Chapter 114: Immortal Conference
When he arrived at Yuxu Palace, Li Yu discovered that he was not alone here. Junior Sister Zheng and several outstanding second-grade alchemists of the sect were also there, but the head master had not arrived yet.
On the way, the deacon disciple did not tell him the reason. Li Yu walked to Zheng Keqi and asked, "Junior Sister Zheng, I know that the master summoned us this time. What's the matter?"
Zheng Keqi smiled and said, "Of course it's for the Tiandao Sect's Immortal Dao Conference. Every time after the second-grade alchemist competition, one month after the end, the Tiandao Sect holds the Immortal Dao Conference every five years. The talented disciples of each sect will go there. In addition to the third-grade alchemists from various peaks, our alchemy lineage will also send a lot of young talents to exchange ideas with the disciples of various sects..."
Li Yu asked, "How long will it take?"
Zheng Keqi thought for a moment and said, "About a month."
Li Yu frowned slightly. One month, wouldn't that delay his practice for a month?
He can earn several Tuomai Pills a month, so there is no time to delay.
Zheng Keqi looked at his expression and asked curiously, "Brother Li, don't you want to participate in the Immortal Dao Conference and meet the many geniuses in the world of immortal cultivation?"
Li Yu said: "It's good to gain more knowledge, but it will also delay your practice."
Zheng Keqi smiled and said, "So Senior Brother Li is worried about this. There are rewards at the Immortal Dao Conference. The reward for the first place of the second-grade alchemist is ten Tuomai Pills, all provided by the Tiandao Sect. If you can stand out among the many geniuses in the world of immortal cultivation and win honor for the sect, the sect will also give you rewards..."
When he heard about ten Tuomai Pills, Li Yu immediately became excited.
It was indeed the first time that he had heard of this "Immortal Dao Conference". Junior Sister Zheng said that at the Immortal Dao Conference, there were not only exchanges on the Dao of Alchemy, but also exchanges on the Dao of Talismans, exchanges on refining weapons, exchanges on formations...
Unlike Kunlun's alchemy competition, Tiandao Sect's Immortal Conference is not limited to Tiandao Sect disciples.
All the righteous sects, big or small, and independent cultivators can participate. During the conference, Tiandao Sect will provide the venue, materials, and rewards for various exchanges and competitions, which will also be borne solely by Tiandao Sect.
What kind of pattern and background is this?
Looking at the entire world of immortal cultivation, the only one that can do this is the Tiandao Sect.
Such a grand event is not only an exchange meeting, but also an opportunity to demonstrate the strength of the sect. It is said that after the Xiandao Conference every year, many people who have witnessed the strength of the Tiandao Sect will leave their own sects and join the Tiandao Sect, including disciples from major sects such as Kunlun Shushan.
The Tiandao Sect is a very strange sect.
In terms of alchemy, he is not as good as Kunlun; in terms of weapon refining, he is not as good as Qingcheng; in terms of talismans, he is not as good as Maoshan; in terms of formation, he is not as good as Huashan; in terms of swordsmanship, he is not as good as Shushan. In each of them, he is not the best, but he is second to none.
If the full score for each path is 100, taking Kunlun as an example, Kunlun alchemy is 100, weapon refining is 20, talismans are 20, formations are 20, and swordsmanship may only be 10, with a total score of 170.
Qingcheng, Shushan, etc. have similar scores to Kunlun.
As for the Tiandao Sect, the points were eighty for alchemy, eighty for weapon refining, eighty for talismans, eighty for formations, and eighty for swordsmanship, for a total of four hundred. This was an absolute advantage, leaving the other sects far behind.
The actual numbers may fluctuate, but this is the general situation.
From this we can see that it is okay not to be the best in every subject, but it is best not to be too biased towards one subject.
However, although the Tiandao Sect is not as good as other sects in the arts of cultivating immortals, their strength in magic cultivation is unique and can be said to be far ahead of others. Other sects are far behind, which is why they can become the overlord of the immortal cultivation world.
There are three strong men in the Void Breaking Realm alone in the Tiandao Sect, and the number of those who have reached the Spiritual Transformation and Nascent Soul stage is several times that of other sects. It is precisely by this that the Tiandao Sect has secured its position as the number one sect in the world of immortal cultivation.
The Tiandao Sect attached great importance to this Immortal Conference, much more than the previous ones, because the Tiandao Sect had lost all face due to the Thousand Poison Cave incident, and they wanted to take this opportunity to regain the lost face.
After a while, Wang Daoxuan arrived here.
All the disciples greeted him.
Just like what Junior Sister Zheng said, the purpose of summoning everyone here this time was to inform them that they would go to Tiandao Sect to attend the Xiandao Conference in a month.
The Immortal Conference is called an exchange, but it is actually a competition. The top talents in various fields of the immortal cultivation world compete on the same stage in Tiandao Sect every five years. If one can stand out, even if he is an unknown person, he can become famous in the immortal cultivation world in a very short time.
Zhao Guangxuan, in the past, was a casual cultivator who defeated many alchemy geniuses from Kunlun and Tiandao Sect and won the alchemy competition at the Xiandao Conference. He was eventually noticed by Kunlun, who promised him a lot of resources before allowing him to join the sect.
For Kunlun, this competition is also very important. As a grand event for the entire immortal cultivation world, these big sects want to maintain their reputation and attract talented people to join, so they cannot miss every immortal conference.
This is how Kunlun gained the reputation of being the second best sect in the world of immortal cultivation.
Of course, the competition of magical powers is the business of magic practitioners like the Seven Sons of Kunlun.
Li Yu, Zheng Keqi and several others present were the sect's technical talents. Their mission was to obtain as many and as high rankings as possible in the alchemy competition for second-grade alchemists.
When Kunlun was at its most glorious, during the Tiandao Sect’s alchemy exchange, no matter whether they were of the first, second, or third rank, the top ten were all Kunlun disciples.
However, in today's Kunlun, although the number of fourth-grade alchemists absolutely crushes other sects, the younger generation, especially the second-grade alchemists, are not much stronger than the Tiandao Sect.
Over the years, Tiandao Sect has continuously absorbed talents. In the last exchange of second-grade alchemists, although Kunlun had five out of the top ten and won in the end, Tiandao Sect also had four people in the top ten, which was not much worse than Kunlun.
Li Yu recalled Song Zhixuan who came to disrupt the first-grade alchemist competition.
The other party's talent in alchemy is also terrifying.
Wang Daoxuan looked at everyone and said, "This time the sect sent you to Tiandao Sect to participate in the alchemy exchange. Do you have any objections?"
Everyone said, "We will follow the Master's orders."
As disciples of Kunlun, it is their responsibility and obligation to strive for honor for the sect. What's more, during this trip to Tiandao Sect, if they can get a place in the exchange meeting, they can not only get rewards from Tiandao Sect, but also rewards from the sect.
As long as one can enter the top ten, the sect will reward five Tuomai Pills at a time. If you get first place, the reward will be doubled. Together with the reward from the Tiandao Sect, there are a total of twenty Tuomai Pills, which is not a small number for anyone.
Of course, they could only think about twenty Tuomai Pills.
These pills are prepared entirely for someone.
He could easily make a top-grade Tongmai Pill, and in refining second-grade pills, he could compete with a fourth-grade alchemy master, and among the second-grade alchemists, no one had the strength to compete with him.
However, although they cannot compete for the first place, with their strength, they can still compete for the top five. If they can enter the top ten, the rewards from the Tiandao Sect, plus the extra rewards from the sect, will be no small amount.
After leaving Yuxu Peak and arriving at Yuzhu Peak, Li Yu learned that Jiang Li and Senior Sister Xu would also go on this trip to Tiandao Sect, but as Dharma practitioners.
At every Immortal Dao Conference, Kunlun would send two types of disciples to the Heavenly Dao Sect. One type was the Dharma cultivators, and the other type was the alchemists. As for the talisman masters and array masters, Kunlun's own level was not very good, so they would usually only send one or two people just for show...
Each sect has its own specialties, and their personnel configuration is similar to Kunlun , except that they send out formation masters, talisman masters, etc.
Jiang Li seemed very happy to be able to go out and play with Li Yu. She was jumping up and down all over. She was a lively person to begin with, and she had been suffocated after spending the past two years in Kunlun Cave Heaven.
One month passed in a flash.
At the gate of Kunlun Mountain, several large spiritual boats took off from the mountain and flew towards the east.
Li Yu stood on a spirit boat, holding Ling'er in his arms, while Zhou Zixuan was chatting and laughing with Jiang Li beside him.
This time he would be away for a month before returning, so in order not to delay his practice, he brought Senior Sister Zhou and Ling'er along as well.
In addition to the disciples who took part in the competition, there were also many ordinary disciples accompanying them, who were responsible for running errands, delivering messages, and doing some miscellaneous tasks. It was not a problem for Li Yu to bring one more person with him.
Li Yu was originally looking at the scenery at the bow of the boat. With a casual glance, he found a familiar figure among the disciples accompanying this spirit boat.
All in all, he hadn't seen Wu Tong for half a year.
After not seeing him for half a year, he actually succeeded in building his foundation. Judging from the clothes he was wearing, it seemed that he was in charge of managing these accompanying disciples.
Everyone in the world of cultivating immortals has their own luck. I don’t know how he got the extra Meridian Extension Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills.
Li Yu walked over and asked, "Why are you here too?"
Wu Tong said with longing: "The opportunity to go to Tiandao Sect is not always available. If I can enter the Tiandao Secret Realm once, I will have no regrets in my life and death..."
Li Yu took a look at his useless appearance and asked, "Is the Tiandao Sect really that good?"
Wu Tong said with emotion: "Of course, it was once the beacon of the world of immortal cultivation. Who wouldn't be proud to be a disciple of Tiandao Sect..."
Li Yu caught a key word and asked, "Once?"
Wu Tong said leisurely: "The former Tiandao Sect was truly a holy place in the hearts of countless immortal cultivators. It overthrew the harsh rule of the Tianyan Dynasty, repelled the invasion of another great world, drove the demons to the bitter cold land of the far north, and forced the ancient demon court to retreat to the southern border. It allowed the righteous immortal cultivators to occupy more than 80% of the secret caves and heavens. It can be said to be a beacon in the immortal cultivation world..."
"Then what?"
"Then it became what it is now..."
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Li Yu was of course very clear about the character of the Tiandao Sect now. Although the Tiandao Sect was powerful, it was also very domineering, causing complaints from all the major sects. If they were not unable to defeat the Tiandao Sect, they would have risen up long ago.
Li Yu was quite interested in the ancient secrets that Wu Tong told him. For example, he had never heard of the Tianyan Dynasty.
The Tiandao Sect repelled the invasion of another big world, but there was no record of this in the many ancient books he had read.
Wu Tong lived up to his name, he was extremely well-informed and knew a lot about things that happened thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago. It was not an exaggeration to call him a know-it-all. Anyway, on the way to Tiandao Sect, Li Yu had nothing to do anyway, so he listened to him talk about these secrets and learned some history at the same time.
In their current world, there actually existed a unified dynasty. All major sects, independent cultivators, and immortal cultivator organizations were under the harsh rule of that dynasty. The Tianyan Dynasty not only occupied all the secret realms of caves and heavens, but also did not allow immortal cultivators to touch the resources of the big world. It had the power of life and death over the immortal cultivators at that time.
Under the strong pressure of the Tianyan Dynasty, the immortal cultivators finally aroused strong resistance. After a war that lasted for hundreds of years, the righteous sects and the immortal cultivator organizations at that time paid an extremely painful price and finally overthrew the rule of the Tianyan Dynasty. The Tianyan royal family fled to other worlds, and various secret realms connected to the big world were divided by the Tiandao Sect and other sects. However, they did not restrict other immortal cultivators from using the resources of the big world. The golden age of immortal cultivation has since begun.
Afterwards, the Tiandao Sect led the righteous cultivators to repel the invasion of another great world, and in the wars with the evil spirits and the demon court, drove them into a barren land with scarce resources, thus establishing the current status of the Eastern Taoism.
At that time, the Tiandao Sect was undoubtedly the leader of the righteous path and the only beacon in the world of immortal cultivation.
It is completely different from the current tyrannical Tiandao Sect.
Wu Tong leaned against the cabin and said with emotion: "The ancestors of the Tiandao Sect, some ascended to heaven, some returned to the abyss. I wonder what they would think if they knew that their descendants would turn the Tiandao Sect into another Tianyan Dynasty..."
Li Yu didn't say anything. When that time really comes, perhaps a new "Tian Dao Sect" will emerge. History has always been a cycle.
However, the current Tiandao Sect is not as excessive as the Tianyan Dynasty, and is still a holy place in the eyes of immortal cultivators.
During this trip to the Tiandao Sect, the sect sent several Nascent Soul ancestors to accompany and protect them. The spirit boat was extremely fast and they arrived at the Tiandao Secret Realm in just one day.
The spirit boat slowly descended. Li Yu stood at the bow and looked down. What he saw was a huge city. This city was more magnificent than any city Li Yu had ever seen. There were all kinds of tall buildings. Occasionally, there was a flash of green light in the sky around the city. It was an oversized spirit gathering formation. Li Yu had some knowledge of formations. With such a large spirit gathering formation set up, the spiritual energy within a thousand miles would probably be attracted.
This formation seemed to only gather spirits and had no protective function. But it made sense when you thought about it. The Tiandao Sect was right here, so why did they need any protection? In this world, there was no one or any force that could threaten the Tiandao Sect.
Kunlun’s spirit boat landed at the gate of a city.
No matter who you are, you must enter Tiandao City through the city gate. This is the rule set by the Tiandao Sect.
Various auspicious beasts were carved on the huge city gate. An elder who had a yin-yang fish embroidered on his chest was already waiting at the gate, and he politely led everyone from Kunlun in.
Entering the city gate, the first thing that catches your eye is the spacious and clean streets. On both sides of the streets are various tall buildings. It is a bit like the Zixiao Peak Market in Kunlun, but much larger in scale.
Li Yu used the Qi-gazing technique to look at it, and his eyes were filled with colorful tracks of magic power. Most of them were from the Qi-refining and foundation-building stages, there were also some in the Golden Core stage, and he even saw someone in the Nascent Soul stage.
It turns out that all the people in this city are cultivators.
Most of Kunlun's alchemy and magic geniuses were not coming to Tiandao City for the first time, so their expressions were relatively normal. However, many of the deacons and disciples who were accompanying them were coming here for the first time, and each of them had a look of shock on their face.
Kunlun Cave Heaven is quite impressive, but compared with this magnificent city, it is like a remote mountain village.
Li Yu could also understand why some disciples from large sects would quit their sects and join the Tiandao Sect after coming here once. This city was indeed extremely attractive to immortal cultivators.
The concentration of spiritual energy in this city alone is comparable to that of Kunlun Cave Heaven, and even better.
Due to the fame of the Tiandao Sect, many immortal cultivators are willing to pay high amounts of spirit coins every year just to be able to live in this Tiandao City.
In the center of Tiandao City, there is a mountain that towers into the clouds. Rows of palace-like buildings are located on the mountain. All the people of Kunlun were placed in a palace on the mountainside.
The immortal exchange will only begin tomorrow. After settling down, Jiang Li suggested going to Tiandao City for a stroll.
When women go shopping, men have nothing to do. Jiang Li, Zhou Zixuan and Xu Qingxin are walking in front, while Li Yu is holding Ling'er and following slowly behind.
Along the way, Li Yu was also frightened.
There are probably more immortal cultivators in Tiandao City than mortals in ordinary cities. Although these people are not disciples of Tiandao Sect, they are all contributing to the Sect. Not only do they have to pay high amounts of spirit coins to live here, but the taxes for doing business here are also extremely high. Even so, this place still attracts many talents.
Walking along the street, Li Yu saw all kinds of shops.
There are people selling elixirs, talismans, magic tools, and mechanical beasts. And unlike the ones in Kunlun where all the goods are sold uniformly by the sect, most of the shops here are private. Li Yu glanced at the prices. The goods here are generally more expensive than those sold in the sect, and the price of elixirs can even be sold at twice as much.
There are also many people who don't have spirit coins to rent a shop, so they just set up a small stall on the ground, selling everything, spiritual medicine, purple gold, star iron, monster blood and fur, all kinds of supplies, everything you can think of...
There is only one kind of currency for transactions in Tiandao City, which is Lingbi. This currency is issued by Tiandao Sect. It avoids the trouble of cultivators bartering, but it also makes everyone work for Tiandao Sect.
There are also taverns and teahouses in Tiandao City, but the things they serve are definitely spiritual wine and tea, and they are very expensive.
Li Yu even saw a brothel. Some female cultivators dressed seductively stood at the door, posing and flirting like prostitutes. However, the prices were not cheap. The lowest-end one cost one hundred spirit coins. If the beauty was good, it could reach thousands. If she was proficient in the secret art of dual cultivation, it could even reach three to five thousand spirit coins. Ordinary cultivators could not afford it at all.
Even so, there were still many people coming in and out of the brothel. There was no shortage of rich people in both the secular world and the world of immortal cultivation.
The three women entered a magic weapon and jewelry shop owned by a female cultivator. Li Yu was waiting outside holding Ling'er, and her ears were filled with shouting and hawking sounds.
"A ripe Peiyuan fruit costs one hundred spirit coins."
"Selling various first-level talismans, large quantities will be discounted..."
"Middle-grade first-level Qi-recovering and Yuan-preserving pills, eight hundred spirit coins per bottle!"
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The city of immortal cultivators is similar to that of mortals, and is filled with the atmosphere of the market.
At a certain moment, a slightly familiar voice suddenly reached Li Yu's ears, making him slightly startled.
"Tongmai Pills are on sale at a low price. Don't miss it if you pass by. The original price of Tongmai Pills is 2,000 spirit coins, but now it's only 1,500 spirit coins. First come, first served, while they're sold out..."
An old voice coming from not far away made Li Yu feel slightly familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
He soon recalled that at the stall on Feilai Peak, he was cheated by an old guy who used Qi Gathering Pills to impersonate Tongmai Pills, and became the laughing stock of other disciples. The old guy's voice was exactly the same as the one he heard just now.
He almost thought that the old guy had tricked his way from Kunlun Cave Heaven to Tiandao City. However, when Li Yu turned , he found that the person squatting on the ground not far away and hawking goods was not the old man.
He recognized the wrong person.
Kunlun started out as a alchemy practitioner, and the price of Tongmai Pills was cheap, with one pill costing one thousand spirit coins. However, outside of Kunlun, one Tongmai Pill cost two thousand spirit coins and was often hard to come by. The old man offered fifteen hundred spirit coins for one pill and was instantly surrounded by several passers-by in the Qi Refining stage.
"Only 1,500 spirit coins?"
"Why is your Tongmai Pill so cheap?"
“It can’t be fake, right?”
Facing the doubts of the crowd, the old man sighed and said, "I used all my life savings to buy these Tongmai Pills for my grandson. Unfortunately, my grandson died young and had no chance to become an immortal. I can only sell these Tongmai Pills at a low price..."
Not far away, Li Yu's expression froze.
Although the two people look different, their voices are extremely similar, and their excuses for selling Tongmai Dan at a low price are also similar.
Li Yu recalled it again, it's not almost the same, not a single word has been changed!
There is no such coincidence in the world. This old man is definitely the old fellow who sold him the fake Tongmai Pill at Feilai Peak!
