Chapter 114: The Elders' Conference

  More than half a month later, in a certain stone room within the Alchemy Pavilion!

  The medicine cauldron shook slightly, and with a "peng" sound, the lid opened with a loud bang. A foul odor wafted out, followed by a black pellet shooting out.

  Shi Sheng was about to reach out and grab it, but he couldn't help but wrinkle his brow, covering his nose with one hand, while the other hand took out a small jade bottle, hastily collecting the medicine. He then shook his sleeve, and a blue awning flew out, dispersing the foul smell in the room.

  "This kind of elixir smells so bad, I don't know how Flower No Evil can swallow it!" Shi Sheng shook his head.

  "After several failures, I finally managed to refine a Dan medicine, but there are still these materials left over. It's not bad to continue refining them, even if they're useless, it can improve my Dan-refining experience!" As he spoke, Shi Sheng continued to refine the materials.

  ……

  Tianxuan Sect, Tianyuan Pavilion!

  The Great Elder Cold Yuan sat in the first seat, with more than a dozen elders sitting below him, each with a solemn expression on their faces. Song and Xiao Elders were also among them.

  "Hasn't Yang Shijie arrived?" Leng Yuan Dazhang asked casually, glancing at the crowd below.

  Xiao Lao shook his head and sighed, "Alas, I've looked for her, but Yang Shifu said that since she's done something wrong, she'll accept the punishment. She's been guarding the Jing Shu Pavilion for a year, and this time she decided not to bring any disciples to the Qing Feng Conference."

  "Hmph, this is clearly infuriating. She protected her disciple back then and even killed a Yuanhe realm disciple and a Huahai realm disciple. For this kind of punishment, if it weren't for the Great Elder speaking up, as the Law Enforcement Elder, I would definitely have made it heavier!" Song Lao said with a darkened face.

  Xiao Lao's face turned serious: "Song Lao, although Yang Shifu made a mistake back then, your two disciples were indeed excessive. However, since the matter has passed, let's not dwell on it. Otherwise, with Yang Shifu's temper, she would stop at nothing!" As soon as Xiao Lao finished speaking, Song Lao's eyelid twitched!

  "Never mind!" The elder waved his hand: "Yang Shifu is just that kind of person, but after all, she's an elder. Even if there are some mistakes, it's not a big deal. In the past, Elder Song killed Liu Shixiong, a Yuanhe realm disciple, and only gave a vague reason. Didn't I also say nothing about it?

  However, I hope you will be more cautious in the future, after all, you are elders. Although the sect cannot do without you, losing one or two Yuanhe realm disciples is not a big deal, but if this continues, it will inevitably lead to some disciples harboring resentment. The example of the Guangming Sect splitting into five factions in the past, with each elder being an independent faction, is a very good example.

  As for that Shi Sheng, when he first entered the sect, Elder Xiao said there was something strange about him. He brought him to me and I personally checked him out, even using a Nian Dan pellet as an experiment. The result was that this child, apart from his incredibly fast progress in advancing to the Ling Realm which made me feel quite interested and surprised, didn't have anything else particularly outstanding about him.

  Although he was lucky enough to advance to the Yuanhe realm now, it took him almost two years to step over the three layers of entry, and even less than Xiang Feng and others. Xiang Feng's advancement to Lingying realm may not be as fast as Shi Sheng's kid, but he has been accumulating his strength for a long time and has made rapid progress in advancing to Yuanhe realm, far surpassing Shi Sheng, and also obtained the Ningzhi Dan through his own efforts.

  Every elder present has several outstanding disciples under their hands. If there is really free time, it's better to focus on them and apply the principle of survival of the fittest, which I believe everyone should be clear about.

  Of course, those disciples with special identities and backgrounds should not be overlooked. When the time comes to fight against other sects, the small families behind these disciples will also be a considerable force, all of which are considered as aids to the Tianxuan Sect.

  Na Wugu Mountain has always been at odds with us, eyeing our Tianxuan Sect covetously. Last time at the Qingfeng Conference, not to mention the top three, they actually squeezed us out of the top five, and we didn't even get a single candidate for the Qinglong Guard.

  These years, Wugu Mountain has developed rapidly. If we can't control these family forces, we will definitely not be a match for Wugu Mountain. If this time's Qingfeng Conference we don't enter the top five, I'm afraid that in the future there will be very few family forces that can send their younger generations to Tianxuan Sect.

  The consequences of the Tianxuan Sect are self-evident, so this time at the Qingfeng Conference, the sect master personally ordered that we must be cautious and select excellent disciples. Those who perform well in the competition will receive a heavy reward from the sect!

  Historically, the Qingfeng has always had members of the royal family presiding over and participating in it, divided into six competitions to test, namely: literary talent, martial strategy, talismanic skills, alchemy, equipment mastery, and formation techniques! These six items are what we need to focus on cultivating our strengths.

  The Chinese characters are naturally not to be mentioned, and it is certain that some big family sons have taken the good name. Our school is not good at poetry and literature, as for the competition of martial arts and combat power, I think our school should be able to enter the top five, and the family's influence will be left behind.

  The way of the formation and the way of the array, our school is not good at it. The Great Ming Country only has the Tiān Shān School that excels in these, while the alchemy way and the talisman way are the strong points of our school, especially the alchemy way. Although I dare not say we can enter the top three, but entering the top five is definitely no problem.

  So, the elders of Lianqi Pavilion and Lianshu Pavilion, please find a few excellent disciples to check together at that time. If there is no problem, they can directly participate in the Qingfeng Conference.

  As for martial arts, compared to the excellent disciples of the younger generation in Yuanhe Realm, everyone also has a number in mind. Yin Hong has already reached the middle stage of Yuanhe Realm and is only half a step away from the later stage. This time, the Qingfeng Conference will definitely have his name on it.

  Yu Ming will definitely advance to the late stage of Yuanhe Realm this time, and he must have a quota for himself. As for the third quota, let those disciples in the middle stage of Yuanhe Realm compete for it. Huo Wei's identity is special, but his advancement is slightly slower than others. If he can advance to the middle stage, his quota will be directly confirmed!

  As for other classifications, we are just making a lively scene, but after all, the Qingfeng Conference is looking at the final total score of the sect, to determine the top three places, so there are several items that are not good at it, and it's not necessarily impossible to break into the top five.

  Even if we can't get the top three, as long as there is one candidate for the top five Qinglong Guards, we must carefully cultivate a person who is loyal to the sect, has no family power behind him, and has real ability to enter the Qinglong Guards.

  Once you're connected to the Azure Dragon position, that means you're connected to the Great Ming State. At that time, even if he has the backing of the Azure Dragon Guards from Wugu Mountain, we do too. I reckon they won't dare to act rashly either.

  "Everyone, please select a few excellent disciples of the Equipment Path and Formation Path. After the Elder Council's review, all the disciples in the Yuanhe Realm can go to watch the battle, let them see the world too. Do any of you Elders have any objections?"

  Since it's the Great Elder's intention, we naturally have no objections. Moreover, those few individuals are indeed exceptional and should be selected. It's just a pity about Yang Shifu's female disciple, who has been in seclusion ever since returning to the sect.

  It's said that he has already reached the middle stage of Yuanhe Realm, and this time he didn't participate in the quota selection, what a pity!" Elder Song sighed, when it came to the interests of the sect, Elder Song did not show any other thoughts.

  "Alright, let's just drop it. There's no need to mention Yang Shifu's matter again. She was too biased towards her disciples. The leader of the sect has always looked at Yang Shifu differently. It's pointless for us to say more. Alright, everyone go prepare for the Qingfeng meeting!" After the elder finished speaking, the crowd briefly discussed a few words before dispersing.

  Xiao Changlao was recalling the words of Da Changlao, that Shi Sheng's initial performance was indeed impressive, advancing to the Lingying realm seemed effortless, as if he had cultivated before, and it was only a matter of time before he opened his spiritual interface. But for some reason, advancing to the Huayu realm took an unexpectedly long time, stuck at the third layer of the beginner stage.

  As for the subsequent progress, the speed will be even weaker, but the Qingfeng conference will be held soon. Xiao Lao doesn't have time to care about these things, after all, there are more than a dozen disciples in his own Yuanhe realm, and many people are better than Shisheng.

  Although he rarely had time to take care of these disciples' cultivation, now for the Qingfeng Conference, Xiao Lao also had no choice but to put down his own cultivation and put aside the trivial matters of the sect to cultivate some outstanding disciples to prepare for battle.

  ……

  More than ten days later, Lian Dan Pavilion!

  After Shi Sheng had consumed all the materials, he finally successfully refined another elixir and left the Alchemy Pavilion to return to Gu Xiang Zhai, his face filled with exhaustion.

  Shi Sheng didn't see Lin Wan'er, and came to her room, only to find that Lin Wan'er was still drawing those strange patterns and talismans, looking chaotic and not like a talisman at all.

  "Wan'er, let's put it this way. If you really want to learn the Way of Symbols, I'll give you all of Wang Bo's records. You can study them well and not use ordinary ink anymore, because that basically can't produce anything. What you're drawing now is simply incomparable to me!" Shi Sheng shook his head.

  Xiao Jinling stood on the paper, seriously looking at Lin Wan'er's masterpiece, and gave Shi Sheng a disdainful look.

  "It's nothing, I'm just a bit stifled from practicing the Five Elements spell and there's no place to test it out. I was just doodling randomly when Ah Sheng arrived with two thousand Xuanjing jade from Lin Baozi, saying they were earned from selling talismans. You can put them away!" Lin Wan'er pointed to a small pouch.

  "Two thousand? Heh heh, it's not a small amount after all. It seems that mid-grade talismans are still valuable. I only gave him a portion of it!" Shi Sheng waved his hand and the White Mana flashed, putting away the Xuanjing Jade.

  He paused, then pulled Lin Wan'er up and said: "Right, Sister Wan'er, my Flame Heaven Sword Technique has been unable to be put into practice. I'll take you to Luoyang Valley, where there are some demonic beasts that can let us hone our skills in actual combat. Who knows, we might even get a spot at the Qingfeng Meeting! At the same time, we can test out the power of the Flame Heaven Sword Technique!"

  As they spoke, Shi Sheng and the two of them brought some dry rations and bid farewell to Xiao Zhanglao. They left the sect with Lin Wan'er. Now holding the high-level disciple token, the guarding disciples didn't ask many questions. Shi Sheng released the Huoyun Sword, and the two stood on it. The Huoyun Sword flashed, and in an instant, it transformed into a flowing light that broke through the air and left! (This chapter is over, the next one will be even more exciting!)

  Managed to rush out a chapter, going to take a nap soon, wishing everyone a pleasant read, and don't forget to vote!!!