Chen Nianzhi's Dao Lecture

Lu Wenyuan followed behind his ancestor, his heart filled with excitement the whole way. However, when he stepped into the Azure Lotus Isle Dojo, he couldn't help but become reserved.

Foundation Establishment cultivator like him was considered a high-ranking figure in Heavenly Affinity Prefecture in the past. Apart from the few Purple Mansion Ancestors of the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan, everyone who saw him had to show him some respect.

However, once they arrived here, they blended in with everyone else; Foundation Establishment cultivators were everywhere in the entire Azure Lotus Isle.

Even the usually aloof and powerful Ancestor of the Purple Mansion carefully restrained his aura upon arriving here, for fear of harming even a single blade of grass or tree.

An old man and a young man registered in the main hall of the temple, each taking out a nameplate, and then quietly waited for the day the Dao Lecture Assembly would begin.

Early that morning, the day of the sermon finally arrived, and Lu Wenyuan, carrying the nameplate, arrived at the Azure Lotus Isle Dojo.

The Azure Lotus Isle Dojo was located in the center of the lake. Lu Wenyuan looked up and saw that there were lotus-shaped stone platforms on the lake surface, with hidden spiritual light and Daoist essence within them.

He only glanced at it briefly, but found that there were as many as 18,000 stone platforms, and a large number of cultivators had already taken their seats with their nameplates.

"How can there be so many people?"

Lu Wenyuan gasped. Heavenly Affinity Commandery was one of the thirty-six counties of the Chen Kingdom, but even including the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan, it only had a little over a hundred Foundation Establishment.

The entire Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Chen Kingdom, excluding the Chen Immortal Clan, number only a few thousand, but now there are tens of thousands, far exceeding their expectations.

The Lu Clan patriarch also looked extremely reserved. He shook his head and said, "I heard that this time, not only have cultivators from my Chen Kingdom come to investigate, but also a large number of cultivators from Yan, Ling, Yan, Chu, Qi and other countries have come."

"It is said that even the Wei Kingdom, the farthest point in the Ji Continent, and even the Vast Sea, have a large number of cultivators arriving by Teleportation Array array. Moreover, the Chen Immortal Clan alone has several thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Upon hearing this, Lu Wenyuan was once again deeply shocked, finally understanding the terrifying influence of Nascent Soul Dao Lord.

In fact, Chen Nianzhi was quite surprised by the number of people who signed up, because each time True Lord Haoran preached in the Heaven's Spine Mountains, fewer than three thousand people attended.

However, upon closer examination, this makes sense. After all, the Heaven's Spine Mountains are sparsely populated, and the various countries of the Ji Continent Cultivation World are now connected by Teleportation Array arrays, not to mention that a large number of cultivators have also come from the Vast Sea Cultivation World.

Seeing Lu Wenyuan's expression, the Lu Clan patriarch smiled again and said, "What a precious fortuitous opportunity the True Lord speaks of! Cultivators from all over the world will naturally flock here."

"You must listen carefully; if you gain even a little insight, you will benefit from it for life."

"Wen Yuan understands."

Lu Wenyuan nodded, took a deep breath, and said to his ancestor, "I will now take my seat and await the commencement of the sermon."

"Go then."

Lu Wenyuan took the number and walked forward, quickly finding his spot.

After taking his seat, he discovered that his position was unusually close to the front, right in the very front row of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Further ahead were 1,200 Purple Mansion seats, and at the very front of the hundred or so seats sat the Golden Core realm Ancestors who were once unapproachable.

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves, and then noticed a young man beside him smiling and bowing to him.

"My name is Chen Fusu, greetings, fellow Daoist."

Lu Wenyuan's expression changed, sensing that the person before him possessed an unfathomable aura. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "I am Lu Wenyuan, greetings to Fellow Daoist Chen."

Chen Fusu smiled slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist, you look unfamiliar. May I ask where you are from?"

"I am a member of the Lu Clan Heavenly Affinity Commandery." Lu Wenyuan said nervously, his face flushed, "Fellow Daoist's surname is Chen, could it be...?"

Chen Fusu smiled and said, "You don't need to be nervous. Since you can sit in the first row, you must have some extraordinary abilities. We can treat each other as equals."

Upon hearing this, Lu Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "What makes you say that, fellow Daoist?"

"Let me explain it to you, and you'll understand."

As Chen Fusu spoke, he casually pointed to several cultivators beside him and said, "The person on your left is named Cheng Xinan. He is a prodigy with Variant Spirit Root, and his father, Daoist Qingci at the ninth level of the Golden Core realm stage, not far from reaching the True Lord realm."

"The girl in the blue dress is named Meng Ruyan. She is the number one prodigy in the history of the Meng Immortal Clan. She is a cultivator with Water Spirit Root and has been accepted as a personal disciple by Patriarch Lin of the Heavenly Ruins Sect."

"The old cultivator in the gray robe is named Chen Zuxuan. Don't let his aged appearance fool you; he is actually a cultivator with Four Element Spiritual Root. At the age of sixty-three, he was able to establish his Self-Foundation Establishment, which is a first for our Chen Immortal Clan."

Chen Fusu recounted the story in great detail, each name he mentioned deeply moving Lu Wenyuan.

After a long while, Lu Wenyuan cupped his hands to Chen Fusu and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you must have some extraordinary abilities as well."

Chen Fusu smiled and said, "We are not much different in age. Being included in this group might lead to us becoming close friends in the future, so it's no trouble to tell you."

"Although I am a cultivator with Three Element Spiritual Root, I possess Three Origins Dao Body and am the head of the Fu generation of the Chen Clan clan."

"Dao Body..."

Lu Wenyuan's expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help but bow, saying, "Fellow Daoist's talent is unparalleled. I am merely Self-Foundation Establishment cultivator, and I am afraid I am far inferior to you. My apologies for my rudeness."

"Our being ranked alongside you is probably more than that," Chen Fusu said with a smile, shaking his head. "My Chen Clan rules the Vast Sea and the Chen Kingdom, and we will secretly look after those with exceptional talent who appear within our territory."

"So you don't need to worry. My Chen Clan is tolerant of others. Many of the outstanding talents in the Ji Continent today have benefited from the kindness of my Chen Clan."

Lu Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief, then quietly transmitted his voice, saying, "I have indeed had an abnormal constitution since childhood, but I am truly ignorant and have no powerful backing, so I dare not reveal it rashly."

Chen Fusu smiled, his gaze somewhat respectful, and said, "My Chen Clan ancestor was renowned throughout the world, always hating evil and acting justly."

"Your talent Bu Fan; you might even catch the eye of one of the elders of my Chen Clan and become their disciple."

Lu Wenyuan listened quietly, feeling uneasy, yet also inexplicably sensing that fortuitous opportunity was about to arrive.

Several Foundation Establishment prodigies sat side by side and began communicating via telepathy, thus forming a small circle of connections.

Time passed quickly, and after an hour, all the cultivators who had come to listen to the Dao had finally arrived, and the core of the Dao Discussion Assembly finally began to stir.

A beam of spiritual light descended from the sky, gathering faint blue light and transforming into a blue lotus platform over ten feet long. On that blue lotus platform, a figure dressed in white sat cross-legged.

"Immortal?"

Lu Wenyuan looked up at the person and felt that the person was incomparably handsome, and his white clothes seemed to be woven from Immortal Qi, radiating a light that was almost like that of an immortal.