The performance of the disciples from Muyue Nation in the Grand Sky Sect couldn't be hidden.

In no time, the matter of the Muyue Nation disciples became known to all the sects.

Everyone's first reaction upon hearing the news was that it must be fake.

The reputation of Muyue Nation was already well-known, and saying it stank to high heaven was no exaggeration.

Just look at the recruitment of disciples by various sects this year.

What? You say you're from Muyue Nation?

Sorry... Our sect has a conflict with Muyue Nation, the Sect Master has instructed us not to accept disciples from there...

Our sect is too small to accommodate such a big shot like Muyue Nation, so please seek opportunities elsewhere.

That's the polite way of putting it; the blunt way is just one word—scram!

Muyue Nation is famously known for high scores but low abilities, and this has become an accepted fact by everyone.

Over the years, there have been sects daring enough to try and change the fate of Muyue Nation, but in the end, not only did they fail, they almost had their own fate changed by Muyue Nation.

So when people mention Muyue Nation, it's treated as a joke.

But now, what are you saying?

The three hundred disciples from Muyue Nation in the Grand Sky Sect are invincible?

Are you pulling my leg? Weren't those three hundred disciples from Muyue Nation accepted by Chu Xinghe to deliberately challenge the mindset of the newly recruited disciples?

Previously, there were even bets in the black market on how long it would take for the Grand Sky Sect to expel the Muyue Nation disciples.

But instead of news of their expulsion, we hear they've all defied fate?

However, when the news was linked to Chu Xinghe, all the sects fell silent...

Chu Xinghe! This person has always been unpredictable. If it were anyone else trying to change the fate of Muyue Nation, no one would believe it, but if it's Chu Xinghe...

Who had any faith in Chu Xinghe at the Tianyi Spirit Mine?

During the recruitment of disciples, everyone thought Chu Xinghe had messed up.

But what was the result?

Chu Xinghe turned the tables with two major competitions, leaving everyone with a slap mark on their faces.

After some inquiries, everyone finally understood what the disciples from Muyue Nation had done in the Grand Sky Sect.

This representative of high scores but low abilities, once ridiculed by everyone, actually possessed unparalleled alchemy skills?

Why hadn't anyone discovered this before?

What? They needed to cultivate fire-based techniques?

Has Chu Xinghe become so incredible? The disciples from Muyue Nation, with their so-called strongest wood spirit talent, were not allowed to learn wood-based techniques but were instead made to learn fire-based techniques? What kind of operation is this?

But regardless of what kind of operation it is, success speaks for itself.

When the disciples from Muyue Nation entered the Grand Sky Sect, it was said that the headlines of the shock department of each sect were already prepared!

Shock! Could the three hundred disciples from Muyue Nation become the root of Grand Sky Sect's decline? Chu Xinghe cannot escape blame!

And now, with the news of Chu Xinghe changing the fate of Muyue Nation, the shock departments of each sect were shocked once again.

But while fools were still in shock, the smart ones had already rushed to Muyue Nation.

As soon as the news spread that Muyue Nation disciples could become super alchemists by cultivating fire-based techniques, many major sects rushed to Muyue Nation immediately.

The once neglected Muyue Nation had now become a hot commodity.

A group of people clamored to recruit disciples from Muyue Nation and train them.

But soon, a piece of news left all the sects rushing to Muyue Nation dumbfounded.

The geniuses of Muyue Nation, except for the Grand Sky Sect, would not choose any other sect!

As soon as this news came out, everyone was stunned.

The king of Muyue Nation, Mu Bai's father Mu Shangxing, had received the news a few days earlier.

Besides the news of the disciples from Muyue Nation defying fate in the Grand Sky Sect, there was also a letter delivered by spirit bird from Mu Bai himself.

It clearly informed his father of the immense gratitude owed to Senior Brother Xinghe by Muyue Nation, stating that it was Senior Brother Xinghe who extended a helping hand during Muyue Nation's most critical moment and changed their fate.

Without Senior Brother Xinghe, there would be no Muyue Nation today.

Mu Bai vowed never to forget the sect, never to forget Senior Brother Xinghe.

So Mu Bai persuaded his father that from now on, all the geniuses of Muyue Nation would only join the Grand Sky Sect, and would never choose any other sect.

When Muyue Nation was at its lowest, it was Senior Brother Xinghe who pulled them out of the depths, while other sects were busy mocking them.

As the saying goes, "When the sun sets, you are not there; now that we rise, who are you?"

Mu Shangxing fully agreed with his son Mu Bai's opinion and immediately declared that from today onwards, Muyue Nation would be a subsidiary of the Grand Sky Sect, and the geniuses of Muyue Nation would never enter any other sect!

Goodness, when this news broke, all sides initially tried various means of coercion and temptation.

But with the Grand Sky Sect backing Mu Shangxing this time, he stood firm, ignoring all threats and inducements.

In the end, people from various sects left cursing and grumbling.

There was nothing they could do; Muyue Nation had latched onto a towering tree.

With the Grand Sky Sect around, there was really nothing anyone could do to them.

When the news reached the Grand Sky Sect, the Great Elder immediately expressed approval of Mu Bai's actions.

What a good child! No wonder he was discovered by Xinghe, not only is his talent excellent, but his disposition also inherits Xinghe's consistent virtue, knowing gratitude and repaying kindness, never forgetting his roots. Mu Bai's future is promising.

But to be honest, it's still Xinghe who saw the pure disposition of Muyue Nation at a glance.

With a wave of his hand, the Great Elder declared that from today onwards, the Grand Sky Sect would protect Muyue Nation.

In the future, any highly talented individuals from Muyue Nation could join the Grand Sky Sect's Spirit Crane Palace, and even those with lesser talent could be taught some techniques to help Muyue Nation rise.

Today, Chu Xinghe was minding his own business, being lazy in the Skill Tower.

Mu Bai suddenly jumped out from some corner.

"Senior Brother Xinghe, the great kindness and virtue shown to Muyue Nation will never be forgotten. From now on, all the geniuses of Muyue Nation will only join the Grand Sky Sect!"

Chu Xinghe: "???"

What the hell?

Are you done playing?

Has Muyue Nation become addicted to messing with me? Was I blind to recruit you into the Grand Sky Sect?

I went through so much trouble to get you into the Grand Sky Sect, is this what I wanted?

Not only did you three hundred mess with me once, but you want Muyue Nation to continue messing with me for generations?

Even though he was so angry he could almost spit blood, Chu Xinghe could only pat Mu Bai on the shoulder and say, "Keep up the good work... Senior Brother is counting on you..."

"Mu Bai, although the disciples of Muyue Nation are good at alchemy, you know, my expectations for you go far beyond that. You must not completely neglect your cultivation because of alchemy!"

Chu Xinghe gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Rest assured, Senior Brother Xinghe, Mu Bai will never forget your instructions. However... that Great Evolution Heavenly Gold Art, it seems my progress in cultivating it is not very fast..."

That's more like it!

Chu Xinghe had finally heard some good news in the past few days.

Not progressing fast, huh?

If it were fast, there would be something wrong. Wood generates fire was my mistake, but metal overcoming wood is definitely correct.

If the disciples of Muyue Nation could achieve anything in cultivation with metal-based techniques, there would be something wrong!

"Mu Bai, the path of cultivation is as difficult as climbing to the heavens, but facing challenges head-on is the only way to succeed, so don't doubt yourself, keep working hard!"

Chu Xinghe continued to encourage.

Mu Bai nodded solemnly.

Senior Brother Xinghe is never wrong! Senior Brother Xinghe said we could succeed with fire-based techniques, and indeed we did. Now Senior Brother Xinghe says metal-based techniques can help us defy the heavens, so it must be true.

From now on, Senior Brother Xinghe will be the guiding light for Muyue Nation, and wherever Senior Brother Xinghe points, Muyue Nation will follow to the death!

After sending Mu Bai off, Chu Xinghe sat in the Skill Tower, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Although the alchemy talent of Muyue Nation is strong, cultivating metal-based techniques is definitely a dead end.

So overall, although I didn't win this round, as long as I firmly make Muyue Nation cultivate metal-based techniques and increase the output of resources to them, making their disciples exhaust various resources in cultivation...

In this way, although Muyue Nation is awesome in alchemy, with such high consumption, at least it can barely achieve a balance of income and expenditure.

So I haven't lost this round!

At least not lost so miserably!

Muyue Nation wants to defy fate, huh!

At most, you can become alchemists, but to become peerless powerhouses! It's absolutely impossible for you!

In the following days, Chu Xinghe hid himself in the Skill Tower, because the Medicine King Palace was hell.

He took a stroll around the Medicine King Palace.

One moment a disciple from Muyue Nation refined a superb pill, the next moment another disciple's alchemy skills improved?

No way... my little heart really can't take it.

If it weren't for the comforting sound of explosions from the Artifact Refining Palace next door, I would have died in the Medicine King Palace.

After a day of laziness, Chu Xinghe returned to his room in the evening, where Senior Brother Feng was still busy with something.

"Senior Brother Feng, busy again?" Chu Xinghe moved a small stool over.

"Yes, it's been a month since the new batch of disciples joined, and it's time for the first major competition among the disciples of each palace. Other palaces have exceptionally talented individuals this year, all eager to compete, but our Spirit Crane Palace..."

Senior Brother Feng's concern was simple: the disciples from Muyue Nation are great at alchemy, but just alchemy isn't enough.

In this major competition among the disciples of each palace, you can't just go up and refine pills while others are fighting, right?

Although the Spirit Crane Palace is known for alchemy, it doesn't mean its disciples can't fight.

In the past, while the Spirit Crane Palace might not always come out on top, their rankings were always very high.

Especially last year, with the arrival of Junior Brother Xinghe, the Spirit Crane Palace reached a new peak.

But this year, all the new disciples in the Spirit Crane Palace are geniuses from Muyue Nation. Although they are strong in alchemy, when it comes to techniques, Senior Brother Feng asked, and Mu Bai's answer was that he felt he was very weak.

Other disciples from Muyue Nation felt the same way.

Senior Brother Feng also knew that the disciples from Muyue Nation were previously very weak, and without even looking, Senior Brother Feng knew that this time, the Spirit Crane Palace was likely out of luck in the major competition among the disciples of each palace.

"The sect is aware of the situation with the disciples from Muyue Nation, so I want to ask the Great Elder to report to the sect and see if our Spirit Crane Palace can skip the competition this time."

Senior Brother Feng shared his idea.

But upon hearing this, Chu Xinghe was immediately anxious!

Not participate? How can that be! Muyue Nation has been messing with me for so long, and now there's finally a chance for them to lose face, and you say to give up?

No way!

The disciples from Muyue Nation in my Spirit Crane Palace not only have to participate, but they have to participate in a big way. This embarrassment is something the disciples from Muyue Nation are destined to face! No one can stop it!