Chapter 1518

Chapter 1518: The Grand Ceremony

Upon hearing what Yun Qing said, Su Yi’s eyes also slightly narrowed. The vast and continuous temples were like a heavenly landscape.

The magnificent Baicao Mountain, standing tall on the mountaintop, with its golden tiles and green ridges shining brightly under the morning sun, it looked like a soaring dragon connecting with the sky.

Below it, there was a magnificent sight. Compared to the City Master’s Mansion in the Central Region, this place felt like entering the clouds. The towering temples showcased the millennium heritage of the Sacred Mountain.

"Her background seems truly extraordinary."

Su Yi wondered to himself, as he walked further away, he encountered more and more interesting things. He wasn’t surprised that Yun Qing said such big words.

"Just the Baicao Mountain Academy alone is already so huge. How many other branches are there in the whole Central Region? In total, there are definitely millions in the Sacred Mountain."

Instantly, a fierce fire blazed up in Su Yi’s heart, and an inexplicable fighting spirit erupted like a volcano.

Roughly speaking, the Chaos Realm combined can’t compare to a single Sacred Mountain. His Overlord Sect also needs to quickly grow and develop. Not only does he need to become stronger himself, but the Overlord Sect can’t just stay on a small hill, oblivious to the world.

After pondering for a while, Su Yi took out the disciple token he had just seized from a disciple of the Sacred Mountain. It was written on it, "Inner disciple of the Nine Palaces, Duan Hong."

Su Yi immediately realized that the Sacred Mountain disciple he had just encountered was named Duan Hong and he was an inner disciple of the Nine Palaces.

Among the inner disciples of the Sacred Mountain, they are divided into nine palaces based on their strength, with one being the strongest.

In other words, this Duan Hong’s strength is considered low among all the inner disciples. That’s why the academy sent them, with weak strength and no expectations, to search for the missing guards of the Sacred Mountain.

"This Duan Hong doesn’t seem to have any remarkable talent. He has probably faced a lot of ridicule," Su Yi said with a slight smile as he looked at the token in his hand.

"It’s okay, I’ll help you handle anyone who bullies you! I’ll go and settle the score for you!"

Seeing the sign in Su Yi’s hand, Yun Qing also took hers out from her pocket, pointing at her own sign and softly said.

"What I wrote on mine is ‘Mo Qing, Inner Gate Eight Mansion! It’s not that great, the power is not impressive."

Su Yi focused his gaze and, disguising their appearances, he and Yun Qing walked into the place with deliberate actions.

"Let’s go, let’s go inside and take a look first!"

Just as they entered the Sacred Mountain Academy’s gate, their eyes were greeted with the beautiful scenery between the carved beams and painted pillars. They saw everyone in a hurry, too busy to pay attention to Su Yi and Yun Qing.

The two of them looked around, exploring the place. It was their first time venturing into Sacred Mountain, everything was both amazing and dangerous. At that moment, a female disciple hurriedly ran over from a distance and spoke to Yun Qing.

"Senior Sister Mo Qing, why are you still wandering around! The Fifth Saint Child has already arrived at the academy, the initiation ceremony will start soon. Let’s hurry and gather at the square!"

"Huh?"

Yun Qing was somewhat surprised as the tall monk, without understanding why, looked at the female disciple and unexpectedly recognized her as Mo Qing, someone familiar from the Eight Palaces here.

"Hmm… alright, let’s go!" Yun Qing imitated and said, unable to hide the smile between her eyebrows.

Then, the female disciple leaned close to Yun Qing and said, "Today’s initiation ceremony is extremely important. It’s better for people like Senior Brother Duan Hong with low qualifications to stay away in the future!"

Su Yi immediately felt a chill in his heart. Sacred Mountain was truly a place driven by profit, with even such calculations and concerns between the inner sect’s lower levels.

The female disciple didn’t even glance at Su Yi and only focused on affectionately holding Yun Qing’s hand, while they walked towards the front corridor.

Yun Qing, however, pretended to be reserved, furrowing her brow and secretly looking back at Su Yi, silently asking what to do.

Su Yi suppressed a laugh and waved his hand, transmitting his voice, "Hurry up, don’t delay the ceremony! Mo Qing, Martial Sister!"

"You!" Yun Qing was quickly pulled away by the female disciple.

Afterward, without saying much, Su Yi followed behind. After a few turns, they arrived at a huge open square.

As soon as Su Yi entered the square, he looked around with a serious expression. He saw that the entire square was round and covered a large area. It was divided into thirty-two fan-shaped platforms, with the center as the main point and spreading outwards.

In the middle, there was a hollowed-out platform that was higher than the others. At the moment, each fan-shaped platform was already crowded with people, and there was a lot of noise.

According to what he knew, this grand ceremony was different from previous ones as it was extremely fair. In the past, only inner disciples could participate in the ceremony.

But because the Fifth Saint Child was participating, the academy had different rules this time, and everyone could join.

Therefore, the entire square was filled with a sea of people. All the disciples had hopeful eyes, wishing to redeem themselves. If they were lucky enough to be accepted by an elder from the Sacred Mountain, they could rise to greater heights.

The overwhelming momentum was deafening, like boiling hot water, pushing the atmosphere of the grand ceremony to its peak.

Su Yi was shocked. Just the Baicao Mountain Academy alone had such a grand presence. The foundation of the Sacred Mountain was beyond the reach of the current Overlord Sect!

Upon closer inspection, Su Yi noticed that the nine fan-shaped platforms in the best central positions were occupied by inner disciples. In the middle of each platform were the inner disciples, while the rest were for outer disciples and named disciples.

"The atmosphere is indeed lively!"

Su Yi secretly nodded, avoiding exposure, secretly activated Foggy Mirror Snow, and his water attribute energy instantly spread out.

The energy instantly converged to the extreme, and his cultivation level once again decreased, reaching the sixth level of Yuan Void Realm, matching Duan Hong’s original aura.

At a glance, he found the high platform of the inner mansion, and Su Yi quickly walked into the crowd of the Nine Mansions and looked far away. Yun Qing was standing on the eighth platform next to him, watching him.

Su Yi raised an eyebrow, pretending not to recognize her, and Yun Qing immediately waved her fist in the crowd, staring fiercely at him.

Looking towards the central platform, at this moment, a group of City Master’s mansion people accompanied several deputy deacons and had already taken their seats on the central platform, exchanging greetings.

Everyone had a serious expression. Today, the Fifth Saint Child was coming to the city, clearly fully prepared.

The people below were discussing one after another. Several disciples next to Su Yi whispered, "Compared to our Sacred Mountain Academy, the City Master’s mansion is still a bit inferior! Look at that City Master Ouyang, how respectful he is to our deputy deacons. You still need to enter Sacred Mountain in order to become outstanding and make a name for yourself!"

"Hmph, you don’t know, Zhang Dan. Let me tell you, this City Master Ouyang has a beautiful daughter named Ouyang Jinwei. She worshipped Elder Ru Shan in Sacred Mountain and has extraordinary talent. She almost entered that kind of ranking back then! The most important thing is her beautiful legs, those curves!"

After the disciple next to him finished speaking, a lascivious and lecherous meaning filled his eyes, and he had a lustful gleam in his eyes.

Su Yi grunted heavily, a cold chill flickering, "This woman has quite a few supporters, my bet with her is still on."

"Is it true? Didn’t I hear that he lost to Su Yi? Almost became Su Yi’s wife, what a waste!"