Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2216 - 1578: Competition (Subscription Requested)

After the six True Disciples received the inheritance skills, they immediately began their closed-door training.

They were eager to comprehend the techniques in their hands and understand their power, and also wished to quickly adapt their cultivation to speed up their progress.

Their actions influenced the other disciples as well.

For a time, the entire Ascension Mountain became very quiet, with hardly any cultivators moving around outside, as everyone was in their Cave Mansions engaged in cultivation.

Witnessing this, Wansheng couldn’t help but marvel, thinking, "Have they already started influencing the other disciples?"

The True Disciples are not merely inheritants of a lineage or representatives of the sect’s façade; they are role models for other disciples!

Now, these six have already begun to embody such a trend.

In places unseen, the river of destiny symbolizing the Tongtian Sect’s luck started to surge, growing severalfold in the blink of an eye.

Simultaneously, a noticeable change took place; the luck began to condense, transforming into a lotus leaf, covering Ascension Mountain beneath it.

This was a significant change for the Tongtian Sect, though in the grand river of destiny, it was merely a ripple and did not cause any major commotion or draw attention.

After all, the Tongtian Sect’s luck currently was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary Human Immortal realm faction, not particularly outstanding.

None of the Tongtian Sect’s members detected the change in luck, still immersed in their cultivation.

Even disciples returning from tasks in the Immortal City or Marketplace were influenced by the atmosphere of Ascension Mountain and promptly joined in.

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Clang, clang, clang——

A hundred years later, a bell’s chime broke the silence of the mountain.

The simple reason for waking everyone was to start testing the disciples’ combat capabilities.

In terms of martial prowess, they had always had shortcomings that needed addressing.

Moreover, with their current cultivation and realm, prolonged closed-door training wasn’t beneficial; should they encounter bottlenecks, a change in mental state might occur, leading to heart demon invasion and instability of the Dao Heart.

Considering these factors, after deliberation between Li Zhirui and Wansheng, it was decided to specially hold a sect competition, which could become a regular event if successful.

The competition had no cultivation requirements or restrictions; all disciples could register, competing within the same realm to determine the top three, who would receive exceptional rewards.

Furthermore, the top twenty competitors could advance their status, though not from Inner Sect Disciple to True Disciple, they could gain more cultivation resources.

True Disciples, after all, were considered the higher echelon of the Tongtian Sect, and gaining that status couldn’t be so simple.

The news caused a sensational reaction among the disciples.

Almost no one wanted to miss out, desiring to get onstage for experience, even knowing their capabilities were lacking.

Thus, in just a day, Wansheng, through several stewards, received thousands of registration forms!

"Money moves the heart; hope the disciples’ performance can live up to the resources the sect is offering."

Li Zhirui slightly shook his head; these disciples didn’t understand their good intentions, pursuing only those cultivation resources.

Though saying so, he felt no strong emotional stirrings internally. Besides, it was a positive sign that the disciples weren’t afraid of combat.

Perhaps because they hadn’t experienced the terror of war, they didn’t understand fighting, hence their reaction.

"Will the Sect Leader attend the competition?" Wansheng, unsure how to respond, simply changed the topic.

"I’ll only attend the opening and closing ceremonies, staying hidden above the rest of the time, to avoid pressuring them."

If this weren’t the first sect competition, Li Zhirui wouldn’t bother to show up!

For him, the time spent would be better used deciphering more phrases from the Shangqing Inheritance, benefiting himself more.

Helplessly, the gap between him and these disciples was too vast; in his eyes, their life-and-death struggles seemed like play, let alone the current competition, which was mere time-wasting.

"I understand."

Wansheng wasn’t surprised by this answer; it seemed almost expected.

Or rather, he had come to accept Li Zhirui’s peculiar stance on the Tongtian Sect, appearing both concerned and unconcerned.

"Then I’ll go arrange the competition matters."

"Alright."

In the next moment, Wansheng appeared directly before the disciples, saying, "The Sect Leader and I have felt the enthusiasm in your hearts, so we’ve decided to officially commence the competition in three days!"

"Hope by then you’ve prepared well and achieve excellent results in the competition!"

"Yes!"

The disciples responded excitedly, then rushed off in a hurry, all intent on maximizing their chances of success.

With only a few days left before the sect competition, Li Zhirui, not wanting to move, stayed put, taking out a Jade Slip. Beside him appeared a Pill Furnace, seemingly intending to engage in alchemy.

However, he wasn’t actually practicing alchemy, but experimenting with various Spiritual Objects and Tao Spirit Realm objects to deduce a new Pill Recipe.

Due to the low rank of the spiritual objects, the deduction proceeded quite smoothly, and before long, he made significant progress.