As the Universe Turns - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Profound Pass
Just as the crowd was discussing endlessly, a ray of light suddenly rose up from the mountain. Everyone immediately cried out in alarm, “Immortal is here! Immortal is here!”

When the multicolored light approached, it gradually transformed into a streak of azure sword light. However, someone was riding the sword and the crowd immediately quieted down. Everyone closed their breaths and waited in concentration. The youth’s suspended heart finally calmed down.

The sword light rushed over and transformed into a stranger from Qingyi. However, it wasn’t the three of them from before. Huang Ying’er looked around and was sure that there was only this person. Why didn’t he see Senior Sister Yi Chen?

The villagers also didn’t dare to speak. The man from Qingyi walked forward and swept his gaze through the crowd. He wasn’t as approachable as the three of them before. On the contrary, he looked a little icy and cold. He asked, “Who is Huang Ying’er?”

“I… I am.”

Yi Chen took a few steps forward and raised his head to look at the somewhat cold and unfamiliar man. The Qingyi man looked at him and nodded slightly. He did not know what he meant, but said, “Follow me up the mountain.”

“Wait …” Yi Chen was puzzled and looked in the direction where he came from. “Then … Senior Sister Huang, didn’t she come?” He asked.

The man from Qingyi said, “Junior Sister went to Wu Nian Peak half a month ago. There are still a lot of things to deal with, so today, let me pick you up.”

‘”Oh …” Yi Chen nodded and turned to look at Wu Niang. His voice was especially reluctant, “Ah Niang, then I … am leaving.”

Wu Niang sighed softly in her heart. She traveled a thousand miles. Although it was only a mountain away, she was afraid that she would be far away from the Immortal World from now on. She did not say anything and only nodded lightly.

Yi Chen glanced at Ah Niang for the last time. He reluctantly turned around and walked towards the Qingyi man. The Qingyi man did not say much. He waved his hand and the sword light covered him. Then, he rode away with his sword.

All the neighbors in the village came to congratulate Wu Niang. Yi Chen being able to join the Immortal Sect meant that the entire Ning Village was blessed. Tonight, the small village was exceptionally lively. The red lights of every household were hanging high, and it wasn’t until midnight that they slowly calmed down.

The candle flashed in the room and Wu Niang sat alone in the empty room. His heart was empty as if he had lost something. She knew that the sect battles were crueler than the outside world. She was always worried about Yi Chen. From now on, every night, she would always wake up from her cold dreams. Either she dreamed that Yi Chen was covered in blood, or she dreamed that he was being chased after by a group of people with swords.

In the middle of the night, she would wake up whenever there was any wind or grass outside the house. However, when she got up and opened the door, there were only a few shadows of trees in the courtyard. After that, she did not lock the door at night to prevent Little Chen’er from coming back one day and not being able to enter the house.

…

Moreover, Yi Chen was brought to Qingyi by the Xuanqing Mountain man. Along the way, he saw clouds and mist encircling the mountain. The villages and towns below the mountain were gradually as small as ant leeches. The flying sword rose again, and the mountain gradually became steep. The villages and towns below the mountain could no longer be seen.

In this world of swordsmanship, the youth saw steep mountains and cliffs that he could not climb normally. He felt very heroic for a moment, and he was afraid that he would fall to the ground. He grabbed onto the sleeve of the man from Qingyi and swore in his heart that he would definitely return to the Mysterious Cyan Sect after learning all of his skills!

Fifteen minutes later, the man from Qingyi brought him to a mountain peak. In the distance, there were a few waterfall flying beads splashing with jade. The water mist rose and formed rainbows of rainbow colors under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Yi Chen never imagined that mortals would find it hard to peek at the top of Xuanqing Mountain. However, after flying for so long, the seven tallest peaks did not even reach the mountainside. They still looked like they were standing in the sky, unable to see their true appearances. He couldn’t help but be stunned and asked, “Senior Brother, aren’t we going up there?”

The man from Qingyi raised his head to look at the seven tallest mountain peaks. It took him a long time to turn around and look at the youth. At this moment, it was as if he was looking at himself. It was no longer as cold as before. He smiled slightly and said, “It will take you at least ten years to get there.”

“Ten … ten years?”

Yi Chen was even more shocked. Originally, he thought that he was going directly to the seven mountain peaks in Xuanqing Mountain, but why did he want to go there after ten years? Then where is this place? But seeing the pavilion building in the distance, wasn’t this the Xuanqing Sect?

The man from Qingyi said, “This is the ‘Profound Pass’ of our Xuanqing Sect. It is called ‘Pingyang Peak’. It is stipulated in the sect that new disciples must be tempered here for three years. After three years, there is hope to reach ‘Yangguan’. Yangguan has three peaks, namely ‘Sword Forging Peak’, ‘Medicine Refining Peak’ and ‘Wuannian Peak’.”

Hearing this, Yi Chen was stunned and asked, “What about after we go to the Yangguan Pass?”

The man from Qingyi smiled and explained, “Going to the Yang Pass is considered an official entry. Cultivating in the future will depend on one’s own good fortune. If one Excellency sees him, he might be able to reach the Seven Peaks of Xuan Qing … Understood?”

“Is that so …”

Yi Chen seemed to understand something. He remembered that he said that Senior Sister Huang Ying’er had gone to Wu Nian Peak and asked, “Senior Brother is from the seven mountain peaks. Which disciple of Excellency?”

Hearing this, the man from Qingyi was slightly stunned. He shook his head and smiled, “Let’s go.”

He had been in Xuan Qing Sect for almost twenty years, and was now a disciple of the Sunless Peak. However, the Seven Paragons of Xuan Qing … to put it bluntly, he had never seen the Seven Paragons of Xuan Qing before. Even the Seven Peaks had not been fated to go up. To mortals, they were the so-called “immortals,” but to them, people like the seven peerless figures of Xuan Qing were the real immortals.

Moments later, the two arrived at an empty valley. The flowers in the valley were like brocade, and the grass was luxuriant. There was a pavilion built on a higher hillside. In the pavilion stood three pale-haired old men. In the middle of the pavilion, old man Qingyi was like a deity, holding onto a whisk and standing motionless.

Beneath the pavilion, there were already over a hundred youths and girls chatting. They were obviously all new disciples. After the Qingyi man instructed Yi Chen to go over there, he leaned on the pavilion and bowed to the three elders, “Elder Yun, Elder Zhai, and Elder Wan.”

The three elders nodded slightly. The three of them were the three elders of Pingyang Peak in the Profound Pass. In the middle was Grand Elder Yun Qing, dressed in Qingyi’s whisk. On the left was Second Elder Zhai Mo, dressed in purple. On the right was Third Elder Wan Yan, dressed in red.

“Shao Yang, is that young man the person that Ying’er brought over this time?”

Elder Yun placed Fu Chen on his shoulder and looked at Xiao Yichen as he spoke. He saw that this child’s aptitude was ordinary and he was not outstanding in the crowd. He was slightly puzzled. At this moment, Yi Chen also looked up, just in time to meet the gaze of the Qingyi man.

“Yes.”

The man from Qingyi nodded. He looked at the youth below. When he first arrived, he had carefully examined the youth’s body. There was no Xianyuan Qi in his body as Junior Sister said. However, Junior Sister entered the Yang Pass from the Profound Pass four years ago. There was also a spot for this youth to become a disciple of the Profound Pass. As for how he cultivated in the future, it depended on his own good fortune.

The man from Qingyi turned around and looked at the three elders. He asked, “We are all here today. Do you want to start the entrance examination now?”

Elder Yun shook his head and looked towards the distant mountain range surrounded by clouds and mist. After a long time, he slowly said, “We still need to wait for another person to come.”

“Wait for another person?”

The man from Qingyi couldn’t help but wonder, who exactly needed three elders to wait at the same time? A moment later, he seemed to have thought of something. His entire body trembled and his expression changed. He stared at the three elders and said in disbelief, “Could it be … could it be the Heavenly Gate …”

The three elders looked at each other and smiled bitterly. At the same time, they nodded and said, “It’s her.”

The man from Qingyi was even more shocked. His eyes were filled with disbelief. “She … she really wants to join Xuanqing? However, if she joined Xuanqing, why would she come to Pingyang Peak? Could it be that she didn’t go directly …” After saying this, he realized that his words were somewhat inappropriate. He cupped his hands and said, “Sorry, this disciple didn’t mean it …”

The three elders only smiled bitterly when they heard this. The man from Qingyi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He did not say anything to offend the three elders. Although he was now a disciple of the Yangguan Pass and might even reach the Seven Profound Cyan Peaks in the future, he was personally nurtured by the three elders. He could not forget his roots. It was because he was still respectful to the three elders. As for his loss of manners, he truly cared for them.

Although Pingyang Peak was also a mountain under the Xuanqing Sect’s name, it was different from the Xuanqing Seven Peaks in terms of clouds and mud. As for the disciples of the Immortal Sect, they were mostly interested in talent and conduct. Those with truly outstanding talent would directly enter the seven peaks. That was the true Xuanqing Sect.

The reason why the man from Qingyi was shocked was precisely because the girl who was going to join the Xuanqing Sect next wasn’t just talented. It could be said that in the next hundred years, it would be difficult for the entire ancient land of Xianyuan to find a second person. As far as he knew, in the past thousand years, there had been only two people with such extraordinary talent in the ancient land of Xianyuan. The other person was the current Empyrean Yao Guang, Goddess Miao Yin.

Xianyuan’s ancient land was filled with natural luck and spiritual energy. Everyone possessed spiritual roots. However, it was another matter whether they could open or not. Mortals were only a hundred years old. It was precisely because their spiritual roots had not yet been opened that they had no fate with the Immortal Sect. Once they opened their spiritual roots, they would be able to condense spiritual energy and cultivate the Immortal Dao.

Generally speaking, to be able to open a spiritual root in one’s teens was already considered to be an outstanding talent, and when Fairy Miaoyin descended into the world, she was already accompanied by spiritual roots. She was even an unprecedented “Three Flowers Gathering at the Summit”, which was why she had such accomplishments today.

The girl who was about to join Xuanqing Sect was not a Three Flowers Gathering Summit, but she was definitely not an ordinary spirit root. It was difficult to find a second person in the world. From this perspective, it was hard to guarantee that she would not become the next ExcellencyYaoguang in a hundred years.

The more he thought about it, the more cold sweat dripped down Qingyi’s back. With such outstanding talent, it was impossible to judge by common sense. Not only was that young girl able to directly enter the Seven Peaks of Mystic Cyan, she should also be a direct disciple of one of the seven Sovereigns. Why did she come to this small Pingyang Peak?

It was already dusk, and the trees in the valley were slanting horizontally. The Qingyi man wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and looked down at the hundreds of teenagers and girls below. Finally, his gaze gradually fell on the ordinary teenager he had brought with him, Xiao Yichen, who was also looking at him from afar.