Chapter 786 The Foundation Ceremony (4)
nderstand, I do!" Xiao Yu nodded repeatedly in agreement."By the way, why isn't Erzhu here" The person asked casually as he led Xiao Yu inside."Oh, he's short on money and is trying to gather some. If...Chapter 786: Grand Founding Ceremony (4)
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Not only did people from these families feel regretful, but even those in these third-rate sects felt the same. As they left, they would occasionally turn back to look at this place.
Last night, they had stayed here for a whole night and knew the effect of the spirit gathering array formation. Now that it was being abandoned like this, naturally they felt regretful. However, since they weren't the owners of this array formation, there wasn’t much to be said about it. Moreover, as sects with dignity, they couldn't go back and take these things away; after all, if they were to pick up discarded items from others, where would their face be
"Let's go, guys. Let’s destroy this array formation. Anyway, we have an annual quota of twelve sets in each family. If we destroy it, we won’t feel regretful," before leaving, the Wang brothers looked at the spirit gathering array formation and gritted their teeth as they said.
These people from the families didn't fear others knowing about this, besides, they all understood Xiao Yu's intentions. Xiao Yu probably hadn't intended to hide that he had invited these third-rate sects here in the first place. Moreover, now that they knew the situation of the big sects, they all realized that Xiao Yu was trying to win over these major sects.
"Twelve sets per family Then wouldn’t Xiao Yu be able to make more than a hundred sets each year No wonder he could casually discard such rare items."
Indeed, when the people from the sects heard what the Wang brothers said, they couldn't help but shudder and think of this. At this point, when they looked at Xiao Yu again, their gaze was very complicated; there was even a hint of greed in it.
However, as soon as they recalled Xiao Yu's sword flight from yesterday, the greedy look in their eyes gradually disappeared. Peak Condensation Phase! Sword Flight Technique! If he knows such lost techniques, who knew what other secret methods he might know So thinking about this, they discarded certain ideas.
Moreover, Xiao Yu belonged to the country. Over these days, they had also learned a lot about the country and were astonished by its strength. How could they have other thoughts then
If Xiao Yu was just an ordinary cultivator, no matter what, they would try their best to control him. However, since Xiao Yu not only possessed high cultivation but also strong power, and it was known that he was the leader of national cultivators, how could such a person be something for them to covet
However, very quickly, their eyes lit up; if they couldn’t seize by force, could there be cooperation between both sides After all, these sects hadn't been accepted by the major sects. These third-rate sects were like small fish and shrimp in the big river, completely looked down upon by those first-rate sects. But to the country, their strength was still considerable. Although national cultivators weren’t as powerful as the large sects, they had high-tech weapons, which made them not easy to provoke.
Moreover, the country has this oddball, Xiao Yu. Initially, they thought that Xiao Yu was an old monster, but after getting to know him, they discovered he is no more than twenty years old.
A person who has reached the peak of Qi Condensation at such a young age! It's important to note that among them, even the youngest are already seventy or eighty years old. Although some sect leaders might look in their fifties, they actually broke through to the late stage of Qi Condensation when they were fifty, which is why they aged slower. In reality, these people are nearly a hundred years old.
Despite being nearly a hundred years old, their chance of breaking through to the peak of Qi Condensation remains uncertain and distant.
A person who has reached the peak of Qi Condensation at such a young age can have numerous secret arts and even forge spirit gathering formations. Xiao Yu’s prospects are limitless. Perhaps he will break through the Qi Condensation stage and enter the Foundation Establishment realm, which is considered the most formidable existence in modern times.
However, from their perspective, Xiao Yu's chances of breaking through are at best one or two out of ten. This doesn't mean they undervalue him; it’s just that reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is incredibly difficult. One to two out of ten chances for Xiao Yu would be considered high. Even those peak Qi Condensation cultivators in major sects have, according to them, a maximum chance of half a percent due to their advanced ages.
If they knew that Xiao Yu was already at the Foundation Establishment stage, they might immediately try to curry favor with him!
Nevertheless, even so, when heading towards Kunlun, their attitude toward Xiao Yu became much warmer. They would answer any questions asked, yet remained tight-lipped about core issues.
Although these people did not discuss significant matters, Xiao Yu gained some understanding of the major sects in Kunlun. These top-level sects are far from being composed merely of small fry; each has over a hundred members, with at least ten or more at the peak of late-stage Qi Condensation. As for how many there are at the peak stage, they aren't sure, but even the smallest major sect must have one to be considered for alliance, otherwise, like them, it would only be an appendage.
When these major sects sealed their mountains due to powerful formation arrays, entire villages surrounding them were enclosed. These villagers formed the foundation of each sect. In contrast, Xiao Yu’s sect had merely a couple of thousand people simultaneously sealed off.
During times of war, residents in these villages naturally desired places to avoid turmoil; thus, mutual agreements were easily reached.
Hearing this, Xiao Yu fell silent. Now he must not only consider these issues but also think about the tens of thousands of villagers surrounding each sect. After major sects reopened their mountains, these villagers emerged without household registrations and no contact with the outside world. These are problems to be addressed. Furthermore, what if ordinary people from China come across these villagers when traveling on major sect territories
Although there are large formations around the major sects preventing ordinary people from entering, those inside still need to come out when a new sect is founded!
In Xiao Yu's thoughts, they approached the valley where Kunlun Sect's gate was located.
Xiao Yu knew about the Kunlun Sect in the secular world through Zhong Kui's memories, but he had never visited it himself. However, he had been to other sects before.
Although this valley was beautiful, to those from influential families, it was just an ordinary valley. But for Xiao Yu, he could sense a vague and indescribable fluctuation coming from the valley, which should be the fluctuations of the mountain protection formation.
"Up ahead is Kunlun's gate!" When Xioa Yu entered this valley with his group, one of the sect leaders from a third-rate sect pointed to where two towering stone pillars stood on both sides of another valley.
Hearing that, Xiao Yu nodded and looked in that direction. The two towering stones were like massive columns standing guard at the entrance, and just now, he felt those vague fluctuations coming precisely from between these two giant rocks.
"Who are you" Just as they approached these stone pillars, two figures appeared before them out of thin air, coldly asking.
"We're here to attend the founding ceremony!" At this moment, a sect leader from the third-rate sect Qingfeng Sect beside Xiao Yu said.
Upon hearing this, the young men looked suspiciously at him and their group of nearly a hundred people. "Do you have invitations"
Hearing this, these sect leaders took out an invitation and placed it in the hands of one of the young men. Seeing that he had produced his invitation, the others also quickly took out theirs and handed them to the two youngsters. Finally, Xioa Yu signaled for Daoist Master Baiyun to hand their invitations over as well.
At this moment, these two Kunlun Sect youths staring at the thick stack of invitations in their hands were somewhat dumbfounded. They naturally knew how many sects would be attending today's founding ceremony; just now they had counted all these invitations and found that it was exactly the number of invitations they had sent out.
This meant that everyone invited had shown up this time. Looking at the stack in his hands, then glancing towards Xiao Yu and company, one of them suddenly changed expression and gave a signal to the other youngster with an eye gesture.
The young man also realized something at that moment. After seeing the look on his face, he turned around and took a step back before vanishing.
So many people came together, laughing and chatting along the way. There were even people from their own country among them. This couldn't help but make everyone's imaginations run wild.
"Please wait a moment, my junior apprentice brother Qingyuan has already gone to inform the elders!" The young man holding the invitation turned around and said this to Xiao Yu and the others after seeing that person leave.
“Mm!” Hearing what the young man had to say, Xiao Yu and the rest nodded their heads but no one spoke.
About a quarter of an hour later, the young Daoist named Qingyuan came out. Five old men in their sixties or seventies followed him.
When these elders appeared, apart from Xiao Yu's expression not changing at all, everyone else was visibly shocked.
The five elders did not hide the fluctuations of their essence energy but instead deliberately released it to make the small sects and families feel an inexplicable pressure.
"Peak Essence Condensation Realm! And there are five Peak Essence Condensation Realms!" When they felt this massive wave of essence energy, those people couldn't help but look shocked as they cried out in alarm.
The small sects and families rarely had even a single Peak Essence Condensation Realm cultivator. Now that they saw the sudden appearance of five here naturally made them extremely alarmed.
In fact, this was already more than half of the Peak Essence Condensation Realms in Kunlun. They were all elders from the Kunlun sect. When they found out that some third-rate sects and nations had come together, they decided to dispatch five elders. The goal was to give these third-rate sects a fright so that they would know about Kunlun's strength.
At this moment, the Kunlun elders naturally saw the shock on the faces of people from these third-rate sects and families, so their faces couldn't help but show a trace of arrogance.
However, they quickly noticed Xiao Yu standing in the middle of the crowd. Seeing Xiao Yu calmly standing there without even frowning, he could not help but sneer coldly as powerful energy surged from them, pressing down on Xiao Yu and the rest.ed the needle with his right hand. With each twist, the glowing needle slowly penetrated deeper into the patient's skull.The human skull is one of the hardest bones in the body, while the gold needle...