From Family Fisherman to Water Virtue True Immortal-Chapter 147: Foundation Establishment Ceremony

Thud! Thud!

The Red Dragon Puppet, cloaked in a great cape, walked slowly around the room, its every step producing a dull, heavy sound.

After all, it’s a puppet body, harder and heavier than metal of the same volume, inscribed with indestructible Puppet Tao Patterns.

"How come it feels like the puppet is a special type of Magic Artifact?"

Li Quanqing stroked his chin, after having read through all of the Jade Scrolls, and suddenly had a certain feeling.

Crack! Crack!

The Red Dragon Puppet transformed, once again turning into a hovering Red Dragon with its scales around the spine opening sequentially, revealing the slots for installing Spirit Stones.

Li Quanqing took out Low-Grade Spirit Stones and filled them, only to hear a buzzing sound as countless Tao Patterns lighted up like flames being kindled.

A powerful aura surged towards the sky, and the Red Dragon Puppet seemed to come alive, possessing the sensation of life.

"How come it only has the strength barely reaching the level of Foundation Establishment? Could it be that it needs Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to be activated?"

Li Quanqing’s Divine Sense penetrated the void, and after carefully sensing for a moment, his expression suddenly turned somewhat unsightly.

When trading among high-end Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Mid-Grade Spirit Stones are often used for settlements, a single one worth a hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Moreover, since they only appear deep within Spirit Stone Mines, they are extremely scarce and can be said to be monopolized by Major Sects like the Shuihua Sword Sect.

Li Quanqing, reliant on the family stipend, only gets ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones a year, with the rest being settled with Low-Grade Spirit Stones and Contribution Points.

After all, each person at the Foundation Establishment level is in charge of a pillar industry of the Li Family, able to earn their own Spirit Stones to support their cultivation.

Li Quanqing looked at the densely packed slots on either side of the Red Dragon Puppet’s body; his ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were not even enough to fill them.

"I wonder if Top-Grade Spirit Stones would work?"

Li Quanqing went to the region of the Spiritual Spring and took out a deep purple Thunder Spirit Stone, placing it into the largest slot between the dragon horns on the crown of the Red Dragon Puppet’s head.

This could be said to be the center of Spiritual Power for this puppet, plus thunder is akin to fire, with thunder being a variant of the elemental force of fire.

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Along with the reactivation of the Red Dragon Puppet, a powerful aura shot up into the skies, stirring the winds and clouds.

The Red Dragon merely perched there, and already an astonishing pressure burst forth, like a volcano suppressed for too long, utterly ferocious.

"This is what you call the Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"

Li Quanqing nodded in satisfaction, controlling the body of the Red Dragon Puppet to spiral around, soaking in the Spiritual Spring silently absorbing Spiritual Energy to replenish that Top-Grade Spirit Stone.

From afar, one might think Li Quanqing was raising a red Flood Dragon in the spring water – mysterious and majestic.

In the following half a month, Li Quanqing had not been idle for long before he was greeted with a major event.

Foundation Establishment Ceremony!

Although it was all organized by the family, he had to show his face, sit and discuss the Tao with Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had come from afar, and grace those Qi Refinement junior Cultivators.

Screech!

The Dragon Flame Eagle spread its wings and flew, flames blazing as it ascended with him from the sky towards the Green Jade Islands.

Li Quanqing carried the Red Dragon Puppet with him, shrunk to the size of a palm and hidden in his clothing – one might say he felt utterly secure.

"Greetings to Supreme Elder Quanqing!"

When Li Quanqing arrived at Qingyu Island, family Stewards were already waiting to escort him to the Evergreen Hall.

"Clan Brother!"

Inside the ancient hall, Li Quanfu came forward with a smile, clad in a bright red festal rob, looking very cheerful.

"Supreme Elder, please choose the Vestment robe you want to use for the ceremony."

Seven or eight young girls lined up, each holding a variety of clothing in their hands, all of which were treasure clothes refined into magic artifacts, shimmering with a hazy spirit light.

Naturally, he couldn’t select the bright red one—it would be like selecting wedding garments; Li Quanqing didn’t like it either.

He still chose a bamboo-green Daoist robe, but this one was embroidered with fiery red fish-dragon patterns and a stand-alone jade lotus, red and green, which looked festive enough.

In the center of the Daoist robe, fish and dragons entwined, lotus leaves and blossoms in full display, supporting a golden Dao Pill, symbolizing the auspicious hope for future Golden Core achievement and the promise of the Tao.

Li Quanqing donned the Daoist robe, put on the Jade Crown, and hung the Spirit Bell at his waist, truly embodying the poise of a young immortal, with an ethereal grace and the charm of a jade-boned immortal.

"Cousin, take this horsetail whisk as well!"

Li Quanfu scurried over, handing him a Lotus Duster with three thousand misty strands, fully manifesting the elegance of an immortal.

Li Quanqing looked at himself in the mirror and felt something was missing. After pondering for a moment, he took out the Water and Fire Ruyi and held it in his other hand.

The Jade Ruyi, woven with red and blue, wrapped by dragon and tiger, instantly added an air of majesty and nobility to him.

Dressed in the Daoist robe, holding the Dragon and Tiger Ruyi, and waving the duster, Li Quanqing still maintained a youthful appearance but now exuded an even stronger sense of the inscrutable depth inherent in immortals.

Finally, he lived up to the title of "Ancestral Elders."

As he stepped out of the main hall, it instantly brightened the eyes of Li Kunli and the other two, who were full of admiration and praise.

"Who would have thought that in such a short time, our Evergreen Hall is about to rise again."

Clan Leader Li Zongyao laughed heartily and took out the Green Tide Pearl to illuminate the surroundings with its eight-cornered radiance, shining its light everywhere.

With a thunderous rumble, the entire Evergreen Hall suddenly rose from the ground, series of glazed palaces lifting into the sky, each supported between each other by arrays, with layers of pavilions undulating continuously.

Hum!

The void trembled, and a rainbow bridge burst from the Evergreen Hall, transforming into a seven-colored Tao that pressed across the stars, extending beyond the Green Jade Islands.

Blossoms of azure lotuses rose and bloomed along the bridge, with green carps leaping and flood dragons intertwining amidst misty immortal fog, giving the impression of heavenly palaces descending to the mundane world.

Although it was just Spirit Light from the array formation, it was extraordinarily intricate, lifelike and vivid.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please!"

The four Foundation Establishment Cultivators laughed heartily, each stepping onto a lotus platform and rising into the heavenly vault, their bodies automatically entering the grand hall.

Inside the Evergreen Hall, the maids were busy preparing various cushions—merely twenty or thirty of them, all arranged for the Foundation Establishment Elders.

As for the Qi Refining cultivators, they could only wait outside the hall, sitting and enjoying beverages, listening to the sounds of the lecturing Dao.

As the protagonist, Li Quanqing naturally took his place without question, sitting on the highest cushion, his demeanor transcendent and peerlessly elegant.

The Clan Leader and the other two sat to his side in a single file, looking quite imposing, deep and immovable like the sea and mountains, with the thunderous echoes and blazing fires burning fiercely around them.

Li Quanqing sat cross-legged on the cushion, closed his eyes for meditative breathing, calming his spirit and heart, quietly and steadily waiting through the night.

Only when the sun leapt out of the sea of clouds, with the dawn light covering the sky and the golden rays sparkling did a hint of sunlight sprinkle into the grand hall.

Finally, the four of them stirred with vigor, knowing the time had come.

"The appointed hour has arrived, play the music, crack the whips!"

"Open the Spirit Island wide, to welcome the honored guests descending!"

Li Quanfu stood outside the main hall, having also waited through the night, now loudly exclaiming with a flushed face.

Crackle and pop!

For a moment, the celebratory sound of firecrackers and fireworks sounded from all over the Green Jade Islands, while immortal music played ceaselessly.

And it was at this moment, outside Qingyu Island.

The cultivators from smaller families who had been waiting for who knows how long, finally rushed eagerly forward, too impatient to wait.

A hundred boats compete in the river’s flow, dazzling with light; thousands of cultivators coming to pay tribute, creating an extraordinarily lively scene!