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These four people are all strong enemies. When playing the Ascension Conference for the first time, Han Mo also tried many times before finally winning the first place in the conference with great difficulty.
To say there is no pressure would be a lie.
However, his goal this time is not to win first place, just to enter the top three is enough.
If you only want to take the first three, you naturally don’t need to play all four.
It would be good if we could fight against one of the four. If we are unlucky, we can only fight against two at most, which is not a big problem.
Could it be that he would be so unlucky to encounter all four before advancing to the semi-finals?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
"Come on, Mengyao, let's go down!"
With this idea in mind, after the treasure carriage stopped, Han Mo quickly brought Su Mengyao to the venue of the Ascension Conference.
Chapter 40 Opening of the Conference
2023-11-10
Han Mo is a well-known figure in Tianhai Province, although his reputation is notorious.
So his arrival caused quite a stir.
Fortunately, Han Mo didn't want to be too high-profile. He just showed up at the venue and prepared to take Su Mengyao to the Han family's seat and hide there.
However, he did not want to be high-profile, so a group of guards from the Ascension Conference rushed up to him.
"Prince Han, Miss Su, come on my flying sword, I will take you to the stage."
"Sir, don't use his sword. His gold-sucking sword is short and thin, and it vibrates, which hurts your butt. Use my flying sword. Mine is bigger."
"Nonsense, your Green Snake Silk Sword is thin. It's called Silk Sword, and it's as thin as a thread. Prince Han, my sword may be thin, but it's fast. Ahem, it's fast.
I can also cast a transformation spell to make my gold-absorbing sword bigger, come to me!"
Because the magic weapon chariot was parked outside the venue, Han Mo had to walk up if he wanted to go on stage.
As a result, some guards at the venue who had reached the foundation-building stage came running over to show their courtesy.
These guards are responsible for maintaining order in the venue. They belong to the Yifeng Marquis Mansion and were sent by Han Feiyu to annoy the Six Sects.
Han Feiyu: My Han family has given up the Ascension Platform, but this Yifeng City is still under the control of my Han family. When you six sects hold activities here, my Han family is here to maintain order, which is reasonable and compliant.
Therefore, these guards who recognized Han Mo naturally wanted to please their master.
As for the disciples of the six sects, they just watched coldly and no one even stepped forward to say hello.
Firstly, the Yifeng Marquisate and the Six Sects were only friendly on the surface, and secondly, Han Mo's reputation was so bad that no one wanted to have much to do with this dissolute second-generation rich kid.
Han Mo was also happy and relaxed. He chose the foundation-building cultivator with the largest sword and rode his big flying sword onto the stands.
Since there are many spectators at the Ascension Conference, naturally there are stands set up.
However, not everyone can sit in the stands to watch the battle. Only disciples from the six sects or cultivators from the major families in Yifeng City can sit and watch the battle.
There were also some foreign forces or Jindan cultivators from Tianhai Prefecture who were invited to watch the battle.
As for everyone else…
When Han Mo scanned the entire venue, he discovered that surrounding the nearly 1,000-acre Ascension Platform, there were densely packed crowds of Foundation Establishment cultivators or cultivators from small families who came to watch the battle.
Further out, there were many Qi training stage cultivators whose number was several times that of those inside. Some of them came to watch because their family members participated in the Ascension Conference, while others came to support a certain participant and cheer him on.
But most of them are passers-by who come to watch purely for the sake of gaining knowledge.
Before actually participating in this Ascension Conference, Han Mo actually didn't feel much about the large crowds.
Even in his previous life, he had been to many crowded tourist attractions, but he had never seen a scene like today.
It is said that when there are more than ten thousand people, there will be no end; when there are more than one hundred thousand people, the earth will be connected to the sky. The scene of the huge crowds in front of him made Han Mo a little dazed.
So he had to look away and continue to turn his gaze towards the stands.
Scanning the figures sitting in the stands, Han Mo saw a few familiar figures among them. Among them, Murong Ying and Lin Feng, who were sitting in the Xinghe Sword Sect's seats, were naturally recognized by him, and Guo Mingyuan, who was sitting in the Guo family's seats, was also an old acquaintance.
Even in the center seat of the stands, Han Mo saw Shang Xiufang.
Why is she here too?
With Shang Xiufang's noble status as a direct descendant of the five holy places, it was not surprising that she could sit in the center of the stands.
However, in the game's plot, Shang Xiufang will not appear at the venue during the first few days of the Ascension Conference.
If I remember correctly, she would only show up and give some words of encouragement after the protagonist won the first place.
The protagonist here is naturally Yan Xiao, not Lin Feng.
After all, Lin Feng is already a foundation-building cultivator and has joined the Sword Sect, so he will not participate in this conference.
The main storyline of this Ascension Conference mainly revolves around Yan Xiao, and is also the most classic storyline of the broken engagement genre - the counterattack of the good-for-nothing.
At the conference, Yan Xiao will make a stunning debut, defeat many powerful enemies, and defeat his fiancée Jun Ruohan, who just broke off the engagement, as well as his clan brother who once looked down on him, the prince of the City Lord's Mansion, Yan Yucheng, and severely slap the other in the face, and win the first place in one fell swoop.
This shocked everyone, as it turned out that this useless guy had already recovered his cultivation and even became stronger than before.
It’s the same old routine.
However, in the original main storyline, the plot of the Ascension Conference actually has little to do with Han Mo.
After all, he joined the Sword Sect through the back door.
But this time, he wanted to be in the top three, which would naturally bring him into conflict with Yan Xiao.
"Brother Yan Xiao, I have no objection to you pretending to be awesome and slapping me in the face, but I can't control it. I just hope I don't run into you before I advance to the top four."
Han Mo muttered to himself and turned his gaze to Shang Xiufang again, guessing why she came.
Unexpectedly, Shang Xiufang seemed to feel someone was watching her, so she turned her eyes away, then nodded slightly at Han Mo.
Han Mo quickly returned the greeting with a polite yet elegant smile.
After all, she is his bodyguard and a strong woman. Now he can only enter and exit Shang Xiufang's boudoir freely, and other places are not unlocked yet. Naturally, he has to be polite.
It was also at this time...
"quiet."
Along with a clear and sharp voice, it magically reached the ears of everyone present, and a figure riding a beam of light slowly descended from the sky above the Ascension Platform.
The venue, which was extremely noisy just now and resembled a market, suddenly became quiet as if suppressed by an invisible aura of solemnity.
With such great power, he must be at least a Jindan stage cultivator.
The Jindan cultivator is at the third level of cultivation in the Eight Desolate Worlds of Immortality.
Gold is something that is hard and indestructible; elixir is something that is perfect, bright, pure and flawless. Once the golden elixir is produced, it lays the foundation for the future path.
In the world of Bahuang Immortality, reaching the golden elixir stage can be regarded as the first real watershed for monks. In the golden elixir stage, monks understand the true spirit, their life span is increased to five hundred years, they can grow crops, and do not need to wield a sword. It can control light-escape flight, and its power is astonishing.
As soon as this figure appeared above the Ascension Platform, Han Mo tried to see the face of this Jindan-stage cultivator clearly, but it seemed as if there was a layer of fog covering it, and he could not see clearly at all. After looking for too long, he even felt dizzy.
Han Mo had seen Jindan cultivators before. His father Han Feiyu and the loveless saint Shang Xiufang were both Jindan cultivators.
However, he had never had such a feeling before. Although it was not ruled out that this person deliberately cast some magic, it was enough to explain one thing.
This person's cultivation must be higher than Shang Xiufang, or even higher than Han Feiyu, at least in the late Jindan stage or even the great perfection stage.
"I am Minghe, the head of the Jinhong Sword Sect's teaching hall. You can call me Minghe Zhenren. Today's conference has brought together many heroes from Tianhaizhou..."
The clear voice once again echoed in everyone's ears, even though what followed was a long speech of "empty words" and "clichés".
All the participants in the conference are the young talents of Tianhaizhou with a bright future. Everyone should strive to be the best and win the first place. The conference is about stopping at the right time and harmony is the most important thing. However, surprisingly, no one feels irritated or bored. It should be that the other party used some method to calm the mind.
"It's actually Master Minghe, the elder of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect who has reached the half-step Nascent Soul stage?"
Han Mo naturally did not listen to those clichés. After thinking carefully for a while, he quickly recognized the Jindan cultivator who was presiding over the meeting.
Zhenren Minghe, the head of the Jinhong Sword Sect’s teaching hall and an elder who is half a step away from the Nascent Soul stage.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jindan cultivators were generally honored as Zhenren, and Yuanying cultivators were generally honored as Shangren.
This Minghe Zhenren is naturally not a major character in the game, but he does have some parts. In the future, he will break through the Nascent Soul stage and become the grand elder of the Jinhong Sword Sect, taking charge of the sect.
However, this has nothing to do with Han Mo. He joined the Xinghe Sword Sect, not the Jinhong Sword Sect, so he did not have much interaction with this Minghe Zhenren in the future.
Let’s not talk about this for now. I didn’t expect that the six sects would actually send an elder who is half a step into the Nascent Soul stage to preside over the Ascension Conference. In previous games, the six sects would usually send an ordinary Jindan elder to preside over the conference.
Also, Shang Xiufang also appeared at the conference this time...
Han Mo vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but this was a scene that had never appeared in the original story. Perhaps it was related to the fact that the notes had tampered with the plot, so he had no clue for the moment.
Time passed quickly as he was thinking about whether there would be any unexpected changes in this Ascension Conference.
Half an hour later, Master Minghe finally finished his lengthy speech at the conference.
Then he waved his hand:
"Now, the conference officially begins."
Chapter 41 First Victory
2023-11-10
Rumble——!
As Master Minghe finished his words, the entire Ascension Platform suddenly shook, making a rumbling sound.
Subconsciously, Han Mo shifted his gaze to the huge stone platform below.
"The stone platform has split apart!"
It may not be right to say "separate", it should be more accurate to say "split".
However, the originally neat huge stone platform suddenly cracked into neat cracks with a rumbling sound, and the distance between them slowly widened.
Finally, under the shocked gazes of many Qi-refining monks present, it split into more than 5,000 small stone platforms.
Han Mo was also shocked. This was a detailed scene that had never been described in the game.
After all, when you play in an Ascension Conference, the perspective is always on the protagonist and his opponent, and playing one game after another is just like completing a mini-game.
Who could have thought that the competition venue would be divided!