Ancient Immortals' Gathering
Lu Yang is impersonating the Immortal Fairy's cheat ability, exercising the power of the acting Sect Master, and planning the content of the sect's celebration.
After all, you can't just invite everyone over for a meal and drinks, have the fairy give an opening speech and a closing speech, and then it's over.
The 120,000th anniversary celebration was rather uneventful; even Lu Yang himself couldn't bear to watch it, let alone get past his senior sister.
That means you can get past the Immortal Fairy.
"It's a celebration, everyone should have a good time, why make it so complicated?"
The immortal fairy, speaking from experience, advised Lu Yang to abandon the outdated idea that celebrations in later generations should be complicated, "Even our High Antiquity immortal gatherings weren't as complicated as yours. When I tried to cook, even the Qilin Immortals said, 'Don't tire me out, don't do it.'"
The so-called gathering of High Antiquity immortals is simply an immortal fairy using her personal charm to bring together four other unlucky souls, sometimes accompanied by the two wives of the Qilin Immortal.
"Then what are you doing at your gathering?"
"We were exchanging cultivation experiences. As you know, there were only five of us immortals in the world back then, so it was very difficult to find like-minded people to exchange ideas with. Everyone cherished every gathering."
"During gatherings, everyone speaks freely, explores the wondrous uses of the Dao, and the collision of ideas easily generates new thoughts or leaves challenges for future generations."
Lu Yang nodded. This time it sounded more like the immortals he remembered, discussing the Dao and testing future generations.
"Specifically?"
"Specifically, I researched how to maximize the power of a self-destruction."
"Ying Tianxian asked everyone if they could think of any other tricky punishments."
"The Immortal of Time said he has discovered a new use for the Dao Fruit of Time. He has set up a mysterious space where the flow of energy is different from that of the outside world. One day of cultivation in this space is equivalent to one year in the outside world."
Lu Yang: "..."
You guys better not cause trouble for the world.
"Otherwise, we write stories, like those about the Heavenly Court or Buddhism. Don't underestimate these stories; they were all carefully crafted by the five of us. Behind each story lies a thought-provoking principle that can enlighten future generations."
Ying Tianxian said that this way, future generations would not be able to clearly study High Antiquity history, and anyone who made a fool of themselves in front of others could have their secrets covered up.
Lu Yang thought Ying Tianxian was also a ruthless character. With the help of the Immortal Fairy, who was dragging him down, he did a lot of things to maintain his high status. He just didn't know if Ying Tianxian knew that in the minds of later generations, he had become the image of a fun-loving married woman who had impregnated countless female cultivators.
She felt sympathetic towards Ying Tianxian and hoped that he would also be sympathetic towards her, sparing her life when he came to kill her.
"Sometimes we also play with planets, throwing them around. Living beings call this a meteor shower, and they see it as a miracle. They make a wish when they see us throwing planets."
Lu Yang was a very good listener. He listened quietly as the Immortal Fairy recounted High Antiquity history, occasionally chiming in with questions. He listened for about half an hour.
It is said that history repeats itself, and that we can learn from history in our actions. He carefully considered the High Antiquity gathering of immortals recounted by the Immortal Fairy, searching for any lessons to be learned. Ultimately, he came to a conclusion—
He wasted half an hour.
At this moment, the eldest senior sister entered the cave abode. Although her expression was unchanged from usual, as expressionless as ever, Lu Yang, as the junior brother, had a 50% success rate in judging the eldest senior sister's micro-expressions.
He deduced that his senior sister had come in because she had something to discuss.
Although the Immortal Fairy's judgment was not as accurate as Lu Yang's, she still made the same judgment.
After all, he had done a good job as the acting Sect Master, and Yun girl wouldn't come to the cave abode unless there was a reason.
The Immortal Fairy was delighted to see this. She became the acting Sect Master, and Lu Yang and Yun Yatou were her right and left hands, helping her handle affairs.
"Senior Sister, is there something you need?" Lu Yang was still in control of his body.
"I just received news that Emperor Xia has an idea that needs to be implemented, and he hopes that the leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects will attend a meeting at the palace."
Lu Yang and his senior sister stared at each other for a few seconds, then Lu Yang pointed to himself incredulously, thinking he had misheard, "What the heck?"
"It's not you who's going, it's the Fairy Senior who's going," the eldest sister corrected earnestly.
"That's alright... Wait, what's the difference?"
"How can there be no difference? It's me who's going to the meeting, not you!" The Immortal Fairy glared at Lu Yang, suspecting that this fiend had designs on seizing power!
Lu Yang ignored the Immortal Fairy's shouts.
Although he is the youngest disciple of the Silent Daoist, the junior brother of Yun Zhi, the second-in-command of the Immortal Lineage, the founder of the Immortal Sect, the young leader of the Heavenly Court Sect, the host of the Immortal Fairy, the strongest Golden Core cultivator, and the creator of the record for challenging opponents of higher levels, all of these identities would make him a force to be reckoned with in the outside world.
But he still felt somewhat guilty about having Emperor Xia sit down with the leaders of the Five Great Immortal Sects for a meeting to discuss important matters of the righteous path.
"I'll go with you," the eldest sister finally said, bringing good news.
Lu Yang breathed a slight sigh of relief. "I'm just a lowly Golden Core cultivator. How could I possibly sit with the leaders of the other four great immortal sects?" With his senior sister there to keep him in check, the pressure was much less.
Let's go.
There's nothing to prepare for the meeting; you just need to show up. The eldest sister walked out of her cave abode, looked up at the sky, pinched her thumb and forefinger together, and a cloud disappeared from the sky, replaced by an auspicious cloud at her feet.
"Acting Sect Master, please."
Lu Yang's body was possessed, and the Immortal Fairy used Lu Yang's body to ascend to the clouds without any hesitation.
The immortal fairy stood on a cloud, arms crossed, gazing ahead with an indifferent expression.
"Yun girl, let's go."
Whoosh--
The auspicious cloud suddenly accelerated, and the Immortal Fairy didn't have time to react. She lost her footing and rolled from the head of the cloud to the tail, clinging tightly to the cloud, with most of her body exposed.
It took her a long time to climb back up to Xiangyun, and she looked quite disheveled.
"Yun girl, you did this on purpose!" She pouted and stared at Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi replied indifferently, "No, it was an accident."
"It was intentional!"
It was an accident.
"Intentional!"
"Accident."
Lu Yang popped his head out, interrupting the imminent battle between ancient and modern cultivators. "By the way, Senior Sister, did Emperor Xia say what the purpose of this meeting is?"
"They're saying they're going to hold a competition for young cultivators to select those who have lost their cultivation and need to start over."
"What?"
The Imperial Advisor looked up at the auspicious clouds flying overhead and narrowed his eyes.
"Your Excellency, what's wrong?" the subordinate asked, wanting to speak on the Grand Preceptor's behalf.
"The one riding that auspicious cloud just now was Lu Yang."
The subordinate was shocked. "What?! Should we take action?"
They came to the vicinity of the Ask Dao Sect to study the surrounding layout, see what methods they could use to infiltrate the Ask Dao Sect, and scout the area in advance to make plans.
Unexpectedly, we encountered our target as soon as we arrived near the Ask Dao Sect.
The Imperial Advisor shook his head, having his own plans. "No need for now. Killing Lu Yang now would be too easy on him. We must wait until the grand ceremony begins and let him die in front of everyone!"
He not only wants to kill Lu Yang, but also to destroy the Ask Dao Sect!