Chapter 71: The Sect Leader's Birthday
This is the birthday of the head of the Taihao Sect. In principle, disciples below Yuan Ying are not allowed to enter.
However, both Yuanying monks and Transformation monks can bring one disciple inside.
There are only a few cultivators in total, so it’s no problem to bring a few close people over.
Zhuge Mingzhu is in the realm of Nascent Soul Dzogchen, so bringing Ning Shaoyang in will certainly not be a problem.
And she is not just an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. Her family has existed in Taohao Sect for more than 100,000 years and has a strong influence.
Her grandfather, Zhuge Qiancheng, had been an elder in the sect for more than 10,000 years, and finally ascended to the immortal world, which was just over a hundred years ago, and the influence he left behind has not yet been eliminated.
——Until the sword energy that can kill any monk under the Immortal is used, the influence of that ascended Immortal will not be eliminated.
Arriving at Taixu Palace, Ning Shaoyang was still shocked.
There were already thousands of people in the palace.
Most of them are Nascent Soul cultivators.
In the outside world, monks in the foundation-building realm are already very powerful beings, and those in the Nascent Soul realm are even more like old monsters, and can become kings and ancestors in the secular world.
But here, there are thousands of monks at the Nascent Soul realm, which is scary just thinking about it.
From the perspective of the secular world, this is simply a gathering of immortals, a conference of ten thousand immortals.
Of course, not all of them are in the Nascent Soul realm, and some of them are cultivators of higher realms.
There are also some disciples they brought over, some of whom are in the golden elixir realm, some in the foundation-building realm, and even those in the qi-training realm.
However, those who can come to this place, even those who are in the realm of Qi training, cannot be underestimated.
A monk in the Nascent Soul realm can only bring one disciple over, so the one he brings over must be the one closest to him.
Even if the current level of cultivation is not enough, as long as the one who is valued can be seriously cultivated, he will definitely be able to slowly improve in the future and have a much better future than those disciples who are not valued.
Ning Shaoyang is similar in the eyes of others.
Of course, in the eyes of some monks who have heard of Ning Shaoyang, this may not be the case.
Ning Shaoyang's reputation as a good-for-nothing is widely spread among the sect.
A privileged disciple who became an inner disciple as soon as he entered the sect, actually spent more than ten years to enter the realm of foundation building, which sounds very useless.
Especially when they heard that this disciple worked very hard in cultivation, everyone felt that he was a waste.
If you don't work hard, you may just be lazy. Once you want to cheer up, it will be easy to catch up.
But if you are still the same despite working very hard, it means that you have no potential at all, and you will be like that for the rest of your life.
Although Ning Shaoyang has entered the middle stage of foundation building five or six years after entering the realm of foundation building, and is not particularly scumbag, it has nothing to do with excellence.
Especially when he has such good conditions and an excellent cultivation environment, he is still only in the middle stage of foundation building in five or six years, so he cannot be considered a promising person.
From the moment they came in, some people looked at Ning Shaoyang with contempt.
Although Ning Shaoyang had no enmity with them, this did not prevent them from looking down on Ning Shaoyang.
After all, there are many people in the sect who are not used to seeing Zhuge Mingzhu. Those people don't dare to do anything to Zhuge Mingzhu, but that doesn't mean they don't dare to do anything to Ning Shaoyang.
After the flying sword landed, Ning Shaoyang followed Zhuge Mingzhu closely and felt the contempt of some people.
In fact, he didn't know most of the people here and had never met them before.
He couldn't understand why some people looked at him with contempt.
However, if he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it.
Although these contempts made him feel uncomfortable, they did not hit him deeply.
After all, when he was in Feixian City, he often felt such looks, and he was already used to it.
As soon as Zhuge Mingzhu appeared, many people greeted her one after another.
"Miss Pearl!"
"Hello, Miss Pearl!"
"..."
But Zhuge Mingzhu didn't respond, and didn't even have any expression on his face, so he led Ning Shaoyang inside.
No one dared to block her way, they all gave way to her.
The status of these people in Taixu Palace is far higher than that of the hundreds of thousands of people outside the palace gate.
However, in Zhuge Mingzhu's eyes, they are just ordinary people.
At least on Fang Haoran's 36,000th birthday, Zhuge Mingzhu could go to places they couldn't go.
Taixu Palace has many large courtyards and terraces, as well as many large palaces.
This time, Fang Haoran’s birthday was held in the main hall, Taixu Hall.
Those Nascent Soul monks and general God-Transformation monks can only gather in the large square outside Taixu Hall and cannot enter the main hall.
But Zhuge Mingzhu can.
Outside the gate of the main hall were two of Fang Haoran's disciples as guests, both of whom were already in the realm of gods.
When the two of them saw Zhuge Mingzhu arriving, their faces were full of smiles, and they said with a smile: "Mingzhu, you are here. It is really rare to see you appear."
Zhuge Mingzhu did not put on the veil this time. She nodded and smiled at these two people and said:
"Of course I'm here for the leader's birthday."
As he said this, he took out a jade box in his hand and said:
"This is the dragon ball that my distant ancestor got from hunting an evil dragon. He has been reluctant to use it, so it happened to be used to celebrate the birthday of the head."
"Dragon Ball!"
The two disciples were shocked, took the jade box, and said:
"Mingzhu, your gift is very precious."
Zhuge Mingzhu smiled and said: "Nothing is more important than the leader's birthday."
The two disciples looked at Ning Shaoyang and asked Zhuge Mingzhu:
"Is this young man the disciple you accepted some time ago? I heard that he practices very hard."
Ning Shaoyang has been in this sect for nineteen years, but in the eyes of these monks in the realm of gods, it was just a matter of some time ago.
Zhuge Mingzhu frowned and said: "It's hard work, but my qualifications are too dull, and I don't look like a promising person."
These words made Ning Shaoyang's face turn red and he felt deeply embarrassed.
Those two disciples did not take Zhuge Mingzhu's words seriously. It was not like they did not know Zhuge Mingzhu's character. If they were really dissatisfied with this disciple, they would not bring him out to embarrass themselves.
One person took out a box and said to Ning Shaoyang with a smile:
"You are Mingzhu's only apprentice. When we meet for the first time, we didn't prepare any good gifts. Here is a set of spiritual weapons, with a total of eighteen flying needles. Think of it as a meeting gift for you. Don't dislike it."
Ning Shaoyang knew that the price of a set of spiritual weapons would not be low, so he was a little tempted, but after taking a look at Zhuge Mingzhu, he did not dare to pick it up.
Zhuge Mingzhu smiled and said: "Senior gave you a gift, why don't you thank me?"
Ning Shaoyang was relieved, took the box, bowed and said:
"Thank you, senior, for your generous gift."
Another person also took out a box and handed it to Ning Shaoyang and said:
"What I have here is also a spiritual weapon. It's a big net that can be used to bind people. I give it to you as a meeting gift."
When these people with relatively high levels of cultivation appear at such an important place, they will bring some gifts with them to give to their descendants.
This is a matter of face.
Giving a magic weapon will feel a little distressing, and giving a magic weapon is not worthy of their status. It is also a good choice to give some spiritual weapons as gifts to please the children.
This time Ning Shaoyang didn't look at Zhuge Mingzhu and took it directly.
Chapter completed!