Before the gates of Puyang Sect, several hundred cultivators had gathered. The vast majority were mighty True Immortals, with a small number of Golden Immortals among them, but not a single Immortal Realm cultivator.
Qin Fengming did not believe that an entire immortal domain would have only this few cultivators heading to Grand Clarity Palace. There had to be other cultivators inside everyone's Xumi Cave Dwellings. Like him, they merely wished to save some of the cost of riding the Cloud-Piercing Boat.
Qin Fengming swept his divine sense out and spotted the five True Immortal cultivators who had arrived with him.
He did not go over. He merely stood at the outskirts of the gathered cultivators, quietly awaiting the appearance of Grand Clarity Palace cultivators.
Several hours later, more than a dozen cultivators emerged from Puyang Sect's gates. At their center was a middle-aged True Immortal, with a palace veiled in clouds and mist embroidered on the hem of his robe.
That palace was precisely the emblem of Grand Clarity Palace.
Like stars surrounding the moon, more than a dozen Puyang Sect True Immortals escorted the Grand Clarity Palace cultivators out of the gates. The gathered cultivators immediately fell silent, and the scene became still.
"Fellow Daoists, this old man is Du Zhen of Grand Clarity Palace, responsible for piloting the Cloud-Piercing Boat. Today is the day fellow Daoists of the Puyang Immortal Domain depart together for Grand Clarity Palace to attend the Essence Flower Gathering. I will not waste words. Let this old man first explain the particulars of the Cloud-Piercing Boat. Those who have ridden it before know that it must fly for several years, so boarding it requires a certain number of immortal Spirit Stones.
The Cloud-Piercing Boat has three levels of accommodations. The highest grade has