Chapter 229: Carry out this ambition
At the old site of Jingyuan, the white clouds in the sky were advancing slowly like waves of the sea, and the dripping spring rain was falling on the soil, moistening the fertile land after the war.
An ordinary Qi-cultivating disciple dressed in light green stopped in the crowd, looking with a dull look at the disciples not far away being neatly lined up and loaded into the huge treasure ships.
Mei Sanniang watched the long queue getting shorter and shorter until it finally reached her.
She was somewhat numbly searched by several Qi Ling disciples, and then walked into the treasure ship under the divine consciousness of a true cultivator who checked back and forth.
Mei Sanniang was somewhat surprised that this true cultivator did not even look at her a few times. Her looks were considered superior even among female cultivators, so when she was in Jingyuan Xuan Palace, she was often flirted with by her direct descendants.
Later, she was chosen by a direct descendant of the True Cultivator in the Xuan Palace as a furnace and cauldron concubine, thus avoiding the fate of being insulted. But she also knew that her future life would be for that True Cultivator to cultivate.
Today, Jingyuan Xuan Palace is gone, but the Qiling Sect has actually surrendered most of the surviving disciples. Is the leader of the Qiling Sect really not afraid that these people will have ulterior motives?
When she walked into the treasure ship, she was stunned. The rooms were not piled up like cargo as she had imagined after being captured. Instead, there were small rooms of the same size in front of her.
A young Qi Ling disciple couldn't help but look at her twice and said with a smile: "Your quiet room is in Jiachen. Walk in from here and turn right twice, and you will see it.
Remember, don't move around easily unless there is a special situation. Just regulate your breathing inside. If you have enough spiritual stones with you, you can practice inside. But you must not practice magic or refine elixirs, so as not to cause damage to the treasure ship. "
In response to his detailed explanation, Mei Sanniang said, "Thank you for your guidance, sir."
"No, no." This sentence made the young disciple blush, "I am just a Qi Refining disciple, I am not worthy of the title of master. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Zhong.
"From now on, you will be my disciples of Qi Ling, so naturally we can address each other as fellow disciples.
Mei Sanniang couldn't help but feel a little fond of him, and bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Zhong, but we are captives, how can we compare with the real Qi Ling disciples?"
"Haha, Junior Sister, don't worry. Our sect has a long history and is tolerant of everything. The Xiang family of the four major families was once our enemy, but now they have been accepted by our Qi Ling?" Zhong Qian smiled proudly, "The ancestors and the head of our sect are all kind-hearted. They will naturally treat you as Qi Ling disciples. Many ugly things that happened in Jingyuan Xuan Palace in the future will not happen in our Qi Ling."
"Really? Where in the world is there a place to cultivate immortality without being secretive?" Mei Sanniang did not say this out loud. She just smiled and said yes, then walked into her own quiet room.
She stayed in the quiet room, a small room several meters wide, which was even equipped with simple prohibitions to isolate the sounds inside and outside, serving as a simple warning and protection function.
Mei Sanniang couldn't help but sigh, "At least the Qi Ling Sect did a very good job on the surface. They didn't treat us like prisoners or pigs and dogs."
She couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation for the future of Qi Ling Sect.
After staying in the quiet room for three full days, as the ship shook, a loud voice came from outside the door.
"Dear new disciples, we have arrived at the gate of Qiling Sect. Please get off the boat."
After hearing this, Mei Sanniang quickly woke up from her meditation and walked out of the quiet room.
As soon as she got off the boat, she saw the majestic giant pillar in front of her. On the hundred-meter-high boulder in the center of the square were engraved three ancient characters "Qi Ling Sect". The square, which was more than a thousand meters wide, was paved with white marble. Rows of disciples dressed in dark yellow robes were lined up in two rows, and two true practitioners were talking in the front.
More than twenty treasure ships stopped one by one, and many disciples walked out of them one after another. They were all captives from the old land of Jingyuan.
There were more than 5,000 people, filling up most of the square.
Mei Sanniang is not conspicuous among the many Qi-refining disciples. In such a large crowd, even the most outstanding Qi-refining disciple is just an ant.
One of the two true cultivators, a beautiful woman, said, "I am Xiang Xihua, the steward of the General Affairs Peak of the Qi Ling Sect, and the one beside me is Wang Chaoyou, the steward of the Qi Peak.
All matters concerning your initial admission to the sect will be in charge of the two of us. After you become familiar with the sect's rules and regulations, and pass the assessments of the ten peaks, when you are assigned to a peak, you will naturally be disciples of each peak and will be under the command of each peak and will no longer be under the command of us.
Of course, you haven't lived in Qi Ling since childhood, so it will take you a long time to adapt. So during this period of time, you still have to listen to our orders.
You are new here today. Deacon Wang will give you a brief history of Qi Ling, and then the disciples will lead you to find a place to live. It may take up to a year for you to live in one place, but this is no longer Jingyuan Xuan Palace. If you dare to act in secret, the law enforcement disciples will punish you severely!"
Mei Sanniang glanced at the law enforcement disciples mentioned by the deacon of true cultivation in the crowd. At first glance, they all seemed to be in the late stage of Qi Refining with profound cultivation. They were wearing dark shirts and had solemn expressions, giving people a gloomy and murderous feeling that made people dare not provoke them.
Wang Chaoyou took two steps forward and said, "Everyone, I am Wang Chaoyou, in charge of the Qifeng clan's history books. My Qiling Taoist lineage has a long history, dating back to the Tianqi Immortal Sect more than 4,500 years ago. At that time, the Immortal Sect was defeated, and Immortal Weiyang brought his disciples to Nanjue..."
His lecture lasted for several hours. It was not just a boring narrative, but a progressive narration of the succession of people in charge from generation to generation. He quickly brought everyone into the magnificent 4,000-year history of the Qi Ling Sect. All the disciples were so absorbed in it that they couldn't help themselves.
It was also the first time they knew that there were so many elders in the world who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the younger generations. It also shocked the determination of generations of disciples to defend the Taoist tradition to the death.
Especially since ancestor Wang Xun, the Qi Ling Sect experienced its lowest point in humiliation, but it also rose from decline to prosperity, and step by step became the Qi Ling Jindan Sect of today.
It was not until sunset that everyone came to their senses from the lives of these characters, and they were still reminiscing about them.
After Wang Chaoyou finished his narration, he continued, “These are just brief histories. When you have time in the future, you can read the entire history. There are tens of millions of words of records, and many of them are even Qigong disciples, and their names are recorded in history books and praised by future generations.
You will be my disciples if you enter my Qi Ling today. We will not treat you unfairly. As long as you have the ambition to make progress, my Qi Ling will be the stepping stone for tens of thousands of disciples to climb the steps.
I, Qi Ling, need no words to describe my great love for you. You can feel it by simply experiencing it yourself.
The ancestor of my sect once said that once you join Qi Ling, you will never regret it. I only hope that all Qi Ling disciples can be like dragons.
I am now sharing these words with you all, hoping that you will soon be able to cultivate the foundation of immortality and become a true cultivator!"
All the Jingyuan disciples listened with their hearts fascinated. Compared with Qi Ling who always cared about his disciples, their Jingyuan Xuan Palace was more like an exploiter, a corrupt giant who enslaved them.
Mei Sanniang was even more excited. In the Qi Ling sect, there were so many female ancestors who had become famous throughout the generations, instead of being used as furnaces for others and being taken for nourishment.
She also wanted to be a woman like the zither player, wearing plain clothes and carrying a zither, walking alone in the world. Such a world is a magnificent world, and such a life is a real life!
When everyone came to their senses, the two true practitioners had already left, and the disciples sent them one by one to the mountain gate and into Qi Ling.
Entering the gate of Qiling Mountain, you will see clouds and mists, like dancing gauze. There are lush old trees with thick branches and bark textures that seem to tell the vicissitudes of time. In between, spiritual flowers bloom with brilliant colors and petals as thin as cicada wings. The rich fragrance attracts spiritual butterflies.
Mei Sanniang followed the disciples to the foot of a high peak and listened to the leading disciple say, "This peak is the secondary peak of the General Affairs Peak. It is a peak built specifically for new disciples. It has thousands of caves. Although it is a bit small, at least there is one cave for each person, so it can be considered acceptable.
When you enter the Ten Peaks, you will naturally be assigned your own cave residence, which you can build as you wish."
Naturally, everyone had no objection and stepped forward to receive the cave tokens. After listening to the sect's rules and regulations, they followed the disciples to the cave inside the peak to rest.
Many disciples did not sleep at all that night, all of them were thinking and imagining about their new future lives.
In the executive hall of Shuwu Peak, the lights were also on.
Wang Chaochen sat at a wooden desk, looking through various jade slips, while several true practitioners stood below with different expressions.
Shen Qingfeng, the head of Lingkuang Peak, frowned and said, "Master, the spiritual energy at the mountain gate is not abundant to begin with. Now that so many disciples have surrendered, I'm afraid that even if we set up ten spirit gathering arrays, they won't be enough!"
After hearing what he said, Wang Qinshi, the head of Qifeng, couldn't help but say, "Master, even if you are kind-hearted and the sect needs manpower, you can recruit two to three thousand people, why do you need so many people?
Our sect does not have enough spiritual objects to begin with. Even with the supplementary supplies from the Jingyuan Xuan Palace, it is only a temporary solution. The spiritual objects needed for the sect's contribution point system are a huge amount of resources!"
The remaining elders also spoke up to persuade them.
Wang Chaochen listened silently to the end before putting down the jade slip and said calmly, "I also know all your difficulties.
But, to accomplish great things, one must be extremely strong and benevolent. If I, Qi Ling, were only content with a small corner, then I would not need to make so many considerations. But if I want to become the supreme sect of Nanjuezhou, then I must do so, so that I can unify the world and win the support of the people!
If the spiritual energy is insufficient, then go and occupy more spiritual land. If the spiritual resources are insufficient, then go and look for a place with abundant spiritual resources.
Only when there are more and more young disciples who are eager to seek outside, and when Qi Ling is united, will Qi Ling reach its peak combat power.
As for the spiritual land, we will send another 3,000 disciples out to establish spiritual fields on the scattered veins in various places and plant spiritual rice and spiritual trees.
Lingzhi Peak has cultivated several new kinds of spiritual rice seeds, which can be planted on all levels of land veins and can provide spiritual resources for low-level disciples.
Danfeng also created several more common elixirs, which can provide a lot of help for low-level disciples to achieve breakthroughs in their practice.
Junior Brother Shen, do we have enough manpower at Lingkuang Peak?"
"This is indeed not enough. Many disciples have been sent to Jingyuan to explore spiritual resources and build new temples. The matter of establishing a new mineral vein spiritual land is progressing very slowly." Shen Qingfeng sighed.
Wang Chaochen smiled and said, "When Jingyuan disciples truly become Qi Ling disciples, we will have more manpower. By then, all immortal cultivation techniques such as elixir, weapon, formation, peak, talisman, and mine will undergo major changes, and my Qi Ling new system will also be gradually improved.
The disciples' path of cultivation will be more open, and the number of true practitioners will increase dramatically again. And there will inevitably be more people who have reached the golden elixir stage.
Nowadays, there are constant disputes among the various sects in the world. This is a great opportunity for us to manage our sect and expand our foundation. After another hundred years, I am afraid that many heroes will compete for supremacy and the disputes will continue. It will not only be the winners among the masters, but also the stronger disciples will have a better chance of winning! "
Wang Qinshi looked at the sect leader at the top with mixed feelings in his heart. The young sect leader had great ambitions, and many young practitioners were also focused on expansion. But sometimes he always felt that it was too fast, and he wanted the Qi Ling Sect to slow down and take a breather.
But he was always powerless and could only watch the Qi Ling faction leaning more and more towards the kingly way. Although this path of expansion was exciting, there were dead souls everywhere behind it.
He stood in the hall, watching everyone's determination to expand, knowing that nothing he said would change their minds, so he remained silent.
While waiting for the meeting to be over, Wang Qinshi stood under the starry sky, feeling dazed for a moment. He unknowingly walked to the foot of the Law Enforcement Peak.
The quiet stone path meandered upwards. He walked along the path and when he reached the top of the mountain, he saw the Taoist sitting under a peach tree.
"Disciple pays homage to the ancestor!"
Taoist Yuanchu returned from his meditation, stood up and said with a smile: "Is Qinshi worried about something?"
Wang Qinshi was flattered and said hurriedly, "I am sorry to bother you while you are cultivating.
But I am worried that it would be too risky to leave the fate of Qi Ling Sect in the hands of a young boy like Chao Chen. "
Yuanchu smiled and asked him, "Do the disciples of the sect have any objections?"
"I've rarely heard of this." Wang Qinshi said in surprise.
"The hearts of all people are united. This is the path chosen by Qi Ling disciples themselves. Even if one day the path is wrong, they will not regret it." Taoist Yuanchu stood under the peach tree, with a few peach petals falling on his shoulders. He looked into the distance and said, "If we don't choose a better future when we have the ability to do so, then when will we act?
This is how the world is. If you don't become stronger, you will be humiliated. The ancestors have suffered enough sorrow. Disciples do not want to be ordered to return to the future, and do not want to disappoint the expectations of their ancestors. Even if the Qiling Taoist school is destroyed by the Heavenly Palace one day, the mark of Qiling Xuanyuan between heaven and earth will never disappear.
During the last sea rise and land sinking recorded by the Qi Ling Sect, Wang Xun was in charge of protecting the Dao at the cost of his life, while ancestors Yuhe were willing to serve as lamps for others. The humiliation they suffered at that time is deeply imprinted in my heart.
Countless ancestors and old friends have passed away, and they only hope that Qi Ling will continue to exist forever.
And I, Li Yuan, should carry out this ambition. Only Qi Ling can unify the south."
(End of this chapter)
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