Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 253: Corruption of the Dao Foundation

With the backing of a Grand Elder, Bai Qiming’s rising power was now obvious.

By ordinary logic, the Grand Elders clearly did not want to deal with the sect’s trivial matters, because for cultivators of the Upper Three Realms, internal sect affairs were essentially meaningless playthings.

Unless there was a necessary situation, they would not intervene in any sect business.

Qi Yi was the same.

This Grand Elder of the Pivot Court, Grand Elder Qi Yi, had seen his reputation among the Grand Elders grow quickly since the Outer Court Cataclysm ended. As for the reason, people only knew it seemed related to the truth behind that catastrophe.

Of course, Qi Yi obviously did not want to meddle in the sect’s petty affairs either. Whether it was the quarrel between the True Dharma lineage and the Martial Discipline lineage on Qingchan Peak, or the appointment for the Daomen Xingzou position, he had no real interest.

Qi Yi simply favored Bai Qiming, and was willing to lend a bit of support.

Clearly, Bai Qiming did not want Chu Xiyao to take the Daomen Xingzou post, and he had heard from Mingxiao Peak that Mingxiao Peak’s chief disciple Cheng Ziying was not very enthusiastic about the Daomen Xingzou position. Not long ago, Chu Xiyao had even met with Cheng Ziying at Mingxiao Peak.

So Bai Qiming did a little digging into Mingxiao Peak’s chief disciple’s background, then sought out Lin Qifeng, hoping this Alchemy Hall elder of Kongyuan Mountain could persuade Cheng Ziying to accept the Daomen Xingzou appointment.

Lin Qifeng disliked Fu Qian.

Or rather, many people in Kongshan Sect disliked Fu Qian, only to varying degrees.

The reason was simple: Fu Qian commanded a group of cultivators completely loyal to him, their cultivation mostly between Martial Spring and Martial Spring Realm. Though not highly advanced, these people did many filthy deeds for Fu Qian.

For example, they destroyed the Immortal Gambling Den in Taiyun City.

There were even rumors that this group helped Fu Qian cut down “Causes of Calamity.”

Fu Qian was a supporter of the Cause of Calamity Theory; that was a well-known secret, but no one had concrete evidence.

Someone like that naturally drew everyone’s dislike.

“Elder Bai really knows how to pick people,” Lin Qifeng said with a smile, slipping the storage ring into his sleeve.

He wasn’t going to be polite.

Who served as Daomen Xingzou didn’t matter to Lin Qifeng. He simply didn’t want that old dog Fu’s plan to succeed, that was all.

“Elder Bai, how is the demon egg over in the Fallen Sword Mountain Range?” Lin Qifeng asked.

Currently on duty in the Fallen Sword Mountain Range was Dignity Elder from Qingchan Peak.

“It’s the same as a few years ago, no activity at all,” Bai Qiming replied.

That Great Demon’s Egg was everyone in Kongshan Sect’s Heart’s Greatest Concern.

No one knew where the demon egg came from. One could only conjecture that it hadn’t appeared out of thin air, but had existed in the Fallen Sword Mountain Range for a very long time.

However, Lin Qifeng had recently heard a rumor.

That rumor said this Great Demon’s Egg had been obtained when Su Hongzhen’s Dao foundation for Ascending to Immortality was corrupted seven thousand years ago.

Still no movement?

Now Kongshan Sect was only watching, because no one knew what consequences a reckless action might bring.

They could only delay as long as they could within controllable circumstances.

If that demon egg really was the result of a corrupted Dao foundation for Ascending to Immortality, then it wouldn’t be only Kongshan Sect in danger.

The whole Chenping Continent could face annihilation.

“Let’s not talk about that. If the sky falls, what can we do? We’ll deal with it when it falls. Besides, this isn’t our worry,” Bai Qiming said.

If the sky fell, He Zongzhou would have to stand at the top and take the brunt.

He Zongzhou was Kongshan Sect’s Supreme Martial Pacification Elder. After Li Haoran and Huo Mu died, the sect’s highest affairs had been managed by this Peak Divine Ability cultivator.

“By the way, before I came to Kongyuan Mountain to see Elder Lin, I heard a very interesting piece of news,” Bai Qiming said.

“What news?” Lin Qifeng asked.

“I heard that at the Dao Inquiry Assembly currently being held by Wind Ravine Valley in the Northern Region of Chenping Continent, a very unusual rogue cultivator appeared,” Bai Qiming said.

“Unusual how?” Lin Qifeng asked.

“That rogue cultivator is a little girl, only six years old, yet already at Martial Spring. People even suspect she ran away from Fusheng City,” Bai Qiming replied.

Six years old, Martial Spring?

That cultivation speed quickly made Lin Qifeng think of one possibility.

A reincarnation of someone who had Ascended?

Lin Qifeng frowned, then considered a certain possibility.

Counting on his fingers, it had indeed been six years since the person had died.

Could it be that…?

Wait, a little girl?

…

Wind Ravine Valley, Qingjin Ravine.

In a small courtyard, Chen Yan sat on a chair wearing Qingjin Ravine’s blue daoist robes, dark water-wave patterns embroidered over them.

Eight years had passed since Chen Yan and Si Youyou joined Wind Ravine Valley.

Wind Ravine Valley was completely different from mountain-built sects like Kongshan Sect or Star Heaven Sect. The entire sect spread across a large canyon, and inside that canyon Wind Ravine Valley itself was divided into seven ravines.

They were Cangxiu Ravine, Qingjin Ravine, Bai Shang Ravine, Feixiao Ravine, Dianqiong Ravine, Huiyi Ravine, and Yinli Ravine.

Both Chen Yan and Si Youyou were disciples of Qingjin Ravine.

After taking the Nine Revolutions Chaos Heaven Tempering Meridian Pill, Chen Yan’s meridians had been fully repaired, and his cultivation had recovered to the Peak Martial Spring Realm.

But after Chen Yan used the Hidden Immortal Art to conceal his cultivation, the level he initially showed to outsiders was Mid Martial Spring.

Then over the next eight years, Chen Yan slowly raised the cultivation level he displayed.

At eighteen he showed Mid Martial Spring, at twenty Late Martial Spring, at twenty-two he reached Peak Martial Spring, at twenty-three he broke into Martial Spring Realm, and at twenty-six he reached Mid Martial Spring Realm.

This rate of advancement would be called a genius anywhere on the Chenping Continent.

Eight years ago, Chang Yongfeng had arranged Chen Yan a manager disciple position in Qingjin Ravine’s Spirit Plant Valley. Over these eight years Chen Yan’s positions in the sect steadily rose: from manager disciple to administrator, and now to Supervisor of Spirit Plant Valley. It was said the sect planned to transfer him to Qingjin Ravine’s Training Grounds to serve as a protector.

They all thought keeping his cultivation talent tending spirit farmlands in Spirit Plant Valley was a waste.

No one thought Chen Yan’s cultivation speed was suspicious.

Because his younger sister Si Youyou, the champion of the previous Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry, had already surpassed Qin Qingyu—or rather, surpassed all prodigies in Chenping Continent’s history—a peerless genius: at only fourteen, she was at the Peak Martial Spring Realm.