Chapter 783 - 17: No Spiritual Energy on Cyan Lotus Mountain
"Oh my god, so many people are here!"
On Cyan Lotus Mountain, Liu Su, Xu Caihe, and Zhou Ling’Er lay on the mountaintop looking down, and they couldn’t help but click their tongues.
"Wow, Caihe, look, all these people are kneeling. Sister Xia is amazing! Caihe, what’s wrong?"
Zhou Ling’Er was excited and turned her head, only to see Xu Caihe in a daze.
Xu Caihe glanced at Qin Gengyun, Mo Xiaolan, Fang Xue, Wei Wan, Su Hongling, Ye Xiyue, and others around her. She whispered to Zhou Ling’Er:
"Ling’Er, Uncle Qin is Sister Xia’s husband. Sister Xiaolan is Uncle Qin’s second wife. Sister Xiaoxue, Sister Wei, they are all Sister Xia’s disciples and friends. They naturally want to stay on Cyan Lotus Mountain."
"But what about us? Our parents are in Zhenlian City."
"If we stay on Cyan Lotus Mountain, will Chen Qingmo do something to our parents?"
Xu Caihe’s words made the excited Zhou Ling’Er instantly dumbstruck.
"Damn it, I totally forgot about my parents!"
"..."
Xu Caihe looked at Zhou Ling’Er with exasperation: "What do we do now?"
Zhou Ling’Er looked bewildered: "How would I know?"
"You silly!" Xu Caihe couldn’t help pinching her: "I sent a message to my father two days ago, telling him that Chen Qingmo is the Spirit Corpse Mountain Master and about his many evil deeds, but my father hasn’t replied yet."
Zhou Ling’Er panicked: "Then what should we do? Are we going back to Zhenlian City?"
"Everyone."
At this moment, Xia Qinglian, standing amidst the clouds, spoke calmly. Her voice wasn’t loud, but it clearly reached everyone’s ears.
"From today on, the Qinlian Sect is established."
She got straight to the point without any unnecessary words and continued speaking before the crowd below could react:
"Sect Leader Qin Gengyun, Vice Sect Leader Xue Wu, with Su Hongling and Mo Xiaolan as the Left and Right Guardians, Xue Wu, Ye Xiyue, Fang Xue, Wei Wan, and the Celestial Phoenix Maiden as elders."
After Xia Qinglian finished, the crowd watching from below finally reacted, and exclamations filled the air.
"Qinlian Sect?"
"Wasn’t it the Cyan Lotus Sect?"
"Did I hear wrong?"
"Qinlian? A combination of Qin Gengyun and Saintess Xia’s names?"
"Damn, is this a sect inauguration or a declaration of love?"
"Is the Orchid Fairy becoming the Vice Sect Leader? They say she and the Saintess serve one husband, could it be true?!"
"The Fairy Xiyue also joined the Cyan Lotus... no, Qinlian Sect. But why is Fairy Xiyue only an elder?"
"The Celestial Phoenix Maiden? Is it the one ranked twentieth on the Beauty Ranking, with the legendary best figure?"
"What? Why doesn’t the Saintess have a position?"
"You don’t get it, do you? The Saintess transcends all positions, she doesn’t need any title!"
Although Xia Qinglian’s words were brief, the amount of information contained was enormous. The tens of thousands of cultivators below immediately began discussing and debating.
The newly established Qinlian Sect includes the Three Great Immortals, along with experts like Qin Gengyun, Fang Xue, Wei Wan, and the Celestial Phoenix Maiden.
In terms of top combat power, this newly formed Qinlian Sect might even be stronger than the Zhenyang Sect.
But there’s still the old problem: the spiritual energy on Cyan Lotus Mountain is scarce, making it difficult for ordinary disciples to cultivate.
At this moment, a dark staff extended from the peak of Cyan Lotus Mountain, and a burly figure standing on the staff appeared next to Xia Qinglian.
A wave of astonished cries erupted from below:
"It’s Qin Gengyun!"
"It’s huge!"
"Sect Leader Qin and the Divine Maiden are truly a match made in heaven!"
"Is this the Zhenyang Sect’s Sacred Artifact, the Heaven-Reaching Staff?"
"Don’t talk nonsense, the Heaven-Reaching Staff is a sacred relic of the Cyan Lotus Sect, it was just taken by the Zhenyang Sect in the past."
Qin Gengyun stood on the Heaven-Reaching Staff and smiled downwards:
"Thank you, fellow Daoists, for coming to witness the ceremony. Please look at the left side of the mountain gate."
Hearing this, the cultivators looked over and saw Liu Xiaotang and a group of female cultivators from the Cyan Lotus Sect sitting behind rows of tables, with pens, ink, paper, and inkstones on the tables, seemingly preparing to record something.
Beside them were several small platforms formed by arrays, which someone recognized:
"Is this an array platform for testing spirit root?"
Qin Gengyun continued to smile: "The Qinlian Sect welcomes all cultivators. We do not judge based on cultivation but on the quality of the spirit root. As long as your aptitude is qualified, you can join the Qinlian Sect."
"Those interested can go to the array platform to test their spirit root."
After Qin Gengyun finished speaking, the cultivators couldn’t help looking at each other, even the members of the Celestial Fall Sect and Red Cloud Mountain, who were just fighting for a spot, became motionless.
Those capable of cultivation are not fools; the current situation is clear. By attending today’s ceremony, they’ve already given face to Xia Qinglian.
Even if there had been past grievances, they could use this opportunity to resolve them and avoid future reckoning by Xia Qinglian.
But if they were to truly join this newly founded Qinlian Sect.
They really needed to think carefully.
Not to mention, with the spiritual energy on Cyan Lotus Mountain being so thin, if they really joined, how would they cultivate?
If later they had to fight the Zhenyang Sect, the higher-ups might have a chance, but ordinary disciples like them would stand no chance against people from the Zhenyang Sect, they’d just become cannon fodder!
Many were torn inside, wanting to wait and see.
For the moment, except for a small number of low-level loose cultivators going to test their spirit roots, the array platforms were mostly empty.
Behind the tables, Liu Xiaotang and others found themselves in an awkwardly quiet scene.
Just then, a loud cry echoed from the sky.
A large golden bird broke through the clouds, spreading its wings as it flew in.
"Is this... an Ancient Phoenix?"
"Close, it should be a Phoenix Bird Beast!"
"Its body is covered in golden feathers, looking like red flames; it’s not far off from an Ancient Phoenix!"
"Isn’t this Sect Leader Qin’s mount?"
"Hey, there’s someone on the back of that Phoenix Bird!"
With a series of exclamations, people noticed that there was indeed a person standing on the back of the Phoenix Bird Beast.
It was a woman, dressed in a long black cloud gauze dress, barefoot, with a tall and graceful posture.
However, her appearance was plain, which was a shame given her pair of long legs as fair as jade.
"What does this mean?"
"This woman has quite a figure, but her looks are too ordinary."
"Seems like she’s Sect Leader Qin’s maid? What’s she doing here?"
The cultivators were puzzled, and then the woman on the Phoenix Bird’s back suddenly began to dance.
The sky suddenly darkened, and a hazy moonlight fell.
On the back of the Phoenix Bird, under the moonlight.
The slender, elegantly bare feet danced lightly, with the moonlight filtering through the black cloud-like skirt, faintly glimpsing the soft waist, swaying like a captivating water snake or a gentle knife that brushes the bones.
Below the waist were long legs, showing perfect curves with those bewitching steps.
At the foot of Cyan Lotus Mountain, tens of thousands of cultivators fell silent.
This woman, originally plain-looking, became dazzlingly radiant, even making the sky and earth change color as she danced.
Just then, a cultivator from the Northern Wilderness suddenly recalled a name.
"Could it be..."
The woman’s dance grew increasingly graceful, faintly resonating with the rhythm of the universe.
Involuntarily, countless minds conjured the name from the Beauty Ranking.
"Could it be..."
