Chapter 79: Chief of the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission Pavilion

As the vortex of clouds continued to rotate, it seemed to form an inexplicable suction.

The clouds across the entire sky of the Congyun Sea were slowly absorbed by it, joining the mass.

The scale grew larger and larger, occupying the entire field of vision; simply looking up brought a sense of suffocation.

The frequency of the blue flashes at the center of the vortex also quickened accordingly.

Finally, after everything reached a critical point.

At the center of the vortex, the blue light suddenly erupted.

Forming a blue ring of light, it continuously spread outward from the center of the vortex.

The speed at which the light ring expanded was extremely fast.

When everyone first saw it, it was still inside the vortex cloud layer.

In the blink of an eye, it swept across all the Cultivators present.

Before they could even show expressions of astonishment on their faces, these Cultivators swept by the blue light slowly vanished on the spot like illusions.

The blue light continued outward.

If one could look down from a height of ten thousand meters, they would see this blue ring of light spreading from the central sea area to the entire Congyun Sea in a very short time.

It only stopped once it reached the end of the sea area.

Then…

It suddenly contracted back.

At a speed several times faster than when it expanded, it collapsed back into the original point.

The blue light instantly became incomparably brilliant.

The thunderstorms within the vortex cloud layer ceased.

Those cumulus clouds, thousands of meters thick and stretching for tens of thousands of miles, seemed to be squeezed and kneaded by an invisible giant hand.

At the same time, in the Congyun Sea below.

Countless blue specks of light precipitated from various parts of the sea surface, floating and gathering.

They rapidly moved toward the cloud layer above.

Gradually, amidst the continuous silent movement, those thick cumulus clouds formed the shapes of continuous buildings.

Then, with the attachment of the misty blue specks of light floating up from below, those buildings began to solidify.

The cloud layer gradually turned azure and transparent.

The disturbance lasted for a full fifteen minutes.

Finally, a structure gathered from clouds and water.

Existing between the illusory and the real, a massive, entirely blue and transparent heavenly palace appeared above the Congyun Sea.

The Yunshui Heavenly Palace, after being under a Seal for thousands of years, reappeared in the world!

…

"The war ahead is critical, and all the major Schools have suffered heavy losses. Our Yunshui Heavenly Palace, as the leader of the various Schools in the Congyun Sea, is even more so."

"I don't know how many Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers have died on the battlefield."

"Before leaving, the Sect Leader Senior Martial Uncle ordered me to go out and recruit Disciples; I cannot fail his entrustment."

"Fortunately, this trip has yielded quite a lot."

Li Fan gradually regained consciousness.

Looking around, he saw over a hundred Cultivators lying scattered across a square.

However, the clothes of all the Cultivators had turned into a blue and white pattern, with the words 'Yunshui' faintly visible on them.

In front of everyone, a tall man in white with star-like brows and eyes as sharp as swords was talking to himself.

The man in white looked quite handsome, but a hint of cynicism could also be seen in his expression.

Looking at the scene and recalling what he had seen in his previous life, Li Fan knew that they had successfully entered the interior of the Yunshui Heavenly Palace.

For now, he couldn't act rashly; he needed to wait for the "plot" to begin.

So he restrained his aura and remained still.

Gradually, the group of Cultivators on the square began to wake up.

Once they saw their current situation clearly, several of them became somewhat agitated.

"What's going on? Where is this? I remember we were next to that vortex cloud layer?"

"Also, what's with these clothes?"

They saw only the man in white in front of them, whose appearance was out of place with everyone else.

Immediately, someone spoke up to ask: "Hey! You, the man in white, did you bring us here? Who are you? What is your purpose?"

Only then did Qin Hall snap out of his self-muttering.

Looking at the group of Cultivators in front of him, a joyful smile appeared on his face: "Oh, you're finally awake. Now, keep quiet. I need to explain some precautions to you…"

Before he could finish, he was impatiently interrupted.

"Stop talking nonsense! Quickly, tell us where this is!"

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of the white-clad man's mouth, and he shook his head repeatedly: "It seems the newcomers this time are not very obedient."

Without any apparent movement, he just glanced over.

A flash of blue light passed, and the head of the person who had just spoken fell off.

The originally noisy square instantly became deathly silent.

Some Cultivators present showed terror, while others had a sudden realization.

Qin Hall looked at the quieted crowd with satisfaction and then said unhurriedly: "My name is Qin Hall, and I am the Chief of the Celestial Venerable of Dharma Transmission Pavilion of the Yunshui Heavenly Palace. You are to call me Senior Brother Qin."

"You are all Outer Sect Disciples I recruited during this trip. In the coming months, as long as you can pass several of my tests, you can officially join my Yunshui Heavenly Palace."

"Of course, there are a few points you must keep firmly in mind."

"First, you must maintain sufficient respect for me, Senior Brother Qin. Whatever I say, you must do. As for the consequences of disobedience, well, you've already seen them."

"Second…"

…

Qin Hall spoke volubly.

The group of Cultivators below were quiet on the surface, but in reality, they had already begun communicating with each other using Divine Thoughts.

"Does any Fellow Daoist know what's going on?"

"This is an Anomaly! This Yunshui Heavenly Palace should be a Sect ruin shrouded in an Anomaly."

"Is that Qin Hall an Immortal Master or what?"

"He's definitely not a living person! Didn't you see that there's not a hint of aura on him?"

"Everyone, don't panic. Anomalies have their own rules. As long as we do what this Qin Hall says, there shouldn't be any danger for the time being."

…

Li Fan inconspicuously glanced toward Si Kongyi and Hundred Mile Chen.

The expressions of these two were as usual, as if they had long known they would encounter an Anomaly.

Or rather, even if it was an Anomaly, were these two confident in their plans?

Li Fan looked at the white-clad Qin Hall again.

Based on the experience of everyone exploring the Yunshui Heavenly Palace in his previous life, this Qin Hall was the first hurdle to entering the Yunshui Heavenly Palace.

He was not a living person but an existence similar to an Anomaly.

What he said were the rules of the Anomaly.

If one wanted to survive, they had to obey.

Only by passing his tests could one obtain the qualification to explore various parts of the Yunshui Heavenly Palace.

…

Qin Hall finally finished speaking.

He clapped his hands: "It's getting late today. I'll take you to rest first. Tomorrow morning, we will officially begin the tests."

"Follow me."

Saying this, he turned and walked out of the square.

The vast majority of Cultivators, including Si Kongyi and Hundred Mile Chen, obediently followed behind the white-clad Qin Hall.

Li Fan also followed closely.

Only a few people looked at each other and did not follow the group.

Instead, they sped off in the opposite direction, attempting to leave.

Qin Hall didn't seem to notice these people's small movements and had no reaction at all.

Seeing that they were about to escape, these people flew even faster.

They didn't notice at all that as they got further and further away from Qin Hall, more and more wisps of blue light emerged from their bodies.

Finally, after flying a certain distance.

All of them turned into mummified corpses and fell heavily to the ground.