My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 433 - 113
After informing the Immortal Venerables of the other three Immortal Sects about Wen Guiyun’s identity and his decision to join Langya Immortal Sect, Immortal Venerable Hao Lan received envious and jealous looks from the other three Immortal Venerables, to which he politely accepted.
At the same time, he also informed the other three Immortal Venerables about the two entities encountered by Gu Qingqing that did not belong to the Immortal Realm. The other three Immortal Venerables immediately took this matter seriously and promised Immortal Venerable Hao Lan that they would closely monitor their territories and, if anything unusual occurred, they would promptly contact the others.
Feeling that all necessary measures had been taken, Immortal Venerable Hao Lan and Wen Guiyun discussed and planned to hold a ceremony next month, inviting all Langya Immortal Sect disciples to pay homage to Wen Guiyun and announcing Wen Guiyun’s identity to the Immortal Realm.
Si Lin and the others had initially planned to simply visit Gu Qingqing and Jun Wudai’s location with Wen Guiyun. However, due to this event, they were requested by Wen Guiyun to stay until after the ceremony before leaving for further experience.
Previously, to ensure temporary survival, the two had joined the Haoran Sect. But now that Wen Guiyun was joining Langya Immortal Sect, as his disciples, they naturally needed to join Langya Immortal Sect as well, of course still under Wen Guiyun’s tutelage, but with their identities having changed. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Over the next month, disciples of Langya Immortal Sect scattered throughout the Immortal Realm received communication from the sect, requiring them to return as quickly as possible. Hence, all disciples paused their activities, commenced Sword Flight, and returned to the sect.
Lou Mingyu was also among them. Upon his return, he first went to see Immortal Venerable Hao Lan, who gave him quite a scolding. Fortunately, he had already anticipated this outcome before returning and was accustomed to Immortal Venerable Hao Lan’s nagging, so, despite frowning, he patiently listened.
"So, Master, why is it so urgent to have everyone return?" After seeing Immortal Venerable Hao Lan finally pause for a drink of water, Lou Mingyu seized the opportunity to ask.
Since his return, he had gone straight to Immortal Venerable Hao Lan and hadn’t wandered around the sect, thus unaware of the recent developments.
"The reason for gathering everyone back is for the upcoming ceremony; Langya Immortal Sect is soon to have an additional Immortal Venerable. I want everyone to pay homage to him so that they won’t be unrecognized outside in the future." Immortal Venerable Hao Lan took a big gulp of water and, finding his throat less parched, explained as he drank to Lou Mingyu.
"Immortal Venerable? From where?" Even with Lou Mingyu’s usual composure, he couldn’t help but be shocked, appearing quite out of it.
"It’s your Junior Sister Gu’s former master. He is now also an Immortal Venerable and, because of your Junior Sister Gu, has decided to join our Langya Immortal Sect." Immortal Venerable Hao Lan spoke quite casually.
On hearing this, Lou Mingyu was even more astonished.
He knew Gu Qingqing’s background, that she had ascended from the Lower Realm. And as Immortal Venerable Hao Lan had just mentioned, that was Gu Qingqing’s previous master. This suggested that the individual was also likely from the Lower Realm, and certainly must have ascended after Gu Qingqing did. Given that Gu Qingqing’s ascension hadn’t even been a year ago, it meant that the individual became an Immortal Venerable in less than a year?
This completely overturned Lou Mingyu’s understanding, making him feel somewhat out of sorts.
As Immortal Venerable Hao Lan put down his tea cup, he noticed Lou Mingyu looking as if he had been struck by lightning. After thinking for a moment, he understood Lou Mingyu’s line of thought and considered that Lou Mingyu wasn’t the type to blab about Wen Guiyun’s identity. Clearing his throat, he attracted Lou Mingyu’s attention.
Lou Mingyu instinctively looked up towards Immortal Venerable Hao Lan, immediately hearing his voice.
"Your Junior Sister Gu’s master is actually the reincarnation of Qingyun Immortal Venerable from a thousand years ago. Upon entering the Immortal Realm, his memories were awakened, enabling him to cultivate to the Immortal Venerable Realm in such a short time." Immortal Venerable Hao Lan stared intently at Lou Mingyu, "You should just know about this matter and not mention it elsewhere."
Upon hearing this, Lou Mingyu was suddenly enlightened, feeling that this explanation was more logical. However, "Master, is reincarnation truly possible?"
As cultivators, their goal was immortality, to extend their lifespan beyond celestial limits. Though there were always rumors about reincarnation, Lou Mingyue had never witnessed it himself and had always harbored doubts. Now that it was brought up, he couldn’t resist asking Immortal Venerable Hao Lan.
"Ordinary people cannot reincarnate, but reaching the Immortal Venerable Realm grants one a Divine Soul. As long as the Divine Soul is not destroyed, reincarnation is possible. Qingyun Immortal Venerable is a living example." Immortal Venerable Hao Lan confirmed, looking assuredly at Lou Mingyu.
Lou Mingyu nodded thoughtfully.
He lingered a while longer at Immortal Venerable Hao Lan’s place, then hesitated for a moment before heading to the abode of Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu.
"Brother Lou, you’ve returned from outside?" Gu Qingqing was also very pleased to see Lou Mingyu. After a few interactions, she found Lou Mingyu to be quite nice to their people, and had mentally categorized him as one of their own, naturally feeling close.
"Yes." Lou Mingyu nodded and then, somewhat uneasily, tossed a Storage Bag to Gu Qingqing, "These are things I’ve acquired recently outside. I have no use for them, so I’m giving them to you. I’ll be leaving first."
After he finished speaking, he didn’t give Gu Qingqing any time to react and directly turned around to leave.
Gu Qingqing held the Storage Bag, watching Lou Mingyu’s quickly retreating figure, dumbfounded and not knowing what to do for a moment.
When Jun Wu came in and saw Gu Qingqing like this, he was a bit surprised.
"Where’s Brother Lou?" He glanced around and didn’t spot Lou Mingyu’s figure, so he asked curiously.
"Senior Brother threw a Storage Bag to me, saying it was a gift for me, and then left. I didn’t even get a chance to thank him." Gu Qingqing was a bit speechless about Lou Mingyu’s reaction.
She could tell that Lou Mingyu probably hadn’t done such things before and felt embarrassed, just like the last time he gave her something, so he left quickly after throwing it.
Jun Wu looked at the Storage Bag in Gu Qingqing’s hand and was momentarily speechless.
"Since Senior Brother is back, you’ll definitely have a chance to see him again and thank him then." In the end, he could only comfort Gu Qingqing like this.
"There’s no other way." Gu Qingqing nodded, somewhat helpless.
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Apart from Lou Mingyu’s return, every day, many disciples returned to the sect from outside, making the Langya Immortal Sect unprecedentedly lively recently.
Song Xinrong had also just returned from training outside. She was originally getting along with a disciple from the Star Palace, who seemed ready to fall for her charms and become one of her admirers. Suddenly, she received a message from the sect to return quickly, and she had no choice but to rush back, feeling quite frustrated inside.
After returning, she went straight to her master.
"Master, why is the sect in such a hurry to summon us disciples back?" She looked at her master, feeling frustrated inside but had no choice but to ask curiously on the surface.
"This time it is indeed a big deal. Our Langya Immortal Sect is going to have another Immortal Venerable level master. This means our sect’s status will change, and the Sect Master gathered you all to meet this Immortal Venerable." Peak Master Lou looked at Song Xinrong, stroked the beard on his chin, and explained to her.
"Our Langya Immortal Sect is gaining another Immortal Venerable? Who could it be?" Song Xinrong was somewhat delighted. Currently, each of the four Immortal Sects has only one Immortal Venerable. If Langya Immortal Sect has another one, the sect’s status in the Immortal Realm would certainly rise. As a disciple of Langya Immortal Sect, she felt immensely honored. When she went out in the future, merely saying she’s a disciple of Langya Immortal Sect would definitely garner envious glances.
Of course, more importantly, Song Xinrong had always harbored a grudge that Gu Qingqing became the disciple of Immortal Venerable Hao Lan. In her opinion, she was not much worse than Gu Qingqing, yet she could only be a direct disciple of a Peak Master, which dissatisfied her greatly. But now, with another Immortal Venerable, things were different. If she could become this Immortal Venerable’s disciple, she could stand on equal footing with Gu Qingqing. Just thinking about it made her very excited.
"This Immortal Venerable’s honorific title is Gui Yun, and their surname is Wen. At the ceremony, you will see them in person," Peak Master Lou said nothing confidential, so he told Song Xinrong, "Moreover, we have to thank the Sect Master’s new disciple Gu Qingqing. It’s because of her that this Immortal Venerable Gui Yun wanted to join our Langya Immortal Sect."
Song Xinrong, who was initially happy, fantasizing about becoming the new Immortal Venerable’s disciple, and perhaps stepping on Gu Qingqing, suddenly heard Peak Master Lou’s words. She was taken aback, her expression freezing instantly.
"Is that so?" Her face stiffened, but inside she felt like a fire was burning, "That’s... really great."
"Yes," Peak Master Lou didn’t notice Song Xinrong’s expression and nodded in agreement, "I heard from the Sect Master that her cultivation has already reached the Taiyin True Immortal Realm. You entered at the same time; you should focus on cultivating. Tell me, what did you gain from your outings? Is there anything unclear in your cultivation that you want to discuss with me?"
Song Xinrong felt like she had been slapped, her face burning especially when Peak Master Lou mentioned that she and Gu Qingqing had joined the sect at the same time but Gu Qingqing already had the Taiyi True Immortal Realm cultivation, while she had just entered the True Immortal Realm. This comparison made Song Xinrong feel deeply ashamed.
She lowered her head, looking somewhat upset, "Disciple is ashamed, my aptitude is dull, and during this time outside, I only advanced from low-level True Immortal Realm to True Immortal Middle Stage. Disciple won’t disturb Master anymore, I will definitely cultivate diligently."
Seeing Song Xinrong like this, Peak Master Lou frowned, feeling she was being a bit too fragile, but considering Song Xinrong was a female and might be feeling despondent about not surpassing Gu Qingqing since they joined the sect, he didn’t blame her too much. He said a few words and let Song Xinrong leave.
