"I have seen the Taoist Reverend!"
The outstanding talents among the independent cultivators came forward to pay their respects upon seeing the arrival.
Li Chen's guess was correct, the white-haired, youthful-faced elder was indeed Zhang Daoling.
Zhang Daoling has lived for two thousand years, with cultivation reaching the Nascent Soul Peak, enough to contend with the Sect Leaders of the various major Heavenly Extreme Sects.
However, Zhang Daoling favors the Dao of Laozi and Zhuangzi, advocating tranquility and non-action, and has always remained detached from worldly affairs.
Besides, he also founded the Heavenly Dao Sect to promote his own Dao.
It's just that his Heavenly Dao Sect is quite loosely organized. Rather than calling it a sect, it would be more appropriate to call it a school.
All independent cultivator disciples can study and cultivate in his Heavenly Master Sect. But except for a lucky few, the vast majority can only stay for seven years.
