fynovel Chapter 159 The Secrets of Immortal Sects, The Ranking of Prodigies from Various Nations
Chapter 159 The Secrets of Immortal Sects, The Ranking of Prodigies from Various Nations
Chapter 159 The Secrets of Immortal Sects, The Ranking of Prodigies from Various Nations
"You want me to go to the palace for that damn banquet?"
Deep within the Imperial Academy of Martial Arts, in Su Xingcheng's ancient-style study, the air was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood.
Ye Li casually sat on a rosewood armchair. Opposite him, Su Xingcheng, with his white hair and beard, sat in the main seat, his aged face deeply wrinkled.
"Young friend Ye." The old man's brows furrowed with a lingering seriousness as he brought news that surprised Ye Li: "News has come from the palace that the special envoy from the Li Kingdom has arrived in the capital. Emperor Xia intends to host a banquet in the palace in three days and invites you to attend."
Ye Li looked at Su Xingcheng with a strange expression: "The Emperor Xia was scolded by me like it was nothing the other day, and he would invite me?"
"And is it really necessary to make such a big fuss over a special envoy from Lebanon?"
Looking at Ye Li's youthful and impetuous appearance, Su Xingcheng sighed helplessly, his wrinkles deepening on his aged face: "Young friend Ye, the Li Kingdom is now very powerful, with more than ten innate experts within its borders, and its national strength is several times that of the Xia Kingdom."
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"When an envoy from a powerful nation acts arrogantly towards a small nation, the Xia state must treat him with courtesy."
"Moreover, the reason you were invited to the banquet was not at the request of the Xia Emperor, but at the request of the special envoy from the Li Kingdom. I'm afraid it's to cause trouble at the banquet."
At this point, Su Xingcheng's chest was also filled with resentment.
He is now over eighty years old. He has practiced martial arts since childhood, but he has witnessed the gradual decline of the Xia Kingdom to this day.
What was the former Li Kingdom in the eyes of the former Xia Kingdom?
There are only two or three innate beings in a country. If it weren't for the restrictions of the national fortune arena, they could be wiped out in the blink of an eye.
However, decades later, the Li Kingdom was fortunate enough to win several consecutive terms, resulting in a surge of spiritual energy and the birth of several innate beings.
Now, with each generation losing in the national destiny arena, the tide has turned, forcing the Xia Kingdom to humble itself and submit.
Ye Li shook his head speechlessly after hearing this: "I don't know what the National Fortune Arena is all about, making a bunch of geniuses fight each other. Isn't this just wasting talent?"
Ye Li's words startled Su Xingcheng, who shook his head repeatedly and said, "Young friend, be careful with your words, lest you offend the Immortal Sect."
"This National Fortune Arena is just a selection method for the Immortal Sect. Even with layers of selection, in the end, one can only join the Immortal Sect and become an ordinary disciple at the lowest level."
"An ordinary disciple?" Ye Li was taken aback.
The ancient books described the Immortal Sect as mysterious and profound, and this was the first time I had ever heard of such a thing. Fighting to the death in the National Fortune Arena, I could only become an ordinary disciple of the Immortal Sect.
Su Xingcheng nodded and said, "The entire Southern Territory is vast and boundless. Even a Xiantian cultivator cannot traverse it in a lifetime. There are countless countries, and even a newly entered Xiantian cultivator is just a small ant."
"Purple entries like yours are extremely rare in Xia Kingdom, but they are quite common among the countries of the entire Southern Territory."
"These countless purple-clad prodigies died because of conquest. What difference does it make to the vast immortal sects?"
Ye Li was slightly taken aback, but he roughly understood what the other party meant.
Purple entries are rare in the Xia Kingdom, but they are too common in the Southern Territory.
They're plentiful; the immortal sects don't care how many die.
"The Immortal Sect has set a condition that only martial artists who have reached the Acquired Realm age before the age of 30 can participate in the National Fortune Arena Tournament."
"But each immortal sect can only admit a thousand people in the end. The remaining geniuses from various countries who are eliminated are not because they lack strength, but because they are unlucky. They are given a reward and that's it."
"What the Immortal Sect truly needs are peerless geniuses like those with orange and gold titles."
"Most of these true dragons do not participate in the national destiny arena competition, but instead are taken away by immortal sect masters through special channels and accepted as true disciples."
Ye Li pressed on curiously, "Special channels? What kind of special channels?"
Su Xingcheng uttered a few words calmly: "The Ranking of Prodigies of All Nations!"
Upon hearing what the other party said, Ye Li immediately recalled the relevant information about this list.
These are the words Feng Yue spoke when he broke through to the Body Tempering stage.
The Ranking of the Great Powers of All Nations was written by the orange-colored entry "Tracing the Causes and Effects" from Daqing.
The entire list of prodigies of all nations records the strongest young people in the five regions, excluding the realms beyond the heavens.
The Central Plains are divided into three kingdoms, the Southern Barbarian factions, the Northern Border sects, the Western Regions, and the Eastern Sea demons; these are the five regions of the universe today.
The list of geniuses from all nations has only a thousand spots, which is considered extremely rare, even one in a billion.
The golden phrase "I am the only one in all realms" refers to the person who defeated the number one on the list of geniuses from various countries.
He had originally planned to be listed on the list of the most outstanding talents in the world, but he gradually forgot about it due to a lot of other things.
Let alone Ye Li, even readers would probably have forgotten about this if Su Xingcheng hadn't brought it up.
Su Xingcheng looked at Ye Li, who was deep in thought, and said, "So, young friend Ye, you understand now? The so-called National Fortune Arena is just an elimination game for the Immortal Sect. The real talents are those few thousand people on the list of geniuses of various countries."
"The criteria for being included in the Ranking of Prodigies of All Nations are being 25 years old and not having broken through to the Innate Realm."
"But any one of the geniuses above them can easily defeat an innate genius while still in the acquired realm, becoming a match for ten thousand or even a hundred thousand men of the same level!"
"If a genius makes it onto the list of geniuses of all nations, he has already proven his potential and will be directly accepted as a true disciple by the elders of the immortal sect."
"Or rather, those Grandmaster-level elders of the Immortal Sect also fought their way up from the list of geniuses of various countries when they were young."
"So, how do you think the elders of the Immortal Sect would look down on us lowly prodigies who need to compete in the National Fortune Tournament?"
Ye Li seemed to be deep in thought, comparing it to how he had seen the talented man from Xia Kingdom a while ago.
A group of people who had reached the peak of body tempering stood together with him to receive the award, making it look like Tyson and Tyro were comparing their heights.
"Throughout the universe, nations are scattered like stars in the sky, and every moment a nation is born and dies, yet no one knows it."
Su Xingcheng said, "But if you make it onto the list of the most outstanding talents in all the worlds, your name will immediately resound throughout the entire universe, and countless beings will hear your name."
At this point, Su Xingcheng shook his head helplessly.
He didn't know why he was telling Ye Li this.
After all, Ye Li was just an ordinary purple-level character. Letting him know this in advance would only undermine his confidence.
Let alone getting Ye Li onto the list of the nation's most outstanding talents.
If Ye Li wins the National Fortune Arena and is lucky enough to be selected by the Immortal Sect, the entire Xia Kingdom will not have to worry about any threat of national annihilation.
Thinking it over, Su Xingcheng reached for the cup in front of him and took a small sip.
"Very well! I've decided to be listed on the Ranking of the Greatest Talents of All Nations!"
Ye Li slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I want to be admitted through the special admission program too!"
"Cough cough cough————" These earth-shattering words almost made Su Xingcheng spit out the tea in his mouth, choking him until his old face turned red and he coughed repeatedly.
Looking at the bright-eyed young man, Su Xingcheng thought he was just a young man who was not afraid of tigers.
In the entire history of the Xia Kingdom, there has never been such a prodigy.
If Ye Lizhen were to ascend to this throne, the ancestral graves of all the ancestors of the Xia Kingdom would be emitting auspicious smoke.
After a long while, Su Xingcheng finally caught his breath, waving his hands repeatedly with a wry smile: "Cough—cough cough—young friend! Be careful what you say! Be careful what you say! Being down-to-earth and grounded is the right path!"
"Your talent is unparalleled in the Xia Kingdom. Reaching the early stage of the Acquired Realm in just one year is already astonishing! You only need to lie low and cultivate diligently for ten years. When you are twenty-eight years old, you will participate in the next National Fortune Tournament in your prime. You will surely sweep aside the Li Kingdom and turn the tide for our Great Xia!"
"That list of the most outstanding talents in the world—it's beyond human reach. Don't be overly ambitious and waste your energy!"
He tried to persuade him earnestly, but he felt that Ye Li was a young man who had achieved success at a young age, and that he was too arrogant and blinded by the illusory list.
As the old man spoke, Ye Li's face showed helplessness.
There's no point in arguing with someone who hasn't hung up, so I simply stopped arguing and nodded casually to brush it off.
"Alright, the reason I came here is to invite you to the banquet in a few days. You can bring your female relatives, and the Jiang family's daughter can also come along."
These words piqued Ye Li's interest.
These past few days, Jiang Xiyue and I have been living in the courtyard, oblivious to the world around us.
Jiang Xiyue is either refining essence or on the path to transforming into qi.
Although his cultivation has improved and he has endless fun, it is indeed a bit boring. It would be good to take him out for a walk to relax.
After a moment's thought, Ye Li agreed.
Now that he has broken through to the mid-stage of the Acquired Realm, he can contend with or even defeat those in the Condensation Realm. In the current Xia Kingdom, he is basically unmatched by those in the Innate Realm.
As for innate factors?
Although one's lifespan is extended by three hundred years upon entering the innate realm.
However, each small step forward in later cultivation takes decades or even centuries, and even a long lifespan isn't enough.
Xia Guoxian spends most of his time in seclusion, only occasionally emerging to take a look before the National Fortune Arena.
Clearly, the fact that the Li Kingdom specifically named them this time was aimed at targeting them.
Rather than going to the banquet alone, it's better to bring Xiyue along, since it's safer for her to be by your side than to stay in the courtyard.
Meanwhile, inside the Xia Kingdom's royal palace, Xia Changhan looked at the crowd before him with delight.
He then pledged his allegiance to Lebanon.
As expected, the Li Kingdom lowered its guard against him and handed over a list.
Simply put, they are people from Tongli within the territory of Xia Kingdom.
It was only at this moment that Xia Changhan truly realized with shock how much the land beneath his feet had already been hollowed out!
The list is shocking, encompassing nearly a quarter of the top powers in the Xia Kingdom!
Therefore, he did not hesitate to gather these rebels, and now all the traitors in front of him were trustworthy Xia traitors.
At this moment, the warm pavilion was filled with many figures, and the atmosphere was heavy and solemn.
Zhou Chenqi, the eldest elder of the Zhou family, one of the four great families of the Baibaoge, who was urgently and secretly summoned to the palace, stood in the crowd with a look of surprise and uncertainty.
He looked around, his heart filled with turmoil.
Among the dozens of people present, the lowest level was Qi Gathering Realm, and there were more than a dozen powerful figures at the Transformation Realm.
He even sensed the auras of two powerful, mysterious, and profound elders at the Qi Condensation Realm lurking in the corner!
A guess arose in his mind, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
Especially when his gaze fell upon Xia Changhan, who sat regally on the dragon throne in the main seat, his surprise could no longer be concealed: "Your Majesty, so you also—"
He was so shocked that the words caught in his throat.
The ruler of a nation is actually the greatest traitor?! He willingly sold out his country!
Even if you had ten heads, you wouldn't have imagined this kind of development.
"Indeed!" Xia Changhan smiled and said, "No one knows that I have long been a citizen of the Li Kingdom!"
"In the Xia Kingdom, I am the Emperor of Xia; in the Li Kingdom, I am the Marquis of Li!"
"The reason I've gathered you all here, righteous warriors against Xia, is to prepare to kill Ye Li, that treacherous dog who opposes Li!"
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