Chapter 126: First appearance on the Tianjiao list
Tiandao City, Kunlun’s headquarters.
The alchemy competition has ended for two days, but until now, the competition two days ago is still a hot topic among everyone in Tiandao City.
It is absolutely unprecedented for a second-grade alchemist to win first place in the third-grade alchemy competition.
It also allowed everyone to see a rising star in the Dao of Alchemy.
In this Immortal Dao Conference, all the major sects were suppressed by the Tian Dao Sect even in their own areas of expertise, and they were completely overshadowed.
But Kunlun was an accident.
The first place in the five competitions, second-level formation master, third-level formation master, second-level spirit beast, second-level alchemist, and third-level alchemist, was all taken by Kunlun, or to be more precise, by Li Yu.
He alone won all the honors for Kunlun in the Immortal Conference.
Even in the alchemy exchanges, in the three competitions, the number of people from Kunlun who entered the top ten was not as many as those from the Tiandao Sect. However, the brilliance of one person was too dazzling, overshadowing all the disciples of the Tiandao Sect.
As long as Li Yu is there, Kunlun will remain the insurmountable peak in the path of alchemy.
According to rumors, a resolution has been passed within Kunlun.
That is, every month, Kunlun will set aside a certain amount of resources to allow Li Yu to practice the Five Spiritual Veins to the peak of the Five Spiritual Veins Foundation Establishment within a year. Not only that, even his Taoist partner will be able to receive additional resources and will be able to reach the perfection of the Foundation Establishment within three years. His treatment is comparable to that of the most core disciples in the sect.
This news was not unexpected.
If Kunlun doesn't show any expression towards a disciple who is both capable and loyal to the sect, who would be willing to go to Kunlun?
Even if Li Yu joined the Tiandao Sect immediately, people would not think there was anything wrong.
It’s not that he betrayed Kunlun, but that Kunlun is not worthy of having such a disciple.
Obviously, Kunlun was also very clear about this. Therefore, in the Yuxu Palace, when Kunlun's head master Wang Daoxuan once again proposed to withhold some resources every month to allow Li Yu to form the Dan first, none of the dozens of Nascent Soul ancestors objected.
No one dared to object.
If, because of their opposition, Li Yu becomes disheartened and completely disappointed with Kunlun and chooses to join the Tiandao Sect, they will be the sinners of the sect, and no one wants to take the blame.
Because, not long after the exchange of alchemy ended, Tiandao Sect sent another message. If Li Yu was willing to join Tiandao Sect, in addition to the conditions promised to him before, there would be a powerful god-transforming master who would accept him as a disciple. Tiandao Sect would even select several dual cultivation partners with outstanding talents and looks for him to speed up his future cultivation speed through the dual cultivation method...
Such conditions would be difficult to refuse, even for the most loyal disciples of Kunlun.
Now the pressure is on Kunlun.
If they didn't say anything, not only would no genius be willing to join the sect, but the talented disciples inside might not be retained. Therefore, even if this decision would harm the interests of those Nascent Soul ancestors, they could only accept it with a pinch of their noses...
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Li Yu slept soundly. In the past few days, he participated in two battle formation competitions and two alchemy competitions. He was exhausted both physically and mentally. He relied on the pills to keep him going. After refining the last batch of Tuomai Pills, he was really tired and didn't want to move. He simply fainted half-truthfully...
He didn't know what happened after that.
He slept for two whole days. After waking up, he learned from Jiang Li and Zhou Zixuan that the world of immortal cultivation had not been peaceful in the past two days.
The five alchemists from Kunlun left Kunlun on the same day and joined the Tiandao Sect, which caused a great response in various sects. The Tiandao Sect usually competed with various sects for disciples openly or secretly, and poached the sect's talents, but this was the first time that it reached out to the Jindan elders of various sects.
If they can do this to Kunlun, they can also do the same to Emei, Shushan or other sects.
In fact, the Tiandao Sect also did this.
In the past, the Tiandao Sect only accepted disciples with outstanding talents, or special talents with extraordinary attainments in the art of elixirs, weapons, talismans, and formations. Two days ago, they announced to the immortal cultivation world that anyone with a cultivation level above the Golden Core Stage, or someone with outstanding talents, could join the Tiandao Sect and practice in the Tiandao Secret Realm.
Each sect responded as soon as they received the news.
Within one day, all major sects adjusted their sect rules. No matter whether they were disciples or elders, they could no longer leave the sect at will. Otherwise, it would be regarded as treason and would be dealt with according to the sect rules.
This is mainly aimed at those talented disciples and elders above the Jindan stage.
They are different from ordinary disciples. The sect has poured countless resources into them, but in the end they are training disciples for other sects. No one wants to be the scapegoat.
It is not impossible for core disciples who enjoy the sect’s resources for free to leave the sect if they want to. They just need to return double the various cultivation resources they have obtained from the sect over the years.
There are similar restrictions for the Jindan elders in the sect.
Although this move would not completely cut off their possibility of leaving the sect, it would still make them or the Tiandao Sect pay a huge price.
As for ordinary disciples, they are not restricted by this rule. Their resources are all exchanged for spirit coins by themselves, and are not provided for free by the sect. Although they still enjoy the sect's welfare invisibly, the sects are also very generous and let them decide whether to stay or leave.
However, even if these ordinary disciples wanted to join the Tiandao Sect, the Tiandao Sect would not accept them.
There is another thing, which is about Li Yu himself.
Two days ago, after a proposal by the head master and discussion by the elders, the sect decided to provide him with thirty Tuomai Pills for free every month. Not only Li Yu, but also Zhou Zixuan can get three Tuomai Pills for free from the sect every month.
With his current level of cultivation, if he takes thirty Tuomai Pills every month, he will be able to cultivate all five spiritual veins to the perfection of foundation building in less than a year.
And it took Zhou Zixuan less than two and a half years to cultivate a single spiritual vein to perfection in building the foundation.
Although this speed is slower than what the Tiandao Sect promised, Kunlun only produces about 200 Tuomai Pills per month, and one sixth of them has to be used on them, which is already very difficult.
No other talented disciple, not even the Seven Sons of Kunlun and Jiang Li of the Tianling Vein, had ever received such treatment.
Such generous treatment, even the treatment of the Taoist companions was comparable to that of the most core disciples, but no one thought it was inappropriate.
Even the Tiandao Sect has recognized his ability and value. If Kunlun still has no expression, it would be too ignorant. Moreover, based on Li Yu's contribution to this Xiandao Conference, he fully deserves it.
At this moment, in front of Li Yu, there were three jade boxes containing a total of sixty Tuomai Pills.
Thirty of them are fixed rewards given by the sect for the second-level formation master competition, the second-level spirit beast master competition, and the second-level alchemy master competition. The other thirty are the shares of Tuomai Pills provided free of charge by the sect this month, which he obtained in exchange for his contributions in the five competitions.
In addition, the Tiandao Sect also sent someone to deliver the pregnancy-pregnancy pill that was used in the third-level alchemy competition.
For such a large sect, no matter how precious the pregnancy pill is, it cannot compare to the sect’s reputation.
A sect can be domineering and overbearing, and can bully others, but if its credibility collapses, it will no longer have a place in the world of immortal cultivation.
Li Yu put away the pregnancy pill and began to purify and take the Tuomai Pill.
It took him three full days to finish taking all the pills.
Taking so many pills at once, even if they are top-grade, will accumulate a lot of pill poison. He took a whole bottle of detoxification pills alone.
At this moment, his five spiritual veins have been widened nearly thirty times. The magic power of each spiritual vein is comparable to the middle stage of foundation building. The magic power of the five spiritual veins added together is close to the peak of double spiritual veins foundation building.
This trip to Tiandao Sect was really fruitful.
Li Yu got off the bed and stretched his body. The powerful magic power of his spiritual vein made him unable to fully adapt for a while.
While he was refining the elixir, the competition among the practitioners of magic had already begun. There were a large number of participants in this competition, which would last for half a month. Jiang Li and Senior Sister Xu had both gone to the competition site, and there were not many people at the Kunlun base. Only Zhou Zixuan was here to accompany him.
After leaving Kunlun, they were always participating in this competition or that competition, and there were many people around them, so the two of them seldom had the chance to be alone.
Naturally, they couldn't waste this rare time alone together. After practicing the Yin-Yang Sutra several times and spending some time together, they left the Kunlun base and flew towards the mountain above.
The location of the magic competition is at the peak of the mountain where the headquarters of each sect are located. The previous exchanges on formations, talismans, refining, and alchemy are just the foreplay of the Immortal Conference. The competition between the geniuses of each sect is the climax of every Immortal Conference.
The competitions in formation, talisman and alchemy last from half a day to three to five days, while the last one lasts for half a month. It not only has the largest number of participants, but also attracts the most attention.
Those who can stand out in this competition and make it onto the list of geniuses are all geniuses of the younger generation in each faction.
It only takes a moment to go from obscurity to fame.
Not everyone with a high level of cultivation can participate in this competition. Although there are no requirements for strength in the competition for the Tianjiao List, anyone who has practiced Qi Refining, Foundation Building, or Golden Core can all be included, but the age of the contestant cannot be over 30 years old.
The protagonists competing for the Tianjiao List are the geniuses of the younger generation of each sect. They represent the future of each major sect.
For the disciples of Kunlun, this Immortal Conference will also give birth to the new Seven Sons of Kunlun.
The positions of the Seven Sons of Kunlun are not fixed. When they are over 30 years old, they will automatically lose their titles. If they lose in the competition for the Prodigy List of the Immortal Conference, their positions will be taken away by stronger people.
In this Immortal Conference, the positions of the Seven Sons of Kunlun will definitely change. With her cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage, Jiang Li can easily enter the top of the Prodigy List, but no one knows who will be replaced by her.
The geniuses from other sects, such as the Ten Saints of Heaven, the Seven Swordsmen of Shushan, the Four Beauties of Emei, etc., also need to rank high on the list of geniuses in this competition in order to keep their positions.
And they are naturally the focus of everyone's attention.
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan flew to the top of the mountain hand in hand. Before they landed, they saw a huge water curtain floating in the void.
Above the water curtain, light was flowing, with names on it. Those were the top 1,000 names on the Tianjiao list of this Immortal Conference as of now. Among them, the names of the top 100 were much larger and more colorful.
There are many geniuses competing for the Tianjiao Ranking. Disciples from various sects with some strength will try. There are also some independent cultivators and small and medium-sized sects with good talents and strength who want to show their faces in the competition. If they are noticed by the big sects, their future cultivation path will definitely be smooth sailing...
Li Yu saw Senior Sister Qin's name at first sight.
Because her name is listed first.
Looking at the entire world of immortal cultivation, even if the many geniuses of the Tiandao Sect are included, she is a unique existence. Strictly speaking, she is not unique, but only the demon girl can be her opponent.
The second to tenth names are all disciples of the Tiandao Sect, and Wang Heng’s name is ranked eleventh.
The list of geniuses in the Fa Xiu is actually a ranking of the strength of the disciples of the Tian Dao Sect. As far as Li Yu knows, the Ten Saints of the Tian Dao, without exception, all practiced the Five Spiritual Veins, and were all pushed to the Golden Core Stage by the Tian Dao Sect's elixirs. Other sects simply cannot compare with them.
Except for Qin Keren who ranks first, the names of the next ten, the Ten Saints of Heaven, are listed in order, without missing a single one.
Xu Qingxin's dual spiritual veins golden elixir ranked twelfth. She had come out of seclusion during the two days when Li Yu fell asleep. After refining the bottle of Yi Mu spiritual marrow, her wood spiritual veins also successfully formed an elixir. With the strength of the dual spiritual veins golden elixir, she was second only to the Ten Saints of Heaven.
Shangguan Hao of Shushan ranks thirteenth.
Bai Qingying of Emei is ranked fourteenth, and Jiang Li follows right after Bai Qingying at fifteenth. These are also all the Jindan stage disciples among the younger generation of disciples from various sects.
Except for the Tiandao Sect and the three giants of Kunlun, Emei and Shushan, it is almost impossible for other sects to cultivate the Golden Core stage before the age of thirty, especially the Five Spirit Veins Golden Core. This is not a competition of talent, but of resources.
If it weren't for Kunlun and Qin Keren's outstanding performance, the top ten on the Tianjiao list would all be disciples of the Tiandao Sect.
Apart from a few Heavenly Rank masters from these sects, the last few in the top twenty were all from the Tiandao Sect. In front of each name on the water curtain, there was the logo of their respective sect. Li Yu took a quick look and found that the Tiandao Sect occupied 60% of the top 100 names on the Tianjiao List.
Kunlun ranks second.
Among them, Senior Sister Qin ranked first, Senior Sister Xu ranked twelfth, and Jiang Li ranked fifteenth. After these three, Lu Xingzhou ranked thirty-second, Hua Yun ranked fifty-sixth, and Wang Zhi ranked eighty-third. After that, the names of Kunlun disciples could no longer be seen in the top 100 of the Tianjiao List.
Lu Xingzhou's strength is probably at the peak of the three spiritual veins foundation building stage, and he is not even in the top 30. Most of those before him are disciples of the Tiandao Sect who cultivate the four or five spiritual veins.
The talents of these disciples may not be that good, but the Tiandao Sect controls many secret realms and caves, and has extremely abundant resources. Their purpose in training these disciples is to dominate the Tianjiao List.
Of course, in various low-level secret realms, disciples with multiple spiritual veins have no rivals at all, which makes it easier for them to seize various resources.
After taking a quick look at the list of geniuses, Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan came to Kunlun's location and reunited with Jiang Li and Xu Qingxin.
Li Yu touched Jiang Li's head, then bowed to Xu Qingxin and said, "Congratulations, Senior Sister Xu."
Xu Qingxin said: "I have to thank you. If it weren't for your bottle of Yimu Spirit Essence, I wouldn't have formed the second golden elixir so quickly."
Li Yu waved his hand and said, "We are a family, why should we be polite?"
Xu Qingxin looked at Li Yu and asked, "Do you want to give it a try? With your current strength, you have a chance to enter the top 100. If you can be listed on the Tianjiao list, you will definitely become the new Seven Sons of Kunlun. Before you form a pill, the sect will provide you with three extra Tuomai Pills every month."
Li Yu already has a lot of Tuomai Pills every month, but he wouldn't mind a few more.
Moreover, he also wanted to know how his current strength ranked compared to those geniuses from various factions.
The competition for the Tianjiao Ranking is also in the form of an illusion trial. This method will not cause any injuries and will save time. Multiple people competing at the same time will not affect each other. During this half month, no matter if they are disciples of major sects, or independent cultivators and disciples of small sects, everyone has a chance to take part in the trial.
However, because there are too many people participating, disciples from large sects have special passages, while independent cultivators and disciples from small and medium-sized sects have to queue up in order.
Li Yu received a jade token from the elder in charge of Kunlun and waited in front of a suspended scroll. In front of him were several disciples from major sects. Coincidentally, Li Yu actually saw a familiar face here.
On the first day he came to Tiandao City, he had a conflict with this person.
This man's name was Luo Yan. He originally wanted to force Ling'er to buy her, but later he could not withstand the public anger, so he left in disgrace with the female cultivator in front of everyone .
Luo Yan's strength is actually not weak. He is at the peak of the late stage of the Three Spiritual Veins Foundation Establishment. If a fight had really broken out at that time, without the use of high-level talismans, Li Yu would most likely have suffered a loss.
However, this is a different time. After more than half a month, Li Yu's strength has undergone earth-shaking changes. Even if his magic power is not as strong as his, he is not afraid at all if they really fight.
Luo Yan didn't expect to meet Li Yu here.
These days, Li Yu is undoubtedly the most popular figure in Tiandao City. He is the first in both the formation exchange and the alchemy exchange. Luo Yan feels jealous and angry when he sees him achieve these achievements.
The grudge between the two was not just about that one incident.
In the third-level formation master competition, the bottle of Yi Mu spiritual essence was originally prepared for him by his father. With that bottle of Yi Mu spiritual essence, Luo Yan would be able to form a golden elixir before this competition.
At that time, with his strength in the Jindan stage, he could at least enter the top 15 of the Tianjiao List.
But he never expected that the bottle of spiritual essence would eventually be taken away by Li Yu.
This would delay his Dan-forming date by at least five years.
Now he got angry when he saw Li Yu. When the previous contestant came out, Luo Yan took the jade token in his hand and stepped decisively into the scroll.
If he could enter the top 30 of the Tianjiao list, the sect would have powerful gods to help him compress his magic power. He would be able to form a pill quickly without the Yimu spiritual marrow, which would make up for the loss last time.
After Luo Yan from the Tiandao Sect entered the competition space, the atmosphere around him immediately became lighthearted.
Although Li Yu did not know the young talents from other sects who were participating in the competition, he still had a good chat with them.
After an unknown amount of time, Luo Yan appeared outside the competition space.
There were also some fluctuations in the higher positions on the Tianjiao list.
Luo Yan from Tiandao Sect, ranked 30th on the Tianjiao List.
The appearance of this name caused quite a stir around.
This is the Tiandao Sect. As for the disciples from other sects who can enter the top 100 of the Tianjiao List, they are all core disciples among the core disciples. People from other sects may have heard of them, but they have never even heard of Luo Yan, who ranks 30th on the Tianjiao List.
Too many geniuses in the Tiandao Sect were overshadowed by the brilliance of the Ten Saints of Tiandao.
Seeing his name, Luo Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was stuck at 30th place, the geniuses from various sects had already participated in the competition, and there would be basically no changes in the top 100 positions on the genius list.
Following Luo Yan, Li Yu also entered the competition space with a sign.
As soon as he entered the competition space, an opponent at the peak of Qi Refining with a single spiritual vein appeared in front of him. Li Yu killed him instantly with a thunder spell. The next opponent then appeared, and the fluctuations emanating from his body were equivalent to those of a person at the peak of Qi Refining with two spiritual veins.
To deal with an opponent whose strength is far inferior to one's own, thunder magic is the most convenient. Li Yu made his move again and again, and the opponents that appeared in the illusion also improved the peak of Qi refining with five spiritual veins. They were all easily solved by Li Yu. The opponent that appeared again already had the mana fluctuations of the foundation-building period.
Anyone can participate in the competition for the Tianjiao List, from Qi Refining to Golden Core. In order to take into account the experience of most people, the strength of the opponents created by the illusion progresses step by step from Qi Refining to Foundation Building and then to Golden Core.
If an opponent in the Jindan stage appears at the very beginning, except for a few geniuses, everyone else will have no experience.
With Li Yu's current strength, after defeating the single spiritual vein foundation building peak and double spiritual vein foundation building peak in succession, he has already felt some difficulty.
In this competition, each opponent is stronger than the previous one. The stronger the opponent you defeat, the higher your ranking on the Tianjiao List. It is not about just seeking speed. On the contrary, the longer you can persist in the illusion, the more your strength is reflected.
Facing an opponent who was at the peak of the three spiritual veins foundation building stage, Li Yu knew that his magic power was slightly inferior to that of the opponent, so he decisively abandoned his spells and chose close combat, making it impossible for the opponent to cast spells. Finally, he unexpectedly used his martial arts true energy, and a stream of energy pierced his throat, causing the figure to slowly dissipate.
However, the next opponent that appeared was equivalent to the peak of the Four Spiritual Veins Foundation Establishment, which doubled his pressure.
With his proficiency in various spells and martial arts, Li Yu finally passed this level successfully, but all his magic power was exhausted. He was unable to deal with the newly appeared and stronger opponent, and was unfortunately defeated in one move.
Although he knows a lot, his lack of magic power cannot make up for it, and for the time being he is not a match for those at the peak of the Five Spirit Veins Foundation Establishment.
As Li Yu appeared in the real space, a fluctuation appeared again on the calm list of geniuses.
A new name appeared at the 26th position on the Tianjiao list.
"Li Yu, it's him again!"
"He actually made it to the Tianjiao Ranking, and is even in the top 30!"
"He is number 26 on the Tianjiao list. He must be at least at the peak of the four spiritual veins and be proficient in all kinds of spells. Didn't he just establish his foundation not long ago?"
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The crowd was talking about it. A person's energy is limited, but someone who has studied formations and alchemy in depth could actually make it into the top 30 of the Tianjiao list. Such a well-rounded talent may not appear once in hundreds of years.
In the crowd, Luo Yan watched his name change from thirty to thirty-one. His expression gradually became dull. The golden elixir that was so close to him was slowly moving away from him.
Somewhere on the stands, Xu Qingxin smiled. She guessed that Li Yu should be able to enter the top 100, but she still underestimated his strength.
Lu Xingzhou looked at that name with a complicated expression. Li Yu was ranked 26th on the Tianjiao List. His ranking was higher than his.
Doesn’t this mean that he is no longer a match for Li Yu?
Thinking back to a few years ago, the person from Baiyun Temple who had just entered the Qi Refining Stage, whom he had completely disdained, has now surpassed him, who was one of the Seven Sons of Kunlun at the time, and become the new Seven Sons of Kunlun, which makes him feel extremely complicated.
But at this time, he no longer had the same attitude towards Li Yu as before.
He admitted that he didn't like Li Yu before.
But when he saw Li Yu challenge many third-grade alchemists for the honor of the sect, and his mind was extremely exhausted and he fainted on the spot, all he had left in his heart was admiration...
