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Chapter 255: Becoming Immortal

Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Becoming Immortal

After spending more than half an hour at the Sacrifice Heaven Ceremony Square, under the announcement of Ma Haoran of the Qin Tian Supervision, the grand sacrifice assembly came to an end.

Following their departure, Wang Zijia and his party, led by Ma Haoran, proceeded to the east suburb of Tianhong City which was across Tianhong Mountain.

From an ordinary person’s perspective, this was a vast royal garden, covering nearly half the area of Tianhong City.

Ordinary people were not allowed to enter or leave. Even members of the royal family had limited access. Occasionally, some oddly dressed people like the Old Taoist, the Elegant Swordsman, or the Old Beggar could be seen coming in and out.

However, from a cultivator’s perspective, beyond a merely a beginner disciple level illusion array, there was a relatively large market square.

Even if the Tianhong Practice World was in decline, it was still considered a second-class dynasty. As the biggest market amongst the neighboring dynasties, it was not bad. Well, at least it was not bad for them.

From Wang Zijia’s perspective, this place was quite remote and lagged far behind Wanyu Immortal City.

Luckily, the arrival of Wang Zijia and his fellows had been anticipated and cultivators from neighboring areas had gathered here early, making the place rather crowded.

Lead by Ma Haoran, Wang Zijia was guided to a special accommodation area in the market. He was arranged to stay in the best courtyard. As the market square was mostly built with the support of the Wanyu Sect, most businesses there have been owned by the sect.

This was a remote place that only saw a change in management once every ten years. As such, Wang Zijia also had the additional task of checking the books.

This was one of the reasons why Ma Haoran was so enthusiastic towards him. The average disciple wouldn’t dare to audit the books and whatever Ma Haoran said was considered good enough. But with the arrival of Wang Zijia, there was more wiggle room for going through the motions or a thorough audit.

In his accompaniment, Wang Zijia and his party settled in a special place for recruiting new disciples. As there had been relatively few people arriving in the previous sessions, and with over a thousand disciples currently present, the accommodations were insufficient. Thus, most of the disciples still had to rest in their magic-driven vehicles.

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After settling, the group familiarized themselves with the market place for the better part of the day.

Early next morning, as the first ray of sunlight pierced through the sky and morning mist, painting the earth in warm hues.

Tianhong Mountain, situated in the east suburb of Tianhong, which had been shrouded in mist year-round, and surrounded by countless legends, abruptly cleared. The entire mountain peak was revealed to everyone’s sight.

The towering peak stood directly and steeply with a giant jade staircase, resembling a stairway to heaven, leading straight to the peak.

Above the peak, an immense palace complex suspended on white auspicious clouds, surrounded by mist, appeared celestial.

The offspring of families with profound backgrounds had been waiting at the foot of the mountain from early morning, suggesting that they knew something.

As time passed, more and more people began to gather at the foot of the mountain, and the crowd became increasingly eclectic. Seventy-year-old Taoists, middle-aged soldiers, young scholars, and even children of a few years old could be seen.

After waiting for a long time, the palace in the clouds suddenly burst into strong spiritual light. Countless rosy clouds, like auspicious signs, scattered all around the mountains.

Amidst the swirling rosy clouds, a figure of exceptional elegance, Wang Zijia, slowly took shape. The phantom-like figure was tall, even a bit taller than the mountain itself, seeming to be capable of vying with the heavens and earth for supremacy.

His handsome face with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes was unforgettable at first sight. Surrounded by rosy clouds, his unique temperament represented the very essence of the word ’immortal’.

He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, surveyed the crowd in the square below, as if scrutinizing the audience.

People instinctively halted their conversations and stared at him in silence. The noisy square became quiet in an instant.

"This is Wang Zijia, a Dao Child of the Wanyu Immortal Sect, currently walking in the mortal world on behalf of our sect. We are here to propagate the Tao Law and uphold the Dao Consistency of Wanyu. Today, we are hosting the Ascending Immortal Conference at Tianhong Mountain to spread the fate of immortality."

"In Wanyu, we believe in encouraging diversity. Those with Spiritual Root Talent could cultivate as beginners. Even those without such talents could climb up the mountain and leave their names with their talents, and return to our clan to get a pill with cultivated methods."

"As long as you have ascended Tianhong Mountain and successfully reached the top, regardless of whether you are a peddler, a political dignitary, or a Wandering Chivalrous Hero, you would become a Wanyu disciple and be treated equally by me······"

As Wang Zijia’s words echoed, the crowd waiting below became more excited.

Once the illusion of Wang Zijia dissipated and numerous rosy clouds descended and enveloped Tianhong Mountain, making it look mystical, the atmosphere reached its peak.

"The climb begins today!"

With the words of a disciple, the eager crowd started to move. The normally rare congenital martial artists seemed as common as cabbage. The postnatal ones were scorned as dogs, while the congenital ones roamed everywhere.

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After presiding over the ceremony, Wang Zijia did not concern himself further. The rest was left for his disciples in the Sect to handle, as he had a busy schedule ahead.

Upon returning to the market, he immediately started to arrange his disciples, dispatching teams to the major cities in Tianhong for recruitment.

Tens of thousands of spiritual root disciples needed to be recruited, which required screening tens of millions of people. With such a large base, it was impossible to expect them all to journey to the capital city.

After all, their team this time was not like those in previous sessions, which only needed to catch a couple of fish to get through.

The royal family was very cooperative, enthusiastically sending people with the Imperial Edict to accompany them and aid in coordinating with different regions, making the national detection work more convenient.

This was a great event for Tianhong, marking the return of its prosperity.

Apart from other considerations, simply seeing the people recruited by Wang Zijia, if in their later years, three or five decided to return, it would cause an earth-shaking change in Tianhong.

Not to mention the countless other changes. Otherwise, a second-class dynasty like Tianhong would not have declined just because Wanyu had abandoned its growth direction.

Time flew and two months passed.

Teams of spiritual root detection were dispatched, and the entire nation of Tianhong started to thrive.

Tianhong City was visibly thriving every day, and soon, the city was filled to capacity. The rapid influx of a large and diverse population would have already created chaos if not for the presence of the Wanyu Sect’s personnel

Greater changes were taking place in the east suburb’s Tianhong Mountain and Tianhong Market Square. Every day, a sea of people swarmed there.

During this process, Wang Zijia began dispatching disciples, starting to deliver goods through various channels. To him, these were just low-level fine goods. To the cultivation world of Tianhong, every single item was a treasure for which people would fight tooth and nail, capable of being auctioned.

Such treasures were openly and clearly priced for sale in stores, not needing any auction at all. The market was exceptionally hot due to this, the bustling movement seemed to revive the cultivation world of Tianhong overnight, with all sorts of old figures popping up.