Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 329 Dispute
Xu Hui and Liu Wen had only recently entered the Daoist path and had just left with their respective masters. When they heard Zhou Qing praise their high aptitude, they couldn't help but feel proud. When they looked at Zhou Qing again, they felt much closer to him.

After they made their decision, they continued towards the gate of the Liuli Dojo.

Before long, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The Ruri Dojo is located at a high altitude and in a frigid climate. From the foot of the mountain, it is covered in snow, all the way to the top, with many pavilions and towers built of ice and snow dotting the landscape, resembling a crystal palace.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a Liuli Daocheng (a Taoist temple) with disciples specifically assigned to greet guests from all directions.

The area outside the mountain gate was already crowded with guests, mostly from small sects, the four major Dao Palaces, and other Daoist temples. Flying swords would not land outside the mountain gate, but would be received at a separate location.

Master Huanglong was very good at socializing, and he quickly began to chat with the guests while looking for an opportunity to invite other experts to join his grand plan.

Zhou Qing listened with great interest, discovering that the events in the Western Continent were now big news for all the sects in the Central Continent, and many people shared the same thoughts as Huanglong Zhenren.

The Liuli Dao Temple is not far from the Qingxu Dao Palace, and is considered to be within the Dao Palace's sphere of influence. Furthermore, Ancestor Xuanxuan has maintained a good relationship with the Dao Palace for a long time and can speak to the three ancestors of the Dao Palace.

Therefore, many people are determined to try to get in touch with the ancestor.

So the guests, while discussing among themselves, went to the disciples in charge of receiving guests at the mountain gate and presented the gifts they had prepared.

The disciple in charge of receiving guests would take the gift list and loudly announce it. Most of the items on it were things Zhou Qing had never even heard of before; they were rare treasures that were hard to come by.

Cao Yang was also astonished, saying that the Daoist temples in Zhongzhou were indeed extraordinary. The birthday gifts that the ancestor received were more valuable than the decades of mining in Xijizhou by the Hongfa Daoist temple.

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "No need to envy them. Sooner or later, we will also come to Zhongzhou and occupy a great piece of land."

As they were talking, it was their turn to present their gifts.

Master Huanglong and Guzhuzi walked ahead, handing their respective gifts to the disciples who were receiving them, and then stopped to wait for Zhou Qing and the other two.

The disciple in charge of receiving them didn't even look at them, and lazily asked, "Which sect are you from? What is your gift?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "I have a congratulatory gift, but I must personally deliver it to True Lord Xuanxuan."

The disciple then raised his eyelids and glanced at him, sneering, "What kind of status does the Ancestor have? How can you just see him as you please?"

Zhou Qing said, "This is strange. It is the birthday of True Lord Xuanxuan. We are guests who come to offer our congratulations. How can guests not even be allowed to see the host? The Glazed Dojo is being too disrespectful to its guests."

The disciple scoffed and glanced away.

Seeing him wasting so much time, the people behind him were getting impatient and immediately shouted, "Young man in front, stop making a fuss. If you are really qualified to see the patriarch, you don't need to queue with us outside the mountain gate. If you haven't prepared a gift, get out of the way and don't block the way of us Taoist masters."

Zhou Qing turned around and saw a dark-faced Taoist with a thick beard.

He had originally come to the Liuli Dojo to cause trouble, and now that a dispute had broken out, he was about to let loose and start making a scene.

When Huanglong Zhenren and Guzhuzi saw Zhou Qing arguing with the welcoming disciples of the Taoist temple, they were worried that he would suffer a loss, so they quickly stepped forward to mediate.

Master Huanglong handed one of his personal treasures to the welcoming disciple as a congratulatory gift to Zhou Qing and the other two. Then he realized that he had no idea which sect the three belonged to. He thought that since the two sides were now allied to do something big, there would be no point in separating their respective sects. So he included the three of them in the Purple Bamboo Sect as well.

While Huanglong Zhenren was socializing with the welcoming disciples, Guzhuzi had already pulled Zhou Qing aside and said, "Young friend, your conversation along the way has been quite mature and sophisticated. Why are you suddenly acting so awkward? We've come to congratulate our ancestor; how can we argue with the disciples of the Daoist temple?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "I just can't stand that disciple's arrogant and rude manner. Moreover, we are clearly guests, but judging from his attitude, he has no manners of treating guests. He treats us like servants, bossing us around."

Gu Zhu Zi chuckled and said in a low voice, "Young friend, you are still young and don't understand the ways of the world. We came to celebrate the ancestor's birthday. It may seem like we are giving face to Liuli Daoyuan, but actually, the fact that they allowed us to come is because they are giving us face. After all, they are a Nascent Soul Daoyuan."

“The disciples over there may only be at the Qi Refining stage, but because they are disciples of the Nascent Soul Dojo, they are closer to the Nascent Soul stage than we are at the peak of the Golden Core stage.”

"Unless Fellow Daoist Huanglong's plan comes to fruition and we all attain the Nascent Soul stage, we can't say we're on par with them."

As he spoke, Gu Zhuzi glanced at the disciple, a hint of envy in his eyes.

Zhou Qing thought to himself that Gu Zhuzi's words had a great deal of influence from the platform, which was far more important than personal effort.

He smiled and said, "I think Fellow Daoist Guzhu is a blessed person, and he will definitely have a chance to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the future."

Gu Zhu Zi smiled but did not answer.

He knew that the possibility was extremely low, and under normal circumstances it was absolutely impossible. Only the incident in West Antarctica gave them a glimmer of hope.

Actually, the chances of getting this job are slim; all we can do is try our best and leave the rest to fate.

Master Huanglong returned quickly, instructing Zhou Qing to be careful with his words to avoid causing trouble, and then led everyone up the mountain path.

There are two venues for the Xuanxuan Ancestor's birthday banquet. One is the Glazed Palace on the mountaintop, which is where the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Glazed Dojo, the guests of the Four Great Dao Palaces, and the Six Great Dao Palaces feast.

Other guests were seated outside.

Outside the Grand Hall of Glazed Tiles, there is a large platform protruding out of the mountain. The Glazed Tiles Dojo had set up a banquet there in advance. The platform was protected by an array to ensure the temperature inside, so there was no fear that the food would get cold.

The cultivators who came to offer their congratulations, even if they had no chance to enter the Glazed Dojo, were actually well-known figures in their own right, and most of them had reached the stage of abstaining from grains, so they didn't need to eat anything.

However, the banquet at the Liuli Dojo features dishes made from spiritual plants and beasts cultivated by the dojo itself, which are beneficial to people in many ways and are something that the congratulatory cultivators look forward to.

The platform is about two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) above the glazed palace, and there are stone steps connecting them. Zhou Qing and the others' seats are not far from the stone steps.

When the banquet begins, as usual, Ancestor Xuanxuan will come out of the Glazed Hall to thank the guests. Their seats are close to Ancestor Xuanxuan, so they can clearly feel his demeanor.

Huang Long proudly stated that it was all because he was good at networking that he was given such a good position.

After the group took their seats, they were discussing how to get an audience with the patriarch after the birthday banquet, or if they didn't have the chance to see the patriarch, they would at least get to see other influential figures in the Glazed Dojo, when they heard a cold laugh from the side.

(End of this chapter)