Chu Xiang nodded and asked, "Are there any famous experts participating in this conference?"
"Of course." The young man nodded heavily and said excitedly, "When it comes to the participating masters, the most famous one is probably Jiu Qian Sheng Sun Ying."
"Didn't Wumingzi participate?" Chu Xiang asked.
"I didn't see Taoist Master Wu Mingzi's name on the list." The young man said slightly disappointed, and then he regained his energy and said, "But the third and tenth place finishers from last year are both participating."
Zhang Zhenbian also came. It seems that his cultivation has improved, otherwise he would not come to participate in the martial arts conference again.
"Are there any other experts who didn't participate in the competition last year?" Chu Xiang asked.
"Hero, I know only a few masters, so I don't know about other masters. Once the first few rounds of qualifying are over and the dealer announces the handicap, we will know who the masters are," the young man said.
Chu Xiang nodded and asked, "Are there any rewards for this competition?"
Speaking of rewards, the young man's expression became excited, and he said excitedly: "The top four in this conference will be directly awarded the rank of lieutenant general by the military. The top 32 will be major generals, and the top 150 will be colonels. Just like last year, everyone will have a beautiful girl, will also be assigned a residence, a special car, and enjoy the same level of treatment as the military."
Most of the people who can enter the top 150 are in the virtual realm. There are very few Danjin masters who can enter the top 150 by luck. For the masters in the virtual realm, a colonel rank is definitely not high. Those who enter the top four must have a cultivation level above the magical power realm. With this kind of cultivation level that is close to the peak of the virtual realm, a lieutenant general rank is not high, it can only be said to be just right.
The military is not limited to recruiting talents. Will the various forces such as demons, demons, witches, Taoists, Shushan, Sanxian Island, and Xidu demons take action? Judging from the style of the Taoist sect, they will basically not participate. Shushan and Sanxian The Immortal Island is a land of alienation, and it is unlikely that they will participate. The demons and witches are sensitive to race, and they should not enter the game with such a high profile. The demons from the West Crossing have been immortal for thousands of years, and they are even less interested in these things. From this point of view, in the end it still depends on the power of secular cultivators.
Throwing a small piece of silver to the young man, Chu Xiang walked around in the crowd a few times, left the arena, and headed to Kuchan Temple in the east of the city. Zhang Zhenbian actually participated in the competition. He must have arrived in Wucheng by this time. Eighty cents in Kuchan Temple.
On the way, he bought two bottles of turbid wine. A few hundred meters away from Kuchan Temple, Chu Xiang heard the thunderous snoring of two people inside. Who else could be sleeping so soundly except the strange monk and Zhang Zhenbian.
It would take some time for the two of them to wake up, so they put the wine on the altar. Chu Xiang went to the nearby mountains to catch some small animals such as snakes and rats. Kuchan Temple was not far from Wucheng, and there were basically almost all edible things around. They were all captured, and if Chu Xiang hadn't had a keen sense, he might not have been able to find anything alive.
After disemboweling the body, he washed it with rainwater. He didn't care about the radioactive dust and rainwater. He found a stone and pounded it into a stone pot. Chu Xiang dismantled the altar and used it as firewood to cook snake and rat soup. In winter, of course it is better to grill it and eat it. In summer, when the heat is high, grilling it will make you feel hot. Cooking it is the best choice.
The fragrance spread, and the two sleeping people jumped up when they smelled the fragrance, and appeared beside the pot with a gust of wind.
"Senior, long time no see. Master, long time no see."
The strange monk responded with a hum in his mouth, looking at the boiling snake and rat soup with gleaming eyes, a little impatient, but without bowls and chopsticks, he was also a little at a loss, which looked very funny.
Taking a deep breath of the wafting aroma, Zhang Zhen stretched out his hand to grab the meat in the pot, but found that it seemed that the soup was not good to hold like this. Suddenly an idea came to him, he reached out and grabbed it, and rolled up the soup in the pot with all his strength. A ball of steaming soup was suspended in the air. It was pulled into a line by Zhang Zhen. He didn't care that the soup could burn people to death and just poured it into his mouth.
Drinking this 100-degree soup will cause gastrointestinal burns even to a virtual master without any means of cooling. Seeing Zhang Zhen drink the soup, Chu Xiang was about to stop him, but Zhang Zhen sucked the scalding soup away. The soup has entered Zhang Zhenbian's mouth.
The strange monk's eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Zhenbian with bulging eyes, his face full of disbelief.
Zhang Zhen swallowed a mouthful of soup and slowly closed his eyes, as if he was reminiscing. After a moment, he suddenly opened his mouth and puffed out a breath, and a heat wave went straight to the roof.
"What kind of kung fu is this?" the strange monk asked with eyes wide open.
"Want to learn?" Zhang Zhen asked, grabbing another ball of soup.
The strange monk nodded hurriedly, and followed Zhang Zhen's example and grabbed a ball of soup.
Zhang Zhen didn't tell him the secret, he sucked in another dollop of soup, and after a while of savoring it, he spat out another mouthful of hot air.
"What do you think?" Seeing Zhang Zhen taking another bite without telling him how to get it, the strange monk shouted dissatisfied.
After observing Zhang Zhenbian's movements, Chu Xiang understood how Zhang Zhenbian did not get burned by the soup. In fact, before the soup entered his throat, Zhang Zhenbian separated the hot air from it, but he did not spit it out immediately and kept it in his mouth. Here, he swallowed the soup into his stomach before spitting out the hot air, which made the strange monk think that Zhang Zhenbian swallowed the boiling soup directly into his stomach and then spit out the hot air.
Naturally, Zhang Zhenbian couldn't tell the strange monk about such a little trick. If he knew about it, his pretentious pretense would not be able to deceive the strange monk.
"Such a trick cannot be learned just by wanting to learn it." Zhang Zhen glanced at the strange monk.
"Hurry up and stop talking nonsense." The strange monk was impatient. Seeing that he couldn't eat the delicious soup, his saliva was almost dripping out.
"Just don't swallow the heat," Zhang Zhen laughed.
The strange monk stared at Zhang Zhenbian, as if he wanted to eat Zhang Zhenbian. If he had known it was such a tricky method, he would not have asked. He thought Zhang Zhenbian really had some magical power that could swallow the hot air and spit it out.
He firmly grabbed a ball of soup, and the strange monk blew a breath, and all the steam of the hot soup was blown away. The strange monk sucked it, and all the soup went into his mouth. He savored it for a long time before grabbing the soup again. .
The two of them were eating and drinking, but Chu Xiang couldn't stand idly by. If he waited for them to eat, a pot of soup wouldn't be enough, and he would have to drink the northwest wind.
The pot of soup was quickly shared by the three of them, and the two bottles of wine were also drank by Monk Wei and Zhang Zhen. They were not full, and Monk Wei went back to sleep with some dissatisfaction.
"Senior, there is one thing I don't understand. This martial arts conference is just a competition. Why are so many masters flocking to it, and even you are participating again?" Chu Xiangdao said.
"In your opinion, what are the benefits of this martial arts conference?" Zhang Zhen asked without answering.
"Be an official." Chu Xiang said.
"This is the answer." Zhang Zhen said.
After thinking for a moment, Chu Xiang said in confusion: "Junior still doesn't understand."
"Whether it is Daomen, Shushan, Sanxian Island, or demons, witches and other tribes, they are just players in the game, and they are not the force that can really determine the overall situation. The imperial court is where luck gathers. Today, there are people with the emperor's atmosphere, which is the real The three emperors of heaven, earth, and man, who are the forces that control the general trend of the world, are not subordinate, but stand side by side. When they enter the imperial court, they will be blessed by the fate of the emperor."
Chu Xiang frowned. Zhang Zhenbian's words made him feel suddenly enlightened. It turned out that the court was the key to everything. However, when these words came from Zhang Zhenbian's mouth, Chu Xiang was a little strange. This shouldn't be the case. This is a question that Zhang Zhenbian can figure out. He is dedicated to martial arts and will never waste time thinking about such complicated things.
"Senior, you shouldn't have thought of these things yourself, right?" Chu Xiang said.
Zhang Zhen laughed twice and said, "Of course not."
"Which senior told you?" Chu Xiang asked.
"Who do you think it could be?" Zhang Zhen said while looking at Chu Xiang.
"Master Qin?" Chu Xiang said.
"Smart." Zhang Zhen praised while giving a thumbs up.
It was Qin Santong who actually told Zhang Zhenbian. That means that Qin Santong passed these words to him through Zhang Zhenbian's mouth. Why did he have to pass the message through Zhang Zhenbian? It is probably because Qin Santong felt that Chu Xiang would pay homage to Wudang Patriarch. The move caused a gap between the two, and he was afraid that Chu Xiang would be prejudiced against him, so he passed the message through Zhang Zhenbian's mouth.
Qin Santong's attitude towards Chu Xiang when he conveyed such a message can be imagined. Not only did he not blame Chu Xiang for going to see the founder of Wudang, but because he understood his situation, he gave him detailed advice to make Chu Xiang understand. In the current situation, what is the best choice?
"Thank you, senior." Chu Xiang Zhengse saluted.
"Thank you. It's really uncomfortable to take such a small thing so seriously." Zhang Zhen said dissatisfied.
Chu Xiang smiled and said: "Actually, I want to thank Master Qin, but Master Qin is not here, so I can only let senior take advantage."
"No, the Sa family doesn't want to take advantage of this. You can thank him yourself." Zhang Zhen said while waving his hands.
"Then I won't disturb senior's rest." Chu Xiang said with cupped hands.
"Go ahead and do what you have to do." Zhang Zhen said while waving his hands.
After leaving Kuchan Temple, Chu Xiang entered Wucheng again. Qin Santong reminded him that only the imperial court was the key to everything, so this martial arts conference will definitely have masters from all sides participating in the battle, even demons from the West. They are all likely to participate, because if they want to get out of the hands of Emperor Qin, their only chance is to rely on the power of the current imperial court to compete with Emperor Qin and truly regain their freedom.
Even if the Xidu Demon is like this, how can other forces fail to see the key point? This martial arts conference is not only a grand event in the secular world, but also a grand event in the cultivation world. As long as it is under the jurisdiction of the current imperial court, they will fight for it. The ranking of this conference, this martial arts conference will see the power of the entire cultivation world, the true heroes will gather, and the storm will rise.
After thinking about it, Chu Xiang had already made a decision. Chu Xiang knew that this decision was most likely the result of Qin Santong paving the way for him. Only Qin Santong cared so much about him and understood him that he would think so much about him. comprehensive.
Yesterday, Chu Xiang received a call from the secretary of the chairman of the Women's Federation, inviting him to serve as the honorary chairman of the All-China Women's Federation. Although the All-China Women's Federation is honorably a mass organization, in fact it is an organization under the leadership of the military government and is also under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Chairman He also received a salary from the imperial court.
