A Young Man Who Worshiped the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable
After explaining the basic situation of the Blood's Delight Sect to Bai Qiuran and the others, Bai Li left again.
Before the Blood's Delight Sect officially takes action, he needs to remain infiltrated and try to find a way to recruit more Cultist.
According to Bai Li, the Cult Leader of this Cultist had held a massive Blood Sacrifice before arriving. Through this Blood Sacrifice, he communicated with the Consciousness World and obtained a Demon Weapon bestowed by the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon.
The Cult Leader of this cult is himself a top expert at the Tenth Layer of the Qi Refining Stage, and he also wields Demon Weapon. So even if he were to rush into the Sword Discussion Assembly tournament where experts are numerous, he would be like a tiger among sheep, able to slaughter them indiscriminately.
Even if the four current Land Immortal level experts of the Great Xia Kingdom were to surround and kill him together, they would probably find it difficult to capture this Cult Leader, and might even lose one or two of them.
The Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon and its Religious Sect went to such great lengths to disrupt the Sword Discussion Assembly, presumably primarily to avenge her being Hatred by the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and his Consciousness Demon followers.
While the Cult Leader and high-ranking members of the Blood's Delight Sect were certainly thoughtful and unwilling to take risks easily, their True God was a reckless Consciousness Demon born from the chaos of war. The Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon, nor did he know how to use any insidious Moves.
In its mind, fighting means going head-on; if you can win, charge; if you can't, run; and if you lose, find a way to fight back elsewhere. It's that simple of a thought process. Moreover, the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon clearly doesn't know the saying "a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years." She has no intention of settling today's Hatred years later.
Therefore, under her instruction, these Cultists of the Blood's Delight Sect had no choice but to recklessly follow the True God.
With the Blood God Sword in hand, they probably thought they were invincible. After all, although the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon was limited by the difference between the Consciousness Domain and the Material World dimension and could not directly interfere with the Material World, she was still a higher-level being. Even if she casually threw down one or two weapons, their power would be something that Mortal Realm martial artists could not withstand.
However, it is clear that the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon did not tell her followers in detail about the dispute between her and the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable.
After all, no matter how stupid she was, she couldn't possibly tell her followers, "I was beaten by the new Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable here, you must go and help me kill his followers to avenge him." If she said that, the followers of the Blood's Delight Sect would probably collapse due to the shattering of their faith, without Bai Qiuran and the others even having to lift a finger.
In the hearts of believers, God should be a supreme, omniscient, and omnipotent being. Can a god who can be defeated by other gods truly be called a god?
Moreover, the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon clearly didn't know the relationship between Bai Qiuran, Li Jinyao, and Tang Ruowei and the Consciousness Demon within the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable Domain; otherwise, she wouldn't have casually sent her subordinates to their deaths.
After the registration for the Sword Discussion Assembly ended, the preliminary rounds quickly began the next day. Although the Sword Discussion Assembly was hosted by the Great Xia Imperial Court, the Great Xia Emperor did not attend. However, the new Grand Imperial Advisor of Great Xia stayed behind to oversee the entire Sword Discussion Assembly.
Surprisingly, the number of participants in this Sword Discussion Assembly is unprecedented. Many young swordsmen who were defeated in previous private duels have confidently signed up for this competition.
They seemed confident of victory, making it hard to pinpoint the source of their self-assurance. However, unspoken rules are unspoken rules, and since they insisted on registering for the competition, the organizers couldn't very well refuse them. After all, if they lost, it would be them who lost face.
However, due to the large number of participants, the organizers had to move the preliminary rounds to the lakeside at the foot of Primordial Azure Mountain. There, countless martial arts masters competed and quickly determined the group stage and the top eight Martial Dao arts contestants.
To everyone's Glasses, all those young martial arts masters who had previously lost in private duels and were not favored by the public had successfully entered the quarterfinals of their respective events. It should be noted that those who remained in the quarterfinals in the past were at least well-known experts in their respective counties. For young people like them to be able to enter the quarterfinals was simply a testament to their Martial Dao.
But this time, these young people not only came in, they came in like a group purchase.
Although these young heroes performed exceptionally well, and many of them redeemed themselves, after entering the top eight, the various parties watching, including even the organizers who were unaware of the truth, were not very optimistic about them.
Time quickly passed to the morning of the first day of the quarterfinals. Currently, the venue has been moved back to the top of Primordial Azure Mountain by the organizers.
As soon as dawn broke, the area around the arena was packed with spectators, including ordinary locals and martial arts masters from various Jianghu.
The first match of the day is a contest to determine the best swordsman in the world. The young swordsman Jin Fenglai, who was previously defeated in a private duel, will face off against Shang Xian, the leader of the Eight Trigrams Blade Sect.
Coincidentally, this young master Jin Fenglai of the Golden Wing Blade Sect had previously lost a private duel to Shang Xian, the leader of the Eight Trigrams Blade Sect Eight Trigrams Blade Art Shang Qian Sect.
After his defeat, he was humiliated by Shang Qian and then taken away by the officials of Tu Province. No one knew what he had experienced in those few days, only that his Saber Technique and cultivation had suddenly improved by leaps and bounds, progressing like a god.
Jin Fenglai a strong run into the quarterfinals, but his son, Jun, who once defeated him, has been eliminated from the group stage. Moreover, the two have never faced each other in the previous qualifiers and group stage.
Now, however, Jin Fenglai, representing the Golden Wing Blade Sect, is directly confronting Shang Xian, the sect leader of the Eight Trigrams Blade Sect.
As dawn broke, the battle commenced, the warriors beat drums, and the contestants from both sides donned their beloved swords and stood on either side of the Arena, facing each other from a distance.
Seeing this, some people in the audience outside the Arena started to discuss it.
"This young master Jin is really unlucky."
A middle-aged, thin man carrying a flag, who looked like a fortune teller, stroked his mustache and said, "I thought my martial arts skills would improve by leaps and bounds, allowing me to defeat Shang Qian and avenge my previous humiliation. But now I'm facing his father directly. Those people from the Eight Trigrams Blade Sect are known for their extremely offensive tongues. This Young Master Jin is probably going to be humiliated again."
"Yeah yeah."
A chubby man with a simple, honest face chimed in, "Everyone knows about the feud between the Eight Trigrams Blade Art lineage and the Golden Wing Blade Sect. And the sect leader of the Eight Trigrams Blade Sect is no good either; he certainly won't let this opportunity pass. It's a pity about Young Master Jin. Everyone in the Jianghu knows he's a righteous man, but it's all about the victor taking all, and there's nothing we can do about it."
Why do you two say that?
Just as the two were talking, a handsome White Hair man suddenly squeezed in from behind them.
He glanced at Jin Fenglai on the stage, a glint of something unreadable in his eyes, then said to the two men, "In my opinion, Young Master Jin Fenglai has a very good chance of winning."