Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 381 The Secret of the System

The group soon arrived at Zhongzhou and landed in front of the Taiyin Palace.

This time, even Yinglong King, who had always been prejudiced against human cultivators, couldn't help but show a hint of shock in his eyes.

The entire sect is built above the clouds! All the palaces are above auspicious clouds!

This is not just something that can be achieved by divine power, but something that only extremely extraordinary immortals and gods can do!
"Your Taiyin Sect... worships the Taiyin Goddess?"

King Yinglong was somewhat puzzled.

Although she had never met the Goddess Taiyin, she had heard that she was from the Quanxian clan and had not shown her face for a long time. Why was she suddenly recruiting forces from the human race? And she was playing such a big game?

“That’s right,” Fang Xianyu seemed unwilling to say more, only saying, “I have also received the titles of Xin Yue Xingjun and Jiao Mu Xingjun, as well as the titles of Tai Shui Long Wang and the three immortal lords Fu Lu Shou.”

King Yinglong casually remarked, "Oh, you human cultivators really do like to make offerings to these things."

Indeed, almost all sects enshrine the titles of the Three Immortals of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity—because the Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity Merchant Guild frequently interacts with various sects and forces, and in order to facilitate better communication, everyone will add titles as a token gesture, since it's not much trouble anyway.

As for whether one can actually receive offerings or incense offerings, that's another matter entirely—if the concept of merit through incense offerings even exists in this world.

Pingjun also praised softly, "Unlike other human sects, which are dull and boring, Sect Master Fang's sect is quite lively. I think these Taiyin Sect disciples are very lively."

However, this praise, accompanied by a series of "freedom" cries and strange noises in the background, sounded somewhat insincere.

While angrily deducting the favorability of these shameful players, Fang Xianyu smiled and subtly salvaged his reputation: "Our sect is indeed not as rule-bound as other sects."

The words had barely left his mouth when the wails of the players whose favorability ratings had been reduced resounded through the sky—

"Holy crap! How did I lose points in the sect leader's favorability?!"

"You dog planner, you beep—beep—"

Before the player with the foul mouth could finish cursing, Fang Xianyu decisively added a soundproof barrier around them, and the world immediately became much quieter.

The Dragon King of Zhenhai tried to smooth things over, stroking his beard and saying with a chuckle, "Hehe, it's been so long since I've left Kunlun Hill, I had no idea how much the outside world has changed!"

Before he could finish speaking, a male voice rang in his ears: "No, you're overthinking it. Other sects aren't like this. Only the Taiyin Sect is like this."

Jun Chou's figure suddenly materialized before everyone's eyes, and he greeted them with a smile: "Greetings, Dragon Lords. I am Jun Chou, the spirit of the Douxuan Treasure Mirror."

King Yinglong frowned and recalled, "Jun...Chou? If I remember correctly, that's the name of Duke Douxuan, right?" Jun Chou replied, "King Yinglong has a good memory, but Duke Douxuan has long since left the Guixu Realm. I am just the spirit of the magic weapon he refined, the Douxuan Treasure Mirror."

"I see!"

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. Yinglongwang seemed to remember something, took out a crystal-like fragment from his sleeve, handed it over, and asked, "So, this thing is yours?"

Jun Chou shamelessly accepted it and put it into his sleeve, saying gratefully, "Thank you, King Yinglong. This is indeed a fragment of the Douxuan Treasure Mirror."

King Yinglong didn't take that to heart, but turned to Pingjun and whispered, "I knew it was some ancient magic weapon! I'm all too familiar with that aura!"

Pingjun quickly reassured her, "How could I have doubted you? It's just that I haven't had much experience with people, so I shouldn't make any rash judgments!"

King Yinglong snorted, "Yes, yes, I shouldn't have taken it to heart! I'll make you a few more later, they won't be much worse than those!"

Fang Xianyu was enjoying his food up close when the Dragon King of Zhenhai interrupted in a rather unromantic way, saying, "Don't talk big. With your skill in weapon crafting, heh! You're not even as good as me!"

King Yinglong retorted stubbornly, "Tch! Ancient magical treasures only relied on the quality of their materials! If I could find those same materials, the Kuafu Staff and the Nuwa Box would be nothing special!"

Pingjun thought that Yinglongwang was just bragging again, so she covered her face and chuckled. Yinglongwang glared at her angrily, but because of his beautiful appearance and the lack of any imposing aura, he appeared somewhat charmingly fierce.

Feeling a bit stuffed from all the dog food (a euphemism for witnessing a romantic encounter), Fang Xianyu changed the subject: "Ahem, may I ask, King Yinglong, what exactly is this Nuwa Box you speak of?"

She had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Back when she was making a dragon-shaped puppet in Kunlun Hill and using system energy points, the Dragon King Yinglong said that he sensed the aura of some ancient magic weapon and that it contained some divine intent...

This was the first time in her two playthroughs that she had found a clue about her system, so she couldn't let it go. She started tapping on it from the side: "What is this ancient magic weapon? Could it be that the magic weapons of ancient times are very different from those of today? Can I even sense that their aura is different?"

"The Nuwa Box is a magical artifact crafted by the goddess Nujiao. It is said to be the most powerful magical artifact in ancient times. Legend has it that it can mold people from clay, gather spiritual energy to form objects, absorb spiritual energy to transform into all things, and even move mountains and fill seas, and reverse the past and present. In short, it can be described as omnipotent."

When she heard about "creating people from clay" and "gathering spirits to form things," Fang Xianyu was still lost in thought. But when she heard about "moving mountains and filling seas" and "reversing the past and present," she immediately felt a sense of solemnity.

This sounds...so familiar!?
"Reversing the past and present"—isn't that exactly what her system can do: rewind time?
However, no matter how much she guessed in her heart, she didn't show it on her face. As the Yinglong King who had actually come into contact with those ancient beings, she didn't keep them in suspense and continued to tell them: "At that time, the world was full of spiritual energy, and there was very little land—or rather, the land at that time was just a few scattered islands."

"There are no humans in the world, and there is no such thing as demon cultivators. Everyone is a 'spring-born' living in the water. There are clans such as the Dragon Clan, the Di Clan, the Nüjiao Clan, the Fengzhu Clan, the Litian Clan, the Youxiong Clan, and the Kuiwei Clan... We are just different clans, so our appearances are somewhat different. How can there be any such thing as being a dragon, a spring-born, a demon cultivator, or a human cultivator!"
"Later on, several clans had a dispute and started fighting each other. The Youlong clan and the Youxiong clan fought against the Kuafu clan and the Jiuli clan. Kuafu and Chiyou were both killed by Yinglong... who is the ancestor of our Yinglong clan and my great-grandfather. The clans then became enemies with each other."

"I don't know what happened after that. I only vaguely heard that after Nuwa set up the Five-Colored Array to seal the Guixu Pass, the land first appeared, and she left the Guixu Realm with many people and disappeared without a trace."

"As for the Nuwa Box, a magical artifact she crafted, its whereabouts are naturally unknown."