Chapter 37 (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Senior Brother Changshou, both of us are in charge of leading the team today. We should work together and protect the reputation of the Immortal Du Sect.”
“Yes. Junior Sister Youqin is right.”
“Senior Brother Changshou, before the elder left, he told me that later on, the Heaven Immortal Elders within the sect will go to the main platform, while we will go to the tribunal platform. Things will easily go wrong during this period. We have to be careful.”
“Yes. Junior Sister Youqin is right.”
“Senior Brother Changshou, how has your cultivation been all these years?”
“Junior Sister Youqin, you are… I’m doing well with my cultivation. Everything is pretty smooth,” Li Changshou answered with a smile and added another sentence in his heart, ‘It was thanks to the fact that you were punished to ponder over your mistake.’
Youqin Xuanya pursed her thin lips. She couldn’t find a new topic at the moment but tried to keep the conversation going.
Unfortunately, she had spent most of her life cultivating. She could not just recite a paragraph of the Dao sutra.
Perhaps, Li Changshou saw her thinking hard, so he took the initiative to say, “You should rest first since you still have a huge responsibility later on.”
“Okay.” Youqin Xuanya nodded her head in agreement. She closed her eyes and pursed her lips before feeling relaxed and restored to her usual self.
Because of Li Changshou’s words, those young disciples, who were secretly observing the two of them, felt comfortable towards his self-knowledge.
There was still some distance to the Coast of the East Ocean after flying for four hours. Along the way, the Immortal Du Sect encountered seven to eight teams that represented their sects.
In order to deal with the invitation by the East Ocean’s Dragon Palace to the Meet, various immortal sects that received the invitation had secretly discussed various aspects.
For example, they had sent more than ten disciples and Perfected Immortals with around 30 people in total this time.
This would show that the human cultivators did not value this Demon-Sweeping Meet so much. However, they still gave the Dragon Palace some respect, so they reluctantly attended this event.
As another example, they had to be careful when exchanging pointers during this Meet and try avoiding the sanguine glow. The immortal sects also had to put their feud on usual days aside temporarily and could not make a fool out of themselves for the dragon race to see.
There were many similar agreements in place, as well.
The main purpose that these immortal sects had made these agreements was to let human cultivators have dignity before the dragon race and manifest their presence.
There was a slightly weird agreement among them—the young disciples of various immortal sects had to be younger than 150 years old.
Why was that so?
Most of these young disciples did not dare to ask even when they had doubts. On the other hand, Li Changshou had a slight knowledge of it.
The dragon race’s dragon egg had to be incubated for at least 150 years before it would break from its sh.e.l.l. The young dragon was equivalent to cultivating in the dragon egg during that time.
The young dragon of the Dragon Palace would possess extraordinary powers and become immortals after cultivating for 100 years. If they were the bloodline of the Dragon King, they would have even more formidable mystical abilities.
The Dragon Palace would let the young dragon show off its strength every time based on previous similar experiences of the Meet. They would use this chance to jeer at the human cultivators.
When the young disciples, who were younger than 150 years old, won against these young dragons, it naturally showed how skillful they were. The immortal sects would be happy with that. Even if they lost, they would not have lost their dignity either.
The human race gathered in the South Continent, while the experts of the human cultivators gathered in the Middle Continent.
If the immortal sects of the East Continent could not hold their heads high before the Dragon Palace, they would also face censure from the major sects of the Middle Continent. Therefore, all the immortal sects in the East Continent were conscious of their dignity.
As they approached the Coast of the East Ocean, the sky was filled with white clouds lingering with an immortal glow.
Although there were few Exalted Immortals in the East Continent, less than a hundred of them were qualified enough to receive the Dragon Palace’s invitation.
However, in order to draw the border of the East Ocean clearly this time, the Dragon Palace had not only invited the Immortal Sects of the Three Schools, such as the Immortal Du Sect, which had a profound foundation but also invited all the immortal sects from the edge of the East Ocean.
As a result, even if an immortal sect sent 30 people out, there would still be many attending the Meet. The sky near the Meet was a little… crowded.
All the disciples of the Immortal Du Sect stood up at this moment. Youqin Xuanya also returned to her initial spot and listened to the instructions from the Martial Uncles and Martial Aunts in front.
Li Changshou did not take a further look at his surroundings. He stood at the corner quietly, looked down, and listened with his heart.
A disciple up ahead exclaimed in awe, “As expected, it’s the Demon-Sweeping Meet held by the Dragon Palace. It looks very magnificent with all the immortals here.
“Everyone has to give the Dragon Palace some respect. After all, they are one of the three major races since ancient times.”
A male immortal turned around to reprimand him. “Speak cautiously and observe more! Do not follow them! You will easily violate a taboo!”
“Okay. It was a slip of my tongue. Please forgive me, Martial Uncle.”
Another female disciple suddenly said, “Is that the place for the Meet this time?”
Everyone looked at where she was pointing before they suddenly exclaimed in awe.
Li Changshou also looked at the sky and couldn’t help raising his eyebrows.
How magnificent!
What a good array formation!
Some distance away from them in the south-east direction was a huge waterspout.
This waterspout was just like the long stem of a lotus flower. It diverted a huge amount of ocean water to the sky, causing a ma.s.sive water lotus platform to form.
The waterspout was stabilized by the immortal powers and stayed still. The water lotus platform above it was steady and wide, and the surrounding clouds and mists filled the sky. It was just like an immortal realm on the ocean.
That was the main venue of the Demon-Sweeping Meet.
A Perfected Immortal inside said with a smile, “The Dragon Palace has never disappointed us with such a huge spectacle.”
Upon hearing that, Li Changshou laughed softly and looked at Martial Aunt Jiu Jiu standing beside a few female immortals.
Throughout this journey, Martial Aunt Jiu Jiu seemed to have changed into another person. She was gentle and quiet. Not only had she not touched the little wine gourd on her waist, but she also had not dared to utter a word.
After all, her Master was above her. That side of hers was actually pretty lovable.
In the past few years, the more those working together with Martial Aunt to refine pills and set up array formation interacted with her, the more they found it a pity that she spoke well.
Cough. That was a joke.
As they approached the waterspout and lotus platform, they could increasingly sense how spectacular it was and constantly lamented how the Dragon Palace had spent money.
A dense ma.s.s of Prawn Soldiers and Crab Generals stood on the surface of the ocean. They were incomparable to those little demons that Lan Ling’ e had killed previously, as each of them had a condensed aura.
Even the weakest Prawn Soldier’s aura fluctuation could be compared to a Dao Requital Realm cultivator. Clearly, they were the elite troops of the Dragon Palace.
Presently, the Heavenly Courts were not doing well, and the Heavenly River had no troops either. They had created a general for Heavenly Courts’ water troops. The most powerful water troops in the world were the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas.