Chapter 207: The World’s Situation Condensed In One City
“First, martial cultivators who receive invitation tickets, and assisting martial cultivators, must not exceed thirty years of age, and their cultivation must not reach Dao Seed Realm or Spirit Mind Master.”
“Second, military formations must not be used within the city. But combined attack formations, insect swarms, runes, magic tools, and so on, are all unrestricted.”
Military formations are trained over years and months, with essence, energy, spirit, and battle intent stacked, even able to condense the army’s own battle intent, fundamentally different from combined attack formations formed by a few martial cultivators or a dozen martial cultivators.
If armies participated, there would be no need to hold the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival.
“Third, Qiu Prefecture City is the arena for this Hidden Dragon Competition. Once leaving the boundary of the outer city wall, it counts as voluntarily forfeiting the competition. Southern City has no outer city wall, using the city protection formation light gauze over Bing Zu Marsh as the boundary.”
“Fourth, there are numerous residents in the city who have not left, so no indiscriminate killing of innocents, no unprovoked random attacks on martial cultivators without invitation tickets. Violators will be executed by the twelve patrol immortal envoys.”
“The twelve patrol immortal envoys are the twelve Du’e Temple disciples behind me. Over the next fifteen days, they will walk throughout the entire city, supervising whether everyone follows the rules, with the authority to expel and kill.”
A young voice rang out clearly amid the discussions: “Your rules are too vague! The major powers will definitely invite many young martial cultivators and Great Mind Masters to assist, how to judge, is it unprovoked random attack on them? Can I act before they arrange troops and formations? For already hostile parties, can I strike first to gain the advantage?”
It was Shi Shishi’s voice.
The little fatty was located on the right side of Xuantian Square, near the periphery.
Li Weiyi pondered for a moment, weaving through the crowd, moving toward the direction from which Shi Shishi’s voice came.
The Du’e Temple immortal master smiled: “This rule aims to restrict indiscriminate killing of innocents. The Du’e Temple patrol envoys have long studied all of you, right and wrong, they have their own judgment in their hearts.”
“In this Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, the stronger the cultivation, the more it seems one obtains, but also the more one is targeted, can only face challenges, cannot retreat, cannot hide. The weaker the cultivation, instead the more choices one has.”
Continuing to announce the rules: “Martial cultivators participating in the Hidden Dragon Competition, as long as they seize all dragon seed vouchers or dragon bone tickets of any one territory among the East, South, West, North Four Territories, will receive an extra Longevity Pill as reward. And will gain the opportunity to enter Du’e Temple for cultivation, the Temple Master will bring out the most precious treasure, personally remolding their veins, Feng Fu, Zu Tian, forging the strongest cultivation foundation.”
These words caused universal shock.
A Number One mysterious master from the Northern Territory: “Remolding veins……can it forge golden veins?”
The Du’e Temple immortal master smiled: “Du’e Temple’s most precious treasure, and the Temple Master personally acting. Everyone can weigh the value of these two rewards yourselves, I believe you have your own judgment in your hearts.”
Once breaking through to Five Seas Realm, the veins have already solidified.
There might be ways to reverse and reforge against the trend, but like the metamorphosis of Pure Immortal Body, every small realm higher, the difficulty multiplies.
The Du’e Temple immortal master’s words undoubtedly let those top geniuses with Hundred Veins All Silver see the opportunity to advance their foundation further.
Golden veins, known as the dragon veins within a martial cultivator’s body, even Jar Master praised them highly.
But as a law martial strong practitioner ranked top ten in Lingxiao Life Realm a thousand years ago, Jar Master in Spring Gushing Realm only forged eighteen golden veins. Afterward, the veins solidified, unable to compensate for the deficiencies in the foundation.
Hidden Lord had also said that forging nine golden veins would be at the forefront among Hundred Veins All Silver successors.
The role of golden springs is not crucial.
How many golden veins can be forged mainly depends on the strength of the martial cultivator’s innate physique.
Those with fewer than a hundred veins cannot forge even a single golden vein.
Every additional one might not increase combat power much. But like a foundation, in subsequent cultivation, it can continuously play a role, its importance goes without saying.
This is just the veins!
Those top Five Seas Realm martial cultivators also hold extremely high expectations for the remolding of Feng Fu and Zu Tian.
“One territory’s dragon seed vouchers are twenty, held in the hands of the strongest twenty in Number One and Second Rank.”
“One territory’s twenty dragon bone tickets are held in the hands of Number One and Third Class, these twenty people.”
“Whether wanting to collect all dragon seed vouchers or all dragon bone tickets, the Number One ten people are unavoidable, must make everyone submit.”
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The Number One experts of each territory were all discussing animatedly, going mad for the rewards spoken of by the Du’e Temple immortal master.
But after analysis, all felt it difficult as ascending to heaven.
Only Snow Sword Tang Court of the Northern Territory might be able to do it.
Northern Territory dominates alone, only the Imperial Court can stop it.
The Du’e Temple immortal master said: “This tests the top heavenly prodigies’ cultivation combat power, ruling ability, persuasion ability. As long as on the Lantern Festival night, all young martial cultivators of that territory holding dragon seed vouchers or all holding dragon bone tickets fully submit to you, support you, no matter what means you use, it counts.”
“Of course, if your combat power is strong enough, seizing by force is naturally better.”
Dragon Hall Banished Immortal Long Zhe Xian’s voice came from a jade chariot stopped at the street side: “Subduing all forces of one territory! Such outstanding ability, is it not the hidden dragon you seek to support the world?”
“Great opportunity, but not certain.”
The Du’e Temple immortal master continued: “Subduing one territory, not certain anyone can do it, nor certain only one can. In this competition, the one with the most dazzling comprehensive ability can be called hidden dragon, name listed above Luan Sheng Lin You and Ge Xian Tong.”
In the night curtain, Luan Sheng Lin You’s majestic voice came: “What if I want a definite answer?”
The Du’e Temple immortal master looked toward a courtyard-style building in the city below: “The dragon bone tickets and dragon seed vouchers issued by Du’e Temple are both eighty, getting forty or more of both kinds, then no longer hidden dragon, but true dragon.”
“The true dragon’s reward will exceed everyone’s imagination.”
“Du’e Temple will fully support him, help him become the future lord of Lingxiao Life Realm. Including you Luan Sheng Lin You, you also have this opportunity.”
“Boom!”
These words shocked everyone in Qiu Prefecture City, including the older generation tycoons and transcendents of the major powers.
This was Du’e Temple stating its stance for the first time!
Fortunately this is the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, not True Dragon Lantern Festival.
The “true dragon” condition spoken by the Du’e Temple immortal master was almost impossible to achieve. To make half the strong practitioners submit would almost mean having the strength to sweep all forces and unify Qiu Prefecture City.
Subduing one territory is hard.
Unifying under heaven is harder.
Lei Xiao Sect successor Lu Cangsheng murmured to himself: “This one city is just like a microcosm of the world situation. The residents in the city are the people of the twenty-eight prefectures. There are also domain-external strong enemies represented by Luan Sheng Lin You, and Yu Yaozi represented by Ge Xian Tong. The next fifteen days will undoubtedly be a rehearsal of the struggle for under heaven. Dragons and serpents vie, winner takes all.”
“Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s advantage, isn’t it a bit too great. In Qiu Prefecture City, they will have a continuous stream of troops.” Qin Qian said.
Lu Cangsheng said: “Low realm troops, what use are they? If top figures like Zuo Qiu Ting and Cang Li cannot hold, it will directly collapse! There’s one quarter-hour left, the New Year bell will ring, we must return to Lei Ze Zhai before then.”
Qin Qian already admired Lu Cangsheng to the extreme. Before the rules were announced, it was as if he could calculate the rules, gathering all Great Mind Masters to build an impregnable Lei Ze Zhai.
How many leaders of other powers have such foresight?
Those powers inviting Spirit Mind Masters to set up formations were simply extremely foolish.
In her view, Lu Cangsheng was the only candidate for hidden dragon.
……
On Xuantian Square, the young martial cultivators of the major powers quickly dispersed.
They were very clear that once Du’e Temple’s competition rules were announced, when the bell rings, snatching and slaughter would immediately erupt.
Even though all martial cultivators with invitation tickets were quickly retreating, many were still targeted and tracked. When releasing magic energy light pillars earlier, they had been locked by hostile powers.
“Shi Shishi!”
A group of Earth Wolf King Army experts were quickly withdrawing.
Shi Shishi, walking at the front, hearing Li Weiyi’s magic energy sound transmission, immediately lit up with excitement.
Li Weiyi wore night-walking clothes, hood over his head, standing in the shadows of the street: “Bring your people, tonight come with me to do a big one?”
Since the bloody battle between the Imperial Court, Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, and Jiu Li Clan tonight was inevitable, Li Weiyi planned to take this opportunity to act against Sui Sect, settling new and old grudges together.
Shi Shishi sound-transmitted back: “No can do! Your Jiu Li Clan’s Ninth Master has assigned tasks, saying tonight Imperial Court and Jiu Li Clan will go to war, Earth Wolf King Army under huge pressure, both need to help contain Sui Sect, and watch Night City.”
“Oh!” Li Weiyi said.
What a coincidence!
Li Weiyi and the six young martial cultivators of Earth Wolf King Army gathered together, riding a war chariot pulled by four snow wolves, speeding toward Southern City.
On the war chariot.
Shi Shishi pointed to a tall, sturdy woman with bronze skin and Pure Immortal Body: “In our Earth Wolf King Army under thirty, the strongest Five Seas Realm, Southern Territory Third Class sixth, Tao Yanyan. She is Great Lord’s adopted daughter!”
Able to enter Third Class, her combat power was naturally not simple.
Li Weiyi looked at Tao Yanyan sitting opposite, like a majestic great mountain, her arms as thick as his thighs, seeing such a Pure Immortal Body for the first time, deeply shocked in his heart, cupped hands: “Long admired, long admired.”
Tao Yanyan’s voice was deep and heavy, giving a sense of steadiness: “Ten-Meal Law King often says Young Master Li is righteous, his good brother. So everyone is one of us, no need for formalities.”
“Even Dao Lotuses can be gifted, what mere good brothers, simply my Shi Shishi’s second foster father.”
After Shi Shishi laughed heartily, he pointed to another Pure Immortal Body woman sitting to Tao Yanyan’s right: “She is called Bai Shu, Sixth Brother’s disciple, Calamity Fire Realm Great Mind Master, excels in rune magic. The third strongest next only to Tao Yanyan and me!”
“Love Flower Painted Boat, Bai Shu?” Li Weiyi was surprised.
Bai Shu had a graceful and enchanting figure, bold clothing, snowy white full rounds at her chest, sitting with Tao Yanyan even more accentuating her beauty.
She removed the veil from her face, revealing a delicate countenance looking eighteen or nineteen, with rippling phoenix eyes, coquettishly laughing: “Aiya, actually knows this concubine’s background, looks like Young Master Li is a regular at my Love Flower Painted Boat. Why never let this concubine accompany you, is it reluctant to spend money?”
