Some loud singing could be heard faintly from the mountain gate, followed by a fainter chorus of voices. Li Qingfeng saw that there were monks and mortals among the group of people who had just entered. He remembered that Ge Mao had said that the Jinding Gate was equipped with "lords" and "lords". Positions such as "township elder" and "city lord" are used to manage the mortals in the territory. I probably know what is going on.
Although he was a casual cultivator in his previous life, he had served as an elder in the sect for a period of time. After that, he also participated in many such ceremonies in other sects, so he would always know something about this kind of thing.
Generally speaking, in this kind of ceremony, one's own disciples will be placed at the front, followed by the mortals in one's own territory. After all one's own family members are seated, it will be the turn of foreign guests to come in.
According to the rules of Li Qingfeng's previous life, generally the guests with stronger strength and higher status will enter at the back, but there are exceptions. The first and last ones are considered to be relatively special positions. If the rules of Jindingmen are similar to Li Qingfeng's previous life, it should be their turn next.
Sure enough, not long after, a young monk from the Jinding Sect dressed in ceremonial uniform opened the gate wide and began to sing loudly. From time to time, monks were called to Li Qingfeng's area, and they stood up one by one and filed in.
"The Li family in Yuepanshan, Li Qingfeng has arrived..."
Finally, the young monk read Li Qingfeng's name, and Li Qingfeng stood up with Li Qingdong, walked into the mountain gate under the leadership of the Jinding Sect disciples, and walked up the mountain with only a pair of fleshy feet.
Not long after entering the mountain gate, they could hear the voice of the young monk behind them from a distance: "Sun comes to the Sun family, Sun Guangyuan arrives..."
Not long after walking, Li Qingfeng and the two stepped onto the Jinding Square and were led to stand in front of the high platform at the front of the square. At the same time, another monk sang another roll call, but this roll call was not for them.
On the high platform, a young man was sitting majestically, looking down at Li Qingfeng and smiling.
The young man was wearing a white Taoist robe with fiery red Dharma patterns embroidered on it. There was a red and white silk ribbon wrapped around his left hand. He wore two rings on his right hand. His hands were just lightly placed there, but there was a hint of aura about them. An inexplicable sense of power.
Looking up further, we can see that his lower jaw is slightly pointed, the bridge of his nose is slightly straight, his eyebrows are raised slantingly, his starry eyes are shining, and his thin lips are gently closed with a simple arc. Everyone who sees it will praise him. A handsome sound. His skin was quite white, and there was a chill all over his body that could not be dispelled by anyone thousands of miles away, but even this chill that could not be dispelled by sunlight disappeared completely in his jade-like eyes.
Li Qingfeng knew that this was the protagonist of this foundation building ceremony, the first person of the younger generation of Jinding Sect, Ling Ming.
He did not raise his head to look impolitely, but lowered his head slightly, stood up straight, and solemnly said with cupped hands: "Li Qingfeng of Yuepan Mountain, congratulations to Senior Ling on his great success in building the foundation! I wish Senior to have unimpeded practice and a bright future!"
After that, he bent down deeply, performed a solemn courtesy, and presented a congratulatory gift with both hands. Li Qingdong, who was half a step behind him, also did the same. Long before coming, the Jinding Sect monks sent by Ge Mao had repeatedly trained them on these etiquettes. If this kind of thing is not done well, it will be quite offensive.
The gift they gave this time was two first-level ice attribute spirit fruits, which cost Li Qingfeng ninety-nine spirit stones in total. For a newly established small family like theirs, this gift cannot be said to be unimportant.
Feeling that his hands were empty, the gift prepared by Li Qingfeng was picked up by the Jinding Sect monk next to Ling Ming. At the same time, Li Qingfeng also heard a cool and gentle voice coming from the high platform: "Okay, please raise your heads."
There was an unquestionable flavor in his voice. Li Qingfeng raised his head when he heard the words. He would not go against the other party's wishes at this time.
But the next moment, Li Qingfeng's eyes came into contact with Ling Ming, and a biting chill suddenly rose in his heart. Although it was only for a short moment, it made his mind and body tremble.
The next moment, the chill disappeared, and Li Qingfeng suppressed all the strangeness. On the other hand, Li Qingdong beside him didn't notice at all, and his honest face was a little nervous. It was his first time to participate in such a ceremony, and it was also his first time to see a foundation-building monk. Even though he had never seen a Foundation Establishment monk take action, he could instinctively feel the power of the man in front of him.
Ling Ming's eyes flashed with confusion, but there was still a warm smile on his face, and he said to Li Qingfeng: "I heard from Junior Nephew Zhao that you have saved my disciples?"
"Senior, that's what I should do. It's just a fluke, it's not worth mentioning."
"Haha." Ling Ming laughed gently, and a young man behind him who was in the late stage of Qi training understood, flew down from the high platform, and handed a bottle of elixir to Li Qingfeng. At the same time, Ling Ming's voice sounded: "You don't have to be humble, as long as you work for my Jinding Sect, I will not treat you badly."
"Thank you for your generous gift, senior." Li Qingfeng was polite and looked grateful. He took the elixir with both hands, bowed and said, "I will continue to work hard and do my best for the sect."
Li Qingdong also imitated his general movements and bowed in salute, while above the head where they could not see, Ling Ming's eyes stayed on Li Qingfeng for a moment and then moved away, saying calmly: "Well, you can go down."
Immediately, a disciple of the Jinding Sect came to invite them. Li Qingfeng and the other two bowed again, and followed the disciples of the Jinding Sect after they followed the Jinding Sect disciples. Behind them, two more men came, presumably representatives of the next family.
Li Qingfeng and the two were led to the ceiling at the right end of the square and sat down. Immediately, a waiter brought melon and fruit tea. Li Qingfeng took a sip of tea without touching the fruit, and found that as the tea entered his stomach, there was a faint spiritual power rising in his stomach. It turned out to be a kind of spiritual tea.
From Li Qingfeng's point of view, the quality of this spiritual tea was average, but considering that it was for a group of Qi-training monks to drink, it naturally couldn't be anything good.
Putting down the tea cup, Li Qingfeng turned his eyes to Ling Ming on the high platform. When their eyes met just now, the chill that had risen in his heart faintly emerged again.
As early as before, he had asked Chen Hao about Ling Ming several times - after all, he was the head disciple, the first person of the younger generation, and it would never go wrong to know more about him.
But he didn't expect that he didn't need to make insinuations at all. When he mentioned Ling Ming, Chen Hao's eyes lit up, he was as excited as anything, and he said it all at once.
In Chen Hao's words, Ling Ming is an idol-like figure. He is extremely talented and powerful, clean and convincing in his work. Although he is clearly noble, he is gentle to others and is deeply loved by his disciples.
According to Chen Hao, he was lucky enough to have spoken to Ling Ming only once. It was during a discussion between disciples. Ling Ming happened to see him and gave him some suggestions. His attitude was not contemptuous in the slightest, which made Chen Hao feel like a spring breeze. Benefited a lot.
