elder replied, “Precisely!”

“Good!”

After the Grand Elder uttered the word “Good,” he suddenly moved to attack Chen De and the other two.

Chen De knew that at this moment, he absolutely could not expose himself; exposure meant death.

Although he had three chances to resurrect, it was best not to use them if possible.

The most crucial thing was that Chen De felt the Grand Elder probably wasn't trying to kill them.

The Grand Elder first simultaneously restrained Chen De and the other two.

He first placed his hand on the Inner Sect’s top disciple.

Grayish-white energy flowed from the Grand Elder’s arm into the Inner Sect’s top disciple’s body.

It first circulated around his body, and after confirming there were no issues, it converged at his glabella and heart, forming an imprint at each location.

After completing all of this, the Grand Elder slowly withdrew his hand.

Seeing that nothing had happened to the Inner Sect’s top disciple, Chen De also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though Chen De had extreme confidence in his Evil God Essence power.

However, because he had no concrete concept of Void Union Realm martial artists.

It was very possible that due to his shallow knowledge and limited methods, he might have overlooked something, which would be disastrous.

At the same time, if this top disciple of the sect couldn't withstand it, it was very likely that Chen De, his main body, wouldn't be able to withstand it either.

Now that nothing had happened, Chen De could relax.

Next, it was the Grand Elder's turn to act on Chen De.

As soon as the grayish-white power entered Chen De’s body, just like before, it circulated around Chen De’s entire body.

No abnormalities were found.

This was because when Chen De’s black liquid parasitized a human body, it completely fused with the flesh.

Moreover, before and after the fusion, there were no changes in appearance, essence, or function.

The only difference was that they had been enlightened by Chen De.

Of course, Chen De also knew that there were no flawless methods in this world.

But at least for now, this method was not something a Void Union Realm expert could discern.

Soon, the full-body examination was over.

Finally, those grayish-white powers lingered for a long time at places like Baihui, Sishencong, Zhongchong, and other key points for human mental energy.

Chen De understood that circulating throughout the body was to check if the person's body had been tampered with.

And the latter, should be to check if the person's soul had been tampered with.

For example, body snatching!

Only after a thorough internal and external inspection did the grayish-white powers condense into imprints at the glabella and heart.

Thus, Chen De also passed the test.

Then, next was the female disciple, the third-ranked in the sect.

Using the same method and techniques, this series of procedures was completed.

Seeing that Chen De and the other two were fine, the Assessment Elder showed no surprise.

In fact, cases where problems arise are often very rare.

For instance, over the years, he had overseen the assessment of so many True Disciples, and not a single one had any issues.

The main purpose of bringing them here was still to obtain that final imprint.

The inspection was merely a custom, done as a matter of course, and finding anything would also be a good thing.

After all this, the Grand Elder clearly had no intention of conversing with them.

He returned to his meditation cushion on his own, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.

The Assessment Elder knew that it was time for him and the others to leave.

Before leaving, he still led Chen De and the others, saying, “Grand Elder, then we shall take our leave first!”

The Grand Elder nodded almost imperceptibly.

The Assessment Elder then led Chen De and the others away.

Next, the Assessment Elder led Chen De and the other two to pay respects to the Tianyan Sect Master.

The Sect Master was much friendlier to Chen De and the others than the Grand Elder, asking them a series of warm questions.

He knew that Chen De and the others were here to be promoted to True Disciples.

So he distributed the True Disciple credentials and promotion rewards to Chen De and the other two.

He also didn't forget to encourage and motivate Chen De and the others.

He spoke of Chen De and the others as the future of the sect, saying the sect would be theirs in the future, and so on.

He also said that if they worked hard, the position of Sect Master might even be theirs…

Chen De, in response, was also moved to tears, snot and all.

Aside from Feng Zhe, no one had ever spoken such encouraging words to Chen De.

Chen De was so touched that he wanted to kneel down and recognize him as his foster father on the spot.

But after thinking about it, Chen De currently had no emotional foundation with Tian Chenyang.

This was different from the Shadow Wolf King back then.

The Shadow Wolf King at that time harbored the intention of using Chen De for a day, then disposing of him the next.

Now, if Chen De were to do that, he might actually grow further and further away from a foster father.

Ultimately, reason made Chen De abandon this idea.

This made Chen De feel a bit regretful.

If Tian Chenyang had recognized a moral man like Chen De as his foster son, what a wonderful thing that would have been!

Poor him, he still didn't know what he had missed, and was still happily oblivious.

Soon, Chen De and the other two completed their promotion to True Disciple status.

After all this was done, the Sect Master and the Assessment Elder dismissed Chen De and the others, allowing them to disperse on their own.

As for the Assessment Elder, having completed his task, he no longer followed them.

True Disciples have dedicated, separate residences.

The conditions are on par with those for Inner Sect Elders, which is much better than for Inner Sect Disciples.

Chen De instructed the other two to return to their residences and stay safe.

Chen De himself went to the Inner Sect.

He then obtained the spirit medicines he had received these past few days through Shen Xu.

Due to the short time, he only managed to collect about thirty thousand plants in total.

It was a bit few, but it was enough for Chen De to break through one realm.

Chen De had not forgotten why he was still staying in Tianyan Sect.

Wasn't it because he hadn't fully received all the spirit medicines from the Outer Sect yet?

Entering the Inner Sect, becoming a True Disciple.

Chen De just didn't want to wait idly here.

Earning some extra money in his spare time, wasn't that better than doing nothing?

The rewards Chen De received since being promoted to a True Disciple included fifteen superior spirit medicines.

Chen De ate them as soon as he got them, each providing thirty points, totaling four hundred fifty attribute points.

He casually added these four hundred fifty attribute points to his speed.

His speed thus reached four thousand seven hundred fifty points.

Although superior spirit medicine now yielded three hundred times the benefit of a superior spirit medicine for Chen De.

Yet, the benefits from spirit medicines were still decreasing!

It was simply not enough!

Now, for Chen De, only by Spirit Devouring spirit medicines beyond his level could he gain a large number of attribute points.

Back in his cave, Chen De refined the thirty thousand superior spirit medicines into spirit liquid.

After consuming it, he gained three thousand attribute points, pushing Chen De’s cultivation to Demon Transformation Realm Fifth Layer.