Yun Pass.
The ceaseless spring rain finally stopped.
The white lantern hanging at the entrance of Qingyun Palace had also been taken down.
And the original plaque of Qingyun Palace was replaced with a new one.
"Qingshan Palace."
Qingyun Palace to Qingshan Palace, though only a change of one word, signifies the succession between two generations of the Sword Sect.
As the new plaque was hung up, the grand martial inspection ceremony marking Lu Qingshan's inauguration was also imminent.
This inspection may seem just like a ceremony, but it holds extre practical significance.
It demonstrates martial strength, curbing ill intentions of those with ulterior motives, and also serves to unify minds, showing the Sword Sect's resolve to guard Yun and defend the territory.
Holding the inspection at such a pivotal ti of the sect master's succession is undoubtedly necessary.
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North of Yun Pass, within the Tianshan mountains, stands a towering peak. It is not particularly grand, its size limited, yet it is exceedingly mystical.
It is a suspended inverted cone resembling a teorite fallen from the heavens.
Thus, it was nad Flying Peak.
Surrounding Flying Peak are sky-touching tornadoes, the fierce winds howling relentlessly.
No grass grows on Flying Peak, the scenery imposing desolation, laced with an ancient aura.
Here is where the grand inspection ceremony is held.
In the center of Flying Peak, a temporary towering platform had been built, extraordinarily massive.
Beneath the platform, cultivators flew in from all directions, arranging themselves in formations.
Before long, it beca a dense mass, extrely magnificent.
At this mont, the platform remained vacant.
But soon escaping lights appeared as Nine Realms cultivators from Yun Pass arrived one after another, taking positions slightly further back on the stage, standing in a row.
All of them hailed from the top sects of the Eastern Domain.
As the ruling sect of Yun Pass, the change of the Sword Sect's sect master is also a change in Yun Pass's authority.
Therefore, this grand inspection ceremony, regarded as the top priority for the Sword Sect, turned out much grander than imagined, with not a single high-level cultivator from Yun Pass absent.
After the arrival of the Nine Realms cultivators, the three Honorable Realm cultivators of Yun Pass followed.
Taoist Master Shangluo, Spiritual Venerable Shaoyou, and Martial Emperor Dayin slowly took their positions.
They stood in front of the row of Nine Realms cultivators, silently waiting.
Everyone knew what they were waiting for.
It was then that at the stone steps of the platform, a slender figure slowly ascended, attracting everyone's attention.
Li Shiyi, having shed his Vast Righteousness Qi, made his first appearance in front of the cultivators since returning to the Eastern Domain.
Walking the path of cultivation again, his cultivation was not high, barely at Foundation Establishnt, yet no one dared to underestimate him.
Li Shiyi stopped slightly to the left of the central spot on the platform, the Taibai Sword appearing in his hand, leaning on it.
Though only with Foundation Establishnt cultivation, he stood before the four Honorable Realm cultivators.
Regardless of whether out of sincerity or another reason, at least no one questioned it.
Then, the current top cultivator of the Sword Sect, Yun's invincible master of Canghai Peak, Yu Canghai, known for the Long Wind Sword Formation, and the master of Wuqiao Peak, Xue Wujian, who earned a na for defeating Ming Venerable with just one combination with the Well-Fostered Sword, walked up the platform from left to right.
One wielded the Small Boat, the other the Peace Breaker, both leaning on their swords as well.
Finally, draped in green clothes, once praised by Xie Qingyun with the words "What need for light green or pale red, naturally the top among flowers," and made Chi Venerable furious with her domineering phrase, "I, Xia Daoyun slay demons, transcending one realm is no matter," after which she rose to faintly beco the Sword Sect's combat powerhouse, Peak Master of Sword Coming Peak, Xia Daoyun entered the stage, leaning on the Ox Ear.
Xia Daoyun, known to all as a stunning beauty, was solemn at this mont; standing atop the platform, coupled with the Ox Ear once the life-bound sword of Li Qiubai, appeared transcendent and beyond the world.
Who would dare look down on her standing there?
Moreover, Xia Daoyun possessed an exceptionally special identity.
As the teacher of the current Sword Sect Sect Master, Lu Qingshan.
The four most powerful peak masters of the current Sword Sect, each holding a sword, stood in a line!
Xia Daoyun swept her gaze from atop the platform.
The hundred thousand Yun Pass cultivators ford neat formations, leaving a central path.
Under the lead of Wuju Sword Master, a thousand Sword Sect sword cultivators occupied the position closest to the platform, heads held high, spirits soaring.
Additionally, Long River Sect, Clear Lotus Sect, Stainless Palace, Moon Picking Sect... a total of thirty-six top sects of the Eastern Domain, each forming their own formations, their spirits equally unyielding.
The people had mostly arrived, yet the sound of the war drums had not started, and the grand martial inspection had yet to begin.
All were in silent wait.
Because the most important person had not yet arrived.
A powerful drumbeat, like thunder from the heavens, resounded mightily, rolling in all directions.
The tens of thousands of long winds forming the Long Wind Formation also surged and churned at this mont, their grandeur indescribable with words.
Once a strikingly handso young Sword Cultivator in a black robe embroidered with an Azure Dragon image appeared at the end of the central path, everyone held their breaths, paying respectful attention.
The young Sword Cultivator did not move with Sword Control, yet each step seed able to traverse large distances instantly, without reducing speed.
As the drumbeat reached its most intense, most powerful mont, the young Sword Cultivator had already co before the platform, ascending the stone steps, standing at the very center of the platform before Xia Daoyun, Yu Canghai, Xue Wujian, Li Shiyi, and a row of Nine Realms cultivators.
He extended his right hand, drawing a sword from the void beside him.
The azure sword, exuded a transcendent aura.
The tornadoes of the Long Wind Formation moved accordingly, gallantly.
The Sword Sect's heritage sword, Fuyao.
Lu Qingshan raised Fuyao, pointing its tip toward the sky, and let out a powerful shout:
"Sword Sect, rise swords!"
All the Sword Sect sword cultivators raised their swords simultaneously.
Xia Daoyun no longer leaned on her sword, the Ox Ear soaring into the sky.
Yu Canghai, Xue Wujian, and Li Shiyi all raised their swords almost simultaneously.
The thousand-plus unbroken Sword Sect sword cultivators also raised their swords.
In an instant, the countless tornadoes seed to lose all color, only leaving the imposing montum of over a thousand flying swords traversing the sky with magnificence.
As the Sword Montum churned Heaven and Earth, Lu Qingshan released his right hand.
Fuyao soared into the sky like a horizontal thunder through Heaven and Earth.
A massive boom exploded in the sky, like bell striking bell, shattering eardrums.
A rainbow spanned the sky.
A surge of mighty spirit emanated from Fuyao.
The revered swords wandering freely across Heaven's Vault seed to gain a leader, their montum growing even loftier, rging as one, one sword following another trailing Fuyao, carving an awe-inspiring imnse arc across the sky above Flying Peak.
All of the cultivators on Flying Peak looked up toward the sky at this mont.
In their sight, the sea of clouds was ripped like a piece of satin.
Golden sunlight scattered down like feathers.
The flying swords, in their grandiosity, masked the sky and the sun yet shimred with brilliance.
Where the sword edges passed, they swept away all mist and gloom, leaving behind a clear, blue sky.
Sword cos to Qingshan clad in clouds and mist.
Sword departs for freedom across the vast sky.
The Sword Sect sword cultivators, undefeatable in the world.
The Sword Sect has a new Sect Master, Lu Qingshan.
The Sword Sect stands majestically again with thousands of swords coming forth.
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