Chapter 767 - 1: A Rainbow Appears Above the Immortal Flying Pavilion
Chapter 767: Chapter 1: A Rainbow Appears Above the Immortal Flying Pavilion
The Hongzhou Continent is divided into four domains: Eastern Cultivator, South Demon, West Imperial, and Northern Wilderness.
And at the intersection of these four domains, at the very center of the Hongzhou Continent, stands a mountain peak.
This mountain is rich with Spiritual Energy, surpassing any place in the four domains.
For thousands of years, countless cultivators on the verge of Crossing Tribulation and Ascending, have come to this mountain to face the Celestial Tribulation.
Among the ascenders of the Hongzhou Continent, nine out of ten have successfully crossed their tribulation on this peak.
Over time, this mountain became known as the Immortal Flying Peak.
It’s unknown when the Immortal Flying Peak became a forbidden zone for cultivators below the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Below Divinity Transformation, entering the mountain means certain death.
Subsequently, suddenly, there appeared an Immortal Flying Pavilion on the Immortal Flying Peak.
This pavilion holds vast Divine Power, comprehending all things in the world.
Whenever a cultivator successfully ascends, the Immortal Flying Pavilion announces the list to the world, stirring endless aspirations among worldly cultivators.
To ascend and attain the Dao, cultivators resort to all possible means.
Starting five hundred years ago, the Immortal Flying Pavilion periodically released the Ascension Chart and Beauty Ranking.
The Ascension Chart lists those with exceptional cultivation and combat power, most likely to ascend and attain the Dao.
The Beauty Ranking includes only those female cultivators of peerless beauty.
Once these two lists are out, the battles among cultivators become even fiercer.
Some, to ascend the Ascension Chart, do not hesitate to kill those on the list.
Those on the list constantly challenge those ranked above them, seeking to climb higher.
Because everyone knows, the closer to the top one is, the more hope there is for ascension.
As for the disputes incited by the Beauty Ranking, they are even more frequent than those from the Ascension Chart.
Cultivators, being more powerful than ordinary people, also harbor greater desires.
All the women on the Beauty Ranking are like fairies, and everyone wants to possess these fairies to showcase their power.
Thus, the fairies on the Beauty Ranking often attract countless conflicts and killings.
The weaker fairies become the spoils for the victors.
The stronger fairies continue to be coveted by others.
For five hundred years, the prestige of the Immortal Flying Pavilion has grown, gradually becoming the most exalted place on the entire Hongzhou Continent.
It has also become a sacred land in the hearts of countless cultivators.
Many travel thousands of miles just to admire the Immortal Mountain, just to take one look at the Immortal Flying Peak, to catch a glimpse of a corner of the Immortal Flying Pavilion.
With more cultivators arriving, a great city was built beneath the Immortal Flying Peak.
Jianxian City.
Over the centuries, Jianxian City has become the largest city on the Hongzhou Continent.
But unlike other cities, Jianxian City has no walls or guards, yet no one has ever dared to cause trouble within the city.
Because above Jianxian City stands the Immortal Flying Pavilion.
At this time, in Jianxian City.
A seven-story tavern, with fine jade tiles and eaves like swords, stands with a giant wine gourd on the roof.
From afar, it resembles an Immortal wielding a sword, tilting their head to drink.
This is the most famous tavern in Jianxian City—the Immortal Brew Tower.
It is said that the wines in the tower are brewed from the snow waters flowing down from the peak of the Immortal Flying Peak, tasting delicious and intoxicating, with a lingering aftertaste.
Drinking it can also consolidate Spirit Fields and enhance cultivation.
Every day, cultivators from the Four Domains come endlessly, just to sip the Immortal Brew.
The Immortal Brew Tower is different from ordinary taverns; it has rules for its guests.
From the First Layer to the Seventh Layer, the higher the level, the higher the quality of wine provided.
It is said that at the Seventh Layer, a sip of Top-Grade Immortal Brew can let an ordinary cultivator undergo rebirth, even advancing their Spirit Root by one level.
However, to ascend each layer, one must pass a challenge.
To this day, only a little more than ten people have managed to pass all seven challenges and reach the Seventh Layer in hundreds of years.
Yet at this moment, in the Seventh Layer of the Immortal Brew Tower, an elder and a young maiden sit.
The elder, clad in white robes, has a youthful visage with white hair, an air of benevolence, and faint Immortal aura swirling around him, like a true Immortal descended to the mortal realm.
The maiden wears a Five-Colored Skirt, revealing a glimpse of white jade-like calf, with colorful bells hanging on her ankle, a Five-Colored Wooden Hairpin adorning her head.
From head to toe, resplendent like a gorgeous rainbow.
The Rainbow maiden takes a sip of the Top-Grade Immortal Brew, and her sweet face shows a bitter expression:
"So bad! It’s not as good as the mountain spring water!"
The elder chuckles, kindly saying: "Xiaohong, when you go to the West Imperial and take care of the matter, bring back your senior sister’s remains."
In the shape of Caihe, the maiden named Xiaohong blinks her eyes:
"Didn’t Senior Sister become an Empress? Isn’t she buried with the Emperor?"
The elder laughed: "Your Senior Sister probably wouldn’t want to share a tomb with the Western Emperor."
"Oh."
The maiden simply stated, then added:
"But I think Senior Sister is really stupid."
The elder asked: "Why?"
"Our mission is to protect, but Senior Sister couldn’t even protect herself. She’s not only stupid but also very weak."
The maiden spoke with an innocent and pure face, without any disdain in her tone, as if she was merely speaking her most honest thoughts, impartial and fair.
Stupid is just stupid, weak is just weak, no need to despise it, because that’s simply the reality.
The elder laughed: "Xiaohong, you are the most gifted disciple of the Immortal Flying Pavilion in five hundred years, with the purest Tao Heart, but the complexities of the world can only be understood after experiencing them, to truly see your own heart."
The maiden casually replied: "Master, didn’t you say there is one final test?"
The elder nodded, walked to the window, and slowly raised his right hand, letting a scroll fly from his hand.
Flying into the air, it suddenly enlarged, becoming a massive scroll that spanned the skies, visible to all.
"The Immortal Flying Scroll!"
"The Immortal Flying Scroll appears again!"
Below, many cultivators looked up in awe, their faces full of fervent reverence.
The maiden glanced down: "These people are so stupid."
The enormous scroll unfurled in the sky, but it was blank. The elder said to the maiden:
"When you imprint the Immortal Ascension Declaration onto the Immortal Flying Scroll, you’ll complete the final test and can leave the Immortal Flying Peak."
The maiden nodded, casually raising her hand, and a Five-Colored Spiritual Qi flew out. This spiritual qi was just like the maiden, innocent and splendid, pure and endearing.
Yet as soon as the Five-Colored Spiritual Qi appeared, the heavens and earth trembled.
Many Golden Core and even Nascent Soul Cultivators below paled, looking in shock towards the top of the Immortal Brew Tower, one after another bowing:
"The might of the divine!"
"It’s an Immortal from the Immortal Flying Pavilion!"
"Greetings, Immortal!"
Amidst a chorus of reverence, the maiden’s Five-Colored Spiritual Power embedded itself in the enormous scroll in the sky, transforming into words, declaring to the world:
"In one month, outside Jianxian City, below the Immortal Flying Peak, Mo Xiaolan, Qin Gengyun, and Xu Caihe will ascend the Immortal Flying Pavilion."
The Immortal Flying Scroll spanned the skies, containing unimaginable vast spiritual power and dignity, a feat that even a Half-Step Divinity Transformation would find hard to achieve, inscribing upon it.
Yet, the maiden looked relaxed, her smile as pure and unaffected as ever, as if she had done something utterly ordinary.
After writing, she clapped her tender hands: "Master, is that all?"
The elder nodded: "Yes, you may go to the West Imperial City."
The elder paused and added: "The one who killed your Senior Sister is Si Minglan."
"Got it, I’m off!"
The maiden strode towards the stairs, paused mid-way, turned back to ask:
"Master, you all often say Xia Qinglian is the best in five hundred years, what about me?"
The elder stroked his long beard, smiling: "You are already stronger than her."
The maiden sneered: "I don’t believe it, you all keep lying, I want to find Xia Qinglian and have a fight!"
With that, her figure flitted, already out of the Immortal Brew Tower, in an instant, a hundred miles away.
The elder stood by the window, gazing up at the Immortal Flying Scroll in the sky, murmuring:
"Rainbow manifests, it’s time for the Ascension Chart and Beauty Ranking to change."