Volume 1: A Sword Comes from the West, Ascending Immortals Conference
Which choice is better, which one is better? Fang Tianhe dares not say who is more wise, or whether the choices of both are good, but they are not important. The key is to see what kind of person Li Xiuping will eventually become and what choices he will make.
If Li Xiuping can successfully build the foundation and create a precedent for practicing without spiritual roots, then the benefits will not only be the Huayang Sect, but also the entire human race. At that time, no matter the Chen family or the Fenglei Pavilion, they will naturally not be required to do anything. Even the major sects such as Jiuyuan Mountain and Xuanqing Sect will have to look at the face of Huayang Sect.
By that time, the Huayang Sect will definitely be able to restore the glory of money for thousands of years, and it is not completely impossible to surpass it completely.
Then, Li Xiuping naturally has the final say on who to choose, and it has nothing to do with the choices they have made now.
If Li Xiuping cannot build the foundation, there may be no problems in a short period of time, but over time, people will not see any value in Li Xiuping and will give up without hesitation, whether it is the Chen family or the Fenglei Pavilion.
At that time, Chen Wanrong and He Junlin's choices were not important either.
Of course, with Li Xiuping's current strength, this Immortal Ascension Conference will also buy Huayang Sect a constant time, which is also Li Xiuping's own time.
Now Li Xiuping is only fourteen. Even if he is recognized as the first genius in Yunzhou, he is only only at the fifth level of Qi training. Therefore, even if Li Xiuping cannot build the foundation, the changes will not be too great before Chen Wanrong builds the foundation. If Chen Wanrong successfully builds the foundation, Li Xiuping will still make no progress and some changes will begin to appear.
Can Li Xiuping build a foundation? When will he build a foundation? It will directly determine everything.
But now everything is a foregone conclusion, no one can see clearly what direction it will be, so they can only take one step at a time and leave it to fate...
As time continues, the weather gradually becomes colder, and the Huayang Sect has begun to float white snow like pear blossoms.
Early in the morning, all the people participating in the Ascension Conference rushed to Zhengyang Palace.
Because Li Xiuping and Han Yunze were at the outer door, they got out of bed before dawn and rushed towards the inner door.
The mountain road is filled with white snow, so even if there is no light, you can still see the road clearly. With the "squeak" sound of stepping on the snow, many birds who are looking for food on the mountain road are frightened and flapping their wings rise up.
"Junior Brother Li, I heard that you have been going to Xuanmu Mountain a lot recently and have made great progress."
On the mountain road, Han Yunze and Li Xiuping walked side by side and asked with a smile.
Li Xiuping shook his head and said bitterly: "Senior Brother Han, don't make fun of me. Without foundation building, how can we make progress?"
He continued: "It's Senior Brother Han, his aura seems to be much more restrained, and he must have made a breakthrough."
Han Yunze nodded and said, "Two days ago, the third layer of the spiritual sea had successfully transformed into crystals, and I have gained some results."
Li Xiuping couldn't help but be envious.
Han Yunze reached out and patted Li Xiuping on the shoulder and said, "Although Junior Brother Li has not yet built a foundation, with Junior Brother Li's strength, even a cultivator at the peak of foundation building may not be able to surpass Junior Brother Li. Besides, Junior Brother Li is only fourteen now, and even Chen Wanrong, who is the first genius, is only only at the sixth level of Qi training."
Li Xiuping sighed and said, "It's almost fifteen."
Han Yunze was stunned.
While talking, the two entered the inner sect and followed the disciples of the inner sect toward Zhengyang Hall.
The head Fang Tianhe and all the elders were already waiting in front of Zhengyang Hall. As all the disciples arrived, the elder bowed to Fang Tianhe, then walked towards the disciples and said aloud: "It only takes one hundred years to ascend to the Immortal Ascension Conference. It is the honor of us to be able to catch up, and it is also the honor of your generation. I don't want you to have any contact at the Immortal Ascension Conference, but don't insult my reputation as Huayang Sect for thousands of years."
All the disciples held their heads and said nothing.
Fang Tianhe smiled and said, "You don't have to be too nervous, just do your best."
He glanced left and right and said, "Since everyone is here, let's set off."
After saying that, with a wave of his sleeve, a big flag appeared out of thin air, swaying in the wind.
Xu Bansheng came to Li Xiuping at this time and said with a smile: "Let's go together, ride the Master's Huangyun Banner, and I just happened to recite the books I recited before to you."
Li Xiuping nodded.
As Fang Tianhe took out the spiritual treasure, the elders also took out the spiritual treasures. After all, it was impossible for all the disciples to take away a yellow cloud flag.
The disciples who participated in the Ascension Conference walked to the spiritual treasures of the elders of the Master Sect one after another, and then, led by the leader Fang Tianhe, left Huayang Sect directly and headed towards Yunzhou City in the north.
Huang Yunqi's speed was much faster than Li Xiuping imagined. He originally thought that Xu Bansheng could recite at least one book for him, but in fact, let alone one, he didn't even have time to talk about a single word. After a few words from the registered disciples chatted with each other, Yunzhou City had already appeared below.
Li Xiuping has seen this kind of magic weapon that flies to the sky before, but it is the first time that he actually takes this magic weapon to fly in the sky. It is inevitable that he is novel and yearns for it.
If one day you can build a foundation and truly embark on the road of cultivation, you will naturally have your own flying treasures, and you can even meet them directly, shuttle through the sea of clouds, and see thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. That would be worthwhile in this life.
As the Yellow Cloud Flag slowly descends and the clouds continue to rise, you can see the scene of the entire Yunzhou City, with various streets and alleys crisscrossing, rivers meandering and rugged in the city, and various buildings stand side by side, prosperous without losing their aesthetic sense.
Xu Bansheng asked at this time: "Master, should we go and have a meal of duck sauce first?"
Fang Tianhe turned around and glared at Xu Bansheng, and said angrily: "I knew that I had eaten for a day. The meat was rising all the time, but my cultivation level did not increase at all. If this Immortal Ascension Conference loses the face of Huayang Sect, don't go back to Huayang Sect. Let's go to Boss Zhou to do some tricks."
Xu Bansheng stuck out his tongue and muttered in a low voice: "Boss Zhou doesn't look down on me again."
The disciples on the Huangyun Banner laughed.
The yellow cloud flag floated directly over Yunzhou City and approached the most prosperous place in Yunzhou City.
There is the Chen family, the first clan of Yunzhou City, that is, the Chen Wanrong family.
The Chen family was hosted by the Chen family. After all, Jiuyuan Mountain and Xuanqing Sect are stronger than the Chen family, but in terms of influence in Yunzhou, the Chen family is indeed bigger. Moreover, because of the special relationship between the Chen family, they have a lot of contact with the Zhou Dynasty royal family, so the Chen family is most suitable for both the cultivation world and the secular dynasty.
After all, Yunzhou is just a piece of the Zhou Dynasty after all, and Yunzhou's Immortal Ascension Conference is just a preliminary election. In the end, it has to be screened by the entire Zhou Dynasty's immortal cultivation world and then travel to the ruins on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty. So it is not very important who will host this conference.
As the Huayang Sect landed in front of the Chen family, a man in black clothes came out to greet him. Behind the man was Chen Wanrong in white clothes.
Chen Wanrong walked directly to Li Xiuping and said with a smile: "Father, he is Li Xiuping, Mr. Ou Ye's disciple."
The middle-aged man glared at Chen Wanrong and said, "You girl, you have never met all the immortal masters of Huayang Sect first."
Chen Wanrong bowed to Fang Tianhe and others, and smiled and said, "I have met Master Fang, elders."
Everyone returned the gifts in turn.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Please please, the old man is already waiting in the hall, and there are still many immortal masters from the sects who are discussing this Immortal Ascension Conference."
Everyone nodded and followed the man into the Chen family mansion.
Chen Wanrong walked beside Li Xiuping and said, "My great-grandfather said that this Immortal Ascension Conference will make some changes, not only depends on the level of cultivation, but also on talent. Compared with the requirements for age, some changes will also be made."
Li Xiuping nodded, without saying a word, and continued to listen.
The man in front of him smiled and said, "Then let the little girl tell you some changes to this Immortal Ascension Conference."
After being instructed, Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "This time the five countries have joined forces and decided unanimously that anyone who is less than thirty years old can participate. Of course, it must be only below the Golden Pill. After all, only cultivators below the Golden Pill can enter the Penglai Immortal Boat."
Everyone nodded. It was no secret that this is now in the world of cultivation.
Chen Wanrong continued: "According to the past, the final winner was determined directly by strength. However, because the effect of entering Penglai Fairy Mountain in the past was not ideal, two changes were made this time. The first was to increase the age to thirty, and the second was to be unable to bear the specific strength, but from a comprehensive consideration, so no matter the strength is high or low, you can participate."
These adjustments were obviously only recently. After all, Chen Wanrong didn't know about them when she was in Huayang Sect last time, otherwise she would definitely tell Li Xiuping.
Listening to Chen Wanrong's story, everyone in Huayang Sect frowned.
From a comprehensive consideration?
No one understood the meaning of this sentence very well. It was because the meaning of this sentence was too great. How to explain it in the end was naturally the Chen family, or rather, it was decided by the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty.
Chen Wanrong continued: "According to the requirements of the royal family, this time the screening requires a team of five people. The top 20 groups with the best results can represent Yunzhou to the Zhou Dynasty and participate in the final assessment after three years."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone frowned even deeper.
This kind of change has never happened before.
A group of five people means that there will be many unexpected situations in this Immortal Ascension Conference. For example, if some people who are not strong enough can also win if they can choose good teammates. However, if some disciples who are originally strong have bad luck and choose teammates who are not strong enough, they are likely to lose the election directly.