The land was vast and boundless. The land of the Nine Prefectures was divided into the Nine Prefectures. Among them, the Central Continent was also known as the Middle Continent. It was the most prosperous and fertile land of the Nine Prefectures. Eighty to ninety percent of the world's population was gathered here. The area of the Central Continent was millions of miles, almost the size of the other eight continents combined.
In the ancient times, the human race of the Land of the Nine Prefectures lived a primitive tribal life. In the face of the harsh climate and environment, countless human casualties and sorrows were everywhere. Therefore, countless human sages sought a way to free themselves.
When the Human Tribe saw the abnormal phenomena of heaven and earth, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, they thought that there were various gods in the Nine Heavens. Therefore, they were in awe of heaven and earth. There were also great wise people who studied hard, hoping that the Human Tribe could master the ability of wind, rain, thunder and lightning. However, they could not do so for countless years and died in dissatisfaction.
It was not until 100,000 years ago that this situation changed. It was rumored that the great sages of the human race received the pity of the heavens and inherited the immortal methods of the gods of the heavens. From then on, the cultivation methods began to appear in the Land of the Nine Prefectures.
In the past 100,000 years, cultivators in the Land of the Nine Prefectures were like carps crossing the river. There were countless of them, and the Central Plains was the most prosperous. Most of the cultivators gathered in the spiritual mountains and blessed lands of the Central Plains. They either cultivated alone or established sects. Therefore, there were many cultivation methods in the Central Plains, and the sects were also uneven.
These sects had been fighting with each other for many years, so there were also many sects that could not withstand the test of time and disappeared in the long river of history. Only the seven forces of the Three Churches, Three Sects, and One Temple stood in the long river of time and did not fall.
The three sects were the Sorcerer Sect, the Devil Sect, and the Demon Sect. As the name suggested, they were the sects inherited from the Sorcerer Clan, the Devil Ancestor, and the Demon Clan. The three sects worshipped the three gods, the Ancestor Sorcerer, the Devil Ancestor, and the Demon Ancestor.
The three sects were the Nine Immortals Sect, the Emperor Sect, and the Carefree Sect. The three sects inherited the authentic Taoist immortal methods and were respected by the Three Pure Ancestors.
One temple was called the Bliss Temple, which inherited the authentic Buddhist Dharma. It was called the Buddha, with Bodhi Buddha as its ancestor.
The Seven Great Forces had existed for 100,000 years. They had experienced ups and downs over the years, and there had been many battles in between. Today, only the Nine Immortals Sect, the Emperor Sect, the Carefree Sect, and the Bliss Temple had opened up their sects and ruled the Central Plains. The Sorcerer Sect, the Devil Sect, and the Demon Sect had hidden themselves, and the world hated them.
The Nine Immortal Mountain was towering and majestic. It was like a tiger that dominated the Central Plains. The Nine Immortal Mountain stretched for hundreds of miles and the peaks rose and fell. The highest peak was nine peaks that towered into the clouds. Usually, one could only see white clouds surrounding the mountainside and could not see the true appearance of the peak.
The scenery of the Nine Immortal Mountain was beautiful and famous throughout the world. However, what really made the Nine Immortal Mountain famous was the immortal cultivation sect on this mountain…Nine Immortals Sect.
The lineage of the Nine Immortals had a long history and had been established for more than 100,000 years. It was the leader of both the righteous and evil paths. It was said that the founder of the sect and the founder of the other two orthodox sects, the Emperor Sect and the Carefree Sect, were blood brothers. They were great sages of the human race. When they traveled around the world, they obtained three incomplete immortal books in the surrounding mountains of the Earth God Mountain where the Emperor Sect was located. They were the Taiqing Immortal Chant, the Yuqing Immortal Chant, and the Shangqing Immortal Chant. They contained various methods and wonderful techniques. Although they were difficult and dry, they had endless magical uses and great power.
The three of them had this fortuitous encounter and devoted themselves to cultivation. After more than ten years, they had some small achievements. After more than a hundred years, they had mastered the divine arts. The three of them had comprehended the Nine Transformation Celestial Art, the Monarch Art, and the Great Unrestrained Heart Sutra from the three incomplete ancient scrolls. Then, they taught the human race and became human immortal masters. They called themselves Laozi, Primordial, and Tongtian.
The three of them had made a name for themselves in the Human Tribe, and then they established their own sects. The Nine Immortals Sect was established by Laozi, and it had been 100,000 years.
Laozi had great supernatural powers, and the Nine Transformation Celestial Art he comprehended had even more unimaginable supernatural powers. It was rumored that one could become an immortal and attain the Dao when he cultivated it to the extreme. However, this was only a legend after all. Since ancient times, countless geniuses had pursued immortality, but it was just a dream. They had cultivated for half a year, but they had only lived for a few hundred years.
Although Laozi had great supernatural powers, he was still no match for the Way of Heaven. When he was 1,000 years old, he finally exhausted his life. When he was alive, he practiced the Nine Rotation Immortal Chant and advocated inaction. Therefore, he only took in one disciple. After Laozi died, this disciple's cultivation was extremely low and could not be compared with Laozi. The reputation of Nine Immortals Sect plummeted. If it was not for the protection of the Taiji Yin and Yang Formation left by Laozi, it was unknown whether Nine Immortals Sect would have been abandoned by time and disappeared in the long river of history.
Although they survived, the Nine Immortals Sect could only be described as struggling at death's door. It was far from the prosperity of the Emperor Sect and the Carefree Sect. The Nine Immortals Sect no longer had the glory of the past. Instead, because of the Nine Immortals Arts, many cultivators coveted the Nine Immortals Arts and wanted to snatch it. Fortunately, the Emperor Sect and the Carefree Sect chased away the robbers for the sake of their old friendship.
Although there were no more enemies, Nine Immortals Sect was powerless when the enemies arrived. Therefore, although they relied on Emperor Sect and Carefree Sect to drive away the enemies, the reputation of Nine Immortals Sect did not increase. Instead, it became more and more despised.
This situation lasted until ten thousand years ago before the situation changed.
At this time, from the 211th generation of descendants of the Nine Immortals Sect, there was a peerless figure with amazing talent and leadership…Nanhua Zhenren.
The Immortal Nanhua was originally a minor official of a mortal dynasty. He was talented and intelligent, but his talent was not appreciated. He was never put in an important position. Later, he was recruited by the 210th generation sect master of the Nine Immortals Sect, the Immortal Hua Yang, at the age of 20.
After Nanhua entered the sect, he only used three years to comprehend the Tao method taught by Immortal Hua Yang. After another year, even Immortal Hua Yang was no match for him.
Immortal Hua Yang was surprised and delighted. He took out the Nine Transformations Celestial Formula passed down by his ancestor and passed it on to Nanhua for his own reference. Thus, Nan Hua went into seclusion at the back mountain of Lingyun Peak, the 'Limitless Cave'.
This trial lasted for more than 50 years. Nanhua had practiced the Nine Transformations Celestial Art passed down by Laozi to the peak of the sixth transformation. Later, he found that Laozi only had a rough description of the last three transformations of the Nine Transformations Celestial Art. There was no way to practice it. Back then, Laozi was a genius and could only practice to the sixth transformation. He had no breakthrough after that. Even so, Laozi was still the king of the world and almost invincible.
Nan Hua was talented and determined. With the help of the incomplete Tai Qing Celestial Art left behind by Laozi in the Wuji Cave, Nan Hua broke through his own limits and came out of seclusion.
After that, Nanhua officially became a monk and called himself the Immortal Nanhua, also known as Zhuangzi.
The Immortal Hua Yang then passed the position of the sect master to the Immortal Nan Hua. After taking over, Nan Hua worked hard to develop the Nine Immortals Sect and strictly selected disciples. In addition, the Nine Transformations Celestial Skill was very powerful. In the past hundreds of years, the Nine Immortals Sect had recovered its former glory and became the pillar of the Righteous Sect. Then, the Righteous and Demonic War broke out. The Immortal Nan Hua led the Nine Immortals Sect to join forces with the Emperor Sect, the Carefree Sect, and the Bliss Temple to defeat the evil sect, the Witch Sect, and the Demon Sect. The reputation of the Nine Immortals Sect also reached its peak, leading all the sects of the Righteous Sect.
The Immortal Nanhua had lived for more than 2,300 years before he passed away. His nine disciples then passed down the orthodoxy on the nine peaks of the Nine Immortal Mountain. Among them, the Long Gate was located in the Nine Immortals Temple on the main peak of Lingyun Peak. It was the center of gravity.
Today, the Nine Immortals Sect had nearly ten thousand disciples and many masters. Together with the Emperor Sect, the Carefree Sect, and the Bliss Temple, it was one of the four great sects in the world. As for the sect leader, Perfected Xuanqing, his cultivation was even more extraordinary and he was a peerless leader.
The Nine Immortals Sect advocated inaction, so those who had attained the Dao liked to be quiet. In the past, most of their disciples were in closed-door cultivation, and it was rare to see one in the nine peaks. However, today was an accident. In the middle of the Lingyun Peak Square on the main peak, nine Taoists in Taoist robes sat together, looking at hundreds of children below them.
In the middle was a person with a red and kind face and warm and bright eyes. He was naturally the famous Taoist Xuan Qing. There were eight sandalwood chairs on his left and right sides, four on each side. There was a middle-aged Taoist nun sitting on each side, and the rest were men. All of them had extraordinary auras.
These nine people were naturally the Nine Lineage Masters of the Nine Immortals Sect. Today was the day of the disciple recruitment event that happened once every thirty years. On this day, the Nine Immortals Sect would look for talented children from tens of thousands of miles around the Nine Immortals Mountain to take in as disciples to strengthen the sect.
The disciple recruitment meeting that happened once every thirty years affected the inheritance of the entire sect. Therefore, even the noble Nine Lineage Master would come to the dojo. Besides the nine people, the disciples of Nine Immortals Sect would also take this opportunity to gather together. Therefore, the disciple recruitment meeting that happened every hundred years became a rare event for Nine Immortals Sect.
The hundreds of children were all around ten years old, and most of them were boys. One of them was a seven or eight-year-old boy dressed in ragged clothes. His clothes were ragged, and his entire small face was so dirty that his appearance could not be seen clearly. Only a pair of lively eyes were worth looking at.
His name was Lin Yu. He was originally a little beggar in the Nine Immortal City at the foot of the Nine Immortal Mountain. He had no parents since he was young and was raised by an old beggar. The name Lin Yu was also found on his longevity lock when the old beggar picked him up. The reason why the old beggar adopted Lin Yu was that Lin Yu's longevity lock was made of gold. After the old beggar sold Lin Yu's longevity lock, he still could not bear to adopt Lin Yu and raise him.
Because of the silver, Lin Yu did not have to worry about food and drink with the old beggar before he was five years old. However, good times did not last long. When Lin Yu was five years old, the old beggar died of illness and Lin Yu became an orphan here. In the following three years, he wandered around the Nine Immortals City and became a little beggar.
The reason why Lin Yu was able to come to the Nine Immortals Sect to participate in the disciple recruitment ceremony was that he was quite depressed. Ten days ago, when he was fighting for food with a wild dog, there was a sudden storm. Lin Yu was so shocked that he could not escape in time. He saw a huge bolt of lightning fall from the sky and directly struck him unconscious.
When Lin Yu woke up, he had already arrived at the Nine Immortals Sect. Later, Lin Yu found out that the lightning he had obtained wasn't the lightning from the sky at all. It was just a lightning spell that a disciple of the Nine Immortals Sect used when fighting with others.
Lin Yu was furious after hearing this. However, he was used to being bullied, so his patience was first-class, so he did not complain.
The disciple of the Nine Immortals Sect felt bad. Seeing that Lin Yu was honest, he said,""You're just a mortal with no cultivation, but you can survive my Hungry Thunder Technique. It's a miracle. I can see that your root bone is excellent, so your aptitude is not bad. This time, I came down the mountain to look for my disciples. I accidentally injured you, so I brought you up the mountain. I only hope that you can get the immortal fate and leave the mortal body.”
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