Chapter 697: The gap between heaven and earth!

Swish!

Luo Chen appeared on the square where clouds and mist were drifting.

As soon as he landed, a Dao Sect disciple came up.

Before he could speak, Luo Chen showed a jade plate.

Light flickered on the jade plate, and the Core Formation cultivator understood Luo Chen's identity after just one look.

"So it's a Star Gate guest minister, please this way!"

Luo Chen nodded, followed behind him, stepped into the clouds and mist, and the moment he entered the square, it was as if he had passed through a thin film.

At that instant, his powerful physique actually felt a bit constrained.

"Is this a defensive array?"

The guiding disciple blinked, "Senior has a good eye. This is indeed a defensive array naturally generated by Heaven Earth Peak. It's usually not activated, but this time the Pill Saint's ascension is the top priority of our sect; although our sect is not worried about any accidents, we still do things thoroughly."

So that's how it is.

Luo Chen subconsciously looked back at the invisible and intangible defensive array.

A defensive array naturally generated by Heaven Earth Peak containing a fifth-grade spiritual vein?

He could feel the terror contained within!

It actually made his powerful physique, comparable to a fourth-grade wild beast, feel a bit uncomfortable.

This was still in a half-activated state, not fully triggered.

If the array were fully activated, he was afraid that even his full-force attack wouldn't be able to break it.

Of course, it was also because his physique was too powerful, leading to being overly sensitive; others would probably not even realize that such an array was activated on Heaven Earth Peak.

"I wonder what its name is?" He asked one more question.

The Core Formation cultivator was stunned; this senior named Luo Chen, as a Star Gate guest minister, didn't know the name of this array?

But soon, he remembered the extra "External Affairs" words on the other party's identity jade plate.

He thought the permission was not enough, and he didn't understand many things.

He hesitated, but still gave Luo Chen the answer.

"Cut Heaven and Earth Connection!"

Luo Chen was startled, what kind of name is this?

Heaven Earth Peak, so high that its peak cannot be seen; even this cloud sea square with a huge area, looking from the outside, is only at the waist of the mountain.

It can be said that this ancient strange mountain, Heaven Earth Peak, truly has the charm of connecting heaven and earth.

But the defensive array naturally generated by it is called "Cut Heaven and Earth Connection"?

He had the heart to ask more, but obviously the Core Formation cultivator didn't want to say more, or perhaps the other party didn't know the true effect of this array at all.

After all, since the Heaven Origin Dao Sect opened up the Central Plains ten thousand years ago, until it established the Central Plains three thousand years ago, this array on Heaven Earth Peak had never been activated.

How would the world know the mystery of the Cut Heaven and Earth Connection grand array?

Luo Chen suppressed the doubts in his heart and came to a corner in the south of the cloud sea square.

Before he got close, he heard the sound of noise and clamor.

"Senior Luo, we're here. Star Gate cultivators are arranged to observe the ceremony here. If you have any needs, you can instruct the Dao Sect disciples around at any time."

"Mm, you go!"

Luo Chen waved his hand, and then walked in.

As he revealed his figure, rays of light were cast over.

Luo Chen remained calm on the surface, but his heart tightened suddenly.

Nothing else!

Just because at this moment, among the thousands of gazes looking at him, there were nearly a hundred gazes whose owners possessed the Nascent Soul realm!

And every one of them had a realm completely higher than his!

Weak ones were at the third or fourth Nascent Soul layer, strong ones were at the sixth or seventh layer.

This was still those who actively radiated magic power fluctuations.

Most of them chose to hide their own cultivation, and in the case where Luo Chen didn't actively probe, he couldn't see the specific realm at all.

"Is this the power of the Star Gate of Heaven Earth Peak?"

Luo Chen swallowed his saliva.

Even if he had repeatedly overestimated the strength of the Star Gate, repeatedly calculated the number of Nascent Soul cultivators of the Star Gate, and even counted the normal birth, aging, sickness, death, and sitting-to-death, he still didn't expect such a number of nearly a hundred Nascent Souls.

Just this force, if placed outside, would be completely enough to determine a continent!

And this is the accumulation of the Star Gate for three thousand six hundred years, and also part of the huge foundation of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect!

"Fellow Daoist Luo, over here!"

While he was shocked, True Person Seven Lamps, who was looking at him, waved to him.

Luo Chen walked over immediately.

On the way, he also nodded to True Person Winter Mountain and Lu Qiuzhen, who were looking at him, to signal.

Obviously, they arrived earlier than him.

After all, they are formal Star Gate guest ministers, and the Pill Saint's ascension is the top priority of the Star Gate, so they naturally received notification earlier and prepared early.

Luo Chen's gaze converged and fell on the side of True Person Seven Lamps, where four old men gathered together.

Each one, the realm is not obvious, but the calmness of each one gave Luo Chen pressure like the deep sea and high mountains.

Could it be that these are four of the five great elders outside the continent of Heaven Earth Peak?

He couldn't clearly identify them; after all, when the Seven Olds resolution was made in the Star Gate, everyone's face was very blurry, and even the Pill Saint was only remembered by him by her slender figure.

When Luo Chen arrived, two of the four left in advance.

Only True Person Seven Lamps and an old man in a gray robe remained.

"Introduce, Wild Scatterer Luo Chen, who just joined the Star Gate not long ago."

Luo Chen bowed to the gray-robed old man to show politeness.

Subsequently, True Person Seven Lamps introduced the identity of the gray-robed old man to Luo Chen.

"Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong, contributor..."

Just a contributor?

It seems a bit different from what was imagined!

But True Person Seven Lamps' words were not finished, and he continued: "After the Pill Saint ascends, one of the five great elder positions outside the continent of the Star Gate will be vacant. By then, it will be filled by Contributor Gray."

Luo Chen realized.

And that Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong was looking at Luo Chen with great interest at this moment, constantly sizing him up.

"You are the first external guest minister recorded by the Pill Saint as an exception to join our Heaven Earth Peak Star Gate?"

Before Luo Chen could answer, True Person Seven Lamps said helplessly: "Why go around in circles, didn't you say that before?"

Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong laughed, "Fellow Daoist Luo, don't mind, just getting familiar."

Luo Chen smiled and nodded, his tone humble: "I am just an external guest minister, not worthy of such thick love from Elder Gray. With your profound realm, you should be the one to guide me, it's not about supporting each other."

A good "Elder Gray!"

Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong was very happy; he hadn't even become one of the nineteen elders of Heaven Earth Peak yet, and he was already called like this, how could he not be happy.

True Person Seven Lamps was a bit surprised; this Wild Scatterer is very proficient in human relations!

Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong laughed, "External guest minister is not worth mentioning, later as long as you do some things for the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and make some contributions, turning into a formal guest minister is just a word from us."

"Do things for the Dao Sect?" Luo Chen was curious, "As a holy land of a continent, what things still need to bother me?"

"Soon, soon!" Gray Elder Sikong Yuanhong patted Luo Chen on the shoulder, "You came at just the right time!"

He didn't say specific things, patted Luo Chen on the shoulder intimately, and then left, mixing into the crowd.

Obviously, in order to cope with the upcoming elder position, he was keen on making friends.

Luo Chen was just one of them, and also the easiest one to win over, after all, Luo Chen was the last cultivator from outside the continent to join Heaven Earth Peak.

After he left, Luo Chen twisted his shoulders unnaturally.

He hadn't been so "valued" for many years.

True Person Seven Lamps was on the side, speaking slowly: "Don't mind, Contributor Gray is too happy recently, some actions are over the line, which is very normal."

Luo Chen said "Mm," indicating he didn't mind.

Obviously, what the other party crossed the rules was not just physically, but promising Luo Chen to become a formal guest minister was also a kind of overstepping of the Heaven Earth Peak elder's authority in advance.

Luo Chen looked around and couldn't help but sigh.

"So many people!"

"Many?" True Person Seven Lamps stroked his long beard, "This is only half of the power of Heaven Earth Peak."

Luo Chen's pupils shrank, and he blurted out: "Half?"

Even in this corner, Nascent Soul cultivators occasionally entered, but it was barely over a hundred.

But if this was only half, could it be that the Star Gate had two hundred Nascent Soul cultivators?

Stop joking!

True Person Seven Lamps knew he had misunderstood, and immediately explained: "The composition of the Star Gate is not just cultivators from outside the continent. This can be seen from the establishment of the nineteen elders of Heaven Earth Peak."

Nineteen elders, twelve great houses, two noble clans, and five seats occupied by cultivators from outside the continent.

In other words, Central Plains families also occupy part of the positions in the Star Gate?

Sure enough, True Person Seven Lamps' later words confirmed this speculation.

"Some Nascent Soul cultivators of various families, after their lifespan reaches a certain degree, will voluntarily join the Star Gate."

"It's just that they usually don't cultivate at Heaven Earth Peak, only when they are about to sit to death, they will come to Heaven Earth Peak and choose a cave dwelling to wait for death."

"Not seeing these people today is also because their families will also come to observe the ceremony, so they each went to the observation platform where their families are."

So that's how it is.

Luo Chen completely understood.

Not only that, he also learned some other situations about the cultivators from outside the continent of the Star Gate from True Person Seven Lamps' subsequent introduction.

Many times, the cultivators from outside the continent who joined the Star Gate were not alone, but brought their families.

It's just that those younger generations couldn't cultivate at Heaven Earth Peak, but were arranged by the Heaven Origin Dao Sect to other places in the Central Plains.

These younger generations, if they were originally in a family mode, would continue to exist in a family mode.

If they were originally in a sect inheritance mode, they would be scattered and separated, each forming a small cultivation family. Or, they would integrate into some local families in the Central Plains through marriage.

From this point of view, it is very difficult for these younger generations brought by Nascent Soul cultivators from outside the continent to integrate into the Central Plains.

But the Heaven Origin Dao Sect gave them a chance.

That is, they stay in the Central Plains for five hundred years, and after five hundred years, they have the opportunity to let their descendants enter the Heaven Origin Dao Sect to study.

The observation platform in this corner of the Star Gate today has thousands of people, because many of them are the descendants of the Star Gate guest ministers and contributors, taking this opportunity to reunite.

Luo Chen was curious and asked if there were any successful precedents.

He got an affirmative answer.

Looking at it this way, the Heaven Origin Dao Sect indeed didn't speak empty words, but really implemented things.

After understanding all this, Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"No wonder the Star Gate can absorb so many Nascent Soul powerhouses from outside the continent; it gives them the hope of ascending to Soul Transformation, and solves their secular worries."

In such a sigh, he couldn't help but fantasize.

"If I go back and bring the old friends of the Luo Tian Sect to the Central Plains, would I also have the opportunity to enjoy all this?"

The cultivation philosophy of the Central Plains is certainly not in line with the path Luo Chen is taking.

But the peace of the Central Plains for thousands of years is something no one would dislike. Even if there is competition, it is only a benign competition between the sect and the family, and will not cause slaughter at every turn.

Such a place is a cultivation holy land that meets the traditional description.

The more he understood, the thinner the "passerby" thought Luo Chen had, and he actually developed the idea of taking root!

Just at this time.

The cloud sea vibrated, and white seats made of cloud patterns, mist, and surging spiritual energy rose.

"Cultivators, take your seats!"

Beside his ear, that vicissitudinous, aged voice sounded once more.

"It's Sect Master Mo!"

True Person Seven Lamps said, and then floated up.

Luo Chen was no exception, following the mysterious guidance, and floated onto a cloud chair high in the sky.

At this height, the vast clouds and mist could no longer block his sight.

Looking from the south, in the north, there were fifty chairs, facing each other from afar.

At first glance, Luo Chen's gaze fell on the two chairs in the corner.

The reason for this was that one of the two chairs was actually occupied by a constrained Core Formation cultivator.

This was also the only Core Formation cultivator among the many Nascent Soul True Persons sitting high in the clouds.

"One of the two representatives pushed by the countless humble-born in the Central Plains?"

The basis for Luo Chen to make this judgment was that another chair was occupied by True Person Long Yuan at the early Nascent Soul stage!

The other party hadn't had time to promote the humble-born Liu family to the ranks of noble clans, so it was still humble-born treatment. Then the adjacent person should naturally be a humble-born cultivator.

At this moment, facing the gaze cast by Luo Chen, True Person Long Yuan felt it instantly.

He didn't say anything, just nodded lightly.

Luo Chen wrinkled his brows, what did the other party's nodding mean?

He didn't think too much, Luo Chen's gaze wandered, scanning the other forty-eight chairs one by one.

These people should be the representatives of the twelve great houses and thirty-six noble clans.

And on the cloud sea square, the dense crowd standing, from Qi Refining to Core Formation, all realms were present.

Obviously, these people were the younger generation of various families brought to observe the ceremony.

At this moment, three of them stood together, looking into the high sky for something, and finally found the target in the group of True Persons in the south.

"He is there! Brother Chang Song Fengzi, is he really that person?"

"The appearance is very different, and the temperament is also completely different, is your intelligence true or false?"

Facing the inquiry of Guan Guan Xiaoping and Wu Tao, Chang Song Fengzi nodded with difficulty.

It can't be wrong!

The intelligence collected by the Shen family is extremely accurate!

The Wild Scatterer is the Azure Yang Demon Lord, and Luo Hai is naturally Luo Chen sitting high in the clouds now.

Facing Chang Song Fengzi's affirmation, Guan and Wu were dazed and couldn't control themselves.

A loose cultivator who only led the way for them back then, now actually walked to this step?

And they, decades passed, only improved their cultivation by a not-so-large level, from early Core Formation to middle Core Formation.

Is the gap really this big?

Even to say, for their gaze, the other party didn't even have a response of looking down.

Core Formation and Nascent Soul, it is already the gap between heaven and earth.

Among the representatives of many families, Luo Chen accurately found Fu Fu Chaosheng.

The two smiled at each other, and did not transmit their voices to talk.

Luo Chen continued to size up others, especially looking at the representatives sent by the twelve great houses a few more times.

All are Nascent Soul True Persons with profound cultivation and deep Dao practice.

Subsequently, he looked towards the west, which was also the corner furthest out.

There, cloud chairs with complex and noble patterns also rose.

The people sitting on them did not exceed Luo Chen's expectations, and several of them were exactly those who appeared in the Peach Garden back then.

Western Desert high monks, Southern Border black robes, Eastern Wasteland Mingyuan Sect young man.

As for others, Luo Chen had no impression.

These people, added together, also had more than a dozen people.

After scanning the whole field, Luo Chen had a general concept in his heart.

"Over a hundred True Persons, Central Plains families, representatives of the three continents, these people together formed the observation group for this ascension ceremony, the specification is already extremely high!"

"This also expresses the Heaven Origin Dao Sect's importance to the Pill Saint's ascension."

"If I, or other cultivators from outside the continent in the Star Gate, ascend to Soul Transformation, would I have such treatment?"

There is more than one person like Luo Chen who has this thought at the scene.

On the south observation platform, every Nascent Soul True Person sitting high in the clouds had turbulent thoughts and miscellaneous thoughts.

The representatives of the three continents in the west also had different thoughts.

The Western Desert high monks looked calm, but judging from the prayer beads constantly being pinched, they were afraid they were not so calm.

The young man of the Eastern Wasteland Mingyuan Sect had a gloomy face, constantly looking around, as if expecting something, and as if resisting something.

The mysterious black-robed cultivator from the Southern Border couldn't see any expression, but his gaze occasionally glanced at the Star Gate group of cultivators in the south.

Suddenly, everyone's thoughts paused for a moment.

Everyone's attention subconsciously cast towards the east.

In the cloud sea, three figures slowly emerged.

And everyone ignored the other two and looked at the old man in the lead.

"See the Sect Master!"

I don't know who spoke first, and then there was a sound like a mountain collapse and a sea roar.

Even the three-continent observation representatives respectfully made the sound of "See Sect Master Mo."

Luo Chen naturally didn't make an exception, and respectfully greeted everyone together.

Mo Mo Shouzhuo!

The current Sect Master of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect!

Realm, Soul Transformation stage!

Just him alone represented the entire Heaven Origin Dao Sect!

But no one would ignore him who looked lonely, not only because of the realm, but also because everyone present, except for the three-continent observation representatives in the north, were all part of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

In that mountain-collapsing and sea-roaring greeting, Luo Chen truly felt the power of the only master of the Central Plains for the first time.

Since coming to the Central Plains, Luo Chen had been in contact with great houses and noble clans, and what he saw in his eyes were the cultivators of the Heaven Earth Peak Star Gate, and the name of the Dao Sect, which had spread widely in the Eastern Wasteland and North Sea, was not so clear.

Even the Lanke Mountain Range, Luo Chen walked through it, and didn't feel much.

But at this moment, he completely understood what the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was.

The twelve great houses are the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

The thirty-six noble clans are the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

Countless humble-born small clans are also the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

Heaven Earth Peak Star Gate is also the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

But there is only one Heaven Origin Dao Sect; all the people and things added together, hundreds of Nascent Souls added together, and even this Central Plains that is unknown how many thousands of miles long and unknown how many thousands of miles wide added together, is the true Heaven Origin Dao Sect!

"This is the true holy land!"

Luo Chen groaned inwardly, his eyes revealing infinite yearning.

Just at this time, the Dao Sect Master Mo Mo Shouzhuo raised his right hand and pressed it in the air.

The crowd was silent, not a sound.

Only his faint sentence, "Start!"

As soon as the voice fell, Heaven Earth Peak shook.

At that moment, everyone felt that this ancient mountain that had stood in the Mountain Sea World since time immemorial seemed to have come alive.

An inexplicable momentum, from small to large, from weak to strong, began to rise crazily.

Boom!

The mountain wind surged, the white clouds swayed.

A hazy phantom suddenly appeared in the void.

The phantom was hazy, but the facial features were incomparably clear.

The eyebrows were like paintings, the eyes like autumn water.

The bridge of the nose was straight, but not lacking in softness, as if it were an artwork meticulously carved by an ancient sculpture master.

The lips were slightly parted, like cherry blossoms in early bloom.

The contour of the cheeks was slightly round, giving people a sense of fragility, while also having a bit of cuteness and agility.

Everyone looked up at that phantom face.

The young man from the Mingyuan Sect clenched his palms, his fingertips deeply piercing into his skin.

"It's Uncle Chu Yan!"

Luo Chen, sitting on the cloud chair, was dazed and lost.

"Yin soul crosses Yang, Nascent Soul transforms into Soul, this is the Primordial Spirit!"

At this moment, even though he had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul realm he dreamed of when he was young, he still felt the gap between heaven and earth.

In front of that phantom, he was as weak as an ant. ===== CHAPTER 698 =====