Incredible Sect Simulator-Chapter 617 - 585 Heaven-Facing Star Ring
After Guo Sihai greeted them, Liu Chaotian of the Heaven-Facing Sect, who had already arrived, stepped forward, his gaze immediately fixating on Lu Yuanshan.
"Sect Leader Lu gracing us with your presence truly brings glory to our humble sect."
"Fellow Daoists, please, come inside!"
With a broad smile, Liu Chaotian saw that not only had Lu Yuanshan of the Cyan Mountain Sect arrived, but Lu Yuanshan himself had come in person, and he couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear, showing no sign of arrogance, and was very welcoming.
As Liu Chaotian received Lu Yuanshan and his entourage into the main hall to take their seats,
Over at the Shenxiao Palace side, they observed Lu Yuanshan being treated so specially, personally received by the Sect Master of the Heaven-Facing Sect, and their faces showed incredulity.
But more than that, it was as if they had expected it.
The name of Lu Yuanshan, now within the Chu Kingdom, was nothing short of legendary, known to many cultivators.
Many people even recognized and had seen Lu Yuanshan.
On the day of Lu Yuanshan and Liu Qiumei’s wedding, Liu Chaotian himself visited the Cyan Mountain Sect to have a drink of celebratory wine.
Lu Yuanshan was quite familiar with Liu Chaotian.
Liu Chaotian, being a late-stage Crystallization Cultivator, possessed considerable combat power and was also a sect master, a status and position that Lu Yuanshan couldn’t underestimate.
It is worth mentioning that although there are currently two Golden Core Cultivators within the Heaven-Facing Sect, the strongest among them is only at the sixth layer of the Golden Core Stage.
The other is at the fourth layer of the Golden Core Stage.
Evidently, neither of these two Golden Core Ancestors could be a match for Lu Ping.
On this day, forces from all directions gathered at the Heaven-Facing Sect to participate in the Heaven-Facing Ceremony.
The Heaven-Facing Sect became extremely lively, with powerful figures congregating.
Taking advantage of this gathering, many cultivators began to get to know each other and engage in conversation.
More people, however, surrounded Lu Yuanshan, knowing that Lu Yuanshan’s identity and status were not simple, seeking to use this opportunity to make acquaintances and foster good relations with the Cyan Mountain Sect.
Not to mention, Lu Yuanshan did not hide his strength during this journey, directly releasing his aura to show everyone.
Having the strength of the ninth layer of the Crystallization Stage, he had the potential to soon form a Golden Core! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
This very well could be a future Golden Core Ancestor!
Not currying favor now means that by the time Lu Yuanshan becomes a Golden Core Ancestor, they would only be able to look up to him from afar.
In response to the enthusiastic greetings of the surrounding Daoist friends, Lu Yuanshan smiled and politely replied to each of them.
The leaders who came to participate in the Heaven-Facing Ceremony were all prominent figures, and getting to know them wasn’t a bad thing at all.
In the next few hours, once all the participating forces had arrived, Lu Ping finally realized how grand this Heaven-Facing Ceremony was, how many forces had gathered, and who they all were.
Firstly, there were sect forces.
Shenxiao Palace, Illusory Sound Sect, Cloud Water Sect, Cyan Mountain Sect.
The Cyan Mountain Sect needed no further elaboration.
Among the other three sect forces, except for Shenxiao Palace being a Golden Core Sect, the remaining two, Illusory Sound Sect and Cloud Water Sect, were both Crystal Sects.
Secondly, five cultivation families participated in this Heaven-Facing Ceremony: the He Family, Su Family, Yang Family, Chen Family, and Sun Family.
Among them, the Su Family of Spirit Sword Lake was the strongest among these five Crystallization Families, with three Crystallization Cultivators overseeing it, and was the premier cultivation family in Yunbei County of the Chu Kingdom.
The Four Sects and Five Races.
These were the sect forces that came to attend the Heaven-Facing Ceremony, all located within the Chu Kingdom, and were the nine major forces invited by the Heaven-Facing Sect.
As for those family-level forces at the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment stages, they were not invited. Evidently, this was a gathering of the strong.
The gathering of these nine major forces was completely unexpected for Lu Yuanshan.
He originally thought that the Heaven-Facing Sect would invite at most four or five family and sect forces.
Who would have thought they invited nine families?
Even stranger was that cultivation sects typically did not pay much attention to cultivation family forces, rarely cooperating with them, mostly treating them as subordinate forces.
This was not only the case within Chu Kingdom but also across the Lingxi State Cultivation Realm, where numerous cultivation families lived under the shadow of a major sect.
For example, the Zhang Family being dependent on the Cyan Mountain Sect.
But the actions of the Heaven-Facing Sect this time were strange.
Not only did they invite cultivation families to come, but they invited five families at once.
The Heaven-Facing Sect’s agenda was hard for Lu Yuanshan to guess; he was very puzzled by this and shared his suspicions with Lu Ping to see what he thought.
"Anomalies often have their reasons; let’s wait and see how this unfolds. I’m also curious about what’s in the gourd Heaven-Facing Sect is selling; this might not just be about holding the Heaven-Facing Ceremony," Lu Ping’s response was simple, but he contemplated.
He was wary of Liu Chaotian, as well as the actions of the other disciples and elders of the Heaven-Facing Sect.
He wasn’t worried that the Heaven-Facing Sect would set a trap.
With Shenxiao Palace and other forces all gathered here, if the Heaven-Facing Sect intended to bring ruin upon themselves, they would be pushing themselves into the firepit.
The Heaven-Facing Sect couldn’t be that foolish.
After everyone exchanged pleasantries, conversed, and enjoyed a lavish lunch, the Heaven-Facing Ceremony began.
At the east side of the sect hall of the Heaven-Facing Sect,
on a huge plaza, nine groups were gathered there, each divided into a camp, seated by their designated areas.
In the sky above this enormous plaza, one could see two massive round ring-shaped objects hovering, intersecting and rotating, exuding a magnificent aura, with Daoist technique patterns flowing over them, as brilliant as the sun, drawing everyone’s attention.
This object was precisely the central hub of the Heaven-Facing Sect’s protection array, known as the Heaven-Facing Star Ring, an entity powerful enough to rival a tier five spiritual artifact.
The Heaven-Facing Star Ring connected to the Spirit Veins of the Heaven-Facing Sect’s mountain gate, operating day and night, protecting the entire sect and its subordinates, and had been running for over a thousand years, older than any Heaven-Facing Sect cultivator.
The law of the great Dao contained within the Heaven-Facing Star Ring made it one of the most famous sights within the Heaven-Facing Sect, often attracting disciples who gaze in awe, cultivate, hoping to comprehend the Daoist technique laws within.
One Golden Core Ancestor of the Heaven-Facing Sect once had an epiphany while meditating on the Heaven-Facing Star Ring, breaking through a cultivation bottleneck and advancing to the Golden Core Stage.
The appearance of the Heaven-Facing Star Ring continually attracted the gaze of the onlookers, fascinating them with this imposing object.
Soon, as an elder of the Heaven-Facing Sect ascended the platform and announced the opening speech, the competition of the Heaven-Facing Ceremony began.
The first competition was a selection competition.
The participants were Qi Cultivators, and it was called the Qi Cultivation Grand Competition.
It was the most basic competition, yet it had the most participants.
The elite disciples of various forces at the Qi Cultivation stage would represent their sect to compete for the top ten positions.
From the Cyan Mountain Sect side, those disciples who had not yet achieved Foundation Establishment, such as Lu Xuelian and She Qingqing, aimed for the Foundation Establishment Pill awarded to the top ten in this competition.
Other Qi Refining Cultivators also naturally shared the same goal.
The competition was conducted by lottery draw.
The first match featured the Cyan Mountain Sect.
The participant was She Qingqing.
