Chapter 127: Open Fight and Secret Fight

In this plane, the territory is vast, and although it has been painstakingly mapped by our ancestors, it would be a fantasy to say that someone could have footprints all over it for thousands of years, let alone those endless seas. In those endless seas, there are some unknown secrets, even those who have cultivated to the heavens cannot tell a thing or two, because on the map of the present world, those places are just a piece of blue. In the eyes of cultivators, the unknown represents danger, danger represents opportunity, and cultivation is to fight with heaven and earth, making the impossible possible, therefore, there are some strong people who go deep into these unknown areas, strive to break through themselves, and move towards a higher peak of strength, but it is recorded that for a long time, these strong people have never returned to people's sight, if they are not really breaking through the sky, they are completely falling.

On the five continents that are clearly divided, except for the central continent, which has always been dominated by the Imperial City Sacred Palace, on the other four continents, there are countless large and small countries, which are far from being as simple and clear as the central continent. In these countless countries, there is more or less imperial power, but it is the sects in this country that really stand at the pinnacle of strength. The royal family was only born for the long-term stability of the country, while the sect was set up for the pursuit of strength. Sect management is completely different from the imperial power, perhaps, the royal family also has cultivators, but in real comparison, its strength is far inferior to some sects, not to mention those behemoths, even if they are some second-rate forces, sometimes, the royal family has to take into account their faces. Existence is reasonable, although the strength is inferior, but the royal family has its own reason for existence, if some sects want to annex it, they must also weigh their own weight, not to mention whether those top forces can agree, even if the top forces want to do this, they must also consider the threat from other forces. The royal family is surviving in such mutual containment, and after a long period of washing, its strength has gradually developed, although it is relatively weak on the surface, but no one dares to touch it easily. In this cruel world of the jungle, if you don't want to be eliminated, you have to strengthen yourself.

The Nanzhao Empire on the Southern Continent is truly a huge country, looking at the entire cultivation realm, no other country can compare, of course, this is only in terms of the territory under its jurisdiction. I heard that the Nanzhao Empire was only a very small country at the beginning, and I don't know when, it was in such a small country that a peerless genius was born, and after successfully surviving the fourth heart demon tribulation, this peerless genius's heart changed dramatically, and he actually gave up the pursuit of higher strength. After gaining the right to rule this country, under his leadership, the country continued to expand in the east and west, and the north and south wars, and in just a hundred years, this small country has become the behemoth it is today, and its land area accounts for nearly half of the entire southern continent. After its fall, because of its excellent management ability, the Nanzhao Empire did not fall with it, and still stood firmly, its strength was even slightly inferior to the top forces in the country, and the nearly 100 countries in the west that were not favored by the strong man did not even dare to show the slightest offense.

Decades ago, there were three major forces in the Nanzhao Empire, and it can be said that the great foundation of the Nanzhao Empire was basically in the hands of these three forces. These three forces did not divide the vast territory into three separate powers, but intertwined forces to maintain the operation of this vast empire. But one day, the Izumo family was wiped out, and the Black Cloud family was dominant, faintly fighting against the royal family. Since then, the situation in the country has gradually become a little strange, although there have been no large-scale conflicts, some scrambles, brawls and even assassinations have emerged one after another, and the originally harmonious relationship has slowly begun to waver.

One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, this may be the idea of the strong man back then, so he deliberately created a three-way lineup to restrain each other. After the Izumo family was wiped out, this restriction collapsed in an instant, and if it weren't for the mutual jealousy of each other, perhaps, the relationship between the royal family and the Black Cloud family would have broken down long ago. Decades have passed, and the Nanzhao Empire urgently needs the emergence of a third-party force to restrain its opponents, otherwise, as soon as the contradictions are intensified, the hard work of the predecessors will eventually be lost. In the face of these two behemoths, although there are countless sects in the country, there are very few sects that can really reach this level and are qualified to compete with them. It wasn't until the development of the Imperial Capital Immortal Saint Society that such a force finally emerged, because a small Flying Feather Gate actually appeared a strong man in the late stage of the Immortal Realm, who not only showed off his style at the Immortal Saint Meeting, but also obtained the qualification to enter the Sacred Palace Treasure Land. He is Zhang Yue. After coming out of the treasure land, his strength had reached the peak of the Supreme Immortal, and even Du Shang, the patriarch of the Black Cloud Clan, was left behind by him.

Strength always represents everything. Returning to the Feiyu Gate, Zhang Yue quickly achieved the leadership position, and with the secret support of the royal family, the Black Cloud Family could only acquiesce to its entry into the co-management system of the Nanzhao Empire.

Nanzhao City is a large city in the Nanzhao Empire, and it is also the central city, where the headquarters of the royal family, the Black Cloud Family, and the suddenly rising Feiyu Gate are located.

At this time, the annual athletic tournament is in full swing in a special area of the city. It cannot be ruled out that various forces privately recruit troops to strengthen themselves, but the two-year competitive conference is an officially recognized recruitment conference. This so-called official, naturally, refers to the royal family and the Black Cloud Family, of course, now there is another Flying Feather Gate.

Under the joint supervision of the three forces, through the identification of Yuan Force or Soul Power, only the first sixty people with higher strength are left to participate in the competition, there are two rounds of this competition, each round is randomly divided into thirty groups for one-on-one competition, and sometimes, it is possible for the same two people to meet each other at the same time in two rounds. Maybe he didn't want them to expose too much of their strength, so after these two rounds of seemingly the same competition, this competitive conference came to an end, not so much a competitive conference, but a casual competition, which was a very alternative competition in the entire cultivation world.

Taking into account certain factors, in addition to the three major forces, the forces that are qualified to select these outstanding talents will also add two additional places, and these two places will naturally be jointly agreed upon by these three forces.

There is an unwritten rule in this athletic conference, the first round of the competition is just a warm-up, only after the second round of the competition begins, the five major forces can start to grab people, they all have sixty number plates in their hands, corresponding to sixty players, as long as you fancy one of them, you can lift its corresponding number. Once there are many people who choose the same person, the selected person can choose which of the forces to join, and if one of them is not selected, then the player can only regret leaving, as for whether there are some private solicitation actions afterwards, it is unknown. Once a player is selected, the faction to which they belong can leave a number plate symbolizing the player's identity, and the number plate corresponding to the other forces will be taken away. Because of such a rule, between the selection and the selection, there are actually some skills, especially for the two additional forces, there is such an opportunity, any player joins, will bring them a lot of benefits, if only one of them chooses, then the player will automatically join their camp, saving the trouble of competing with other forces. The strength of these players is generally low, and joining the three major forces is naturally their first choice, but if the three major forces don't look down on them, it is worth it to be able to join the other two forces, after all, it is better to have the support of the sect than to cultivate alone.

Because you can only choose one of the two, there are many uncertain factors in this, which can test people's psychological endurance and speculation ability, because the strength of the players is generally low, and the choice is not completely carried out on the one who has the upper hand.

The selection statement will start ten minutes after the contest of players, for some reason, these players will rarely compete for a long time, because as long as one person shows the card, the competition will be forcibly terminated, and the other forces must also make their own statement, otherwise they will abstain.

Sure enough, in the first group of players, it was comparable to ten minutes into the trial, and the person in charge of the big sound gate held up the No. 2 sign, although it was used as a substitute to participate in such a selection opportunity, but the big sound gate still valued it very much. The person in charge was obviously a little excited, and he also knew that he was not as good as the Danxiang Palace, which was also a substitute, perhaps because they were famous for alchemy, in such a competitive conference, there would be a Danxiang Hall almost every year, but he had a big sound, and it took him five times to get such an opportunity. Because of this, it is understandable that the person in charge of this big sound gate is a little excited.

The competition was terminated, and the selection statement was carried out immediately. With the statement of other forces, the person in charge of the Dayin Gate couldn't help but twitch a little on his face, except for himself, the Black Cloud Family, the Flying Feather Gate and the Danxiang Hall all chose No. 2, with such two forces, he no longer had extravagant hopes.

"Everybody, I agreed. The head of the royal family laughed.

Because only the royal family chose No. 1, that player naturally automatically joined the royal family. Soon, the No. 1 sign next to the other four people was taken away by the relevant personnel. When the No. 1 player saw that he had been chosen by the royal family, he trembled all over for no reason, thinking that he was too excited.

"Now it's the player's turn to choose the counter-election, No. 2, you can choose one of the Black Cloud Family, Feiyu Gate, Dayin Gate and Danxiang Hall to join. The person presiding over the meeting said loudly.

"I ...... I choose to fly feather!" The No. 2 player didn't expect that there would be four people who chose him, and after a while of excitement, he finally chose his own destination.

As soon as he heard his choice, the Great Sound Gate and the Danxiang Hall were quite calm because of their self-knowledge, but the Black Cloud Family was quite embarrassed, but they didn't expect that they would lose to the newly rising Feiyu Gate in this first round, and secretly hated why they didn't choose No. 1, and losing to the royal family was stronger than now.

Because of the difference in strength, such a somewhat boring selection meeting, although only five forces participate in the selection, and there are as many as 60 players, but sometimes, some forces return empty-handed, the phenomenon is not nothing, as mentioned earlier, although the players are not very good, but in such a public occasion, who chooses more people, whose face is more radiant, if you go home empty-handed, even for a long time, will become a joke in the hearts of many people.

As for why there is such a seemingly insignificant athletic conference, it is not known.