Cultivation: Starting with a Dual Cultivation Technique at the Immortal Rank

96: Chapter 96 The Hidden Dragon Holds the Power of Heaven and EarthIt was indeed Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang!

At this moment, she wore a cloud-patterned wide-sleeved palace dress, her entire body surrounded by a faint golden divine radiance. There was no longer any of the sorrow or longing of the past between her brows; in its place was an air of majesty and confidence that seemed to control heaven and earth.

Merely by standing there, she naturally radiated the powerful aura of a Golden Core True Person, causing all prying Divine Sense to tremble.

She was no longer that Eldest Senior Sister trapped at a Bottleneck, but a genuine third Golden Core powerhouse of the Qingyun Sect!

At this moment, the entire Qingyun Sect was boiling with excitement!

The haze, panic, and confusion that had originally shrouded the hearts of all Disciples due to the Sect Master’s fall were completely washed away under this brilliant golden light!

“It’s Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang! She has broken through to the Golden Core!”

“Wonderful! Our Qingyun Sect has finally seen the birth of another Golden Core True Person! The Sect is saved!”

“Hahahaha! First, we had Senior Brother Li whose Alchemy is unsurpassed in the Sect, and now we have Senior Sister Yun’s forceful Core Formation. Our Qingyun Sect will not only avoid decline, but it is destined to flourish!”

Countless Disciples cheered and jumped for joy, moved to tears of excitement.

The confidence and hope brought by a newly ascended Golden Core True Person were far more effective than any hollow reassurances.

The previous lifelessness was swept away, replaced by an unprecedented surge of exhilaration and cohesion.

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Three days later, in the Qingyun Sect’s Discussion Hall, the Sect Assembly was convened once again.

This time, the atmosphere was starkly different from the previous grief and stalemate.

Inside the hall, all high-level Elders, Hall Revered Masters, and Core Disciples gathered together, each face wearing an irrepressible expression of joy and anticipation.

Elder Wei, the Head of the Law Enforcement Hall, stood in the center of the hall, his face glowing with health as he spoke in a booming voice: “Fellow Disciples! Three days ago, Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang of the Profound Ice Palace condensed a High Grade Golden Core on Yifei Peak and stepped onto the Golden Core Great Dao! This is the greatest joyous occasion for our Qingyun Sect in a hundred years!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the hall erupted in delighted applause.

Once the applause died down, Elder Wei continued: “A kingdom cannot go a day without a ruler, and a Sect cannot go a day without a Revered Master. Fairy Su and Fairy Luo are devoted to the Dao and have no interest in the position of Sect Master. Now, Immortal Master Yun Ni Chang has achieved the Golden Core and her cultivation is sufficient. Furthermore, as the Eldest Senior Sister of the Sect, she is of high prestige and great virtue, and she has won the hearts of the people.”

“I propose that Immortal Master Yun Ni Chang takes over as the new Sect Master of our Qingyun Sect, leading our Sect toward glory! Does anyone have any objections?”

“We second the motion!”

“Sect Master Yun fully deserves it!”

“Greetings, Sect Master!”

Inside the hall, without almost any hesitation, everyone spoke in unison and bowed in respect.

This result was what everyone hoped for and was the only choice.

Soon, under the watchful eyes of the multitude, Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Sect Master, walked step by step toward the throne that symbolized the highest authority.

Her steps were steady and firm, each one seemingly treading upon the hearts of everyone present.

However, at this grand ceremony, while the protagonist on the surface was Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang, all the high-level figures knew in their hearts that the one who truly orchestrated all of this was the handsome young man standing quietly and unperturbed within the ranks of the Profound Ice Palace—Li Yifei.

Almost everyone’s gaze would drift toward him, whether intentionally or not.

Elder Wei looked at the high-spirited Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang, but in his heart, he sighed with emotion; this Martial Nephew Li was truly an unfathomable Qilin child. He was not only the present of the Qingyun Sect, but also its future!

The Tianshu Hall Master looked at Li Yifei with a complex gaze. He had originally wanted to introduce his granddaughter to Li Yifei, but it now seemed that his own vision had been too small.

This youth’s ambition likely no longer lay within a single peak or hall, but in the entire Sect, and even the broader world beyond.

In the Profound Ice Palace, a rare trace of daze flickered within Revered Master Su Muxue’s cold Phoenix eyes.

She watched her eldest Disciple ascend to the position of Sect Master, then looked at the young Disciple who had personally created all of this, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Li Yifei had given her the result she wanted, and he had delivered it in such a shocking and thorough manner.

On Peach Blossom Peak, Luo Hongchen gazed toward the main peak’s Discussion Hall from afar, a smile of great interest curling her lips.

She extended a jade finger and lightly tapped the Void Realm, causing a water mirror to emerge. Within the mirror was Li Yifei’s calm and unperturbed face.

“Little rascal, turning a Foundation Establishment Perfection into a Golden Core Sect Master in just a few days... Sister is becoming more and more curious about your Grand Ultimate Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Secret Canon~” She lazily licked her red lips, her eyes rippling with seductive charm and filled with the desire to investigate.

As for Second Senior Sister Jade Purity Cold, she looked at the radiant Eldest Martial Sister on the throne, then at the calm Li Yifei not far away. Her knuckles turned white from gripping the hilt of her sword.

Her ice-sealed Sword Heart was shaken at this moment as never before.

The assembly ended with Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang’s brief but powerful inaugural declaration, but another storm was quietly brewing within the Sect.

After the assembly, rumors regarding Li Yifei began to spread frantically among the Disciples of the entire Qingyun Sect at an incredible speed.

“Have you heard? The new Sect Master was able to break through to the Golden Core all thanks to Senior Brother Li Yifei’s ’help’!”

“It’s more than just help! I have a cousin serving on Yifei Peak who says Senior Brother Li dual cultivated with the Sect Master for several days, and only then did he help her Breakthrough to the Golden Core.”

“Hiss—is that for real? Doesn’t that mean Senior Brother Li has the ability to ’manufacture’ Golden Core True Persons?”

Once this speculation came out, everyone who heard it gasped. They found it absurd, yet they couldn’t help but believe it.

“Have you forgotten before? Those Senior Sisters from the Profound Ice Palace, Chu Xiao Xiao, Chen Guoguo... which one of them didn’t break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage at light speed after becoming Senior Brother Li’s Dao Companion? Every single one of them achieved First-Grade Foundation Establishment!”

“Exactly! Before, he was mass-producing Foundation Establishment, and now he can even create Golden Cores... He’s no longer just an Alchemy Genius, right? He’s a Living Immortal!”

“You say... the Profound Ice Palace still has Second Senior Sister Jade Purity Cold, who is already at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage! Could she be the next Golden Core True Person?”

“According to that, won’t the Profound Ice Palace become the ’Golden Core Hall’ in the future? One Revered Master and seven Disciples—if they all became Golden Cores... My god, it’s unthinkable, unthinkable!”

The rumors grew more intense, and more versions appeared.

Some said Li Yifei was the Reincarnation of an Ancient Alchemy God, possessing endless Pill Formulas.

Some said Li Yifei had obtained a Heaven-Defying Legacy, and his Dual Cultivation Technique could turn stone into gold, turning the mundane into the miraculous.

Even more boldly, some speculated that Li Yifei wasn’t a Disciple at all, but was actually a hidden Grand Supreme Old Ancestor of the Qingyun Sect wandering the mortal world. Only now, when the Sect was in trouble, did he come out to turn the tide.

For a time, Li Yifei’s image in the hearts of the Sect Disciples became incomparably mysterious and lofty, even taking on a mythical quality.

Although he held no official position, his name was more renowned and carried more deterrent power than that of the new Sect Master, Eldest Martial Sister Yun Ni Chang.