Novel Full Chapter 94: Qin Yue Disappears
The envoys from the four great sects who had arrived at the Profound Scripture Hall earlier had probably already exchanged greetings with each other long before Chen Yan got here.
Only the envoy from the Star Heaven Sect, who arrived last, Hu Tianyuan, the sect leader of the Moon Void Sect, was making small talk, going from one sect to another.
This time, he came before Elder Zhong Yin of the Kongshan Sect.
“Elder Zhong Yin, your skill in externally refining your true energy has truly grown even more solid.”
Hu Tianyuan looked at the imposing, muscular physique hidden beneath Zhong Yin’s Daoist robe and smiled as he said this.
“Sect Leader Hu.”
Zhong Yin offered no further comment, simply responding like this.
Then, Hu Tianyuan looked beside Zhong Yin at Chu Xiyao, dressed in pure white, her black hair like ink.
“I presume this is the daughter of your sect’s Qingchan Peak Sword Master Elder Chu Chen, the Chief Disciple of Qingchan, Chu Xiyao?”
Hu Tianyuan said.
“Disciple Chu Xiyao pays her respects to Sect Leader Hu.”
Chu Xiyao bowed in the direction of Hu Tianyuan.
“Yu’er.”
Hu Tianyuan slightly turned and called to the young woman behind him, dressed in a light green gauze skirt and wearing a veil.
“Disciple is here.”
Qin Qingyu responded.
Her voice was gentle and soft, carrying a warmth. It was hard to imagine that such a gentle, water-like young woman was the undisputed number one in the Immortal Dao among the cultivators of this generation on Chenping Continent.
No, to become the undisputed number one in the Immortal Dao, to silence everyone’s mouths, she must first obtain the title of Heavenly Summit Champion.
For Qin Qingyu, this shouldn’t be a difficult task.
Because in Chen Yan’s memories, across all the past cycles of reincarnation, the final victor of the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry each time was always Qin Qingyu.
“As I just mentioned, this is the Chief Disciple of Kongshan Sect’s Qingchan Peak, Chu Xiyao. She should be slightly older than you.”
Hu Tianyuan said.
Chu Xiyao is nineteen years old this year.
“Disciple Qin Qingyu pays her respects to Senior Sister Chu.”
Qin Qingyu said softly.
“Chief Disciple Qin need not be so formal.”
Chu Xiyao said.
Qin Qingyu is the Chief Disciple of both the Star Heaven Sect and the Moon Void Sect.
Of course, besides her, no one else would have the qualifications to hold that position of Chief Disciple.
“Senior Sister Chu can just call me Qingyu, or Yu’er. There’s no need to be so distant.”
Qin Qingyu requested this.
“…Junior Sister Qin.”
Chu Xiyao had no choice but to relent.
She has always had this aloof personality, unwilling to get too close to people.
Qin Qingyu smiled faintly, then looked towards Chen Yan who was standing to the side.
“Then, this must be the newly appointed Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, Chen Yan?”
Hu Tianyuan said.
“Disciple Chen Yan pays his respects to Sect Leader Hu.”
Chen Yan bowed with clasped hands.
“I heard you improved the Kongshan Sect’s Kongshan Art?”
Hu Tianyuan asked.
“Just some insignificant modifications.”
Chen Yan replied.
“Accomplished at a young age, truly accomplished at a young age.”
Hu Tianyuan nodded as if quite satisfied.
It was all just these superficial pleasantries.
And these pleasantries were also the sole purpose of gathering the envoys of the Five Great Sects and the Dao Inquiry participants of Heavenly Summit Mountain here.
To let the Dao Inquiry participants from each sect see each other, led by the sect elders, to get to know and understand each other a bit.
To avoid hurting feelings between each other after the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry concludes.
After all, everyone here is a heaven-chosen talent from the Five Great Sects, and in the future, they will inevitably cross paths.
So it’s best to greet each other first.
“Elder Zhong, is your Kongshan Sect missing one Dao Inquiry participant?”
The envoy from Lingxiao Temple, wearing a frost-and-snow white Daoist robe with dark cyan trim on the cuffs and collar, said.
“Yes. Qin Yue, the personal disciple of Elder Bai Qiming from the Qingchan True Dharma lineage, has some pressing personal matters and couldn’t arrive in time.”
Zhong Yin explained.
Even Chen Yan was puzzled. According to what Chu Xiyao said, Qin Yue should have known she needed to come to the Profound Scripture Hall to meet the other Dao Inquiry participants from the Five Great Sects.
Such an important matter, where did she go?
…
This gathering lasted for about half an hour.
Most of these Dao Inquiry participants from the Five Great Sects were cultivation geniuses who had long been famous across Chenping Continent. Even if they hadn’t met face-to-face, they had all heard of each other’s names.
Only Chen Yan was a sudden newcomer.
After it all ended, Chen Yan returned to his temporary quarters at the Slaying Heaven Pavilion.
The Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent isn’t just about the Heavenly Summit Mountain Dao Inquiry.
This grand assembly will last for half a month on Heavenly Summit Mountain, during which it includes various activities such as discourse on the Dao, scripture lectures, and auctions.
The several hundred sects from Chenping Continent invited sent over twenty thousand cultivators in total.
The delegations from the Five Great Sects combined numbered less than four hundred people.
But five of the six territorial veins on Heavenly Summit Mountain were occupied by the Five Great Sects.
The last unclaimed territory on Heavenly Summit Mountain, the Profound Origin Pavilion, was divided and occupied by first-rate sects from Chenping Continent. Second-rate sects and below could only find their own ways to settle in open spaces or wilderness areas on the mountain.
In other words, the less than four hundred people from the Five Great Sects occupied five-sixths of the territory on Heavenly Summit Mountain.
The remaining twenty thousand plus cultivators were all crammed into the remaining Profound Origin Pavilion, or camped out in the wilderness and open spaces.
It was exactly like the distribution of cultivation resources in the cultivation world of Chenping Continent.
Chen Yan sat on the bed, crossed his legs, and circulated the Purple Mansion Record and the Hidden Immortal Art for one complete cycle each.
Then he circulated the Kongshan Art for one complete cycle.
He carefully felt the differences produced in the flow of true energy within his body as these mental cultivation methods operated.
The result was that he couldn’t feel anything at all.
Lin Qifeng had told him that currently within the sect, only Lin Qifeng himself, the Supreme Pivot Elder, and Qin Yue could detect the difference in the Purple Mansion Kongshan Art.
And this difference produced during the flow of true energy was itself extremely subtle.
At the very least, Chen Yan himself had no clue about it.
Right at this moment, the door to Chen Yan’s quarters was suddenly knocked on from the outside.
“Are you in?”
The voice coming from outside was Yue Chi’s.
“Please come in, Martial Uncle.”
Chen Yan quickly got off the bed, walked to the door, and opened it for Yue Chi.
This white-haired elder wearing a Bagua Daoist robe stood at the door, and beside him stood another elder who looked somewhat unfamiliar to Chen Yan.
“This senior is…”
Chen Yan asked, puzzled.
“Martial Nephew, this is Elder Jin Ancheng, the External Affairs Hall elder of Qingchan Peak.”
Yue Chi said:
“Elder Jin has some matters he wishes to ask you.”
“Disciple Chen Yan pays his respects to Elder Jin.”
Chen Yan bowed towards Jin Ancheng’s direction:
“What would Elder Jin like to ask?”
“Chief Disciple Chen, Qin Yue came to see you this afternoon, correct?”
Jin Ancheng asked.
“Yes, she came to ask me for guidance on some issues regarding mental cultivation methods.”
“Do you know where she went after she left?”
“Disciple does not know. After Junior Sister Qin left, I went with my master to the Profound Scripture Hall on Heavenly Summit Mountain and haven’t seen her since.”
Chen Yan said, then he asked:
“What, has something happened?”
Jin Ancheng’s expression was serious:
“Qin Yue… she’s missing.”