Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 19: Tianhu Summit
after one day.

Chen Mu, exhausted from the journey, returned to Duhai Cliff.

I saw a white jade slip hanging in the air in front of Tinghai Pavilion, emitting light from time to time.

He used his magic power to pick up something from the air, but it turned out to be Senior Sister Han Jing's jade slip for transmitting messages.

Chen Mu activated the jade slip and heard Senior Sister Han Jing's voice slowly coming over. She told Chen Mu about the Tianhu Summit in a month... and asked if he would be there. If not, she told the servants to bring him the spirit stones he was supposed to receive...

The Tianhu Summit is actually the day when Tianhu Peak distributes spirit stones and elixirs to disciples every three months.

According to my senior sister, most of the inner disciples are in seclusion for cultivation, or are out on missions for the sect, so the sect does not require every disciple to be present, and the spirit stones they are supposed to receive can be delivered by the servants.

But on the day of the Tianhu Summit, there was more than just the distribution of spirit stones.

At every summit, the sect would reward outstanding disciples with exquisite elixirs made by their second-level alchemists. This led many disciples to deliberately set aside time to attend the summit...

"There is still a month left... The spirit stones and pills are enough to support me in practicing for a few months, but this Tianhu Summit is my first time since entering the inner sect... I should go." Chen Mu thought silently.

After activating the voice-transmitting jade slip and leaving the message that he was going to attend the summit, he flipped his hand and threw it away. The jade slip flew into the distance like a meteor.

……

A month later.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the sea-viewing platform, gazing into the distance.

"With the help of the Spiritual Pill, my cultivation speed is much faster than using Spiritual Stones. In just one month, I've condensed over ten drops of Spiritual Liquid within my body... At this rate, I should be able to break through to the fifth level of Qi Condensation within a year and a half..."

He collected his thoughts and stood up.

Walk towards Tianhu Peak.

After a while, they arrived at the top of Tianhu Peak.

Over a hundred inner disciples had already arrived, gathering in groups of two or three to discuss their cultivation experiences or the great cultivation of the time...

"Junior Brother Chen, come here!" Senior Sister Han Jing, who was standing by, saw Chen Mu coming and waved to him.

Chen Mu looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Senior Sister Han Jing was also surrounded by three or four female cultivators. She walked over without changing her expression.

Han Jing's eyes lit up as she watched Chen Mu approaching. She smiled softly at the female cultivator next to her, "Senior Sister, I didn't lie to you, did you? Junior Brother Chen has an excellent temperament..."

"Dressed in white, purer than snow, he is remarkably elegant. His black hair is tied high on a jade crown, secured with a simple wooden hairpin. With such grace, perhaps only Senior Brother Xu can rival him..."

"Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? Senior Brother Xu is such a great man, how can a newly promoted inner sect disciple like him be compared to him?"

"I think Junior Brother Chen has a more gentle temperament than Senior Brother Xu, which makes me want to get closer..."

Several female cultivators were chattering in low voices.

As he was speaking, Chen Mu came up to him, bowed and said, "Greetings to Senior Sister Han, and to all the senior sisters..."

Han Jing led the other female practitioners to return the greeting quickly.

"Junior Brother Chen, it's been over two months since we entered the peak. Are you used to it?"

Chen Mu chuckled and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister. Everything is fine."

After chatting for a while, I vaguely heard the sound of people greeting each other near Tianhu Lake.

"It's Senior Brother Xu! Come on! Let's squeeze forward and get to the front!" The female cultivator on the side spoke quickly and loudly.

Chen Mu felt strange, so he stopped talking and looked at it intently.

I saw a handsome young man in his early twenties wearing a green robe walking slowly in the corridor of the Tianhu Pavilion.

Facing the mountain breeze, the handsome young man walked out of the pavilion step by step. As he walked along, every inner disciple who saw him changed his expression and bowed to him.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xu." "Senior Brother Xu is still as charming as ever. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much."

...

Han Jing, who was standing by, saw Chen Mu's puzzled look and explained patiently.

"Junior Brother Chen, you don't know, that's our second senior brother from Tianhu Peak, Senior Brother Xu Yang. He's been a disciple for fifteen years and has reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation, which is higher than some inner disciples who have been disciples for twenty years. Among the inner disciples of Tianhu Peak, except for the eldest sister who can surpass him, the others are not as good as him."

Chen Mu nodded suddenly, no wonder.

After fifteen years of cultivation, he reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation and was ready to receive the true teachings...

Xu Yang walked slowly onto the stone platform in the center of the square. He flicked his finger and a wood-green magic power struck a small bell on the side.

The sound of the bell echoed, lingering throughout the Tianhu Peak.

Soon, all the inner disciples present stopped talking and looked quietly at Xu Yang on the stage.

"My fellow junior brothers and sisters, since our senior sister has gone into seclusion to practice, the peak master will be handed over to me, Xu, to preside over this Tianhu Summit." Xu Yang said slowly.

Upon hearing this, the disciples below the stage responded in unison, "Since Senior Sister is in seclusion, Senior Brother Xu is the only one who can host the summit."

Chen Mu nodded slightly, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Han Jing's mouth curled up, as if in a sneer.

Xu Yang coughed dryly, and even a slight cough made all the disciples below the stage fall silent.

"Today, Xu will distribute spirit stones. All of you fellow disciples should practice diligently and improve your realm."

The audience all agreed.

The next moment, Xu Yang took out a storage bag, opened it and swung it violently. Then many spirit stones appeared in the air and fell in front of the disciples one by one.

Chen Mu put away the spirit stone and thought to himself.

"As expected of the ninth level of Qi Condensation, this control ability alone is already impressive."

Seeing that everyone had collected their spirit stones, Xu Yang continued, "The spirit stones have been distributed. I believe all of you junior brothers and sisters are looking forward to the upcoming battle for the elixir. I won't keep you in suspense. This elixir was refined by our sect's alchemist, Master Chu. It's a first-grade, top-grade Yiyang elixir... I don't need to elaborate on its value..."

As soon as the words came out, the disciples below the stage spoke out as if they heard the sound of nature.

"This time, it was actually Master Chu who made the elixir. Master Chu is the top second-level alchemist in the sect, and it has been many years since he made elixirs for the inner disciples..."

"The key is the Yiyang Pill. This pill is much more precious than the Xuanyuan Pill, which is effective even in the late stages of Qi Condensation. For someone like me who is in the early and middle stages of Qi Condensation, one pill is equivalent to a year of hard training!"

"Just think about it, how could it possibly fall into our hands..."

Chen Mu also knew that the sect enshrined Master Chu Dan. In the entire Zhao Kingdom's immortal cultivation world, he was the only one who had reached the eleventh level of Qi Condensation and was treated with respect by a major immortal cultivation sect.

Xu Yang took out a bottle of pills and said, "There are only three Yiyang Pills this time. Everyone can fight for the first two. As for the third one..." Before he finished speaking, Xu Yang suddenly looked behind the crowd.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes because he realized that Xu Yang was looking at him...

"The third pill was personally handed over by the Peak Master to Junior Brother Chen Mu, who joined the peak over two months ago..."

Before Chen Mu could reply, the people in the audience had already spoken up.

"Who is Chen Mu? Is a new disciple worthy of receiving such a pill?"

"Yes, Senior Brother Xu, why would you give it to a new disciple..."

Xu Yang did not dissuade them. After everyone had discussed for a while, he gently extended his hand to interrupt: "Of course it's because Junior Brother Chen... is highly regarded by the Peak Master."

Chen Mu's expression gradually turned cold. Xu Yang's words seemed to be an explanation for himself, but in fact he had no good intentions, which caused the disciples to feel more or less resentful towards him.

"Before Junior Brother Chen entered the peak, he made great contributions to the sect and killed two ghost disciples!" Han Jing stood up and defended Chen Mu.

(End of this chapter)