Once the number of people in the team exceeds twenty, it is often difficult to cover up the traces.
If the number exceeds fifty, unless there are special people who are good at covering up traces, or they are specifically traveling through deep mountains and old forests with few human traces, it will be almost impossible to cover up the traces of the team.
At this time, the number of people in this team marching in the dense forest was close to two hundred, so it was naturally impossible to cover up their traces.
What's more, this is the Shiwanshan Mountains that the Nanzhou Monster Clan has managed for thousands of years. As monsters like tree spirits, they are familiar with every plant and tree here. I'm afraid even if there are only a dozen people, it's not enough for them.
As bright as a fire in the night.
Shangguan Xin understood this quite well, so she didn't bother to cover up the traces of her team.
As long as there were not more than three demon kings coming, she thought she could still protect this team with her strength.
Perhaps he was a monk from the martial arts lineage, and he was very vigorous in doing things. Shangguan Xin did not stay too long, and soon led the team on their way back.
I don’t know if it’s because the war methods in the First Era were relatively simple, or if it’s Shangguan Xin’s personal problem.
For her, there is obviously no concept of investigation.
Compared with Wang Yuanji's tactical literacy, Shangguan Xin is much simpler and cruder: she circles a wave of soldiers and then goes up with A.
But what Su Anran couldn't understand was why such a rough operation made the surviving monks feel extremely excited and high in morale. He really couldn't understand. After all, these monks present had just
After escaping from the ancient battlefield of Netherworld, almost everyone was injured, and all the elixirs on his body were used up. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "the mountain is exhausted".
"Can't understand?"
Walking at the front of the team, Shangguan Xin glanced at Su Anran, who had a confused look on his face, and then chuckled.
"Yes." Su Anran nodded.
In front of her senior sister, Su Anran felt that there was no need to pretend.
If you don't understand the problem, you just don't understand.
"They just need someone to stand up. This person should be very strong, strong enough to give them hope. Even just a glimmer is enough."
Shangguan Xin's voice was very soft, but what she said made Su Anran feel incredible.
"Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple."
Shangguan Xin blinked: "Perhaps it's a little hard for you to understand. Let me put it in a simpler way... They need someone who can take the blame, and I happen to be that person, so they appear to be
The morale is high. But as long as we fail to win the first battle, these people will definitely become losers. If I only have the cultivation level of you, my junior brother, once I lose, they will start to blame me."
"Then why, Second Senior Sister, do you take the initiative to take over?"
Shangguan Xin stretched out two fingers.
Her fingers are long and slender, and her skin is delicate and smooth. Although she is a martial arts monk and has practiced boxing, she has no obvious phalanges on her hands.
Very nice.
"Two reasons." Shangguan Xin said slowly, "The first is that they are all pillars of the human race... Maybe not before, but after experiencing the Netherworld Ancient Battlefield, these people's cultivation, knowledge, etc.,
They will all improve, and soon there will be a leap forward in strength, and quite a few of them will become immortals because their upper limit of shackles has been broken."
Su Anran looked back at the group of refugee-like monks behind her with a strange expression.
These monks are generally disciples from the Seventy-Two Sect, and there are very few disciples from the Thirty-Six Sect. And even the disciples from the Seventy-two Sect are mostly ordinary disciples, not the group who have been specially trained by the sect.
The core disciples, at most the leading ones, can be considered relatively famous direct disciples.
But that was before that.
After experiencing the incident in the Netherworld Ancient Battlefield, the strength of these monks has been more or less improved to a considerable extent.
Especially after finally entering the mausoleum, the dozens of monks who were lucky enough not to die under Jiuliyou's tentacles all received a great deal of life breath, and all the shackles of their own cultivation realm were broken.
The strength can at least improve to a big level.
And it just so happens that this group of people are basically at the Soul Condensing Realm, so this is why Shangguan Xin said that "a considerable number of people are immune to earthly immortality."
"Then Second Senior Sister...what about the second reason?"
"I am powerful enough to make them despair."
Su Anran was stunned for a moment.
It suddenly dawned on me.
People will only blame the weak, but they will never blame the strong.
It's not that I can't, but I don't dare.
Especially since this strong man doesn't like to reason very much.
"Junior brother, cultivation is the foundation of everything." Shangguan Xin patted Su Anran's shoulder meaningfully, "Our Taiyi Valley can run rampant in the Xuan Realm without being exterminated, except for the old man who is strong enough to help us block it.
Apart from the initial ups and downs, what’s more important is that there are no mediocre people in our generation... But junior brother, you don’t have to worry too much, our senior sisters will have no problem raising you for the rest of your life.”
Su Anran was speechless.
He found that every senior sister seemed to be hinting that he didn't need to work too hard, even if he was just a salted fish like Huang Zi, it would be okay.
Anyway, Taiyigu can afford it.
But in fact, Su Anran really wanted to tell the second senior sister that he was no longer trying his best, but was instead constantly suppressing his own cultivation.
If not, he can now directly jump to the Soul Condensing Realm Suppression Stage and completely join the ranks of the top masters in the Xuan Realm.
After all, there is another domain element in him that can be absorbed directly.
"It has been more than two hundred years since I left Taiyi Valley. Counting the time, it should be almost time for the next Heavenly Dao to return." As if thinking of something, Shangguan Xin asked, "This time, we in Taiyi Valley will also return."
Finally, someone can go to the Fairy Palace feast."
"The return of heaven?"
"Eh? Don't you know?" Shangguan Xin looked strange, "Didn't the old man tell you?"
Su Anran shook his head.
"Oh." Shangguan Xin responded, "You should know the forty-nine laws of heaven, right?"
"The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is ninety-nine, so it is called the number of Dayan, and one of them escapes." Su Anran thought for a while, and then said, "The general idea is that the number of changes in the way of heaven is fifty.
But forty-nine of them are the result of changes in heaven and earth, and only one of them is not the result of changes in heaven and earth, so there is a saying that there is a glimmer of hope, also called variables, which are nodes that can be predicted by human power."
"Yes." Shangguan Xin nodded, "So the destiny born from heaven and earth in the Xuan Realm will be reset every five hundred years. What we monks call earning a little bit of destiny and destiny is this heavenly way.
Luck, but even if you win it, it can only bless you for five hundred years... To be precise, it is four hundred and ninety-nine years. The last year is disordered because it involves the theory of the return of heaven.
It’s chaotic, and this is also the time when all parties are most cautious.”
"Why?"
"In order to prevent competitors from snatching luck and creating a son of luck, in this last year, let alone the interference of the demon clan, even the human race is extremely bloody. After all, there is only so much luck, one less one
If people fight for it, they will naturally get more." Shangguan Xin
He said slowly, "Of course, this does not mean that this is the last resort... Generally, people who have won this destiny will be called the son of destiny in the Xuan world. Of course, you just need to listen to this statement, nor
You need to take it seriously, after all, I don’t know if the old man is deceiving me."
Shangguan Xin shrugged, and then continued: "But all in all, people with such great luck are not really invincible. As long as you are smart enough or strong enough, you can still kill the opponent and win over the opponent.
The luck of the body has been snatched away by conspirators... The evil cultivators and external demons in the Xuan Realm are most keen on such methods, so even if you really win a share of luck in the future, little junior brother, don't be careless."
"Yes." Su Anran obeyed the instruction, "Then... what does this have to do with the Yaochi Banquet in the Fairy Palace?"
"The Fairy Palace is very smart." Shangguan Xin smiled.
But Su Anran could tell that when her second senior sister mentioned the Fairy Palace, her tone and attitude seemed quite disdainful.
"They don't compete with other monks in the Xuan Realm for this so-called luck, but they will seek an opportunity for their sect by getting to know the proud sons of various sects and families." Shangguan Xin said slowly, "You
You should know that once someone wins a bit of destiny, it will definitely be fed back to their sect, family and even their descendants, right?"
Su Anran suddenly thought of Kong Ling and Qing Yu.
Qingyu, like Luo Na and Ao Wei, were all talents cultivated by the Demon Alliance for the next five hundred years of destiny struggle.
It's just that now the tool man Ao Wei has grown up, and that idiot Qingyu has been turned into a waste by himself.
It is precisely because of this that there are more people in the Demon League who are ready to take action: for example, the Dian Cang clan took advantage of the situation and launched the Kongling, putting the Kongling, which was originally a secret weapon, on the front. After all, if the Demon League does not want to spend the next five hundred years
If they were completely suppressed by the human race in 2007, they would have to hold their noses and recognize Kong Ling's identity. What's more, Kong Ling is still Huang Feifei's disciple, so the Demon Alliance's move can be regarded as indirectly pleasing Huang Feifei, which can be regarded as a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
And aside from this point, once Kong Ling really wins a bit of heavenly luck and feeds it back to his own clan, allowing the Dian Cang clan to become a great saint again, the strength of the Demon Alliance can also be greatly improved.
Perhaps the demon kings of the demon alliance's clans will still consider the strength of their own clans, but for the three great saints of the demon alliance, their vision is obviously not limited to this, so they must sincerely hope to have another big Christmas birthday
of.
"But what does this have to do with the Fairy Palace? The Fairy Palace's Yaochi Feast will indeed invite those young talents, but these talents are not from the Fairy Palace, right?"
"This is the cleverness of the Fairy Palace." Shangguan Xin glanced at Su Anran and showed an expression that said, "Junior brother, you are still too naive." "You went to the banquet and ate the food carefully prepared by the Fairy Palace.
Once you get to know the people from the Fairy Palace, let alone whether you have any relationships later, based on this alone, you have already become causally involved with the disciples of the Fairy Palace."
"Perhaps your relationship is not close enough or close enough, so the disciples of the Fairy Palace can get very few benefits. However, there are a hundred banquet places for the Fairy Palace's Yao Chi Feast each time. If the small amount adds up, it may not be possible.
It is not difficult to ensure that the Fairy Palace becomes the 19th sect, but it is not difficult to protect the status of the 36th sect? If someone falls in love with a disciple of the Fairy Palace, the two become a Taoist couple, and then this talented person is lucky enough to get a piece of heaven.
Luck, then won’t Fairy Palace make a lot of money?”
Su Anran was stunned.
How can it still be done like this?!
"Then...then in the Xuan Realm, wouldn't everyone be able to learn the methods of the Fairy Palace?"
"Ha." Shangguan Xin's disdain became even more serious, "Of course, some sects regard the Fairy Palace as a model and strive to imitate it. However, they have lost the opportunity, and no matter how much they imitate, they cannot become the second Fairy Palace.
of."
"Why?" Su Anran was confused.
"The Fairy Palace can spend three to four hundred years carefully cultivating a group of disciples, who may be cool, charming, naive, pure, gorgeous, elegant, or noble... covering almost all aspects of temperament and image.
, and these disciples are not idiots. They are proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to swordsmanship, boxing, spearmanship, Taoism, etc. Do those imitating sects have the resources in this area?"
"Isn't this a high-end club?" Su Anran was shocked.
Then Su Anran thought about it carefully. During the Tang Dynasty on earth, there seemed to be a large number of literati who compared brothel girls to fairies, and brothels to fairyland...
Su Anran suddenly felt that she could no longer look directly at the three words "Fairy Palace".
"A high-end club?" Shangguan Xin thought thoughtfully, "It seems that the old man also said so."
At this point, Shangguan Xin laughed.
Her smile is beautiful.
In terms of appearance, Shangguan Xin can be ranked among the top five in the entire Taiyi Valley, almost on par with the third senior sister Tang Shiyun. But unlike Tang Shiyun's domineering temperament, Shangguan Xin's temperament is more...
It was a kind of arrogance - Su Anran even felt that her two senior sisters had the opposite temperament.
After all, martial arts is all about domineering, and a swordsman should have the kind of arrogance that no one can look down upon.
"The old man has always held a grudge. The Fairy Palace didn't invite him to the banquet back then."
"The Yaochi Banquet...it's a banquet for young talents. Master...it's a bit inappropriate to compete with juniors for this."
"Why do you think the old man wants to attend the Yaochi Banquet?"
"Isn't it?"
"There are two major banquets in the Fairy Palace. One is the Yaochi Banquet that happens to be held at the beginning of the return of heaven every five hundred years." Shangguan Xin said slowly, "the other is the Peach Banquet that happens every two thousand years...
…The former only entertains talented people from the top of the list, while the latter
The Peach Banquet, known as one of the three major feasts in the Xuan Realm, is hosted by great masters of the Daoji realm. It’s not that the Fairy Palace doesn’t want to entertain the Venerables of the Sea of Bitterness Realm, but that people who have reached that level simply don’t want to go.
At the banquet, they were all thinking about how to get to the other side."
"Then if Master wants to go to the Fairy Palace, he has to be so happy that he can't close his legs for three days... Oh no, he can't close his mouth... That's not right either, he should be quite elated."
Shangguan Xin chuckled, and looked at Su Anran with a meaningful look.
However, she did not delve into the matter, and quickly said with a smile: "It is precisely because the old man's realm is too high, so people didn't think about it at all."
Su Anran understood.
A banquet that even the Venerables of the Bitter Sea Realm are too lazy to attend. As one of the Five Emperors of the Mysterious Realm and the strongest human race in the world, Daxiu of the Other Shore Realm, it is obvious from the Fairy Palace that he will not attend any peach banquet. So from the beginning to the end, the other party is
I never thought that Huang Zi actually wanted to join in the fun, so a small misunderstanding arose.
but……
Su Anran always felt that with Huang Zi's personality, he wouldn't give up so easily.
"Master... he shouldn't give up that easily, right?"
"He has no choice. If he has the chance, he will definitely cause trouble." Shangguan Xin shook his head, "The flat peach tree in Fairy Palace was excavated from the site of the Kunshan tribe in the First Era. At that time, a total of
Three trees were born, and it took thousands of years to finally save only one.
, so there was the first Peach Banquet four thousand years ago. After that, this banquet, together with the True Phoenix Banquet in the Sky Vault Wutong Secret Realm and the Wangchuan Banquet in the Huangquan Palace, were called the three major feasts in the Xuan Realm. If not, the two
Thousands of years ago, the Fairy Palace could not be held a second time, and the old man had already picked all the peaches."
Su Anran was speechless.
This Huang Zi, could it be possible that he thinks of himself as the Monkey King?
But this is probably the only way that is more in line with Huang Zi's style.
Although the person in the Sky Wutong Secret Realm remains neutral, he is a demon after all.
As for Huangquan Palace, according to Su Anran's understanding, it is a force from the ghost cultivator camp.
The demon race, the human race, and the ghost cultivators are the three major camps in the mysterious world.
With Huang Zi's personality of being in charge of killing and not caring about burial, he was naturally not willing to bear the responsibility of the peach feast. Therefore, he did not go to the Fairy Palace to cause trouble. On the contrary, in terms of his position and identity, he had to prevent the demon clan and ghost cultivators from taking advantage of the opportunity.
They are taking advantage of the peach banquet to cause trouble.
Doing such a thankless job and not being able to get even a single peach, it's no wonder Huang Zi has always been so resentful.
"However, since there are two other banquets that are comparable to the Peach Banquet, then... there should be a banquet that is comparable to the Yaochi Banquet, right?"
"Yes." Shangguan Xin nodded, "The Eight Banquets of the Mysterious Realm...you already know the three major banquets. The remaining five small banquets, in addition to the Yaochi Banquet of the Fairy Palace, are of the same nature as the Yinghuo Banquet of the Demon Alliance.
, the Young Phoenix Banquet in the Secret Realm of the Sky Vault and Wutong. The former is a banquet for the Demon Star Ranking modeled on the Heavenly Ranking of our Human Race’s Wanshi Building, while the latter... is actually the banquet for the Geniuses that is truly recognized by the entire Xuan Realm.”
"Really recognized?"
"Yes." Shangguan Xin nodded, "Attendees must be under fifty years old, and their cultivation must be in the Soul Condensing Realm Phase Transformation Stage. Whether they are in the Soul Condensing Realm Soul Condensing Stage or the Suppressing Territory Stage, they are not eligible to participate in Chufeng
The standard for the banquet can only be the Soul Condensation Realm Transformation Stage."
"Why?" Su Anran was confused.
"Because you are a young phoenix." Shangguan Xin said, "If you can enter the town realm stage before the age of fifty, then you have already become famous in the mysterious world. If you are either a real dragon or a real phoenix, why do you need to participate in the young phoenix banquet? And if you
If there is no way to reach the soul-condensing stage before the age of fifty, then you are not qualified to call yourself a genius, and naturally you are not qualified to attend the banquet... This is the rule set by Huang Feifei, so the Young Phoenix Banquet will become
The geniuses recognized by the Mysterious World gather for a banquet."
Su Anran suddenly woke up: "Second Senior Sister, what you mean is... the people invited to the Young Phoenix Banquet are not just the demon clan?"
"Yes, everyone will be invited, regardless of whether they are from the demon clan or the human clan." Shangguan Xin nodded, "That's why it is a recognized banquet for geniuses in the Xuan Realm. And the previous times were held at the Yaochi Banquet and the Yaochi Banquet of our human clan.
After the Demon Alliance's Yinghuo Banquet was held, the invitees were basically the attendees of these two banquets, with few exceptions."
"There are few exceptions, so there are exceptions?"
"Yes, because this involves the other two 'small' banquets." Shangguan Xin nodded, "The medicated banquet in Yaowang Valley and the flowing banquet jointly organized by the three Lingshan families, the four Taoist families, and the two Confucian palaces... After all, Yaochi
The banquet will not invite Buddhist monks who pay attention to the purity of the six sense organs, and the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism have never been mentioned in the Tianbang."
"I see." Su Anran nodded, "But the Young Phoenix Banquet is not so particular, so as long as the monks in the Flowing Seam are qualified, they can also participate?"
