"It actually... looks completely different?"
Li Yu looked at the Qinglian clone in front of him and felt a little surprised.
"I just used a trace of my soul. This clone was born based on the demon emperor's heart, so... this appearance may be somewhat similar to the Qing Emperor?"
Qinglian's clone looked about twenty years old. The figure is tall and straight, slender and well-proportioned, the face is like a crown jade, handsome and high-spirited.
Putting on the simple green robe taken out from the resource library, Qinglian's clone stood casually, with a vague majesty that dominated the world and swallowed up mountains and rivers. The transcendence above all living things is awe-inspiring.
"very good!"
Li Yu felt the aura of Qinglian's avatar that was in harmony with the Tao and that heaven and man were one, and he nodded in admiration.
"The Qinglian Taoist body has been refined. It's time for him to appear."
…
Cangwu Mountain seemed a little calm in the afternoon.
The teachers and students of the academy who have been busy planting lotus flowers all morning feel a little tired even though they are successful in self-cultivation and have much stronger physical strength than ordinary people. The usual scene of drinking and talking in twos and threes is much less common.
"Brother Tan, I heard that you planted hundreds of lotus flowers this morning?"
At the foot of Cangwu Mountain, in a pavilion by the river, several academy students were sitting in the pavilion drinking. One of the students asked the other.
"With Teacher Han leading the team, we just followed. The so-called Baili Lotus is actually just sowing lotus seeds along the river. Patriarch Qinglian left the sound of the great road at the place of enlightenment, and the mountain leader plans to follow it The rivers planted lotus flowers all the way to the place where the ancestors attained enlightenment.”
Brother Tan picked up the wine bottle and answered with a smile.
"Yes. We are also sowing lotus flowers in this river. There are ten teams of people, sowing seeds in ten sections. In one morning, lotus flowers are planted all over the thousands of miles of river. Only we at Cangwu Academy can do this."
The other scholar nodded and smiled.
"After the lotus is planted, you still need to wait for it to grow and germinate. Even if there is a spell to activate the lotus seed, it will take a while to grow. We will have to wait for a while before we can see the thousands-mile lotus."
Brother Tan smiled and continued, "It is indeed hard to plant lotuses all over the place, but for the sake of Patriarch Qinglian, we are willing to do it!"
"That's right! Patriarch Qinglian has attained enlightenment, and the morale of everyone in Cangwu has soared!"
Other scholars responded one after another.
"Eh? Brother Tan, did you just say that it will take some time for the lotus seeds to grow?"
The scholar next to him suddenly asked in surprise
"Yes what's the matter?"
Brother Tan turned to look at the scholar, feeling a little strange, "Brother Wang, what do you mean by this?"
"Lotus! Look! Lotus in the river! Lotus has grown in the river!"
The prince jumped up, pointed at the river outside the pavilion, and shouted in surprise.
"Huh? This... is this?"
Everyone looked towards the river and were stunned by the sight before them.
There was originally only gurgling water on the river. At this moment, green lotus leaves burst out of the water and stretched to their heart's content. Bright lotus flowers broke out of the water and bloomed brilliantly.
"It's not just this side, look! Look over there!"
A scholar pointed at the river in the distance and shouted.
Everyone looked up and saw that the river was covered with green lotus leaves and bright lotus flowers blooming from far to near.
The blossoming lotus flowers swayed, seeming to cheer and pay tribute to the arrival of a certain existence.
"Over there! Look! That's the place where the Patriarch attained enlightenment!"
The scholars screamed and ran out of the pavilion, looking up to the place where their ancestors attained enlightenment thousands of miles away.
"when… "
A clear and melodious bell rang, the heaven and earth shook, and the wind surged.
A brilliant brilliance soared into the sky and transformed out of thin air into a huge lotus that stood tall on the sky and on the ground.
A lotus plant in the blue sea and blue sky!
Hold up the sky and the sea, stand upright with the sky and the earth!
Brilliant brilliance shines in the sky, competing with the sun and moon.
"The Patriarch! The Patriarch Qinglian!"
"The Patriarch has appeared!"
"The Patriarch Qinglian has revealed his holiness!"
At this moment, the entire Cangwu Mountain was boiling.
Countless people ran out cheering, looking at the gorgeous green lotus in the sky, with expressions of excitement and joy on their faces.
"The Patriarch has left seclusion?"
Mountain Chief Qin Muyu looked ecstatic and shouted in a hurry, "The Patriarch Qinglian has returned from enlightenment. Get ready to welcome the Patriarch! Quickly! Quickly! Quickly!"
Following the mountain chief's order, the stewards and teachers of Cangwu Academy became busy.
After a while, everyone in Cangwu Academy gathered in the huge square in front of the main hall on the top of the mountain.
Chief Qin Muyu led the team, flanked by great masters such as Yin Kangming and Lin Jingzhi, and other masters lined up behind them. The other teachers and students stood neatly in the square, facing the direction where Qinglian rushed up, looking forward to it with excitement.
In the distance, the tall green lotus plant gradually faded away.
A tall and straight figure in green robe appeared in mid-air.
The figure stands with hands behind its hands, frozen in the void. Gorgeous lotuses bloom at the feet of the figure. The flowers bloom and fade, changing constantly.
The figure turned to look in the direction of Cangwu Mountain, seemed to nod slightly, and then walked towards Cangwu Mountain.
Countless lotus flowers bloomed at the feet of the green-robed figure, and as he walked step by step, a road paved with lotus flowers appeared in mid-air.
"It's coming! It's coming! The Patriarch is finally back!"
Seeing the green-robed figure approaching, there was another burst of cheers on Cangwu Mountain.
"Welcome to the return of Patriarch Qinglian and his enlightenment!"
"Welcome to the return of Patriarch Qinglian and his enlightenment!"
"Welcome to the return of Patriarch Qinglian and his enlightenment!"
Cheers like a tsunami and landslide rang out, and the entire Cangwu Academy bowed deeply to the green-robed figure walking step by step in the air and shouted in unison.
The green-robed figure was walking on lotuses in mid-air. It seemed slow, but in an instant it was already above the square of Cangwu Mountain.
"Meet the Patriarch!"
From top to bottom, Cangwu Mountain bowed respectfully to the figure in green robe.
"Everyone, please get up!"
Qinglian's clone smiled and waved, and a gentle force lifted up all the prostrate people in the square.
"Thank you, Patriarch!"
Everyone shouted and bowed to thank him.
"Huh? That's next to the Patriarch..."
At this time, everyone in Cangwu Mountain discovered that Patriarch Qinglian was holding a little girl of five or six years old. The little girl timidly hid behind Patriarch Qinglian, seemingly a little scared of this scene.
"The Patriarch, his disciple Qin Muyu, is the mountain chief of Cangwu Academy. Today, the Patriarch has returned from enlightenment, and everyone on Cangwu Mountain is rejoicing. Congratulations to the Patriarch for attaining the Supreme Way, and laying the foundation for our Cangwu Mountain for eternity."
Qin Muyu bowed before Patriarch Qinglian.
"Congratulations to the Patriarch for attaining the Supreme Way."
Everyone in the square shouted again and bowed down.
"You don't have to be polite!"
Patriarch Qinglian smiled and helped everyone up.
"We couldn't help but be overjoyed that the Patriarch has returned from Enlightenment. We also asked the Patriarch to give us a name."
Qin Muyu took out a jade book, raised his hands above his head, and presented it to Patriarch Qinglian.
Li Yu plundered Cangwu Mountain's accumulation over thousands of years, and of course he understood the meaning of Qin Muyu's move. This is a way to verify identity.
Although everyone on Cangwu Mountain believes that Patriarch Qinglian must be their own Patriarch, and no supreme grandmaster would be so bored as to pretend to be someone else's Patriarch, this process of identity verification is still essential.
Since Li Yu wanted Qinglian's clone to be the "Qinglian Patriarch", how could he not be prepared
"I am a member of the Cangwu Mountain Danqing lineage, and I once worshiped Wangchuan Gong to practice painting. In the battle at Qihan Mountain, Wangchuan Gongbi was stained with Qihan's blood, and all of my disciples withered away. I am the only one who has managed to survive until now! Alas..."
Patriarch Qinglian sighed with a bleak look on his face, waved his hand and let out a spiritual light, lighting up a mark of red ink on the jade album.
Seeing this illuminated mark, everyone on Cangwu Mountain was even more delighted. The marks of the secret technique of this sect are all lit up, and the identity of Patriarch Qinglian has been confirmed.
"The future and the past are gone. From today on, my name is Li Bai, with the courtesy name Taibai and the nickname Qinglian!"
"Meet Patriarch Qinglian!"
After being nominated in the Jade Book, everyone in Cangwu Mountain once again bowed before Patriarch Qinglian!