The place for the Daoist Gathering was in the most prosperous Midtown area of Tianji City, Ning Cheng was not someone who had not seen the world, and when he followed Shen Qin Yu into the Daoist Gathering venue, he was also shocked by the luxury of the place.
It was obviously night, but the place was as if it was daytime, not the kind of daytime where the lights shone, but a natural kind of daytime.
The whole venue was draped in immortal charm, with immortal cranes, rainbow cloud bridges, flowing water and immortal bamboo ……
The flowing wine, and the various spiritual fruits that could be picked at hand, and the pretty women who were shuttling around, this scene reminded Ning Cheng of the Peach Fair, which was simply a cottage version of the Peach Fair.
The participants of the Daoist Discourse had not yet come together and were already talking in groups of three or five. They had flowing wine at their fingertips and could pick various spiritual fruits to eat at their fingertips.
“The scale looks huge.” Ning Cheng whispered.
Before Shen Qin Yu could reply, he heard a cultivator next to him say, “Of course, there are several Star River Kings coming over tonight, and it is said that the Man Lun Star Emperor will also be there, and the Man Lun Emperor will take this opportunity to see what kind of geniuses there are in the Man Lun Star.”
There was a hint of pride in this cultivator’s tone, obviously being invited here was something for him to be proud of.
Shen Qin Yu smiled at Ning Cheng and said, “Just feel free to do as you please in the Dao Discourse Assembly, you can find anyone to talk about the Dao, and you can also enjoy the wine and spiritual fruits here as you please. If you have any questions, you can also ask these maids around you. I didn’t expect Great Emperor Man Lun to come over either, so remember not to use your divine sense to sweep the Great Emperor. I’ll go to a few acquaintances to say hello, so you can just sit by yourself.”
Ning Cheng hurriedly said, “Please be my guest, Senior Sister Qin Yu, I will be careful.”
Wasn’t this just a gathering of the upper class? Take a careful look around on your own, and if you find it meaningful, stay on and listen, if you don’t, then leave.
Shen Qin Yu was very relieved by Ning Cheng’s words, she knew that Ning Cheng was not someone who caused trouble, she could tell from the fact that Ning Cheng had stayed at the Rest Inn and did not come out.
After Shen Qingyu left, Ning Cheng walked outside a group of people who were talking loudly and listened to them discuss the dao.
After just a few breaths, Ning Cheng’s heart just shook dramatically. There were some very obvious truths that usually took him a long time to figure out, but here, with one easy sentence from others, he was able to understand them.
He did not stay here, he was going to find a secluded place to sit down and listen carefully.
Ning Cheng carefully walked around piles of people, some of these people were discussing the Dao of Dan, some were discussing the refining of weapons, and more were discussing cultivation. No matter what school of thought, whatever the other side was discussing, Ning Cheng had a deep sense of understanding after listening to it.
Ning Cheng found a seat in one of the most remote corners of the Dao Discourse Arena, which was rather dark and not many people came. But to Ning Cheng, it was the best place. Here his divine sense could listen to others’ dao discussions to his heart’s content, then take the essence and remove the dross and turn it into his own.
His gong methods were different from others, Xuanhuang was invisible and formless, and the flow of star elements he cultivated changed at all times, so he could take the strengths of various schools of gong methods and make up for their weaknesses. Ning Cheng felt like he was a thief who had only cultivated internal gong and did not know the oral techniques, frantically absorbing various cultivation tricks.
The Dao Discussion Conference had not yet started and Ning Cheng was completely in the zone. He did not need to go and argue with others, and he could bring up the key parts of anyone’s arguments that he needed.
At this moment, Ning Cheng was also sighing in his heart, the Xuanhuang Pearl was heaven defying and so was the Xuanhuang Invincible. But for countless years, the various cultivation know-how methods that those predecessors in the stars had compiled would likewise not be half as inferior to the Xuanhuang Pearl. These are all tricks and cultivation methods that have been piled up over time and repeatedly verified by those who have gone before, and are incomparably precious.
Ning Cheng glanced at Shen Qin Yu in the distance, thanked her one more time in his heart, and immersed himself in this mad absorption.
As more and more people came to the Daoist Conference, the sounds of daoist discourses also increased, and Ning Cheng’s divine sense was immersed in these daoist discourses without realising it. A cycle had completely formed within him, and some of the scattered insights he had at first were now slowly being strung together, before forming a dao system of his own.
Ning Cheng had a vague feeling that even though his cultivation level had not progressed, if he were to find a place to retreat for a year and a half now, he could definitely go to the next level.
Sharpening his sword really did not miss the mark, no one could understand Ning Cheng’s mood at this moment.
“Greetings to Great Emperor Man Lun ……” A voice awoke Ning Cheng, who suddenly stood up, only then did he realize that the sounds of the dao discussion around him had completely stopped. The pleasant and dazzling sound of music rang out as a middle-aged man dressed in purple robes walked slowly into the venue in the middle of two rows of attendants. Behind him were a dozen other starry-eyed cultivators, each of whom had circle after circle of star wheels on their backs.
And while the star wheels behind the Great Man Lun seemed invisible at first glance, when one looked more closely, they were actually forming a round sun that dazzled beyond recognition.
Ning Cheng withdrew his gaze and hung his head low at the corner, not daring to make any movements. The Man Lun Emperor was so powerful and mighty that he had seen it with his own eyes. Even if he had only seen a hand of nothingness, that hand was just a little too terrifying.
The Man Lun Emperor walked to the high-backed chair in the middle of the Daoist forum and sat down, sweeping his gaze around the entire Daoist forum before saying in a slow voice, “All of you are geniuses, elites of my Man Lun Starry Sky. Whether or not a starry sky practitioner can reach the strongest peak is inseparable from his Nirvana realm. Almost all of you who have come here today are cultivators who will be entering the Time Desolate Realm trial, so while I am here to congratulate you all on your good fortune, I would also like to say a few words.”
There was a silence in the forum, all listening to the words of the Great Man Lun.
The Man Lun Emperor nodded his head in satisfaction, “The vast universe is boundless, and my Man Lun Starry Sky is only a remote corner of this vast universe. In the entire Starry Sky universe, the best cultivation resources are not in my Man Lun Starry Sky, but in the wider universe. It is helpless that our Starry Sky’s strength is low and we do not have the ability to compete for more good things.
For a long time, the strength of our Starry Sky has become lower and lower, and our status has become weaker and weaker. This time, the Star Peeping Genius Selection Tournament held by my Man Lun Starry Sky is to select some genius cultivators to represent my Man Lun Starry Sky to compete, to prove to the entire universe of life that my Man Lun Starry Sky is one of the strongest in the universe as well.”
Enthusiastic cheers rang out, and all the people were incomparably respectful of the Man Lun Emperor’s words.
The Manlun Emperor even stood up and raised his tone saying, “I have come here today even more because I too long for a true genius to emerge in our Manlun Starry Sky. Just at the opening of the Time Desolate Domain in my Man Lun Starry Sky, I have deliberately come to this Genius Discourse Conference. I also hope that you will not disappoint me, and I will be here to listen to your discourses. If you have any questions, you can ask them, and if you have any insights, you can speak them out. The Discourse will now begin ……”
As Great Emperor Man Lun announced the start of the Dao Discourse, Ning Cheng felt the rules around him become clearer all of a sudden. His comprehension of the various dao laws also became a little easier.
Ning Cheng was incomparably excited, and his heart was even more overjoyed. He naturally knew that this had something to do with Great Emperor Man Lun, and it was a pity that such an opportunity was missed so much.
Naturally, Ning Cheng would not go to the sermon, he, like the Man Lun Emperor, became a listener. However, Great Emperor Man Lun wanted to hear who had potential and who was more worthy of his attention. Ning Cheng was listening to everything, and he would sort out any dao that could be absorbed by him.
It was normal for there to be arguments at the Dao Conference, and some people even fought over the arguments, and in such places, the Man Lun Emperor would never stop them. Cultivators who fought over the Dao could go to the Dao Enquiry Stage alone to spar, and even if one side was killed, it would not be considered an offence to the Great Emperor.
The day passed quickly, and while the various Daoist practitioners were still expressing their opinions with unbridled enthusiasm, the Great Emperor Man Lun stood up.
After a day of listening, his heart had already identified some of the geniuses, and after that, he would give special attention to them.
Cultivators like Ning Cheng, who were just sitting in a corner listening, would obviously not enter his eyes. The more genius a cultivator was, the more questions he would have. On this occasion, a cultivator who did not have a single question or an insight would definitely not be a genius.
After Great Emperor Man Lun left, the buzz in the Daoist forum did not weaken, but rather became more heated. Some male and female cultivators began to dance wildly, using it to express their inner joy.
This was something that no one cared about in this kind of Daoist forum, as long as both parties were willing, the Daoist forum would allow it.
Ning Cheng was still sitting quietly in the dark corner, his divine sense was not only listening to the dao cultivation anymore. Even alchemy, weaponry and talismans were listened to, especially the Dao of Formation, Ning Cheng listened even more carefully.
When he was in the Star continent, because of the numerous spiritual herbs, Ning Cheng’s alchemy level had skyrocketed, and at this time he was already a Ninth Grade Heavenly Pill Grandmaster. After entering the starry sky, he had obtained relatively fewer high grade spiritual herbs and did not use as many pills in his cultivation. His enthusiasm for alchemy had also waned, and besides, he didn’t have that much time to put into alchemy.
However, Ning Cheng’s interest in the Dao of Formation had increased a lot, the Dao of Formation was helping him all the time, not only in fights, but also in normal life. The higher the level of Formation Dao, the higher and stronger his survival ability would be.
The formation masters who appeared at this Dao Discourse Conference were all not low in formation cultivation, and each of them were formation masters with their own heritage, definitely not someone like Ning Cheng who had figured it out on his own. As a Grade 1 Star Formation Master, Ning Cheng could learn a lot of knowledge that he would normally take a lot of time to comprehend from this wide variety of formation schools.
Ning Cheng was obliviously studying on the side, but he did not see a handsome male correction staring at him, frowning and saying to himself, “How did this person appear here?”