Ascension was neither a treat to a meal nor an outing; it was the lifelong dream of the Cultivation practitioners, the end of the path toward heaven, and the most difficult thing in the world. Only a few dozen ascendants had appeared in Chaotian over the last tens of thousands of years. Could it be that anyone who wanted to ascend could ascend today?
Of course, not everyone could ascend if they wanted to; it was merely a dream for everyone. Even if the Great Formation of Heavenly Arrival could open a passage, it would be very risky, and they might have to face the heavenly punishment. Few people were qualified to enter this Great Formation; they had to be at least in the Heavenly Arrival State.
Que Niang said calmly, "I'd like to go and have a look."
She was the controller of this Great Formation of Heavenly Arrival, so she had to be in the middle of the formation. Moreover, she was a chess player, so she wanted to see the world outside the chessboard the most.
Soon after, Yuan Qu and Young Sister Yushan also came forward, causing the Cultivation practitioners among the peaks to whisper among themselves.
It was well known that Yuan Qu, the Sect Master of the Shanghai Peak of the Aoyama Sect, had the most ordinary talent among the disciples of the Shenmo Peak, and his Cultivation partner had a similar talent. She had luckily broken through the Heavenly Arrival State a few years ago, but her Cultivation state was still a bit unstable. Did they want to ascend as well?
Ping Yong-Ka said awkwardly, "Big Brother, Big Sister …"
The Peak Master of Yushan felt a bit embarrassed, standing behind Yuan Qu. Yuan Qu's face turned gloomy, looking a bit like Yuan Qijing's solemn countenance back then; but his words and actions were much more shameless than his granduncle's. "It's because we have ordinary talent that we are the most qualified to sign up," he said.
Though what he said sounded a bit shameless, it was actually quite sensible. If everybody could ascend, why would they need to build this Great Formation of Heavenly Arrival? To put it on display?
In the next moment, something unexpected happened. The suppressed screams broke out among the peaks, especially those who still remembered the events of the past, feeling sentimental.
A man wearing a bamboo hat walked up to the black jade plate from beneath a distant tree.
When Jing Jiu ascended more than five hundred years ago, he was standing under that tree. Today, he was here again. Without waiting for Ping Yong-Ka to ask, he took off his conical hat and revealed his slightly green face. He squinted and said, "Zhenren Jingyang still owes me a few bottles of antidote. I have to get it back. Besides, if I wait another two hundred years, I might really be in danger."
Alright, he was threatening him with his life. What else could Ping Yong-ka say?
There was no end to the discussion among the peaks. It was obvious that some disciples of the Righteous Path were still unhappy.
This Heaven Connecting Great Array had gathered the resources of various sects. It was only the first time it was activated, but it had already been occupied by this evil demon. Not everyone could accept this.
Su Ziye rolled his eyes and looked away from the peaks, exuding a dreadful energy as he asked gloomily, "Who's not convinced?"
"Don't get angry. It's not good for your health."
A hand landed on his shoulder and patted lightly.
Su Ziye turned his head around expressionlessly, wondering who dared act so rudely with Ping Yong-Ka standing in front of him.
Yet, it occurred to him immediately that someone could sneak up behind him undetected.
It was a middle-aged man wearing an ordinary cloth, with a sword tied to his waist; it was hard to tell whether it was good or bad.
The expression on Su Ziye's face changed slightly, the corners of his mouth twitching a few times; but he didn't say anything.
In fact, besides Ping Yong-Ka, nobody present had discovered the arrival of the middle-aged man. It was truly unbelievable.
The shocked discussions broke out among the peaks, followed by the sounds of people bowing to him.
Everybody stood up, and the disciples of the No-Mercy Sect were even more excited.
"Greetings, Mister Peng Da!"
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He was the sect master of the No-Mercy Sect, Peng Lang.
In fact, he was the number one swordsman of the human race.
It was because the Snow Girl and Ping Yong-Ka couldn't be considered as humans.
The expression on Ping Yong-Ka's face changed slightly as he looked at Peng Da, "Did she agree to let you leave?"
The Queen of the Snowy Kingdom had a daughter many years ago, but she couldn't ascend and leave like her mother. It was because she was the ruler of Chaotian, and she would suffer the backlash of this world if she left. Even the Great Formation of Heavenly Arrival might not work, and it might even cause the formation to disintegrate.
The reason her mother was able to leave back then was because Jing Jiu had planned ahead of time and made use of the passage opened by the Fairy Lady Bai Ren.
The current Queen of the Snowy Kingdom couldn't leave Chaotian unless another fairy lady came to the world.
In the sky far away from Aoyama, there was a cloud with countless ice crystals on its surface, glistening under the morning sunlight.
A young woman with a small figure stood on the cloud. Countless white gauzes hung down from the edge of her conical hat, covering her feet, but they couldn't conceal her plump figure and dreadful cold intent.
Peng Lang pulled back his gaze from the cloud in the distance and explained to Ping Yong-Ka with a bitter expression, "She wants me to go out and catch a fairy lady for her."
Ping Yong-Ka felt sympathetic when he heard this, and patted his shoulder to comfort him. Soon, he felt something was off, saying, "If you wanted to go out, you would have done so a long time ago. Why wait until today?"
Peng Lang explained earnestly, "It'll be much easier to go out with this formation."
Ping Yong-Ka said, "You don't look like the most powerful swordsman of the human race … What did my Master teach you after talking to you for a whole night at the Three-Thousand Nunnery? Are you lazy? "
Peng Lang let out a faint smile, but didn't explain further this time. Su Ziye couldn't help but glance at Ping Yong-Ka, wondering if he was lazy and sleepy instead of sleeping on the Sword Peak every day. He was not like that guy Zhuo Rusui.
The gentle wind drifted over from the peaks, blowing away the remaining fog on the black jade plate.
The last petal on the peach branch quivered slightly in the wind, as if it would fall off at any moment.
Ping Yong-Ka glanced at it and calculated the time. As he was about to activate the formation, he suddenly saw a small sedan with green curtains flying over from the distant morning sunlight.
"You didn't inform me of such an important event!" an angry voice burst out from inside the sedan.
No sooner had the voice finished speaking than a petite woman wearing a black royal robe glided to the front of the black jade plate with a dignified bearing.
She didn't wait for Ping Yong-Ka's explanation before she scolded him while pointing at his nose, "You just didn't want me to ascend!"
Seeing this scene, it was quiet among the peaks; there was no sound of discussion, nor was there an uproar.
Ping Yong-Ka had a special background and status, and his Cultivation state was exceedingly high.
It was because the Queen of the Snowy Kingdom didn't kill Peng Lang back then because he was by her side.
Who in the whole world dared to be so rude to him?
It could only be Apiao, the current King Of The Underworld.
Though Apiao's Cultivation state was far inferior to Ping Yong-Ka's, it wasn't the case.
The two of them had quarreled for hundreds of years over the title of being the personal disciple of the Immortal Jingyang.
Ping Yong-Ka was unwilling to yield to her, but he was obviously in the wrong. As such, he had no choice but to yield to her in other aspects. Once he yielded to her, the Underworld River would surge unceasingly.
If the Young Senior Master was the most outstanding figure in many stories, then the Young Sister was the one who was naturally favored. Nobody could do anything to stop her, just like what happened to Nan Wang.
It was the same that day. Ping Yong-Ka didn't get angry even when Apiao pointed at his nose and scolded him. He kept on explaining that his Master had asked him to manage Chaotian back then, so he wouldn't go out; but he asked her to manage the Underworld, so how could she leave at will? He didn't need to hurry; he could wait for the next boat.
He had finally calmed down Apiao after a long time and a great deal of persuasion. Apiao grunted twice, but didn't give him a hard time. She said to Yuan Qu, "Tell your Master to take good care of my item and find a way to return it to me as soon as possible. If it's damaged, I'll make trouble for her … my family."
It was until now that she thought that Zhao Layue borrowed the Seal of the King Of The Underworld for her own use. She didn't expect that it had already fallen into the hands of Liu Shisui.
The Emperor Jing Cheng listened to the conversation from a distance, hesitating to say something. He also wanted to ask Yuan Qu to tell Zhao Layue to take good care of the First Child Sword after his ascension, in case anything happened to it. However, his status was too low, and Yuan Qu was his grandmaster, so he didn't dare say anything.
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The ocean of clouds in front of the cliff had dispersed. They could see the peaks of Aoyama and the bustling scene on the other side clearly; they could even vaguely see the faint sword wills from the ground to the sky.
The silver coals in the small stove emitted a red glow, but they were covered by the snow-like dust on the surface, which had a special sense of beauty. It would be better if it were in winter.
The tea in the iron kettle was boiling, giving off a gurgling sound.
Standing by the cliff's edge, Gu Qing looked at the location of the former Shangde Peak in silence; it was unclear what he was thinking about.
For some reasons, they couldn't show up in front of the Cultivation circle; so they had been watching from the Shenmo Peak.
Empress Hu picked up the iron kettle and filled up Zheng Tao's cup first and then her own cup. Finally, she filled up Jing Cheng's cup and walked to his side.
Gu Qing thanked her and raised the cup to his lips to take a sip. He found that the quality of the tea was the same as that of Brother Li's daughter-in-law.
On second thought, he remembered that Brother Li's daughter-in-law and Brother Li had left a long time ago, and Jing Yao was now in the Guocheng Temple. He couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
Empress Hu didn't think too much. She looked into the distance and asked curiously, "Why did they build such a Heavenly Formation?"
"Half a year ago, the Zhongzhou School received the latest news from the outside world. Tong Yan said that something had happened and asked us to send more people out," Gu Qing said.
Empress Hu now knew the reason. She couldn't help but mock, "Why does it sound like a gang fight in Jianghu? One side couldn't defeat the other, so they came back to send more people."
Gu Qing said with a smile, "That's basically what happened. The magic treasures that were to be taken away were like machetes."
Zheng Tao also walked over and said, "We don't need so many people. Mister Peng Da alone is enough."
Gu Qing shook his head and said, "My Master was in danger, so he had to go to the Snow Girl. Even they couldn't solve the problem together. Peng Da could only help a little."
Zheng Tao turned to look at him, a baffled expression in her eyes. "Why didn't you go?" she asked.
Even though five hundred years had passed, the Cultivation circle in Chaotian hadn't forgotten that Gu Qing was a disciple of thirty-six filial piety. He had only disobeyed the Immortal Jingyang once in his life regarding the elopement. Now that he knew that his Master was in trouble in the fairy world, he must be anxious and eager to go and help.
"Though I've never neglected Cultivation in my life, my talent is limited and my fighting prowess is not strong enough. Even if I went to the fairy world, I would only cause trouble for my Master."
Gu Qing didn't tell her all the reasons why he didn't go.
"What about Yuan Qu and Yushan?"
"They went there for sightseeing."
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