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The senior sister took out a gold-embossed invitation, the cover of which alone revealed its considerable value. "There's a competition for the younger generation during the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony. The Qingzhou government has sent an invitation to our Ask Dao Sect, hoping we can send one person to participate. I was originally planning to tell you about this, but since Junior Brother Meng brought it up, it saves us a lot of trouble."

"A battle among the younger generation?" Lu Yang was eager to try. Apart from the Five Elements Sect, he had never fought against anyone his age.

"Then let's go, use my carriage," Meng Jingzhou said.

"Just the two of us? Aren't Junior Sister Tao and the others going?"

"I did contact them, but Junior Sister Tao said she's waiting for the Second Elder and Eighth Elder's results, though she doesn't know what those results will be. Besides, I saw she was focused on researching the Ascension Immortal Body, so I didn't invite her again."

"Junior Brother Man has gone back to his barbarian homeland to visit relatives. I don't know when he'll be back."

"Junior Brother Li is enjoying family time and trying his best to help our niece achieve Core Formation, so he's unwilling to come out."

Meng Jingzhou felt regretful. This was such a rare opportunity. There were only seventeen events of this scale each year across the seventeen states of the Great Xia Dynasty. If they missed this one, they would have to wait until more than half a month later. They would miss out on such a good opportunity.

He's a person who enjoys lively gatherings, so of course the more people who go, the better.

After Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou left, the eldest sister suddenly remembered something and opened the invitation. "On the third day of the 99,860th year of the Great Xia calendar, the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony will be held as usual. We kindly request your sect to send outstanding disciples to participate in the ceremony and serve as judges to offer some guidance."

"Junior Brother and Junior Brother Meng probably won't be going onto the stage... right?"

Yun Zhi muttered to herself, feeling that she was probably worrying unnecessarily.

As the first and second ranked youngest members of the Ask Dao Sect, their strength is beyond doubt, far surpassing that of the others.

If this were to happen in a ring, it would be utterly bullying.

"When I was at home, I often heard them talk about grand ceremonies in various places and how spectacular they were. After hearing their descriptions, I wanted to go and see them."

"It's a pity I hadn't started cultivating yet, so I wasn't qualified to watch the grand ceremony."

"The Qingzhou Grand Ceremony is a grand event held for cultivators. In order not to affect the normal lives of mortals, Qingzhou will set aside a special area outside the city, where great cultivators will temporarily build a city."

Inside the carriage, Meng Jingzhou gestured animatedly, and Lu Yang listened with wide-eyed amazement.

"Besides the magical duels, the grand event also includes auctions, appraisals, bartering, exploration of ruins, and appreciation of Golden Core cultivators—a wide variety of activities. Every cultivator who goes there will gain a great deal."

"It's not just our younger generation, but also mid- to high-level cultivators. However, those cultivators have their own circles of interaction and won't get involved with us."

The mid-to-high-level cultivators are considerably older than Lu Yang and his group. If they are present, the younger generation will inevitably be hesitant to act freely.

Lu Yang has experienced this firsthand: when classmates come to play at home, the way they play is completely different when their parents are there versus when their parents aren't.

"We also organized a cultivator exchange conference back then, but everyone was very hostile and would threaten to kill your whole family at the drop of a hat. Often, it was ostensibly an exchange conference, but secretly it was a Bandit Cultivator and murder, which was extremely dangerous."

"Therefore, only major races are qualified to host cultivator exchange conferences, as they offer the highest level of security. Examples include the Lianshan Clan behind the Nine Heavens Immortal, the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan, and the Four Great Fiends, among others."

The immortal fairy sighed, recalling the past; it really wasn't easy.

Lu Yang recalled that the Nine Heavens Immortal once made the Immortal Fairy cook in order to get the prisoner to confess. The prisoner mentioned here should be a cultivator of the Bandit Cultivator Realm who had crossed the bottom line of the High Antiquity great clan, Lianshan.

"Later, the five of us became immortals and would hold exchange meetings from time to time. Our exchange meetings were very safe, and there would be no fools killing or robbing us. However, I'm not good at organizing meetings, so Qinghe helped me arrange them."

"Once I suggested that since the exchange meeting was being held here, we should come to a place with unique features, such as the Zimu River or the Shuangsheng River. They have mountains and water, such beautiful scenery, and anyone who wants to play in the water can go down to the river to play."

"Qinghe firmly rejected my suggestion, saying that it was too dangerous there."

Lu Yang thought to himself, "Fairy, this river is the biggest enemy of family planning! Who would dare to go down into it?"

"Sometimes, Ying Tianxian would even casually slip out some books at the exchange meetings, which recorded the great achievements of the five of us immortals."

"I asked Ying Tianxian why he did this, and he said that if an immortal bestows books in public, people will doubt the authenticity of the contents, but if an immortal unintentionally reveals them, people will think they are much more authentic."

Lu Yang thought Ying Tianxian's words made a lot of sense and learned a valuable lesson.

What Lu Yang didn't know was that the rumor that Ying Tianxian had impregnated countless women also spread in this way.

Old Ma traveled slowly for two days, traversing mountains and rivers, and finally arrived in Qingzhou.

As soon as they entered Qingzhou territory, Lao Ma suppressed his ability to travel through space. Before, he had taken mountain trails where no one could see him, but not now. This was Qingzhou, a place with many people and eyes, and it would frighten passersby.

Meng Jingzhou poked his head out, saw the scenery in the distance, and beamed, "We're almost there."

Lu Yang peeked out from the other side. The mountains and forests were dense and lush. Among the mountains, there were buildings made of bluestone, scattered in a well-organized manner, as beautiful as a painting.

Although it was built temporarily, its ingenious structure shows the care taken in its construction.

Many small black dots were moving from one building to another; these were monks.

The carriage was unremarkable, and the arrival of Lu Yang and his companion went unnoticed.

Swish--

A dark shadow streaked past overhead. The two looked up and saw that it was a very fast flying boat.

The arrival of the flying boat caused exclamations of surprise from the pedestrians.

"Look, that's the Thunderfire Sect's flying boat! It's so fast! How many Spirit Stone is that flying boat worth? I've heard that the Thunderfire Sect has produced an extraordinary genius this generation. There are several people following closely behind the flying boat. Are they the protectors of this genius from the Thunderfire Sect?"

"Oh, I misread it. It was the Thunderfire Sect's flying boat that was speeding, and the constables were behind it."

"What a strange magical Law Artifact! The insignia on Law Artifact belongs to the Yunmeng Sword Sect!"

"Beneath the Law Artifact was a sword, and on top of the sword was a large iron shell—something I've never seen before."

"I know this. It's called a flying vehicle. I heard it was Ask Dao Sect a sword genius from the Dao Seeking Law Artifact, but it hasn't become popular yet. In the past, flying on a sword could only be done by one person, but this flying vehicle can carry five people."

"As expected of the Ask Dao Sect, their ingenious ideas Non-Self."

"Who says otherwise? I've heard that the Ask Dao Sect Seeking Sect is showing signs of becoming the leader of the Five Great Immortal Sects, and every member of the sect is a prodigy!"

Meng Jingzhou turned to look at Lu Yang Lu Yang, whose expression was strange.

He invented this flying car, and later the Fifth Elder asked Li Haoran to apply for a patent. After that, he hadn't paid any attention to it, and now it's already in mass production?

"Wait a minute, what about my patent fees?"

I recommend a book, also a comedy, almost finished, by the author of "This Curse is Amazing" (三行).