Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 266: Unknown Plan
Of course, the Purple Mansion Record that Chen Yan taught Si Youyou was not the original version he had received from the Reincarnation Reward.
Not because Chen Yan was stingy, but because the original Purple Mansion Record bore a high degree of similarity to Kongshan Sect’s Purple Mansion Kongshan Art, and when the original version ran, the circulation method of true qi differed greatly from the methods used by most cultivation techniques across Chenping Continent.
It was far too easy to get exposed.
For that reason, Chen Yan had blended a large number of fragments from other techniques into the Purple Mansion Record. Now that his version had matured, he could adapt the Purple Mansion Record while keeping its methods advanced and superior.
And it was precisely because he had mixed in so many fragments that the version Si Youyou practiced could be made extremely similar to the cultivation methods used by most people on Chenping Continent.
Chen Yan put away the invitation in his hand.
The Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent would officially begin in one month. The original model for the North Pass Sect he founded was the Beiguang River Ferry in the Northern Region of Chenping Continent. From there, taking the ferry to Heavenly Summit Mountain required fifteen days.
There was plenty of time to prepare.
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Heavenly Summit Mountain ferry pier.
A medium-sized ferry descended slowly onto Heavenly Summit Mountain.
A middle-aged man who looked to be around thirty stood at the front of the ferry, watching the cultivators coming and going at the Heavenly Summit Mountain pier.
“Elder Chen, have we arrived?”
Beside him, a young disciple’s voice trembled slightly as he stepped up to the middle-aged man and asked cautiously.
The young disciple looked somewhat timid.
On one hand, the Dao Inquiry Assembly was the greatest event in the cultivation world of Chenping Continent, and a green newcomer would inevitably be nervous; on the other hand, it was because of the disaster that had occurred on Heavenly Summit Mountain ten years ago.
Even now, it still sent chills down people’s spines.
“We’re here.”
Chen Yan replied:
“This is Heavenly Summit Mountain.”
The Heavenly Summit Palace still hung in the sky over two thousand zhang above the summit.
When Chen Yan saw the white jade palace, he couldn’t help but shift his gaze toward Si Youyou standing beside him.
Si Youyou was now nine years old.
She had grown noticeably taller, from Chen Yan’s waist up to his chest.
“What’s wrong?”
Si Youyou, who had clearly noticed Chen Yan’s stare, looked at him in confusion.
Youyou was the only person on site who knew Chen Cheng’s true identity was Chen Yan.
“Nothing.”
Chen Yan smiled and shook his head:
“Just a reminder—now that we’re at Heavenly Summit Mountain, try to speak as little as possible.”
Si Youyou tilted her little head slightly, wearing an expression that made it seem she didn’t understand what Chen Yan was saying at all.
Those guarding the Heavenly Summit Mountain ferry pier were still cultivators from Wind Ravine Valley. This year was Wind Ravine Valley’s last of fifty years guarding Heavenly Summit Mountain.
After this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent, the cultivators responsible for guarding Heavenly Summit Mountain would rotate from Wind Ravine Valley to Star Heaven Sect.
Chen Yan stepped off the ferry. He noticed several Wind Ravine Valley disciples standing nearby.
In the previous cycle, Chen Yan had stayed at Wind Ravine Valley for eight years.
Thus, with just a glance, he could recognize the daoist robes those Wind Ravine Valley cultivators wore.
They were Wind Ravine Valley’s inner disciples, from Huiyi Ravine, Bai Shang Ravine, and Yinli Ravine respectively.
At the Dao Inquiry Assembly ten years ago, the ferry guards had been Wind Ravine Valley’s outer disciples, but for this Assembly all of them had been switched to inner disciples.
This alone showed how seriously the Five Great Sects regarded this session of the Dao Inquiry Assembly.
Before setting off for Heavenly Summit Mountain, Chen Yan had done what he could to collect a great deal of information about the delegations the Five Great Sects were sending to this Dao Inquiry Assembly.
Compared to the last cycle’s Dao Inquiry Assembly, the delegation selections of the Five Great Sects hadn’t changed much, though there were some differences.
The most obvious change was that Si Youyou was not included in Wind Ravine Valley’s lineup this time.
There were also a number of people at this Dao Inquiry Assembly that Chen Yan recognized.
The delegation envoy for Kongshan Sect this time was Martial Elder Fu Qian of Qingchan Peak.
As for other selections, there was elder Lu Li of Caijun Tower from Qingchan Peak, and other familiar faces from various peaks and branches.
To Chen Yan, Fu Qian and Lu Li made a strangely mismatched pair.
Wind Ravine Valley had many people Chen Yan knew as well, but compared to Kongshan Sect, Chen Yan hadn’t invested much attention in Wind Ravine Valley.
Then there was Star Heaven Sect.
The current leader of Moon Void Sect, Hu Tianyuan, still led the delegation, and his two disciples—Star Heaven Sect’s Daomen Xingzou Yan Huaimeng, and Moon Void Sect’s current Enforcement Hall elder Qin Qingyu—were both in the delegation.
Qin Qingyu was now twenty-nine years old.
Her current cultivation was mid-stage Spirit Connection, and rumors said she was already nearing late-stage Spirit Connection.
In the previous cycle, before the catastrophe on Chenping Continent, Qin Qingyu had already reached the Myriad Transformations Realm at just thirty-four.
She had true potential for Ascending to Immortality.
That was the assessment most cultivators on this world held of Qin Qingyu.
It was just a pity she had been born into this era.
The six major peak ridges of Heavenly Summit Mountain were occupied by the Five Great Sects as their respective territories.
Only Taichu Pavilion stood independent, available for disciples from other sects on Chenping Continent to stay.
In the past, Taichu Pavilion had long been claimed by the top-tier sects of Chenping Continent, meaning first-rate or second-rate sects could only rest out in the open.
That was the past.
Over the previous ten years, after Heavenly Summit Mountain had been rebuilt and renovated, hundreds of new buildings for cultivators to rest and reside had been added.
However, renting those buildings cost twenty high-grade spirit stones per day and night.
That price was practically robbery.
The reason so many residences were built on Heavenly Summit Mountain was because its reconstruction had cost the Five Great Sects far more than they should have borne, so they were trying to recoup some of the cost.
Other than that, this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent held no obvious differences from the previous one.
It was only when Chen Yan wandered around that he happened upon some young Kongshan Sect disciples.
Their daoist robes were pure white, with gilded cloud crane patterns embroidered between the sleeves.
They were Kongyuan Mountain disciples.
Chen Yan’s gaze instinctively drifted toward those young disciples.
All unfamiliar faces.
He was momentarily stunned, then burst into a smile.
Of course.
Nine years had passed since he had died at Kongshan Sect’s outer court.
Chen Yan had seriously considered one question.
Should he go see Senior Uncle Yue?
In the end, his answer was no.
Now was not the time to reveal himself to Senior Uncle Yue.
Especially not until after this Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent ended.
According to Chen Yan’s plan, it was likely that after the Dao Inquiry Assembly ended, he would become an enemy of Kongshan Sect.
