Chapter 1009: Chapter 977: The Future of the Cyan Mountain Sect

Looking up at the main seat, the presence exudes an aura that pierces the sky, as if sweeping across the six directions and swallowing the eight wilds. Both Taiqi Peak and Xu Dezhi deeply realized the enormous gap between the Nascent Soul Stage and the Divinity Transformation Stage, like an insurmountable chasm.

This is the peerless grace of a Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch!

This day, this was the heartfelt voice of all participating guests.

The entire banquet lasted for three days, bustling with excitement, and brightly lit at night.

Lu Ping, as the Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch, sat on the main seat, receiving admiration from many gazes.

Just the cultivation aura he exuded made many cultivators feel ashamed, feeling unattainable and distant.

After this lively Divinity Transformation banquet, in the Cyan Mountain Sect, Taiqi Peak, Xu Dezhi, Elder Jiang, and others had not yet left, being invited by Lu Ping to temporarily stay in the Cyan Mountain Sect.

Among them, Elder Jiang’s cultivation had already reached the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul, with intentions to break through to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

Her visit this time, undeniably, carried the intention to seek guidance.

Lu Ping, sparing no words, imparted his experience in reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage, revealing the necessary resources such as Celestial Origin Spirit Stone, and Five Elements Immortal Essence.

Given Elder Jiang’s capabilities, gathering these resources was not particularly difficult.

Having obtained the desired information, Elder Jiang left the Cyan Mountain Sect the next day, returning to the Nine Cold Mountain.

Xu Dezhi, Taiqi Peak, and others stayed a few more days before leaving, each busy with sect affairs, agreeing to visit another day.

In the evening, Lu Yuanshan and his wife, Lu Zhiwei, Lu Changfeng, as well as Lu Ping, Li Zhilu, and others gathered together to sort through the gifts received at this banquet.

The most common were some reishi and spirit grass, along with some precious ores, rare resources, some valuable elixir formulas, and artifact formulas.

These resources were brought by some cultivation clans and powerful loose cultivators, and the gifts from Xu Dezhi, Taiqi Peak, and those Nascent Soul cultivators were very precious, such as Golden Core, Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts, Tier Five Spirit Pills, Tier Four Spirit Tree Seedlings, etc., very practical.

Regarding the gifts, they were of little use to Lu Ping, as they were all tokens of goodwill, which he gladly accepted, mainly to enhance the foundation of the Cyan Mountain Sect.

When talking about the participants who came this time, Lu Yuanshan said with a smile: "During the banquet, I carefully observed that everyone we sent invitations to came, not a single one missing."

"Even those we didn’t invite came in quite a few numbers, and the number of participants far exceeded expectations. This banquet was very lively, and it’s been a long time since the Cyan Mountain Sect was this lively."

"Hahaha, after all, with father present, as long as invitations were sent out, who would dare not come to the banquet? Those who came uninvited were all very eager to curry favor, this is human nature, after all,"

Lu Changfeng laughed heartily, with a bit of sentiment and a bit of pride.

If it weren’t for Lu Ping’s powerful strength as a backing, intimidating all directions, there wouldn’t have been so many participants coming to the banquet, at least half would have been reduced.

In fact, if invitations were sent out, having two-thirds of the people attend would already be quite good.

"It’s not entirely like that, those guests could come also out of respect for the Cyan Mountain Sect, among them, there are some of your contacts and friends, it’s not all because of me."

Lu Ping said humbly with a smile, showing no strong aura in front of his children, not much different from a father in the mortal world.

The few gathered talked freely, and after discussing the matter of the banquet, Lu Ping inquired about the development changes in the Cyan Mountain Sect over the years and its future direction.

In terms of strength foundation, the Cyan Mountain Sect has already become unparalleled in Lingxi State, far ahead of other forces.

Even the Dubhe Institute now has a certain dread towards the Cyan Mountain Sect.

A Divinity Transformation Sect, this has not appeared in the history of Lingxi State for over thirty thousand years.

The appearance of the Cyan Mountain Sect will definitely go down in the annals of Lingxi State.

In his inquiry, Lu Ping learned that the current development of the Cyan Mountain Sect has reached a pinnacle, where it can only cultivate Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, limited by the regional resources of Lingxi State.

This is also why cultivators from this region, upon reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, would head to the Central Ancestral Realm.

The Cyan Mountain Sect currently has only two paths to develop stronger.

The first is to cultivate more Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage cultivators; the Cyan Mountain Sect has a substantial foundation capability to grow the sect’s foundation from the quantity of strong individuals.

The second is to lead a part of the sect members to establish a branch in the Central Ancestral Realm.

Regarding these two paths, Lu Yuanshan had long thought about them, seriously saying: "The development of the sect to the present, step by step, has become the number one sect in Lingxi State, in which there’s a great contribution and effort from you, father." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Even we, some of the high levels in the sect, have been nurtured under your care, which allowed our cultivation to reach the current realm."

"The future development of the Cyan Mountain Sect, as long as you, father, have a way you’d like to manage it, we will all follow your guidance."

Lu Yuanshan’s words are indeed correct, though certainly, their personal efforts cannot be overlooked and are commendable.

"So, what are your thoughts?"

Lu Ping quietly listened, wanting to see Yuanshan’s thoughts on how to develop the Cyan Mountain Sect. Actually, according to Lu Ping’s plan, these two paths can be pursued simultaneously.

Whether it’s cultivating more Golden Core, Nascent Soul Stage strong individuals for the sect, or establishing a branch in the Central Ancestral Realm, it’s the best approach.

Lu Yuanshan did not ponder for too long and soon expressed his thoughts, which were in agreement with Lu Ping’s.

"For the sect here, the accrued resources over these decades, along with the profits brought by the Ice Flood Dragon Stone Vein, are sufficient for us to cultivate more Golden Core Stage cultivators and train Nascent Soul Great Cultivators. We also have supreme treasures like the Taiyi Bead."

"In my opinion, I wish to personally lead a batch of elders and disciples to follow you, father, to live and cultivate in the Central Ancestral Realm, to expand the eternal foundation of our Cyan Mountain Sect."

As for where Lu Ping would cultivate in the future, Lu Yuanshan was quite clear in his heart, having guessed that due to the limitation of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in Lingxi State, Lu Ping would head to the Central Ancestral Realm to live and cultivate.

Today’s inquiry into the sect’s future development plans was actually asking for their opinions on whether they would be interested in following to the Central Ancestral Realm.

"Dad, I’m also willing to go to the Central Ancestral Realm; I’ve longed for it for a long time, and now, it’s just right, just right, now I can finally go."

Lu Changfeng was a bit eager, rubbing his hands together.

They had stayed too long in Lingxi State, and often heard of the thriving cultivation atmosphere in the Central Ancestral Realm, with various Heaven and Earth Spirit Essences, high-tier spirit veins scattered everywhere, and strong individuals were like clouds. Which cultivator wouldn’t long for such a cultivation sacred land?

Just to give the most straightforward example, in their view, Lu Ping had visited the Central Ancestral Realm several times and even broke through to the Divinity Transformation Stage there. This tremendous achievement had long been circulated among the cultivators throughout Lingxi State.

The longing and anticipation for the Central Ancestral Realm had reached an immeasurable level.