Xu Qing, seeing that this mountain spirit was easily entertained, changed the topic, saying, "I'm planning a team-building event for the Immortal Hall, right in Quyang County. Other immortals are already on their way, except for you..."
Currently, Qishan's clan was the mountain spirit of Ziyun Mountain, holding authority over it, and their cultivation involved Earth Qi.
Long before Xu Qing retreated to the Yin River, the other already weighed a thousand pounds, and now Qishan's clan had absorbed the entire Earth Qi of Ziyun Mountain, making them weigh no less than ten million jin.
Fortunately, Xu Qing had broken through to become a Flying Corpse and had unprecedented control over earth veins and Earth Qi.
Not to mention one Qishan's clan, even ten...
Ten would be too much, a bit too heavy.
Qishan's clan felt a bit envious upon hearing Xu Qing was taking the immortals to Quyang County, but when she heard he was carrying her on his back, her eyes instantly lit up.
"I'm a bit heavy, don't push yourself."
Xu Qing crouched in front of the stone platform, nonchalantly saying, "No matter how heavy, you're just a girl. I can't carry you?"
Qishan's clan cautiously climbed onto Xu Qing's back, built like steel, worried that she'd flatten the Sect Leader into a hated meat patty by Qishan's mausoleum's owner.
When Qishan's clan settled in place, Xu Qing frowned, but soon relaxed.
It was somewhat heavy, but not unbearable for him.
At least the weight of this entire Ziyun Mountain didn't hinder his movements.
Still, the pressure was no exaggeration!
"Can the Sect Leader move?"
"Move?" Xu Qing chuckled and said, "Have you ever thought of riding the wind and soaring ninety thousand miles high?"
Before Qishan's clan could react, Xu Qing was already riding the mist and controlling the wind, rising high into the sky.
By the time Qishan's clan regained her senses, she was already in the skies, surrounded by a landscape of clouds and mist.
...
Seven days later, at the time of the full moon, within White Cloud Cave.
Xu Qing, along with the immortals from the Cat Immortal Hall, a ghost mother and daughter at Shuimen Bridge, Yizhen the coffin master's master and apprentice, as well as immortals from Bao Sheng Temple, arrived at the Celestial Scripture inscription site.
"As the Sect Leader of the Immortal Hall, I have the duty of imparting teachings. The immortal fate within White Cloud Cave was fiercely sought after by the world a thousand years ago, yet few ever attained it."
Xu Qing spoke of his connection with Lord Yuan and Lady Qingqing, also involving the Nine Heavens Profound Lady.
After this preamble, he got to the main point.
"The Celestial Scripture of White Cloud Cave is divided into thirty-six Heavenly Techniques and seventy-two Earthly Techniques, and only those with fate can cultivate them."
"You are the immortals of our Immortal Hall, sharing a deep connection with me and Lady Qingqing. This immortal fate should be a reward from the establishment of the Immortal Hall to this day. Each of you immortals can comprehend on your own, and how much you comprehend depends entirely on your own efforts."
Xu Qing's plan was simple: since the Celestial Scripture tailors itself to people, he brought his own people. As long as any of these immortals possessed the fate, they could learn some divine techniques.
Even if each immortal learned just one or two, it would be worthwhile.
Xu Qing didn't dare to guarantee how much he could learn. If he missed some divine techniques, and other immortals happened to learn the ones he didn't, couldn't he then have the immortals teach these techniques to him...
Fortunately, Lord Yuan, who guarded the Celestial Scripture, was no longer present, and the Higher Realm couldn't govern the Lower Realm. Otherwise, for Xu Qing's brazen act of bringing his entire group to plunder the Celestial Scripture, he would be dragged to the Demon-slaying Platform and executed ten thousand times!
At this moment, all the immortals from the sub-halls were more excited than when they first refined their essence.
The earliest to follow Xu Qing was Huang Xiaoliu from the Transmission Hall, who was the first to express loyalty: "Sect Leader and Lady Qingqing treat Xiaoliu like reborn parents. If Sect Leader and Lady do not abandon..."
Xu Qing's eyelid twitched, thinking the yellow wolf wanted to acknowledge him and Xuan Yu as godparents, regardless of whether he and Xuan Yu agreed or not, the generation wouldn't align!
If so, wouldn't he be a generation lower than Elder Huang?
But the next moment, he heard Huang Xiaoliu saying, "If Sect Leader does not abandon, Xiaoliu is willing to always serve in the front and the back for Sect Leader, to repay Sect Leader's grace for imparting the Dao!"
The other immortals saw this and all knelt in homage.
Xu Qing slightly frowned, but still accepted their reverence.
He was the Sect Leader; being overly humble might not be good.
The red-tailed monkey from Ape Mountain, the most unruly, was now also sincerely submissive. It had no teacher and always traversed a solitary path, relying solely on itself to cultivate.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have let its monkeys and descendants on the mountain suffer decades of hardship for seeking immortality outside.
Now, the Sect Leader's appearance perfectly filled the missing teacher role. The Sect Leader not only provided protection but also helped restore Ape Mountain. Even regarding the education of the monkeys and descendants, the Sect Leader arranged for a teacher who appeared elegant and gentle.
What could one ask for in a Sect Leader so attentive and considerate?