Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 587 - 455 Liangqiu Proving Dao! A Moment 1000 Years!_3
East River Palace.
Fahua Palace.
Chen Jichuan entered and saw that quite a few people had already arrived.
Shen Mo.
Liu Hechuan.
Wuy Qi.
And Xuee Gu, who had returned after establishing a Daoist school.
Also, Bo Yin, the twentieth Direct Transmission under the East River Palace Master, who had completed his duties in the Immortal Court.
Adding Chen Jichuan.
Out of the eight Direct Transmissions in the East River Palace, six were gathered today. Only Meng Qing was still outside training, with no news of his return.
As for Shi Ze, he would arrive later.
Entering the hall, the East River Palace Master had not yet arrived.
"Junior Brother."
"Junior Zhou."
The senior brothers and sisters all nodded at Chen Jichuan in greeting.
Xuee Gu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Junior Brother, you passed the Twelfth Peak, are you preparing to challenge for Chief?"
"Indeed."
Chen Jichuan nodded.
There was nothing to hide. After returning from the Dayan Victory Conference, he was too lazy to even go to the Trial Sword Peak. This time, he only stopped at the Twelfth Peak, and anyone with keen eyes could see his intent.
"Good!"
"Quickly establish your Daoist school, then go topple ’Liu Xing’ and avenge me!"
Xuee Gu gritted her teeth.
Chen Jichuan found it amusing, and so did Shen Mo and the others.
Two hundred years ago.
Xuee Gu successfully established a Daoist school in the Barbaric lands, returned to Golden Wind Mountain and Sea with Shi Ze, and gained the qualification to challenge for Chief. Then a hundred years later, Xuee Gu challenged Liu Hechuan, who deliberately lost to help elevate Xuee Gu.
In the following hundred years, as long as no True Inheritor who hadn’t established a Daoist school challenged Xuee Gu and defeated her, she could firmly hold the position of Chief and avoid challenges from True Inheritors for the next three thousand years.
Unfortunately.
Xuee Gu’s strength was ultimately lacking. Among the True Inheritors of her generation who had established Daoist schools as Chief candidates, there were several quite capable.
Within just a few decades of sitting as Chief, she was toppled by a True Inheritor named ’Liu Xing’.
Thus, Xuee Gu couldn’t help but grit her teeth when mentioning the newly promoted Chief.
However.
"Within a hundred years, I don’t have the qualification to challenge Liu Xing; after hundreds of thousands of years, when I’ve established my Daoist school and have the qualification, I still can’t challenge Liu Xing."
Chen Jichuan shrugged, showing a helpless expression.
"Ah."
Xuee Gu was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. Then she reacted, "You just passed the Twelve Peaks and established your Daoist school, and you’re already going to challenge for Chief?"
She, of course, understood that Chen Jichuan was referring to the hundred-year challenge period and the three-thousand-year protection period for the new Chief.
But the protection period is only three thousand years.
Chen Jichuan would need over a thousand years to establish a Daoist school. By then, his strength might not be as remarkable. With the talent of this Junior Brother, after another two thousand years of cultivation, he could challenge the weakest of the Chiefs, Liu Xing.
But from what her Junior Brother said, he was planning to challenge right after establishing his Daoist school!
So bold?
"Chief, huh."
"If I can get it sooner, I’ll do so."
Chen Jichuan wasn’t humble at all.
"Bold!"
"Junior Brother, you’re truly bold!"
Xuee Gu was stunned, gave Chen Jichuan a thumbs up, and then didn’t mention the Chief position again.
Too disheartening!
"Then I wish Junior Brother to become Chief soon."
The fellow disciples laughed and chatted, and although the atmosphere was good, Chen Jichuan could faintly notice—
Liu Hechuan had a hint of anxiety between his brows.
Xuee Gu was smiling, but failing to hold the Chief position had affected her, leaving some gloom in her heart.
Senior Brother Shen Mo remained gentle, his appearance unchanged, but there was visible fatigue in his eyes. Missing out on the ’Dayan Chessboard’ at the Dayan Victory Conference was a significant blow, especially when Liangqiu of the Heavenly Ladder Realm directly proved the True Immortal, which added to Shen Mo’s distress. Over a millennium, he visibly aged, and perhaps his days were numbered.
As for Wuy Qi, he was still the same, joking around with his own set of survival rules.
The newly returned Bo Yin, being the most unfamiliar to Chen Jichuan, was also a reserved type, revealing nothing.
"Time is merciless."
"The Dao is arduous."
"Everyone has their own worries."
Chen Jichuan sighed inwardly, trying to lighten the mood and avoid provoking his senior brothers and sisters further.
Before long.
Outside Fahua Palace, Shi Ze led in a newly promoted Upper Immortal.
The scene was somewhat familiar.
After seventeen hundred years, the East River Palace welcomed another Direct Transmission!
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