The sword is the only one that can lead to enlightenment once a month

Chapter 156 The Mysterious King Zhenwu
"Oh, recruiting disciples with such fanfare must have caused quite a big impact, right? Does Yuan Kingdom ignore it?"

After recalling, the old man found no information about King Zhenwu in his memory, so Chen Fan continued to ask.

Although the old man didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the Yuan Dynasty, which led to chaos within the country, after all, there was a king of the Life and Death Realm in charge, and not everyone could challenge him.

"I don't know," Luo Qingyi shook his head, indicating that he didn't know why, and then added.

“But I heard that this Zhenwu King is very powerful and is only half a step away from the realm of life and death. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Yuan Kingdom let him do this.”

Chen Fan nodded without saying anything more. His soul power combined with the secret technique could cover the entire Haiyuan Star in an instant, not to mention the small Shenzhou. However, he had never seen the Zhenwu King, so even if he found him, he would not know whether it was him or not. Besides, it was just a small matter and there was no need to waste energy.

"Hey, the Zhenwu Conference has begun, let's go quickly, we can't let those guys from Jiange get there first!"

Dengtian Tower has excellent sound insulation, but as long as Chen Fan is willing, it is not a problem at all, even if they are separated by the ends of the earth.

At the foot of the Dengtian Tower, a group of people wearing uniform clothes, who appeared to be disciples of a certain sect, walked by. Those words naturally came from their mouths.

"It seems... I'm lucky."

Chen Fan murmured.

Luo Qingyi heard it clearly, but didn't know what it meant. She was only a powerful person in the Spirit Sea Realm, and naturally couldn't ignore the conversation between Dengtian Tower and others without intentional means.

Although she was curious, she didn't dare to ask. She hadn't figured out the true nature of this senior, who was so unpredictable. What if he was an old weirdo with a strange personality?

"You seem to be quite curious about this Zhenwu Conference."

Chen Fan suddenly laughed.

"I am indeed a little curious. After all, this is not the first time that the Zhenwu Conference has been held. In the past, many geniuses worth seeing appeared at each Zhenwu Conference. Sometimes, even peerless geniuses and monstrous talents capable of sweeping across an entire country were born."

Luo Qingyi said.

"Since you are curious, come with me and take a look."

Before Luo Qingyi could react, ripples appeared in the space in front of Chen Fan. The next moment, a picture emerged from the air. Luo Qingyi was very familiar with the scene in the picture. It was the continuous mountain range on the south side of Chaonan Prefecture, which was also the place where the Zhenwu Conference was held.

The scene was taken from a very high altitude, where one could see the entire mountain range. However, at this altitude, even with Luo Qingyi's strength at the Spiritual Sea Realm, he could only barely see the faint black dots in the mountains, which were the gathering crowd.

……

The Zhenwu Mountains, named after the Zhenwu Conference, are nothing special. But since King Zhenwu came here more than ten years ago and set up a huge formation, the feng shui pattern has changed.

Gradually, the vitality of heaven and earth began to rise here, and clouds and mist shrouded the mountains. Until today, it has become a sacred mountain with a great reputation in Chaonan Prefecture and even the entire Yuan Kingdom.

In the center of the mountain range, at the top of the highest peak, there is a huge cross-section, so smooth that it seems as if it had been cut by a sharp knife.

On this flat ground, there were three people standing, two men and one woman. Standing in the center was a young man with long silver hair. His handsome face made people wonder which noble family he came from, but the depth in his eyes often showed that he was already quite old.

On the left is an old woman who looks to be in her sixties or seventies. Her aura is as majestic as the ocean compared to the restrained silver-haired young man.

On the right is a middle-aged man with a big belly. Just by looking at his round belly and squinting eyes, you can tell that he must be a scheming person.

"Palace Master Fang, do you think there will be any geniuses in this conference who can become the disciples of King Zhenwu?"

“It’s difficult, but not hopeless.”

The middle-aged man with a big belly, Lord Fang, narrowed his eyes and said.

The Zhenwu Conference is held every five years. It has been held since 25 years ago and is now in its fifth session. Not every session can produce someone who can stand out and become a disciple of the Zhenwu King.

From the first to the fifth session, there were only two people who successfully became disciples of King Zhenwu. These super powerful people were only half a step away from the realm of life and death, and their vision was extremely high.

After all, Haiyuan Star and the True Spirit World are different from the Tianling World. Shenzhou is not big, and there are many strong people hidden in secret, but at least these strong people have not appeared in the open. It is precisely because of this that the kings of the first and second levels of the life and death realm of the nine countries have been able to control Shenzhou for so long.

It is also because of this that the kings of the realm of life and death are not prominent. People like King Zhenwu are the most powerful ones. Even the Majesty of the Yuan Kingdom has to be friendly to such people, because strength is the foundation!

In Yuan Kingdom, as long as one has some property, one can cultivate to the Qi Training Realm after a period of time. The Condensation Realm is considered to be enough to travel around the world and one will not die suddenly due to some aftermath. As long as one is willing to cultivate to the Bao Yuan Realm, one can also gain some fame in a county and there is no problem in becoming an elder of a small sect.

The Star Realm is a new realm. After all, even in the True Spirit Continent, a person at the Star Realm is considered a strong man. In the Yuan Kingdom, those who dominate an entire county are only at this level.

As for the higher Linghai Realm, there is no need to explain why Dengtian Tower could be opened in the most central place of Chaonan Prefecture and why it could have such a great reputation yet remain uncoveted by others.

The most important factor is Luo Qingyi, who is a powerful person in the Spirit Sea Realm. Even in Chen Fan's eyes, Luo Qingyi is just an ordinary person in the Spirit Sea Realm, and his combat power is only at the peak of the Spiritual Master level.

However, there are no more than a dozen people in the Linghai Realm in Chaonan County, while the population is at least tens of millions, which can be said to be one in a million. It is conceivable how high the status of the people in the Linghai Realm is.

The mighty ones in the Spirit Sea Realm above the Grandmaster level are even rarer, with less than one palm each. If they enter the Yuan Dynasty court, they can be granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister. The King of Zhenwu is only half a step away from the Life and Death Realm. The status of such people is so high that it is hard to imagine.

"Oh, could it be that this time there will be a peerless genius who can sweep across a country?"

the old woman asked.

"Yes, the Sword Pavilion's eldest disciple Bu Yun has a very high talent for swordsmanship. He was once evaluated by the Sword Pavilion's master, Grandmaster Jiang, as someone who will definitely become a Grandmaster. He is a swordsmanship prodigy that only appears once in a century."

Master Fang said.

"The Prison Suppression Sect's Ancient Elephant was born with the vision of a divine elephant suppressing the world. When he was one year old, a giant elephant came to join him. His talent is also extremely strong."

The silver-haired young man in the middle finally spoke.

"There is also the young marquis of the Zhan Palace, who is extremely talented. It is said that he went into seclusion three months ago to try to break into the Star Realm, and he has come out in the past few days."

"Young Marquis of the Zhan Palace!"

Palace Master Fang also widened his eyes: "I remember he was less than 20 years old."

"Yes, nineteen-five."

“Hiss, with this kind of talent, let alone becoming a disciple of King Zhenwu, it is not impossible for him to break the shackles and open the gate of life and death.”

“It’s hard to say. The possibility of becoming King Zhenwu’s disciple is actually quite high, but the gate of life and death is not so easy to open. Look at those old monsters who have lived for more than two hundred years and are on the verge of death. They have never been able to touch the threshold of life and death in their entire lives.” The silver-haired young man shook his head. He had a say in this point because he himself was a great master-level powerhouse with cultivation reaching the late stage of Linghai realm. Although Half-Step King was also considered a realm, strictly speaking it also belonged to Linghai realm.

But he still had no idea about the realm of life and death. He did not understand anything about life and death. These things were too profound and were not something that ordinary people could comprehend.

"Forget it, let's wait and see, nothing is certain yet."

"That's right. Who knows, there might be some dark horses emerging from this battle."

……

The Zhenwu Conference, although it is called a conference, is actually a competition, a rather special competition. Why is it special? Because this competition does not involve fighting, but only requires climbing.

That’s right, you just need to climb the mountain and rank them according to how high you climb and how long it takes to climb.

It looks simple, right? But those who have participated in the Zhenwu Conference will tell you that this mountain is not so easy to climb.

The name of the mountain is Tianti. As the name suggests, there are stairs to climb on it. It is 3,333 feet high and has a total of 9,999 steps. If you can reach the top, you can directly become a disciple of King Zhenwu. However, in the four Zhenwu Conferences, only one person has done so.

At this moment, there are countless small black dots on the steps of Tianti Mountain. Some of the small black dots are constantly jumping in the mountain, while others are standing still. These are the people climbing the Tianti Mountain.

There are actually two factors that affect climbing the ladder. The first is cultivation, that is, talent. The higher the cultivation, the easier it is to climb. Among them, only warriors in the Baoyuan realm can climb above the 3,000th step, and the 6,000th step is the realm of the Xingji realm.

The second is character. Those with good character can climb the ladder faster, and even reach 3,000 steps in the Ningzhen realm and 6,000 steps in the Baoyuan realm.

……

"Yes, this ladder is quite interesting."

On the ninth floor of the Tianlou, Chen Fan supported his chin with his elbows leaning on the chair, looking at the ladder in the picture that looked like a mirage with great interest.

Behind him, Luo Qingyi, who was standing like a maid, said softly, "The ladder to heaven is very mysterious. It was set up by King Zhenwu himself. It is covered with special gravity. It is said that it can create illusions. People with bad character cannot ascend to the upper levels."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about."

Chen Fan shook his head: "This ladder... is a treasure."

"what!"

Luo Qingyi covered her red lips, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

In fact, in the past, there were people in Chaonan Prefecture who speculated that the ladder to heaven was a treasure, but they only speculated for a while and then gave up the idea.

Are you kidding? The ladder is wrapped around the ladder mountain, and it is at least tens of thousands of meters long from end to end. What grade of treasure would have to be so large? Top grade, or even higher?
But now that these words came out of Chen Fan's mouth, Luo Qingyi had to believe it even if she didn't want to.

"What grade is this treasure? It's so big."

Luo Qingyi said.

"Hmm... This ladder should be a top-grade treasure, but unlike other treasures, it has no attack or defense capabilities."

Chen Fan's vision was so sharp that he had seen countless treasures above the King level, not to mention a top-grade treasure. At a glance, it was as clear as a naked butt.

"As for the size, it's naturally nothing. There are treasures tens of thousands of kilometers in size. This is nothing."

Chen Fan chuckled.

Luo Qingyi was shocked again. Although she had a broad vision, she had never seen such a huge treasure. Tens of thousands of kilometers... This was comparable to the area of ​​the Yuan Kingdom.

What grade of treasure is this?

No matter what Luo Qingyi was thinking in his heart, Chen Fan was lost in thought. He naturally did not take the top-grade treasures seriously. Even in the eyes of the king of the True Spirit World, they were not considered precious. Because the Tianling World and the rules of the True Spirit World made up for part of the reason, basically everyone had one.

But there is a prerequisite, one must at least be a king in the Life and Death Realm. For the powerful ones in the Spirit Sea Realm, or even the Half-Step King, a top-grade treasure is still a very precious thing that can only be encountered by chance.

This is the case even in the True Spirit World which gathers resources from two major worlds. However, a person from Haiyuan Star who is not even a king of the Life and Death Realm actually possesses a top-grade treasure and eats it openly.

The most important thing is that no one has come to grab it. This is simply... unbelievable to the extreme.

Even though this top-grade treasure looks very ordinary and has no effect on increasing one's strength, it is still a top-grade treasure after all and is worth a lot of money.

Could it be that all the kings of the life and death realm on Haiyuan Star are saints?
Chen Fan smiled. There must be something strange about this!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan no longer focused on the Tianti Mountain, but spread out his soul power. In an instant, a force spread outward with the Dengtian Tower as the center, Dengtian Tower... Chaonan City... Chaonan Prefecture... Before long, the force enveloped the entire Yuan Kingdom.

Under the cover of soul power, no powerful aura can be hidden.

Chen Fan realized that there must be something hidden behind this, so he abandoned his original idea of ​​taking a step-by-step approach and prepared to investigate it directly with his own strength.

Soon, Chen Fan's eyes moved, and a figure was reflected in his eyes. It was a tall, middle-aged man wearing a simple robe.

……

In the Yuan Kingdom, in a barren mountain outside Chaonan Prefecture, King Zhenwu was sitting cross-legged in the valley. Suddenly, his slightly closed eyes opened.

"Is it another Zhenwu Conference?"

King Zhenwu stood up and stretched his body, making a crackling sound. He had been sitting here for several years, feeling the power of the cycle of life and death. After several years, he finally comprehended a little bit of the mystery of the realm of life and death, and was one step closer to a breakthrough.

"I have finally found the way forward after my retreat today. The destiny is on my side!"

King Zhenwu was in a very good mood. He was very old, and was not far from the 300-year limit in the Linghai Realm. It was for this reason that the Zhenwu Conference came into being, in order to find a successor.

But now he saw the way forward, and the Zhenwu Conference was not so important. However, King Zhenwu still decided to go there to take a look, because he was in a good mood, and when he was in a good mood, he wanted to do something. Well... if there was anyone who saw something useful, he would accept him as a disciple.

King Zhenwu was thinking so and was about to leave, but the next moment, a voice sounded in his ears.

"You, are you the Zhenwu King?"

(End of this chapter)