Seeking Immortality

Xu Qingfan and Zhang Hualing have discussed many times what attitude Jiuhua should take when joining the Righteous Alliance after it is born, and the two even had some disputes about it.

In Xu Qingfan's view, in troubled times, being low-key is always the best choice. Only by being low-key can you play the greatest role at critical moments, and only by being low-key can you reduce the opponent's attention to yourself, so as to preserve your strength as much as possible.

But Zhang Hualing's view is completely opposite to Xu Qingfan's. Zhang Hualing believes that if Jiuhua does not come out, it will be fine. If it does come out, it must be moderately high-profile. As long as this kind of limelight is not too strong, so as to cover up the entire Righteous Alliance, everything will be fine.

Zhang Hualing's reason is that being low-key is not always appropriate. As one of the six holy places, Jiuhua will be noticed by everyone no matter how low-key it is. If it is low-key as a holy place, it will be regarded as weak and bullied by some people. The Righteous will want to suppress you and use you as cannon fodder, and the Evil will also use you as a knife, which is the most dangerous.

If you are appropriately high-profile, those who are hostile to you, both good and evil, will naturally retreat far away if they are not powerful, and those who are powerful will think again and again and postpone their actions because of the strength you show. It is much safer than being low-key, and there will be less unnecessary trouble.

The most important thing is the degree of high profile. You should be high-profile, but not so high-profile that even your allies are afraid of you, and your opponents will regard you as the most important target.

In this way, the best choice is undoubtedly to show good but not excessive strength, and at the same time show amazing potential. Only with strength. Others will not put pressure on you at will, and only if you show amazing potential will others respect your opinions.

In the end, Xu Qingfan was still persuaded by Zhang Hualing, and he had to admit that sometimes the old ones are still the best. Although Zhang Hualing is not Liu Huaxiang, his vision and experience are not comparable to Xu Qingfan's now. Because of this, Xu Qingfan will seize the opportunity of Fan Xiaoyao's provocation and ridicule to show Jiuhua's strength to the major sects present.

Sure enough, after learning that Jiuhua had more than 20 disciples who had formed the Dan in recent years, everyone on the field had underestimated Jiuhua's potential, and their eyes showed a look of surprise. The eyes looking at Xu Qingfan were also less contemptuous and more cautious.

"Jiuhua has been closed for less than 70 years, but it has achieved such results. It makes me want to close the mountain for a few years." Qing Lingzi quickly concealed the shock in his eyes and said with a smile.

Xu Qingfan smiled and said, "The younger generation and others have the constant guidance of the elders in the sect, and the various supplies accumulated by the master for thousands of years. Besides, the sect's skills are also extremely mysterious. In addition, after closing the mountain for these years, they have been devoted to cultivation. If there is no achievement in this way, it will really be a shame to our ancestors."

While speaking, Xu Qingfan glanced at Fan Xiaoyao seemingly unintentionally, and there was a suppressed laugh from the crowd. Xu Qingfan's words were obviously directed at the "Xingyin Sect" and were obviously a response to Fan Xiaoyao's previous ridicule.

It is generally acknowledged that Fan Xiaoyao's generation of disciples are not up to the task. Although Fan Xiaoyao was annoyed by Xu Qingfan's sarcasm, he had nothing to say. His face just flushed, and his expression became more uncertain.

Seeing that Fan Xiaoyao was somewhat embarrassed, Qing Lingzi did not want to deepen the conflict between the two sects, which would be inappropriate for the future actions of the Righteous Alliance, so he changed the subject and said, "After talking for a long time, I still let Xu Xiannephew stand at the mountain gate. It is my fault as the host. Let's go to see the seniors. They must have been waiting for a long time."

As he said that, he led Xu Qingfan to the depths of "Ronghua Mountain".

On the way, after the heads of the sects learned that Ting'er and the other three behind them were Xu Qingfan's disciples, they could not help but look up to Xu Qingfan and the Jiuhua Mountain lineage. $

When they were almost at the "Qingxu Hall" on the top of "Ronghua Mountain", Qing Lingzi seemed to remember something and suddenly asked: "Oh, nephew Xu. This time you are visiting our Righteous Alliance on behalf of Jiuhua Mountain. Does your sect leader know?"

Xu Qingfan smiled and said: "I am honored to be the deacon elder of my sect. When I went down the mountain, the sect leader gave me the right to make decisions on my own. So after hearing about the establishment of the Righteous Alliance, I came to explore first. If it happens, I also have the right to represent Jiuhua to join the Righteous Alliance. The sect leader and the elders will not have any objections."

The deacon elder of Jiuhua is the third person in Jiuhua, and the next sect leader of Jiuhua. With this identity, he has the right to make decisions on behalf of Jiuhua.

However, the other sect leaders were not surprised that Xu Qingfan was the deacon elder and the next sect leader of Jiuhua. With Xu Qingfan's current cultivation and the means he had just shown, even if he came to their sect, he would be one of the top two or three candidates for the sect leader.

As they were talking, the sect leaders and Xu Qingfan had already arrived in front of the "Qingxu Hall", while the Dharma protectors of various sects who had been with the sect leaders before stopped in front of the hall. It was obvious that they were not allowed to enter this hall.

At Xu Qingfan's signal, Ting'er and the other three also stopped like the Dharma protectors.

"The seniors are inside, let's go in. Jiuhua joining the Righteous Alliance only requires the consent of the old guys. Besides, there is no need to agree or disagree. As one of the six holy places in the world of immortal cultivation, it is natural for Jiuhua to join the Righteous Alliance. But out of respect for the seniors, we still have to report it."

Hearing Qing Lingzi's words, Xu Qingfan nodded slowly, but he was a little nervous. The endless power he felt when he met Zi Zhenxian that year was still so real when he recalled it now. And he was about to meet more than ten masters, many of whom were legendary figures. What would they look like when they gathered together? What kind of demeanor would these masters have?

With such expectations in his heart, Xu Qingfan was lying when he said he was not nervous. After all, the Mahayana stage was just a distant dream and legend for most of the immortals in the world. For a cultivator like Xu Qingfan in the Shidan stage, meeting a Mahayana master was like a mortal meeting an immortal.

After nodding to Ting'er and the other three to reassure them, Xu Qingfan followed Qing Lingzi and the others into the hall.

In the empty hall, fourteen men, women, young and old with different temperaments, sitting or standing, or gathering in groups of two or three to whisper, or sitting alone to think about something, or playing chess and drinking tea, scattered around the hall, just like a gathering of strange people.

These fourteen people are the biggest reliance of the Righteous Alliance, the Mahayana Grandmasters in the Righteous World of Immortal Cultivation. But if Xu Qingfan didn't know their identities, he would have thought they were just a group of mortals with excellent manners and temperament.

Perhaps because they are all Grandmasters, these people have restrained their own momentum. Even though Xu Qingfan's cultivation has greatly improved at this time, he still can't sense the slightest spiritual fluctuations from these fourteen people. There is no momentum and pressure.

However, even so, after Xu Qingfan walked into the hall, he suddenly felt that the other fourteen people were extremely powerful and he was extremely small. He felt a sense of awe in his heart for these fourteen people in front of him.

Xu Qingfan understood that these masters had already changed from the pressure of simple aura to the pressure of soul. That was a higher level of realm.

Among the fourteen people, three were sitting in the deep seat of the hall. The Purple True Immortal of Qingxu Sect was also among them. They were communicating with each other, which made them look different from others. When the other eleven masters looked at these three people, they also had respect in their eyes.

Xu Qingfan knew that although the Mahayana stage seemed to be out of reach and high above, in fact, there was a huge difference in the level of high and low within it. The Nascent Soul stage, the Out-of-Body stage, and the Spirit Severing stage. The gap between the three was huge.

And the three masters sitting in the seats were obviously masters in the Mahayana stage. At least Xu Qingfan knew that the Purple True Immortal among the three had reached the realm of "Three Decays of Heaven and Man". To reach this realm, one must be so powerful that he has been deliberately rejected and suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, which means that he has at least reached the early stage of the Spirit Severing stage. The other two sat together with Zizhen Immortal, and it seemed that their cultivation levels were not far apart.

Seeing Xu Qingfan follow Qing Lingzi and others into the hall, all the masters turned their eyes to him, and finally settled on Xu Qingfan, and looked at Xiao Hei on Xu Qingfan's shoulder and the two sides behind Xu Qingfan. Obviously, with their cultivation, they could naturally see through the powerful death energy in Xiao Hei's body, as well as the two clones Xu Ying and Xu Zhiyuan hidden behind Xu Qingfan.

After evaluating Xu Qingfan's strength, these masters looked at Xu Qingfan with more appreciation, but not as shocked as the previous heads of various sects. These masters have lived for at least a thousand years. Zizhen Immortal also followed his master Qingxu Patriarch to experience the last catastrophe, and they have seen all kinds of geniuses. Although they admire Xu Qingfan's achievements, they are not surprised.

"Junior Xu Qingfan, I am honored to meet you, the Grandmaster."

After Qing Lingzi and the others bowed, Xu Qingfan also bowed and said.