Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 286 – Enlightened Master Xuan-Feng

As time passed, more and more Enlightened Masters arrived. Lu Ping was surprised to see so many Enlightened Masters come to the ceremony and give face to Enlightened Master Mei. Especially as she had only used her identity as Melodious Inn's owner, and hadn’t used the influence of Maiden Pavilion at all.

The witnesses were largely divided into two groups. The first group were cultivators invited by the Li Clan to witness Li Xiu-Zhu being accepted by Enlightened Master Mei. While the second group was made up of cultivators invited by Melodious Inn to witness Enlightened Master Mei accepting Li Xiu-Zhu.

Clearly, most of the Enlightened Masters here were invited by Melodious Inn, with only a few being invited by the Li Clan, such as Lu Ping.

Three gorgeous ladies walked down from the upper floors of the inn. Upon seeing them, the seated Enlightened Masters all got up to greet the ladies. Lu Ping soon learned that these three ladies were all Enlightened Master Mei's disciples, and shockingly they were also all Enlightened Masters themselves.

After the ladies, Li Xiu-Zhu walked in with a middle-aged woman, accompanied by two other Enlightened Masters, Grandmaster Alchemist Yan Wu-Jiu and the Northern League's Enlightened Master Qin.

Back in the cave-dwelling, Yan Wu-Jiu had mentioned that he was actually here because of an old friend's invitation and that joining the Alchemy Conference was just something to do in the meantime. It seemed that the invitation was actually from the mysterious Enlightened Master Mei to witness the ceremony!

Enlightened Master Qin and Yan Wu-Jiu obviously hadn’t expected to run into Lu Ping here. However, after Enlightened Master Qin received Great Ancestor Hong Ye's hint, he understood some things. While Yan Wu-Jiu was also surprised, his change in expression was almost unnoticeable.

Chu Ting and Li Mao-Lin returned to the inn's hall after the guests had all arrived, signaling the start of the ceremony.

At this moment, Enlightened Master Mei seated in the host seat, and Enlightened Master Qi

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