Preaching the Dao

Early the next morning, Dubian Town was teeming with people, all heading Zhenbei. Nearly a million cultivators made their way there, but only a mere 3,700 were actually able to enter the Li Forest to listen to the Dao. However, for the rest, although they didn't have the chance to hear the Dao this time, it was still an opportunity to witness and comprehend the chance to become an immortal, and no one wanted to miss it.

The North Town Entrance was already packed with people, so everyone circled around through several other entrances. Those with high cultivation levels flew directly through the air to the North Town Entrance and circled around to both sides, avoiding the twenty-mile-long plum forest in front of them, and flew towards the Pokémon competition venue.

Below, two rows of dark, densely packed people were also there. Looking down from the sky, it resembled a portrait being sculpted. The wasteland, dotted with white and pink plum trees, began to gradually change color, adding other hues to the painting.

However, there were simply too many people. The area around the Pokémon competition venue couldn't accommodate nearly a million people, so they stopped around the Plum Tree Forest. Eventually, the entire Plum Tree Forest was enveloped by a vast army of cultivators.

Everyone stood silently, looking at the plum grove in front of them, the towering light screen, and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey lying on the ground.

These past few days Sky-reaching Ape Monkey has basically become a tourist attraction, with countless cultivators coming every day to admire the Divine Beast's splendor. However, everyone seems a bit disappointed with this Minimize monkey, feeling that it doesn't fit the temperament of Divine Beast. Some mischievous cultivators even tried to feed the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, which infuriated the ape.

However, the small golden characters on its back prevented it from moving, leaving it to endure everyone's strange looks. Fortunately, the novelty wore off quickly, and as the day of its sermon approached, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was gradually forgotten by everyone.

'Pop~'

At exactly nine o'clock, the plum grove emitted a slight tremor, and the white light shield surrounding it revealed an opening. At the same time, the 3,700 cultivators standing outside the plum grove at the north gate of the Zhenbei walked through this opening into the plum grove, which was filled with Mist and Plum Blossom.

"I feel a sense of peace wash over me," a prominent figure walking through the plum grove murmured.

"It seems the Spiritual Power is also pulsating, even a little excited," another important figure remarked after sensing the fluctuations in his inner Spiritual Power.

"If I were to cultivate here, I'm confident I could break through another realm within a hundred years," a powerful figure at the Spirit Saint Third Stage realm said, his eyes revealing regret.

"Let's see if the shop owner will open this plum grove to everyone for cultivation in the future." Another important figure sighed softly. This plum grove was simply a sacred cultivation ground that all cultivators longed for; even Spirit Saint couldn't resist its Captivate.

However, Li Shulin was sealed off by a divine-level array set up by the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore after he appeared. Under normal circumstances, no one could get in at all. In the past few days, some villains have tried to break the divine-level array to enter Li Shulin, but all of them have returned empty-handed. Some cultivators who tried to strike the divine-level array with brute Superpower have suffered even more. The greater the force, the greater the rebound force. More than a dozen cultivators have died under their own backlash.

Among them was a powerful figure at the Spirit Emperor Ninth Stage realm!

This also served as a warning to the vast number of cultivators, making them give up on this plum grove.

As they spoke, 3,700 people arrived at the Pokémon competition venue. 700 of them stopped, while the remaining 3,000 continued on and entered the Pokémon competition venue.

'Buzz~'

When three thousand people stepped into the Pokémon competition arena, the entire Li Forest trembled once again, and then some of the clouds that were originally Levitate on the ground began to separate and rise upwards.

Clouds and mist, arranged in layers like a ladder, stretched all the way to the sky above the Pokémon competition arena.

Everyone stared in astonishment at this scene, and before they could even marvel, someone suddenly shouted, "Look, the shop owner is here!"

Everyone turned to look and found that Ma Feifei had appeared at the North Town Entrance. Today, Ma Feifei was wearing a white robe, her hair was tied up with a hairpin, her face was white and her eyes were deep, giving her an air of otherworldly elegance.

Under the watchful eyes of nearly a million cultivators, Ma Feifei stepped onto a cloud in front of him with a smile, and then moved forward step by step, rising higher and higher.

"So fast!" A cultivator rubbed his eyes and realized that although Ma Feifei seemed to be walking very slowly, he was actually covering a great distance with each step, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived above the Pokémon competition arena.

The whole process took less than ten seconds.

"Sigh... System, you gave me too little time to show off. I should have walked for a whole day and night. I wouldn't have been tired, really." Ma Feifei thought with some regret as he stood above the Pokémon competition arena.

The group below basically represents more than a third of the power in the Azure Dragon Continent. Such a good opportunity to show off, ten seconds is simply too short.

"Ma Feifei, you bastard!" Suddenly, Ma Feifei felt someone calling him from below. He looked down and saw that Yun Qingyang had already entered the Pokémon arena and was standing below, looking up at Ma Feifei and cursing him.

Ma Feifei looked bewildered, then glanced at North Town Entrance, twenty miles away, and was somewhat surprised. Dragon Girl's speed was no slower than the Soaring Cloud Riding Mist given by the system...

"If I had known, Laozi wouldn't have used the transportation provided by the system. I could have ridden a dragon myself. Sigh! Miscalculation, miscalculation." Ma Feifei was filled with regret. He really didn't know how to show off. If he had ridden a dragon through the air in this situation, he would definitely have raised his reputation to the highest level.

However, now is not the time for Ma Feifei to regret his actions. Nearly a million people are watching him; preaching is more important.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei smiled at Yun Qingyang, then looked away, closed his eyes slightly, and sat calmly with his legs crossed on the cloud.

"Rise!" Ma Feifei raised his hands, and the white mist beneath the feet of the 3,700 people below solidified, lifting them directly to a height of one meter.

"Sit!" Ma Feifei pressed his hands down, and the 3,700 people below understood, sitting cross-legged with their hands hanging between their legs, their expressions solemn.

Nearly a million cultivators who witnessed this scene stopped their discussions and quietly watched Ma Feifei high in the sky.

"All living beings emerge, Heavenly Dao manifests; the Great Way is fifty, and Heaven evolves forty-nine, leaving only a sliver of hope; the Way resides in the heart, in all things, and in the Tao Te Ching." A voice containing the Sound of the Great Dao resounded, its sound as clear as silk, striking directly at the soul. An indescribable feeling arose in everyone's hearts, like the evening drum and the morning bell, lingering and far-reaching.

The Tao Te Ching says, "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nameless, it is the origin of all things; named, it is the mother of all things..."

In the air, mysterious energy danced, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy drifted, and the thin light gathered, shimmering and colorful, transforming into thousands of flowers of the Great Dao that slowly fell.

"Existence and non-existence give rise to each other; difficulty and ease complement each other; long and short define each other; high and low depend on each other; sound and voice harmonize with each other; before and after follow each other—this is the constant principle."

Accompanied by the Sound of the Great Dao, Ma Feifei had entered a state of selflessness, surrounded by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, and radiating a holy light.

Mist drifted through the plum grove, and the earth seemed to emerge.

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out, and golden lotus flowers burst forth, radiating countless rays of light.

Fragrant flowers descend from the sky, Golden Lotuses Springing from the Earth, and precious light shines throughout the ten directions!