On this day, many guests began to climb the mountain one after another, and the first to arrive was Xiao Shiyu, the sect leader of the Xuannu Sect.

Li Xuandu and the elders of the Taiping Sect greeted each other in person, only to see that Xiao Shiyu brought eight disciples to the peak, including Zhou Shuning, Zuo Yan, Lan Lin, and Zhou Zhu, these four people's realm cultivation is not high, and their qualifications and prestige are even shallow, but they can be taken by Xiao Shiyu's side, and the meaning of cultivation is clear at a glance, it seems that Xiao Shiyu is already paving the way for Yu Qingning to take over the Xuannu Sect in the future.

Li Xuandu stepped forward and bowed: "With Sect Master Lao Xiao, Li Xuan is grateful. ”

Xiao Shiyu stopped and returned the salute and said: "Mr. Li taking over as the sect leader of the Taiping Sect is a major event in the righteous path, and the Xuannu Sect is a member of the righteous path, so there is no reason not to come." ”

At this time, Zhou Shuning, who was standing beside Xiao Shiyu, secretly looked at Li Xuandu, Li Xuandu glanced at him as if he had not yet done so, and the little girl hurriedly withdrew her gaze, looking at her nose and nose, and not daring to mess around on such occasions.

Li Xuandu said: "Please invite Sect Master Xiao into the Taiping Palace, Sect Master Bai, Mr. Haishi, Wanshou Zhenren, Taiwei Zhenren, and Sanxuan Zhenren have all arrived." ”

Xiao Shiyu couldn't help but look pale. is the so-called "Four-Six Dispute", except for Bai Xiuyi, the leaders of these four sects have already arrived, which is much beyond her expectations. As for Li Daoxu, it is reasonable not to come, it is not so much that Li Daoxu is the master of the Qingwei Sect, but that he is the master of the four sects, and besides. How can a master congratulate his apprentices? Although the suzerain of Qingwei Sect is Li Yuanying, when it comes to the weight of the rivers and lakes and the breadth of communication, it is far inferior to Zhang Haishi. From this point of view, it is equivalent to the arrival of the masters of the four sects.

Xiao Shiyu, under the guidance of Mrs. Lu, went to the Taiping Sect, while Li Xuandu continued to wait for the other guests to arrive.

Not long after, another monk climbed the mountain, wearing a tin rod in a robe, and it was the Wuzhen master of the Vajra Sect. Since the death of the abbot of Jing Zen Buddhism, Wu Zhen has become the leading figure of Buddhism. On the rivers and lakes, it is said that the earth master has ten fingers, which are the ten palace officials, and they have the right hand, respectively, the lady Zongleng and the old man of the Soap Pavilion Zongzang. If it is said that the Great Heavenly Master also has a right-hand man, it is the white embroidered clothes of the Cihang Sect and the Wuzhen of the Vajra Sect.

Li Xuandu greeted each other and said, "Master Wuzhen is here in person, and Li Xuan is far away." ”

Wu Zhen smiled: "Mr. Li, that day you and I said in the inn in Beimang County that father and son, it has only been less than a year, but in the blink of an eye, you are already the master of a sect, and they all say that the world is impermanent, nothing more than that." ”

Li Xuandu didn't dare to do it.

Just as the two were greeting, a disciple of the Taiping Sect walked over quickly and said, "Qian Qingbai, the great elder of the Qian family in Jinling Mansion, and Qian Yijin, the head of the family, have arrived. ”

Qian Yijin is the famous Qian Jiner Qian everyone.

The three generations of the Qian family, the generations are: "green" generation, "one" generation, "jade" generation, today's Qian family head Qian Jin'er is calculated according to the generation, his real name should be called Qian Yijin, but later when he went to the imperial capital, in order to facilitate his actions, he removed the word "one" and changed it to today's Qian Jin'er, which is considered a pseudonym. Later, the reputation of Qian Jin'er resounded throughout the imperial capital, but the real name of "Qian Yijin" was gradually forgotten. It's just that on formal occasions, it's still necessary to call your real name.

Over the years, the Taiping Sect and the Qian family have worked closely together in business and have a deep relationship, and it is reasonable for the Qian family to come, but I didn't expect Qian Qingbai and Qian Jin'er to come together.

Li Xuandu asked Yu Xian to lead Wuzhen into the Taiping Palace, he stayed where he was, and after a while, he saw more than 100 men on the mountain road carrying 20 large boxes of gold lacquer. Each box was carried by four strong men, each with heavy footsteps, which showed that the contents of the box were really not light. The two people at the forefront are Qian Qingbai and Qian Jin'er.

Li Xuandu arched his hand and said: "Qian Lao, Qian everyone, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing lately?"

"With Mr. Lao Li worried, everything is fine. Qian Jin'er said.

Qian Qingbai smiled slightly: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, the old man and Mr. Li have been separated for three seasons, and Mr. Li has become the acting sect master of the Taiping Sect, if he hasn't seen him for three years, wouldn't Mr. Li want to set foot on the old Xuan list?"

Li Xuandu hurriedly said: "Qian is an old joke, Li Xuandu doesn't dare to take it." ”

Qian Qingbai said: "When the old man went up the mountain, he happened to meet a few people who were honest and honest, and he should be there at this time." ”

At this moment, a group of Taoists could be seen coming up the mountain road, and the first person was a short Taoist boy, followed by two middle-aged men on the left and right.

Li Xuandu asked Shen Yuanzhou, who had a deep relationship with the Qian family, to bring Qian Qingbai and Qian Jin'er in, and he took the initiative to welcome him down the mountain: "The Great Heavenly Master is here, why should Li Xuandu be restrained?"

The person who came was the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu, although it was not the deity himself, but the incarnation outside the body, but it was also extremely terrifying. As for the two people who followed Zhang Jingxiu, they can be regarded as acquaintances, namely Zhang Daishan and Zhang Yueshan.

Zhang Jingxiu smiled lightly: "Others don't deserve it, but Zifu deserves it." ”

Li Xuandu welcomed Zhang Jingxiu and his party into the Taiping Sect, and the people in the Taiping Palace were all shocked when they saw the Great Heavenly Master in person, and they all got up and saluted. The disciples of the Taiping Sect were all overjoyed, and they all thought: "I originally thought it was the Little Heavenly Master Daohe, but I didn't expect it to be the Great Heavenly Master in person, the face of the Acting Sect Master is really very big, looking at the huge rivers and lakes, how many people have such a special encounter?"

However, Li Xuandu thought a little deeper, and secretly wondered: "According to the original intention of the Great Heavenly Master, he just sent a disciple of the Zhang family to congratulate him, and he himself was not in person, why did the Great Heavenly Master change his mind, is it a change again, or does he have ulterior motives?"

After the arrival of the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu, there was an endless stream of mountaineering guests, ranging from the famous high-rollers on the rivers and lakes to the heads and helpers. The sect master of the Shingon sect was unable to come because of the retreat, and the Dharma Master Taidai came to congratulate him, as well as an elder of the Dharma Xiang sect. Only Jing Zen Buddhism still did not participate in this matter because of the closure of the mountain and the closure of the temple.

Finally, a little statistics show that there are more than 1,000 people who came to watch the ceremony this time. Although the Taiping Palace covers a vast area and can barely accommodate so many people, this is an important place for the Taiping Sect, and it is not something that anyone can enter, so when the auspicious time has come, all the sect masters leave the Taiping Palace and come to the Yuanping Square in front of the Taiping Palace.

The sun rises in the east, crosses the peak of Tianping, and the glow shines on the Taiping Palace, reflecting thousands of Ruicai, staggered and shining. Standing on the Yuanping Square in front of the Taiping Palace, the eyes are all around, surrounded by white clouds, and the clouds are gorgeous, as if you are in a fairyland on earth. At this time, the Yuanping Square has been arranged, in the center is a high platform, there is a throne on the platform, and there are more than ten seats on the three sides around for the sect masters to sit.

Li Xuandu slowly walked up to the high platform, bowed down and clasped his fists, saluted everyone, and said loudly: "Mr. Shen Da, the sect leader of the Taiping Sect, was unfortunately plotted by someone, and he had entrusted Li Xuandu to take over the Taiping Sect portal. Inheriting all the predecessors, all friends, and all the colleagues who did not give up, they came here, and the Taiping Sect was honored and favored, and I am very grateful. ”

When the words fell, there was a sound of jade chimes, and then I saw that the seven elders of Taiping also came to the stage, and each of the seven people held a thing in their hands, walked in front of Li Xuandu, and bowed. Li Xuandu returned the salute for a long time.

Then Shen Yuanzhong spoke: "At the beginning of the establishment of the Taiping Sect, there were 'eight supernatural powers', and each of the eight had a magic weapon treasure, which was held by the sect master, and was requested to receive it on behalf of the sect master. ”

Li Xuandu's face was solemn, and he responded: "Yes." ”

I saw that the seven things in the hands of the seven people were: a long sword, a magic robe, a roll of bamboo slips, a cloud sweep, a jade pendant, a hosta, and a brush. Coupled with the "Taiping Worry-free" order flag that Li Xuandu already has in his hands, he just gathered eight things, corresponding to the "eight supernatural powers".

In addition to Shen Yuanzhong, the other six people stepped forward in turn and handed over the things in their hands to Li Xuandu.

After Li Xuandu took it all, he draped the robe on his body, the long sword behind him, the jade pendant hung around his waist, the hosta was tied to the crown of his hair, the brush was held in his right hand, and the cloud sweep was held in his left hand.

Shen Yuanzhong slowly unfolded the bamboo slip in his hand, began to read out the twenty-eight major precepts and thirty-six small rules of the Taiping Sect, and then asked: "The position of the sect master of the Taiping Sect is you, do you know if you accept it?"

Li Xuandu replied: "The rules and precepts of my sect, Li Xuandu led all the disciples to accept them. The whole sect is supervised and persevered together. ”

Shen Yuan folded the bamboo slip and held it high with both hands.

Li Xuandu put away the brush and cloud sweep and took it solemnly.

At this point, the ascension ceremony has come to an end, and the next thing is for the disciples to meet the new sect master.