Chapter 358 There Is No Direct Way That Would Lead One Right to the End (1/2)

All of the disciples had arrived. Puppets created by spells directed them to their respective seats.

These puppets were created by an elder who cultivated Liu Ding Liu Jia. Even though they were not comparable to clones, but they were capable of performing menial tasks. The main ingredient was Yin Jade, which was why they seemed to have the power of the spirit and the physical appearance of a human.

If they could obtain spirituality, they would look similar to the golden armored heroes and Celestial soldiers in the legends.

Yan Bugui contributed to the Dao assessment too. As he was an expert in Dao of Talisman, he prepared a lot of Talismans and turned them into spiritual creatures. The mystique exhibited by them filled the cloud platform, and the entire setting gave off the vibe of Celestialism.

At the center of the cloud platform, there were towers. Everyone was seated in different towers according to the branch they belonged to. These towers were joined and together they formed a Dao restriction that circled the center of the cloud platform. Under this arrangement, the surrounding areas would not be affected by the battles between the disciples.

Some towers were more populated than others; there were some who sat alone in their respective towers.

Moreover, not all of the disciples had a teacher-elder. After the incident with Yanxu, there were a lot of branches who lost their respective orthodoxy. Hence, some of the survivors had sent a few of their disciples to the branches that got wiped out as a sign of remembrance to their fallen comrades.

The division of branches in Qing Xuan was not strict. Generally, it meant that the disciples in a particular branch mainly cultivated one of the one hundred and eight techniques of Qing Xuan.

As for the prodigies who could cultivate multiple Dao formulas at once remained rare.

The existence of different branches was to encourage exchanges between the disciples who were cultivating the same Dao formula. Moreover, the records of their cultivation experience would benefit the successors immensely.

Since the creation of the one hundred and eight techniques, a lot of the contents had been modified. However, as a whole, the quality improved and had been perfected.

The most valuable treasure of each branch was the records on the evolution that transformed the original Dao formula to the current Dao formula. This represented the complete inheritance and was something that Taiwei Pavilion could not record.

The more successors a branch had, the likelier that there would be an expert who managed to attain the state of Huandan. The reasoning behind this was simple; the collective wisdom of the numerous predecessors were gathered and served as the foundation for the successors to cultivate upon.

Dao formulas that were extremely powerful, such as Taixu Strategy, were at risk of being a lost art if there was no prodigy who could carry on the legacy.

Shen Lian was accompanied by Ruoxi at the eastern tower.

The rest of the disciples saw and could not help but to think that it was better to be born into the right family rather than cultivating hard.

Gu Caiwei walked in the air at a calm pace. Ruoxi spoke, ”Aunt Caiwei.”

Gu Caiwei smiled and replied, ”Xi Er, I heard that you are going to participate in the Dao assessment. Do you have confidence to be the champion?”

Ruoxi raised her head proudly as she replied, ”Aunt Caiwei, let me know there are any disciples whom you are close with. If I happen to run into them, I will go easy on them.”

Gu Caiwei pointed at Shen Lian and spoke, ”Indeed, she is from the Shen Family.”

Shen Lian rubbed Ruoxi's head and replied, ”Young child, you are talking big. Amongst these disciples, there is one of them that you might not win against.”

Ruoxi extended her fair hand and pointed at Choushi. She said, ”He too, would not be a challenge to me.”

Choushi was seated alone in the tower. He was in deep thoughts when he noticed that Ruoxi was pointing at him. Even though he did not understand the meaning behind this, he still replied with a smile.

Gu Caiwei was surprised, she exclaimed, ”What's with the brat's transformation? His spiritual sense has gotten so sharp.”

Shen Lian replied, ”Everyone has their own fate.”