Chapter 744: 314: Sect Leader’s Air!
First Encounter with Heavenly Will_1 Chapter 744: 314: Sect Leader’s Air!
First Encounter with Heavenly Will_1 Ten days later, the ceremony for the succession of the sect leader for the Longevity Sect was completely concluded, and Chen Dengming had turned from being Longevity Daozi to holding the helm of the sect.
This is the fastest record of a Daozi succeeding as a sect leader in the history of the Longevity Sect.
Previously, the fastest record was held by the second ancestor, Jiang Jian, who ascended from Longevity Daozi to Longevity Sect Leader within forty-two years.
Now, Chen Dengming is even faster.
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However, this was due to extraordinary circumstances.
If the Nascent Soul Treaty from the Four Regions had not been broken, Xing Huiguang would not have decided to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and naturally, he would not have abdicated his position so early.
At the earliest, this would only happen when Chen Dengming reaches the late-stage of the Golden Core, and this would still be thirty years into the future, at which point the speed of succession will be equivalent to that of the second ancestor, Jiang Jian.
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At this moment.
Inside the Hazardous Hall atop Hazardous Peak.
Dressed in a sect leader’s robe embroidered with a dragon amongst clouds and ancient pines, Chen Dengming crossed through unguarded doors that were, in actuality, protected with a sect array.
He entered the innermost room, which was filled with scrolls and secrets of the sect.
Previously, this was a confidential room of the sect that only Su Yanyan could enter.
Even as Daozi, he had to enter with other assisting elders for mutual supervision and joint management.
Now as the sect leader, holding the [Longevity Jade Seal], there was no longer such tediousness, he could come and go as he pleased.
And since the [Longevity Jade Seal] is now in his hands, as per sect rules, all the confidential areas of Hazardous Peak should have their formations sealed with the seal, amplified by Heavenly Immortal Dao Power.
Therefore, in recent days, guided by Xing Huiguang, Chen Dengming had gained complete control of the [Longevity Jade Seal].
He had been busy ‘locking’ all the important places like the sect’s treasury, scripture storage and confidential room.
With a ‘click’ –
The [Longevity Jade Seal] flashed in brilliance and the final door to the confidential room opened, revealing a dark corridor.
Eight figures, standing immobile as if sculptures, suddenly bowed their heads and saluted in unison, shouting, “Greetings, Sect Leader!”
The solemn and uniform voice echoed in the hallway, creating an imposing atmosphere.
“Hmm, all of you have worked hard!”
Chen Dengming smiled and nodded, unconsciously raising his hand to return the salute.
Soon, however, he realized that these ‘figures’ were puppet bodies gifted by the Strange Object Sect to the second ancestor.
Not being real people, he withdrew his hand and chuckled to himself.
Each of these puppets had the strength of a False Core, with eight of them forming a formation that could exert the strength of the Golden Core, and they served as impressive guards.
Although he was not fond of flattery or grandeur.
However, he had to admit that compared to his previous Daozi status, he enjoyed far greater privileges as the leader of the Longevity Sect.
Not only was his position more influential, but he also enjoyed better access to sect resources.
For instance, the annual quota of the Replenishing Heart Pill, Qianyuan Pill, and Qi Boosting Pill had increased by twenty percent.
Moreover, learning the Daoism skill required only a nominal sect contribution.
These are just minor privileges.
Bigger benefits lie in the inheritance of Dao orthodoxy.
For example, he could enjoy the ‘Heavenly Time’ resource gifted by the ancestor.
His allocated time would be much more than Daozi.
However, now that the Heaven Longevity Hall was not within the sect, the resources and benefits related to Dao Orthodoxy are temporarily unavailable.
Soon, the heavy doors engraved with array patterns slid silently to the sides, revealing the interior of the secret room.
Through the beaded curtains hanging around the room, there was a faint silhouette sitting at a large table facing south.
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With his majestic figure and slightly green hair, it was clearly an avatar of Chen Dengming at the stage of Heavenly Immortal.
As the current Longevity Sect Leader, even though he was more of a figurehead, Chen Dengming always had a Heavenly Immortal avatar stationed at the Heavenly Immortal Palace.
Whenever a decision needed to be made by the principal body, the avatar would conduct through the connection of the Soul Imprint.
Fortunately, since the “Revised Showering Blossoms Skill” has advanced to the master level, although the strength of the avatar hasn’t increased much, its endurance has greatly increased because heart force is remotely supplied.
Inside Hazardous Hall, facing the fourth level Spirit Vein in the underground lava cave below, his avatar sat here, handling sect affairs while practicing with the Spirit Vein, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Compared with his stressful days as a Loose Cultivator, struggling to find Spirit Veins, his current life could truly be defined as celestial.
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They say that when one person gains enlightenment, the whole family ascends to heaven.
While Chen Dengming was still familiarizing himself with the sect leader’s role in Hazardous Hall, the Chen Mansion in Evergreen City had been busy receiving countless cultivators who came to offer their congratulations.
At this time, the mansion was buzzing, but not in a chaotic way.
The scene was reminiscent of the time when Chen Dengming was still wandering in Nanxun, but now, with time’s wheel turning, those who visited the Chen Family were no longer worldly dignitaries, but revered figures amongst humans – cultivators.
Chen Jing and Chen Yiran, Chen Dengming’s children, with their mortal bodies, had accomplished something extraordinary – they were being courted and befriended by numerous cultivators.
Such experience was something that most often mortals are born with.
If they weren’t born with it, it would be difficult to obtain.
After all, even amongst the many cultivation families in the Immortal World, mortals born of cultivators would rarely be respected by cultivators.