Chapter 81 Banquet
The pattern of "nine heavens and ten places" in the world of cultivating immortals in the world was actually only formed in the past five hundred years. If there is a dividing line, it starts with the loss of the Shushan School's Demon Suppressing Tower.
Since the Shushan faction lost the magic weapon of Zhenshan and lost the most powerful support, its status has gradually declined. The position of the first fairy gate in the world is naturally vacant.
At that time, there were two most powerful competitors, one was the overseas Penglai Shangzong, and the other was the Tianxing God Sect other than the three religions.
The Penglai Shangzong has been operating overseas for many years, with ancient orthodoxy, rich heritage, and rich resources; the Tianxing God Sect is a behemoth independent of the three religions, and can even be called the fourth religion at its peak. There are many kinds of evil.
In order to compete for the position of leader of the Righteous Path at that time, both of them carried out large-scale recruitment expansion, and both wanted to strengthen their own strength as much as possible in the short term and overwhelm the other party.
Actually, although there are few people with the qualifications of practitioners, they are not so rare. The reason why the major immortal sects have always maintained a small scale is mainly because of resource constraints. No matter how many disciples you recruit, it is meaningless if you don't have enough resources to cultivate them.
And the enrollment expansion battle between the two is evenly matched in the short term, and if it drags on for a little longer, the disadvantages of the Tianxing Sect will be manifested.
Penglai Shangzong is rooted overseas, and has abundant reserves of natural materials and earth treasures, and there is nothing to consume for a period of time.
The Tianxing Sect does not have such a wealth of resources for cultivating immortals. In less than a hundred years, the competition within the sect immediately became fierce. Moreover, the different lineages in the Tianxing Cult were clearly distinct, and the cohesion was not strong, and the Tianxing Headmaster of that generation did not have absolute control.
This led to the disintegration of the colossal Tianxing God Sect without any soldiers from the outside world.
Just looking at the sects of the Tianxing God Sect after the split, one can imagine how terrifying it was at the beginning.
Tianshu Pavilion, now one of the Nine Heavens, has a special status; Tianwangzong, now one of the Nine Heavens; magic way.
In addition to these big sects, there are also some scattered small inheritances, both good and evil.
For example, the Chang Gung sect who had some small splashes in the early years...the Yinghuo sect that almost caused troubles in the world...also tended to some secret inheritances of the magic way, seven kills, breaking the army, greedy wolves...
Some of these inheritances are still active on the stage of cultivating immortals, and some have been annihilated in the long river of history, but someday, some waves will turn up again.
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"Welcome all the nobles from Nanguan City to come and make my small villa flourish. Hahaha, there is something unsatisfactory about today's banquet, just let me know to make corrections."
Smiling Li Zhuangzhu stood on the one-step high platform, and welcomed the well-dressed dignitaries in front of him.
Today is Xue Lingxue's warm-up banquet before his tour in Nanguan City. All the people who are there are celebrities in the city, and they are either rich or expensive. There are more than a dozen tables of banquets in the spacious lobby. There are not many people in each seat, and the space is large. It seems that it is convenient for the banquet to start after a while, and everyone walks around to toast and socialize.
Once this kind of feast starts, no matter what its name is, it will quickly deviate from its own purpose and become a carnival of human communication.
Chu Liang and Lin Bei looked around and felt a little puzzled.
Because they were sitting closest to the stage, they were considered the chief of the banquet, and the name on the table was Xue Lingxue. Although she won't sit here for much time, it also shows the gold content here.
The few next to them are the most prestigious court officials in Nanguan City. Although they can't name them, they can get a glimpse of them from the respectful attitude of the people around them.
If it is for the name of Shushan, there is no problem in arranging such a seat. But the problem is that the two of them can't represent Shushan at all, and the task of the leader of Shushan has been completed. They are just two young people watching the show, who knows how they got to the center of the stage?
Chu Liang went to Cui Guanshi and asked in a low voice, "Why did you put us in such a front seat? How embarrassing are you?"
"But Miss Xue asked for it." Cui Guanshi laughed, "I didn't arrange the seats like this, but since Miss Xue said so, I don't like it."
By the time he asked, Lin Bei had already started drinking with two middle-aged men next to him, "Uncle Zhang, what kind of official are you? Guarding general? Hey, the whole city's military power is under your control, that's fine."
"Old Chen, are you... the chief officer of the city? Is that you, the chief official, or the guardian general?"
"Hi, hi, who am I? I'm Lin Bei..."
Chu Liang smiled wryly, this guy's social skills are really frightening. Unless you go out and tie him a rope, you can talk to someone in the blink of an eye.
Just as he was talking, he heard a voice outside the door yelling, "Young Master Dingshan Hou Mansion is here—"
Everyone focused their attention, and saw a handsome young man walking in, followed by a tall, thin man in black, who seemed to be a guard, holding a long box in his hand.
This young man is naturally the young master, and Chu Liang still wants to ask him about sister Liu Xiaoyu. Naturally, his seat was also in the first seat, and it was not far from Chu Liang.
But seeing him, Chu Liang didn't ask immediately, but stared cautiously at the man in black.
The tall and thin man in black handed the long casket in his hand to the banquet waiter, turned around and sat down on a seat at the back, and then a waiter loudly preached: "Young Master gave Miss Xue a piece of sandalwood guqin !"
"ah-"
The crowd suddenly went into an uproar. This sandalwood kite guqin is one of the famous pianos in the legend. It is said that it has been lost for many years. Unexpectedly, it was found by the Dingshan Hou Mansion and gave such a precious instrument to Xue Lingxue.
As a musician who specializes in piano, one can imagine how much Xue Lingxue loves this piano.
But what Chu Liang was looking at was not the piano, but the man in black. Because as soon as he appeared, Chu Liang felt the famous Zhanhong Sword move.
This man in black is full of resentment!
Although he couldn't wait to kill the famous sword, he couldn't jump up and give someone a sword. After all, this is different from the previous ones. He has an upright identity. Even if he is a bad person, he has to find evidence before taking action. Otherwise, if you kill someone for no reason, then who will become a bad person?
What's more, he is not sure that he can beat others.
Although the bonus of the Red Famous Sword is extremely powerful, Chu Liang's own cultivation is limited. After the blessed blow, he judged by himself that it was probably at the same intensity from the peak of the fifth realm to the early stage of the sixth realm.
And the man in black has a deep aura, and he can't feel it at all. If he is a strong man in the sixth realm, then Chu Liang can't compete even with the famous sword of cutting red.
This person attracted Chu Liang's attention for a while.
At this time, a female musician from Nanyinfang who followed Xue Lingxue came onto the stage first, and said loudly: "Thank you for coming today, Senior Sister Xue is preparing backstage. Before the official tour in two days, today I will perform a piece of warm music. hand."
Immediately there was warm applause below.
The female musician said again: "However, Senior Sister Xue needs an assistant for this performance. She intends to choose between you. I wonder if everyone is willing?"
The voice of "willing" in the audience immediately continued.
At this time, Li Zhuangzhu said beside him: "It just so happened that the young master sent this sandalwood kite guqin, how about Miss Xue playing it with this piano? Let us listen to the rhythm of the legendary guqin?"
The female musician hesitated for a moment, and looked aside. Naturally, she couldn't make a decision for Xue Lingxue.
Immediately.
Seeing Xue Lingxue in a plain green dress calmly stepping onto the stage, she first showed a cold smile to the young master in the audience, and said, "Of course, I am very grateful to the young master for finding this lost famous piano... Then, let's do it." Please ask the young heroes of Chu Liang from the Shu Mountain School to assist me in the performance."
(end of this chapter)