However, the leftover broth from the blood sausage stew was extremely valuable, left for the restaurant owner, who thanked him happily and didn't charge any fee.

Having finished everything, it was already evening. Zhou Leng returned to Ruda cafeteria for dinner with Xu Qingjin.

A large plate of Dragon Blood Sausage was sliced.

The rich and strange smell of the Dragon Blood made the students nearby wrinkle their noses.

The Martial Arts Students all twitched their noses, sensing the aura of strength within.

Xu Qingjin, who was in the Blood Transporting Period, ate a few slices at first, thinking they were quite tasty, and ended up eating over a dozen pieces.

Then, she started feeling tipsy, her entire face red, a bit dizzy.

It was like she had drunk fake wine.

After the meal, Xu Qingjin's eyes were dazed.

"This dragon blood is really strong, are you okay?" Xu Qingjin leaned softly on Zhou Leng's body, giggling foolishly.

Zhou Leng supported her and slowly walked towards the dormitory.

"Other than feeling warm, everything's normal." Zhou Leng laughed, looking at Xu Qingjin, her silly look very cute.

"I can't even concentrate on regulating power right now, dragon blood is really scary, can't eat it in the future..." Xu Qingjin said with a laugh.

"Next time, just eat half, and it'll be okay."

"True. But Dragon Blood Sausage smells bad but tastes good, really unique texture."

"After all, it's from a dragon, next time I'll let you try other kinds of blood sausage."

"Then I'll just have one or two pieces, eating too much makes me dizzy, not good."

"It's fine, just like getting drunk, sleep it off and you'll be fine," said Zhou Leng.

"Mm..." Xu Qingjin's legs were weak, her walking unsteady.

Entering the girls' dormitory building, where males were prohibited from entering, they were accompanied upstairs by the dormitory supervisor.

Zhou Leng escorted Xu Qingjin back to her dorm room, greeted her roommates, put her on the bed, and took out a Magic Spirit Bag to put beside her.

As soon as Zhou Leng left, the previously reserved roommates rushed to Xu Qingjin's side as if they'd been electrocuted, bombarding her with questions.

"What stage are you guys at?"

"What's going on? You didn't..."

"No smell of alcohol, this is strange..."

"Zhou Leng has gotten a lot more handsome, his aura is very unique. I've seen him before, he wasn't this handsome, strange. If he weren't your boyfriend, I would have touched his chest muscles earlier, making me swallow my spit..."

"What Zhou Leng, he's now Brother Leng at Ruda. Xu Qingjin is Sister Leng."

"Sister Leng, what's going on exactly? Your face is so red, Brother Leng didn't make you eat that thing, did he..."

Xu Qingjin, laughing and crying, said, "Don't talk nonsense, I accidentally ate too much Dragon Blood Sausage, and I'm still dizzy."

"Dragon Blood Sausage? Indeed, things are different with the experts, I've never seen it."

"First time hearing about it too, dragon blood can be turned into sausages, isn't it usually used for refining medicine?"

"Hmm? What is this, a Magic Spirit Bag?" everyone looked at the bag beside Xu Qingjin.

It was only then that Xu Qingjin remembered, when she was in a daze earlier, Zhou Leng had placed a Magic Spirit Bag.

"Is this a token of affection..."

"It should be..."

The medicinal power of dragon blood grew stronger, and Xu Qingjin's face turned even redder.

In the early morning, at the Ancient River Research Bureau.

This used to be Demon City Army's base in Rucheng, but now it belongs to the Ancient River Research Bureau.

Early in the morning, people came from all directions to the big square.

Six-and-a-half-year-old Cheng Changsheng squinted his eyes, following his teacher, and lined up with his classmates, moving forward together.

He felt things were strange these days.

Somehow, he came to Rucheng with his mother.

Somehow, he became a student in Class One of Guhe Kindergarten.

Somehow, he started learning Divine Text.

Somehow, he started to learn the entry ceremony.

Today was another bewildering day, reportedly the entrance ceremony of the Ancient River Sect.

Although Cheng Changsheng couldn't understand, all the adults seemed happy, so the classmates were also happy.

Cheng Changsheng himself was actually happy too.

Since coming here, the food, clothes, and utilities have improved a lot.

Even ate three of the legendary Replenishing Essence Pills.

Mother's complaints had lessened, and her complexion improved a lot, walking no longer hunched like before.

Always bewildered, but listening to his mother's advice repeatedly, he resolved in his heart to cultivate diligently and to become a strong Martial Artist.

Following along slowly with the crowd, Cheng Changsheng moved forward and reached the big square, where people made way for him.

Those people looked at him with kind smiles on their faces.

Unlike the people he met at home.

When their teacher called out to stop, Cheng Changsheng halted and looked forward.

Ahead stood a large, broken furnace, about as tall as a person.

In front of the broken furnace stood a large table.

On the table lay three large pieces of meat, which seemed to be pork, mutton, and beef.

Cheng Changsheng turned his head to look around.

Seeing many people standing behind, as many as he would see on TV, not knowing whether it was hundreds or thousands.

Not far away, a beautiful young lady stood quietly, with twin ponytails, smiling softly, wearing a simple student uniform.

A white top, blue shorts, revealing white legs, and wearing white ankle socks.

The young lady smiled slightly at Cheng Changsheng.

Cheng Changsheng blushed and hurriedly turned his head back.

That young lady was indeed beautiful, the prettiest he'd ever seen.

Cheng Changsheng waited and waited, standing until tired. Eventually, a masked person walked out from the side.

That person looked very robust, wearing a wooden carved mask which looked a bit scary.

Cheng Changsheng found it odd because he had seen those muscular older brothers, and they all had lots of muscles.

But this older brother seemed to have a layer of fat outside the muscles, both robust and slightly chubby.

At this moment, the people around started speaking.

"The entrance ceremony begins now..."

"Children, remember what you learned before, follow along with the teacher, do you still remember?"

"Remember..."

Cheng Changsheng nodded drowsily. In the past few days, the teacher had been teaching the initiation rituals. Everyone had learned them, but they didn't know what they were for.

The masked man held three sticks of incense, faced away from the crowd, and recited a sentence loudly.

As he recited a sentence, everyone, big and small, followed along.

These phrases had been memorized before.

Cheng Changsheng recited along with the others.

Listening to the voice of this person, Cheng Changsheng found it strange. This person looked robust, like a brother, but the voice was coarse, like an uncle's—an uncle with a full beard.

After the masked man finished reciting, he placed the three sticks of incense into a worn-out incense burner and returned, still with his back to the crowd.

The masked man knelt down.

"Great bow!"

Cheng Changsheng, upon hearing the call for a great bow, knelt down immediately, having practiced this.

Everyone knelt down together.

After the great bow, he straightened his small chest, looked forward, and held his fists together at an angle.

Cheng Changsheng didn't know what this meant; this was just how the teacher taught it.

He looked at the masked man in front.

The masked man remained motionless, slightly bowing his head.

Everyone waited quietly.

Soon, the masked man raised his head.

"Bow again!"

Everyone and the masked man together, facing the bronze burner, kowtowed three times in succession.

Like all the other children, Cheng Changsheng earnestly touched his forehead to the ground.

The teacher had said that this time the kowtow must be sincere and not done haphazardly.

Afterward, the masked man stood up and spoke again.

"The disciple is ignorant, as small as dust and mud..."

"Amid ruins and rubble, I glimpse the vastness of Ancient River illuminating the ten directions, revered by a hundred stars; beneath moss and cobwebs, reveals our sect's power to eradicate demons and cleanse evil, enduring for ten thousand years..."

"With corroded furnaces and rusty cauldrons, remnants of palaces and cities..."

"But!"

"The disciple firmly believes the flame is not extinguished, the spring thunder is unceasing..."

"I, unworthy as senior brother..."

"Before the ancestors, with the mountains and rivers as witnesses..."

"To reshape our magnificent sect with my body, to reconstruct myriad palaces and halls with my blood, to sustain the immortal legacy with my Qi..."

"We, disciples of Ancient River, raise the Ten Thousand Laws in the universe, bear the celestial stars in the heavens, tread upon a path of a thousand monsters, slay ten thousand demons as steps, aiming at the stars, walking amidst the celestial region..."

"Here and now, I make this oath, witnessed by heaven and earth. If one breaks this vow, harboring treacherous thoughts, let them be burned by a hundred fires and pierced by ten thousand swords, enduring endless reincarnations, forever falling into the Nine Hells!"

The senior brother in the mask finished speaking, and the ancient and tattered, rust-stained bronze burner emitted a sound that pierced the clouds and cracked stone, reaching the sky.

At the same time, in a distant place, nine bell tolls resonated, ceaselessly echoing.

Cheng Changsheng slowly widened his eyes.

He couldn't understand what the masked man was saying, but he could sense the resolute ringing within that voice, could feel the grand demeanor that reached the sky and stood firm upon the earth.

For some reason, every word spoken by the masked man floated before his eyes.

At the same time, it seemed as though a voice was asking.

"Are you willing to steadfastly keep this oath and join the Ancient River Sect?"

Cheng Changsheng was bewildered, but one thing was clear.

This trip was precisely for joining the Ancient River Sect.

He didn't know what joining the Ancient River Sect meant, but he knew that it would make his mother happy, and life at home would be different.

In the future, there would be delicious food every day, and even Replenishing Essence Pills.

"I! Am! Willing!" Cheng Changsheng instinctively shouted loudly.

As Cheng Changsheng shouted, he realized that everyone around him was shouting too.

The children were shouting, the teachers were shouting, and even the pretty girl with twin braids was shouting.

For some reason, after shouting, Cheng Changsheng felt a warm current surging within his heart.

It was as if he had joined a special family, and from now on, his life would never be the same.

Suddenly, a tiger roar emanated from the masked senior brother.

Roar...

Everyone's spirits shook, the world swirled, and day transformed into a starry sky in an instant.

Countless stars shone brightly, with infinite brilliance.

Everyone, for the first time, felt so close to the splendid stars.

In the depths of the stars, a river of mercury flowed, extending far beyond the starry sky, vast and boundless.

Meanwhile, the senior brother in front recited loudly.

"Martial Arts is undying, Ancient River flows perpetually."

Everyone felt it in their hearts and recited together.

"Martial Arts is undying, Ancient River flows perpetually."

Divine light shone from the heavens, spiraling upwards, covering the entire scene.

Light particles like feathers scattered everywhere, the brilliance sacred and pure.

The starry sky before them vanished, and everyone returned to the large plaza.

The sound of the tiger roar transmitted to the void, spreading out at a speed far exceeding light, spreading.

The distant Ten Thousand Rivers Celestial Region.

The Dragon Burial Forbidden Abyss, formed by myriad galaxies piled together, lay long in the void, viewed from afar, filled with starry mountains, like mist like clouds.

An elderly man, with hair and beard all white, sat cross-legged atop the Dragon Burial Forbidden Abyss. Suddenly, he slowly turned his head, gazing in the direction of Blue Star.

In the elder's eyes, the universe was contained, shattering the stars.

Behind him, a massive ring of stars appeared.

Numerous black holes of varying sizes gathered to form the ring, slowly rotating, with billions of stars adorning the edges.

Like the sun illuminating itself, like the sky reaching into the void.

"Good."

The elder pondered, lifted his hand, pinched his fingers, and plucked a star from the star ring behind him. He lightly tossed it, like a stone into water.

A thread of divine light, crossing the universe, like a dragon going afar.

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