As noon arrived and the blazing sun shone overhead, Sand Yellow Mountain seemed draped in a layer of golden gauze.
The cultivators attending the ceremony were all extremely curious about how many more Golden Cores would arrive.
After all, eleven Golden Core cultivators had already come.
As time passed, however, what arrived this time were not Golden Core cultivators, but two Dragon Envoy Flying Boats.
And they were not the ordinary yellow Dragon Envoy Flying Boats, but orange ones.
That signified the arrivals of Prefecture Lord Xiao and Prefect Wang.
Ye Jingcheng also descended from the mountain. Unlike the other Golden Core cultivators, he could wait until they had presented their congratulatory gifts before coming down to greet them.
Yet for these two prefect lords at Golden Core Peak, he had to descend in advance.
Moreover, before any congratulatory gifts were presented, the Rosy Cloud phenomenon in the sky reached its peak. Nine rosy clouds transformed into Auspicious Beasts in the heavens, dancing gracefully before finally turning into spirit rain that fell from the sky.
Quite a few cultivators were fortunate enough to be drenched by the spirit rain and hurriedly closed their eyes to absorb it.
Those cultivators who had not brought gifts and had not gone up the mountain were now filled with regret.
Had they known, they too would have prepared a gift. Forget going up the mountain—even just catching some spirit rain, eating a spirit fruit, and listening to the sermon would have made the trip worthwhile.
"Prefect Wang, Prefecture Lord Xiao, you honor us with your presence. Forgive me for failing to welcome you from afar!" Ye Jingcheng stepped forward.
Behind Prefecture Lord Xiao stood Xiao He, while behind Prefect Wang stood Wang Shiyun, one of Wang Qing Prefecture's three great fairies.
"Qian Chen Daoyou,