Chapter 815: Daoist Name
Qingcheng Mountain Disciple now totals one hundred and twenty-eight, and with the addition of the newly initiated disciple, Su Chengyu, there are one hundred and twenty-nine.
The seniority is not highest with Master Cangqing, for above Master Cangqing there are the elders of Mount Qingcheng. However, the number of elders is not large, with only three remaining today. These three elders reside in secluded cultivation in the back mountains of Qingcheng, each in their own cave dwellings. Unless there’s a major event or the annual ancestral ceremony, they normally do not appear.
Of course, there is also the occasional situation where they would slip out to play mahjong with Master Cangqing.
Master Cangqing’s acceptance of a disciple did not bring out these three elders; other disciples who were on Mount Qingcheng and not out on worldly experiences had all arrived.
Master Cangqing has four junior brothers and one junior sister who usually reside on their respective peaks, each accepting their disciples. These disciples can also accept disciples in turn. The true people of the Cang generation don’t accept many disciples but instead have numerous grand-disciples.
Masters Cangsung, Cang Lan, Cang Ming, and Cangxiu sat on either side of Master Cangqing, while another, Master Cangning, is often traveling abroad and rarely returns to Mount Qingcheng.
Beneath them were the second-generation disciples, with Sect Leader Huo ZhenTing at the forefront, and the disciples of various peaks stood to the sides, followed further down by the third-generation disciples.
Of Master Cangqing’s five direct disciples, only four were currently on Mount Qingcheng. The third disciple was also out traveling and had not returned.
Next to the ancestral hall hung a large bell, with a disciple standing by, waiting for the right time.
Su Chengyu and Chen Mengmeng had already arrived halfway up Chaoyang Peak, with a row of stone stairs in front of them leading directly to the top of Chaoyang Peak.
"Big brother, I’ll go up first. Don’t forget the rules. When you hear the bell toll three times, you may climb Chaoyang Staircase. You need to ascend step by step and then perform the ritual of three prostrations and nine kowtows outside the ancestral hall, offer tea to your master, and afterwards follow your master into the ancestral hall to kowtow to the ancestors. Once the ceremonies are completed, you’ll meet and pay respects to the several masters, and the ceremony of discipleship will be concluded," Chen Mengmeng instructed.