Chapter 73 The Return of the Patriarch

"It turns out...doesn't look alike at all?"

Li Yu looked at the Qinglian clone in front of him, a little surprised.

"I just used a bit of divine soul. This clone was born from the heart of the demon emperor, so... this appearance is likely to be somewhat similar to the Qing emperor?"

The Qinglian clone looked about twenty years old. Tall and straight, slender and well-proportioned, with a face like a crown jade, handsome and high-spirited.

Putting on the quaint green robe taken from the resource library, Qinglian's avatar stood at will, and there was a faint presence in the world, swallowing mountains and rivers. The transcendence above all living beings is awe-inspiring.

"very good!"

Li Yu felt that Qinglian's avatar's body was in harmony with the Tao, and he nodded in admiration.

"Qinglian Taoist body has been refined. It's time to let him play."

...

In the afternoon, Cangwu Mountain seemed a little calm.

The teachers and students of the academy, who had been busy all morning planting lotus flowers, felt a little tired even though they were successful in self-cultivation and their physical strength was far superior to ordinary people. The sight of drinking and chatting in twos and threes on weekdays is much less common.

"Brother Tan, I heard that you planted a hundred-mile lotus this morning?"

At the foot of Cangwu Mountain, in the pavilion by the river, several academy students sat drinking in the pavilion. One of the students asked the other.

"With Han Jiaoxi leading the team, we just collect some of our hands. The so-called hundred-mile lotus is actually just sowing lotus seeds along the river. Patriarch Qinglian left Dao Lunyin in the place of preaching, and the mountain chief plans to follow the path. The river has planted lotus flowers all the way to the place where the Patriarch preached the Way."

That brother Tan picked up the wine bottle and replied with a smile.

"Yes. We are also planting lotus flowers in this river. There are ten teams of people and they are planting in ten sections. In one morning, lotus flowers are planted all over the river for thousands of miles. Only our Cangwu Academy can have this kind of craftsmanship."

The other gentleman nodded and smiled.

"When the lotus is planted, it still needs to wait for it to grow and sprout. Even if there is a spell to activate the lotus seed, it will take some time for it to grow. We will have to wait for a while if we want to see the scene of a thousand-mile lotus."

Brother Tan smiled and continued, "It's really hard to plant lotus flowers all over the place, but for the sake of Qinglian Patriarch,

I am willing to wait! "

"That's it! Patriarch Qinglian testified, my morale in Cangwu is high!"

The other scholars complied.

"Huh? Brother Tan, you just said that the lotus seeds will take a while to grow?"

The scholar next to him suddenly asked in surprise

"Yes what's the matter?"

Brother Tan turned his head to look at the scholar, feeling a little strange, "Brother Wang, what do you mean by that?"

"Lotus! Look! Lotus in the river! Lotus has grown in the river!"

The prince jumped up, pointed to the river outside the pavilion, and shouted in surprise.

"Ah? This...this is?"

Everyone looked at the river and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.

Originally, there was only gurgling water on the river. At this moment, the green lotus leaves rushed out of the water and stretched to their heart's content. The bright lotuses burst out of the water and bloomed brilliantly.

"Not just here, look! Look over there!"

A scholar pointed to the river in the distance and shouted.

Everyone looked up and saw that this river, from far to near, was covered with green lotus leaves, blooming with bright lotus flowers.

The blossoming lotus swayed, as if cheering for the arrival of a certain existence.

"Over there! Look! That's the place where the Patriarch preached the Way!"

The scholars screamed and ran out of the pavilion, looking up at the place where the Patriarch preached the Way, thousands of miles away.

"when……"

A crisp and melodious bell rang, the heaven and the earth shook, and the wind was surging.

A splendid brilliance rose into the sky and turned into a huge lotus flower out of thin air.

A lotus in the blue sea and blue sky!

Raise the sky and the sea, stand up to the sky!

The splendid brilliance illuminates the sky, competing with the sun and the moon.

"Patriarch! Patriarch Qinglian!"

"The Patriarch has appeared holy!"

"Patriarch Qinglian has appeared holy!"

At this moment, the entire Cangwu Mountain was boiling.

Countless people cheered and ran out, looking at the beautiful Qinglian in the sky, their faces filled with excitement and joy.

"The ancestor is out?"

Mountain Chief Qin Muyu had a face of ecstasy and shouted in a hurry, "Patriarch Qinglian has returned from preaching the Dao, hurry up and get ready to welcome Patriarch! Quick! Quick! Quick!"

Following the mountain chief's order, the stewards and teachers of Cangwu Academy started busy.

After a while, everyone in Cangwu Academy gathered on the huge square in front of the mountain top hall.

Chief Qin Muyu led the team, next to Yin Kangming, Lin Jingzhi and other great masters, and other masters lined up behind. The rest of the teachers and students stood neatly on the square, facing the direction Qinglian rushed up, looking excitedly looking forward to it.

In the distance, the green lotus that stood above the sky gradually faded away.

A tall and tall figure in green robe appeared in the air.

The figure stood with his hands behind his back, condensed in the void. A gorgeous lotus flower kept blooming at the foot of the figure, the flowers bloomed and withered, and the changes kept changing.

The figure turned to look in the direction of Cangwu Mountain, seemed to nodded slightly, and then walked towards Cangwu Mountain.

Countless lotus flowers bloomed at the feet of the figure in Qingpao, and as he walked step by step, a lotus-paved avenue appeared in the air.

"Come! Come! The Patriarch is finally back!"

Seeing the figure in Qingpao walking over, there was another burst of cheers on Cangwu Mountain.

"Congratulations to Qinglian Patriarch's return to the Dao!"

"Congratulations to Qinglian Patriarch's return to the Dao!"

"Congratulations to Qinglian Patriarch's return to the Dao!"

Cheers like a tsunami and a landslide sounded, and the entire Cangwu Academy, up and down, bowed deeply to the figure in Qingpao walking step by step in midair, and shouted in unison.

The figure in Qingpao walked on the lotus in mid-air, seemingly slow, but in an instant, it was already over the square of Cangwu Mountain.

"Meet the ancestors!"

Cangwu Mountain bowed respectfully to the figure in Qingpao from top to bottom.

"Everyone, please get up!"

Qinglian's clone smiled and waved, and a gentle force lifted up all the fallen people in the entire square.

"Thank you, Ancestor!"

The crowd shouted and bowed in thanks.

"Huh? That's beside the ancestor..."

At this time, the people in Cangwu Mountain discovered that Qinglian Patriarch was still holding a little girl of five or six years old. The little girl timidly hid behind Qinglian Patriarch, as if she was a little scared of this scene.

"Patriarch, disciple Qin Muyu, is the head of the Cangwu Academy. Today, when the Patriarch returns from his certification, I am delighted up and down Cangwu Mountain. Congratulations to the Patriarch, who has attained the supreme avenue, and laid the foundation for my Cangwu Mountain for eternity."

Qin Muyu bowed to the ancestor Qinglian.

"Congratulations to the patriarch's certificate on the supreme avenue."

The people in the square shouted again and bowed down.

"You don't have to be too polite!"

Patriarch Qinglian smiled and helped everyone up.

"I can't help but be overjoyed when the Patriarch returns from his preaching, and ask the Patriarch to give him his name."

Qin Muyu took out a jade book, raised his hands above his head, and presented it to Patriarch Qinglian.

Li Yu searched Cangwu Mountain for thousands of years, and of course understood the meaning of Qin Muyu's move. This is a way to verify identity.

Although everyone on Cangwu Mountain believed that Qinglian Patriarch must be his own patriarch, and no supreme master would be so bored as to pretend to be someone else's patriarch, the process of verifying his identity was still essential.

Since Li Yu wants to make Qinglian clone to be the "Qinglian Patriarch", how could he not be prepared?

"I belong to the Danqing line of Cangwu Mountain, and I used to practice painting under the gate of Duke Wangchuan. In the battle of Qihan Mountain, Duke Wangchuan's blood was stained with Qihan, and his disciples also withered away. I am the only one who has survived until now! Sigh..."

Qinglian Patriarch sighed with a bleak face, waved his hand, and shed a light of inspiration, illuminating a danqing ink mark on the jade book.

Seeing this lit imprint, Cangwu Mountain was even more overjoyed. The imprint of the secret method of this sect has been illuminated, and the identity of Qinglian Patriarch has been confirmed.

"The future has become a cloud of smoke. From today, my name is Li Bai, the word is Taibai, and the number is Qinglian!"

"Meet Patriarch Qinglian!"

After the nomination of the jade book, everyone in Cangwu Mountain once again bowed before Qinglian Patriarch!