Master is too ambitious

Chapter 21: Heavenly Secrets Ceremony 1

The system landed in front of the cave. It licked its paws, tilted its head towards Su Feng, meowed, and then walked in briskly.

This cave seemed to be a corner of a mountain, with wisteria, azalea, magnolia and other unknown flowers and trees scattered around, growing wildly as if no one was taking care of them.

Su Feng followed the system's footsteps and came to a Tang-style pavilion. It was surrounded by corridors and bells were hung on the eaves. When the wind blew, pleasant bell sounds were made. White gauze curtains hung under the eaves. When he walked into the pavilion, he felt it was extremely spacious. There seemed to be randomly distributed bookshelves of different sizes inside, but there seemed to be an inexplicable pattern when he walked in it.

When he walked past the bookshelf arranged with the formation, he saw eight large screens in the middle. Behind the screens, someone was sitting in front of a jade table, holding a jade slip in one hand and a teacup in the other, and seemed to be studying the meaning of the scriptures.

"Meow~" The system jumped onto the jade table in front of Ji Qian, jumped down, and nestled accurately into his arms, then wagged its tail, seeming very comfortable.

Ji Qian smiled and stroked the cat transformed by the system, put down the jade slip and teacup, smiled at Su Feng, motioned him to find a cushion, and said, "Please sit down."

Su Feng sat down on the cushion opposite Ji Qian, his back straight, his hands on his knees, sitting upright, his face tense, but his eyes could not hide the joy.

Seeing him like this, Ji Qian found it quite interesting and asked, "Are you nervous?"

"No! No!" Su Feng said hurriedly, but his anxious and embarrassed look when he spoke revealed that he was indeed nervous, and at the same time, a red spot quietly appeared behind his ears.

Ji Qian said "oh" in understanding, but did not expose him. He just said: "Five years have passed, and you have entered the Qi Induction Stage. I did not ask you whether you still want to be my disciple, but I informed the head of the sect that I want to take you as my disciple. This is my own decision." He paused and asked: "What about you? Do you still want to be my disciple as before?"

Su Feng heard his words and seemed to be back to his childhood. Ji Qian also talked to him in the same way. He couldn't help but lower his head and smile. After so many years, nothing has changed. He bowed and said firmly: "Su Feng is willing to take you as his teacher."

"In that case, shall we hold the disciple-accepting ceremony next month?" Ji Qian asked with a smile. He remembered that it was the same when he first became Jiang Qingyue's disciple. He never expected that he would now also accept a disciple.

Su Feng naturally had no objection and said, "Everything is up to the Master's arrangements." After saying this, he suddenly realized that he had just called Ji Qian "Master". For some reason, when he thought of the word "Master", he felt a surge of heat in his heart that seemed to be about to erupt.

Ji Qian stood up, the system jumped to the jade table, and lazily lay down, squinting his eyes as if observing in secret. He said: "Then follow me to see the head."

Su Feng quickly stood up, bowed and said, "I will follow Master's instructions."

Ji Qian glanced at him and felt that Su Feng was a little strange, but he didn't take it to heart. He moved his sleeves slightly, rolled Su Feng into his sleeves, turned it into a breeze, and disappeared on the spot.

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When Ji Qian and Su Feng stepped into the Qiangu Palace, they found that most of the chief elders were there. However, he had not received any notice before, and he didn't know if it was a coincidence or something had happened.

When Zhang Jiru, the head of the sect, saw Jiqian coming in with his disciple Sufeng, he greeted him with a smile and said, "Jiqian came at the right time. I just wanted to inform you."

Ji Qian bowed and said, "Greetings, Master. What happened?"

Sect Leader Zhang stroked his nonexistent beard and said, "The once-in-a-century Tianji Dharma Assembly is scheduled to begin next month. This Dharma Assembly will be hosted by Kunlun Xianjian Sect." He paused and said, "I have discussed with the elders that you must participate in the upper-grade Jindan stage competition at this Dharma Assembly."

Ji Qian was quite surprised when he heard this.

The Tianji Dharma Assembly is held every hundred years. In addition to famous sects handed down from ancient times such as the Luofu Immortal Sword Sect, the Penglai Immortal Sect, the Yingzhou Immortal Sect, and the Kunlun Immortal Sword Sect, there are also some sects that specialize in a certain profession, such as the Lingyue Sect which is famous for alchemy, and the Hengshan Sect which focuses on formations and refining. In addition, the sects that are criticized by the world for being both good and evil, such as the Netherworld Sect and the Huangxue Road, will also participate.

Participants in the Dharma Assembly can be divided into three realms: the Soul Stage, the Middle-grade Golden Elixir Stage, and the Upper-grade Golden Elixir Stage. Most of the participants are senior elders, while the younger generation of disciples mostly come to watch the elders compete, which can also help them gain some insights and experiences.

The most important thing about the Dharma Assembly is the prize. The sect that wins the first prize can control the resources of 50% of the secret caves under the Taiyi World. Therefore, this Tianji Dharma Assembly is a battle for resources. The development of any sect is inseparable from resources, so the sects need to fight for it with all their strength.

What surprised Ji Qian was that only those with long-standing spiritual power and Golden Core elders were qualified to participate in the Tianji Dharma Assembly. People like him who had only entered the Golden Core stage for less than a hundred years were mostly not qualified to participate.

Ji Qian thought for a moment and said, "Is it a bit rash for the Sect Master to ask me to participate? There are other senior high-grade golden elixir elders in the sect."

Sect Master Zhang said with a smile: "Ji Qian, you have a bad problem, that is, you are too modest." He looked around at everyone in the Qiangu Hall and said: "You have already achieved the perfection of the upper-grade golden elixir. Go to this Dharma Assembly to gain some experience and prepare for the breakthrough of the Yuanshen in the future."

After hearing what he said, Ji Qian realized that there was no room for maneuver, so he stopped refusing and bowed, saying, "I will obey the Sect Master's order."

Sect Leader Zhang nodded, and finalized the candidate with other chief elders. Ji Qian and Su Feng stepped aside and listened.

Every time a name was called, Ji Qian pondered in his mind. These disciples were all well-known and powerful in the sect or in the world of immortal cultivation. It seemed that the sect was really going to do its best to strive for the top spot this time.

Su Feng listened to these names. Many of them were names he had never heard of in his previous life. Some of them were people who had been defeated by his out-of-control self and subdued as his younger brothers. But in terms of their strength, based on his experiences in this life, everything that happened in his previous life seemed like a child playing house and had no reference value at all.

After the list was finalized, Sect Leader Zhang looked at the list on the jade slip, nodded with satisfaction, and asked the other chief elders to leave, leaving only Xia Fangzhiyi, Mo Ruxian, Ji Qian and a few other direct disciples.

Ji Qian bowed and said, "The master was not able to mention something just now. I came here to inform you that I will accept Su Feng as my disciple and the ceremony will be held next month."

Fang Zhiyi said in a sour tone: "Hey, you have accepted a disciple, but I don't even have a shadow of a disciple!"

After hearing this, Master Zhang put on a gentle face, with a hint of rebuke, and said, "I told you to accept disciples a long time ago, but you picked and chose. How can you be so rude to say these things now?"

Fang Zhiyi said aggrievedly: "What can I do? I am a second-generation immortal after all, I can't be so casual."

After hearing this, Master Zhang was quite speechless. He just thought that the child was ignorant and talking nonsense.

Ji Qian found this quite funny and couldn't help but smile, "Second generation of immortals?" Well, well, you are worthy of being such a boy.

Sect Master Zhang said to Ji Qian with a smile, "Ji Qian, I'm afraid there won't be time next month. Why don't we do it today? We can get to know the elders and peers in the sect slowly in the future."

Ji Qian thought it was not a big deal, so he just asked Su Feng, "What do you think, disciple?"

Su Feng naturally wanted to pay his respects to his master immediately, and said, "I am willing to follow the arrangements of the headmaster and master."

After hearing what he said, Ji Qian said, "Let's do it this way."

Sect Master Zhang nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed: "Don't be nervous about the Tianji Dharma Assembly. Our sect has three top-grade Jindan and five mid-grade Jindan this year, so we have the advantage in numbers."

Fang Zhiyi heard what Master Zhang said and interrupted, "Master, what you said is wrong. How can you destroy Ji Qian's prestige?" He smiled, and the spirit of youth gushed out, saying, "What a senior golden elixir master, they are just some small trash who can't reach the level of Yuanshen. You are a master who has touched the threshold of Yuanshen, are you afraid of small trash!"

Master Zhang blew his beard and glared, slapped Fang Zhiyi on the head, and said, "If you keep talking nonsense here, get out!"

Ji Qian actually laughed. It was true. The term "Jin Dan" was just a nice way of saying it. He hadn't entered the Yuan Shen realm for so many years. He probably had no hope of advancing. What was he afraid of? However, even if he could advance, when had he ever been afraid? So he said, "I will definitely do my best to win the crown for the sect."

Su Feng, who was listening to this, also felt his blood boiling. A man should sometimes be as proud as Fang Zhiyi. But he was also quite depressed. His master had already touched the threshold of the Yuanshen and would definitely go out to travel in order to achieve the Yuanshen. It would probably be hundreds of years before they would see each other again. When he thought of this, his chest seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton and he couldn't breathe.