Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2056 1497: Precious Jade

But while everyone else felt disappointed and regretful, Li Zhirui couldn't help but furrow his brows, because his judgment had been wrong!

At first, upon hearing that the Profound Immortal Ancestor Lin Changqing was going to preach in person, Li Zhirui thought the opportunity his Spirit Sense warned him about was related to this event.

But now that the sermon was over, although he did gain something from it—after all, this Profound Immortal was genuinely sharing his insights and experiences, not just perfunctorily using some Divine Power or Skill to fool everyone—

Still, this bit of understanding was nowhere near enough to stir his Spirit Sense!

'Where exactly did things go wrong?!'

Or should he say, just where would this opportunity of Li Zhirui's appear!?

It wasn't until he snapped back to his senses that he suddenly noticed Lin Changqing hadn't left after the sermon, but was still sitting calmly on the meditation mat, as if waiting for something.

When the last cultivator finally awoke from their contemplation, Lin Changqing slowly spoke: "This realm is right now in the midst of a great epochal upheaval! It is beginning to reject Immortal Tao cultivators!"

Boom—

With these words, everyone present was utterly stunned, unable to believe what they'd just heard.

And judging by the expressions of the Xiaxian Sect's cultivators, even they had no idea about this beforehand.

One had to know—the Immortal Tao had dominated the Primal Spirit Realm for who knew how many years. Over countless ages, other paths had challenged it, but all attempts had ended in utter defeat!

And now, the Primal Spirit Realm is going to abandon Immortal Tao cultivators!? Not because they lost to other paths, but because they're being rejected by the Heavenly Dao?!

How were they supposed to believe such a result? Or even accept it?

Yet when they remembered that Lin Changqing was a profound level Immortal, he probably knew secrets they could never even touch, so their trust in his words deepened despite themselves.

"Of course, this epochal trend is only just beginning. As for how many years it will take before it fully forms, even I can't say for certain." Lin Changqing's additional explanation offered little comfort.

"May I ask, senior, is it possible for this to be reversed or changed?" a Heavenly Immortal stood up, his face full of anxiety as he asked.

Lin Changqing shook his head, his expression cold as he said, "This is the grand trend of the Heavenly Dao: go with it and prosper, resist and perish! It cannot be changed!"

"This…"

For a time, whether it was the Heavenly Immortals seated on the cloud beds or the Mortal Realm cultivators meditating somewhere outside the mountain, all fell silent.

"Senior, then in the face of this great trend, how should we respond?" Only after a long pause did a cultivator finally speak, asking with an unwilling heart for a solution.

"I do not know!"

Lin Changqing shook his head again, saying, "The reason I know of this is that after breaking through to Profound Immortal, I accidentally came into contact with the Heavenly Dao Origin and learned of it unintentionally."

"This concerns the inheritance of our Immortal Tao. After you return, discuss within your own sects first—see if you can think of any solutions. Then, we'll all put our heads together and see if there's a way for the Immortal Tao to survive."

"Everyone! The legacy of the Immortal Tao is of utmost importance—do not take it lightly or be careless!"

Having spoken, he actually stood up and bowed formally to everyone.

This scared the crowd into hurriedly returning the gesture—a salute from a Profound Immortal was not something they could accept casually.

Soon after, Lin Changqing's figure flickered and disappeared without a trace.

Only a group of cultivators remained, still reeling from his words, their hearts in chaos and unable to collect themselves.

The Xiaxian Sect Leader wore a bitter smile. He'd been planning to host an auction right after the grand ceremony to make a little profit—but his own ancestor had messed everything up and now left them with a heap of trouble!

"Sect Elder, are we still going to hold the auction?" A certain elder approached cautiously and asked in a low voice.

Although in his heart he knew the auction probably couldn't go on, he still had to ask about it!

If he asked, maybe he'd get a scolding right away, but if he didn't ask and the Sect Leader remembered later, wouldn't the blame fall squarely on him?

He knew which of the two outcomes was lighter, and which was heavier.

"We're doing it! All the spiritual objects are ready—how can we back out now, at the last moment?" The Sect Leader gritted his teeth and chose to proceed.

Even though most cultivators' minds had already been swept away by Lin Changqing's earth-shattering announcement, the precious spiritual objects they'd prepared should still draw some back.

"Everyone, please wait a moment before leaving!"

The Sect Leader used mana to amplify his voice, making sure that whether inside or outside the mountain, everyone could hear his upcoming announcement.

"I understand that everyone is on edge right now, but this epochal change has only just begun. Right now, it's only a trend—the point where it fully forms is still far in the future. No one needs to panic, nor believe the end of the world is coming and thus indulge themselves recklessly."

"To that end, Xiaxian Sect has specially organized an auction and sincerely invites you all to participate. We've prepared a great deal of precious spiritual objects, each of which can benefit your cultivation."

This abrupt switch of topics left everyone dumbfounded—they hadn't expected the Sect Leader to take the opportunity to promote their own auction like this!

But this practice of holding an auction after the end of a grand ceremony—just who started it, anyway?

Although sometimes you could buy spiritual objects that would otherwise be impossible to obtain, the price tended to be rather steep, especially with all these different forces gathered here—the price for a high-grade spiritual object could easily go up by thirty or forty percent!

Of course, this time might be a bit different.

Because Lin Changqing's announcement was so shocking, the markup at this auction might not be as over the top as usual.