Chapter 48: Lu Qingshan

Inside the spaceship’s control room.

After seeing Yue Buqun’s invitation in the chat group, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but feel a flicker of interest.

As for Yue Buqun’s mention of the Five Mountains Assembly, Lu Qingshan naturally paid it no mind.

Yet since the chat group enabled cross-realm teleportation, he had never used the feature once.

This time, encountering Yue Buqun’s invitation happened to be a perfect opportunity to try it.

Thinking this over, Lu Qingshan quickly made up his mind.

【Lu Qingshan: No problem! I’ve just finished cultivating—going to your side to relax would be great!】

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World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

When Yue Buqun saw Lu Qingshan’s reply in the chat group, he froze in shock.

He knew this time he’d only logged on to invite Cao Cao and others—he never expected Lu Qingshan to accept.

After all, Lu Qingshan had always been deeply absorbed in cultivation, having already declined both Cao Cao’s and Pang Bo’s invitations.

Yue Buqun had assumed he wouldn’t be an exception either—until now, he’d merely, out of respect, tried inviting Lu Qingshan after spotting him online…

And yet Lu Qingshan had agreed!

After his momentary shock, Yue Buqun’s face quickly lit up with delight.

After all, this was the group leader’s first time accepting a member’s invitation—something absolutely worth celebrating for him!

Thinking of this, Yue Buqun immediately replied in the chat group.

【Yue Buqun: Group Leader, your coming to Huashan Sect is the greatest honor of my life—I’m already prepared; you may arrive at any time! If your schedule is inconvenient, I can even delay the Five Mountains Assembly!】

【Lu Qingshan: No need. I can go right now!】

【Yue Buqun: @Cao Cao, @Tianmeng Bingcan, @Pang Bo, @Xiao Yan, @Han Li, and all others—if you have time, please come along too!】

【Pang Bo: Old Yue, you’ve got serious clout— you even got the Group Leader to come!】

【Xiao Yan: Yeah! This is the Group Leader’s first trip to another world—I was planning to invite him to mine!】

【Yue Buqun: It’s all the same, but I’m truly honored the Group Leader came!】

【Pang Bo: Old Yue, don’t act modest—you’ve already applied for teleportation, open the permission fast!】

【Xiao Yan: Me too.JPG】

Inside the spaceship’s control room.

Watching the others’ casual chatter in the chat group, Lu Qingshan found it somewhat amusing.

Then, with a thought, he split off a sliver of his Immortal Body, forming a clone.

Since cross-realm teleportation required points and carried energy, this clone carried only a trace of divine power—its strength roughly equivalent to a Xiantian cultivator in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world.

Next, Lu Qingshan activated the teleportation, spending 20 points to request passage to Yue Buqun’s world.

【System Prompt: Yue Buqun has approved your application to enter the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer!】

As the system notification appeared in the chat group, Lu Qingshan’s clone vanished instantly from its original spot.

Yet at that moment, his original body left behind in the Tunshixingkong world began slowly absorbing external cosmic energy.

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World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

Hum!

As space trembled slightly, a series of figures appeared one after another inside a quiet chamber of Huashan Sect—it was Lu Qingshan and the others, having crossed realms.

Yue Buqun, who had been waiting, hurried forward to greet them: “Greetings, Group Leader! Greetings, all fellow group members!”

He’d originally thought he’d be lucky to attract one or two people—yet due to Lu Qingshan’s acceptance, every member of the chat group had crossed over.

“Father!”

At that moment, Yue Buqun’s daughter Yue Lingshan’s voice rang from outside the chamber: “All the sect leaders have arrived! Mother and Master Liu are leading Brother and the others to welcome them!”

“I know—I’m on my way!”

After speaking, Yue Buqun glanced at Tianmeng Bingcan beside him.

If Tianmeng Bingcan walked out as he was, it would cause a sensation—though it wouldn’t greatly affect Yue Buqun now, it would still bring trouble.

“I understand,” Tianmeng Bingcan nodded, then transformed into a young man in white robes.

It had previously visited Cao Cao’s world and knew Yue Buqun’s concerns.

The white-robed youth was merely an illusion created by bending light.

But Tianmeng Bingcan’s technique was masterful—among those present, only Lu Qingshan could see through it, let alone the outside martial world figures.

“Group Leader, everyone, please follow me!” Yue Buqun, seeing all was ready, led them toward Huashan’s Zhengqi Hall.

In fact, ever since Liu Zhengfeng’s Golden Basin Ceremony, Yue Buqun had already invited the other four sects to gather at Huashan, citing the lost sword techniques carved on the Sigu Cliff.

Upon returning to Huashan, he immediately ordered his disciples to begin preparations.

Though Huashan Sect had little wealth, thanks to the Multiverse Chat Group, Yue Buqun easily traded with Cao Cao for vast amounts of gold and treasure.

So half a month ago, Huashan disciples had already erected the platform, pavilions, and stocked food, wine, rice, and flour for the Five Mountains Alliance.

During this time, members of the Demon Cult had sneaked into Huashan repeatedly—but before they could approach the sect’s grounds, they were all eliminated by Huashan disciples, whose strength had greatly increased.

Soon after, Dingxian Shitai, the Sect Master of Hengshan Sect, Tianmen Daoist, the Sect Master of Taishan Sect, and Mo Da, the Sect Master of Hengshan Sect, each arrived with their disciples.

Yue Buqun privately led the three to a cave on Sigu Cliff, had them copy every lost sword technique from their sects, then destroyed the carvings on the cliff wall before their eyes.

Though Mo Da and the others worried Yue Buqun might have secretly kept copies of the techniques, they voiced no suspicion, instead expressing heartfelt gratitude.

Of course, whether Mo Da and the others truly felt gratitude meant nothing to Yue Buqun, who had already broken through to the Master realm.

Time passed, and more martial world figures arrived at Huashan, drawn by the news.

Yue Buqun paid them no mind—anyone who came was treated with care by his disciples.

Only on the agreed day did he finally invite Pang Bo and others to the chat group to watch the spectacle.

The plot of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is nearly over—this cross-realm trip is to place a clone for the protagonist. Can anyone guess the method?

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(End of Chapter)