Chapter 19 Han Li and Yan Ruyan
Bai Tian remembered that the Ascension Conference was held in Tianwu Mountain, but he didn't know where Tianwu Mountain was exactly, so he took this opportunity to go and take a look.
After flying with Dong Xuaner for a while, they finally caught up with the team responsible for recruiting disciples.
There are five people in total.
"Uncle Zhang, are you in charge this time? My junior brother and I want to go and watch the ceremony."
Dong Xuaner caught up with the team and asked the middle-aged man in the lead.
At this shout, everyone turned around and looked at Dong Xuaner, and then looked at Bai Tian, who had grown into a young man. Bai Tian was currently eighteen years old.
His face is as handsome as jade, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes.
He is low-key, calm, and handsome, and is the type that is quite popular among female cultivators.
There were two young male cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage who, when they saw Bai Tian and Dong Xuan'er flying over together, immediately showed unhappy looks.
"Xuan'er, why are you here too?"
"Haha~ It's rare that you're interested in the Ascension Conference, so let's go together."
The middle-aged man named Uncle Zhang smiled brightly and motioned Dong Xuan'er and Bai Tian to go together, as it would be more lively with more people.
On the way, Dong Xuaner asked about the details of the Ascension Conference.
Because it is held once every ten years, Dong Xuan'er was still a little girl when it was last held, so she didn't make it. She asked Uncle Zhang to introduce her.
During the day, I had a general understanding of the Ascension Conference, but I had no idea what it actually was like.
"Uncle Master, I'm just bored all the way, so I'll tell you in detail."
Uncle Zhang smiled and talked about the details of the Ascension Conference.
It was basically the same as what I learned during the day, but Uncle Zhang told the story from Huang Fenggu's perspective, so it sounded a little different.
According to Uncle Zhang, in fact, when a sect recruits disciples, they mostly search for them themselves or select them from cultivation families, and rarely hold separate admission meetings.
This caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the independent cultivators and small forces, who often secretly made trouble for the seven major sects. Although it didn't cause a big wave, it was very disgusting.
The most important thing is the foundation-building pill!
Although the seven major sects can refine thousands of foundation-building pills each time, due to the problem of spiritual medicine, the interval between refining is very long. There are not enough disciples in our sect, so how can we supply people outside?
However, independent cultivators and small forces started causing trouble again, so the seven major sects jointly held an Ascension Conference.
To join a sect, one would jump onto the sect's arena to compete, and the ten best winners would be selected to become disciples who would ascend to immortality once every ten years.
All in all, it’s only one per year.
The result was that many high-level cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage died and the battle was extremely brutal.
There were even two casual cultivators at the eleventh level of Qi Refining who died together on the stage. Without some strength, one would not dare to participate in the Ascension Conference.
As we chatted, we soon arrived at Tianwu Mountain.
Seven arenas had already been built, and there were formations guarding them to prevent anyone from barging in during the fight.
During the day, the group flew over Tianwu Mountain and found that it was already crowded with thousands of people, young and old, mostly men and few women. They all looked at the arena with longing eyes, while a few had solemn faces, looking very nervous as if they were worried.
The group hid behind the illusion array, and those people could not see Bai Tian and the others.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Zhang is here too. You guys from Huangfeng Valley are the last to arrive."
"Junior Sister Ruyan, come and meet Senior Zhang."
Bai Tian and Dong Xuan'er were looking at it curiously when they heard a voice and a tall man dressed in Yanyue Sect's uniform came over to greet Uncle Zhang.
Next to the tall man was a beautiful woman with delicate features.
Wearing a white long skirt, she gives people the feeling of a lady from a noble family.
During the day, my heart moved.
"Could it be Yan Ruyan?"
Guessed in my mind.
"Junior Yan Ruyan greets senior." Yan Ruyan stepped forward and saluted respectfully, confirming that day's guess was correct.
When Dong Xuan'er saw Yan Ruyan appear, she also looked at him curiously.
Then, seeing Junior Brother Bai's curious look, he immediately hit his arm and cast a dissatisfied look at him. Bai Tian retracted his gaze and continued to look around the ring to see if he could find Han Lao Mo in advance.
"Junior-nephew Ruyan is a genius of the Yan family. Why did she come to watch the ceremony this time? Normally, the seven major sects would be happy to accept the Yan family's talented children into their sects."
Uncle Zhang first gave a compliment and then asked a question even though he knew the answer, as a response to Yan Ruyan's greeting.
"Not everyone in every family is a genius. Some disciples want to rely on their own efforts..."
The tall man responded with a smile.
Bai Tian guessed that this person might be from the Yan family, or have a good relationship with the Yan family, otherwise why would he bring Yan Ruyan with him?
The man casually looked at Bai Tian and the others, chatted for a while and then returned to their respective positions. Someone shouted, and the Ascension Conference officially began.
"Everyone knows the rules. Once you jump onto the ring, your life and death are your own responsibility. Only those who are capable can go up, but don't try to show off your prowess!"
After a brief introduction to the rules, people jumped onto the seven platforms one after another.
The once-in-a-decade Ascension Conference officially begins.
I have never seen casual cultivators fighting during the day, and I don't know much about the magic tools and methods they use. The Ascension Conference is a good opportunity to get a feel for the bottom line of Yue Country's low-level casual cultivators. "Brother, look, these people are all above the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage, but they are a little too old, and that person is uglier than you."
Dong Xuan'er didn't know whether she was dissatisfied with Bai Tian's previous curious look at Yan Ruyan, and she actually said in a roundabout way that Bai Tian was ugly.
Don't take it seriously when you cough lightly during the day.
Dong Xuaner is just that kind of person. If you get angry with her, you lose.
There were fierce fights in all seven arenas.
After observing during the day, it was discovered that more disciples wanted to join the Yanyue Sect, followed by Lingshou Mountain, and then Huangfeng Valley, Qingxu Sect and other immortal cultivation sects.
I don’t know whether these people are aiming for dual cultivation or they really have a special admiration for the Yanyue Sect.
"Junior brother, why don't those people participate? I thought they were all here to fight, but it turns out they are just here to watch the fun!"
After a fierce fight, Bai Tian was summarizing the fighting methods of the independent cultivators when Dong Xuan'er's dissatisfied voice was heard. She thought the fight was not exciting enough and she had not seen enough.
Since she doesn't talk during the day, just think of it as Dong Xuaner complaining on her own.
"Okay! This Ascension Conference is over. The ten disciples with the best performance in each arena, follow me and follow the Ascension Envoy into your respective sects."
After an old man made the announcement loudly, the ten people with the best performance in each arena looked surprised.
Some said goodbye to their family and friends quickly, while others burst into tears of joy, thinking that all this was too difficult. Now that they have made it to the top, their future is bright.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, please stay. Junior-Junior Sister Ruyan is an exchange disciple sent to you by our sect for two years. You must take good care of her."
During the day, the group was about to leave.
The tall man from the Yanyue Sect came over and spoke to Uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang smiled warmly and said that there was absolutely no problem.
He turned around and looked at the disciples, and found that they were all male disciples, so his eyes fell on Dong Xuaner.
"Junior Brother Xuan'er, you are both outstanding young people. Please accompany Junior Brother Yan back to my Yellow Maple Valley."
Uncle Zhang said to Dong Xuaner.
Although Dong Xuan'er was usually very willful and capricious, she smiled at this moment and warmly welcomed Yan Ruyan to the Huangfeng Valley team.
"Thank you, fairy."
Yan Ruyan thanked.
The voice was quite pleasant and attracted the attention of many male disciples in Huangfeng Valley.
"Wang Sheng, don't just stand there, go be your guide."
"And the rest of you will be responsible for escorting us along the way."
Following Uncle Master Zhang's arrangements, except for Bai Tian and Dong Xuan'er, all other disciples of Huangfeng Valley had tasks.
Wang Sheng, who has reached the great perfection of Qi Refining Stage, is the one being guided by Huangfeng Valley.
"It's Uncle Master."
After Wang Sheng finished speaking and saluted, a man appeared on a hilltop, and was about to leave with ten new disciples.
Suddenly,
A young man with ordinary looks, ordinary build and dark complexion caught up with them.
"Master, please stay. I have something here. Please take a look."
Wang Sheng and his men were about to fly away when they saw a strange young man running towards them. They immediately looked at him with curiosity.
Under the leadership of Uncle Zhang, the group of people during the day also had to leave the hidden illusion array. Seeing the token in the young man's hand, Uncle Zhang suddenly stopped where he was.
Wang Sheng took the token and looked at it.
When he found the token belonging to Huang Fenggu, with the words "ascension to immortality" written on it, his face changed drastically.
He asked everyone to wait for a moment and quickly flew into the illusion array to ask Uncle Zhang for confirmation.
The middle-aged man took it in his hand and looked at it curiously, and his expression also changed.
"It's really the Immortal Ascension Order! I wonder which winning disciple will be squeezed out. Let the sect handle it!"
"Take him with you."
Uncle Master Zhang gave the order, and Han Li, holding the Ascension Order, joined the Huangfeng Valley team and set off together.
"Junior brother, I find you quite handsome!"
Dong Xuan'er glanced at Han Li, looked at Bai Tian with a mischievous look, and praised Bai Tian for being quite good.
A little silent during the day.
What was even more surprising to Bai Tian was that Yan Ruyan and Han Li actually entered the Huangfeng Valley together. He wondered how the sect would arrange for Yan Ruyan.
(End of this chapter)
