After fifty years of seclusion, Chen Qianqian successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul stage and was preparing to take over as the Sect Master of the Blue Cloud Sect, specially inviting Chen Changsheng to attend.
“Taking over as Sect Master, huh…”
Chen Changsheng had already learned about this through the chat group, but upon seeing the invitation in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh at how quickly time had passed.
The world of cultivation seemed unchanged, yet it also seemed to have undergone many transformations.
He recalled the first day he joined the group.
Back then, Chen Qianqian was merely at the Foundation Establishment stage, and had even joined forces with him to snatch the Taiji Plate Fruit. Now, she had successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and was ascending to the position of Sect Master of the Blue Cloud Sect.
Incredibly, more than two hundred years had passed in between!
Chen Changsheng had experienced the chaos of demons and monsters, witnessed the sudden rise of the Radiant Saint Sect, participated in the creation of the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage, and worked with group members to build Peaceful Immortal City.
It turned out that while he was leisurely passing his days, so many major events had occurred in the outside world, but his heart was still stuck in the past, and his philosophy to this day was simply to live a good life.
Therefore, he couldn't feel the passage of time, couldn't feel the earth-shattering changes in the world of cultivation, and only now, after suddenly snapping back to his senses, did he deeply understand.
“It's been a long time since I've been out in the world. And it's an invitation from one of my few good friends, so let's take a trip and experience the changes in the world of cultivation,” Chen Changsheng said with a light smile.
“Yay!”
Miao Miao excitedly raised the invitation, happily running into the house to pack her things.
However, she had barely entered before she turned back, running into her own room next door with a flushed face…
She was used to entering her master's room!
Her impulsive appearance made Chen Changsheng both amused and exasperated. He summoned his furnace magic treasure and took out the Ninefold Yellow Spring Sword.
“Before leaving, I need to upgrade my Ninefold Yellow Spring Sword to a lower grade.”
Whoosh!
Phoenix True Fire ignited within the furnace, and the Ninefold Yellow Spring Sword flew into the furnace, followed closely by more than a dozen pieces of rare metal.
Under the scorching heat of the flames, the metal quickly dissolved, fused, and solidified!
The Ninefold Yellow Spring Sword was a Foundation Establishment stage magic treasure, which could no longer keep up with Chen Changsheng's cultivation and could not withstand his vast true energy. It needed to be upgraded to the Golden Core grade in order to unleash his full power.
Buzz!
A sound came from within the furnace, and the third-grade weapon refinement technique easily completed the upgrade of the Foundation Establishment magic treasure.
As Chen Changsheng withdrew his Dao techniques, the flames within the furnace instantly dissipated.
A brand new Ninefold Yellow Spring Sword, shining with brilliant light, suddenly flew out of the furnace, emitting a cheerful, sharp sword cry.
It flew in circles around the backyard several times before accurately landing in its scabbard.
Chen Changsheng opened the Immortal Cultivation Group and sent a message to Yuan Rao: “City Lord Yuan, I need to return to the Taihang Region. During my absence, I'll trouble you to take care of the Demon Suppression Division and the Dao Treasure Pavilion.”
Yuan Rao immediately replied: “No problem. Give my regards to Qianqian.”
She naturally knew that Chen Qianqian was about to take over as the Sect Master of the Blue Cloud Sect, but she was unable to attend the ceremony in person due to her busy work in the city.
Yuan Rao: “By the way, the list of second-generation elders of the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage has been compiled. Please take a look and issue the elder tokens to them.”
Whoosh!
A jade slip flew out from the City Lord's Mansion, streaking like a rainbow, and landed in the backyard of the Dao Treasure Pavilion.
Chen Changsheng blankly picked up the jade slip and swept his divine sense through its contents.
The recruitment of group members for the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage had never stopped.
Every living group member was worth valuing for their strength and background.
However, the review of second-generation elders was even stricter, and the workload was quite large.
There were many cultivators in the world of cultivation who had accidentally entered the chat group but lacked their own abilities. Even if they were allowed to join the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage, it would only be a flash in the pan.
“The current number of second-generation elders is twenty-eight, which is quite a lot, but compared to the total number of applicants, it is actually just a drop in the bucket.”
“It seems that the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage is seriously and rigorously screening elders, rather than randomly reviewing and recruiting them.”
Chen Changsheng looked at the names of these people and immediately began refining the tokens for the second-generation elders.
In order to differentiate the power differences between the elders, he added two restrictions.
First, second-generation elders could check the life and death of Dao lineage members, but could not check the life and death of first-generation elders.
Second, when second-generation elders checked the contents of the disciple tokens, the contents would be synchronized to the first-generation elder tokens.
Both rules were to guard against second-generation elders, to prevent them from betraying or lurking as spies. They could not know whether the first-generation elders were alive or dead, and they could not hide the contents on the disciple tokens.
Subsequent third-generation elder tokens would also strip away these permissions.
Chen Changsheng informed the first-generation elders of his ideas, and received unanimous approval from everyone, and then issued elder tokens to each second-generation elder.
When the new elders of the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage received the elder tokens sent by Chen Changsheng, they suddenly realized that this first-generation elder, who only had a Golden Core cultivation base, seemed to have a somewhat unusual status in the Dao lineage.
Such an important thing as the elder token was actually refined by a Golden Core cultivator?
Especially since the aptitude of this Golden Core elder was the most mediocre, lower grade!
The second-generation elders couldn't help but communicate privately, but they couldn't figure it out.
“Does anyone know if this Elder Chen has any special background?”
“I don't know, but I know that this person's previous aptitude was only ordinary grade, but now it has reached lower grade, he must have a heaven-defying background!”
“What?! Ordinary grade aptitude to cultivate to the Golden Core stage? That can't be, right?”
“It seems that he broke through to the Golden Core stage after advancing to lower grade aptitude.”
“The Ancient Immortal Dao lineage has a deep foundation, so there is no need to curry favor with sects and factions. Could it be that this elder comes from a sacred ground?”
“As far as I know, the Ancient Immortal Dao lineage only has one sacred ground, and that is Elder Zhuo's Great Evolution Sacred Ground.”
“Could he be a descendant of Elder Zhuo?”
“Definitely not, I attended the Peaceful Auction, and Elder Zhuo and this person met for the first time at that time.”
“Don't think so much, anyway, this elder is definitely not simple, don't underestimate him.”
“……”
Chen Changsheng did not know about the heated discussions of the second-generation elders. He had already arranged the affairs of Peaceful City, and was flying to the Blue Cloud Sect in the Taihang Region with Miao Miao on a flat boat.
After many years, he had a sense of anticipation of returning home in glory.
Chen Changsheng did not know whether he was looking forward to the scenery of the Taihang Region or the old friends of the Taihang Region.
From the Nine Dragon Region to the Taihang Region, it was necessary to cross several large regions.
With Chen Changsheng's Golden Core stage flying speed, it would take at least half a year, and Chen Qianqian's enthronement ceremony was held a year later, so he had plenty of time to travel, and could even play for a while along the way.
