Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

In midsummer August, the Jinlan Festival arrives.

The country of Zhuzi is already bustling with activity.

At this time, all kinds of demon tribes gathered in the Zhuzi Demon Kingdom to participate in the grand event. Brilliant streams of light filled the sky, surrounding the ancient Qionglong tree to form a stream of light covering the sky.

Warriors of all races who came from all directions of the Northern Continent gathered in front of the palaces of the thirteen royal cities, ready to show their skills at the Jinlan Festival.

Inside the royal palace of Yuhua City, Yuyi, dressed in splendid clothes and wearing an exquisite jade crown, stood quietly in front of the main hall, looking at the warriors of various races outside the palace who were eager to try, without much joy in her eyes.

The fourth royal city, Yuhua City, is mainly populated by fox demons and cat demons. The strength of fox demons and cat demons is not weak. Most of them will awaken their magical powers in speed, charm, perception, etc.

Moreover, fox demons and cat demons are very agile and proficient in illusions, etc. Their strength is not weaker than other demon tribes, so they often get a good ranking in the Jinlan Festival.

But this Jinlan Festival is different.

Be it the candidates from each palace selected in this Jinlan Festival or the defeated warriors from various tribes, the fate of all monsters has already been determined, including these princes from various palaces.

Yu Yi's face was calm as she thought about this. There was even a hint of smile in her amber eyes. "Master, do you know the origin of the Jinlan Festival?"

Jiang Sheng, who was sitting next to him, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Yu Yi raised her head and looked in the direction of the Qiulong Ancestral Tree, and said softly, "In fact, the demon tribe didn't have the concept of the Golden Orchid Festival before."

“The Jinlan Festival first appeared nearly 20,000 years ago.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng also looked towards the Qiulong Ancestral Tree. Did the Jinlan Festival appear after the Qiulong Ancestral Tree?
Yu Yi continued, "The Jinlan Festival is not only a grand event for our demon race, but can also be seen as a sacrifice to the Qiulong Ancestral Tree."

"It's a grand event that happens once every five hundred years, and a sacrifice that happens once every five hundred years."

"When I first participated in the Jinlan Festival, I had many thoughts in mind, but it was not until I entered that I realized the true meaning of the Jinlan Festival."

Jiang Sheng frowned and grasped the key point of Yu Yi's words.

Go in, where to go?

Ancient dragon tree?

thump~
thump~
thump~
A loud bell sounded, and it seemed that the sound came from the sky. It should be the bell ringing in the Demon King's Palace.

The ringing of the bell means the official start of the Jinlan Festival.

Soon, the rumbling of drums and the sound of trumpets appeared simultaneously.

Big drums kept emitting thunderous roars, accompanied by the desolate and distant sound of horns, and the monsters in the royal cities began to boil.

Jiang Sheng keenly sensed that even the fox maids around him who looked delicate and elegant revealed their wild side.

One by one, they exposed their fox ears and fox tails, and even their originally white and slender fingertips grew sharp nails.

A faint demonic aura began to linger and permeate, and the light in the sky, like broken glass and jade, also became eerie, as if colorful drops were falling into the Milky Way, creating a mottled ripple.

The entire Yuhua City was in an uproar and bustle, but only these two people remained calm.

One is Yuyi and the other is Jiang Sheng.

Clear light circulated around Jiang Sheng's body. He sat quietly on the jade bed as if he was detached from the world, calm and indifferent, watching all living beings.

Yu Yi, on the other hand, suppressed the call of her wild nature with some kind of mental method, and there was not even a trace of blush on her white jade face.

Yu Yi said, "This is the sound of the war drum of my demon clan. It can awaken the blood of the demon clan, but it will not have much effect on the demon clan's consciousness."

"It seems that their minds are damaged, but they are all sober. This is just to give them a little help at the end."

Jiang Sheng nodded: "I understand."

Jiang Sheng naturally had some understanding of the demon clan's war drums.

After all, they were once the great enemy of the Three Xuanmen Sects. Although the Three Xuanmen Sects may not have completely figured out the demon race, they basically knew what the demon race had and what cards they had hidden.

As the third drum beat, Yu Yi raised the seal of Yuhua City, and a ray of light projected down from the clouds, covering the entire palace.

Yu Yi said: "Master, please don't resist."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sheng gave up on using his magic power. The next moment, as the light of heaven flowed, an unprecedented suction force acted on Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng felt as if the world had turned upside down, and in an instant he found himself in a palace that was extremely similar to the royal palace of Yuhua City.

And below the palace, beneath the clouds, is a whole new world.

This world is extremely vast, with rivers, jungles, mountains and wilderness everywhere. It is a real world.

At this time, there are already many monsters existing in this world, and various monsters are scattered among them.

“This is where the Jinlan Festival is held.”

"The various celebrations and battles held in the thirteen royal cities are nothing but minor details."

“This is the real place for selection.”

"All the demons participating in the Jinlan Festival selection are now in this trial ground, competing for 1,300 places."

Listening to Yuyi's explanation, Jiang Sheng looked at the trial ground below.

How many demon tribes are qualified to participate in the Jinlan Festival?
There were tens of millions of demons from all over the Northern Continent who came to participate in the Golden Orchid Festival, and no less than a million were qualified to enter this trial.

Among so many monsters, only 1,300 were able to win in the end.

Survival of the fittest. This is absolutely true when applied to the demon race.

Yuyi smiled again and said, "When I participated in the Jinlan Festival in the past, I was lucky enough to get fourth place. That's how I became Yuyi today."

Jiang Sheng looked at Yu Yi: "With your strength, you can definitely compete for the top three." Jiang Sheng was not flattering Yu Yi. Yu Yi's strength was not weak. Whether within the demon clan or in the entire mountain and river world, there were only a handful of people who were stronger than Yu Yi.

It seems like a lot, but think about how many living beings there are in the entire world of mountains and rivers, and how many geniuses have been cultivated in the various forces in the Five Continents?
The only one stronger than Yuyi is Taiyi Yuanshen realm.

But how many Taiyi Yuanshen are there among the younger generation in the Shanhe Realm?
Jiang Sheng could sense the strength of Yu Yi. Beneath her seemingly fragile and harmless appearance, she concealed an extremely terrifying power.

The Lord of Yuhua City, the Fourth Prince of the Demon Clan, did not rise to the top simply by relying on his scheming and beauty.

It is clear if you think about it, how can someone who can stand out from the billions of monsters in the Northern Territory Continent where the strong prey on the weak have any obvious weaknesses, and how can they be just in vain?

Yu Yi waved her round fan, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression was a little lazy: "Why do you want to compete for the top three?"

"The Taoist priest is a pure and inactive person, and I am too lazy to fight for the false reputation of being fearless."

"Don't fight for the top three. If you don't fight, you're still fighting."

Jiang Sheng nodded: "Your Highness, what you said is consistent with the Jade-faced Fox Clan's usual caution."

"Come to think of it, I asked Your Highness earlier, why did the demon tribe invite us here with such fanfare?"

"Your Highness said that we would know when the Jinlan Festival begins. Now that the Jinlan Festival has already begun, how long will Your Highness keep it secret from me?"

Yu Yi smiled and said, "Master, don't be anxious. The good things are all behind."

Jiang Sheng chuckled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "I can probably guess what your Highness is thinking."

"It's nothing more than wanting me to help His Highness get something. I think that in this Jinlan Festival, not only will they take action, but even you, the Thirteenth Palace Crown Prince, will inevitably have to make a move, right?"

Yu Yi nodded simply: "Yes, the Taoist guess is not wrong at all."

"We are indeed going to have to go through this too."

As she spoke, Yuyi looked outside the palace: "Master, have you seen other palaces?"

"We, the princes of the demon race, are all here at this moment."

"In theory, given our status and position, we can just sit outside the Qiulong Ancestral Tree and watch others fight to the death."

"Anyway, even if these newcomers come to the fore, they are just candidates for the various palaces, and they still have to follow us around and beg for mercy."

"But inside this Qiulong Ancestral Tree, there is something we must fight for."

Jiang Sheng pretended to listen attentively: "Oh? May I ask what kind of thing is it that is worth all the trouble?"

Yu Yi did not answer directly, but gestured for Jiang Sheng to look at the trial area below.

In the trial ground below, millions of demons have started a bloody and brutal fight.

All kinds of demons, even those of the same species, will show no mercy at this time and kill each other in the most decisive and direct way.

In just a short moment, many monsters died and their blood was spilled on the ground.

Yu Yi said, "There are 1,300 jade tokens in the trial ground. Whoever can stand to the end and hold the jade token will be the winner and will be considered to have passed the first level."

"Once you enter this trial ground, there is no way out. You either survive to the end, or die here and return to heaven. There is no other choice."

"Master, do you think that this trial conducted by a million people is like a sacrifice?"

Jiang Sheng frowned slightly, looking at the brutal killing below: "Sacrifice?"

Yuyi continued, "Yes, it is a sacrifice."

"A sacrifice ceremony is held every five hundred years to honor the Qionglong Ancestral Tree."

"Every Jinlan Festival is a grand sacrifice. The blood of millions of monsters is used to irrigate the Qionglong Ancestral Tree."

"And every ten thousand years, after twenty sacrifices, the Qiulong Ancestral Tree will produce twenty immortal fruits."

"Among them, there are fifteen red fruits and five purple fruits."

"The name of this Zhuzi Demon Country is not only because our demon race values ​​Zhuzi, but it can also be seen as a metaphor for the Zhuzi Immortal Fruit."

"These twenty immortal fruits will be provided to the ancestors in the Demon King Palace. The red fruit will go to the Demon King, and the purple fruit will go to the Demon Saint."

"And this time, the Demon King Palace allows us to fight for these red and purple fairy fruits."

"Not just us, but you as well."

Red and purple fairy fruit!

The spiritual root of heaven and earth that matures once in ten thousand years!

The Demon King Palace even took out such treasures? !

Now, not only are the princes of the various palaces in the Demon King's Palace allowed to compete, but the true disciples of the three sects and two temples are also allowed to compete together.

As expected of a holy land-level power that has ruled the Northern Territory for 40,000 years, the Demon King Palace is really generous and has even taken out the red and purple demon fruit that ripens once every ten thousand years.

Yu Yi continued, "Master, do you know what the effect of this red and purple fairy fruit is?"

"The red and purple fairy fruit not only contains infinite essence and spiritual power, but also can make living beings reborn and awaken new magical powers."

"One red fruit will help you break through the realm of refining emptiness, and one purple fruit will help you attain the Dao of Taiyi."

Jiang Sheng frowned and looked at Yu Yi.

Yu Yi smiled and said, "Excuse me, Taoist priest, are you willing to fight with me for this red and purple fairy fruit?" (End of this chapter)