Taihua Mountain, the number one sect in Xuantian Continent, holds a sect competition every seven years.
As the unique and leading Taoist sect, Taihua Mountain is never afraid to reveal its strength. Instead, it allows its elite young disciples to fully demonstrate their superb skills and highlight the supreme honor of Taihua.
In the past, every major force on the continent would come to congratulate at every sect competition.
This time, the situation was even more turbulent. All the small forces that were invited sent their own leaders or great elders to lead the team to participate. As for the four sects, eight major families and sixteen schools, they directly sent an elder who was in the tribulation period to come and congratulate.
Luo Jianqing and Zuo Yunmo, as leaders of the younger generation, were tasked with receiving the new visitors. Once these outside cultivators had officially settled into Mount Taihua, Venerable Hao Xingzi immediately gathered them together to discuss the campaign against the demon cultivators and their journey to Flowing Flame Valley.
Ordinary disciples naturally couldn't participate in such high-level affairs, but Luo Jianqing sat in the Lingyun Hall, calmly listening to the arguments of these powerful cultivators in the Fusion and Out-of-Body stages. He had come here on behalf of Yuxiao Peak. Xuan Lingzi never cared much about such complicated matters, especially since he was just a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator, not worthy of his concern at all.
However, the matter of the demon cultivator did not occupy the discussion of this group of seniors for long. They were more concerned about the situation in Liuyan Valley.
Flowing Flame Valley opens once every fifty years. Legend has it that during a war between two clans tens of thousands of years ago, a Heavenly Rank Fire Demon Lord perished in Changzhou, thus forming the Flowing Flame Valley. The flames within the Flowing Flame Valley have remained extinguished for thousands of years, and only cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage can enter to explore its secrets and gain great opportunities.
A heavenly-grade demon beast, equivalent to the Divine Transformation Stage of a human cultivator!
As long as it takes one more step, the heavenly-level monster beast can ascend to become an immortal and achieve a golden body.
One can imagine the importance of Liuyan Valley to monks.
The early opening of Flowing Flame Valley naturally made many factions quite jealous. After a full day and night of discussion, Hao Xingzi finally wrote a contract. After representatives from other sects signed the contract and left their spiritual consciousness, everyone finally reached a consensus on the exploration of Flowing Flame Valley.
After the sect leaders and elders left, Luo Jianqing stayed behind alone. He only heard Venerable Hao Xingzi say, "Jianqing, the early opening of Flowing Flame Valley is a good thing for you. Otherwise, with your cultivation level, when Flowing Flame Valley reopens in twenty-four years, you will have already reached the Nascent Soul stage and will no longer be able to enter."
Luo Jianqing nodded: "Jianqing understands."
Hao Xingzi said, "However, the timing of the opening of Flowing Flame Valley is unfortunate. The younger generation of Taihua Mountain is still growing, and we are in a period of transition. As the eldest brother, you need to lead your fellow disciples to act with caution and value their lives."
After Hao Xingzi gave some more instructions, he let Luo Jianqing go back.
As Hao Xingzi had said, Taihua Mountain was indeed experiencing a period of transition. Among the disciples below the Jindan stage, the highest-ranking one was Luo Jianqing, who was in the middle Jindan stage. The disciples of Luo Jianqing's generation were highly skilled, but they hadn't cultivated long enough. Flowing Flame Valley had just opened, so they had no choice but to send them up.
After returning to Yuxiao Peak, Luo Jianqing did not go back to the bamboo house to practice. Instead, he took out the Frost Floating Sword and began to practice in the bamboo forest.
A pale white robe fluttered gently in the air, its pale green pattern resembling emerald bamboo, elegant and unique. The Frost Floating Sword gleamed with tiny flashes of light, its azure blade aura shimmering with the presence of a serpent of lightning. In the moonlight, it resembled a precious jade, radiating a dazzling brilliance.
Luo Jianqing's every move was masterfully controlled. The sword energy caused the green bamboos in the forest to sway continuously, and the leaves fell like petals, yet not a single bamboo was injured. A closer look would reveal that the sword energy was precisely controlled to cause the bamboos to sway, leaving them without even a scratch.
Luo Jianqing had an indifferent expression. He raised his sword and began to dance, practicing for a full hour.
Just as he was about to retract a sword move from the "Nine Lotuses Record of the Original Heart," he heard a cold voice behind him: "Your mind is not at peace, so your swordsmanship is not pure enough. Jianqing, in the sect competition in two days, are you planning to demonstrate the swordsmanship of Yuxiao Peak of Mount Taihua with this level of strength to the world?"
Luo Jianqing's whole body froze. He immediately turned around and said with his head lowered, "Master, I know I was wrong."
Xuan Lingzi, dressed in a white robe with a lapel and long black hair hanging naturally, looked at the disciple in front of him calmly. He stared at him seriously for a long time, and finally stepped forward and took the sword in Luo Jianqing's hand.
Luo Jianqing subconsciously tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, only to hear Xuan Lingzi say with satisfaction, "Not bad, you still know how to protect your sword."
Luo Jianqing raised his head in confusion. Just as he was about to speak, his voice suddenly froze in his throat.
——Too close.
Xuan Lingzi's long hair flowed freely, seemingly freshly bathed, untied by any jade crown or headband. Her dazzling black hair fell beside her cold, piercing eyes, making her face look even more aloof and detached, as cold and indifferent as the moonlight.
The disciples of Mount Taihua were known for their playful ways. One disciple once joked behind their backs, "It's only natural that Yuxiao Peak has restrictions. Venerable Xuanlingzi is so noble! I heard the Grand Elder of the Feihua Sect, one of the 'Four Sects,' has always had a secret crush on him. Not to mention our Senior Brother. If the restrictions were removed, not only would Junior Sister launch night raids every night, I'm afraid many female cultivators from the outside world wouldn't be able to contain themselves!"
The excellence of Yuxiao Peak lies not only in the strength of the master and disciple, but also in every aspect of them.
They are like beautiful jade without any flaws, flawless and perfect to the point of being convincing.
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