DreamersGN 223. Chapter 223 Ancestor Qingyun, Return!
223. Chapter 223 Ancestor Qingyun, Return!
Chapter 223: Qingyun Ancestor Returns!
The other forty-one ancient sects are also showcasing their Divine Abilities, trying every means to attract the geniuses in their respective cities to join their sects.
They are still following the path of geniuses, believing that only true genius warriors will be favored by the heavenly qi.
As long as they bring these geniuses into their sects, the fortunes of their respective sects will naturally rise.
This is no different from the recruitment plans they executed before entering the mortal world.
The only difference is that previously they recruited globally, but now they can only target one city and one region.
During this period, some people naturally noticed the peculiar actions of Qingyun Palace in Longhai City.
Seeing that Zuoqiu Daoren does not distinguish between superiority and inferiority, does not limit cultivation aptitude, and has organized such a playful recruitment activity.
Everyone sneered at it and did not think much of it.
They even felt that Zuoqiu Daoren and Qingyun Palace's actions were simply embarrassing for their ancient sects, seriously lowering the minimum standards of all ancient sects.
If it weren't for this old Taoist being good at flattery and attaching himself to Liu Zimo, even obtaining the authority to be stationed in a frontline city like Longhai City before them, they would have been wary.
These people are probably already knocking on Qingyun Palace's door, looking for trouble.
On the side of Qingyun Palace, they naturally sensed the contempt and disdain of other sect cultivators.
However, following Zuoqiu Daoren's orders, they had no intention of arguing or explaining.
No matter when, making a fortune in silence is the supreme way.
Aren't these people looking down on the many ordinary people within the Federation?
Aren't they despising Qingyun Palace for not having style, messing around in Longhai City, and getting along with ordinary mortals, wanting to see a joke from Qingyun Palace?
Little did they know that the disciples of Qingyun Palace were secretly laughing at them, despising their narrow-mindedness and inability to keep up with the times!
Advisor Liu has clearly presented them with a method to quickly accumulate sect fortune, and Qingyun Palace has set an example ahead of them.
But these people all turned a blind eye.
They still cling to their old rules, unaware of the treasure mountain they are sitting on, and missed out on a great opportunity.
When Qingyun Palace accumulates enough sect fortune and successfully welcomes back the Qingyun Saint, these people will naturally understand what they have missed!
But before that, Qingyun Palace has no intention of spreading the news of their rapid increase in sect fortune.
Strictly speaking, there is also a certain degree of competition between these sects.
They are all eager to greatly increase their sect fortune and be the first to welcome back their own ancestral ancestors, seizing the advantage in this new era.
Under such circumstances, how could they possibly reveal the secrets of increasing their sect fortune?
If someone else's ancestral ancestor returns first, like the previous Xian'ao Demon Saint, wanting to unify this realm and start another war of extermination, wouldn't they also be unlucky?
Therefore, all forty-two ancient sects are hoping that their own ancestral ancestors can return first, and no one wants to be left behind!
Qingyun Palace is like this, Tian Di Academy is like this, and the other ancient sects like Yuliu Gate are also like this.
Luozhou City.
Liu Zimo's divine sense swept across all directions, taking in the current situation of the forty-two cities where the forty-two sects are stationed.
Seeing these ancient sects settling in the city and behaving relatively honestly, Liu Zimo nodded in satisfaction.
As for the conflicts of interest and power struggles among these ancient sects, he turned a blind eye and did not interfere.
In his opinion, the diverse thoughts and power struggles among these forty-two sects were a good thing for the federal government.
Otherwise, if they were truly united in attack and defense, it would be Liu Zimo and the federal government who would have a headache.
"This is actually quite good!"
Liu Zimo muttered to himself and withdrew his divine sense, no longer paying too much attention, focusing on refining the protective array of the spiritual energy blessed land.
After harvesting so many opportunities and benefits left behind by the ancient cultivators, Liu Zimo's experience in array dao had already exceeded ten thousand, and his level of array dao had reached an unprecedented height.
It could be said without hesitation that in the entire earthly realm, if he claimed that his level of array dao could rank second, no one would dare to claim to be the first.
In order to refine a practical array that could defend against and trap True Saint realm experts, Liu Zimo specially asked his uncle Zhao Hongzhang for help in deducing it.
Based on the array classics in the ancient sects such as the Fire Cloud Palace, the Netherworld Hall, and the Primordial Dao Sect, with the assistance of the power of the Great Dao's laws.
In just ten days, Zhao Hongzhang deduced a new type of array that was both offensive and defensive, with defensive and trapping capabilities far surpassing the protective arrays of the Fire Cloud Palace, the Netherworld Hall, and the Primordial Dao Sect.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hongzhang's cultivation realm was limited and he couldn't perceive the power of the Great Dao's laws that Liu Zimo mentioned.
Therefore, the new protective array he deduced, although extremely powerful, still had some imperfections.
During this time, Liu Zimo had been trying to integrate the power of the laws into this new array, and for this reason, he began another closed-door cultivation.
Before closing the door, Liu Zimo did not forget to take out the massive amount of True Saint blood and flesh he collected from the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint from the Eastern Pearl.
He shared it with his three spiritual pets, two precious disciples, and the "good brothers" and "good sisters" in Luozhou City.
That was the Golden Turtle blood and flesh of the True Saint realm, not only rich in spiritual energy and vigorous blood, but also containing strands of the power of the Great Dao's laws that had not completely dissipated.
For all cultivators below the True Saint realm, it was a rare holy-grade elixir!
Therefore, even though he didn't deliberately cultivate during his closed-door cultivation, Liu Zimo's cultivation strength continued to soar due to the continuous advancement of his spiritual pets and the "good brothers" and "good sisters".
Like this, time slipped away silently.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.
During this period, Hu Dalie successfully broke through to the quasi-Saint realm, while Jiao Linglong and Turtle Sui Shou both broke through to the peak of the Divine Connection realm.
Ye Feihong and Lou Xiaoxiao, the two girls, made rapid progress in both spiritual and martial cultivation, both reaching the peak of the Manifestation realm.
Others, such as Lou Yuchen, Zhang Zhenren, Zhi Yuan Sheng Shi, and Hong Yuxun, the four Martial Saints, all broke through to the peak of the Manifestation realm, just one step away from the Divine Connection realm.
Moreover, with the continuous consolidation of the national fortune of the federation, the overall strength of the human cultivators was constantly rising.
On the other hand, the forty-one ancient sects such as the Heaven and Earth Academy, the Jade Willow Gate, and the Star Moon Hall.
Since settling in the mortal city, their sect fortunes had only slightly improved in the first half year, far from reaching their expectations.
Only the Qingyun Palace in Longhai City held a "free military merit" entry test every two months, constantly gathering popularity and consolidating support.
As a result, their sect fortune continued to grow day by day!
Moreover, in these repeated entry tests, they really discovered quite a few talented individuals.
Not only did the sect disciples greatly expand, but they also gained a massive amount of sect fortune as a result.
On this day, while Left Qiu, who was in the midst of cultivating in a state of deep meditation, suddenly felt a connection and appeared directly in the main hall of the Qingyun Palace.
Looking up at the statue of the Qingyun Ancestor, which was emitting faint fluctuations of the laws, Left Qiu immediately knelt down and used a secret technique to activate the imprint of the saint within the statue. He loudly proclaimed, "Left Qiu, the third-generation direct disciple of the Qingyun Palace, respectfully welcomes the return of the Qingyun Saint Ancestor!"
Buzz~!
At the same time, Yao Lingling, who had been quietly staying in Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness, suddenly trembled and let out a painful scream. "Master, something's wrong! The spiritual web and spiritual consciousness avatars that I left in Left Qiu's sea of consciousness have all been destroyed!"
"I suspect that the saint ancestor of the Qingyun Palace has returned!"
Yao Lingling's cry of pain and warning snapped Liu Zimo out of his thoughts of constructing formations.
"The Qingyun Ancestor? Has he returned so quickly?"
Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow and immediately projected his divine sense thousands of miles away to Longhai City.
Boom!
His divine soul shook, and his thoughts deviated.
The divine sense fluctuations he had projected to Longhai City were directly repelled by an inexplicable force.
"It is indeed the power of a Saint Realm!"
"I didn't expect the Qingyun Ancestor to really come back!"
Liu Zimo murmured to himself.
Although it was strange why the return of the Qingyun Ancestor did not cause as much commotion and anomalies as when the Xian'ao Demon Saint returned, it was undeniable that the spiritual consciousness avatar of Yao Lingling had been instantly discovered and killed, and his divine sense had been expelled from Longhai City.
This was definitely the method of a true Saint Realm expert!
"Quite low-key!"
"I wonder if it's another Xian'ao Demon Saint!"
Liu Zimo's gaze turned towards Longhai City, temporarily putting aside his research on formations, and directly appeared in the sky above Longhai City.
With the Yin-Yang Laws applied to his body, he activated his invisibility technique.
This time, Liu Zimo easily passed through the outer layer of formation protection in Longhai City, evading the perception of the saint's divine sense, and appeared directly in the main hall of the Qingyun Palace.
Then, he saw a young and kind-looking Taoist priest walking out slowly from the statue of the Qingyun Ancestor.
The young Taoist priest looked around and finally fixed his gaze on Left Qiu, who was kneeling in the center of the hall.
"Little Left Qiu, it's been many years. You've aged quite a bit!"
The young Taoist priest spoke with a hint of melancholy.
Upon hearing this, Left Qiu trembled and with red eyes, replied, "Thanks to the concern of the Ancestor, being able to see the Ancestor's holy face again, the disciple has no regrets even in death!"
"Tsk tsk tsk!" The Qingyun Ancestor spat disdainfully, "I've just come back, and you're talking about death. How inauspicious!"
Left Qiu quickly lowered his head and knelt down, "Disciple has been disrespectful in speech, please forgive me, Ancestor!"
Qingyun Laozu, seeing this, rolled his eyes speechlessly.
As a clever child in his childhood, why has he become so rigid and boring now?
"Alright, get up and talk!"
Qingyun Laozu waved his hand at Zuoqiu Daoren, helping him up from the ground.
"I was able to return from the River of Laws so quickly this time, and you played an indispensable role, my boy!"
"Not rewarding someone for their contributions is not my style, but what should I reward you with?"
After looking at Zuoqiu Daoren for a moment, Qingyun Laozu's eyes lit up and he said loudly,
"I've got it!"
"I will grant you a strand of the power of the Great Dao Laws, to help you comprehend a complete set of Great Dao Laws in advance!"
Saying that, Qingyun Laozu moved his divine consciousness and directly extracted a strand of the power of the Wood Laws from his own sea of consciousness, sealing it directly into Zuoqiu Daoren's body.
"With this complete strand of the power of the Wood Laws as a guide, within a hundred years, you will surely be able to fully comprehend it!"
"If within a hundred years, you can also complete the incomplete Life Laws and Power Laws that you have comprehended, then you will have a chance to break through to the Saint Realm!"
Upon hearing this, Zuoqiu Daoren couldn't help but kneel down again to express his gratitude, filled with excitement.
Qingyun Laozu's actions were equivalent to directly laying the foundation for him to become a Saint. As long as he didn't act recklessly, he would definitely succeed in becoming a Saint!
This was much more practical than the empty promises made by the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint to Feng Jiuer back then!
"No need to thank me, these are all things you deserve!"
Qingyun Laozu looked at Zuoqiu Daoren with a smile, and asked softly,
"Now, tell me, why are there only forty-two ancient sects left out of the original sixty-eight?"
"Also, before I arrived, didn't a Saint appear ahead of time? Why is there no trace of him now?"
Just as he returned, Qingyun Laozu noticed many anomalies.
Firstly, the gate of Qingyun Palace had actually settled in a mortal city, and they were getting along quite harmoniously with the mortals here.
Secondly, out of the original sixty-eight ancient sects corresponding to the sixty-eight Saints, only forty-two remained, and the other twenty-six had all lost their inheritance.
Furthermore, the first Saint to return from the River of Laws was the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint.
But now, not to mention the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint, even the Immortal Turtle Island no longer existed!
This made Qingyun Laozu feel uneasy, feeling that something unexpected must have happened in this realm.
"Laozu, please listen!"
Zuoqiu Daoren stood up respectfully and spoke softly, reporting in detail everything that had happened since the return of the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint to Qingyun Laozu.
"Laozu, this is the truth!"
"The Immortal Turtle Demon Saint went crazy and wanted to exterminate all the human sects to prevent the return of the Saints!"
"If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Liu's timely intervention and killing him, the Earth Realm would probably have become the exclusive domain of the Immortal Turtle Demon Saint!"
Upon hearing this, Qingyun Laozu's expression froze for a moment, and he looked at Zuoqiu Daoren somewhat speechlessly.
"Little Zuoqiu, are you sure you're not joking with me?"
"Is there really someone in this world who can defy the Saints with the body of a quasi-Saint and even kill that old turtle?"
"Listen, this sounds a bit like a fairy tale, doesn't it?"
(End of this chapter)