Chapter 289

After receiving Jiang Yan's nod, the two had already switched to cultivating the Dao of Immortality.

Now, they were already cultivators at the late stage of Refining Qi into Spirit.

This actually surprised Jiang Yan a little.

However, thinking about it, perhaps their foundation was not as solid as Zhongli and the others, and their momentum for breakthroughs had weakened.

Overall, while there were many major breakthroughs, daily life on Shushan remained quite peaceful.

Those who needed to cultivate did so, and those who needed to refine pills did so.

Zhongli also frequently went to the side of Jiang Xuan Xing's grave at the foot of the mountain to talk.

He had originally thought that after cultivating, as his strength grew, he could resurrect his old friend and no longer suffer the tragedy of life and death.

He hadn't expected to encounter Jiang Xuan Xing, this convenient senior brother.

Although Jiang Xuan Xing was dead, he had given Zhongli the true inheritance of the Wine Sword Immortal, the Finger-Profound Scripture.

He had even inherited Jiang Xuan Xing's top-grade spiritual artifact, the Xuan-Yi Sword.

To Zhongli, although they had never truly met, Jiang Xuan Xing was worthy of the status of senior brother.

The younger brother succeeding the elder...

Zhongli still found Jiang Xuan Xing's death very difficult to bear.

Jiang Xuan Xing's final soul power had all been gifted to him.

Because of this, Zhongli's hatred for the Azure Wind Ox of the Nine Nether Secret Realm grew ever deeper.

It was just a pity that his strength was currently insufficient, and Jiang Yan did not allow others to rashly enter the Nine Nether.

However, perhaps influenced by Jiang Xuan Xing, Zhongli became increasingly dedicated to his mission in the Law Enforcement Hall.

This made life miserable for Venti.

During this period, his contribution points had been fined down to just over ten thousand.

He had also kept a low profile for a while.

As for Jiang Yan...

He still lectured on the Dao whenever he had free time, and after lecturing, he would take time to practice dual cultivation with Miss Ganyu.

He would offer pointers to Klee and Qiqi, as well as Lumine and Paimon.

Life was lived quite freely and leisurely.

If one had to talk about changes...

Recently, for some reason, Miko would often run to the sect's main hall for no reason, staying for the entire afternoon.

At first, she said she wanted to ask questions about cultivation, but later, she simply chatted about all sorts of strange and bizarre topics.

However, outside of cultivation, it could be considered a way to distract the mind.

The changes on Shushan were, after all, still small.

If one were to talk about a real, major change.

It would have to be Teyvat, or more precisely, Liyue.

As time passed, Jueyun Karst had completely become a forbidden zone for life.

Even the innate Millelith soldiers could only station themselves outside Jueyun Karst, guarding against anyone rashly breaking in.

As for inside Jueyun Karst...

Even monsters like Hilichurls had vanished without a trace.

Replacing them were countless ferocious beasts.

Although they were mostly at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, there were also several ferocious beasts at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and even at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

However, perhaps because the spiritual energy in other areas of Liyue was not as good as in Jueyun Karst, these ferocious beasts did not like to run out.

This allowed Liyue to save a bit of worry.

During this time, Qiqi went to Jueyun Karst every night to herd corpses, and since some time ago, the corpses in Jueyun Karst had basically disappeared.

Qiqi switched to places like Wuwang Hill, and this time, she bumped right into Hu Tao.

In the past, Qiqi hid when she saw Hu Tao because Hu Tao would pester her and insist on sending her away.

Now, Qiqi hid when she saw Hu Tao because Hu Tao would pester her every time, clamoring for cooperation.

The reason had changed, but the result remained the same.

Hu Tao had truly become Qiqi's inner demon.

However, it was precisely because Qiqi continued to transport the ferocious beasts she conveniently dealt with to Liyue Harbor.

The resources of ferocious beasts in Liyue Harbor were, for a time, quite abundant.

Added to the previous distribution of late-stage Foundation Establishment ferocious beasts, in a short time, Liyue Harbor had over ten thousand innate Renyan soldiers.

Even Secretary Baiwen and the others successfully broke through to become Grandmasters.

It was just that going further would not be so easy.

Secretary Baiwen and the others were not worried; their true goal was still to enter Shushan to cultivate.

Liyue already had a strong sense of martial virtue.

Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that after fermenting for so long.

Liyue had become the very center of the storm for all of Teyvat.

The number of people who signed up for the Mountain Opening Ceremony and passed the initial screening exceeded the expectations of Lady Ningguang and the others.

It reached a full 1.3 million people.

Among these people, there was no lack of many big figures.

Many powerhouses of Liyue.

Tighnari, Dehya, Alhaitham, and so on from Sumeru.

Furina and Clorinde from Fontaine.

However, Inazuma remained in a state of closed borders, and it was unknown if the news of cultivation had spread inside.

But in any case, no one came.

It is estimated that even if the news spread inside, the Raiden Shogun would not allow anyone to come over.

During this time, Liyue became the liveliest place in all of Teyvat.

And those who still held doubts in their hearts had no more doubts after arriving in Liyue.

What remained was only an infinite yearning for Shushan and the Dao of Immortality.

As time gradually passed, the General Affairs Office became increasingly busy.

Countless people wanted to rush to pass the assessment in the last bit of time.

But the initial screening for the Shushan Mountain Opening Ceremony would eventually come to an end.

Finally, after it ended on the evening of this day.

The General Affairs Office, which had been busy for a month, officially declared a rest.

The doors were closed, and the temporarily formed assessment department, along with Lady Yelan and the others, officially stopped working.

The initial screening for the Shushan Mountain Opening Ceremony had officially ended!

And for those who arrived late, no matter how they begged, the doors for this initial screening would never open again.

As for causing trouble...

Currently, Liyue Harbor was guarded by ten thousand innate powerhouses, and the Liyue Qixing and Secretary Baiwen could even contact Lady Ningguang and the others on Shushan.

Even a god would have to behave themselves.

Causing trouble?

No matter who it was, they would be easily suppressed.

From this point on, the Shushan Mountain Opening Ceremony was finally about to begin.

173. An Immortal arrives on a sword, spreading the Dao of Immortality

The news that the initial screening of the General Affairs Office had ended and that Shushan would open its mountain gates tomorrow morning quickly spread throughout all of Liyue Harbor.

Some were happy, some were sad.

Those who passed the assessment naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

Watching the number of people passing the assessment on the list every day these past few days, even someone as extremely confident as Tartaglia couldn't help but feel irritable.

Selecting one thousand people out of over 1.3 million.

That was selecting one out of every thirteen hundred people.

It couldn't be called one in ten thousand, but...