Opening (Part 1)

Three days later.

Xiao Feng opened his eyes after finishing his Xuan cultivation. He stretched out his hands, and the Vermillion Bird Flame blazed. Unlike normal Xuan fire, which is red with a hint of yellow, the Vermillion Bird Flame's color was crimson gold mixed with dark red blood, containing both holiness and eeriness. Divine flame can also slay evil!

The Vermillion Bird Requiem has a total of nine levels. The first four levels only improve the control of the Vermillion Bird Flame and are relatively easy to comprehend. The last five levels each correspond to a Vermillion Bird Xuan skill! And each level is more difficult than the last.

However, ten years of preparation, coupled with his terrifying Xuan Dao talent, allowed Xiao Feng to "cram" the Vermillion Bird Requiem.

He brought his hands together, and the firelight dissipated, but the hidden divine light made Xiao Feng's eyes like the sun that slays evil.

"Congratulations!" Xiao Ling'er walked in, looking at Xiao Feng with a smile. "Your progress is much faster than I expected. Now that you have completely mastered the Vermillion Bird Flame and the Vermillion Bird Requiem, it's time to set off..."

"It's already the third day?" Xiao Feng looked surprised. Since obtaining the complete formula of the Vermillion Bird Requiem three days ago, he had entered a state of cultivation, completely unaware of the passage of time. At this moment, he felt that only a day or less had passed.

"You entered a state of deep Insight, a state that is hard to come by."

"So I didn't disturb you. I originally wanted to wake you up today, but it's naturally best that you can wake up on your own," Xiao Ling'er said slowly.

Then, she looked at Xiao Feng seriously: "Feng'er, remember what I say today. After today, you will definitely be ridiculed and mocked by some people... How to act and how to respond is up to you. You only need to remember that I am behind you..."

After Xiao Ling'er finished speaking, she looked a little melancholy: "Alas, your mother entrusted you to me back then and told me that she didn't need you to become a hegemon, only that you could live a peaceful life and not be like your father..."

"But your Xuan Dao talent is something that even your mother probably didn't expect, how..."terrifying"."

"And I have broken my promise. I think the right to make all decisions should be handed over to you..."

"..."

"I understand." Xiao Feng nodded slowly after listening, reached out and grasped Xiao Ling'er's soft, boneless hands, his eyes firm. Any more words would seem pale and weak at this moment.

"I will definitely not let you down... definitely!"

But what Xiao Feng didn't know at this time was that, including him, there were only two people in this world who could completely cultivate the Vermillion Bird Requiem!

Qi Family Training Ground

As one of the four major families in Flowing Wind City, the Qi Family's property area is naturally needless to say. Nearly one percent of the entire Flowing Wind City belongs to them.

The training ground, as a place specially for the Qi Family's children to cultivate, occupies two-thirds of the entire Qi Family's area.

Moreover, today, in order to prepare for this Xuan Dao Conference, a square martial arts arena with a length and width of hundreds of miles has been specially set up in the training ground. The materials used are extremely hard, in order to avoid being restricted by the venue and affecting the performance.

When Xiao Feng arrived at the Qi Family, the entrance was already crowded with people. Looking at the long queue, each family was taking the invitation letters issued by the Qi Family to enter one by one.

Xiao Feng naturally also had an invitation letter, which was sent to the medical center by the Qi Family's servants at that time, and Xiao Ling'er handed it to Xiao Feng.

Just as he was preparing to line up and wait to enter, he felt a gaze watching him. He turned his head to look, and it was actually... Qi Panjian?

Seeing him, Xiao Feng felt deeply puzzled. How could he see him every time? He was even wondering if Qi Panjian was always looking for him when he had nothing to do.

It's not that he's narcissistic, it's just that the coincidences are too coincidental.

"Hahaha!" "Brother Xiao, have you been well? I knew you would definitely come." Qi Panjian didn't suppress his voice, so many people noticed Xiao Feng.

Looking at the gazes sweeping over him, he could only sigh helplessly.

"Brother Panjian, long time no see," Xiao Feng cupped his hands in response.

"Come, come... Since Brother Xiao is here, there's no need to queue up. Come in with me." Qi Panjian enthusiastically came to Xiao Feng's side, saying that he wanted to hook his neck and pull him into his house.

"This isn't very good..." Xiao Feng politely refused. It would be fine if no one noticed, but with so many people staring, it would be very embarrassing for him to "cut in line."

"Alas... that's not true. You ask those people, who wouldn't want it?" Saying that, he pointed to the crowd queuing up.

As soon as his words fell, someone echoed: "Doctor Xiao is here, so we must let Doctor Xiao go in first."

"That's right... that's right."

"It should be so."

"With the first person echoing, more and more people echoed after that. After all, for them, this would not cause any loss, just saying a few nice words. But if they jumped out at this time and offended the Qi Family's young master, they would definitely be resented and suffer the consequences."

Following Qi Panjian to the Qi Family's training ground, the entire training ground was very different from Xiao Feng's impression. It must have been renovated before, and many layouts should have been changed for this conference.

Moreover, there was also a huge Xuan formation in the martial arts arena that completely enveloped the entire martial arts arena, making the dust inside extremely thin.

The Qi Family had really spent a lot of money this time. The Xuan crystals consumed by opening this level of Xuan formation every second were definitely unimaginably high.

At this time, there were already people sitting around, but Xiao Feng also noticed that the seats in the east were currently unoccupied, and they were divided into four distinct colors: blue, green, purple, and white. It seemed that those should be the positions for the four major families to watch when they came.

Blue represents ice for the Ximen Family, purple represents thunder for the Si Family, green represents wind for the Wang Family, and the last white represents the Qi Family. The Qi Family mainly cultivates sword energy.

These elements should also be related to the Wind Cloud Empire's god of faith, White Tiger. It is said that White Tiger cultivated ice, thunder, and wind elements back then!

"None of the three major families have arrived yet?" Xiao Feng asked Qi Panjian.

"Tch..." Qi Panjian curled his lips in disdain. "Those people can't arrive until the last moment. They all want to appear last and pretend to be dead..."

Xiao Feng: "..."

"Xiao Feng, you're here?!" A gentle voice came. He turned his head and found that it was Qi Qingyun, who had already come to his side.

Her beautiful eyes revealed brilliance, revealing a strong surprise. After all, when talking with Xiao Feng at that time, although he did not explicitly express it, his words had already vaguely hinted that he would not come.

Xiao Feng's arrival was clearly unexpected, and Qi Qingyun's surprise quickly turned into unconcealed joy.

"Yes, I'm here..." Xiao Feng said, smiling at Qi Qingyun.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Qi Panjian clicked his tongue, seeing Qi Qingyun appear.

"Qingyun, that's not fair. When I asked you to come out, you wouldn't even let me into your room, saying you didn't want to go out. But now, sensing Brother Xiao's presence, you come running out yourself," Qi Panjian complained.

Hearing Qi Panjian's words, Qi Qingyun's expression didn't change. Instead, she hid the surprise she had shown and reverted to her usual unapproachable demeanor. "I didn't want to come out then. I just wanted to get some fresh air now, that's all. Is there a problem with that?"

Qi Panjian deflated like a punctured balloon. "Sigh... you've grown up. Your big brother's words don't mean anything anymore."

Xiao Feng seized the opportunity to change the subject, asking, "I see many families have come for this competition. Will all of them participate?"

Seeing his chance to show off his knowledge, Qi Panjian quickly interjected, "This competition will be a king-of-the-hill format. One person will go on stage, and then others will try to defeat them. Whoever wins will continue to defend the stage..."

There are many families participating in this competition. Those smaller families are sly old foxes. They know that even if Qingyun really chooses someone to marry, they have no chance. The reason they are still foolishly contributing so-called "betrothal gifts" must be for another purpose.

Their goal is more to showcase the strength of the younger generation in their families, so that the younger generation can join a larger family and obtain more resources.

Or to find young people with extremely high talent to join the family and expand their foundation.

Some families even sell entry slots, allowing the younger generation of families without invitations to come to their family to participate in the competition. If they become famous, they will be recruited by countless families, which can be regarded as bringing glory to their family.

"I see..." Xiao Feng said, summarizing. "So the purpose of this competition is more of a 'platform' to showcase talent and recruit geniuses?"

"That's right." Qi Panjian nodded slowly. After all, it had been a long time since Flowing Wind City had a competition of this kind. Everything needs an opportunity to make it happen, and the opportunity that led to this was Qi Qingyun becoming a "squire knight," which inadvertently caused this.

"..."