Chapter 764: Old Friends
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Xu Xiaolan tucked her loose hair behind her ears and looked up toward the dazzling phenomenon in the sky. Her lips curled up into a smile. This was a sect that she and An Lin had established together. In the distant future, we’ll still be happily living in this sect, right?
Next up was the military parade… bah!
Next up was time to introduce the leaders of the sect.
The core members of the Four Nine Immortal Sect made their way up onto the stage.
The Four Nine Immortal Sect had established ten pavilions—Xu Xiaolan’s Flame Pavilion, Liu Qianhuan’s Sword Pavilion, Xuanyuan Cheng’s Spirit Pavilion, Su Qianyun’s Moon Pavilion, Xiao Ze’s Dragon Pavilion, Da Bai’s Beast Pavilion, Little Lang’s Man Pavilion, Tina’s Realm Pavilion, Bryce’s Blood Pavilion, and Bai Ling’s Purple Star Pavilion.
The tens of thousands of sect representatives were given a fright by the diversity of inheritances contained within the sect.
The inheritances of the Four Great Sects, the inheritance of the Blood Tribe, the inheritance of the Heavenly Court’s Moon Pavilion… These renowned inheritances were already enough to astonish them.
As for the inheritance of the Primordial Dragon Tribe, the inheritance of fairies, the inheritance of the Ancient Man Tribe, and the inheritance of the Purple Star, these were all supremely powerful inheritances that had been lost long ago. Their reappearance stunned the sect representatives.
How could this be put? If any one of the ten pavilions was separated out, they could undoubtedly become a first-rate sect in the Kingdom of the Nine States!
After the pavilion lords walked on stage, the sect elders—who were equal in standing to the pavilion lords—also made their way up.
Tang Ximen, Xiao Hong, Xiao Chou, Little Tian, and Lin Junjun all made their way up. When the cultivators saw Lin Junjun, they were stupefied once again.
“What’s going on?” A cultivator in the audience gasped. “The Celestial Thearch’s daughter is a.s.suming the position of an elder in the Four Nine Immortal Sect?”
“It seems like we’ve underestimated the relations.h.i.+p between the Heavenly Court and the Four Nine Immortal Sect!”
“They’re all set now. Who will dare challenge them?”
Countless cultivators were engaged in heated discussions, and looks of respect and reverence appeared on their faces as they gazed at the members of the Four Nine Immortal Sect.
The plain-clothed and graceful female on the stage was smiling warmly.
Her appearance was refres.h.i.+ng and pleasant, like an elegant celestial maiden from a painting. Numerous cultivators were mesmerized by her beauty.
“Oi, have you realized? The Four Nine Immortal Sect has plenty of stunning beauties!”
“You’re right! The looks and natural talents of such breathtaking females are extremely rare even in the Kingdom of the Nine States, and yet several of them are gathered here. I’m so envious of An Lin…”
“There are also plenty of handsome males! Apart from the plain-looking Tang Ximen, the other males all look mightily handsome, especially Xuanyuan Cheng. He’s so handsome!”
Up next was the introduction of the pavilion elders.
Yao Mingxi, Yao Xiu, Xin Zhu, Zhao Huaiyin, Hu Guan, Liu Dabao, Miao Tian, Luo Ziping, Sun Shenglian, and Zong Yongyan a.s.sumed the positions of the pavilion elders.
Next, it was time to introduce the disciples of the Four Nine Immortal Sect.
M-hm… There was only one disciple—Ye Ling!
The little girl was a bit tense as she stood on stage. Her nervousness only disappeared when An Lin held onto her small hand.
When she heard the thunderous applause coming from below the stage and saw An Lin’s happy and triumphant expression, she finally couldn’t help but smile broadly.
She, a very unique individual, was the first disciple of the Four Nine Immortal Sect.
Not only was she a child, but she was also a mortal human who had zero cultivation base.
Because of some mystical fate, she and the Four Nine Immortal Sect had been brought together.
Just like that, the sect was completed. Not only were there leaders, but there was also a young disciple now.
An Lin’s sect founding ceremony speech ended.
Next up was time for the banquet and polite chit-chat.
This was quite a meaningless process.
After walking around and conversing with a few representatives, An Lin started chatting with a few old friends.
He followed Xu Xiaolan to the Vermilion Bird Sect representative team and greeted Mo Hai, Yang Yuan, Lan Yan, and the others.
An Lin mentioned the recent situation regarding Shangguan Yi to them, and he described the encounter he had with her in the Ancient Tai Chu Realm—the protection of snow maidens, the change in her bloodline…
Everyone sighed with emotion upon hearing this. Fate was unpredictable and ever-changing.
“Sigh, Sister Shangguan Yi is so ill-fated. Why does she have to bear the burden of all hards.h.i.+ps and suffering?” Lan Yan bit her lower lip while lamenting about it.
There was a look wistfulness on her face as she recalled her times with Shangguan Yi.
“Don’t worry, it’ll all become better,” Yang Yuan said. “I heard that a devastating environmental catastrophe swept over the Holy Glacial Lands. The snow maidens are now planning to s.h.i.+ft the location of their Holy Glacial Lands.”
Yang Yuan had ranked up to the Return to Void Stage and had also become an elder of the Vermilion Bird Sect. Thus, he was more well-informed regarding such matters.
An Lin’s interest was instantly piqued. “Where are they planning to move their Holy Glacial Lands to?”
Yang Yuan shook his head. “I’m not sure. Their initial plan was probably to obtain Fragments of the Realm Core in the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, then construct a small world to act as their territory.”
“Unfortunately, they didn’t manage to find any Fragments of the Realm Core. Not only that, even the Realm Essence Crystals were scarce and extremely hard to come by. Thus, they can only search for other options now.”
An Lin rubbed his nose. M-hm, it was probably his fault that they obtained so few Realm Essence Crystals.
After all, he had looted the storage rings of a few Soul Formation Stage and Return to Void Stage snow maidens. The snow maidens were definitely thinking of him now, right…?
After chatting with the Vermilion Bird Sect representatives for a while, he walked toward the Mythological Beast Sect representatives.
Then, he saw a few Da Bais playing and rolling around. He quietly walked away.
M-hm, that was a paradise for doggies; it wasn’t suitable for him to head over there. He would be drenched wet by their licks.
An Lin turned around and walked toward the Green Wood Imperial Family. There, he met the imperial family’s Professor Yang again. It was Professor Yang who had helped him construct the power cores of Gundam One and Gundam Two, and he had helped An Lin out greatly.
Professor Yang rubbed his hands as he continually glanced toward Bai Ling. It was as if he had seen some rare treasure.
An Lin almost thought that Professor Yang was attracted to Bai Ling. After asking him about this, he learned that Professor Yang actually wanted to hold scientific exchanges with Bai Ling. An Lin couldn’t agree to this by himself. He still needed to ask Bai Ling for her opinion.
Afterward, An Lin went over to the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect representatives and met with Kuang Re and Tang s.h.i.+yuan. These were old friends who had screwed him over before.
Kuang Re hadn’t changed at all, and he still looked strange and r.e.t.a.r.ded.
On the other hand, Tang s.h.i.+yuan had become much livelier, and she didn’t speak in a weird manner anymore.
“An Lin, who would’ve imagined that you would change so drastically? I felt like I was in a dream when I listened to you delivering your speech.”
Tang s.h.i.+yuan wore a carefree smile when she spoke. She looked like a friend expressing her envy.
An Lin chuckled modestly. “I’ve come across quite a lot of great opportunities lately. In fact, I’m a bit regretful about establis.h.i.+ng this sect. I just wanted to play around at the start; who knew that it would suddenly shock the Kingdom of the Nine States? I suddenly feel a great weight of expectation and responsibility on my shoulders. So much pressure…”
“You truly haven’t changed…”
An Lin laughed heartily. “Staying true to oneself is very important! I’ve always been this modest and grounded.”
Tang s.h.i.+yuan smiled and nodded. No, you’ve always been this shameless and fond of flexing! she whispered in her mind.
After chatting for a while, An Lin bade farewell to them and walked off.
Tang s.h.i.+yuan quietly put away the jade pendant in her hand as she gazed at An Lin’s disappearing figure.
She recalled the conversation they had in the bamboo forest.
You don’t know when your feeling of love budded, nor do you know when they will end…
Some relations.h.i.+ps can be rekindled, while others can only be stuck on two sides of an impa.s.sable gulf, one that is dug out by the ma.s.sive changes in each others’ lives.
A carefree smile appeared on Tang s.h.i.+yuan’s face as she gazed at the disappearing An Lin. She then bade him a silent goodbye in her mind.