I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 47 Disciples of the Hengfa Sect

"A top-grade magical weapon?"

Ying Chan and Li Xuanying exchanged a glance, both surprised.

The mysteries of magical artifacts are largely bestowed by divine runes and restrictions, but the path of divine runes is vast and complex, making it difficult to classify them into different grades.

Therefore, the grade of a magical artifact is mostly determined by the restrictions imposed during its refinement.

Generally speaking, a magical artifact is considered to be of grade one if it has twelve layers of restrictions refined, and it must have at least twenty-four layers of restrictions refined to be called a high-grade magical artifact.

Such a magical artifact, if truly activated at full power, would be difficult for even a Xuan Guang cultivator to withstand, making it incomparably powerful and priceless.

The two of them were just strolling around the treasure pavilion. They could only look on with envy at the ordinary and mid-grade magic artifacts. They never even thought about the high-grade magic artifacts. It turned out that someone could actually obtain a high-grade magic artifact in the jade pool.
"Senior brother, let's go take a look too."

After saying this, Li Xuanying led the way and walked quickly toward the Jade Pool.

Ying Chan was also very curious, so he followed. Before the two of them even reached the edge of the Jade Pool, they saw a beam of light shooting into the sky, which even dispersed the clouds in the sky.

Li Xuanying whispered, "Senior brother, it's a flying sword."

Ying Chan nodded. He had already seen the gleaming light of the treasure, which revealed a gleaming sword blade. Its sharpness was so intense that it caused a stinging pain in the eyes when one looked directly at it, demonstrating the sharpness of a superior flying sword.

However, the superior-grade flying sword did not remain visible for long before its light faded and it landed among the crowd.

At this time, the area around the Jade Pool was already bustling with activity, and even though the space was so spacious, it still felt crowded with people.

Seeing this, Ying Chan and Li Xuanying did not try to squeeze in. After looking around for a while, they found the place crowded and noisy, and couldn't help but feel bored.

Having seen the superior-grade flying sword on either side, the two immediately decided to leave.

Before he could turn and leave, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd, and someone shouted, "Make way, make way!"

The crowd parted in response, and three or five people strode out from the middle.

These men, all dressed in black Taoist robes, were young men. Some wore hairpins, some wore shawls, and some wore crowns, but all of them were full of vigor and high spirits.

As they emerged, Ying Chan overheard someone laughing, "I never expected that Senior Brother would not only fail to obtain the immortal fruits from the Xuandu Sect on this trip, but would also acquire a high-grade flying sword in this Wanshan Fangshi."

"It's clear that the trip went smoothly!"

The young man, surrounded by several people in the center, had sword-like eyebrows and an imposing air. He toyed with a three-inch sword between his fingers and simply smiled and said, "Then I'll take your kind words, Junior Brother."

"..."

Ying Chan heard someone whisper in his ear, "It's them."

He turned around and saw a gaunt Taoist priest. The priest immediately shut his mouth when he saw his gaze.

Ying Chan thought for a moment, then cupped his hands towards the Taoist and asked, "Do you recognize these people, fellow Daoist?"

The Taoist priest, who was about to leave, paused upon hearing this, glanced back a few times, and only after seeing that the Taoist priests in black robes had already gone far away did he say, "Fellow Taoist, don't you know?"

Ying Chan said, "Please enlighten me, fellow Daoist."

The Taoist priest, usually one to strike up a conversation, immediately perked up and said, "They are all disciples of the Hengfa Sect's Xuanguang School!"

"The Hengfa School?"

Ying Chan was taken aback.

He had seen this name in a book; it was said to be a major sect located south of the Da Wan Mountain, bordering the vast sea.

This major sect is probably more than ten thousand miles away from Xuandu. How could its Xuan Guang disciples appear on this cloud boat?

Ying Chan voiced his doubts, which surprised the gaunt Taoist even more. He asked, "Aren't you a disciple of Xuandu? How come you don't know about this?"

"A disciple of Xuandu?"

Ying Chan glanced at his Taoist robe and said, "I am a disciple of the Taoist academy, not yet a member of the Xuandu sect." "If that's the case..."

The gaunt Taoist muttered, "But since you don't know, it won't hurt for me to say a few more words."

Ying Chan and Li Xuanying listened attentively.

The gaunt Taoist cleared his throat before saying, "It is said that the Xuandu Sect possesses a spiritual root that can bear a batch of immortal fruits every ten years. These fruits are of immeasurable benefit to cultivators at the Xuan Guang realm..."

At this point, he shook his head: "But I don't know what the Xuandu Sect was thinking. It would be one thing if they didn't leave all the fruit to their disciples, but they even used it to hold some kind of grand meeting."

"Ah!" Li Xuanying exclaimed in realization, "So that's what it is!"

The gaunt Taoist priest's face fell as he was interrupted.

Seeing this, Li Xuanying awkwardly said, "Fellow Daoist, please continue."

The gaunt Taoist could not continue speaking. After a long pause, he finally uttered, "I have heard that any Xuan Guang cultivator with a certain level of skill can attend the Xuan Du Sect's gathering. If they can stand out at the gathering, they will have the opportunity to taste the immortal fruit."

"The Immortal Fruit Assembly is about to begin, and these disciples of the Hengfa Sect have naturally come for this purpose."

After saying that, he shook his head, as if he hadn't had enough, cupped his hands in farewell, and took his leave.

Ying Chan didn't care, but simply asked, "Does Xuan Ying know about this?"

Li Xuanying nodded, then shook his head: "I only heard about it from my classmate by chance, and I don't know more than this fellow Daoist."

"I see……"

Ying Chan looked back, but the disciples of the Hengfa School had long since disappeared, yet he still stared at them for quite a while.

Li Xuanying was unaware that ever since he refined the Heavenly Pearl, the Xuan Guang cultivators had become extremely conspicuous in his eyes.

The inner world of a Xuan Guang cultivator is constantly intersecting with the outer world. If their magical power and spiritual light are not concealed, it is as if they are shrouded in a rosy robe.

This is what is known as 'mysterious light penetrating the body'.

The mystical light emanating from the Hengfa disciples was more and more striking than the others, especially the 'senior brother' they were surrounding, whose mystical light was almost brighter than all the others combined.

So powerful, he's also a Xuan Guang cultivator?

If we exclude the senior disciples in the academy, the academy master and the Taoist master, this is the first time Ying Chan has witnessed the demeanor of a disciple from a major sect.

"Fairy Fruit Conference..."

I wonder what kind of magical fruit it is that could attract the disciples of the Hengfa Sect to travel thousands of miles to attend the gathering.

Besides them, were there any other sect cultivators who came to the gathering?
Are there any Xuan Guang disciples in our Xuan Du Sect?

There must be some, but I don't know how many there are, or what kind of splendor they possess...

Ying Chan was filled with longing and wished he could immediately cultivate the Xuan Guang and participate in this conference.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Xu will participate in this conference?"

Li Xuanying also said to himself, "It's a pity that even if I cultivate the Profound Light within this year, I will only be able to attend the next session."

After a long while, the two shook their heads in unison and said, "That's enough."

Upon hearing this, Ying Chan and Li Xuanying exchanged another glance and smiled at each other.

The two stopped dwelling on the matter and discussed whether to stroll around the cloud boat some more or return to the Taoist temple before sunset.

As he pondered and walked, he bypassed the Jade Pool and headed in another direction, when he was suddenly called back.

"Junior Brother Ying!"

(End of this chapter)