Chapter 41: The Fish-Leaping Dragon Gate Conference

The people of the Snow Mountain lineage are very particular. In their attitude towards the guests holding invitations, in the layout of their caves, in the layout of the rooms, and finally in the booklet of instructions in my hands, they all show that the Snow Mountain lineage is very particular, even to the point of being a little “clean freak”?

As I held the booklet, I couldn’t help but think of this passage. As for how I came to associate the words “cleanliness” with “neatness,” it was purely a feeling in my heart, or perhaps it was just that my thinking was a bit peculiar.

The booklet in my hands is not exquisite, but it has a distant, clean and elegant atmosphere, like an ancient book.

I was thinking about the “Fish Jumping Over the Dragon Gate” event, and I didn’t have time to look at the other content and rules. I just looked for information about the “Fish Jumping Over the Dragon Gate” event.

Fortunately, this conference seems to be a relatively important event in the market, and I quickly found the description of it.

I couldn’t wait to read everything about this event. After reading it, I was afraid that I didn’t fully understand it, so I read it again, carefully.

The Fish-Leaping Dragon Gate Conference is, to put it bluntly, a conference where small sects and small schools may have the opportunity to rise to the heavens in one step. Of course, the major sects involved will also get a benefit, which is talent.

To put it more clearly, it is a tournament organized by the ten most prestigious and capable forces in the industry today.

On that day, these ten forces will set up a stage and recruit disciples. The conditions are only two: first, your age meets the requirements. Second, you can defeat the representative disciples sent by their sects. There are no restrictions on the fighting, whether you use martial arts or any other method.

It sounds ridiculous, but in fact it is not. You can use your fists to win a fight, but in reality, if a martial artist is pitted against a true cultivator, the martial artist does not have an advantage. Simply put, a cultivator has thousands of methods, and he has many ways to knock you down or tie you up before you get close.

Unless it is a duel between cultivators, only cultivators have the means to resist some of the techniques.

Therefore, these rules may seem loose, but in fact they are already very strict. After all, the representatives of the disciples chosen by the ten major forces are not so easy to deal with.

As for the idea of the white-robed man to let me find someone through this conference, after reading the rules about this conference, I also understood that although the Great Market said that all actions were free, only the Fish-Leaping Dragon Gate Conference was a mandatory requirement for everyone who came to the Great Market to participate.

Because this conference is also a demonstration of the strength of the circle of cultivators, through this conference, it will also summarize the things in the circle, the direction, and so on, just like a meeting of cultivators.

After all, apart from the Great Market, where else can so many cultivators gather?

“Is this a show-off event for the ten major powers to demonstrate how sharp their minions are?” I whispered to myself. In fact, many things are superficially good-looking, but in reality, the essence is “dirty.” But this has nothing to do with me, I know it very well.

All I need to think about is how to get through this conference tomorrow and find my fellow students. There are actually many ways to do so, but in fact, each method involves great danger.

I put down the pamphlet, my brain kept running, and my mood became slightly more relaxed.

At this point, I noticed that the aura in this room was so abundant that it even far exceeded the aura of the grasslands outside. I had been preoccupied with other things and had not noticed it before. Now I understand why those who received the invitation were so happy to be able to live in the cave.

The resources held by this snowy mountain are really amazing.

Bored in the room, I really wanted to go out and explore, but I knew in my heart that the white-robed man’s reminder was not without reason. After thinking for a long time, I had to give up the idea. Since the room was so full of energy, I couldn’t waste it. I simply meditated and practiced here.

Time flies when you are practicing. When I finished meditating, I looked at the time and it was already past 9 p.m.

I was a little hungry, so I opened the door to ask someone where I could eat, but I found two trays of food in front of the door. I guessed they had been delivered at noon and evening. I couldn’t help but feel that the treatment of VIPs here was really good.

The next morning, I received a notice from the person in charge that the Dragon Gate Conference would be held at 9 a.m. that morning, and I was expected to attend on time.

It really is a conference that everyone must attend. I looked at the time, but it was only 6:30 in the morning, and the notice had already begun.

After eating the breakfast delivered, I started to pack up. I already had a plan in mind about how to find my fellow students at the conference. I was just a little nervous. A conference with 100,000 people? I actually don’t want to be the center of attention.

In the bronze mirror, my image is still that of a middle-aged man with a somewhat gloomy expression. I carefully comb my hair and tie my tie in front of the mirror. In fact, this is a strange place. Perhaps because of the mountains blocking the view, or for some other reason, it is warm as spring here, and there is no need to wear thick mountaineering clothes or pants.

Therefore, the people who come here dress in extremely individualistic ways. Anyway, there is no need to hide their identities as cultivators here, so they can dress however they like.

I, however, chose to wear the suit that the person in the mask gave me. Before that, I still needed to hide my identity, but I quietly slipped the potion into my pocket.

Before 8 o’clock, a man came to my door to tell me to go out and wait. Like the guide, this person was one of those who looked somewhat indifferent. I guessed that he was also a disciple of the Snow Mountain sect, but I was curious why it wasn’t a white-robed person who was in charge of the work.

After waiting for a while at the designated place, soon, there were almost 50 people gathered around, and the 50 of us were led by the person who had notified me at the beginning to the grassland outside the cave.

The Dragon Gate Crossing will take place at a secret location at 9 o’clock, and will last for 12 hours, or even longer depending on the situation. In short, it will not be completed until the evening, when the grandest gathering of the circle of cultivators will be completed.

After coming out of the cave, we were treated as VIPs and were given a carriage ride, while the people in the huge tent area had to walk to the venue.

So, I saw a lot of dense crowds of people walking in a certain direction as I rode in the carriage. I originally wanted to use this to find out if my fellow students were there, but looking at the dense crowds of people, I had to give up on that idea.

The prairie was very large, and the carriage was running at such a speed that it only crossed a third of the way in twenty minutes, stopping under another snow-capped mountain, where the Fish-Leaping Dragon Gate Conference was held.

I got off the carriage, but I couldn’t move around as I pleased, because our group of 50 people was led by a disciple of the Snow Mountain, and we were like elementary school students, with everything we did being directed by him.

But this did not prevent me from marveling at everything here. It turned out that the snow-capped mountain I was facing had a huge cave in its belly, which was brightly lit. I could vaguely see a huge circular venue, but why hadn’t I noticed its existence when I came?

Is it the Snow Mountain clan? Or the clan that digs caves? My eyes fell on the face of the disciple who was responsible for leading us. This clan also seems to be very mysterious.

As VIPs, we were quickly ushered into the venue and given a good seat, right at the front of the tiered amphitheater.

At this point, I had a chance to take a good look at the venue.

The venue was a circular, stepped auditorium, which looked extremely large. The entire venue was made of bluestone, including the seat I was sitting on, which was simply a bluestone slab laid on top of the earth.

But even so, people still feel that this venue is extraordinary because the entire venue is surrounded by reliefs, and the main content of the carvings is actually the myths and legends of China.

In the center of the venue is a huge arena, and behind the arena are individual rooms, like the VIP rooms in a horse racing track. In front of the rooms is a podium, where the ghostwriter for the ten major powers will probably be yammering away.

I just glanced at it and then looked away. At the moment, the more important thing in my mind was to perfect every detail of what I was about to do. After all, this was a plan that could easily go wrong.