Yinshan Record

Chapter 772 A Difficult Journey Begins with the Heavenly Demon's Whirlwind Dance
Although it was called a grand ceremony, there were actually very few people present.

More than seventy disciples dressed in Taoist robes knelt neatly in the square. At the front was an incense table with a memorial tablet for "Donghua Qingtong Xiaojun" on it, and three sticks of incense were lit in a bronze incense burner.

This is the ancestral tablet of the Longevity Sect.

On either side of the ancestral tablet stood several disciples dressed in brocade robes, the leader of whom was a Core Formation Realm cultivator, while the rest were at or below the Divine Transformation Realm.

Apart from the one who held a whisk and stood by the incense table, the other disciples in brocade robes were either holding jade chimes or waving flags, standing there one by one. Although they tried their best to appear solemn, Su Che could tell at a glance that they were not used to it.

It seems this ceremony has always been a charade; even knowing they were coming, these people still couldn't muster any enthusiasm.

One should encourage enthusiasm but not discourage it.

The cultivator who had been practicing alchemy was still there, wagging his whisk and giving a sermon.

"Our Eternal Life Holy Sect originated from the ancient Heavenly Court. Our founding patriarch, Donghua Qingtong, was ranked among the Wood elements, holding the highest authority over the stars. When the Heavenly Court collapsed, our patriarch tragically perished, and many disciples fled. Fortunately, there is always a way out. For the next four thousand years, we toiled and struggled in the desolate Southern Heaven, and were fortunate enough to be accepted under the Holy Master's guidance, receiving his compassionate teachings, comprehending the mysteries of transcendence, and unraveling the true meaning of immortality..."

Wanying led Su Che as soon as they appeared.

The person quickly stopped muttering and stepped forward.

"Senior Sister Wanying, what brings you here?"

He naturally knew Wanying was coming, otherwise he wouldn't have had such a grand affair arranged today, and wouldn't have made up such a story.

If it were the old rule, the boys would be made to kowtow 108 times, and then be assigned to work in various courtyards.

"Come and take a look, you've come up with some new tricks today."

Wanying looked around and then waved her hand, saying, "You go ahead and get busy, we'll just stay here and look around."

She smiled slightly at Su Che and said, "Ma Qi is also a student of our teacher. You can just ask him anything you need."

As Ma Qi spoke, he gave Su Che a fawning smile.

"You old man..."

"Do as you please, I just came to take a look."

Su Che smiled warmly.

"It is best to follow the proper rituals for such an important ceremony."

"Ugh."

The tantric practitioner named Ma Qi nodded and ran off to continue his sermon.

Su Che, along with the disciples before him, listened to a general overview of the history of the Longevity Sect.

The lineage of the Longevity Sect can indeed be linked to the ancient Azure Emperor Lingwei Yang, but it's not particularly related.

Their lineage's patriarch was the young Donghua Qingtong, but when the ancient Heavenly Court perished, he too perished amidst the calamities of heaven and earth and the attacks of external demons.

The remaining disciples scattered like birds and beasts, wandering in this world for nearly a thousand years before finally re-establishing their sect in the Southern Heaven. However, this time they had an ambiguous relationship with the extraterrestrial demons.

The process by which the various sects of cultivation in the Southern Wilderness merged and eventually merged into the Demonic Sect, becoming the Southern Wilderness Demonic Cult we know today, must have been a long one.

The Longevity Sect, on the other hand, grew from small to large and from weak to strong. Although its external alchemy method was difficult, it made connections with extraterrestrial demons, and soon some of its members attained immortality, thus stabilizing the sect's position.

With one hand he possessed extraterrestrial demons, and with the other he held rare commodities like elixirs.

The Longevity Sect spread and gradually gained influence in the southern wilderness.

Today, with one Grandmaster of the Tribulation Technique and three Immortals of Longevity within the sect, it truly deserves to be called the most prosperous era in history.

Su Che didn't know how the newly recruited young generation would react to this, but he was pleasantly surprised.

According to Ma Qi's account above, the Longevity Sect was only one lineage among the disciples of Donghua Qingtong Xiaojun back then. There were several other lineages that also existed in the Southern Wilderness, and they even had frequent interactions with each other.

The remains of the ancient Azure Emperor were abducted by the Mighty and Fearless Heavenly Demon King, and one of his lineages fell into the demonic path in the Southern Wilderness, becoming entangled with the Lords of the End of Dharma...

This is certainly not a good thing, but if there are any remnants of the Azure Emperor Ling Weiyang here, it might be helpful for Su Che to refer to his lineage and solve his own problems, perhaps even with the help of others.

The ceremony was more than halfway through, and the disciples below were kowtowing until their heads were bruised and purple. Ma Qi's entrepreneurial story was almost over when suddenly there was another uproar outside.

Su Che didn't need to look to know that the young man who had just been beaten up had finally run over.

These guys really know how to kill.

With just a quick scan using his divine sense, Su Che could tell that the young man surnamed Lü had broken ribs. The bruises on his body were secondary; his internal organs had also suffered some damage.

The path to enlightenment in the Longevity Sect follows the same esoteric methods as the Xuanmen Guiding School. If the internal organs are damaged at this stage, the path ahead will be difficult.

It is important to know that the five internal organs each belong to one of the five elements: heart (fire), liver (wood), kidney (water), lung (metal), and spleen (earth). None of them can be missing.

The group of kids seemed to lack restraint in their attacks, but they struck "just right." Regardless of what kind of martial arts this guy surnamed Lü was, as long as his internal organs were injured, his cultivation would be a step behind theirs from the very beginning.

What's all the noise about?

The leader, Jin Dan, flicked his whisk, and Ma Qi angrily looked to the other side.

He naturally knew who was coming; a dignified expert in the Rejuvenating Pill realm certainly possessed such insight. However, while he understood, there were still things he needed to say; otherwise, how could he establish his authority?
"Reporting to Master, this is the new disciple, Lü Zheng."

"What are the punishments according to the sect rules for breaches of etiquette during the grand ceremony?"

Ma Qi asked the question below.

"According to the rules of the sect, those who misbehave during the ceremony shall be punished with three months of hard labor."

It was that same cultivator surnamed Sun who spoke from the side.

"What are you waiting for?"

Ma Qi originally planned to make a brief appearance at the ceremony. Although he didn't know who Su Che was, if he could please Senior Sister Wan Ying, it would be a great success.

The result is this. If Ma Qi were to follow his usual habits, this kid would be crippled.

But in this situation, he also needs to calm down and restrain his temper.

"Perhaps there's more to the story."

The man surnamed Sun glanced cautiously at Wanying, and Ma Qi frowned slightly, knowing exactly what he meant.

"Lü Zheng, what else do you have to say?"

The wounded Lü Zheng looked at the kneeling figures in front of him. No one spoke; all the disciples were bowing their heads and pressing them firmly to the ground.

"I...I have nothing to say."

These few words almost exhausted his strength, as if his spine had been pulled out from the middle.

The thought of gritting his teeth and holding on was lost, and he collapsed to the ground.

"And what about your injuries?"

"I fell down by myself."

He lowered his head.

waste.

Ma Qi snorted coldly, "Even nobles wouldn't be interested in something like this."

However, one should still maintain self-restraint.

"Then why don't you get down there yourself?"

The master of the Rejuvenating Elixir was furious, and Lü Zheng dared not speak again. He could only agree and quickly retreat. Other disciples had already held him down and dragged him away to who-knows-where.

After giving his instructions, Ma Qi smiled at Su Che again.

"Alright, let's continue the ceremony."

After paying respects to the patriarch, the main event begins.

After Ma Qi finished praising the ancestors' merits, disciples stepped forward to remove the incense table and memorial tablets, replacing them with a female disciple dressed in a black robe. She wore a mask, revealing only her mouth, with purple lipstick. The black robe she wore barely covered the inside of her thighs.

Ma Qi led his disciples to kneel down below, and then pointed upwards with his hand.

A black aura immediately obscured the sky above the plaza.

The disciples below, led by Ma Qi, began to silently chant prayers, all of which were distorted demonic voices sung by human voices, sometimes hoarse, sometimes shrill, and most of the time, inaudible to the human ear.

Ma Qi recited faster and faster, and the woman in black began to dance.

Alluring yet holy, obscure yet clear-minded.

A stark contradiction manifested itself in her, and along with her dance and Mazi's incantation, a faint will appeared on the scene.

This feeling……

Su Che gazed at the dark clouds overhead. At that moment, Wan Ying had already bowed her head and was respectfully reciting the Heavenly Demon Prayer.

At this moment, within that black mist, demonic intent flickered, much like that of the Demon King of Extinction who twisted the void and sent himself directly to this place.

But Su Che knew very well that it was definitely not him.

Just kidding. If the power of the Heavenly Demon King could be displayed at will in this realm, then Xuandu Palace would become the biggest joke.

However, that aura was indeed very similar to this person's.

That sense of inverted emptiness and the annihilation of all things, though only a faint hint of it, truly seems to...

He had originally planned to use the Creation Sword Intent to probe the situation, but the overall structure was far too fragile. He feared that if he tried to probe it, he would end up having to use his flying sword to slay a demon.

As he pondered, Su Che suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

So that's how it is... The trick the Longevity Sect is playing now has a bit of the shadow of our own "Spirit Preservation and Image Reflection" supernatural power. Could it be the same method?
(End of this chapter)