Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

Twenty days later.

Chen Yan smoothly “broke through” to the early Martial Spring Realm and secured the final spot for the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.

His breakthrough to the Martial Spring Realm didn’t create even a ripple within the sect.

Because as the Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain and a heaven-chosen talent who created the Purple Mansion Kongshan Art, even if he had advanced to the Qi Sea Realm in a few more months, people within the sect would have found it perfectly acceptable.

The Kongshan Sect delegation attending the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly this time consisted of over seventy people in total.

Led by Kongyuan Mountain’s Dignity Elder Zhong Yin and several other highly respected elders within the sect, they were bringing the contemporary heaven-chosen talents from various peaks and branches of the sect, along with numerous core disciples.

After the final three candidates for the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry were decided, the Delegation Envoy still needed to have a talk with these three individuals. The location was set at Kongyuan Mountain, in the Hall of Prudent Discipline under Elder Zhong Yin’s jurisdiction.

There were still thirteen days until the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly.

Today was the day to meet Elder Zhong Yin.

Chen Yan was arranged to wait at the mountain gate of Kongyuan Mountain for the arrival of the other two candidates for the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.

He knew both of them.

Two figures, one in white and one in green, slowly ascended the stone steps.

“Sister Chu, Junior Sister Qin, long time no see!”

Chen Yan smiled, cupping his hands in greeting towards Chu Xiyao and Qin Yue, then spoke.

“Senior Brother Chen!”

Qin Yue’s eyes lit up slightly upon seeing Chen Yan. He was one of the few acquaintances she had in the sect… though not particularly close.

However, since becoming a disciple of Kongshan Sect, Qin Yue truly hadn’t made many friends.

After all, as a personal disciple of an elder and possessing the once-in-ten-thousand-years Glazed Pure Body, there was naturally a thick barrier between her and the other inner sect disciples on Qingchan Peak.

“Chief Disciple Chen.”

When Chu Xiyao saw Chen Yan, she only addressed him thus, her tone indifferent.

Chen Yan’s heart gave a slight jolt. Although Chu Xiyao’s form of address towards him seemed quite distant.

Yet hearing the three words “Chief Disciple Chen” come from Chu Xiyao’s mouth, Chen Yan felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

Just over a year ago, he was merely a lowly outer sect disciple. In front of someone like Chu Xiyao, the Chief Disciple of Qingchan Peak, he practically didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.

But now, Chen Yan had also become a Chief Disciple, and moreover, the Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, the direct lineage of Kongshan Sect.

In terms of status, they were now equals, and he even held a slightly higher position.

“Elder Zhong Yin is currently in the Hall of Prudent Discipline. We shouldn’t delay, let’s head over quickly.”

Chen Yan said.

Immediately, the three of them set off together towards Kongyuan Mountain, heading for the Hall of Prudent Discipline under Elder Zhong Yin’s jurisdiction.

The Hall of Prudent Discipline wasn’t like the Enforcement Hall or the External Affairs Hall, which were functional departments within a single peak or branch.

It was more like Cangwu Residence, serving as a certain elder’s residence and dwelling place.

However, the Hall of Prudent Discipline under Elder Zhong Yin’s jurisdiction possessed some additional authority similar to that of the Enforcement Hall.

There weren’t many cultivators affiliated with the Hall of Prudent Discipline, only slightly over twenty.

But each one was above the Qi Sea Realm, and there were even three at the Passable God Realm.

Under normal circumstances, a Passable God Realm cultivator could serve as an elder on any peak or branch within Kongshan Sect.

The reason the cultivators of the Hall of Prudent Discipline all possessed such high cultivation levels was because the Hall of Prudent Discipline was essentially the private force belonging to Zhong Yin, or rather, to Yun Yichen.

The Enforcement Halls of each peak and branch within Kongshan Sect could only handle affairs pertaining to their respective peaks or branches. If they needed to investigate disciples from other peaks or branches, they required the cooperation of the Enforcement Halls from those other peaks.

Under this system, if discordant voices emerged within a certain peak or branch—for instance, if the involved cultivator held a fairly high position within their peak and the peak’s Enforcement Hall colluded with them—then the cultivators of the Hall of Prudent Discipline would need to intervene and take over.

In other words, Elder Zhong Yin’s Hall of Prudent Discipline was a kind of oversight body for Kongshan Sect.

Returning to the present.

Chen Yan and his party of three arrived from the mountain gate of Kongyuan Mountain to the front of Zhong Yin’s Hall of Prudent Discipline. Guarding the hall entrance was a Qi Sea Realm cultivator who appeared to be in his forties.

“Senior.”

Chen Yan saluted with a cupped fist bow.

The Qi Sea Realm cultivator raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the three people before him. Seeing Chen Yan arriving with two female cultivators, he immediately understood the purpose of their visit.

Then, without a word, this Qi Sea Realm cultivator simply stepped aside, allowing Chen Yan and the others to enter the Hall of Prudent Discipline.

Zhong Yin was sitting behind a long, low wooden table. Compared to his burly and robust physique, this low table seemed somewhat miniature.

The table was piled high with a thick stack of documents, mostly files that needed processing in his capacity as Kongyuan Mountain’s Dignity Elder and the overseer of the Hall of Prudent Discipline.

Compared to Fu Qian and Bai Qiming of Qingchan Peak, Zhong Yin, as the Dignity Elder of the direct lineage and the overseer of the Hall of Prudent Discipline that supervised the entire sect, had a daily workload far exceeding theirs.

“Greetings, Martial Uncle Zhong!”

Chen Yan saluted with a cupped fist bow.

“Greetings, Elder Zhong.”

Chu Xiyao and Qin Yue behind him also bowed in greeting.

“You’re here?”

Zhong Yin set down the document in his hand and looked towards the three standing in the hall.

With his movement, one could clearly see the muscles beneath the Daoist robe Zhong Yin wore.

Chen Yan couldn’t help but shiver.

He hadn’t paid too much attention that day in Kongyuan Hall. Today, seeing this eldest disciple of Sect Leader Yun, the Dignity Elder of Kongyuan Mountain again, he finally realized just how oppressive the physical presence before him truly was.

Completely different from the typically lean cultivators he usually encountered, Elder Zhong Yin’s physique seemed capable of effortlessly punching to death any cultivator below the Passable God Realm without even using any true energy.

Of course, this was just Chen Yan’s intuitive feeling.

Chen Yan later heard from his master Lin Qifeng that Lin Qifeng said his eldest senior brother wasn’t like this before reaching the Myriad Transformations Realm. He had a normal cultivator’s proportionate build. It was only after advancing to the Myriad Transformations Realm that he began walking this extreme path of “true energy body tempering.”

He completely fused all his innate true energy into this body of savage muscles, abandoning all techniques that required externalizing true energy, forging an invincible physique of supreme hardness and purity.

After stepping into the Unity Realm, Zhong Yin would embark on a path completely different from ordinary cultivators.

“In less than half a month, the Chenping Continent Dao Inquiry Assembly will begin. Regarding the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry matter, you don’t need to pay too much attention to the disciples sent by those ordinary sects.”

Zhong Yin said slowly.

This wasn’t Zhong Yin being arrogant; he was stating a fact.

The Five Great Sects of Chenping Continent were in a league of their own in this world. Even the first-rate sects of Chenping Continent still had a vast gap compared to the Five Great Sects.

Because in Chenping Continent, the definition of a first-rate sect was having a powerhouse at the Unity Realm or above presiding over it, and the sect also needing to possess multiple Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators.

Although the sect leaders of the Five Great Sects were also only Unity Realm cultivators.

The Grand Elders behind the sects were the true foundation that allowed the Five Great Sects to stand firm in Chenping Continent for tens of thousands of years.

The only variable might be Fusheng City, located beyond the northern seas.

Of course, Fusheng City was isolated from the world, not participating in any immortal path affairs within Chenping Continent, and cultivators from Chenping Continent could also forget about extending their hands into Fusheng City.