Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan and laughed, “Miss Zhener has finally finished her cultivation?”
Xiao Yan heard this and chuckled, “Yes, just before I returned from Mount Tongtian of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect.”
He looked at Lin Feng shiftily and Lin Feng cursed him, “Rascal, what look are you giving me?”
Xiao Yan laughed as he got closer. He fawned, “Master…”
Lin Feng laughed back, “Okay, okay, since when did I renege on my promise to the both of you? When I said that I will propose marriage for you, I will do it for sure.”
“Thanks Master!” Xiao Yan cheered. Right now, he seemed to become the half-adult than he was when he was in Wuzhou County.
Lin Feng said to him, “Choose a few capable disciples of yours to come along too. Not only is this necessary for face, it’s also a form of training for them.”
Xiao Yan became serious and clasped his fist and palm, “Master, don’t worry. I understand.”
During the Anti-Celestial Sect War, the Ancient Longevity World appeared with a crack of the Netherworld Sea. Regardless whether it was the Great Void Sect, people from the Ancient Longevity World or Lin Feng, they judged that it had something to do with the Netherworld Emperor.
Although there hadn’t been any more news after that and the Netherworld Emperor had also been hiding without leaving any traces behind, Lin Feng and the others didn’t let down their guards.
Lin Feng scanned with his supernatural awareness, “Oh, Wang Lin, Hongyan and Qingwu are retreating into cultivation. Let’s not alarm them then. Tianhao is also busy with his new alternative residence, thus he can’t get away.”
He pointed with his finger and two streaks of flowing light appeared. They landed in the Heavenly Temple and the River Abode. In the next moment, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang came before Lin Feng at the same time. They greeted him first before they greeted Xiao Yan, “Master, Eldest Senior.”
Lin Feng laughed, “I am going to the Ancient Longevity World myself to propose marriage for your eldest senior. If the two of you are free, please come along too.”
Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang looked at each other before they nodded their heads, “We have nothing on. We shall follow Master’s arrangement then.”
After answering Lin Feng, the two of them looked at Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi smiled, “Eldest Senior, congratulations. You are finally going to become a married couple with Miss Zhener.”
Li Yuanfang always looked serious, but now, his expression became lighter. He also revealed a smile on his face and congratulated Xiao Yan, “Congratulations Eldest Senior!”
Xiao Yan laughed as he replied, “Thanks for following me along to propose marriage.”
Li Yuanfang answered him, “Since Master is going there too, besides Second Senior and I, the junior disciples will also have to make a trip.”
Even if Lin Feng went on his own, no one would dare to treat him lightly. As to why he brought people along with him, it was not because of the face of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. On the contrary, he wanted to show respect to the family of Xiao Zhener by bringing a presentable enough crowd.
Xiao Yan said, “A few of my Immediate Disciples will come along. But as for the disciples under the both of you, I shall leave it to the both of you to choose.”
Li Yuanfang replied him, “Tian Cang must not be left out. He is the head of your disciples. When we get to the Ancient Longevity World, he shall be in charge of handling those under the Immortal Soul Stage.”
“Lin Tong must go too, as I believe she misses Miss Zhener.”
Xiao Yan nodded his head, “Tian You needs to retreat in order to challenge the Void Lightning Tribulations, thus he won’t be coming along. As for Tian Feng, I think coming along will be a good experience for him and this can help Tian Cang too.”
Tian Feng was the earliest Successive Disciple of Xiao Yan, Yan Wuwei.
After he managed to form the Aurous Core, Xiao Yan gave Yan Wuwei the Daoist name Tian Feng. The “Feng” left Yan Wuwei feeling sad for quite some time.
However, as he grew older, he became mature, albeit being the unreliable and blabbermouth when he was young.
But he was still plus-sized even as he grew up. Xiao Yan even thought that he was fatter than he was when he was younger, but he was unsure whether his instincts were wrong.
And right now, Yan Wuwei could hold his own ground. Without any instructions from Xiao Yan, coupled with his glib tongue, he was considered talented in terms of socializing and interacting with others.
As the second-generation and third-generation Successive Disciples grew up, a lot of the internal matters of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were slowly handed to them.
Yan Wuwei was normally in charge of external matters related to the Inferno Precipice. Besides the Inferno Precipice, when cultivators from other sects came to visit, Yan Wuwei was also the chief host for them.
If there were any official matters that needed someone to attend to outside, Yan Wuwei was also someone who could be counted on to do the job well. Inside of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, his name was quite well-known now.
These experiences not only trained up his mind. They also built up his resilience.
At the very start, while Yan Wuwei was always a very boastful person and loved to exaggerate things, he always felt very inferior in the face of Xu Yunsheng, Ying Luozha, Li Xingfei and the rest.
Although he came from the earliest batch of Successive Disciple, firstly, he managed to pass the test based on some luck and secondly, as more and more talented disciples entered the sect and caught up with him, he felt very pressured.
However, Xiao Yan did not look down on him. Rather, he guided Yan Wuwei seriously and gave him responsibilities slowly. This allowed Yan Wuwei to train up his capabilities and character.
Thus, right now, Yan Wuwei was slowly very calm and stable. He wouldn’t feel inferior or jealous because someone was more outstanding than him. And he wouldn’t lose himself even as the sect became more and more powerful.
Li Yuanfang asked, “Tian You is retreating while Tian Cang, Tian Feng and Lin Tong are coming along with Eldest Senior. What about your third-generation disciples? Who’s going to guide them over here?”
Xiao Yan laughed as he turned to Zhu Yi, “Both Second Junior’s actual body and I will proceed to the Ancient Longevity World. But the Great Sun Avatar will remain here, I believe?”
Zhu Yi nodded his head, “Tian Tai will follow us to the Ancient Longevity World. Although Tian Bi is unsuitable to guide the other disciples, I will leave Tian Lin here.”
“I will also leave my Great Sun Avatar here to take care of the disciples of the Inferno Precipice disciples.”
Tian Tai was Yang Tie’s Daoist name, while Tian Bi was Ying Luozha’s Daoist name. Sun Xueer’s Daoist name was Tian Lin. They were all given by Zhu Yi, which came from Zhu Yi’s understanding of his own Way of Changes and they represented his expectations of his disciples.
The Daoist name of Sun Xueer came from the “Lin” trigram. It represented the idea that when a good opportunity arose, one should grab hold of it decisively and not lose this opportunity.
This was related to the slightly gentler personality and indecisiveness of Sun Xueer. Thus, Zhu Yi gave her such a name, in the hopes that she would continue to train herself up well and achieve more in the future.
Li Yuanfang nodded his head, “That’s good. Since this is the case, Tian Fang shall follow me to the Ancient Longevity World too. I will choose a total of 16 disciples from the second-generation and third-generation disciples along for this trip.”
Zhu Yi said, “I shall choose 16 disciples too. Eldest Senior, bring along 32 disciples under you. This will then align with the number of the Eight Trigrams. Besides, you are proposing marriage this time. It’s not the real wedding yet. The number of people going doesn’t have to be so many yet.”
Xiao Yan pointed at him and laughed, “There’s no need to pour cold water on me so soon.”
Zhu Yi laughed and he shook his head.
“Bring Yuncong along too.” After his disciples finished discussing, Lin Feng commented. “Yang Qing has passed news that he has the intention of going to the Ancient Longevity World to pick some spiritual herbs and medicine.”
The eyes of Xiao Yan and the others all brightened, “Oh? What a coincidence.”
Ever since the Anti-Celestial Sect War ended, Yang Qing followed Lin Feng to the Barren Expanses. After he returned, he went around treating others on his own. He had saved many lives in the process.
The people that he treated were not just cultivators, but anyone that he saw. Over these years, the number of people that had been treated by him were uncountable.
In the rural areas, Yang Qing’s name had become very popular by now. They gave him the name as the Sage Doctor and the Celestial Doctor.
To an ordinary person, besides Lin Feng, Yang Qing’s name was the other name that they knew from the Celestial Sect of Wonders.
This was even under the circumstance that Yang Qing never left his name behind on many occasions.
Seeing that Yang Qing had no intention of buying people over, the Great Zhou, Great Qin, Northern Tribes and even the other powers of the Divine Lands did not make it inconvenient for him on account of Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.
All these years, Yang Qing had travelled all across the world. He had only returned to Mount Yujing a couple of times. Every time he returned, he did not stay long and left soon after.
Besides seeking Lin Feng’s advice when he returned to the mountain, he also guided Zhou Yuncong on his cultivation. After that, he would go to the medicine valley to collect some spiritual medicine or proceed to the Celestial Golden Pavilion to cultivate some pills.
When Yang Qing travelled across the world, he would pick his own medicinal herbs too. At times, for some rarer herbs, he would enter more dangerous areas to pick them. He also went to some Middle Worlds to seek for spiritual medicine.
It was also a coincidence that he wanted to go the Ancient Longevity World this time. He wanted to find some of the extinct herbs in the Greater World over there.
After hearing from Lin Feng that Xiao Yan and the others were about to go there to propose his marriage, Yang Qing was happy for his own senior. He was also preparing to go to the Ancient Longevity World after meeting up with Lin Feng and the others.
In the void space besides Lin Feng, the Avatar of Ares walked out and stood beside him.. Lin Feng said, “My actual body and Thunder Dragon Avatar have both cultivated till the last stge. If the situation doesn’t change drastically, I shall remain here on Mount Yujing. Thus, my Avatar of Ares will go on behalf of me to the Ancient Longevity World.”
Xiao Yan said hurriedly, “Apologies to make you fret about my personal matters.”
Although his grandfather was still alive, in terms of personal cultivation, he was very much far apart from Xiao Zhener’s parents. It would be a little awkward if he was the one leading Xiao Yan to propose marriage.
As Xiao Yan’s grandfather, even if he was an ordinary person, no one would dare to underestimate. But in terms of his power, he was incomparable to Lin Feng, even if it’s only Lin Feng’s avatar.
“For this sort of matter, Xiao Yan can’t be the one personally contacting. Zhu Yi, make contact with the Ancient Longevity World to tell them about our reason for coming. After setting the date, we shall then go over.” Lin Feng said to Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi nodded his head before carrying out this task.
