Chapter 144 The Young Sect Master's Journey
Upon learning of Elder Fu's return, Sect Leader Yan and the other elders were already waiting.
The flying boat returned to the Immortal Cloud Sect, just as the disciples were beginning their cultivation and study.
As soon as Song Yin and the others disembarked from the flying boat, the first thing they saw was Sect Leader Yan and his group.
Sect Leader Yan: "Thank you all for your hard work."
Elder Fu: "This trip had some setbacks, but it ended successfully."
"Greetings, Sect Master, and all Elders." Song Yin's disciples bowed and greeted them.
Sect Leader Yan: "We've all heard Elder Fu say that you are all great contributors."
"Please follow me, everyone."
Sect Leader Yan had already prepared a welcoming banquet, and the group went to the banquet and took their seats.
During the welcoming banquet, the topic of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm inevitably came up. Song Yin spoke very little during the meal, mostly just listening.
Han Wuyue, as the first person to receive the inheritance, naturally received praise from everyone. Xia Xining followed suit, also receiving praise from the crowd.
At this moment, Xia Xining took out the inheritance reward, "This is the reward after obtaining the inheritance, a ninth-tier magic weapon, the Nine Heavens Glazed Flag."
"There's even a reward for passing the inheritance test?" The others were envious; this was a ninth-tier magic weapon!
Sect Master Yan was also astonished by the Nine Heavens Secret Realm's generosity: "A ninth-tier magic weapon as a reward, truly befitting the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. However, your magic weapon shares the same name as the Nine Heavens Secret Realm's; are you aware of the connection?"
Xia Xining put away the Nine Heavens Glazed Flag and said apologetically, "I only know that it is the Nine Heavens Glazed Flag, but I don't know how it is related to the secret realm."
Sect Leader Yan took in everyone's performance, focusing particularly on Song Yin.
She had observed Song Yin's uniqueness over the years, and among the ten, Song Yin had the greatest chance of receiving the inheritance. However, the news that came back indicated that Song Yin had not received the inheritance. After returning, she rarely spoke, only briefly touching the food in front of her before sitting there lost in thought.
Sect Leader Yan thought to himself, perhaps she has encountered something extraordinary.
Shi Heming sat next to Song Yin and assumed that Song Yin was unhappy because she had not received the inheritance. He took out a rectangular box from his space and handed it to Song Yin.
Song Yin snapped out of her daze and tilted her head: "Hmm?"
Shi Heming: "Open it and take a look, don't be upset."
Song Yin took the wooden box, opened it to look at what was inside, and said, "I'm not unhappy—" She stopped halfway through her sentence, and a pen lay quietly in the box.
The pen was no ordinary pen; the patterns on it made her recognize it at a glance as a reward from some kind of inheritance, because it was a magical artifact from the Nine Heavens series.
Song Yin turned the pen and then saw the words on it.
Nine Heavens Talisman Brush.
Song Yin: "As expected."
It seems Shi Heming also received the inheritance, but he didn't tell anyone on the flying boat either. Song Yin closed the wooden box and placed it back in Shi Heming's hand.
"This is yours, keep it safe. It's not of much use to me."
Shi Heming: "But I noticed you didn't seem very happy the whole way."
Song Yin: "I'm not unhappy, I'm just thinking about some things. You can come to Danque Peak to find me after the banquet. This is not a good place to talk."
Shi Heming held the wooden box and nodded after a long while.
Qi Zibo also attended the welcoming banquet. He noticed that Song Yin was not in a good mood and planned to ask her what was wrong after the banquet. However, Song Yin went directly to the sect leader.
After the welcome banquet ended, everyone returned to their respective peaks.
Song Yin strode towards Sect Leader Yan, "Sect Leader, I have something to tell you."
Hearing the commotion, Xia Xining and the others looked at Song Yin curiously, wondering why she was looking for the sect leader.
Xia Xining asked Shi Heming, "Do you know what's going on with Song Yin?"
Shi Heming: "I don't know." We'll have to wait until she returns to Danque Peak to find out.
When Song Yin approached him, Sect Master Yan was not surprised at all; on the contrary, he felt that he had expected this.
"Come back to the main peak with me."
She took Song Yin to the main peak, then told everyone else to leave, and that no one needed to guard the entrance. She then set up a protective barrier.
For a moment, only Sect Leader Yan and Song Yin were present.
Sect Leader Yan: "Sit down and talk. I noticed you seemed distracted during the banquet. Did you run into trouble?"
"It's both yes and no." Song Yin organized her thoughts for a moment, then said, "I obtained two inheritances."
"Hmm?" Sect Leader Yan regained his composure and sat up straight. "Continue."
Song Yin: "I also met the master behind the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. He came from..." She pointed upwards.
“Nie Zhengchu did indeed come down from the Upper Realm, but he is not a person from the Upper Realm. Instead, he came from an unknown world. He appeared in the Upper Realm with the intention of seizing the life force of the Upper Realm, but he was hunted down by the Dao Lords of the Upper Realm and fled to the Immortal Cultivation World in a panic.”
Sect Master Yan was greatly shocked. "You mean you saw the Dao Lord above?"
Song Yin nodded, "The ninth-tier magic weapon rewarded by the inheritance is nothing special to them in the Upper Realm. For a Mahayana cultivator to ascend to the Upper Realm, it might be no different from a Qi Refining cultivator in the Immortal Cultivation World."
"The Immortal Cloud Sect has also contacted the ascended seniors, but not many times, and none of those seniors have talked about the Immortal Realm." Sect Master Yan felt a sense of unreality. Who would have thought that after the top experts of the cultivation world ascended, they would become weak beings in the Immortal Realm?
And how did Song Yin manage to see the Dao Lord from the Upper Realm? And how did that Dao Lord manage to do it?
Song Yin: "The inheritance in the central area of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm all have ninth-tier magic artifacts as rewards, and even if this reward is taken away, a new one will be added."
"When the Nine Heavens Secret Realm opens again, the sect leader can allow those with quotas to go directly to the central area. Although the inheritance test is very difficult, there will be hints. I don't know if the test content or the inheritance techniques will change in the future, but those who go can look carefully for the hints. Finding the hints will greatly increase the probability of passing."
After hearing this, Sect Leader Yan was also in a daze: "This is too crazy."
Song Yin: "There is one more thing, which concerns the future ascension path of cultivators in the cultivation world." She told Sect Master Yan all the consequences that Nie Zhengchu would bring.
Sect Master Yan remained silent for a long while, tapping her fingertips on the table. "...I will secretly issue a kill order, along with other sects." She took a deep breath. "After all, it concerns everyone in the cultivation world."
Thinking that the black-clad swordsman was a wisp of divine soul, Song Yin continued, "We can have the ancestors of the forbidden land leave behind a wisp of divine soul when they ascend. This is the inspiration that the inheritance test gave me."
"The black-clad swordsman in the Mahayana stage of the sword cultivator inheritance test is a wisp of divine soul separated from him. People from the upper realm cannot come to the immortal cultivation world, but he left his divine soul behind in advance, so he is not considered to have come to the immortal cultivation world from the upper realm. Actively separating a wisp of divine soul will not have a great impact on the individual."
Sect Master Yan pondered the feasibility of the matter. He feared that bringing it up rashly might displease the elders, so he needed to find a suitable time to bring it up.
"I knew your background must be extraordinary." Having just heard this, Sect Master Yan needed time to process it all. She pressed her temples and casually asked, "Are you willing to take over as the young sect master of the Immortal Firmament Sect?"
Sect Leader Yan spoke casually, and Song Yin didn't react at first.
After realizing what Sect Leader Yan was referring to, Song Yin exclaimed, "The position of Young Sect Leader?!"
Did she hear that right? Did she hear that right?
Sect Master Yan: "Yes, I already had a few candidates in mind before you. But now I want you to be the young sect master of the Immortal Firmament Sect, and I believe the other elders will not object."
Finding a disciple more capable than Song Yin would be nearly impossible. With her abilities and influence, the disciples of the Immortal Firmament Sect would be the first to not object to her becoming the young sect leader.
Song pronunciation may still be lacking in some aspects, but it can be taught gradually.
Her opportunities and fortune are unparalleled in the Immortal Cloud Sect, so she wanted to take a gamble, hoping that Song Yin's fortune could bring a new future to the Immortal Cloud Sect.
Song Yin did not readily agree, "Kedanque Peak..."
Everyone knows that Song Yin is destined to succeed as the peak master of Danque Peak.
Sect Master Yan: "It won't affect anything. It just so happens that Danque Peak has fewer people and less to manage than other peaks. If you're too busy, you can take on a disciple and train them to the Nascent Soul stage before handing over the affairs of Danque Peak to them."
"Or we could let Elder Qi continue to serve as the peak master of Danque Peak. After you become the sect master, you can still order him around." Sect Master Yan joked as he finished speaking.
Song Yin: "This... I need time to think about it."
Sect Leader Yan didn't force her: "Of course you can."
The subsequent discussion concerned the two inheritances. Song Yin stated that the inherited cultivation methods came from the Upper Realm and that the sword cultivation method could be placed in the Scripture Pavilion for sect disciples to exchange and learn. As for the alchemy inheritance, she wanted to leave it on Danque Peak.
Sect Master Yan agreed: "Absolutely. The inheritance was something you found yourself, so you have the right to decide."
Moreover, the disciples of Danque Peak are also disciples of the Xianxiao Sect, so staying at Danque Peak is equivalent to staying at the Xianxiao Sect.
With the matter largely settled, Song Yin left the main peak.
When Song Yin left, she also encountered Ling Zixian.
She recalled that the person most likely to ascend to the position of young sect leader was Ling Zixian.
Song Yin: "What a coincidence, what's that in your hand?"
Ling Zixian was holding a pile of books, with several visiting cards on top of them. "These are all for Master. I just delivered them, but I was told that Master was discussing something."
Song Yin: "Then hurry up and go, don't delay."
Upon returning to Danque Peak, both Qi Zibo and Shi Heming were present.
Qi Zibo: "Don't you know why she's in a bad mood? Aren't you always together?"
Shi Heming: "It was indeed my oversight."
"You're all here." Song Yin stopped in her tracks.
Qi Zibo looked Song Yin up and down. "You look much better... Tell your master, were you mistreated in the secret realm?"
Song Yin's heart softened, and she immediately understood why they were standing on the only way. "Nothing's wrong. Since you're all here, let's go inside and talk."
"By the way, Master, I obtained two inheritances in the secret realm, one in swordsmanship and one in alchemy. I specifically left the alchemy inheritance at Danque Peak, shouldn't I get some reward?"
"What? Two inheritances?" Qi Zibo looked at Shi Heming. "Didn't you say she didn't receive the inheritance?"
“He doesn’t know either.” Song Yin smiled slyly. “Hehe, Master, my alchemy skills are better than yours.”
Qi Zibo glanced at her and said, "Do you think I believe that? Unless you can refine a sixth-grade pill."
Shi Heming thought of the inheritance he had received that allowed him to draw eighth-order talismans; similarly, Yinyin's alchemy inheritance should enable her to refine eighth-grade pills. Looking at Elder Qi's confident expression, he silently mourned for Elder Qi.
“Eighth-grade can also be refined,” Song Yin said with a grin. “But before that, there’s one more thing.”
"What's up?"
"The sect leader wants me to become the young sect leader."
Shi Heming was taken aback: "You're making me the young sect leader?"
Qi Zibo: "..." This traitor's luck is too heaven-defying. He went to the secret realm and brought back two inheritances, and he can even get the position of young sect master when he comes back.
Song Yin: "But I said I'd think about it before making a decision."
Qi Zibo: "The longer it drags on, the more likely the opportunity will slip away." He actually strongly supported his traitorous disciple becoming the young sect leader and eventually the sect leader.
After entering the room, Song Yin took out a lot of spiritual herbs and piled them on the ground. They were all of considerable age. "I know, Master. Let's not talk about the position of Young Sect Master for now. Look at these spiritual herbs. They are all my way of showing my respect to you."
Qi Zibo looked at the spiritual herbs scattered all over the ground and his lips twitched. "Did you gather all the spiritual herbs from the Nine Heavens Secret Realm?"
Song Yin: "Tsk, Master, do you still want it?"
"Since you are willing to show your respect to your teacher, then your teacher has no choice but to accept it," Qi Zibo said, feigning seriousness.
Song Yin: "They're all yours." She still had some in her storage bag; in short, she had no shortage of spiritual herbs right now.
With a wave of her hand, all the spiritual herbs were put into the storage bag again, and Song Yin handed the storage bag directly to Qi Zibo.
Song Yin: "Master, after you came back from Qingxuan Sect, you said that Nie Zhengchu had run away. Do you know where he ran to?"
Qi Zibo: "I don't know." Nie Zhengchu, who had lived in the Qingxuan Sect for a long time, had already figured out the basic situation of the cultivation world, so it was really hard to find out where Nie Zhengchu had gone.
At this very moment, Nie Zhengchu, whom Song Yin mentioned, was hiding in a mountain range in Zhongzhou.
Nie Zhengchu killed the intruding monster and then casually sat down on a large rock.
"Qingxuan Sect, well done." Nie Zhengchu gritted his teeth, his usual composure gone. "I had planned to spare your lives in the future, but you chose to be my enemies."
The elders of the Qingxuan Sect admired Nie Zhengchu so much that they were equally ruthless in their pursuit of him.
To fawn over a swindler is an utter disgrace to people of their status and power!
Nie Zhengchu used the magic artifact in his hand to guide him. He sat down to rest for a while, then got up and continued to follow the artifact.
The deeper Nie Zhengchu went into the mountains, the more invisible pressure he felt on his body.
He leaned on a wooden stick, feeling an unprecedented resistance hindering his progress. His foot slipped on the pebbles, causing him to fall to the ground, scraping and bleeding his palms and knees.
"Damn you, God! You can't stop me! I've finally found the ancient battlefield! Hahaha, the more you try to block my way, the more it proves that the ancient battlefield is right here!"
While receiving offerings from the Qingxuan Sect, he perused a large number of ancient texts and deduced that the cultivation world in the past was not as rich in spiritual energy as it is now, and the turning point was the Xuan Tian Tribulation.
Since the Xuan Tian Calamity, the cultivation world has entered an unprecedented period of development, with abundant spiritual energy and a thriving society, and many more people have ascended to immortality.
If he can unravel the old secrets, he can revitalize the entire cultivation world. The immortal realm is full of monsters, and he can't defeat any of them, but the cultivation world is different; he's confident he can win.
Nie Zhengchu gripped the wooden stick tightly, his eyes filled with hatred. "Immortal Cloud Sect! When I emerge, you will be the first to be wiped out."
If it weren't for the interference of the Immortal Cloud Sect, he could have proceeded according to the original plan instead of crawling forward in such a wretched state.
Dark clouds gathered over a mountain range in the Central Continent, accompanied by constant thunder. Birds and beasts hid themselves, and those who saw them only attributed it to a change in the weather.
Inside the Immortal Cloud Sect, Qi Zibo and Shi Heming listened to Song Yin's experience during the inheritance test.
After listening, Qi Zibo remained silent for a moment before finally saying, "You did a good job killing Cao Yannian. If you had kept him alive, it would have definitely disrupted your test... You killed him well, cleanly and decisively, without any worries."
This old friend of his had passed away before him.
There's also the rebellious disciple, who, in just over a hundred years, has grown to the point where she can single-handedly kill a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and she handles matters decisively and without hesitation.
Qi Zibo thought for a moment and then revealed what was on his mind: "This incident shows that you have the ability to stand on your own, so I am relieved."
"Master, what is this?" Song Yin noticed the change in his tone. The last half of his sentence made her uneasy, as she felt that her master was about to say something terrible.
Qi Zibo: "Actually, Zhiling and I had planned to go out, but you were young and your cultivation was low at the time. We were worried about leaving you alone in the sect to guard Danque Peak, so we kept putting it off."
Song Yin was dumbfounded. "Master, where are you going? Will you be gone for a long time?"
Qi Zibo: "The return date is uncertain."
The joy of her fruitful trip to the secret realm had faded, and Song Yin's mind was filled with only four words: "Return date uncertain."
When she went out to train before, her master and the others were reluctant to let her go, but she didn't think it was necessary. Now that it was her turn, she realized that she was no different from them.
Song Yin: "Where are we going? Is it dangerous?"
Qi Zibo: "There are definitely dangers on the ancient battlefield, but with the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, we feel much more at ease."
Qi Zibo is an elder of the Xianxiao Sect and Song Yin's master, but he is also an ordinary cultivator pursuing the Great Dao and ascension. With a successor to Danque Peak, he can lay down his heavy burden and pursue his own path.
At this moment, Song Yin felt that the number of Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pills was still too small; each person should have one bottle.
Qi Zibo said to Shi Heming, "I've watched you grow up, and I know your feelings for Song Yin. While we're away, spend more time with her and keep an eye on her. Don't forget to regularly refine pills for the sect."
Song Yin: Give me back my gratitude!
Qi Zibo then said to Song Yin, "After I leave, you will be the acting peak master of Danque Peak. Remember to manage Danque Peak well, or I will definitely beat you up when I come back."
He knew how to anger his rebellious disciple, so it was better to shift his attention at times like this.
Song Yin: "Okay, when are you leaving?"
Qi Zibo: "At any time."
"At any time?" This means they had everything prepared long ago and could set off whenever the time was right.
Qi Zibo got up and walked out: "I'm going to Wujian Peak. I'll let you know before I leave."
Now only Song Yin and Shi Heming remained in the room.
Song Yin: "I'll go see if there are any new flowers in the Brahma flower."
If she had known this would happen, she should have channeled more wood-attribute spiritual energy into the plant every day. With more Brahma flowers blooming, there would be more Brahma stamens, allowing her to refine more Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pills before her master went into seclusion.
On the mature Brahma thorn, there are only a few scattered flower buds, showing no sign of blooming.
Song Yin sighed and transplanted it into Langhuan Cave.
"How was it?" Shi Heming asked after Song Yin came out.
Song Yin sat back down in her chair and shook her head. "It didn't bloom." If Senior Jing Yue were here, she could control the blooming at will.
No, she still had to prepare some travel supplies for them, just like they had prepared them for themselves.
Song Yin plunged into the alchemy room, where she found plenty of readily available spiritual herb storage bags. She released the Nine Heavens Secret Treasure Furnace and started refining pills.
She mainly refines seventh-grade and eighth-grade pills. Masters of these two grades of pills certainly don't have much in stock, and the pills they have may have been left by their grandmaster.
If we can't refine the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, then we'll refine lots of seventh- and eighth-grade pills for them.
While doing all this, Song Yin felt incredibly fortunate to have passed the test of inheritance, and she also felt grateful to that Dao Lord of the Nine Heavens for the legacy he left behind.
After Qi Zibo spoke with Wen Zhiling at Wujian Peak, he decided to set off three days later.
On the day of his departure, Qi Zibo did not wait for Song Yin.
He found it strange, so he went to Danque Peak with Wen Zhiling to look for the person, and they found the person in the alchemy room.
Song Yin was skilled in alchemy, and he arrived just in time to witness the completion of the latest batch of Grade 8 pills. The Purple Yang Spiritual Fire was extinguished, the furnace lid was opened, and several Grade 8 pills fell into the pill bottle.
Qi Zibo was stunned. He said to Wen Zhiling beside him, "Pinch me. I think I'm hallucinating."
Wen Zhiling's expression: "It's not an illusion."
Song Yin: "Master and Mistress, you've come at just the right time. These are the seventh and eighth grade pills I prepared for you."
Behind Song Yin was a small table full of pill bottles, clearly made by working day and night to refine them.
Wen Zhiling: "Did you refine all of these?"
Song Yin: "Yes."
"You weren't lying to me the other day, your alchemy skills really have surpassed mine?" Qi Zibo exclaimed with deep emotion.
Song Yin transcribed the inherited cultivation method into a book in advance, and then handed it to her master along with these pills. "This cultivation method is the secret to my ability to refine eighth-grade pills. Don't forget to read it when you go to the ancient battlefield. Once you learn it, you can refine any pill you want yourself."
“I’ll give you the cultivation technique, and I won’t mind if you call me Master.”
Reversing the Heavenly Gang!
"You traitor, are you asking for a beating?" Qi Zibo felt the object in his hand was heavy.
"Thank you, Yinyin, for preparing all this for us. You must take good care of yourself while we're away. If you need any help, go to Wujian Peak and find your senior brother Yuzhu." Wen Zhiling patted Song Yin's head as usual.
Qi Zibo put away the supplies that Song Yin had prepared for the two of them, patted his apprentice on the shoulder, and said, "We're leaving now, but we might be back soon."
Song Yin watched as the two streaks of light flew towards the horizon, growing farther and farther away until they disappeared from sight.
I never noticed it on ordinary days, but now I feel that Danque Peak is empty and desolate.
Song Yin let out a sigh of frustration and turned to tidy up the alchemy room. "What's there to be sad about? Master and the others went out to cultivate, and they'll probably be back soon."
After flying far away, Qi Zibo went to see the pills that Song Yin had specially made for them and exclaimed in amazement, "Good heavens, after a trip to the secret realm, her alchemy skills have improved by leaps and bounds."
Wen Zhiling: "You, as the master, had better work harder, lest Yinyin ascend to immortality before you."
Qi Zibo's divine sense suddenly discovered a special yet familiar pill bottle in his storage bag. He took out the pill bottle, opened it, and found a special pill inside.
"She's given us the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill too..." Qi Zibo murmured.
Wen Zhiling: "What!" She leaned closer to look, "It really is a Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill."
The two looked at each other halfway through.
Song Yin was inside Danque Peak, sitting in the Peak Master's exclusive seat, holding the Peak Master's Seal in her hand.
Song Yin has worked at Danque Peak for over a hundred years, and now she has finally been promoted!
The news that Song Yin and Shen Yuzhu had become the acting peak masters of the two peaks spread throughout the sect, and now everyone in the sect had to address them as "elders".
After playing with the Peak Master's Seal for a while, Song Yin put it away and then touched the cloud-patterned area on the inside of her left wrist. She had told most of the story about the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, but she had not told anyone about the Langhuan Cave Heaven and the cloud-patterned seal.
Shi Heming's talisman cultivation inheritance ultimately remained at the Dao Asking Peak. Xia Xining's weapon cultivation inheritance, on the other hand, was sent to the Scripture Pavilion from the beginning, and it's said that Elder Cang received the same inheritance. As for Han Wuyue's inheritance, the Path of Ruthlessness was too special, so the inheritance remained at Lingpo Peak and was not sent to the Scripture Pavilion.
Song Yin traced the cloud pattern with her fingertips, "What is the Immortal Realm like? I really want to go and see it..."
Just then, someone came in to deliver a message.
Nguyen Chao Tuyet was granted permission to enter the main hall at the summit of Dan Que Peak.
"Elder, the Foundation Establishment Competition is about to begin this year. The sect leader has sent someone to ask if Danque Peak is interested in recruiting new members."
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Author's Note: Song Yin: Elder, hehehe, they call me Elder [sunglasses]
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