"Alright, since everyone is here, let's get down to business."
Yun Yichen slowly began to speak.
Inside Kongyuan Hall, a total of eight people were gathered at this moment.
Kongshan Sect Leader, Yun Yichen.
Yun Yichen's six disciples.
And Chen Yan.
Chen Yan's presence here didn't feel particularly out of place, because for a meeting of this caliber, the participation of a Chief Disciple would definitely not seem inappropriate.
"There are forty days left until the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly. It's time to finalize the candidates," Yun Yichen said.
The Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry is a grand gathering of cultivators held on the Chenping Continent once every ten years.
At that time, there was no such thing as the so-called Five Great Sects. The Heavenly Summit Sect was the world's sole sacred land of cultivation.
The Chenping Continent has produced a total of thirty-one cultivators who reached the Immortal Ascension Realm, and twelve of them came from Heavenly Summit Mountain.
Just as everyone believed that the Heavenly Summit Sect would forever be a massive mountain weighing down on all the cultivation sects of the Chenping Continent...
The Heavenly Summit Sect collapsed overnight.
After the fall of the Heavenly Summit Sect, the Chenping Continent fell into chaos. It wasn't until three thousand years later that five sects with considerable strength integrated the cultivation forces of the Chenping Continent and restored order to everything.
These five great sects are respectively: Lingxiao Temple, Mirage Palace, Star Heaven Sect, Wind Ravine Valley, and Kongshan Sect.
As for the reason for the Heavenly Summit Sect's destruction...
No one knows.
Under the joint efforts of the Five Great Sects, all traces of the Heavenly Summit Sect's past were completely erased from the world.
Only the ruins of Heavenly Summit Mountain remain in the world, serving as the Heavenly Summit Sect's tombstone.
Every ten years, the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly is held on Heavenly Summit Mountain.
When Chen Yan first heard about the Dao Inquiry Assembly, he felt a strange sensation in his heart.
Wasn't this like dancing on someone's grave?
At that time, any sect that currently has a cultivator of the Passable God Realm or higher presiding over it, or any sect whose ancestors once produced a great power from the upper three realms, will receive a joint invitation from the Five Great Sects to participate in the Dao Inquiry Assembly.
For this session of the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly, a total of eight hundred and forty-six sects received invitations.
That's right. Despite the vastness of the Chenping Continent, with tens of thousands of sects, large and small, standing tall, the number of sects with cultivators of the Passable God Realm or higher presiding over them, or sects that once produced cultivators from the upper three realms but have now fallen into decline, totals only eight hundred and forty-six.
Including the Five Great Sects, that makes eight hundred and fifty-one.
Kongshan Sect alone, with its three peaks and four mountains, a total of seven peak lineages, likely has over five hundred cultivators with cultivation levels at the Passable God Realm or higher.
The foundations of the other four great sects compared to Kongshan Sect are only even more substantial.
"Sect Leader."
Zhong Yin, the burly Dignity Elder of Kongyuan Mountain and also Yun Yichen's first disciple, took a step forward.
"For this Dao Inquiry Assembly, this disciple is willing to serve as the delegation's Envoy, leading the team to Heavenly Summit Mountain!"
The delegation's Envoy position is roughly equivalent to the delegation leader.
A Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator is fully qualified to hold the position of delegation Envoy for one of the Five Great Sects. Moreover, Zhong Yin also holds the position of Dignity Elder of Kongyuan Mountain, and he is even the first disciple of Sect Leader Yun Yichen.
In the past, the delegation Envoys have always been held by the four major elders of each peak lineage.
"Approved."
Yun Yichen said calmly.
"The delegation Envoy shall be Zhong Yin. However, the candidates for this year's Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry..."
Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
To put it in the simplest terms, the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry is the Chenping Continent Grand Competition.
Each of the eight hundred and forty-six sects that received invitations can send one person to represent their sect in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
The higher the ranking in the Dao Inquiry, the richer the rewards.
Of course, the rewards are jointly funded by the Five Great Sects.
Therefore, the Five Great Sects also possess certain privileges within the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
Namely, each of the Five Great Sects can send three disciples to participate in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
There are also quite strict conditions for the disciples participating in the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
They must be Martial Spring Realm disciples, and their age must be under twenty.
"Speaking of this generation's exceptionally talented disciples, the ones I still have an impression of are only Qingchan Peak's Chu Xiyao, and Yuanhua Mountain's Li Haowen."
Yun Yichen said.
"However, when I spoke with Wei Mian the other day about this Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry, he told me that Li Haowen cannot participate because he is already twenty-one years old."
Wei Mian is the Sword Master Elder of Yuanhua Mountain.
"So, apart from Chu Xiyao, what are everyone's thoughts on the other two candidates?"
Yun Yichen asked.
Major figures of the Sect Leader's level naturally wouldn't pay attention to those young talents who have just begun to make a name for themselves.
Only when their cultivation reaches the Passable God Realm or higher can they enter Yun Yichen's field of vision.
Unless they are like Chu Xiyao, whose talent can astonish the entire sect and is even famous throughout the entire Chenping Continent, would they make Yun Yichen take a second look.
"Master, this disciple believes that Qin Yue, the personal disciple of Qingchan Peak's True Dharma Elder Bai Qiming, is a suitable candidate."
Yun Yichen's third disciple proposed this.
"Qin Yue?"
Yun Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering for a moment.
"That Glazed Pure Body Princess of Taiyun City?"
"Exactly."
The third disciple said.
"Although Qin Yue has only been a disciple for a year, with her outstanding talent and Elder Bai's careful guidance, her current cultivation has already reached the mid-stage of the Martial Spring Realm."
"One year, from a mortal to mid-stage Martial Spring Realm?"
Yun Yichen nodded thoughtfully.
This cultivation speed is indeed commendable.
However, with exceptional talent, plus resource accumulation and guidance from a master, it's not considered too exaggerated.
What's truly exaggerated is like what Chen Yan once did, ascending from the early stage of the Body Forging Realm directly to the late stage of the Qi Circulation Realm in just fifteen days with almost no cultivation resources or guidance.
He was nearly assassinated by a shadow that very night.
However, Yun Yichen still felt some hesitation.
Because mid-stage Martial Spring Realm cultivation might not be very impressive at the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
As if seeing through Yun Yichen's hesitation, the third disciple continued.
"A few months ago, Elder Bai brought back a hand-copied version of a half-volume fragment of the Pure Dust Glazed Art from outside the sect..."
Pure Dust Glazed Art!
As soon as these five words were uttered, everyone inside Kongyuan Hall was stirred up.
Heavenly Summit Mountain, the life-bound cultivation method of Pure Dust True Person!
Pure Dust True Person was a great power of the Immortal Ascension Realm. Her physique was exactly the same as Qin Yue's, both being the Glazed Pure Body, which is encountered only once in ten thousand years.
And the Pure Dust Glazed Art is a cultivation method composed by Pure Dust True Person when she was at the Divine Ability Realm. This method can only be practiced by those with the Glazed Pure Body.
Before composing the Pure Dust Glazed Art, Pure Dust True Person had been stagnant at the Divine Ability Realm for over eight hundred years.
After Pure Dust True Person completed the Pure Dust Glazed Art, in just two hundred years, she achieved the Immortal Ascension Realm!
It's just a pity that the original volume of the Pure Dust Glazed Art was also lost when Heavenly Summit Mountain was destroyed tens of thousands of years ago.
Although Qin Yue only obtained a hand-copied version of a half-volume fragment of the Pure Dust Glazed Art, this is already enough for her to sweep through ordinary Martial Spring Realm cultivators.
Even if she encounters a late-stage, or even peak Martial Spring Realm opponent, she has the power to fight.
"There is still one last spot."
Yun Yichen said.
As for recommending someone for the last spot, it must be said that it was a difficult matter for those present.
Liu Yantang is often not at the sect, Lin Qifeng has always been in the outer court, and the remaining four are all from Kongyuan Mountain.
Everyone present wasn't very familiar with the outstanding disciples of the other peak lineages.
After a few people mentioned a few names, Kongyuan Hall became somewhat quiet.
"Master, this disciple actually has a recommended candidate."
It wasn't until Yue Chi stepped forward with a smile that he spoke.