Chapter 244: The Mover of the Era
“Boom~”
A rumbling sound suddenly erupted, startling everyone.
The people in the plaza had just seen spiritual light illuminate the stone cauldron when, in the next moment, they felt themselves rapidly retreating.
No, they weren’t retreating; their seats hadn’t moved, it was the ground that was growing larger, stretching out!
At the same time, the stone cauldron was rising.
In the area where spiritual light flashed, a nine-story Circular Mound Altar rose from the ground.
And the stone cauldron was located precisely in the center of the highest point of the Circular Mound Altar!
Hua Changxi and the four people, Yu Hui, who were recording the lecture content to the left and right of the stone cauldron, along with the eight people, Pharmacist Xu, standing behind the stone cauldron, were all within the area covered by the spiritual light.
To everyone’s stunned amazement, Hua Changxi and her group ascended along with the tall altar.
The sudden change seemed to last for a long time, yet it also seemed to be just an instant.
By the time everyone recovered their senses, they were shocked to discover that the spiritual energy in the air had become much denser. Many cultivators in the Qi Refining and Qi Sea Realms, who had been stuck for a long time, were bathed in the dense spiritual energy, their bottlenecks loosening, showing signs of advancement.
Furthermore, the current plaza was tens of times larger than before.
Before the change occurred, the plaza was still quite spacious, and people walking within it wouldn’t feel insignificant. But at this moment, standing in the plaza, they felt as small as ants.
Besides this, the most shocking thing to everyone was the towering, majestic nine-story Circular Mound Altar to the north of the plaza.
At the very top of the altar was the stone cauldron.
The stone cauldron at this moment was no longer ancient and mottled; it had become brand new, emitting a faint green luster all around.
On the cauldron’s body, lifelike patterns of spiritual grass were displayed, along with several runes and patterns that were soul-stirring to behold.
Starting from the cauldron, a white jade staircase cascaded down to the very bottom.
Beneath the cauldron stood Hua Changxi, dumbfounded.
Hua Changxi tilted her head back, looking at the stone cauldron, which had instantly become filled with Dao charm, and her heart churned like a stormy sea.
She hadn’t done anything, just lectured for a day, so how did she activate the spiritual formation beneath the stone cauldron and make the tall altar rise from the ground?
Yes, how was the Dan Ding Altar activated?
This question wasn’t just perplexing Hua Changxi; everyone in the plaza was extremely curious.
Especially Gu Jin Fan, who had been reborn, her face was filled with disbelief.
She knew that in her previous life, this Dan Ding Altar of the Dan Sheng Hall had never appeared before the public, even until her death.
Gu Jin Fan looked up at Hua Changxi on the Dan Ding Altar, her emotions extremely complex.
She knew Hua Changxi was a variable, but the various changes triggered by her still exceeded her expectations.
With the appearance of the Dan Ding Altar for worshipping heaven, surely the Dan Sheng Hall would not be controlled by outer realm cultivators as in her previous life?
Compared to Gu Jin Fan’s disbelief, Gu Xing’s mood at this moment could be described as extremely excited and thrilled.
The Dan Ding Altar had appeared!
He had never imagined that the Dan Ding Altar would appear so soon. He thought it would only stir after the Qihuang Hall appeared, but unexpectedly, the Dan Ding Altar reappeared in the Human World even before the Qihuang Hall.
Gu Xing looked at Hua Changxi with burning eyes, sighing inwardly that he had still underestimated this girl’s capacity and magnanimity.
The reason for the activation of the Dan Ding Altar was Hua Changxi’s selfless teaching, and the result was the audience in the plaza, thirsty for knowledge, responding with gratitude.
Between cause and effect, it seemed simple, but it was difficult to achieve.
The transmission of the Pill Dao was not mere indoctrination, but inspiration and guidance, evoking resonance.
The place of resonance was not simply the transmission and acquisition of skills, but the ‘seeing’ of a person.
Hua Changxi ‘saw’ the crowd’s thirst for Dan Dao Medical Skills, and the audience ‘saw’ Hua Changxi’s selflessness.
What is the Dao?
To carry on the ceaseless vitality of heaven and earth, and to supplement and fill what is lacking.
The Five Great Sacred Lands, upholding the will of heaven and earth, promote the orthodox traditions of the Human World.
Hua Changxi’s ‘interaction’ with everyone perfectly aligned with the Dan Sheng Hall’s philosophy of spreading the Dao, thus successfully opening the Dan Ding Altar.
For the Dan Sheng Hall to open and reappear in the Human World, it required the next Holy Land Master to burn incense, respectfully petition, and inform heaven. The place for this petition was precisely the Dan Ding Altar.
Now that the Dan Ding Altar has appeared, will the opening of the Dan Sheng Hall be far behind?
Gu Xing looked at Hua Changxi on the tall altar. Although this girl’s Spiritual Root was not as good as Meng Qingyao’s, her actions were the most in line with the requirements of a Holy Land Master.
However, thinking of Hua Changxi’s overly ‘stubborn’ personality, he felt a headache coming on again.
Managing a Sacred Land required forming alliances, compromising, and yielding; these were all Hua Changxi’s weaknesses.
“Sigh.”
Gu Xing sighed, comforting himself inwardly that Hua Changxi was still young, and after experiencing more in the future, she would surely grow.
Just as Gu Xing’s emotions were surging, Xia Zhen, at the back of the crowd, was feeling rather uneasy.
If he had known that simply lecturing in the plaza could activate the Dan Ding Altar, he would have had Meng Qingyao lecture here long ago.
Xia Zhen glanced at Gu Xing, his brows furrowed.
He suspected that Gu Xing had leaked the information to Hua Changxi about her lecturing in front of the stone cauldron in the plaza.
He didn’t believe Hua Changxi would come to the plaza to lecture for no reason.
Could it be that compared to Qingyao, Gu Xing favored Hua Changxi more?
Thinking of this, Xia Zhen’s mood worsened.
Before this, even if Hua Changxi obtained a high-grade Secret Realm, he wasn’t too wary. The reason was simple: Hua Changxi had no one to rely on behind her.
But now, if Gu Xing truly chose to support Hua Changxi, the situation would be different.
The Gu family were the gatekeepers of the Dan Sheng Hall. If Hua Changxi truly gained Gu Xing’s support, it would definitely be a threat to Qingyao and would hinder Qingyao from taking over the Sacred Land.
“Senior Xia need not worry too much.”
A sudden comfort interrupted Xia Zhen’s thoughts. Xia Zhen looked in the direction of the voice and found it was a junior from the Jiang Family.
Seeing Xia Zhen look over, Jiang Nianyi smiled and said four words faintly: “Too rigid breaks easily.”
Hearing this, Xia Zhen’s eyes flickered. He turned his head back without saying anything, continuing to gaze at Hua Changxi on the Dan Ding Altar.
Yes, with Hua Changxi’s headstrong personality, she couldn’t even get along with her own family. There was no way she could become a Holy Land Master who commanded all factions and balanced all sides.
Just like how she obtained a high-grade Secret Realm, while other Secret Realm Masters were developing and utilizing their realms, hers remained dormant.
If she couldn’t even manage one Secret Realm, how could she manage an entire Sacred Land?
On the tall altar, Hua Changxi had calmed her emotions after the shock. She found that staring directly at the runes and patterns on the Dan Ding made her dizzy, so she shifted her gaze to below the tall altar.
Looking at the plaza, which had become tens of times larger, she couldn’t help but swallow.
The commotion today was a bit too big!
She had wanted to increase her reputation, as Gu Xing had said, so that she could secure a position in the current Medical Affairs Department, and later the Dan Sheng Hall, and have a respectable identity when traveling outside.
But the problem now was that with the appearance of the tall altar, her reputation might become a bit too significant.
Hua Changxi stood on the high platform, looking down at the plaza below, and seeing that the people in the plaza could only look up at her, her mood was somewhat complex.
There was a hint of elation, and also a bit of apprehension.
First, she ignited the Pill Fire on First Street, then successfully obtained nine Wooden Tokens, unlocking nine Qihuang Halls, and now she had activated the Dan Ding formation. At this moment, Hua Changxi truly began to suspect if she was the destined successor of the Dan Sheng Hall.
It wasn’t just her who thought this; everyone present, who had witnessed the tall altar rise from the ground, also had similar thoughts, their emotions fluctuating.
Among them, Prince Shou and the members of the Royal Family had the most unsightly expressions.
Before this, they, who considered themselves noble, had not paid any attention to someone like Hua Changxi, who came from a humble background.
Even if Hua Changxi obtained a high-grade Secret Realm, in their eyes, she was merely a tool to be used, her existence solely to serve them.
But now, they could only stand in the plaza and look up at Hua Changxi on the tall altar.
This was the first time Prince Shou and the others had so directly felt the decline of the Royal Family’s status amidst the changes in the general trend of the world.
This disparity was difficult for them to accept.
Even the Seventh Prince, Chu Junhao, who had always wanted to befriend Hua Changxi, was very resistant to this reversal of roles.
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