Amidst the gasps of astonishment, Qiu Hu struck the gong, announcing the completion of the apprenticeship ceremony.
As for the post-ceremony rituals such as paying respects to the ancestors in the ancestral hall, offering gifts to the ancestors of the sect, and introducing fellow disciples, those were private matters not included in the grand ceremony.
Qiu Hu descended from the high platform, bowing to the crowd in congratulations. A child brought him a red envelope containing ten spirit stones, a token of gratitude for the master of ceremonies.
Qiu Hu was on the verge of tears. Not to mention the ice jade, even a single root of the blood ginseng was worth more than this.
He found a place to sit down, ignoring the cultivators around him. He had lost some face today. If it weren’t for the presence of people from Yunmengze, he would have left in a huff.
Then, Qiao Changlun slowly ascended the high platform.
The crowd was puzzled. Normally, the new master and disciple should go to pay respects to the ancestors, then return to host a banquet. Was there another event?
As Qiao Changlun ascended the platform, Old Taoist Ge descended from the main hall of the apprenticeship ceremony. With a wave of his hand, the miscellaneous items in the hall floated away, leaving only Su He and the turtle.
Qiao Changlun announced loudly, “Today, Qingyuan has a Dragon Turtle, which has created a new method and ascended the altar to worship the Dao, to inform Heaven and Earth!”
His voice, amplified by the formation, echoed throughout Qingyuan Mountain.
The hall beneath Su He began to tremble violently, as if a mountain was rising from the ground, lifting him upwards.
The guests below were taken aback, followed by an uproar.
Was this a heavenly altar? Was there another trick after the apprenticeship ceremony?
Everyone stood up, some confused, being pulled up by their masters and fellow disciples. This was an altar connecting Heaven and Earth. In front of Heaven and Earth, how could one sit still?
A disciple exclaimed, “Is Master’s Dragon Turtle going to pray to Heaven and Earth like the two formation masters of the Floating Xiang Sect? Has Qingyuan Sect created a new technique, giving this Dragon Turtle a reputation?”
Even with the bloodline of a Divine Beast, it was still a three or four-year-old Little Turtle!
A man who looked like a blacksmith replied, “One can deceive people, but not Heaven and Earth. If it’s not his creation, the moment he connects with Heaven and Earth, divine punishment will descend, and even the highest cultivation level can’t resist it.”
Qiu Hu looked at the rising altar, his heart filled with mixed feelings. He didn’t need to think about it, he would be famous when he returned. He had brought the momentum of the Xuantian Sect, oppressed the Qingyuan Sect, and forcibly snatched the prospective son-in-law of Yunmengze, who was a Dragon Turtle with the potential to transform into a Divine Beast. And this Dragon Turtle was able to create a new method at the age of three or four.
The key point was that he was fighting for an unknown turtle demon. It would have been more acceptable if he was fighting for the Sect Leader’s daughter.
Hehe, Qiu Hu gritted his teeth, thinking about the guys in charge of intelligence at the Eight Directions Platform, and the ones from the Foreign Affairs Hall who had forced him to come…
The altar rose higher and higher, the figures below gradually shrinking. A sense of inexplicable fear rose within him, and Su He felt as if he was cut off from the people and things below the altar.
The noise couldn’t reach his ears, leaving only reverence for Heaven and Earth.
The formation on the altar moved on its own, connecting Heaven and Earth.
Suddenly, the wind and clouds changed, and it seemed as if the entire sky was about to split open. The majestic divine power surged from all directions, and Su He felt as if he was connected to the entire world.
He was startled, suddenly remembering that he was a transmigrator, an invading virus, so to speak? And now he was connecting with the world. Was this like walking into a trap?
Just as he was terrified, a sense of peace rose from his heart. He sensed the emotions of this world, not like the emotions of living beings, but an indescribable rhythm.
Vast, profound, ancient, infinite…
Su He was at peace.
The world was infinite, accommodating mountains and rivers. How could it not accommodate a spiritual soul? To this world, once one entered, one was a creature of this world. Whether one was good or evil was determined by the love and hate of the creatures of this world, and Heaven and Earth did not investigate.
Su He didn’t think about it anymore, calmly preparing to chant his prayer to Heaven and Earth.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly realized that he could speak!
“I can speak?” His surprised voice, carried by the power of Heaven and Earth, echoed throughout Qingyuan Mountain.
Everyone was stunned, then burst into laughter. Qiao Changlun shook his head with a wry smile.
Beasts couldn’t speak human language because human language was the language of the Dao, and only those with a Dao Body could speak it. But at this moment, the Dragon Turtle was connecting with Heaven and Earth, standing between the rhythm of Heaven and Earth. Wasn’t it normal for it to be able to speak human language temporarily under the blessing of Heaven and Earth?
A murmur that echoed throughout Qingyuan Mountain, Su He was taken aback, then collected his thoughts, looking up at the sky and stepping on the altar, he said, “Disciple Su He, announces the new method to Heaven and Earth!”
A jade slip floated out from his storage space, hovering beside him. Su He softly murmured the attributes panel, his voice blending with the rhythm of Heaven and Earth, spreading in all directions.
Every prayer to Heaven and Earth was a sermon, a teaching given by Heaven and Earth through the mouth of a cultivator. The people below were all blessed. This was also an important way to spread the new method.
At this moment, there was no noise, everyone held their breath and listened carefully.
The attribute panel that his master and the others had created, Su He couldn’t understand a single talisman, but that didn’t prevent him from reciting the prayer written by his predecessors.
Under the gaze of the crowd, Su He’s voice rose and fell. This script, he didn’t know which predecessor had written it, even where to slow down and where to gloss over secrets, were clearly marked.
The people below were scratching their heads, just when they were getting excited, the guy above skipped over it! It was frustrating, if it weren’t for the prayer to Heaven and Earth, they would have pulled him down and given him a good beating.
As Su He narrated, natural patterns appeared on his pitch-black shell, interweaving like flames, then merging into his body, and the shell returned to its calm state.
A new term appeared in his mind.
“Clear Mirror”
Just like awakening the divine abilities of Bearing Mountain and Divine Might, Su He naturally knew the name of this divine ability.
Clear Mirror!
Moved by Su He’s thoughts, a line of text slowly floated up in front of him:
Dragon Turtle True Blood: 86.5%
His Divine Ability was still in a semi-finished state. The attribute panel of this Divine Ability should be in the Sense Realm of Divine Sense. However, Su He hadn’t yet opened his Sense Realm, so he couldn’t observe it in the sea of Divine Sense.
He could only fully operate his Divine Ability, and if he wanted to know the attributes, the fluctuations of Divine Sense would form words in front of him.
The complete panel could only be seen after opening the Sense Realm.
His own Divine Sense fluctuations were only visible to himself. Unless someone like the Old Taoist used a special method to mark the Divine Sense, others wouldn’t be able to see it.
The formation of Divine Ability meant that heaven and earth recognized this new method.
After today, the fortunate Daoist friends who will participate in the ceremony will gradually spread the “Bright Mirror” method. As more people use it and make improvements, Su He’s Divine Ability will advance accordingly.
Always one step ahead of others.
A pillar of merit fell on Su He’s turtle shell, and a few smaller merits fell towards Qiao Changlun and the others. However, even combined, they couldn’t compare to Su He’s.
This was the characteristic of the attribute panel. This method was not difficult to create, most Sects could do it. The rarity was that no one had ever thought to do it this way.
Sometimes, a single inspiration is more effective than days and nights of hard work. In the world of innovation, this is the unreasonable truth.
On the shadow of Su He’s outer appearance, a stone stele was condensed. On the stele, the words “Bright Mirror” were engraved in dragon and phoenix scripts. It looked a bit strange – if the shadow was a bit rounder, it would look exactly like a tombstone, complete with its own gravestone!
The merit was integrated into the outer appearance without the need for mountain refining, it directly condensed.
The crowd under the altar hadn’t yet recovered from the Dragon Turtle’s wild imagination, when they were shocked by the thick pillar of merit.
This merit was more than ten times that of the two Refining Artifact Daoist friends from the Floating Xiang Sect a few days ago!