Ao Yi was a disciple of the Jie Teaching; it was hardly appropriate for him to always stand below with the Du Xian Sect disciples.
Fortunately, this prince's younger brother understood perfectly well that Li Changshou, as the merit agent of some Human Teaching expert, had to keep his identity secret.
After Li Changshou sent him a few words of advice, Ao Yi smiled. "After your sect's grand competition is over, I'll catch up with Brother Changshou."
With that, Ao Yi rode a cloud back to the jade platform, returning to Sister Han Zhi and his fellow disciples...
Before long, Sect Leader Ji Wuyou rode a cloud out from the jade platform. The disciples below and the sect members throughout the area all held their breath, and the entire mountain gate fell silent.
Li Changshou sensed carefully and discovered that the sect leader... might still have injuries. His aura was somewhat unstable, after all.
A moment later, Ji Wuyou spoke, his voice carrying throughout the mountain gate:
"Cough...
On this fine and auspicious day, the young disciples our Du Xian Sect has recruited over the past two hundred years have gathered here... cough, cough...
This sect competition is not intended to rank you above and below one another.
Assigning you ranks is merely to urge you onward in cultivation. Even if you fall behind for a time, you may yet rise later and surpass those before you.
The incident of demons attacking the mountain still seems as though it happened only yesterday.
At that time, I saw your resolve to advance and retreat alongside the sect, and I was deeply gratified.
Now, the Three Teachings Origin Conference is about to begin. Our Du Xian Sect is a lineage founded by True Lord Du'e, the honored master of Qingde Fuxian of