Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

In previous years, the number of guests visiting Qifeng Sect barely exceeded a hundred. However, in the past month, tens of thousands of cultivators have flooded in, making the already small Qifeng Sect seem incredibly crowded.

For those low-level cultivators, Yunshui Zhenren, the sect leader of Qifeng Sect, could manage to accommodate them by simply designating a vacant area at the foot of the mountain.

However, what truly troubled Yunshui Zhenren were the influential figures from the cultivation world who had traveled from afar!

Since half a month ago, several cultivators at the late stage of the Huaquan realm or higher had been visiting every day. Faced with these distinguished guests, Yunshui Zhenren naturally dared not neglect them. He urgently ordered all the guest rooms in Qifeng Sect to be cleaned up to accommodate these VIPs.

However, to his surprise, the closer it got to the martial arts competition, the more powerful figures arrived. Seeing that the remaining guest rooms were about to be filled, he had no choice but to order the disciples in the sect to move to the foot of the mountain, freeing up rooms for these guests.

Even so, the rooms were still far from enough. With the martial arts competition just a day away, even more powerful figures were arriving.

From morning onwards, Yunshui Zhenren stood in front of the sect, constantly welcoming visitors whose cultivation levels were much higher than his own. Facing so many powerful figures, Yunshui Zhenren didn't even dare to breathe loudly, constantly on edge, fearing that he might not be able to entertain them properly and incur their displeasure.

"From the Immortal Cultivation Alliance, Venerable Fang and Venerable Lian have arrived!"

"From the Famous Sword Villa, Villa Master Gu has arrived!"

"From the Water Moon Pavilion, Pavilion Master Feng has arrived!"

"From the Hailan Sect, Elder Yue Wei has arrived!"

............

Just as Yunshui Zhenren was taking a breather between receptions, a series of announcements suddenly rang out from the welcoming disciple.

Upon hearing these names, the originally noisy Qifeng Mountain instantly fell silent. Whether they were low-level disciples standing at the foot of the mountain or high-level powerhouses who had already checked into Qifeng Sect, everyone stood up at this moment, bowing respectfully towards the mountain gate from afar.

After a month of steadiness, these supreme Venerables, whose cultivation levels were all above the Ninghai realm, finally arrived together, as if they had made an agreement in private.

Amidst the respect of the crowd, a huge auspicious cloud suddenly flew from afar. Seven cultivators with immortal demeanor and kind yet proud faces stood on it, a hint of a smile on their lips, floating gently.

Seeing this scene, Yunshui Zhenren was so frightened that his face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat. After all, he could never have imagined that experts in the Ninghai realm would come to their small sect.

"Our ancestors are being honored! Our ancestors are being honored!"

However, after the initial shock, Yunshui Zhenren felt a strong sense of excitement and pride, because he realized that none of the previous sect leaders of Qifeng Sect had achieved such glory as he had today. Wasn't this a great honor?

Thinking this way, Yunshui Zhenren straightened his back and was about to go forward to greet them.

"Sect Leader! Sect Leader! Something bad has happened..."

However, Yunshui Zhenren stopped and turned around, frowning and scolding, "What kind of behavior is this to be so alarmed? If the seniors see this, wouldn't they laugh at our Qifeng Sect?"

Having been scolded, the disciple seemed a little aggrieved, but he dared not delay and quickly reported, "Sect Leader, the thing is, we... we don't have any rooms left to accommodate the guests."

"What?"

Hearing this, Yunshui Zhenren was immediately stunned. He knew that he couldn't afford to neglect any of these seven Ninghai realm experts.

After quickly thinking, he made a decision and said in a deep voice, "In that case, clean up my room, light three incense sticks, and use it to accommodate these distinguished guests."

"Ah?" Hearing Yunshui Zhenren's decision, the disciple was stunned and asked in confusion, "Sect Leader, if you give up your room, where will you live?"

"Alas, there is no other way. I will just live with you at the foot of the mountain," Yunshui Zhenren said helplessly.

Hearing this, the disciple nodded in agreement and went to make arrangements, but just as he turned around, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "Is this still considered Qifeng Sect?"

Although the disciple's voice was soft, it was still caught by Yunshui Zhenren. Hearing this, his heart was shaken. Indeed, from the sect leader to the disciples, they had all moved to the foot of the mountain, giving up their rooms to outsiders. How could this still be considered the territory of Qifeng Sect!

Yunshui Zhenren had just thought that he was bringing honor to the ancestors of Qifeng Sect, but now that he thought about it, he was not bringing honor at all, but rather losing face!

But there was no other way. The laws of the cultivation world were like this: the strong preyed on the weak, and strength was respected. In the face of today's situation, he, the master of this small sect, could only yield.

Thinking this way, Yunshui Zhenren sighed, then adjusted his mindset and greeted them with a smiling face again.

The arrival of the seven Ninghai realm experts did indeed excite everyone present, but soon, everyone calmed down again, still selling things and placing bets as before, treating the challenge between Li Qianyun and Chen Tian as a grand event.

The one-month period soon arrived. According to preliminary statistics, in the past month, as many as fifteen thousand cultivators had poured into Qifeng Mountain, crowding the small mountain to the point where not a drop of water could leak through.

In order to entertain the distinguished guests, all the disciples of Qifeng Sect, including the sect leader, had moved to the foot of the mountain, giving up all the rooms. This incident was temporarily spread as a joke, with people saying 'the cuckoo occupies the magpie's nest!'

However, compared to these, everyone's attention was always focused on the direction of the back mountain.

Because that was the key to their trip!

Although Qifeng Mountain was rarely known, its back mountain could be said to be widely circulated.

Qifeng Mountain was originally a vast mountain range, but hundreds of thousands of years ago, a strong earthquake suddenly occurred, causing the right half of the mountain range to be shaken off, forming an independent spectacle.

The part of the mountain range that was shaken off was shaped like a winding dragon soaring. Whether it was the work of nature or the careful processing of later generations, the dense scales on the dragon were clearly visible and lifelike. From a distance, the mountain peak looked like a giant dragon galloping in the white clouds, roaring and flying.

Thus, this mountain peak was also called Dragon Cliff Platform.

At this moment, Li Qianyun, who had challenged Chen Tian, stood motionless on the back of the Dragon Cliff Platform. In fact, she had been standing there for a month!