"This Golden Toad is so ugly."
Yu Yixiang giggled.
"That's my life-bound Puppet. Don't let its ugliness fool you; it's quite capable. Look—"
Qian Duoduo used Spiritual Qi to activate the Ice Phoenix and the Golden Toad.
"It can even walk!" Yu Yixiang exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh, it's sticking out its tongue, how disgusting! Oh, it's golden honey. No, how delightful!"
"Now look at the hairpin shaft..."
Qian Duoduo saw that the effect was mostly achieved and reminded Yu Yixiang again.
Yu Yixiang recognized each of the carved patterns on the hairpin shaft and the stories behind them.
Her face slowly flushed, and she took the Ice Phoenix Golden Toad hairpin, ran into her Immortal Cave, and didn't come out again.
Qian Duoduo waited outside for a long time. Besides knowing that she liked the Magic Treasure, he couldn't guess her other intentions, so he simply headed towards Qilin Pavilion.
He still had to complete the task of naming the young Phoenixes.
He spent two or three hours in Qilin Pavilion and came up with four names:
He Ming, Lai Yi, Xiang Ji, Xie He.
Returning to Phoenix Garden, Qian Duoduo reported to Azure Phoenix and Luan Phoenix.
"He Ming, taken from 'Luan Phoenix and Phoenix He Ming.'"
Qian Duoduo explained.
"Luan is Luan Phoenix, and Phoenix is Azure Phoenix."
Luan Phoenix and Azure Phoenix nodded together, "Big Brother's names are well chosen."
Each took one character to form a name.
A love crystallization, too, was like this.
"Lai Yi, from 'Phoenix Lai Yi.' The second one likes to hold her head high and act like the Phoenix among Phoenixes."
"Good, good, good." Cang Jie flapped her wings.
The second one was a girl and loved beauty.
"'A hundred birds Xiang Ji, then the Phoenix comes.' The third one likes lively places and flying, so Xiang Ji is perfect."
The third one, who had already come over, knew she had a name and happily nudged Qian Duoduo with her head.
"The fourth one is the youngest and always follows his older siblings, so he's called Xie He."
Luan Phoenix nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with these names.
Cang Jie was very happy and gave Luan Phoenix a side glance.
"Such an important matter must be handled by my younger brother Bu Huan personally to be done well!"
...
Purple Firmament Great Hall. Foundation Establishment Grand Ceremony.
The Sect Leader, Palace Lord, and Elders of the Sect, along with the successfully Foundation Established Disciples, participated.
Before the ceremony, Qian Duoduo took out Lu Qinbao's corpse and the box containing Chu Tianqi's remains, placing them alongside the corpses and remains of other Disciples.
Sect Leader Niu Jinshui's voice was low.
"Today, rather than a grand ceremony, it is a pacification of souls.
Of the one hundred Disciples who left the Sect, only thirty returned successfully.
This ratio is still the highest among the several times the Three Treasures have been opened."
"The path of Cultivation has never been a wide Dao, it wasn't in the past, it isn't now, and it won't be in the future.
However, whether you return standing, lying down, in a box, or not at all, you must continue forward, because you have family to protect, you have a Sect to protect, and you have dreams to protect."
"Having successfully undergone The Righteous Foundation Establishment, your abilities have grown, and your responsibilities will become heavier from now on; you will have more to protect.
Those willing to take on duties can serve as Elders in the Sect. Those unwilling to take on duties can also choose to focus on Cultivating and pursue the Dao in your hearts."
"This world is larger than you imagine.
The Preaching Mountain beneath your feet, one day, you will feel it is just a small mound.
Refining Spirit Sect, Ba Ling Sect, Shengling Sect, are just the Lower Three Sects. Above the Three Sects, there is the Middle Road.
The Middle Road Sect Fa Lu Sect is our Upper Sect.
We are merely a branch of Fa Lu Sect.
Besides Fa Lu Sect, the Middle Road also has Gonglu Sect, Xilu Sect, and Cai Lu Sect.
Above the Middle Road, there is also the Upper Road."
"The Upper Road Sect Gongxi Facai Sect is the source of the Middle Road and Lower Road Sects, an ancient Sect that has existed for an unknown number of tens of thousands of years.
You just need to follow the Lingwu Avenue down the mountain, all the way east, and you can reach Gongxi Facai Sect."
Niu Jinshui's words stirred up waves in Qian Duoduo's heart.
He had never imagined that this world was so vast.
"And there are four other Sects in this world as ancient and as vast as Gongxi Facai Sect!"
Inside the Great Hall, there was a collective gasp.
One Upper Sect had already shocked these newly Foundation Established Disciples.
And now the Sect Leader told them there were four other Sects just like the Upper Sect; they began to be terrified, like a tiny Spiritual Ant suddenly seeing a Spiritual Elephant.