Chapter 57

“Fenghui Peak once had a puppet immortal soldier comparable to a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Refining and Dao Combining stage, which shook all directions.”

Liuyun was overjoyed and clapped her hands:

“Then Fenghui Peak it is! I have decided to join Fenghui Peak!”

Jiang Yan smiled and nodded gently.

“I will take your opinion into account.”

Immediately, he looked at the crowd again, and seeing that they all had some understanding, he said softly:

“If you are ready, then I will officially begin accepting disciples on behalf of the seven branches.”

“Before that, I want to confirm one last time: after joining Shushan, unless there is a sufficient and necessary reason, no one is allowed to quit Shushan.”

“Otherwise, you will be treated as a traitor to the sect, and you will be killed no matter where you are in the world. Are you sure?”

Everyone thought for a while and nodded.

Anyway, Shushan was the only cultivation sect in this world, and facing such a treasure land for cultivation, they had no reason to quit.

Shushan didn’t prohibit them from managing their countries, so thinking about it, it didn’t have any impact.

Seeing that everyone confirmed again, Jiang Yan didn’t hesitate.

Just as he was about to start accepting disciples, he suddenly noticed some movement in his sleeve.

Only then did he remember that there were many animals that hadn’t been arranged.

Although it looked like he was using the "Universe in the Sleeve," the real Universe in the Sleeve involved opening up a small world of one’s own inside the sleeve.

Jiang Yan’s was nothing more than using true essence to shrink those animals and forcibly putting them into his sleeve.

At most, it was a transformation technique, belonging to one of the basic incantations.

Realizing this, Jiang Yan said softly:

“Sorry, I almost forgot there was one more thing to deal with.”

After speaking, Jiang Yan waved his hand, and a huge water mirror appeared in front of him.

The screen was divided into many parts, showing scenes from all over the Cave Heaven.

Everyone was curious, but Zhongli kept his eyes fixed on the seaside.

There, he felt a life-and-death crisis in the dark.

Sure enough, the next moment, a huge and ferocious Archon emerged from the sea, seemed to take a breath, and then dived back down.

Zhongli’s pupils shrank.

An Archon stronger than him!

But thinking that he was about to cultivate immortality, he didn’t care about these things anymore.

Jiang Yan carefully checked the screen and then pointed gently.

Each time, many animals passed through the water mirror and landed in the corresponding scenes.

The transport carriage team, which was three or four kilometers long, was all released by Jiang Yan in the blink of an eye.

Compared to the vast Shushan Cave Heaven, it was just a drop in the bucket.

But the advantage was that these animals were of many varieties.

Perhaps in a few years, a more prosperous ecosystem would be established.

Moreover, these few years would be enough to evolve some monsters and spiritual beasts.

By then, the beast-taming side would have a foundation.

Seeing that those animals were living well and had Archons helping to graze them, Jiang Yan also waved away the water mirror with satisfaction.

This move of remote deployment really opened everyone’s eyes.

However, that was only because Jiang Yan was the master of the Cave Heaven.

“Alright, some small matters, wasted time.”

Jiang Yan withdrew his gaze and looked at the crowd.

“Who wants to go first?”

Everyone looked at each other and finally focused on Zhongli.

Zhongli also knew that he must be the first, so he stood up and looked at Jiang Yan.

The latter nodded slightly, and a purple-gold cloud pattern on his brow glowed, with wisps of mist entering Zhongli’s body.

After a while, Jiang Yan’s eyes lit up, and he said softly:

“Morax, you have a heaven-grade spiritual root of the earth element, and you hold the Dao of the contract of Teyvat, upright and unyielding.”

“I intend to accept you as a disciple on behalf of the head of Longshou Peak, the elder of the Shushan Law Enforcement Hall, Wine Sword Immortal Mo Yixi.”

“From now on, during the reconstruction of Shushan, you will temporarily manage the Law Enforcement Hall as the acting head of Longshou Peak. Are you willing?”

Zhongli was stunned; this was a result he hadn’t expected.

Acting head, temporarily managing the Law Enforcement Hall?

He had just joined Shushan, and he could do this?

Moreover, in terms of cultivation, his strength was nothing more than the late stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation; in the heyday of Shushan, he would just be an ordinary inner-sect disciple.

How could he be an acting head?

For a moment, Zhongli hesitated.

Jiang Yan saw Zhongli’s hesitation at a glance and said softly:

“Do you feel that your strength is insufficient to take on the role of acting head?”

Zhongli nodded slightly.

“I am now, according to the cultivation of immortality, only a cultivator of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation; how can I be qualified for the role of acting head?”

Jiang Yan sighed helplessly.

“However, the current Shushan is not the Shushan of its heyday.”

“Now, I have been promoted to Sect Master with the body of Spirit Refining and Void Returning; why can’t you be an acting head with the realm of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation?”

44. Disciples officially enter the mountain gate, Shushan sets sail!

Hearing Jiang Yan say this, Zhongli barely accepted it in his heart.

However, deep down, he still felt a bit conflicted.

That was the head of the seven branches!

After all, he hadn’t started cultivating immortality yet, and he didn’t understand the problems of cultivation.

What he could show off was nothing more than being the strongest among this batch of people who joined Shushan.

But Zhongli didn’t admit to being the strongest.

The Martial God has the dignity of the Martial God, and the Geo Archon has the sense of responsibility.

Just talking about strength, the two Archons in the sea were both stronger than him.

Then why did Jiang Yan choose him?

Talent?

There were plenty of talented people, Keqing’s Sword Body, Shenhe’s Pure Yin Body.

These two special physiques shouldn’t be worse than the heaven-grade spiritual root.

Moreover, what Zhongli worried about most, and what troubled him most, was the innate sense of responsibility as the Geo Archon.

Honestly speaking, the morality of Shushan was very much in line with Zhongli’s heart; if he were allowed to be an ordinary disciple, Zhongli would be very happy.

Educating the world, eliminating demons, and defending the Dao.

But acting head…

He didn’t think he could take it on.

Shushan would open its mountain gates wide in the future and continue to recruit disciples.

And then?

Would he, Zhongli, the acting head of Longshou Peak, have to accept disciples?

But accepting disciples, what would he…

His own cultivation had to rely on Jiang Yan’s teaching; could it be that he expected his disciples to join the sect and then study how to cultivate with him?

Thinking of this, Zhongli wanted to decline the identity of the acting head of Longshou Peak again.

“Are you worried that you are not proficient in cultivation, so when the disciples of Longshou Peak join later, you won’t be able to teach them?”

Jiang Yan spoke suddenly, interrupting Zhongli’s thoughts.

The latter gave a wry smile and nodded: