On the plaza of the Tai Xu Great Hall, there are dozens of teleportation Formations.
From here, one can go to the various peaks of the Tai Xu Sect; each peak has two teleportation Formations, one for arrival and one for departure.
At this moment, many Disciples have already gathered on the plaza.
All the Disciples were wearing moon-white robes.
After about two more hours, Disciples from basically all the peaks had gathered.
An Old Man dressed in a purplish-red Daoist robe suddenly appeared.
This Old Man was tall, with a white beard, and his face was full of the vicissitudes of Time; his eyes shone brightly, and his gaze swept over the Disciples one by one, seemingly able to penetrate people's hearts.
"Silence!"
The Old Man waved the whisk in his hand and said, "I am Xuanyang!"
Whoosh...
Upon hearing that this was Elder Xuanyang, the Disciples all knelt on the ground and saluted him.
"Greetings, Elder!"
"Greetings, Elder Xuanyang!"
"Greetings, Grandmaster Xuanyang!"
Xuanyang held the whisk in his left hand, extended his right hand to stroke his white beard, and said, "Alright, very good... All of you may rise!"
He was very satisfied with the politeness of the Disciples.
"This Time, I will be leading you to the Cuiping Mountain Secret Realm to participate in the Dao Xuan Alliance's trial!"
"Do you all have your Life-and-Death Tokens?"
"If anyone doesn't have one, tell me!"
Xuanyang looked at everyone.
The so-called Life-and-Death Token was the white jade token in He Pingsheng's hand; once crushed, it could instantly form a Formation, teleporting the Disciple out of the Secret Realm.
"Good, since you all have them, I will say it again: once this item is activated, it can bring you out of the Secret Realm, and once you are out, you lose the qualification to continue exploring the Secret Realm!"
"At the same Time, there is a three-breath delay after this item is activated!"
"When using it, you must be extremely careful!"
"Yes!" Everyone cupped their hands and replied, "Thank you, Elder, for the reminder!"
"Alright!" Xuanyang waved his large sleeve, "Everyone, please follow me!"
A palm-sized flying boat appeared in Xuanyang's hand at some unknown Time.
Under the enhancement of his magical power, this flying boat instantly expanded into a hundred-zhang-long green great ship.
On the great ship, there were also more than a dozen Formation light membranes flickering.
Xuanyang was the first to step onto the bow: "Come aboard!"
The Disciples behind him jumped on one by one.
Although the ship was large, it was only a few zhang above the ground, so even Disciples like He Pingsheng, whose cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer, could easily board it.
Once on the ship, He Pingsheng discovered that there were actually one hundred and eight card slots on the ship's rail.
Each card slot had a Spirit Stone embedded in it.
A total of one hundred and eight Spirit Stones.
These one hundred and eight Spirit Stones were the power source for this flying boat.
Of course, the Formation light membranes above had other energy sources; He Pingsheng did not know what they were.
Everyone boarded the Immortal Ship.
The Golden Core Stage Old Ancestor stroked his beard and asked, "Is everyone here?"
A young Cultivator stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Elder, all personnel from Qiyun Peak are present!"
Another person said, "All Disciples from Lotus Peak have boarded!"
"Chaoxia Peak is present!"
"Xizhui Peak is present!"
"Heaven One Peak is present!"
"Songluan Peak is present!"
"Xiuzhu Peak is present!"
"Yu Long Peak is present!"
"Juhe Peak is present!"
"Shennv Peak is present!"
All Disciples from the Ten Peaks of Tai Xu had arrived!
"Good!" Elder of Internal Affairs Xuanyang nodded and said, "Let's go..."
Rumble...
The hundred-zhang-long giant flying boat slowly lifted off with everyone, then turned its bow in the Void Realm and headed southeast.
Perhaps because it was carrying too many people, or for some other reason.
In any case, although the flying boat was large, its flying height was very low.
To put it this way, it was only slightly higher than the mountains.
The blue sky was still overhead, and white clouds were also above it.
The speed of the flying boat became faster and faster, and the speed at which the white clouds overhead and the mountains below receded also became faster and faster.
Under the clear sky, sunlight fell, illuminating the mountains in a lush green, with hints of white interspersed within the endless green, which were exposed large stones.
Beautiful scenery!
Not long after, to the right of the mountain range ahead, dark clouds suddenly gathered.
Amidst the inky dark clouds, lightning flashed.
Soon, heavy rain poured down onto that area.
However, the flying boat He Pingsheng was on was unaffected; they skimmed past the edge of this massive mass of dark clouds.
A few breaths later, the clouds dispersed and the wind became gentle.
The dark clouds receded to the rear right, gradually becoming a small dot, then blocked by layers of receding mountains, disappearing from view.
The Void Realm in front of them became clear again.
After half a day of flying, He Pingsheng saw another long, tall mountain range.
This flying boat could only fly on the right side of the mountain range, and its height was less than half of the mountain range.
Everyone also saw the magnificent sight of a sky full of dark clouds and fluttering snowflakes.
"This is Ice Peak Mountain, the highest mountain range in the entire Dao Xuan Alliance territory!" The Golden Core Stage Elder stroked his beard and explained with a chuckle, "Don't mind the ice and snow on this mountain; there is a massive Sect on it called Ice Peak Immortal Sect."
"Moreover, the Spiritual Qi of Ice Peak Immortal Sect is extremely rich!"
When Elder Xuanyang said this, everyone was astonished.
There was actually a Sect on such a large, high mountain.
Seeing the Elder so amiable, a Disciple boldly asked, "Elder Xuanyang, why does our flying boat fly so low, even lower than a paper crane?"
At these words, everyone was moved, and they all looked at the bold Disciple.
Some also looked at the Elder with curiosity.
The Elder, however, did not blame him, but merely smiled and said, "I also want to fly higher, but carrying so many of you, my flying boat is struggling a bit, so it can only fly very low!"
"Hahaha..."
As he spoke, the Elder himself laughed.
The Disciples also laughed along.
Only then did everyone realize that Elder Xuanyang had quite a good temper.
He Pingsheng found that this flying boat not only flew relatively low but also wasn't fast, not as fast as a paper crane.
However, its advantage was that it had a defensive light membrane on the outside, which could defend against enemy attacks.
After flying for two days on the Immortal Ship, the flying boat finally arrived above a mountain range that was not too high.
Rumble!
The flying boat landed on a plaza.
He Pingsheng looked around and saw that the plaza was densely packed with people.
There were people wearing Daoist robes of various colors.
It seemed that many other Schools within the Dao Xuan Alliance had also arrived.
As far as He Pingsheng knew, there were about twenty large Sects within the Dao Xuan Alliance.
In addition to these large Sects, there were also over a hundred Cultivation Families.
All in all, the various forces combined amounted to over a hundred.
And each Time, nearly ten thousand Disciples participated in the trial.
As the Immortal Ship landed, the Disciples disembarked one by one and occupied a corner of the plaza to rest.
Elder Xuanyang, meanwhile, gathered with the Elders of other Schools and started chatting.
He Pingsheng's gaze, however, looked towards the back of the plaza.
There, a massive Formation stood, and at the entrance of the Formation, eighteen Cultivators dressed in golden Daoist robes guarded it.
It seemed that this was the entrance to the Secret Realm!