"Please enlighten me!"
Lu Jun cupped his hands and spoke. Cao Mingxian swept his gaze across the crowd, then smiled.
"At first sight, the youth drew his bow to the full, fearing neither years nor wind. The east wind awakened the hero's dream, while worldly affairs ground the young heart smooth."
"Flowers bloom and fall in their season. Heroes grow old, beauties fade, and even marquises and ministers have wishes left unfulfilled."
"Fellow Daoists, I hope you will not fear regret."
"Hold mountains and rivers in your heart without affectation; stay quiet and do not contend, keeping far from right and wrong."
"Pause and forget, follow the wind; walk and watch, remain composed. Do not dwell on the past, do not fear the future."
"And may you all find evening snow upon a thousand mountains, with the crabapple blossoms still unchanged. Fear not the disturbance of passing years, and add no sorrow to your hearts!"
After hearing Cao Mingxian's words, everyone rose and bowed to him.
Seeing this, Cao Mingxian laughed heartily. "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"Fellow Daoists, follow me!"
Cao Mingxian's voice echoed between heaven and earth as the Great Dao Law appeared beneath their feet.
The Purple-Green Twin Swords tore open the void, carving out a Road to the Heavens. The crowd transformed into streaks of light and shot into the void.
At the same time, countless sword cultivators of the Sword Sect watched their journey.
"See our fellow Daoists off!"
The Sword Sect's ancestor shouted, and thousands upon thousands of sword qi accompanied them onward.
The Great Dao stretched forth, sword qi blazing a trail. A radiant pillar of multicolored light lit up the boundless void.
That pillar shattered the aristocratic families' defenses and broke through the grand formations of the Mystic Heaven Sect and the Transcendent Void Hall.