Elder Luo, although haughty because of the backing of Jing Long Immortal Temple, was actually feeling uneasy.
Within the short span of time just now, he had used his True Qi to probe the realm of the middle-aged man before him, only to find that the man was around the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.
Furthermore, with the man being of the special constitution known as Spirit Sword Physique, Elder Luo stood no chance against him.
If a fight really broke out, and the man slaughtered everyone at Mount Shu and then left unscathed, Lu Changsheng might not return from Jinglong Mountain in time.
“Elder Luo, what happened?”
A familiar voice rang out, as Lu Changsheng returned to Tianxuan Mountain with three disciples.
“Sect Leader, you’ve finally returned!”
Elder Luo was secretly uneasy, but he was overjoyed when Lu Changsheng unexpectedly returned to Jinglong Mountain.
Elder Luo noticed that Lu Changsheng’s realm had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and was surprised, but even more overjoyed.
With Lu Changsheng of the Heavenly Immortal Realm back, would this Spirit Sword Physique of the Earth Immortal Realm still dare to be arrogant?
The middle-aged man had his back turned to Lu Changsheng, but upon hearing his voice, a look of surprise crossed his face.
“You are?”
Lu Changsheng noticed, to his surprise, that besides Elder Luo, there was another Earth Immortal expert on Tianxuan Mountain.
The man’s aura felt somewhat familiar.
The middle-aged man with the sword on his back turned around, “I wondered why there was a Mount Shu even in the Immortal Realm, and I was not wrong. Longevity, do you still remember me?”
“Are you Grandmaster Taixu?”
Lu Changsheng carefully looked over the middle-aged man, who was none other than the twenty-first Sect Leader of Mount Shu, Grandmaster Taixu!
After Lu Changsheng ascended to the Immortal Realm, Grandmaster Taixu also ascended following him.
However, Lu Changsheng had not expected to encounter Grandmaster Taixu in the Immortal Realm in such a manner!
After transcending his Tribulation and ascending, Grandmaster Taixu regained the appearance of his middle years, making the aura he gave off very familiar to Lu Changsheng, but as the face was somewhat different, Lu Changsheng hesitated for a moment.
It had been over three thousand years since Lu Changsheng ascended to the Immortal Realm, so he was understandably shocked to see an old friend now.
It seemed that his decision to rebuild Mount Shu in the Immortal Realm had indeed attracted the attention of old acquaintances from Mount Shu, as well as the disciples he had recruited in the Mortal Realm, leading them to him.
Anyone from Mount Shu who ascended from the Mortal Realm and found a Mount Shu in the Immortal Realm would undoubtedly be driven by curiosity to come and inquire.
Grandmaster Taixu stroked his beard, filled with emotion, “I ascended to the Immortal Realm three thousand years ago and have since been traveling around, cultivating while experiencing the wonders of the Immortal Realm.
It wasn’t until I reached Cangyu and heard that there was a sect named Mount Shu here on Tianxuan Mountain that my curiosity brought me here to explore, and unexpectedly, I met you, Longevity.”
“Wait a moment, your aptitude is truly terrifying; you have already reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm?!”
Grandmaster Taixu was about to reminisce when he suddenly realized that in the three thousand years since Lu Changsheng had come to the Immortal Realm, he had stepped into the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
To advance from the Earth Immortal Realm to the Heavenly Immortal Realm in three thousand years, what kind of cultivating genius was this?
Grandmaster Taixu, who had accumulated a hundred thousand years of comprehension in the Mortal Realm before transcending his Tribulation to ascend to the Immortal Realm, saw his cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, reaching the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm in three thousand years.
Grandmaster Taixu believed his cultivation speed was already fast, but after meeting Lu Changsheng, he realized his once-proud cultivation speed was as slow as a snail’s.
Grandmaster Taixu gave a wry smile.
The young overtakes the old, just as the old wave dies on the shore.
“Senior, I have something to discuss with you, please come this way to talk.”
Lu Changsheng thought of encountering Fairy Qingxia in the Nine Nether Domain and decided to tell Grandmaster Taixu, hoping to reunite them soon, which would be a great meritorious deed indeed.
Lu Changsheng’s Merit Treasure, the Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, could grow only if Lu Changsheng frequently did good deeds.
“The Sect Leader knows this person? It’s like a temple being swept away by a flood.”
Elder Luo found out that Grandmaster Taixu and Lu Changsheng were old acquaintances and couldn’t help but be speechless. Then what had he been worrying about?
Ning Qianqian, sitting on a Taishi Chair, said to Elder Luo, “Elder Luo, I’m hungry. Bring out some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Elder Luo didn’t dare to offend this little ancestor, so he had someone fetch ginseng, Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, and other heavenly materials and earthly treasures to present to the youngster.
Ning Qianqian chewed on the thousand-year-old ginseng as if she were eating dried radishes.
As Lu Changsheng and Grandmaster Taixu had matters to discuss, Ning Qianqian could only pass the time in boredom.
Xiao Fan introduced Lu Changsheng’s newly accepted disciple to Elder Luo, “This is Sect Leader’s newly taken direct disciple, Dugu Aotian.”
“I have the honor of meeting Elder Luo.”
“You flatter me too much.”
Elder Luo discovered a bone-chilling demonic Qi emanating from Dugu Aotian and was secretly taken aback.
What kind of disciples is the Sect Leader accepting?
Among Lu Changsheng’s three disciples, only Xiao Fan seemed somewhat normal; Ning Qianqian was a glutton from the Demon Race, and Gudu Aotian could be a demon chief who kills without blinking.
In the back mountain of Tianxuan Mountain, Lu Changsheng informed Grandmaster Taixu of his encounter with Fairy Qingxia in the Nine Nether Domain.
Grandmaster Taixu’s body trembled and he wept, “Qingxia is still alive… I reincarnated in the mortal realm for a hundred thousand years to fulfill our promise, and finally, hope has arrived.”
“Fairy Qingxia is in Liuyun Pavilion, would you like to meet her, senior?”
Lu Changsheng knew Grandmaster Taixu had been waiting for Fairy Qingxia for far too long.
Grandmaster Taixu, with his astonishing will and the secret technique of reincarnation, forcefully survived a failed Tribulation. It was all to ascend to the Immortal Realm and reunite with Fairy Qingxia.
Now that Lu Changsheng had informed Grandmaster Taixu of Fairy Qingxia’s whereabouts, just a visit to Liuyun Pavilion would allow Grandmaster Taixu to see Fairy Qingxia again and make up for the regret of a hundred thousand years ago.
Grandmaster Taixu hesitated, sighing deeply, “Times have changed. She has cultivated in the Immortal Realm for a hundred thousand years and has become a Half-Step Great Luo Golden Immortal, just half a step away from stepping into the realm of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. I, however, have wasted a hundred thousand years in the Mortal Realm and am now only an Earth Immortal.
How can I be worthy of her? I don’t have the face to see her.”
“All I know, senior, is that time waits for no one, and every moment counts. If you hesitate and miss this opportunity, surely your Dao heart will have regrets, and you may spend your life stuck in the Earth Immortal Realm. Great Luo Golden Immortals have a lifespan of a million years. Both you and Fairy Qingxia are of the Spirit Sword Physique, and your talents are not necessarily inferior to hers.
You are currently only a hundred thousand years behind her. If you cultivate for a million years, you both could once again be on equal footing. How could you not be worthy of each other?”
Lu Changsheng, as an outsider, saw the situation clearly.
Grandmaster Taixu’s failure to keep pace with Fairy Qingxia was only due to an earlier failed Tribulation, which set him back a hundred thousand years.
If their talents were similar, the longer they cultivated, the less significant the hundred-thousand-year gap would become.
Grandmaster Taixu looked at Lu Changsheng and laughed heartily, “Hahaha, I never thought that one day I would be taught by a junior. I have learned my lesson. I shall prepare to visit Liuyun Pavilion immediately.”
“I will go with you, senior. Perhaps Shangguan Zhao’er can join us too, after all, we are all cultivators who ascended from the same minor world. We should help each other.”
“Are you referring to Shangguan Zhao’er, the Temple Master of Hidden Dragon Temple?”
“Precisely.”
“That lady has impressive talent in the way of cultivation. I’ve heard of her, and I didn’t expect her to also be in Cangyu.”
Grandmaster Taixu had hidden away in Mount Shu for a hundred thousand years and naturally heard about Shangguan Zhao’er, who became Temple Master of Hidden Dragon Temple fifty thousand years ago.
“Senior, you have traveled to various places in the Immortal Realm these three thousand years. Have you seen any other Sect Leaders or old friends from Mount Shu?”
Lu Changsheng also wanted to find out from Grandmaster Taixu any news about Xia Ningxue.
Xia Ningxue had ascended to the Immortal Realm long ago, and Lu Changsheng had been inquiring about her whereabouts without any news.
The only thing Lu Changsheng knew was that Xia Ningxue was still alive because the Yin Yang Dual Cultivation Skills were still operating, and from time to time, Xia Ningxue would return some cultivation and Sword Dao Comprehension.
Grandmaster Taixu shook his head, “What you want to know is the whereabouts of that girl Xia, right? The Immortal Realm is too vast, and my realm is at the bottom among the Loose Immortals, limiting my contacts. I have not seen her.”
“Let’s head to Liuyun Pavilion first then.”
Lu Changsheng knew with his current connections, finding Xia Ningxue in the Immortal Realm was like looking for a needle in a haystack; it all depended on fate.
“Elder Luo, you will be in charge of the discipleship ceremony.”
“Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, Dugu Aotian, you three return to Jinglong Mountain to cultivate. I must make a trip to Liuyun Pavilion.”
After arranging the miscellaneous affairs, Lu Changsheng and Grandmaster Taixu went back to Jinglong Mountain first to meet up with Shangguan Zhao’er before heading to Liuyun Pavilion.