Chen Jinchan who sat opposite of Shen Lian moved a piece of white chess, smiled as he said, “Honoured master, please do not get distracted, you have lost this round.”

　　Shen Lian smiled gracefully, waved his hands, that chess board vanished swiftly into thin air. He mentioned, “Now, there is no longer such a thing as winning or losing.”

　　Chen Jinchan replied him with a bitter smile, if honored master wanted to shamelessly cheat, there was nothing he could do about it.

　　Chen Jinchan then decided to overlook this matter, told Jia Zhen’s uncle, “Chiyu, this nephew of yours must be the descendant of our Senior Apprentice-Brother Jia, they seem to share similarities in their eyes and brows. The year before he passed, he had once again perfected the Technique of Leiyuan Thunder. It can be said to be one of the most distinctive and simplistic methods for immortality. However, it is rather difficult to practice and he never thought that it ended up being successfully practiced by his descendant.”

　　Chiyu said, “I had no idea how this young lad was enlightened out of a sudden and managed to successfully practice this extraordinary martial art. Due to his lack of talent and established practices, he was unable to enter the school of Qing Xuan. Now that he had successfully mastered the Technique of Leiyuan Thunder, his aura are all renewed. Is it possible to have you, the headmaster to show some leniency and accept him into our school of Qing Xuan?”

　　There were a few cultivators who had the privilege to meet the founding master and headmaster personally, this opportunity was hard to come by. Chiyu wanted to make use of this precious meeting to supplicate a decent future for his nephew.

　　At that time, the world of cultivation had become increasingly developed and popular. Particularly, in comparison to the past thousands of years, the number of Zhenrens who went through seven transformations of Huandan had multiplied greatly. It was predicted that there would be more celestials and Buddhas in the near future. With a heightened number of connoisseurs, the cultivation community would become sophisticated, if one was not from an established sect with the genuine mastery of techniques, he would encounter many misfortunes ahead and would be easily murdered.

　　If Jia Zhen managed to enter Qing Xuan School, he and his family member’s life would be well protected. However, there were not many cultivators in the world who can associate themselves with Qing Xuan as not many can be listed as a member of Qing Xuan. This might be Jia Zhen’s last opportunity to learn from Qing Xuan.

　　Chen Jinchan said, “In the past, Qing Xuan’s entry rules were rather lenient. Hence, if one was a Huandan Elder, he would have two special vacancies available for prospective disciples. Ever since I attained immortality, I genuinely felt that with such a system, it would eventually lead to a result where Qing Xuan would have an unbalanced mix of good and bad members. Thus, I abolished this unique rule, made some changes such that the recruitment ceremony that was used to be held once in every fifty years, would now be conducted once every ten years instead. Each time ten slots that were made available and it will not be altered. At that time, many doyens complaint and were dissatisfied, there were a handful of people who condemned me in secret, but since I was determined, no one could do anything to change my mind. Eight hundred years had passed, those who scolded me or were strongly against my decision are no longer alive. Now, everyone had adapted to the new rule. Though this child now has established practices, we still cannot break the rules for him, do you understand, Chiyu?”

　　Chiyu was lost for words, thus he nodded helplessly.

　　Chen Jinchan then continued, “In fact, there are many other places in the world that are available for cultivation, the learning of established practices to attain Dao is not limited to Qing Xuan only. Although I see this child not having a destiny with us, Qing Xuan, but there would be another way. Hence, do not be overly disappointed.”

　　Chiyu said, “Headmaster, please do provide us with some guidance.”

　　Chen Jinchan smiled as he said, “He will understand it in the future.”

　　Chiyu seemed rather helpless. Hence, he tried to change the topic. He conveyed in detail the encounter between Jia Zhen and Kui Li to the founding master and headmaster.

　　After Shen Lian finished listening, he then said, “I am aware of this matter now, after twenty-five days, before I hold Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, I will be lecturing on the path and fruition of longevity at Taiyi Peak. There will be a vacant spot for the junior rank, let this young lad fill the spot. Okay, let us end the conversation here, leave me the presents Kui Li asked you to bring, you can descend the mountain now, just remember to return to Taiyi Peak on the day of my speech.”

　　As the founding master had given his orders, Chiyu and Jia Zhen had no other reason to stay. They left Kui Li’s treasure box, Jia Zhen was then led down the mountain by his uncle.

　　After this experience, Jia Zhen seemed to be in a state of confusion, he felt that his meeting with Zhenren Shen and Zhenren Chen differed greatly from his expectations. Furthermore, he failed to enter the school of Qing Xuan, this made him rather disappointed, however, he was slightly happy as the words spoken by Zhenren Chen and Zhenren Shen seemed to provide some guidance.

　　Chiyu told Jia Zhen, “You better stay here and practice your techniques seriously, do not wait until the day of the founding master’s lecture and start to panic then becoming an embarrassment.”

　　Jia Zhen replied, “I will do my very best, uncle.”

　　Chiyu patted his shoulder and said, “I can still recall how mighty our master was, now that you have mastered the Technique of Leiyuan Thunder, you must succeed and glorify our Jia family.”

　　Jia Zhen nodded his head firmly, he got to meet three highly respectable connoisseurs consecutively in these two days, namely Kui Li, Zhenren Shen and Zhenren Chen. His standard of ideals had changed drastically as compared to his past. He was not as concerned about the notion of gaining pride for his family, what he wanted more was the method of transforming from an insignificant mortal into an immortal, developing into a celestial figure who was as powerful as Kui Li.

　　…

　　Shen Lian waited until both Jia Zhen and his uncle to depart from the mountain before he looked at the treasure box. The seal that was made out of the five colored divine lights was flowing through like streams of water. Clearly, it encompassed a large amount of spirituality. Shen Lian pointed at the box and let out two Qis, each black and white of color. As the Qi came into contact with five colored divine lights, both of them combined as one and vanished almost instantaneously, the air was filled with a scent that was rather refreshing, the surrounding floras blossomed and were brightly colored.

　　Shen Lian smiled and said, “This skill of five colored divine lights, there are less than ten people in this whole world who can manage to solve and eradicate it, seems like Qianmo’s attainment had improved greatly these few years.”

　　Chen Jinchan said, “Five hundred years ago, Qianmo left Qing Xuan ever since Xiaoxun failed to shapeshift. I had once search for her, but failed to predict her tracks. When she re-appeared a hundred years ago, she was already a mighty demon, looking at this five coloured divine lights now, I am afraid that with regards to the supernatural powers, in Qing Xuan, apart from you, the founding master, only our Senior Apprentice-Sister Fang can keep her in check.”

　　Shen Lian replied softly, “She was innately born with the Qi of Five Elements, even I cannot predict her tracks, let alone for you to track her down. Nonetheless, her being untraceable is also a form of blessing. Given her arrogant personality, only with such benefit can she avoid others’ schemes against her. Long ago, I knew cultivation would be a long and lonely journey, as most of the people I have known are decreasing in number, only then I had a heartfelt understanding. I just hope that Qianmo will be safe and sound, even if I did not get the chance to meet her this time around, there would always be another opportunity in the future.”

　　Chen Jinchan spoke heavily, “The Netherworld you mentioned, opponents were surprisingly formidable. In fact, I really hope that I can find Qianmo. Since she sent some gifts over, it is obvious that she still retained some feelings for the past, this might help us greatly.”

　　Shen Lian said, “There is no need for that. During Buddha’s Birthday Celebration, after describing the incident that happened in Netherworld, I am sure a large majority of immortal Zhenrens and Lords of Luohan would vow to form a coalition with us. In fact, all of us are staying in this world, they are left with no other options.”

　　Chen Jinchan let out a sigh and said, “If you, founding master, had not returned, I might still be dumbfounded to date. The truth was that in hopes of preventing people to leave this place, Lu Jiuyuan had transformed into a part of the sky and earth, this greatly affected the rules of sky and earth. Hence, leaving us with no room for breakthroughs.”

　　Shen Lian said, “He is not to be blamed, we can only say that our decision to absorb the essence of sky and earth is similar to the state of a woman with ten months of pregnancy. Once it achieved the state of heavenly immortals, it equates to the baby being successfully born, able to survive independently. This harms the mother’s health greatly, no one will remain still and condone this.”