Miasma Clouds Loom over the Banquet

The man in gray continued:

"Qingzhu also asked me to bring some things. Five Spirit Artifact, including a Pill Furnace, which is perfect for the abbot to use for alchemy in the future; three Spirit Treasure, all treasured by the Qixia Mountain lineage, to assist the abbot in his Proclaiming Earth work. There is also a pot of ' Five-Revolution Rosy Cloud Essence Pill,' totaling thirty-six pills. The abbot will take one pill each year, and after thirty-six years, his Divine Ability ' Rosy Cloud Feather Wanderer ' will be perfected."

Su Yao gripped the Storage Bag tightly in his hand, silently repeating the unspoken gratitude in his heart once more.

Five-stage pills are already used by those at the Purple Mansion Peak.

The man in gray handed over another jade bottle.

Su Yao took the bottle; it felt warm and smooth to the touch. The thirty-six pills inside glowed faintly with a rosy light. This pill was made from twenty-four portions of rosy light spiritual materials of the Purple Mansion level, and it could only be made by Loose Immortal- level Supreme True Person. Purple Mansion could not refine such pills.

After all, suppressing one or two hundred years of cultivation time into thirty-six years is beyond the reach of worldly methods.

He couldn't help but sigh softly:

"Qingzhu is very thoughtful."

The man in gray said again:

"There is also a sacred object for Sacrificial Earth, which will be useful when the abbot establishes the mountain god. There is also the abbot's altar; the abbot can establish the altar himself using the Daoist Gate Talisman Edict at his waist. Both of these are in the Storage Bag I mentioned earlier."

Su Yao nodded upon hearing this.

The gray-clad man before them was not human in his true form, but a gray fox, a unique creature of heaven and earth, evolved from a He Wood spiritual being in Qixia Mountain. His name was Hu Bugui, and he possessed a cultivation level of the Purple Mansion Middle Stage.

As for Liu Chan and Yingge, who were sent by Qingzhu to assist in the Dharma banquet, they were both extraordinary beings from Qixia Mountain.

Liu Chan's true form is a yellow python transformed from a Gen Earth spiritual object, with Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivation level. He was the one who escorted Zhang Ziyan and Zhu Xuejie south last time.

Yingge is a green parrot belonging to the Xun Wind sect, and is now Purple Mansion First Divine Ability along with Su Yao.

Unfortunately, these three were only there to assist with the Dharma feast, and they would return to the mountains afterward.

Wouldn't it be better if we could stay here permanently and be at his beck and call?

However, Su Yao would not disturb these people unless absolutely necessary, since they were all extraordinary beings born from the combination of various spiritual objects with the spiritual energy and fortune of heaven and earth.

At this moment, Hu Bugui said again:

As for the Qi of Mysterious Clarity Jade Void Palace, Qingzhu said, "We will study it after the abbot's Purple Mansion is perfected, in preparation for seeking gold."

Upon hearing this, Su Yao lowered his head for a moment, then said softly:

"Please tell Qingzhu to let Gui Hong comprehend this Qi of Mysterious Clarity. His quest for gold is right before his eyes, and it's inherently much more difficult for a different species to obtain gold than for a human."

Hu Bugui did not respond immediately, and then heard Su Yao say:

"If he seeks gold, he can use the Qi of Mysterious Clarity; if Divine Core or even a celestial Heavenly Immortal Xia Ke, then he should use that Seven-Revolution Golden Core."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bugui hesitated for a long time before saying:

"I will certainly convey your message. As for whether Qingzhu listens or not, and whether Gui Hong acts or not, that is beyond my control."

Su Yao smiled but didn't reply, instead changing the subject:

"Let's go downstairs. Your arrival this morning was so sudden. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought only you, Liu Chan, Yingge had come. I didn't even notice Nannuo, Jueming, or Daoist Zheng."

Hu Bugui laughed:

"They deliberately concealed it, to give the abbot a pleasant surprise."

Su Yao smiled upon hearing this, said nothing more, and headed straight down the mountain.

Behind them, Hu Bugui smiled upon hearing this and called out to Su Yao:

"Please wait a moment, Abbot."

Su Yao turned around and saw that he had taken out a ball of radiant light and held it in his palm. Then he smiled and tossed it upwards.

Su Yao gazed at the spot where the rosy light had fallen, and a pavilion entirely shrouded in rosy light appeared out of thin air in front of the Embracing Rosy Clouds Hall.

The pavilion is octagonal and three stories high. Each eave is adorned with wind chimes, which chime clear and melodious like the tinkling of jade pendants when the wind blows.

The pavilion is not made of solid wood or bricks; its entire structure is formed by the ever-flowing glow of the sunset, sometimes resembling the first blush of dawn, and sometimes like the golden hues of dusk.

The halo of light flowed endlessly through the pavilion, making the entire pavilion look like a celestial palace.

A plaque hangs in front of the pavilion, its background a glowing sunset with cloud patterns as its frame, bearing three shimmering ancient seal characters: "Flowing Rosy Clouds Pavilion".

Then a voice rang out from afar:

"The Laoshan Dao Lineage congratulates the Abbot of Qixia Temple on achieving the Purple Mansion!"

Then several more voices rang out in succession:

"Golden Court, Wisdom Light, Jieshi, Jade Casket, and Heavenly Origin congratulate the Abbot of Qixia Temple on achieving the Purple Mansion!"

Immediately afterwards, a clear, cold male voice rang out:

"Azure Jade respectfully congratulates Qixia Temple on achieving the Purple Mansion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, seven streams of Jade Truth — Purple Qi, Profound Qi, Silver Light, Wu Earth, True Qi, Gang Qi, and Jade True Qi—came from the east.

Su Yao looked at Hu Bugui:

"Thank you for your hospitality."

At the same time, he thought to himself, "I didn't expect Jade Casket to send people from Kunlun Mountain as well. As for Heavenly Origin... now only a few old guys and that Dao Lord are left. When these old guys reach the end of their lives, the entire Dao lineage will only have that Dao Lord left."

Beside him, Hu Bugui nodded, then leaped into the air and responded loudly:

"Guardian Hu Bugui of Qixia Temple thanks everyone for coming to offer their congratulations on behalf of my abbot. Please come to the Flowing Rosy Clouds Pavilion for a chat!"

Seeing this, Su Yao ignored him and headed down the mountain.

As they approached the octagonal pavilion, more sounds came from there. Su Yao looked over and saw that the Four Celestial Masters' Manors were coming together.

After that, apart from Yuanfu, Yang Palace joined forces with the other five sects and four palaces under the Supreme Purity Sect.

Then came the disciples of Highest Clarity Sect: the three immortal islands of Penglai, the seven sea routes, and the three mountains within the sea.

After the direct descendants of the Three Pure Ones arrived, several other voices rang out. These were the descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, members of the Su Household Zhegui, people under the command of the gods of the Great Rivers, the Five Lakes, and the Five Sacred Mountains, as well as the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas.

The Buddhist School Chan School, the Jixia of various schools of thought, the Netherworld, and the members of the Great Qing royal family—aside from the Four Demonic Dao, the Confucian School, the Yuanfu, and the Five Water Virtue Palaces, everyone who was supposed to come had arrived.

The fact that Yuanfu is not coming now must be because of the matter in Zichuan. After all, there has been no High Witch for many years, so High Witch Golden Nature is naturally very precious.

The Confucian School and Qixia had already broken off relations due to events from three thousand years ago.

Just as Su Yao thought everyone had arrived, two more voices rang out one after the other:

"The Lesser Yang Daoist lineage of the Purple Mansion Continent in the East Sea has come to offer their congratulations!"

"The Lesser Yin lineage of Jade Lake in West Kunlun has come to offer their congratulations!"

These two sounds startled even Su Yao slightly.

Jade Lake is understandable, but Purple Mansion Continent is one of the ancestral temples of the Immortal Dao. Since Wood Duke and Eastern King Duke and left, they have rarely sent envoys out.

The simultaneous appearance of these two Immortal Dao sites of immortality on Golden Ao Mountain brought an immediate silence to the bustling crowds of visitors.

Su Yao straightened his clothes, bowed to the morning light surging from the East Sea and the clear Jade Lake falling from the Western Heaven, then turned and strode towards the Embracing Rosy Clouds Hall.

He planned to first meet with Nannuo, Jueming, and Daoist Zheng, and then go to the Flowing Rosy Clouds Pavilion receive guests.

The Embracing Rosy Clouds Hall was already packed with people.

It was already a rare honor for the local forces of Nanzhao to be invited here. Among the guests all over the mountain, those who were worthy of sharing the stage with the Zhu Household forces that came to offer their congratulations from the Flowing Rosy Clouds Pavilion were probably only the Nanzhao Royal Family and the Witch Hall in the entire Nanzhao and Southern Frontier.

Even so, any one of the delicacies and exotic fruits displayed before Nanzhao would be enough for these immortals of the Purple Mansion to treasure.

At this moment, a thick, dark green miasma suddenly surged up from the eastern horizon, rolling like a tidal wave.

A loud voice came from the depths of the miasma clouds, drowning out the pleasantries that filled the mountain:

"This Shan Xian, Shanxian, is today seeking gold at the border between Miao Frontier territory Nanzhao. All are welcome to come and witness the ceremony."