Chapter 865

"Needless to say, merely coming to attend the gathering—even if you asked us to walk through fire and water, we would not refuse."

The crowd followed Senior Xiaoyaozi's lead and made another great show of professing their loyalty.

Even Lord Qiye, the Demon Lord, did not stint on words of praise.

Only Wu Zhao remained as immovable as ever.

Senior Xiaoyaozi acted as if he had not noticed, and continued to address the crowd with a face full of smiles,

"Then does everyone know the purpose for which the Qinglong Society has invited all of you up the mountain this time?"

"Truly, we have no idea…"

The crowd immediately shook their heads like rattles.

Hearing Fusu, however, had come with a purpose: he wished to ask the Qinglong Society to act and save Master Xiaomeng.

The other various powers had, in truth, come up the mountain half of their own accord and half out of helplessness.

There had been no warning beforehand; how could they have known the reason the Qinglong Society had made such a grand display this time, inviting nearly every power up the mountain?

"Prince Fusu, the one beside you—is that the Daoist Master Xiaomeng of Great Qin?"

Senior Xiaoyaozi did not answer the crowd's doubts directly, but instead suddenly turned to Hearing Fusu and asked.

667 Looking for the Great Dragon Head as a Dao companion?

In truth, this was somewhat of a question to which the answer was already known.

Clearly, when the Qinglong Society extended the invitation to Great Qin, it had permitted Hearing Fusu and Master Xiaomeng to come up the mountain together.

But Hearing Fusu did not dare to be careless; he immediately rose and said respectfully,

"To answer the Fourth Dragon Head, this is indeed Master Xiaomeng."

"I dare not accept the title of Master; just call me Xiaomeng."

Hearing the form of address Hearing Fusu had used, Master Xiaomeng immediately stood up to offer an explanation.

Among those present, more than half surely had higher Wu Gong and deeper Daoist cultivation than herself.

In the mortal world, calling oneself Master was of little matter, but to do so in the presence of true Masters would be laughable.

Yet as Master Xiaomeng looked at Senior Xiaoyaozi, she recalled that the Renzongzhang Sect of Great Qin also bore the Daoist title Xiaoyaozi.

"Mm! The Tianzong and Ren Sect of Great Qin's Daoists do have some tricks.

To be able to use the Six Ren secret method and the Wan Miaodan to produce a half-step into the Mythical Realm expert like yourself, and even place you on the Heavenly Dao Golden List—not bad."

Senior Xiaoyaozi had only glanced at Master Xiaomeng once, yet immediately named aloud the Tianzong secret method and the Ren Sect secret treasure of Great Qin's Daoists.

Every person present, upon hearing this, could not help but sigh in admiration.

On Master Xiaomeng's face, usually as still as an ancient well, her expression shifted several times.

This Six Ren secret method and Wan Miaodan were truly the deepest secrets of Great Qin's Daoists.

Even the Great Qin imperial house, even Great Qin's Emperor Ying Zheng, did not know of them.

Had the Fourth Dragon Head Senior Xiaoyaozi truly seen through them with merely a single glance?

Such cultivation, such insight—how utterly astonishing to the world!

Truly, none of the several Dragon Heads of the Qinglong Society were simple.

"However, this Six Ren secret method is indeed a marvelous method of Heaven and Man giving birth to one another.

The Wan Miaodan, on the other hand, draws upon the myriad aspects of the human world to achieve the naturalness of ten thousand laws.

Though combining the two can produce an exceptional expert such as yourself,

the two Daoist methods are not of one kind, and so endless calamities have been sown within you."

Just as the crowd was marveling, Senior Xiaoyaozi's expression remained as usual, and he calmly offered this brief explanation of the Six Ren secret method and the Wan Miaodan.

He also pointed out, without the slightest stint, the very crux that had caused Master Xiaomeng's problem.

"Wow! The Fourth Dragon Head's Wu Gong cultivation is not only unfathomably deep—his Daoist methods are this terrifying as well?"

"That just shows how little you've seen."

"How so?"

"What is discerning Great Qin's Daoist secret methods? Back then, the Fourth Dragon Head entered the War God Palace together with the Fifth and Sixth Dragon Heads.

When they came out, the War God Palace had landed in the palm of his hand, and a fearsome Black Dragon willingly became his mount.

Such heaven-reaching methods—are they not more terrifying than discerning any Daoist secret technique?

"Well said!"

The assembled representatives of powers great and small, apart from Lord Qiye, the Demon Lord, Wu Zhao, and a scant few others, all began to discuss the matter at their respective seats.

Master Xiaomeng, moreover, was so startled by Senior Xiaoyaozi's words that she stood rooted to the spot for a long while.

Hearing Fusu, after hearing all this, did not avoid his identity as Great Qin's prince, and directly knelt before the assembly to pay his respects to Senior Xiaoyaozi, saying,

"Fourth Dragon Head, since you can perceive Xiaomeng's hidden ailment, would you not show great compassion and save her?

If the Fourth Dragon Head can give his consent, my Great Qin will surely offer rich thanks."

Only then did Master Xiaomeng come back to herself, and cast a grateful glance at Hearing Fusu.

She then looked toward Senior Xiaoyaozi, and saw that he was looking at her with a smile.

She too immediately dropped to one knee and pleaded,

"Xiaomeng begs the Fourth Dragon Head to lend a helping hand."

Only then did Senior Xiaoyaozi casually send forth a stream of palm-force, lightly lifting the two of them up.

Master Xiaomeng had still wished to kneel and plead further, but this casually-sent palm-force caused her, against her own will, to stand upright.

At that moment, Master Xiaomeng was greatly shaken within, and only then understood.

Although Senior Xiaoyaozi had been listed on the rankings earlier than herself, his progress was truly not something that she, who had ascended the list by relying on external aid, could compare to.

The Qinglong Society truly was no simple matter!

"Actually, when the Heavenly Dao Golden List exposed Master Xiaomeng, didn't it propose a solution?"

Brushing off the two of them, Senior Xiaoyaozi then said at his leisure.

Master Xiaomeng heard this and could not help blushing to the ears.

When the Heavenly Dao Golden List pointed out Master Xiaomeng's hidden worry, it indeed pointed out a method.

That was to find a master whose cultivation realm was a major realm higher than one's own, to be one's Dao companion.

She herself was at half-step into the Mythical Realm, so the one who could save her would have to be a master at half-step into the Shattered Realm.

There were countless masters across the Nine Provinces, yet those in the Shattered Realm almost never appeared in the world.

Even half-step into the Shattered Realm was as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Every half-step into the Shattered Realm had endured bitter cultivation for who knew how many years.

The youngest would still be seventy or eighty years old, alright?

If she herself were willing to find a Dao companion of seventy or eighty, then why bother making a trip to Qinglong Summit?

However, not all top-tier powerhouses were seventy or eighty years old.

For example, the Great Dragon Head of the Qinglong Society, Ximen Wudi — no one knew his age.

But from the information leaked by the Qinglong Society, and from all the various intelligence gathered by Great Qin.

This Great Dragon Head, who was like a divine dragon showing its head but never its tail, was certainly a young man.

If…

Thinking up to here, Master Xiaomeng's cheeks grew even redder.

"Haha! This is indeed a method. If you are willing, this old Daoist will personally introduce you."

Zhang Daoling had originally been sitting there, quietly tasting his wine.

Seeing Master Xiaomeng suddenly blush to her ears, he seemed as if he had seen through Master Xiaomeng's thoughts, and actually took the initiative to speak.

"This…"

Master Xiaomeng heard this and looked toward Zhang Daoling, discovering that his gaze was clear and limpid, as if he truly knew her thoughts.

Even though Master Xiaomeng had cultivated the Dao for half a lifetime, her Dao heart was firm.

Being seen through by Zhang Daoling in that thought hidden deep within her heart, she was also so ashamed that she lowered her head,

"Sixth Dragon Head, do not tease Master Xiaomeng anymore.

Master Xiaomeng is of but a willow-catkin figure, how could she possibly, how could she possibly…"

Having said up to here, Master Xiaomeng could not continue no matter what.

This caused several Dragon Heads and guest ministers of the Qinglong Society to burst into loud laughter.

The people of the other forces, the smarter ones, did react to it, and could not help but snicker as well.