"Wife, give me a slap."
"Why don't you pinch me? I'm a little confused too."
"Ouch, that really hurts! Holy crap, this really isn't a dream!"
Only after Li Xingkong handed out the medals to the athletes did the audience in the stands begin to realize what was happening.
"Holy crap, it's real! It really is Sword Immortal!"
"I knew it! Someone must have been practicing swordsmanship there the other day. I was right, I was right!"
"Wow, flying on a sword! That's truly divine! I thought the contestants were already pretty amazing, but I didn't expect there to be other masters like them."
"Not only that, look up at the sky, the ceiling is floating there too."
Gradually, the audience calmed down, and a discussion erupted. The entire venue suddenly became as lively as a market, so noisy that it was difficult to hear anything clearly.
It was truly astonishing. Originally, they planned to watch the competition, then go back and see how this cultivation method worked, and then slowly begin to cultivate in their spare time. If they could succeed, that would be good; if not, so be it. After all, in a peaceful society, there was no need for such strong combat power.
But Li Xingkong's demonstration gave them a different perspective. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a groundbreaking technique?
"Everyone, please be quiet."
Despite the noise from so many people talking, Li Xingkong's words still reached everyone's ears clearly, as if he were standing right in front of them. This was clearly not an ordinary sound transmission device. You should know that even the most advanced audio equipment in modern society cannot achieve such an effect.
Upon hearing Li Xingkong's words, everyone involuntarily wanted to quiet down and listen to what he had to say next. This was also a way of using Divine Sense. As Li Xingkong spoke, he subtly incorporated a trace of Divine Sense, making everyone who heard him curious about what he was about to say.
Li Xingkong first gave a brief commentary on the contestants who had achieved good results, and then turned the topic to the matter of cultivation for all.
"This competition was very exciting, and I benefited greatly from everyone's insights on spiritual practice. What I want to say is that spiritual practice is also a discipline. Like other subjects, it can only progress better by pooling everyone's efforts, allowing a hundred flowers to bloom, and through the collision of various ingenious ideas."
"As for the purpose of cultivation, everyone has different ideas. Some people pursue enjoyment, some want to become stronger, and some want to use this power to do what they want. Everyone is different, so it's really hard to get a unified answer on this point. But no matter what ideas one has when embarking on the path of cultivation, longevity and freedom are definitely two things that everyone pursues."
"This competition is also a signal. From today onwards, the entire Divine Land will step into a new era, the so-called era of cultivation. I hope everyone can seize the opportunity in this new era and attain immortality."
To be honest, Li Xingkong hadn't prepared anything special to say before going on stage. It was just an award presentation, so he figured he'd just say a few words. After all, with their performances already shown, most people's attention should be on cultivation now. He was just going through the motions.
With that said, the awards ceremony was considered complete. Li Xingkong and the other award recipients stepped down from the stage. Then, the emcee took the stage to begin wrapping up the competition.
"Holy crap, who are these divine beings who are giving us awards? I thought our cultivation progress was fast enough, how come there are already people who can fly on swords?"
As they walked, Brother Gou came up and tugged at Lin Yinxuan's clothes, leaning over to say something.
While Tie Xingzhen, who was walking to the side, did not turn his head, he also perked up his ears.
"I actually recognize that one."
Lin Yinxuan glanced at Li Xingkong walking ahead, who was chatting with Li Xingkong Wu Ting as they walked. Lin Yinxuan touched his nose and then spoke to Brother Gou.
"Didn't I begin my cultivation some time earlier than you, back when I was in heaven?"
Lin Yinxuan pointed upwards, Brother Gou looked up at it first, then realized that he was talking about the moon.
"He was the one who guided us to begin our cultivation back then. In my opinion, he is the strongest cultivator in the entire world."
"Damn, you mean back then, he was the one who led you onto the path of cultivation?"
Upon hearing this, Brother Gou's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Xingkong a few more times. But Li Xingkong was behaving like an ordinary person at the moment, and even after looking at him again and again, Dog Brother couldn't see anything special about him.
"But he's too strong! What level of skill does he need to reach?"
"That's nothing. You haven't seen him traverse the moon; he actually managed to land on the moon with his own body."
Lin Yinxuan was secretly delighted by Brother Gou's overreaction. He had witnessed all of these things firsthand, but no one had ever listened to him before. Keeping it all bottled up inside was incredibly painful. Now that the matter of cultivation was public, he could finally bring up many things. Moreover, Brother Gou and Tie Xingzhen were his own people, and they were qualified to listen to these things.
"Wow, a human landing on the moon! That's incredible! How could a human possibly traverse space?"
Even Tie Xingzhen, who was secretly listening, couldn't help but widen his eyes.
He himself chose metal as his Body Tempering material, so he was naturally quite aware of the difficulty of Body Tempering cultivation. However, even for a physical cultivator like him who used iron as his Body Tempering material, he dared not say that he could live in space, let alone traverse space.
"More than that, when he was in seclusion..."
Lin Yinxuan started talking like a floodgate had opened, recounting everything he had seen and heard about Li Xingkong, Brother Gou and Tie Xingzhen bewildered, as if he were telling a the Myth story.
The three of them were whispering amongst themselves in the back, while Li Xingkong and Wu Ting were also chatting idly.
"I didn't expect you to be so strong. It seems I was a bit reckless in challenging you before."
Wu Ting said with a smile, still a little embarrassed. He had never seen Li Xingkong fight before, and he thought he was quite capable of fighting, and that he could easily Li Xingkong. But now, seeing Li Xingkong's skills, it wasn't a question of whether he could fight or not. Even if he had to figure out how to lift the ceiling himself, he couldn't do it even if he were beaten to death.
Even with just this one staged entrance, he felt he would find it difficult to do so even in ten or eight years.
"So what? I just started cultivating a little earlier than you. You'll be able to do it sooner or later."
Although his cultivation was indeed faster than others, Li Xingkong did not develop the habit of judging people based on their cultivation level. This was similar to how Wang Sicong made friends; since no one had as much money as him, he naturally didn't care about money when making friends.
"This kind of miraculous power was just a fantasy a few years ago, but now it's truly in my own hands. The world has changed so much and so fast."
Wu Ting looked at his hands; Magic Power danced within them, like tiny little figures.
In response to Wu Ting's emotion, Li Xingkong just smiled. Is this change considered fast? Compared with before, it is true, but this is definitely not the fastest time. The changes in the world have just begun.