The thirteenth day of the third month, one day before Qingming.
A group gathered at Gathered Spirit Mountain.
Since this visit had been arranged well in advance, it was unlike their hurried trip to Western Kunlun last time. They had departed from Jade Void Peak then; this time, they left from the mountain gate.
The delegation's leadership was particularly high-ranking. In charge was Lu Duxing, deputy sect leader of Jade Capital Peak. Also present were Huo Jingyan, head of the External Affairs Court; Zhao Wuji, Mountain Lord of Pivot Mountain; Ren Wushi, Mountain Lord of Cinnabar Glow Mountain; Ying Jingsong, Mountain Lord of Sword-Casting Mountain; and Gan Jingquan, Mountain Lord of Cliffside Mountain.
Besides them, they were bringing ten First Realm disciples and ten Second Realm disciples to this Dragon-Tiger Dharma Assembly. Beyond observing the ceremonies, these disciples would take the field to demonstrate their arts and enliven the occasion, bolstering the sect's prestige.
There was another matter: the territorial boundaries and harvesting terms for certain spirit fields and spirit mines in Yu Zhang would also be determined by these First and Second Realm disciples' rankings in the demonstrations.
These demonstrations were restricted to the First and Second Realms because anyone who reached the Third Realm was already a person of standing. In a remote region, they could even establish their own sect, so naturally, they would no longer take the field to compete.
Several of the elders had arrived quite early and were chatting.
"Ah, why did that child Xinzhan insist on breaking through to the Second Realm at precisely this juncture? Opening his Wood Palace would have been enough. It wouldn't have been too late to break through after we returned!"
Huo Jingyan sighed at length.
With Xinzhan's strength from his intensive cultivation of the five elements, he