However, more importantly, during this period, he had finished downloading Ao Yu's [mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation] and had secretly begun using it while preaching!
Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
That's right. He had now completely broken through to the mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
At this thought, Jiang Chen's heart stirred, and he immediately wanted to open the download panel to see how many times faster his speed had become.
But just as he finished preaching, he happened to see a faintly smiling face.
It was his master, Tongtian!
"Your disciple pays respects to Master!"
Jiang Chen had no time to think and hurriedly saluted from afar. But when he saw the scene of the myriad immortals worshiping around him, he continued, "Sorry, Master. I didn't expect this either."
"No need to say more. Do you think your master is the kind of person who would envy his disciple?"
Tongtian waved his hand indifferently.
But just after saying that, he happened to notice Jiang Chen's strange gaze. This immediately reminded him of what had happened back on Kunlun Mountain. At that time, it seemed that he really had been jealous of his disciple's astonishing talent.
At this thought, Tongtian's old face flushed red. He glared fiercely at Jiang Chen, as if saying, Are you the master, or am I?
"I'll teach you a lesson later!"
He left behind a harsh warning, then looked toward the countless living beings surrounding Golden Ao Island and chose to change the subject:
"All the living beings of the Primordial World may enter my Interception Sect. Those of you willing to stay may become nominal disciples of my Interception Sect!"
"Now that the time has come, you may listen to the Dao outside the island. My Interception Sect's disciples will listen on the island, while my personal disciples will follow me into Biyou Palace to listen to the Dao!"
His majestic voice resounded throughout the universe, causing countless living beings to rejoice.
They had originally thought that Tongtian's willingness to preach was already an immense surprise. They had never expected that they could now become disciples of a Saint as well. This was truly joy upon joy. Faced with such temptation, no one refused.
"Thank you, Senior, for preaching!"
"Thank you for your compassion, Saint! May the Saint remain in good health!"
The rogue cultivators who had come to Golden Ao Island first bowed to Jiang Chen in thanks, then expressed their gratitude to Tongtian.
After thanking them one after another, countless rogue cultivators hurriedly rushed onto Golden Ao Island, as if there were some peerless spiritual treasure there, surging forward in a frenzy.
Clearly, they all intended to join the Interception Sect and become nominal disciples.
As for Jiang Chen—
When Tongtian said that he would preach, Jiang Chen brought Ao Yu and followed him to Biyou Palace in the clouds.
Apart from the supreme Saint's meditation cushion, there were also nine cushions arranged beneath it, corresponding exactly to Jiang Chen and his eight fellow disciples.
As for Ao Yu, the fact that she could enter Biyou Palace was already thanks to the blessing of being Jiang Chen's mount, so she could only stand to the side.
Even so, Ao Yu was overjoyed. There was not the slightest trace of resentment in her heart anymore, only absolute loyalty toward Jiang Chen.
After Jiang Chen and the others took their seats one after another, Tongtian received the worship of the myriad immortals, and then the preaching began.
"Heaven derives forty-nine, with one escaping. The Dao of our Interception Sect is to seize that thread of life within Heaven and Earth..."
"The Dao is empty and vast! It stands alone and does not change, traveling everywhere without exhaustion!..."
"There are three thousand Great Daos. Taking just one is enough to attain the Dao. Unless one possesses peerless talent, one must not covet too many..."
When a Saint preached the Dao, golden lotuses surged from the earth, dragons and phoenixes cried out in unison, and boundless auspicious signs descended from the heavens in an instant.
However, none of this truly occupied their minds, because at that moment, they felt that the Great Dao, which had once been obscure and incomprehensible, had suddenly become clear and easy to understand. Countless cultivators experienced a tremendous increase in strength.
For a while, some wept tears of joy, some beamed with delight, some pounded their chests and stamped their feet, while others wore anguished expressions!
In short, everyone who listened to the Dao was overjoyed and benefited immensely. But unlike the others, although Jiang Chen was pleasantly surprised, what delighted him was not the Saint's preaching.
What a joke. Back on Kunlun Mountain, he had already finished listening to the Three Pure Ones preach. At most, this preaching could provide him with a few insights.
Rather than calmly listen to the Dao, he might as well take advantage of the myriad immortals coming to pay court and see whether those nominal disciples had any good treasures!
Once he had the idea, Jiang Chen immediately began slacking off. Through the clouds below, he examined the countless cultivators who were listening to the Dao.
"Late-stage Grand Master Golden Immortal cultivation? Good stuff. Download!"
"What? There's even a perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal? Download it!"
"Alchemy Divine Abilities? What a pity. They're completely useless."
"The Soul-Captivating divine ability? Not bad. It could be useful. Downloaded!"
As Jiang Chen called up their attributes, countless panels blossomed before his eyes. The things they possessed were even more dazzling!
Although all these people's cultivation was below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and they did not have many good things on them, there were simply too many of them. Even if one person had nothing that moved Jiang Chen, what about a hundred people, or ten thousand?
In the blink of an eye, countless good things appeared before his eyes!
Seeing this, Jiang Chen was overjoyed and hurriedly began downloading them.
And so—
While everyone else listened to the Dao, he alone frantically downloaded things!
If others found out about this, their eyes would probably fall out from shock. Slacking off while a Saint preached—the first person in history to do that was probably him!
As Jiang Chen issued command after command, the system notifications rang out repeatedly.
"Ding! Beginning download of [late-stage Grand Master Golden Immortal cultivation]!"
"Ding! Beginning download of [perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal cultivation]!"
"Ding! Beginning download of the [Soul-Captivating] divine ability!"
"Ding! Beginning download..."
A leisurely hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
The Saint had already stopped preaching, but the Saint's Dao was so profound that those who had listened to it still spent a full ten years before awakening one after another.
After waking, they sensed that their own strength had skyrocketed, and every one of them was overjoyed.
"Thank you, Saint, for preaching! Thank you for your compassion!"
After rejoicing, they did not forget that all this was due to the teachings of the Saint Tongtian, and immediately bowed in thanks.
"The first preaching session has ended. In a thousand years, the second preaching session will begin!"
"Additionally, those with sufficient talent may become outer disciples under my tutelage!"
Tongtian's majestic voice echoed in everyone's ears.
After leaving Kunlun Mountain, he naturally had to develop the Interception Sect. Otherwise, he would not have preached in the first place. Now was precisely the perfect time to accept disciples.
Sure enough—
As Tongtian's words fell, the numerous living beings were all overjoyed and repeatedly bowed toward Tongtian above the Ninth Heaven.
"We implore the Saint to accept us as disciples!"
"I am a low-grade Innate God. I beg the Saint to take pity on me!"
"I am not inferior either. I have already reached the perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal realm. After listening to the Saint's preaching, I feel that the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm is no longer far away. I beg the Saint for mercy!"
"I am the same..."
Countless rogue cultivators knelt and worshiped, their cries and pleas resounding through the Ninth Heaven and shaking the sky.
As if afraid that Tongtian would refuse to accept them, some cultivators hurriedly released their auras, attempting to increase their bargaining chips and hoping that Tongtian would look upon them differently.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen could not help feeling fortunate. He was fortunate that Tongtian had accepted him as a disciple long ago. Otherwise, he would probably have been one of them now, and might not even have been qualified.
After feeling fortunate, Jiang Chen stopped thinking about it and instead released his own aura along with them.
After all, constantly suppressing his aura gave him an oppressive feeling. Releasing it would also let him see just how powerful his aura had become.
"Perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal!!"
The moment Jiang Chen released his aura, before he could even speak, Sanxiao's astonished voice suddenly rang out from the side.
The moment her words fell, everyone in Biyou Palace, including Tongtian, turned to look at Jiang Chen!
Likewise, they all saw the terrifying aura emanating from Jiang Chen!
Although he was in the perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal realm, the aura he emitted was a full ten times stronger than that of the others. In an instant, Sanxiao and the others could not help developing the illusion that the Senior Disciple Brother before them was not a perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal, but a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Seeing this, they were stunned.
When they had first seen Jiang Chen, he had only been at the early-stage Golden Immortal realm. Yet now, after the preaching had ended, he had directly reached the perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal realm?
The aura emanating from him was even comparable to that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Hiss!
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