Today was undoubtedly a day of great significance for the Yanluo Kingdom.
For the long-awaited Yanluo Temple Fair had finally arrived.
Every year, the temple fair was the grandest occasion in the Yanluo Kingdom, and everyone knew this year's fair would be even more bustling than those of previous years.
To be precise, this temple fair was no longer just about being bustling; it was highly likely to change the very landscape of the Yanluo Kingdom.
Many had already received whispers of news beforehand, rumors that the Four Great Families, the Seven Great Sects, including the many branches led by the two Di Sha Lords, and even the Immortal Dynasty would all make major moves.
Initially, they thought it was just hearsay, and no one took it seriously at first. But later, more and more people confirmed it, especially with the arrival of the Immortal Dynasty's Immortals leading over a thousand Immortal Nobles and Officials to Yanluo, which further verified the accuracy of the news.
This day.
The sun had just risen.
The sky was cloudless for miles, with a gentle breeze and warm sun—it looked like it should be fine weather.
The Yanluo Imperial Mausoleum was located on Coiling Dragon Mountain in the capital. It was said this place was also the dragon vein of the Yanluo royal family, though whether that was true or not, no one knew for sure.
At this moment.
The foot of Coiling Dragon Mountain was already packed with people. Looking out, a sea of humanity stretched as far as the eye could see, countless in number.
Most of these people were cultivators from the various major sects within the Yanluo Kingdom, and today they had come mostly to watch the spectacle.
That's right.
Just to watch the spectacle, not to join in the excitement.
For them, no matter how much the landscape of the Yanluo Kingdom changed, it had little to do with them personally. As long as their own interests weren't harmed, no one wanted to get involved in this excitement. They dared not offend the Four Great Families and the Seven Great Sects, nor the Yanluo royal family, and certainly not the Immortal Dynasty.
Just as the crowd was buzzing with discussion, a procession of several hundred people flew majestically towards Coiling Dragon Mountain.
The crowd looked over and immediately recognized this as the contingent from the Nandou Sect.
Leading them was none other than the Sect Head of Nandou Sect, the Wandering Immortal Wei Chang.
In addition, all the Nandou Sect's managers, heads, stewards, and Elders were present. Although most were at the Earth Immortal cultivation level, a few, like Sect Head Wei Chang of Nandou Sect, were Wandering Immortals. Since the dawn of the Present-Ancient Era a hundred years ago, the development momentum of Nandou Sect could be described as extremely fierce. Especially after joining forces with the Xiao Family, one of the Four Great Families, and then receiving support from the Yanluo Immortal Manor, their rise was meteoric. To this day, whether in terms of strength or influence, they were on par with the Taiji Sect, hailed as the number one sect in Yanluo.
Previously, at Yun Chuan Garden, Nandou Sect's Xiao Zibai, Qiao Yu, and over ten other prodigies had died, been injured, or crippled, dealing a heavy blow and loss to Nandou Sect. However, Nandou Sect's prodigies were not limited to these. If that were all, Nandou Sect could not be mentioned in the same breath as Taiji Sect. In reality, Nandou Sect had over a hundred prodigies of varying Fortune.
To say who among them was most eye-catching, it was neither Qiao Yu nor Xiao Zibai.
Rather, it was the brothers Guan Jin and Guan Yu.
Because Guan Jin had obtained a Minor Heavenly Destiny when the Heavenly Destiny descended nine years ago.
Although Guan Yu did not obtain a Minor Heavenly Destiny when the Heavenly Destiny descended, he received a Minor Edict from the Great Nature.
The so-called Minor Edict, like the Minor Heavenly Destiny, was not a true Great Dao Edict.
Rather, it was a stroke of serendipity, a sudden enlightenment of the Great Dao, a wondrous attainment of Fortune.
This Guan Jin, at the moment the Heavenly Destiny descended, suddenly comprehended the Dao of Nature. Not only did his Color Spirit Fortune skyrocket from over a hundred layers to three or four hundred layers in just a few days, but he also obtained the particularly unique Azure Fire Fortune from the Great Nature. Rumors said that with this Azure Fire Fortune, coupled with his nearly four hundred layers of Great Nature Color Spirit, Guan Jin, with his Spiritual Origin Earth Immortal cultivation, could fight on par with a Wandering Immortal—truly formidable.
And Guan Jin's blood brother, Guan Yu, was even more remarkable. He was the direct disciple of Nandou Sect's Sect Head Wei Chang and also the Heir Apparent of Nandou Sect. He himself possessed considerable Fortune, and his cultivation had reached the Return-to-Origin Earth Immortal level. After obtaining the Minor Heavenly Destiny, he went into seclusion for a full nine years. Rumors said that Guan Yu's strength today not only rivaled that of a Wandering Immortal but even surpassed it.
These several hundred people from Nandou Sect gathered all the experts within the sect.
Several hundred Earth Immortals, and four Wandering Immortals.
No!
More than four.
Those with sharp eyes in the crowd noticed over ten unfamiliar old seniors within Nandou Sect's ranks.
Nandou Sect was a major sect in Yanluo Kingdom. Many people recognized Nandou Sect's various Elders; even if they didn't recognize them, they had certainly seen them before. But these ten-plus individuals were completely unfamiliar, as if they had never been seen at all.
The crowd released their divine senses to probe and were immediately shocked, their hearts pounding. Good heavens, these ten-plus old seniors were uniformly all Wandering Immortals.
And most were at the Four Tribulation, Five Tribulation, even Seven or Eight Tribulation levels. There were even two Nine Tribulation Wandering Immortals.
Many knew that Nandou Sect's Sect Head and a few Elders were Wandering Immortals, but they had never heard that Nandou Sect had over ten more Wandering Immortals.
Ancestral Patriarchs!
These must be Nandou Sect's Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs!
Absolutely!
Many had previously heard news that the Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs of the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects had emerged from seclusion one after another and were also prepared to participate in this temple fair. They initially thought it was just a rumor, but now everyone realized this was not a rumor—it was fact.
Two Nine Tribulation Wandering Immortals whose strength rivaled True Immortals.
Over ten Five or Six Tribulation Wandering Immortals.
Plus the four Wandering Immortals including Nandou Sect's Sect Head, and the two prodigies of Fortune, Guan Jin and Guan Yu, whose strength rivaled Wandering Immortals.
It could be said that Nandou Sect had brought over twenty Wandering Immortals this time, along with two hundred Earth Immortals and over a hundred geniuses of varying Fortune. This lineup was truly staggering and awe-inspiring.
Just as the crowd was marveling.
Another group of people flew majestically towards Coiling Dragon Mountain. Judging by the numbers, there also seemed to be several hundred.
When these several hundred people appeared at the foot of Coiling Dragon Mountain, the venue immediately grew lively and noisy. Even the Nandou Sect group preparing to ascend the mountain to the mausoleum grounds halted their steps.
Because the arrivals were none other than the Taiji Sect.
Taiji Sect was the longest-inherited sect in Yanluo Kingdom and also the sect with the deepest foundational depth. Since ancient times, it had always been the number one sect in Yanluo Kingdom, and so it remained to this day. Although Nandou Sect's rise in the Present-Ancient Era was meteoric, showing a faint trend of surpassing Taiji Sect, it was just a trend.
Not to mention other aspects.
Taiji Sect alone had nearly six hundred Earth Immortals, more than three times that of Nandou Sect.
Nandou Sect, including its Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs, had over twenty Wandering Immortals, while Taiji Sect had over ten Wandering Immortals just among its Elders.
Did Nandou Sect have Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs? Did Taiji Sect not?
Of course it did.
And more than anyone imagined—over thirty Wandering Immortals, among whom four Nine Tribulation Wandering Immortals had come alone.
Thirty Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs.
Plus the over ten Elder Wandering Immortals like Taiji Sect's Sect Head Cang Kong and Vice Sect Head Cang Yun. It could be said Taiji Sect had brought nearly fifty Wandering Immortals this time, including four Nine Tribulation Wandering Immortals whose strength rivaled True Immortals.
Taiji Sect truly lived up to its name as Yanluo's number one sect.
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