Chapter 377: 377. Chapter 373: The Proud Baihe Xiandao

377. Chapter 373: The Proud Baihe Xiandao

A loose cultivator, expelled from an immortal sect, who could reach the True Immortal realm in such a barren place with just a few immortal crystals—this kind of aptitude is absolutely top-tier.

Chang Chang Danyi was stunned. There was such a good thing?

She instinctively looked at Ding Huan. Ding Huan took out a storage bag and handed it to Chang Chang Danyi: "Danyi, this is your opportunity. Go for it!"

Ding Huan did not call her Fellow Daoist Chang, since Chang Chang Danyi was about to join an immortal sect. He had taken out some low-grade immortal crystals for her, so calling her Fellow Daoist would not be appropriate.

He had just calculated that Chang Chang Danyi joining this immortal sect still had a very bright future.

"Ding Huan, you're not coming with me?" Chang Chang Danyi was a little reluctant.

She felt that staying by Ding Huan's side would be no worse than joining an immortal sect.

Ding Huan shook his head: "The immortal sect you're joining isn't suitable for me. Go on."

After saying that, he forcefully stuffed the storage bag into Chang Chang Danyi's hand. He had left five thousand low-grade immortal crystals in the storage bag.

After all, once Chang Chang Danyi joined the immortal sect she would have cultivation resources, while the resources he needed for cultivation far exceeded hers—too few really wouldn't work.

Chang Chang Danyi knew she couldn't stay by Ding Huan's side forever. Once this kind of opportunity was missed, she might never find another one.

Thinking of this, Chang Chang Danyi bowed to Ding Huan: "Many thanks to Big Brother Ding for bringing me to the Immortal Domain. Chang Chang Danyi will never forget this."

Yan Yuefang saw Chang Chang Danyi calling Ding Huan "Big Brother Ding," and simply said:

"Although you're only at the Immortal-Mortal Bridge realm, our sect also recruits some ore-refining cultivators. I had originally planned to recruit you into the sect to refine ore. Why don't you go to my Twin Purple Mountain together with Danyi?"

Ding Huan bowed: "Many thanks, senior. This junior plans to wander around the Immortal Domain for a while and decide later."

"That's not bad either. You do need to broaden your horizons." Yan Yuefang did not say more. Having taken in a talented disciple like Chang Chang Danyi, she was quite satisfied.

Chang Chang Danyi sighed inwardly. She was certain Ding Huan's cultivation was far stronger than hers, and her master here seemed unable to see where Ding Huan's true strength lay.

Since Ding Huan did not plan to go to Twin Purple Mountain, she naturally could not speak up. Perhaps in the future her master would be closer to her than Ding Huan, but right now Ding Huan was a little closer to her than her master.

Ding Huan watched Chang Chang Danyi's flying ship from Twin Purple Mountain depart into the distance, and this time simply brought out the iron pot.

The iron pot let out a whoosh and vanished from the spot in an instant, even faster than Yan Yuefang's flying immortal artifact.

……

"Danyi, your cultivation is clearly higher than your companion's. Why do you call him Big Brother?" On the flying ship, Yan Yuefang asked Chang Chang Danyi with some puzzlement.

Her cultivation was higher than Ding Huan's?

Chang Chang Danyi sighed inwardly, but said respectfully out loud: "Master, the reason I was able to come to the Fourth Immortal Domain is that Big Brother Ding Huan brought me here.

Big Brother Ding Huan was hired as an array master by Baihe Xiandao and reinforced their arrays. It's just that the people of Baihe Xiandao were jealous of Big Brother Ding Huan's abilities and expelled us from the sect."

"You're saying Ding Huan is also an array master? The one who reinforced the arrays for Baihe Xiandao was Ding Huan?" Yan Yuefang was stunned.

After a long while she excitedly called out: "Quick, quick, go find Ding Huan. Right, Danyi, hurry and send Ding Huan a message. Our Twin Purple Mountain hopes he can join us."

Chang Chang Danyi looked at her master in confusion. Logically speaking, her master should not have known about Ding Huan's abilities.

She had only just said on her own that Ding Huan reinforced the arrays for Baihe Xiandao, and her master already trusted her so much?

Seeing Chang Chang Danyi's confusion, Yan Yuefang quickly explained: "You probably don't know which immortal sect in the Fourth Immortal Domain is the hottest right now, do you? It's Baihe Xiandao.

A few months ago, Baihe Xiandao found an extremely high-quality immortal spirit spring eye, which directly pushed Baihe Xiandao onto the sect rankings of the Ascension Arena.

And that's not all. Recently the Dao-Stealing Insects have been running rampant, yet Baihe Xiandao not only held their sect-protecting array and lost not a single immortal spirit spring eye, they also killed hundreds of millions of Dao-Stealing Insects.

The protective array status of every immortal sect in the Fourth Immortal Domain can be fed directly back to the Ascension Arena's grand array.

Just because of this move, Baihe Xiandao's ranking in the Ascension Arena has now reached the top five hundred. One could say that in the last several hundred years, no immortal sect has shone as brightly as Baihe Xiandao.

If it's really as you say, that Ding Huan reinforced the protective array of Baihe Xiandao, then Ding Huan is simply a talent among talents. It would not be excessive for him to come to my Twin Purple Mountain as a sect elder."

Because when they had departed earlier, Yan Yuefang's flying ship had not been moving very fast. Now that they had turned back, the flying ship's speed was pushed to the maximum.

In a short time, the flying ship landed at the spot where Ding Huan had been staying.

"Peak Master Yan, that Ding Huan has already left." A disciple controlling the flying ship said uneasily.

"Danyi, hurry and send Ding Huan a message. Say our sect master invites him to Twin Purple Mountain." Yan Yuefang's tone was even a little anxious.

Chang Chang Danyi said with some regret: "Master, after Big Brother Ding and I left Baihe Xiandao, I kept being in closed-door cultivation stabilizing my cultivation.

Later I met Master, and everything was extremely rushed. I didn't keep Big Brother Ding's communication bead. Big Brother Ding and I only met in the Void City, and then Big Brother Ding brought me to the Immortal Domain to save me…"

Chang Chang Danyi did not hide anything and gave a detailed account of everything between her and Ding Huan.

"Sigh!" Yan Yuefang slapped the railing of the flying ship in frustration, equally filled with regret.

Chang Chang Danyi had originally wanted to say that the immortal spirit spring eye Baihe Xiandao found was also discovered by Ding Huan, but after thinking it over she decided against it. Less trouble was better than more.

"Danyi, is there something you're hiding from me?" Chang Chang Danyi's hesitant expression was immediately noticed by Yan Yuefang, who asked at once.

Chang Chang Danyi had no choice but to say: "What I actually wanted to say was that the immortal spirit spring eye Baihe Xiandao discovered was also found by Big Brother Ding, but the credit was taken by someone else."

"Ah…" Yan Yuefang could not put her disappointment into words.

If she had to say something, she would surely say that once an unparalleled opportunity had been placed before the gates of Twin Purple Mountain, but she had missed it.

If she could do it again, then she would…

……

Baihe Xiandao had recently been making quite a splash in the Fourth Immortal Domain.

First they found an immortal spirit spring eye, and then during this rampage of the Dao-Stealing Insects they performed outstandingly, being rated by the Ascension Arena's grand array as number one in protective array defense.

Because of all this, Baihe Xiandao's sect ranking had also risen to four hundred and ninety-first.

Sect Master Meng Zhongqi waved his hand grandly, and lavishly rewarded all the disciples who had guarded the protective array as well as the externally hired array masters who had assisted.

The immortal crystals Ding Huan had taken from these array masters had basically all come back.

At this time, a pile of immortal sects in the Fourth Immortal Domain were making appointments with Baihe Xiandao—they wanted to come to Baihe Xiandao to see how their protective array had been held.

Baihe Xiandao's sect master Meng Zhongqi naturally gave them a warm welcome, because this was also a plus for the sect.

If they could get good reviews from other sects, the Ascension Arena's sect ranking would rise again.

While Meng Zhongqi was busy receiving the sect masters and array masters from the various great immortal sects who came to visit, the many protective array masters of Baihe Xiandao were all anxious as ants on a hot pan.

Because they discovered that the killing-trap grand array Ding Huan had set up was already showing signs of collapse.

Obviously, this was caused by the lack of array masters to maintain it.

These array masters knew the reason, but no one here understood void array patterns — how could they maintain it?

Even taking a step back, even if someone did understand void array patterns, it still wouldn't be easy to maintain.

The killing-trap array Ding Huan had set up with void array patterns contained law array patterns within it; understanding void array patterns and being able to lay down law array patterns were two entirely different things.

"Luo Hai, you're the one who drove the person away, you tell us what to do." An array master, feeling that the killing-trap grand array outside his protective array was about to be gnawed through by the Dao-Stealing Insects, could no longer care about fellow-sect camaraderie, and was the first to step forward and make trouble.

Before Luo Hai could answer, there was a "crack."

His own killing-trap array was breached by the Dao-Stealing Insects; a massive swarm surged toward the array heart. How would Luo Hai dare keep talking nonsense? He hurriedly took out his array flags and began patching it nonstop.

It took a great deal of effort before he barely managed to repair it.

Naturally, Ding Huan had long anticipated this situation.

If he himself were here guarding this killing-trap array, he would certainly have set up an automatic-repair array to respond in kind; all it would consume would be some immortal crystals.

Luo Hai and the others couldn't set one up, and Ding Huan wouldn't be foolish enough to take out his own immortal crystals to lay down a repair protective array.

As for Ding Huan, he had taken two thousand immortal crystals from each of them, granting them three months of use — that was sincere enough.

"Crack!" The killing-trap array outside Luo Hai's protective array was finally torn open by the massive swarm of Dao-Stealing Insects; the follow-on swarm surged toward the array heart that Luo Hai was guarding.

Luo Hai was practically using hands and feet together, yet the protective array was still being gnawed at nonstop, teetering on the brink of collapse at every moment.

……

Baihe Immortal Dao Sect Master Meng Zhongqi was now riding high on momentum; he was at the entrance of the sect's protective array, welcoming the sect masters and array masters from the various great immortal sects who had come to tour the Baihe Immortal Dao protective array.

Every visiting sect master did their utmost to heap praise on the Baihe Immortal Dao — partly because they truly felt the Baihe Immortal Dao was awesome, and partly because they wanted to learn here how to block the Dao-Stealing Insects' gnawing of the protective array.

"Sect Master…" an excited voice rang out.

Meng Zhongqi was in the middle of exchanging pleasantries with the various sect masters and array masters; hearing this excited voice, he instinctively turned his head, and immediately saw Xin Chuang.

In fact, Xin Chuang had no qualifications to speak directly with the sect master, but before he had even returned, he had already heard that the sect's protective array ranked first in defending against the Dao-Stealing Insects, and that the sect's ranking had risen to over four hundred.

He didn't need to ask to know it must have been Ding Huan's doing — Ding Huan was, after all, a fellow who could lay down void array patterns.

So he guessed that his return this time would earn him a great reward, and in his excitement he took the initiative to call out.

It took Meng Zhongqi quite a while to recall Xin Chuang; he nodded at him: "Not bad, you've worked hard."

What he meant was that Xin Chuang had worked hard representing the sect at the auxiliary session of the Immortal Sect Grand Assembly; later he still needed Xin Chuang to report the news from the auxiliary session, and couldn't delay his own attendance at the upcoming Immortal Sect Masters' Grand Assembly.

"Sect Master, it wasn't hard. But back then, Daoist Friend Ding Huan wasn't easy to invite at all — I spent a great deal of effort to get him to join our Baihe Immortal Dao.

Fortunately, Daoist Friend Ding Huan didn't disappoint me; blocking the Dao-Stealing Insects this time shows that my efforts back then did have some use after all."

Xin Chuang knew very well that this kind of merit had to be brought up proactively; otherwise, the sect master might just turn around and forget about it.

As for whether it was really Ding Huan who blocked the Dao-Stealing Insects — did that even need to be asked?

All these years, when had the Dao-Stealing Insects ever run rampant and the Baihe Immortal Dao actually accomplished anything? Every time, they had to lose a huge batch of immortal crystals before they could drive the Dao-Stealing Insects out.