After Lin Bai came out of seclusion, he found that the Hidden Sword Thatched Cottage was empty.
Exploring his spiritual thoughts, Zhou Xi practiced in seclusion in a secret room.
The big tiger in Wuyuan Mountain held the practice skills given by Lin Bai day and night, fixing his eyes and practicing hard.
Lin Bai found a note left by Liu Jiangxue and Liu Anan in the pavilion, indicating that she had taken her sister out to practice and seek opportunities for breakthrough, and would be back soon.
Lin Bai felt a little relieved. At least where Liu Jiangxue and Liu Anan had gone, Lin Bai would be informed, unlike Sun Yao, who had been away for two or three years without any news.
After standing on the edge of Moon Moon Pond and watching the spiritual fish for a while, Lin Bai would go to the room to freshen up.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xuansu came to visit at this time.
The magic circle opened, Jiang Xuansu personally started the butterfly step, and the ethereal shadow came to the pavilion like a fairy.
When she saw Lin Bai, her eyes lit up: "Has she reached the realm of Taoism?"
Lin Bai smiled softly, recalling the process of this breakthrough, and shook his head with sadness.
He invited Jiang Xuansu to sit down in the pavilion. After the two chatted for a while, Jiang Xuansu explained his intention.
It turns out that she came here for the Xie Yue Banquet.
Jiang Xuansu whispered: "The Evil Moon Conference is also called the Evil Moon Banquet."
"The time of the Evil Moon Banquet is completely decided by the Evil Moon Sect. The interval between each time may be three hundred years, five years, or twenty years..."
"It is worth mentioning that at every Xie Yue Banquet, Xie Yue Sect will bring out treasures to encourage warriors from major sects and families to compete in martial arts."
"Xie Yue Sect controls the territory of Xie Yue Qianzhou. Every year, hundreds of sects and families send treasures to Xie Yue Sect."
"A treasure that the Xie Yue Sect casually takes out will probably cause a bloody storm if placed in the Thirteen Eternal States."
"Therefore, many families and sects will be extremely optimistic about the Evil Moon Banquet and want to take this opportunity to seize some treasures and resources that are powerful for the family and sects."
"..."
"There are only two types of people who accept invitations from the Xie Yue Sect."
"One is the sects and families that guard one side, such as the Eternal Demon Sect of the Eternal Thirteen Prefectures, and the Scarlet Moon Divine Sect of the Eighteen Eternal Prefectures."
"A family and sect that protects one side will definitely not be absent."
"The other type is those families and sects who come uninvited. They send out their best disciples, hoping to be the best among the others and gain support from the Xie Yue Sect, thereby strengthening their families and sects."
"..."
Jiang Xuansu explained the details about the Xie Yue Sect and the Xie Yue Banquet in front of Lin Bai.
Lin Bai listened carefully and said with a smile: "It sounds like this is a summit of geniuses in Xie Yue Qianzhou?"
Jiang Xuansu nodded and said: "You can understand it this way. Every time the warriors compete at the Xie Yue Banquet, they are all top geniuses from the major states."
"And, there's another important point."
Lin Bai frowned and asked, "What's the point?"
Jiang Xuansu said: "Sometimes the reward treasures given out by Xie Yue Sect are not magical weapons and magical passages, but state boundaries!"
"State boundaries as rewards? What does this mean?" Lin Bai asked in confusion.
Jiang Xuansu took a deep breath and said: "For example, tens of thousands of years ago, the Eternal Demon Sect ruled not only thirteen states, but fifteen states."
"But at a certain Xie Yue banquet tens of thousands of years ago, the disciples of the Scarlet Moon Sect were the best among all the others. The Xie Yue Sect was so happy that they divided the two state boundaries close to the Eternal Demon Sect to the Scarlet Moon Sect as a reward."
"So now there are eighteen states under the Red Moon Divine Sect, and the Eternal Demon Sect has become thirteen states."
"This is also the reason why the Scarlet Moon Divine Sect and the Eternal Demon Sect are incompatible with water and fire. This grudge was forged tens of thousands of years ago."
Lin Bai nodded in sudden realization: "That's it."
All major sects and families value their territory and power more than their lives.
Losing a state boundary is undoubtedly a heavy loss for a sect and family.
Jiang Xuansu said: "So every year at the Xie Yue Banquet, all the major families and sects will bring out their best geniuses and try their best to protect the territory of their own families and sects."
Immediately afterwards.
Jiang Xuansu added: "The Xie Yue Sect forces all the major states to bring out the best talents to participate in the competition. In fact, it has two other meanings."
"The first level of meaning is that the territory of Qianzhou under the Xie Yue Sect is really too huge."
"Even if the Xie Yue Sect sends inspection envoys to patrol Xie Yue Qianzhou every year, it still can't prevent other young people from secretly lurking in Chen Cang, accumulating strength and waiting for opportunities."
Lin Bai's pupils shrank violently and said: "So the Xie Yue Sect took advantage of the Xie Yue Banquet to secretly examine the strength of the warriors in the major states. If anyone is too aggressive, the Xie Yue Sect will focus on them."
"For example, if the Eternal Demon Sect shows up too much at the Evil Moon Banquet, I'm afraid that after the Evil Moon Banquet, the Eternal Demon Sect will attract the butcher's knife of the Evil Moon Sect."
"Good strategy."
"Is there another meaning?"
Jiang Xuansu said softly: "The second meaning is to show the foundation and strength of Xie Yue Sect."
"Every year, Xie Yue Sect disciples will enter the competition."
"With absolutely powerful strength, show your power to Xie Yue Qianzhou!"
"Some time ago, our sect released the twelve disciples of the Xie Yue Sect. Before they returned to the Xie Yue Sect, they made it clear that they hoped to fight against the strong men of our sect at the Xie Yue Sect."
"This sentence is very simple. These twelve people will definitely target the disciples of our Eternal Demon Sect!"
Lin Bai picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and snickered: "It sounds like the disciples of the Eternal Demon Sect are in more trouble this time."
Jiang Xuansu smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, we are all in danger."
"Wait? Us?" Lin Bai just drank the tea in his mouth and almost spit it out. He looked at Jiang Xuansu in surprise.
Jiang Xuansu said: "Ancestor Liu Fuyun has appointed you to accompany him to attend the Evil Moon Conference. I am not asking you to gain prestige for the sect. I just want you to see more of the world."
"So your and my names are already on the expedition list."
Lin Bai looked helpless. The sect made a decision without asking his opinion.
However, Lin Bai really wanted to meet the proud men of Xieyue Qianzhou and see their abilities and methods.
It would be nice to have such an opportunity to compete with them on the same stage.
Although the Demon Realm is vast and huge, Xie Yue Qianzhou is no longer a small territory.
The talented warriors who emerged at the Xie Yue Banquet in Xie Yue Qianzhou will also have the opportunity to show their prowess on the stage of the demon world in the future.
In the past, there were several strong men who stood out from the Xie Yue Banquet and later became the heroes who dominated the demon world.
Therefore, the gold content of Xie Yue's banquet is extremely high.