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Chapter 925 - 764 An Unexpected Encounter with an Old Friend in Taiching Palace! 【Seeking Subscription, Seeking Monthly Ticket】

Chapter 925: Chapter 764 An Unexpected Encounter with an Old Friend in Taiching Palace! 【Seeking Subscription, Seeking Monthly Ticket】

The Fire Spirit Pavilion is part of the Five Elements Sect.

Ultimately, the Taiching Palace is made up of several departments.

The structure of this department is clearly inherited from the ancient Dao Court era, such as the formidable Thunder, Light, Plague, and Fight four departments of the Dao Court back then!

To establish a pavilion is to elevate the Zhenling Immortal Alliance to the same departmental level as the Fire Spirit Pavilion, making it one of the pavilions under the Five Elements Sect.

Just like the Wanyu Palace, Daqian Heavenly Palace, and Flying Immortal Palace within the Zhenling Immortal Alliance, which possess strong autonomy.

But because of this, if the sect has something for you to handle, it will be directly thrown to your pavilion, leaving you to figure out a solution on your own.

If you become one of the lines within the Fire Spirit Pavilion, it is like being a faction within the Wanyu Palace of the Zhenling Immortal Alliance.

Although many rules must be followed and autonomy is reduced, the advantage is that when the sky falls, the tall ones will brace it, and you only need to handle your own affairs.

In fact, even with the cultivation of a Celestial Immortal, if only leading the return of the Zhenling Immortal Alliance, at most you could form one line, becoming a direct lineage is already an exception; there is absolutely no qualification to establish a pavilion directly.

But inexplicably, this matter was approved, and Wang Zijia was even allowed to choose himself, which is why Li Benlin had asked Wang Zijia if he knew any Big Shots in the palace.

It is probably also because he not only changed to addressing each other as brothers but also recognized Wang Zijia as an Ancient Cultivator, referring to himself as a junior brother.

Additionally, with the current situation of the Sinful Disaster arising, for an entity as large as the Zhenling Immortal Alliance to open a pavilion is not necessarily a good thing. This is why Li Benli said it might be better to join the Fire Spirit Palace as one lineage.

"Let’s go, I’ll take Senior Brother to report at the Taiching Immortal Palace." After explaining the general situation, Li Benlin stood up and said.

"Then I’ll trouble Junior Brother!" Wang Zijia stood up and said.

"Brother Wang, don’t be so formal." Li Benli responded with a smile.

As they spoke, they headed towards the center of the Taiching Floating Continent, with Zhu Qi honestly following behind.

...

The Taiching Palace Floating Continent is very large, the Fire Spirit Palace can only be considered part of the central region, they rode on Shen Hong, flying towards the core central area.

During this process, Wang Zijia noticed that, compared to his last visit here, the Taiching Palace seemed to be much more lively.

"The palace has been quite lively recently," Wang Zijia commented.

Following Wang Zijia’s gaze, Li Benlin looked down and saw that many places below were under construction and responded with a laugh:

"After all, it’s been almost a year since the re-establishment of the Taoist School was finalized. With operations from all sides, many Taoist temples that had branched out have chosen to return."

"Although not many factions have been absorbed into the direct line, since they’ve become part of my Taiching line, they should be allocated a headquarters."

"Once you, Senior Brother, are done with your affairs, you will also be allocated a territory, where you can build at will."

Wang Zijia heard this and did not reply, but continued to move forward while browsing the area below.

After a leisurely flight for quite a while, Wang Zijia and the others finally arrived in the core area of the Taiching Floating Continent.

From a distance, Wang Zijia saw a magnificent, ancient, and seemingly out of an ancient scroll, the Immortal Palace, reminiscent of the palaces from the storied Dao Courts of legend.

No, this was in fact a cluster of core buildings left over from the Dao Court era!

But it wasn’t a place like the Exalted Palace; it’s estimated to be an area of one of the Dao Court’s departments.

The whole building complex was very vast, with palace buildings constructed primarily in white, rising and falling like waves. Located above the Nine Heavens with clouds and mist swirling around, it was a true Immortal World!

"Is this a part of the Dao Courts that has been preserved until now?" Wang Zijia looked at the jade palaces with a hint of amazement.

"Sort of," Li Benlin paused and said, "During the most severe period of the End of Dharma in the Fifth Era, there was a long time when even God Monarchs were rarely seen, which led to serious ruin here. After several restorations, it has regained its current grandeur."

Wang Zijia nodded, signifying his understanding.

In the midst of their conversation, they had already arrived in the building complex area and could clearly see that there were quite a few people coming and going, God Monarchs were scarce, and occasionally a few Crossing Tribulation Peak Cultivators were sighted.

The majority were Immortal Venerates, with Earth Immortals predominant and many Celestial Immortals as well; Profound Immortals were rare, but whenever one appeared, people would greet them along the way.

A throng of immortals ascended and descended through the misty Immortal Palaces, bustling in and out, a spectacle reminiscent of the Dao Court era, quite magnificent.

Zhu Qi was so taken aback by this sight that he remained in a daze.

The trio floated in the sky for a moment as Li Benlin allowed Wang Zijia and the others a brief period to observe before saying, "Let’s go, let’s descend. Even if one is a Profound Immortal, most do not fly wantonly here. Although it is not explicitly forbidden."

The two of them came back to their senses and floated down, landing at the edge of the cluster of jade halls.

With his feet on the ground, Wang Zijia felt an even greater sense of historical weight.

Along the way, the ground seemed to have various ancient patterns, as if they were traces of history, or perhaps part of some ancient Great Array.

This place... has witnessed at least three epochs of rise and fall, from the Third Epoch’s Dao Court reigning over the Multi-Heavens to the present, a full tens of thousands of eras of change!

The architectural style of these buildings, as described in the various storybooks Wang Zijia had seen about the ancient Dao Courts, matched to a certain extent.

No wonder there’s a gap between the Central Immortal Domain and the surrounding four domains; this must be what is meant by heritage!

They walked through the mist-enshrouded Immortal Palace as mere mortals would.

These clouds and mist were not mere vapors, but were tangible Spiritual Energy, with a lot of Immortal Essence mixed in.

Clearly, there was a sacred immortal vein here, as to whether it was Tenth Rank or Eleventh Grade, Wang Zijia was not sure; in any case, it couldn’t be Twelve Grade.

After the collision with the End of Dharma, the world lost the Twelve Grade sacred vein!

Li Benlin probably took into account that it was Wang Zijia and his companion’s first visit, so he didn’t walk too fast, as if to give them time to sightsee.

Although Wang Zijia was somewhat astonished in his heart, he still maintained an indifferent and casual demeanor. Zhu Qi, on the other hand, had the air of Liu Lao Lao entering the Grand View Garden, constantly looking around.

"Greetings to Immortal Honorable Benlin!"

"Good day, Brother Li!"

"·······"

Along the way, quite a few people paid their respects to Li Benlin.

This late-stage Heavenly Immortal, an old-time cultivator, clearly had a great reputation throughout the Taiqing Palace.

As they walked further in, there were more and more people. Based on this number, Wang Zijia estimated that there must be at least tens of thousands of immortals in Taiqing Palace, probably even more than the current number of God Monarchs in the Spirit Suppressing Realm!

This was of course incomparable to the Ancient Dao Courts era, after all, in that era, even Turbid Immortals and Earth Immortals could only be leaders of miscellaneous soldiers.

Innate Gods and prodigies were born as golden immortals!

But compared to other factions in the current Shen Hong era, it was undoubtedly one of the three major leaders!

When the trio entered the Core Area and saw the clusters of halls enveloped in spiritual energy, the people walking around suddenly stopped.

"Paying respects to Painting Dream Celestial Lord!"

"Greetings to Exalted Immortal Hua Meng!"

"·······"

Immediately after, everyone paid their respects in unison.

Including Li Benlin, who, after a slight startle, immediately bowed and said, "Greetings to Martial Uncle Hua Meng!"

Following everyone’s gaze, Wang Zijia saw a youth who seemed like an exiled immortal.

The youth’s profound aura not only denoted a Ninth Realm Profound Immortal but also a peak Profound Immortal. It was just unknown whether he possessed the Supreme Dao Fruit or had gathered Dao power with the potential to achieve golden immortality.

At that moment, the youth was leisurely floating a few yards off the ground, passing over the heads of the crowd towards the center of the halls.

In response to the salutations of the other immortals, he had a calm expression and did not react much.

However, the moment Wang Zijia saw the youth, he froze.

It wasn’t because of the youth’s cultivation, nor because of his outstanding temperament, but because... he recognized this person!

Initially, the youth had not paid much attention to the actions of the crowd below him. But as everyone was paying their respects and Wang Zijia was staring blankly at him, standing out from the crowd, he could not help but be conspicuous.

As a result, the youth subconsciously glanced over.

However, just after he took a few more steps and his gaze casually swept over, the youth’s movement suddenly stiffened, and he turned his head sharply to look back.

His eyes met Wang Zijia’s somewhat dazed ones. The youth was as if struck by lightning, standing frozen in place, staring at Wang Zijia.

Seeing the youth suddenly stop, the people who were paying their respects also followed his gaze and turned to look at Wang Zijia.

Li Benlin, seeing this, discreetly tugged at Wang Zijia, signaling him to pay his respects.

Yet, Wang Zijia seemed unaware, his expression dazed and his face showing confusion.

The youth continued to stare at Wang Zijia dazedly, emotions of shock, bewilderment, recollection, and nostalgia flashing across his eyes.

"Xian Yu?" After a moment of silence, Wang Zijia tentatively spoke up.

The youth also came back to his senses with this call, cautiously saying, "Master... Master?"

Wang Zijia, hearing the youth’s words, slightly regained his composure and revealed his signature smile, sunny, bright, urgent, and clear, his eyes tender.

With his perfect face, that smile was truly too memorable, too easy to become a mental anchor. He gently said with a smile, "It really is you, kid!"

The crowd that had been quiet instantly became even quieter.

What did they hear?

Master?

Who was this person?

A Profound Immortal on the path to becoming a golden immortal was calling a Heavenly Immortal ’Master’?

Li Benlin, who had been about to tug at Wang Zijia’s sleeve again, also froze, his face filled with confusion as he looked at the youth, Qin Xianyu, then back at Wang Zijia.

Youth Qin Xianyu paid no heed to the crowd, his figure flickering in an instant before Wang Zijia, gazing at the perfect face from his memories, familiar white hair, those gentle eyes, and the ever-present, soothing smile at the corner of his mouth.

In his mind, memories sealed for countless years began to surface, rapidly merging two identical faces together.

In his memories, many years ago, in the East Wilderness’s Taiqing Palace, on Changmei Island among the seven fairy islands.

In that era, as immortals were on the verge of decline, Sin Demons emerged in droves, and Devil Cultivators caused havoc everywhere.

It was not a peaceful era, nor one with hope, and even in their youth, they were acutely aware of it.

Originally, Qin Xianyu, because of his decent background and patronage, had the opportunity to hold a position on Changmei Island.