Suddenly, there was a burst of loud laughter in the sky.
Accompanied by the laughter, a blue light shot from afar, rushed into the golden light curtain, and stopped outside the white jade platform.
"Luo Qinghai of the Cangliu Palace is invited to attend the ceremony!"
Accompanied by a loud voice, a giant aqua blue flower that was hundreds of meters wide bloomed in the blue light. More than a dozen figures stood in the middle of it, all wearing blue robes. Their cultivation bases and auras were all extraordinary.
The people of the Candle Dragon Path saw this and suddenly burst into an uproar. They were obviously shocked.
Luo Qinghai was none other than the current Palace Master of the Cangliu Palace, one of the three major forces of the Northern Frost Celestial Realm.
As Han Li quickly went through the information about the Cangliu Palace in his mind, he looked at the sky like everyone else.
In the middle of the giant blue flower, there was a rather spacious golden dragon throne. A tall and thin middle-aged man with snow-white hair was sitting on it in a grand and majestic manner.
The man looked kind, and his eyes were blue like the sea, which was a little special. His aura was majestic like the sea, and even though he was so far away, he was still secretly shocked.
Behind Luo Qinghai, there were more than a dozen people, all of whom looked dignified and in high spirits.
Among them, there was a man who looked to be in his early twenties. Although he was a man, he was quite handsome, and his skin was even fairer than that of a delicate girl. If it were not for the fact that he had no chest, it would be easy to mistake him for a woman.
Although he was also wearing a blue robe, the collar and cuffs were different from the others. There was a wavy golden lace embroidered on it, which looked somewhat similar to Luo Qinghai's clothing.
"Palace Master Luo, welcome. Ouyang Kuishan, please forgive me for not going out to meet you."
Ouyang Kuishan took a step forward and cupped his fists. The other Dao Masters and Dao Masters also stood up.
"Haha, it's rare for Brother Baili to come out of seclusion, and you have a unique and insightful understanding of the Five Decay Tribulations. Every time you hold a lecture, it is a grand event in the Celestial Realm. How can I miss it?" Luo Qinghai said with a smile.
After exchanging pleasantries, he did not land on the platform like the others did. Instead, he hovered the giant blue flower at the same height as the platform, facing each other across the air.
Just as the Cangliu Palace had settled down, another silver-white carriage flew over from the other side. Eight Silver Qilin Dragon Horses flapped their wings and pulled the carriage over. There were seven or eight people on the carriage, and it stopped on the other side of the high platform.
"The Celestial Palace of Northern Frost is here to observe the ceremony," a beautiful woman in the lead of the carriage said.
"Vice Palace Master Xue Ying is here, what a rare guest." Ouyang Kuishan stood up and greeted.
However, compared to the Cangliu Palace from before, the emotions in her tone had clearly faded a bit.
Among the 12 Golden Immortals, aside from Ouyang Kuishan, Daoist Hu Yan looked at the people from the Celestial Palace with displeasure. After glancing at them, he no longer looked at them.
The people of the Immortal Palace did not care about this. After greeting Luo Qinghai on the other side, they also hovered on the other side of the lecturing platform.
After the arrival of the two great forces, no other people from other sects appeared.
After about 30 minutes, Ouyang Kuishan and the few Golden Immortal Daoists beside him whispered a few words, then suddenly stood up. His gaze swept across the sea of people on the square and he shouted loudly.
"The time has come, welcome Daoist Master Baili."
His voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear in the ears of everyone on the square, as if he was speaking right next to them.
In the next moment, everyone, including the people on the high platform, stood up one after another.
"Welcome Daoist Master Baili!"
All the elders and disciples of the Candle Dragon Sect shouted in unison.
Their voices shook the entire square and reverberated continuously.
In the next moment, in the originally clear sky, layers of strange ripples suddenly appeared. A ball of crimson flame slowly appeared, then turned from red to gold, and the light became very dazzling.
At the same time, an extremely strong spiritual pressure was emitted from the ball of light, which immediately suppressed the surroundings and caused the entire White Jade Peak to become completely silent.
Then, a figure stepped out from the ball of light, and the next moment, he landed on the high platform.
This person looked to be in his thirties or forties. His skin was slightly red, translucent, and flawless, like a red jade.
He was tall and straight, with a serious face, two sword-like eyebrows slanted to the temples, and a pair of tiger-like eyes that were not angry, with a pair of fierce tiger eyes. His crimson hair was tied up with a pearl gold crown, and he wore a fiery red robe, which was embroidered with patterns of hornless dragons.
Seeing this, Han Li's eyes flickered slightly.
Needless to say, this person was not a stranger, but the first Daoist Master of the Candle Dragon Sect, Baili Yan, a person who was rumored to be half a step into Primordial Unity!
"Brother Luo, after the battle of Cang Qinghai, I'm afraid we haven't seen each other for more than 100,000 years." Baili Yan's gaze fell on the Cangliu Palace, and he laughed loudly.
"If Brother Baili didn't go into closed-door cultivation so diligently, you and I would have plenty of time to meditate and discuss Dao …" Luo Qinghai heard this and teased.
"Deputy Palace Master Xue Ying is also here!" Baili Yan heard this, laughed, and turned to the Celestial Palace to greet.
"Daoist Master Baili is still as heroic as before. This time, I'm afraid you're one step closer to the Primordial Unity Realm. I'd like to congratulate you in advance." The beautiful woman nodded slightly and said.
"Haha, Daoist Xue Ying, what are you talking about? If it's so easy to advance to the Jade Celestial Realm, why would I bother to go into closed-door cultivation so many times?" Baili Yan laughed.
The beautiful woman just smiled faintly, and did not say anything more.
"Everyone, it's a pleasure to meet here today, and it can be considered as a bond of fate with Baili Yan.
Today, I will naturally share the Dao that I've comprehended in the past with everyone, and I hope it can solve the doubts in your hearts, and help you to go further on this path of defying the heavens. "
After saying this, his eyes calmly swept across the front, as if he was glancing at the people in front of him, and also as if he was inspecting the entire Candle Dragon Sect. He looked like a king of the secular world, inspecting his territory, and there was a great aura of a king who looked down on the world.
Then, he suddenly turned around, returned to the purple table in the middle of the high platform, and sat down cross-legged.
Dozens of Golden Immortal Daoist Masters and Deputy Daoist Masters of Candle Dragon Sect, as well as the people of the friendly sects, sat cross-legged on both sides of him. All of them looked solemn, like Arhats serving Buddha in a secular temple.
"Dong, dong, dong."
Three loud and clear bell tolls sounded, and a strange wave of vibration immediately spread throughout the entire mountain range.
Han Li only felt a slight ripple on the lake in his heart, and a sense of stability and calmness also appeared in his spirit.
All the remaining noise in the entire Baiyu Peak Dojo suddenly disappeared, and between heaven and earth, it was quiet and solemn.
"Heaven and earth are black and yellow, the universe is chaotic, and the beginning of all things, all of them are in the Dao.
There is a Dao for the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, there is a Dao for the longevity of all living things, there is a Dao for the exchange of flowers and withered leaves … "Baili Yan looked straight ahead and spoke slowly, and his voice was unexpectedly neutral and calm.
His voice did not sound strange at first, and those who were slightly further away might even feel that it was a little vague.
However, after a while, these voices began to reverberate between the surrounding mountains.
The echoes overlapped and lingered in the air. It was like a great bell that shook one's mind, and it was like the Sanskrit sound of a Buddhist kingdom that lingered endlessly.
Everyone was immersed in this strange sound, and as for what exactly Baili Yan was saying, it seemed to be near yet far, and some people could not hear it clearly.
However, it was precisely this atmosphere that made people unknowingly immersed that made them feel extremely comfortable, be it their minds or bodies.
Among them, many people who understood the essence felt that the flow of magic power in their bodies had suddenly become much smoother, and some of the bottlenecks and shackles in their cultivation in the past seemed to have loosened.
However, most of those who could feel it so clearly were cultivators below the Great Ascension Stage. As for those Perfected Immortal Stage cultivators, although they occasionally had wonderful experiences, it was far from being as obvious as them.
As for Han Li, although he could roughly understand the meaning of the explanation, he could not feel the mysterious concept that the others could.
This could not be blamed on him. The strength of his spirit had far surpassed that of cultivators of the same generation, and even ordinary Golden Immortals could not compare to it. Therefore, the preaching of a Golden Immortal Dao Master of the Torch Dragon Sect was not enough to make his mind waver.
Moreover, in the crystal wall condensed by the Eye of Truth and the Sky Bottle, Han Li had already listened to the unknown big-eared monk's preaching, which was a preaching that truly understood the mysteries of the Great Dao.
Compared to this place, it was far inferior.
Although Han Li was a little disappointed, he did not do anything else. He just sat cross-legged in his seat, meditating with his eyes closed, and listened attentively.
After all, the other party was already a half-step Primordial Immortal, and he could more or less gain something from the preaching of the Great Dao.
As time passed, the sun rose high in the sky, and it was noon.
The First Dao Master's voice was still reverberating through the mountains. It was intermittent, and it even spread far into the city in the mountains, causing the bustling streets to fall silent.
"… As the saying goes, there are five decays for a Heavenly Being, and three decays for a True Immortal. There is no door to fortune or misfortune, and the Heavens will descend upon them. Either the Dharma will disappear, or the body will perish, or the orifices will be sealed … All kinds of tribulations are your suffering, and only by diligent cultivation can you avoid them. Even if there is …"
When Baili Yan spoke up to this point, all the True Immortals on the white jade platform leaned forward slightly, as if they were paying full attention.
Even the Golden Immortals slightly adjusted their sitting posture and listened attentively.
Han Li could not help but frown. He was surprised and did not understand the meaning behind Baili Yan's words.
He turned to look at Qi Liang, who was beside him, and saw that his brows were slightly knitted and his expression was exceptionally focused, as if he did not want to miss out on a single word Baili Yan said.
Han Li hesitated for a moment, and when Baili Yan paused in between his words, he transmitted his voice to him and asked, "Fellow Daoist Qi, may I know what the three decays and five decays are?"
"Brother Li, you don't know that a True Immortal will face the three decays?" Qi Liang turned to look at him, his face filled with disbelief as he transmitted his voice.