"Since you already think this matter is suspicious and are facing the threat of being pacified by Dongmen, why don't you just give up? Why take the risk?" Zhao Dongsheng asked puzzledly.
"Give up? Do you think this is a vegetable market? You can come and go as you please? From the moment you enter the city, the sects that come to participate in the exchange meeting have been recorded. No sect is allowed to withdraw during the exchange meeting. This is the rule set by the Ping'an Domain Exchange Meeting since the first session! If you force yourself to leave during the exchange meeting, you will be suppressed by people from all major sects in the entire Ping'an Domain!" Zheng Yunxia said with a wry smile.
As Zheng Yunxia was speaking, a young man in a Chinese robe walked onto the stage and shouted to everyone in the room: "Everyone, this exchange meeting is about to begin. Please keep quiet!"
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, the man continued: "I am Sun Shaoqian from the Shenyin Sect. I will be the host of this exchange meeting. Please bear with me. Next, we would like to invite the seniors from the board of directors to come on stage." After Sun Shaoqian finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding.
Because of the matter of entering the city, many people still had a good impression of Sun Shaoqian and they didn't want to refuse him, so they applauded. Then, the great elders of the three major sects in Ping'an Domain walked onto the stage.
"Haha, I'm sure you've all heard that this exchange meeting is different from any previous ones..." Sun Shaoqian repeated the rules of the exchange meeting to everyone.
The general meaning is similar to what Danxia Sect said, allowing three sects to form a team, and the top three teams have the opportunity to be taken away from Ping'an by a well-known figure from the outside world and get the support of that big man. The venue of this exchange meeting is also just as Danxia Sect said, in the Dark Forest, but surprisingly, people from the three major sects will also participate. Rather than saying that this is an exchange meeting, it is better to say that it is a trial competition between sects.
When they heard that the venue was in the Dark Forest, most of the sect members were shocked and started discussing:
"This... the Dark Forest has not allowed us humans to enter recently!"
"Holding an exchange meeting in the Dark Forest, do small sects like us have any chance of survival? In the past, we could just fight in a competition arena, but this time we are forced to go to a place like the Dark Forest where there is no order. I'm afraid that by then, all of our small sects will be killed or injured!"
"Yes, in this peaceful area, the major sects still have concerns. After entering the Dark Forest, won't the people from those major sects have no scruples? Our sect will withdraw from this exchange meeting!"
"That's right. As for the top three, a small sect like us doesn't dare to dream of it. Now that the three of them are planning to participate, there is even less chance for us to participate. It's not worth it to risk being wiped out!"
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"Silence!" Sun Shaoqian shouted sternly.
Then his expression eased, and he explained to the audience: "I know everyone has a lot of doubts now. First of all, the Dark Forest has its own seniors to negotiate. You don't have to be angry about the weaker sects. Although our three sects will participate in the competition, it is limited to those below the Nascent Soul stage. It is simply to allow the disciples in the sect to enter and train. We don't intend to compete for the ranking! Moreover, the ranking of this competition is not only based on cultivation, but also on points. The senior buried 81 black nails in the Dark Forest in advance. As long as everyone can find the location of the black nails and pull them out, it will be counted as 1 point. The top three in terms of points will be the winners of this competition and get the support of the senior. Of course, the other sects will not be empty-handed. The points you get can be exchanged for spirit stones. 1 point can be exchanged for 10 high-quality spirit stones. The top ten will also have spirit tools as rewards. In my opinion, points are not closely related to strength, and perhaps luck is a bigger factor. Of course, if some of you think that this competition is too dangerous, we will not force it!"
"Even if we get the Black Nail, we won't be able to keep it without the strength. We will just be making wedding dresses for others!" Someone in the audience shouted to Sun Shaoqian.
"Haha, there are only more than a hundred sects in our Ping'an Domain participating in the exchange meeting this time, and I believe most of you are cooperating with three sects, right? The Dark Forest is so vast? The probability of you encountering other groups is probably not much greater than the probability of finding the Mysterious Nail!" Sun Shaoqian said with a smile.
Hearing what Sun Shaoqian said, everyone was a little tempted. 10 high-grade spirit stones were not a small number. Spirit tools were even rarer in the backward Ping'an Region. Under such a huge temptation, the eyes of the various sects were shining. 81 black nails, even if they couldn't make it into the top 10, it wouldn't be difficult to get one, right? As long as they survived, they still had a good chance of getting 10 or 20 high-grade spirit stones as a reward.
"Hehe, do you have any questions?"
Zhang Jingxuan spoke at this time: "Young Sect Master Sun, I just asked around, the Dark Forest is not close to here, how can we get there? Will it take several more days? Haha, we in Lingxiao Sect have flying boats as a means of transportation, so it doesn't matter, but it will be hard for other fellow Taoists!" It sounded like a question, but in fact it was a naked show-off.
However, when the people from other sects heard Zhang Jingxuan say this, they ignored his intention to show off and looked at Sun Shaoqian with confusion.
Sun Shaoqian smiled, and the disciples of the Shenyin Sect exchanged glances. Two disciples of the Shenyin Sect walked out of the crowd and came to an open space nearby. Then they pressed a few times on the ground in a certain pattern, and a stone door slowly rose from the ground.
"Teleportation array?" some knowledgeable monks exclaimed uncertainly.
"That's right. My Shenyin Sect built its sect here precisely because of this teleportation array. But the teleportation array was already damaged when it was discovered. Even though my sect has studied it for hundreds of years, we still have no clue, so it was gradually abandoned. Later, the ruins of the teleportation array were filled in and became part of this square. A few days ago, that senior accidentally discovered the existence of this teleportation array. After his repair, the teleportation array can finally be used, and the address it teleports to is exactly the Dark Forest!" Sun Shaoqian said with a smile.
Everyone sighed when they heard this. The teleportation array is a fast channel connecting two places. Even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can arrive instantly. Having a teleportation array is equivalent to guarding a vault. However, the teleportation array of the Shenyin Sect is too bad. It actually leads to the Dark Forest. Who would go to the Dark Forest for no reason?
"Seniors, do you have anything to add?" Sun Shaoqian asked the three sects' great elders.
The three of them waved their hands impatiently and said, "Don't waste time, let's get started!"
Sun Shaoqian smiled awkwardly, and then said to everyone: "Haha, everyone, now I will give you one hour to prepare. Sects that have not formed an alliance should form an alliance as soon as possible. In one hour, the teleportation array will be opened and we will head to the Dark Forest!"
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