Wuhun: Desert Death on the left hand, the world on the right hand

Watching the backs of Li Hao, Xue Yi and Yun Fei as they left, Old Sang had a gratified smile on his face. He raised his right hand and gently stroked his gray beard, but a bright light flashed in his cloudy eyes. It was gratification, expectation, and longing for the future.

Each of these three children is a rare genius in a century. Given time, they will surely become powerful men who will shock the ancient and modern times. Especially Yun Fei, at a young age, he has a temperament and mind that surpasses ordinary people. This kind of heart and this responsibility are really rare, really rare!

"Old Sang, what are you looking at? You are laughing so happily." A hearty voice sounded in Old Sang's ears, interrupting his thoughts.

When Old Sang turned around, he saw Zhu Weng standing beside him with a smile on his face, holding a wine gourd in his hand. The rich aroma of the wine wafted in the breeze, making him feel relaxed and happy.

"What else can I see? Of course I should see my precious apprentice." Elder Sang said with a smile, his tone full of pride and satisfaction. "What do you think, Old Bamboo Pole? I have a good eye, right? In just three months, Li Hao has gone from an ordinary person to level 25. His future is limitless!"

"Of course, of course." Zhu Weng smiled and nodded, agreeing with what Sang Lao said, "I am naturally convinced by your vision. However, this is not surprising. After all, the soul beast you contracted with him is ten thousand years old. The starting point is much higher than others, so the speed of cultivation is naturally rapid."

"Of course, don't you see whose disciple you are!" Old Sang stroked his beard proudly, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

“But…” Elder Sang changed the subject, his tone lamenting, “Xue Yi’s talent is not bad either. Although he is only level 28, his contracted soul beast, the Soul Devouring Blood Ant, is a mutant species with great potential. A ten-thousand-year soul beast fought against a hundred-year soul beast and almost lost. Are you praising my apprentice or making fun of me?”

The smile on Zhu Weng's face froze, and he coughed lightly and said, "Ahem, Old Sang, how could I be mocking you when you said that? Wasn't I praising you for your insight and for taking in a good disciple?"

"Hmph, you're smart." Old Sang snorted coldly, then sighed, "Speaking of which, Xue Yi's talent is indeed good, but the side effect of his bloodthirsty and violent nature is a big trouble!"

"You mean bloodthirsty and violent!" Zhu Weng said, "This is indeed a problem. Let's ask Yun'er and Nasus if they have solved this problem! When that kid got angry yesterday, his ruthlessness was so frightening. At that time, I thought we had made a mistake and recruited a cruel person!"

"Who said it wasn't true!" Elder Sang said with lingering fear, "Yesterday, I almost took action to clean up the mess. Fortunately, last night, Yun'er came to tell me that she was going to retreat in the Secret Realm of Time, and she also mentioned Xue Yi's situation."

"Speaking of Yun'er, is he okay?" Zhu Weng asked with concern.

"What else can he do? He is still tinkering with his plan to build a million disciples with Bai Zhaoyun and Nasus in the Secret Realm of Time!" Zhu Weng said unhappily.

"By the way, tell me, who is Bai Zhaoyun? How come he looks exactly like Yun'er and has the same aura, it's like they are the same person!" Old Sang asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Well..." Zhu Weng pondered for a moment, "Yun'er said it was 'two sides of the same coin', 'the origin of life is one, we live and die together' and so on, I don't quite understand it either."

"Since Yun'er said so, then it should be fine, as long as you have no bad intentions towards Yun'er!" Old Sang waved his hand and stopped worrying about this issue.

On the other side, in the secret realm of time.

Bai Yun and Nasus were concentrating on making the Soul Bond Orb. This was a time-consuming and laborious task that required them to mobilize their mental and spiritual power wholeheartedly to construct various formations and runes in the Soul Bond Orb.

Bai Zhaoyun sat aside bored, watching the two busy figures, and couldn't help but complain: "I say, Baiyun, Nasus, you two old guys, why do you have to drag me along to make the Soul Contract Orb!" Bai Zhaoyun looked at Baiyun and Nasus with a look of despair on his face.

Bai Yun raised his head, stopped what he was doing, looked at Bai Zhaoyun seriously, and said, "Bai Zhaoyun, what you said is not right. We have officially become sworn brothers. We must share the good and the bad! How can you feel at ease if you don't help with this?" His eyes were sincere and firm, as if he was questioning Bai Zhaoyun's heart.

Bai Zhaoyun was startled by Bai Yun's sudden serious tone. He opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say. He really wanted to say that he could get over it, but looking at Bai Yun's sincere eyes, he couldn't say it.

"Oh, forget it. It's your fault that you were born from the split of my soul! How can I, an old father, watch you suffer so much?" Bai Zhaoyun finally chose to compromise. He deliberately pretended to be helpless and doting in his tone, as if he was facing an ignorant child.

Bai Yun was so angry when he heard Bai Zhaoyun's words. Why did Bai Zhaoyun always like to take advantage of him? He was his elder brother before, but now he has become his father. What will happen in the future?

The two began their usual fight, arguing back and forth, neither willing to give in. Nasus, who was watching this, just smiled faintly and did not stop them. He had long been accustomed to the way these two got along, and in his opinion, this was a reflection of their deep brotherly love.

Nasus's gaze lingered on the two for a moment, then he returned to his work. From time to time, he would take out some memory crystals to record the scenes of the two people's playfulness.

These memory crystals are a small magic obtained from the residual memories of the God of Death. They can remember some scenes that have happened. For Nasus, these are precious memories.

"Alright, alright," Nasus' steady voice interrupted the constant bickering between Bai Zhaoyun and Bai Yun, his tone carrying a hint of unquestionable majesty, "It's getting late, one million soul beads is not a small number, we still have a lot of work to do." As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the two people who were still pushing each other apart.

Bai Zhaoyun rubbed his arm that was pinched red by Bai Yun and cleared his throat, trying to cover up his previous suicidal behavior and make himself look more stable. "Nasus is right. We should hurry up. How about this, let's discuss how to divide the work to complete the task most efficiently."

He paused and continued, "The core functions of the Soul Contract Orb lie in the contract formation and the space node. These two parts are extremely important. I think you and Baiyun should be in charge of them, Nasus. After all, your attainments in soul formation and space formation are the highest among us."

Bai Yun raised his eyebrows. He had no objection to Bai Zhaoyun's suggestion, but he couldn't help but tease, "You are really good at arranging easy tasks for yourself, Bai Zhaoyun."

"I'm not being lazy," Bai Zhaoyun explained helplessly. He knew Bai Yun was joking, but he couldn't help but want to explain it clearly.

"Although I can also locate the spatial node, I am not as proficient as you in this area. Once the location fails, the consequences will be disastrous. This is not a joke." He paused, frowning slightly, as if thinking of a difficult problem, "Also, I found a more serious problem, which is related to the future development of the Soul Contract Orb."

"What's the problem? Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now!" Bai Yun's curiosity was aroused. He put away his joking expression and asked seriously.

"It's like this," Bai Zhaoyun organized his thoughts and said slowly.

"Our current model is to first let the user sign a contract with the soul beast through the contract formation, and then activate the space node inside the soul contract bead to allow the soul beast to enter the White Cloud Realm for cultivation. However, if after the production of these one million soul contract beads is completed, our soul contract master system is upgraded again and the function of the soul contract bead needs to be improved, what should we do? Do we have to collect all the one million soul contract beads that have been issued and improve them one by one?"

Bai Yun and Nasus fell into deep thought upon hearing this. The question raised by Bai Zhaoyun was indeed a difficult problem that could not be ignored.

"Then what good idea do you have?" Bai Yun broke the silence. He believed that since Bai Zhaoyun raised this question, he must have thought of a solution.

"I think we can change the process," Bai Zhaoyun said confidently, with a gleam in his eyes.

"We can first let a trace of the user's soul enter the White Cloud Realm through the space node of the Soul Contract Orb, and then sign a contract in the White Cloud Realm through the contract formation. In this way, even if the Soul Contract Orb needs to be upgraded in the future, we don't have to recycle the Soul Contract Orb. We only need to find the corresponding space node, then find the contract formation in the space node, and upgrade it."

He paused and continued, "Besides, there is another benefit to doing this, which is that it can effectively restrict those with ulterior motives from using the Soul Contract Bead to do evil. After recruiting millions of disciples, it is inevitable that there will be a mix of good and bad, and some bad apples will appear."

"If we keep a record of every soul bond bead, once we find a disciple abusing a soul bond bead and doing evil, we can use the record to find the spatial node of the soul bond bead and erase it. Without the assistance of soul beasts, those soul bond masters with bad intentions will not be able to make any waves."

Bai Zhaoyun's proposal made Bai Yun and Nasus' eyes light up. This was indeed a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

"That's right! This is a good idea!" Bai Yun clapped his hands suddenly, stood up excitedly, paced back and forth on the ground, his excitement beyond words.

"I have been worried about recruiting one million disciples these days! If we don't manage this many disciples well, the consequences will be disastrous!" He stopped, frowned, and said worriedly.

"I'm really afraid that my selfishness will cause chaos in Douluo Continent! After all, restricting disciples from leaving Baiyun City is really not a good idea. It can easily lead to some mutiny. By then, we will really become the sinners of Douluo Continent!"

Nasus, who was standing by, also woke up from his deep thoughts. With a gleam of light in his deep eyes, he slowly said, "Not only that, Bai Zhaoyun's suggestion gave me inspiration. I think we can also use space nodes for communication!"

"Communication function?" Bai Yun stopped, frowned slightly, and began to ponder, "Yes, in this way, there will be an invisible bond between the sect and the disciples, and they can keep in touch at any time."

"In this way, when a disciple encounters danger and needs to contact the sect urgently, he can throw the information into the Soul Contract Bead. We can then easily find the space node through the space node and see the content of the information."

After listening to Bai Yun's words, Bai Zhaoyun pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said: "This is too troublesome! With millions of disciples, we can't search for each space node one by one. The efficiency is too low!"

He paused and continued, "We can simply develop a gesture or password. As long as we don't use the communication password switch, disciples can use the Soul Bead as a space soul guide. Once we need to use communication, we can send the information to a place dedicated to collecting information. We can build an information cabinet and collect statistics of this information in different categories. Simple information that requires support can be sent out through the Task Cabinet and other disciples can help."

"Yes, I never thought that this would make the sect management much easier!" Bai Yun slapped his head and said with a look of sudden enlightenment, his face full of excitement. "This way! The sect can be fully operational, and the efficiency has been improved by who knows how many times! And there will never be a loss of contact like Chen Mo and Zhang Hu!"