Black Whale entered Qingyun Mountain and happened upon Ling Hongcai directing a group of young Daoists as they swept and cleaned.
The Qingyun Mountain Blessed Land of today was no longer what it had been when Ling Qing was still there.
With the five mountain roots Li Li had gifted them as a foundation, coupled with the Realm Tree's nurturing, the five peaks of Qingyun had long since grown incomparably tall.
Aside from the original site on Qingyun Butte, more than ten temples and monasteries now stood scattered across the other four mountaintops.
Ling Ji, Wenjun, and Yuwei had each taken disciples long ago as well.
Once their disciples and grand-disciples became numerous, the original Daoqing Temple naturally could no longer house them all, so they could only open up new grounds on the other mountains.
Qingyun Butte belonged to Temple Master Ling Ji, the southern Tao Mountain belonged to Wenjun, while Yuwei had chosen Tai Mountain to the east.
The three of them had each established their own branch.
There was also Daoist Yunsheng's outer branch. Back then, Ling Hongcai, Ling Hongyou, Ling Hongcai, and Man Jianjun had formally become Daoist Yunsheng's disciples.
This outer branch was specifically responsible for the mountain's miscellaneous affairs.
Those who had cultivation aptitude but had not caught the eye of Ling Ji's three branches had, for the most part, entered the outer branch.
Ling Qing had known all this before, but he had already handed the Dao lineage over to Ling Ji back then.
How it developed was naturally Ling Ji's concern. He would not interfere excessively.
By now, Ling Hongcai had already attained Human Immortal cultivation.
At the sight of Black Whale, he froze. He was just about to welcome him when he discovered that his cultivation was merely at the innate