The next thing is to prepare for the newcomer conference. Ye Liuyun has a feeling that those guys will definitely prepare many means to deal with her.
Chapter 513: Besieged on All Sides (5000 words + 3400 monthly tickets plus more)
Three months after Ye Liuyun entered the sect.
At the Lun Dao Peak of the Supreme Induction Sect, tens of thousands of cultivators poured out of the internal transmission transfer station of the Supreme Induction Sect and arrived at the disciple market. After arriving, they immediately flew towards the Lun Dao Peak.
This Lun Dao Peak is where the Tai Shang Ganying Sect uses for internal competitions. The last stage of the Nanling event was also held here.
There is a large circular platform in the middle of Lundao Peak, with 108 suspended platforms floating around it. These are naturally prepared for the monks of various factions who come to participate in and watch the battle.
A large number of monks flew in from all directions, giving a feeling of thousands of immortals making a pilgrimage.
Today is the day for new disciples to show their talents. This competition is a confrontation between internal factions. They represent not individuals, but the quality and reputation of the new disciples of their respective factions.
The quality of the disciples recruited this time is definitely not as good as the Nanling event held every 300 years, but there must be a few good disciples among these tens of thousands of new disciples, right?
These platforms are marked with the names of their respective factions, so they just need to fly to the platform of their own faction.
The positions of these talismans vary in height, with the highest one being hundreds of meters away from the platform and the lowest one being at the same height as the platform.
In the world of cultivation, strong people generally like to stand in high places, so there is an unwritten rule in the world of cultivation: the higher you stand, the higher your status.
The 108 factions of the Supreme Induction Sect are ranked according to the sect competitions held every hundred years, and are generally divided into four levels.
The top ten are the ten factions with the strongest comprehensive strength within the sect. Currently, these ten factions are Tiandao Peak, Taiyi Peak, Tianjian Peak, Tianmu Peak, Taiyin Peak, Taiyuan Peak, Tianyang Peak, Tianwu Peak, Taixuan Peak and Taiji Peak.
Then there are eight special factions plus the Thirty Peaks, the Middle Thirty Peaks and the Lower Thirty Peaks.
A low faction ranking does not mean that the faction's heritage is weak. It may also be that their heritage is too demanding, or that the threshold for recruiting disciples is relatively high. For example, Tiannu Peak has a very powerful heritage, but unfortunately the entire faction has less than two hundred disciples in total.
If your faction has too few people, even if all of them get good results in the sect conference, your overall ranking will still not be high.
The Tiannu Peak where Yan Yu is located is still among the lower forty peaks, the Shennv Peak where Chen Yao is located belongs to the upper thirty sects, and the Yao Peak where Ye Liuyun is located belongs to a special faction.
The Tai Shang Ganying Sect has eight special inheritances. These eight factions can choose to participate in the sect's activities. Even if you participate, if you don't achieve much, it will not affect your status in the sect.
The status of these eight factions has not changed since the founding of the Tai Shang Ganying Sect.
They are respectively Medicine Peak, Instrument Peak, Array Peak, Forbidden Peak, Talisman Peak, Beast Peak, Puppet Peak, and Source Peak.
You can tell what these eight factions do just by listening to their names. These eight factions basically account for 70% of the income of Tai Shang Ganying Sect.
The eight Gods of Wealth naturally have high status, but no matter how high their status is, they are still inferior to the ten strongest factions of Tai Shang Ganying.
After all, the world of cultivation is one where the strong are respected. Although this professional faction is rich, it is meaningless if they do not have a strong force to protect themselves.
Figures in the sky quickly gathered together, but even though the Supreme Induction Sect had marked the locations of its factions in advance, many new disciples still went to the wrong places and made a fool of themselves.
In less than a moment, some platforms were overcrowded with people, and people could hardly squeeze in, so they could only float in the air. In some places, there were more than a hundred people or even only a few. The gap in inheritance between the various factions was really too big.
"This? Master, why do we have so few people in Tianzhu Peak? It feels so embarrassing." There is only a dozen people in a faction of the Lower Thirty Peaks. It seems that they are not far from being expelled from the faction.
According to the rules of the Supreme Induction Sect, if a faction fails to gather more than ten disciples within a hundred years, then if the next sect meeting still cannot change the status quo, it will be expelled from the Supreme Induction Sect and develop outside.
This is not to expel them, but to give them a chance to go out and continue the inheritance of their own faction. After all, you don't even have ten disciples. If you stay in the Tai Shang Ganying Sect, you will be restricted by the disciple recruitment mechanism of the Tai Shang Ganying Sect and you are doomed to fail.
There may still be hope if we leave the Tai Shang Ganying Sect.
Also, don't think that all the factions of the Supreme Induction Sect have the same ancestor. The Supreme Induction Sect was originally a monastic alliance with its own heritage, and later it slowly evolved into a big sect. In name, they obey the orders of the leader, but in fact, unless it is a big event, the leaders of the major factions can ignore the orders of the leader.
“Hey! Work hard and try your best to stand out in this new disciple induction conference. Maybe those factions with a large number of people will see how powerful our Tianzhu Peak’s inheritance is and may change their faction affiliation. In this way, our Tianzhu Peak may be able to continue to stay in the sect.” The master of Tianzhu Peak said helplessly.
It can be seen that Tianzhu Peak is located in a very low position and is not far from being disbanded as a faction. Of course, there are several factions that are in a worse situation than them, with only a few scattered disciples.
When a faction is abolished, the vacant positions can usually be given to some monks who have reached the realm of divine transformation to start their own faction.
Also, if a new disciple of the Tai Shang Ganying Sect is dissatisfied with his current faction within three years, he can change faction once, but only once and cannot change again.
Therefore, at this new members’ induction conference, some factions need to work harder to show their abilities and attract more disciples. This is an opportunity that they cannot miss.
At this time, Ye Liuyun was carrying Nalan Yan and her one hundred medicine boys to fly to the platform where Tairong was.
"Huh? There are so many people. Didn't they say that only new disciples would participate? Why are there so many old disciples here?" Ye Liuyun asked from afar, looking at the disciples standing on the platform.
"Come and watch the show. This event was supposed to be held once every three hundred years. However, this time, in order to deal with trouble, the sect recruited a new batch of disciples in advance. We are all old disciples, and your batch is considered new disciples. Every time the sect recruits new disciples, it will hold an induction conference to stimulate old disciples and encourage newcomers. This time, if you can get into the top 100 newcomers, the rewards will be extremely rich." Nalan Yan explained with a smile.
Ye Liuyun had no interest in these rewards, she came here purely to fight and show off her skills.
"Oh, but why are some of the more than one hundred factions crowded with people, while others are very few?" Ye Liuyun also discovered that not all cultivators on the floating platforms have so many people. The further down you go, the fewer people there are.
She has already seen the platform her eldest sister is on. There are less than a hundred people on her platform, which is too shabby.
"Alas! There is no way around it. The 108 factions of our Supreme Induction Sect have an elimination system and a new admission system. The sect will hold a sect conference every hundred years. The ten factions with the worst performance and the fewest disciples will enter a hundred-year countdown. If they fail to revitalize their factions in the next hundred-year sect conference, they will have to move out of the Supreme Induction Sect and establish their own sects in the South or North." Nalan Yan explained further.
Having said that, the competition within the Tai Shang Ganying Sect is still quite fierce, which means that every two hundred years, ten factions may withdraw from the Tai Shang Ganying Sect.
This is a system that cannot be helped. The world of cultivation is one where the capable are promoted. It is impossible for a faction with no prospects like yours to occupy faction quotas and resources within the church.
Ye Liuyun sighed in his heart after listening to this. Ye Liuyun's arrival quickly attracted the attention of many people. Not to mention how famous Ye Liuyun himself was in the Tai Shang Ganying Sect, just the mount Liusu that Ye Liuyun was riding also attracted the attention of many people.
The most interested among them were the monks from Beast Peak.
"This pretty boy must be the goddess' cheap husband Ye Liuyun, right? The white demon bird mount under his feet seems to be a cloud crane that has awakened the blood of the phoenix. My God, a lowly demon beast like the cloud crane can actually awaken the blood of the phoenix. Isn't it incredible?"
The full name of Shoufeng is Lingshoufeng. They make money by raising monsters and spirit pets for fighting.
Before Ye Liuyun landed on the floating platform of Yaofeng, she heard many people pointing at her and talking. Ye Liuyun immediately listened carefully to what these people were saying.
Anyway, there is nothing nice to say. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ye Liuyun is the public enemy of all disciples of the Supreme Induction Sect.
"Tsk! You're belittling me again. Damn it. I'll teach you a lesson later. I'll remember all of you." After saying that, Ye Liuyun opened the kaleidoscope to check who were talking about her behind her back. When the meeting started, she would specifically challenge these guys.
It was like she found a little notebook and wrote down all the people who belittled and cursed her.
"You, and you, just wait for me. You dare to call me a sissy, and call me cow dung and a pig. How hateful." Ye Liuyun's eyes seemed not to be his own as he quickly checked the faces of these faction disciples.
Even if her kaleidoscope can't hear the sound, she can still know what people are saying based on their mouth shapes.
This Wanhua Pupil has such an advantage, it can store the fragments of the images that one sees, but how much can be stored depends on the user's soul power. Anyway, Ye Liuyun's soul power must have reached the realm of divine transformation.
In addition to those who talked about Ye Liuyun behind his back, there were also people like Xiang Xuanchi who glared at him.
Of course, there are definitely people who take Ye Liuyun seriously, such as Xuantian, who was punched by Ye Liuyun last time. He has become much more obedient now.
"Is this guy Junior Sister Xuanmiao's husband? He is as fair and clean as a little girl. Is he really as powerful as the rumors say?" Some disciples who were away from home and those who were practicing in seclusion had never seen Ye Liuyun. Today was the first time they saw him in person.
Ye Liuyun landed steadily on the platform of Yaofeng, and then bowed to Tairong and another elder in the Mysterious Realm of Transformation.
There are only two powerful people in the Mysterious Transformation Realm in Yaofeng, and both of them are female cultivators. There are more female disciples than male disciples in Yaofeng.
The medicine boys are also considered disciples of Yaofeng, so they can naturally come to visit, and Tai Rong has ordered that all the medicine boys must come today, which can also be regarded as a way to increase the number of people in Yaofeng and give them courage.
Tai Rong also smiled kindly at Ye Liuyun and didn't say much.
Just as Ye Liuyun finished greeting, a white figure flashed, disappeared on the platform where Tiandao Peak was located, and appeared beside Ye Liuyun.
"You're finally here. You said I was slow, but you're so punctual. There are only ten minutes left before the meeting starts." Lin Aoxue, who was in a white dress, complained.
"Hehe, you don't understand this, right? The big shots always appear last. As the rookie king of this rookie conference, I naturally have to make the best appearance, and at the same time let you old disciples admire my glory." Ye Liuyun said proudly.
Her voice was not small at all. There were already many people using their strength to eavesdrop on the conversation between Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue. There were many people here who did not know Ye Liuyun, such as those who were new to the job.
"Who is this? A mere trash from Lingxi Realm, yet he's so arrogant. He says he's the Rookie King before the competition even starts. What does he take us for granted?" When new disciples from some big factions heard this, they all became unhappy.
Ye Liuyun also heard the voices of these guys.
"Tsk! What do I think you are? Of course you are just chickens and dogs. Is there any need to ask?" Ye Liuyun complained in a low voice.
Lin Aoxue on the side rolled her eyes.
"I'm telling you, please stop looking for trouble on purpose. Although many disciples don't like you because of my problems, you can't let them be hostile to you forever. When I take the position of the leader of the Supreme Induction Sect in the future, you will be the leader's wife. You must handle the relationship with your own disciples well." Lin Aoxue taught through telepathic transmission.
"What? The leader's wife? You're talking about me. What the hell? He's the leader's husband, so how can I be the leader's wife?" Ye Liuyun suddenly got furious.
Seeing Ye Liuyun's reaction was like a cat with its fur standing on end, Lin Aoxue laughed triumphantly.
"Haha, there's nothing we can do about it. 'The leader's wife' is so easy to say. There's no such thing as the leader's husband." Lin Aoxue was very happy to see Ye Liuyun being humiliated.
Because in the past three months, she had suddenly lost to Ye Liuyun in terms of how their husband and wife should get along, and for a moment she felt a little frustrated with her self-esteem.
Of course, this so-called self-esteem is just a setback in endurance and persistence. After all, Ye Liuyu had to beg for mercy when he was defeated before.
This sudden reversal must be a bit strange.
"By the way, who is the beautiful woman standing next to this pretty boy? She is wearing the uniform of a disciple of Tiandao Peak. Could she be an important disciple of Tiandao Peak?" Some new disciples who didn't know Lin Aoxue asked in confusion.
If new disciples have questions, there will definitely be old disciples who will help them solve their confusions.
"What important disciple? He is the future leader of our Supreme Induction Sect, the contemporary Goddess Lin Aoxue. I also have some bad news to tell you. The pretty boy you are talking about, the annoying guy standing next to the Goddess, is actually the Goddess's husband." An old disciple stared at Ye Liuyun and explained with gritted teeth.
As soon as these words were spoken, the new disciples became uneasy.
"What? She is the mysterious goddess. Oh my god, the goddess in my imagination should be pure and innocent, and not concerned with worldly affairs. How come she already has a Taoist partner?" Those disciples who had heard of Lin Aoxue's name were all stunned.
“Our sect does not forbid disciples from looking for a spiritual partner. Otherwise, why do you think the Goddess’s disciples have been pursuing her one after another for more than a hundred years? Alas! It’s a pity that time flies and the Goddess is ruthless. Our generation’s most outstanding male disciple, Brother Xuantian, was not valued by the Goddess, and he finally chose this irritating and arrogant pretty boy.” The old disciple complained.
But these new disciples were even more puzzled. There was nothing wrong with the goddess looking for a Taoist partner, but the question was why did she choose such a weak one? They couldn't understand.
There didn't seem to be many people present who could explain Ye Liuyun's combat effectiveness to them.
In fact, it’s not that they don’t want to explain, but they can’t explain, because they don’t know what’s going on with Ye Liuyun, is she really powerful, or is she using some shameful means.
Just as everyone was talking about it, Patriarch Tianyi looked at the time. When the time was up, he looked at a certain Tianjian elder.
Elder Tianjian knew what Patriarch Tianyi meant, so he flew out and landed on the platform of Lundao Peak.
As soon as she appeared, a fierce aura spread in all directions, and the surrounding cultivators, upon sensing Elder Tianjian's aura, couldn't help but quiet down.
The originally noisy Lun Dao Peak suddenly became silent.
"I am Tian Jian, the elder of the Criminal Law of the Supreme Induction Sect. I will personally host this new disciple induction meeting. The first round of this competition will adopt a challenge system. All new disciples can challenge freely. The second round will be for old disciples to challenge new disciples."
"Now, I declare that the first round of the challenge for new disciples has officially begun. Disciples who are willing to defend the stage or accept the challenge may come up." Tian Jian announced.
After finishing speaking, Hou Tianjian returned to his faction and sat down.
Although it has been announced to begin, it will officially start later because the major factions still need to count the new disciples. As time is tight, many peak masters still don't know how many new disciples and how powerful new disciples they have.
"All old disciples, step back, new disciples step forward." Elder Tianjian said again.
As soon as these words were spoken, the old disciples of all factions quickly stepped back, and the new disciples stood at the front of each faction.
Some factions are very awkward, such as Yaofeng where Ye Liuyun and his group are. Yaofeng only recruited ten new disciples this time, and Ye Liuyun is one of them.
The eight special factions basically did not recruit too many disciples. For example, Yuanfeng and his faction only recruited one, who stood alone at the front.
"I didn't expect that Senior Brother Ye, you are also a new disciple." Several new disciples around Ye Liuyun were very surprised when they saw Ye Liuyun standing in front.
"Haha, am I so famous now?" Ye Liuyun scratched his head shyly, looking very embarrassed.
Seeing Ye Liuyun's reaction, these disciples couldn't help but look at Lin Aoxue behind them.
"How could we not know a person like you, Senior Brother Ye? Please take care of us junior brothers and sisters in the future." The nine people said with a smile.
After the newcomers came out, a strong fighting spirit spread in Lundao Peak for a while. They were sizing each other up and looking at the disciples of other factions.
Ye Liuyun did not take the lead, but in fact, she wanted to be the first to go up and play.
Soon, over at Tiandao Peak, a new senior disciple who had reached the Dao Palace Out-of-Body State descended from the sky onto the battle platform of Lundao Peak.
As soon as this person landed on the ground, he released his powerful aura of pressure, which was the aura of the peak of Dao Palace Out-of-Body State.
"Gu Nanzhi, a senior disciple of Tiandao Peak, would like to ask for advice from all the new brothers and sisters." This is a young man who looks quite confident.
To be able to become a senior disciple of Tiandao Peak, one must have very good qualifications, and it can almost be said that he is one of the best disciples in this session.
Once this level of cultivation is revealed, most of the disciples will definitely back off.
“He’s at the peak of out-of-body realm, and has such a strong aura. He must be one of the new disciples with the highest cultivation level this year.” Some newcomers analyzed.
They were all thinking about whether to go up and challenge, especially those with stronger cultivation.
Chapter 514: Give Him a Trick in His Own Way (5000 words)
Because Gu Nanzhi is already at the highest level among the newcomers, and the new cultivators this time do not have the Four Extremes Secret Realm, so the limit is between the peak of Out-of-Body Realm and the half-step Four Extremes Realm.
If other people at the same level as him go up to challenge him and lose, it would be very embarrassing, so people at the same level don’t want to collide with each other at the beginning. Moreover, in this kind of challenge, if you lose once, you will definitely not be able to go up again.
It would be better to wait for the other side to counter-select them.
Elder Tianjian waited for a long time, but when he saw that no one took the initiative to go up, he became very unhappy for a moment.
"Why are you newcomers so afraid of fighting? Are you worried about losing and being embarrassed? If so, Gu Nanzhi, just pick an opponent from these new disciples." Elder Tianjian reminded.
