I am cultivating immortality in the chaotic world.

Chapter 322 "I like the feeling of going through the back door. It feels good."

Before the Ascension Conference officially begins, there will be three days in Zhongzhou City where transactions between many cultivators will take place, such as setting up stalls and auctions, etc. During these three days, Chen Lu did nothing else.

Only on the first day did I take the Chaotian Sect members for a walk around the city.

In the next two days, we went shopping separately. Everyone had different interests, so it was impossible to shop together.

For example, some people, forget it, let's just name them, like Qu Gui insisted on going to the brothel, saying that he must see what's different about the girls in the fairy world, while some wanted to go to the street stalls to walk around, and Fei Long wanted to see if there were any local delicacies in the fairy world.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

After all, all the strong men in the entire Tidal Fairyland will gather here in the next few days. In this case, no one knows whether the person they provoke has any background. Everyone is relatively restrained and nothing will happen that will lead to trouble.

What's more, they have reached the realm of human immortals and earthly immortals, and basically they would not do such tasteless things.

As for the young leader of Chaozong, he is an exception. After all, no matter where you are, there are always a few people who don't fit in.

During these two days, Chen Lu went to a teahouse to sit down.

During those days, there were no storytellers in the teahouse. Instead, there were discussions. A group of people gathered together to discuss the effects and possibilities of combining various terms. After listening for two days, he actually gained some insights.

But it is obvious that everyone is relatively reserved and does not bring out their core term pairings for discussion. This is also a very normal thing. Core term pairings are something like one's life and property, so no one would bring them up for discussion.

that's it.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon, three days had passed and the Ascension Conference was about to officially begin.

On this day——

The Ascension Conference has officially begun. Many cultivators have gathered outside Zhongzhou City, waiting for the portal to appear in the open space.

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Chen Yu looked at the strange Buddha beside him with a complicated expression: "I thought you would change your body shape."

After all, it’s not that he is discriminatory.

But the image of the strange Buddha does not look very decent at all. Even under the scorching sun, it gives people a rather weird feeling, which is really creepy.

"uh-huh."

The strange Buddha didn't care about it at all. Instead, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Is it necessary? Do you think I stand out in the crowd?"

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The corners of Chen Lu's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't say anything for a while. It was true. Although the image of the strange Buddha was really creepy, it was really not eye-catching at all in the crowd.

There are many things that are more eye-catching than the weird Buddha.

For example, the Badan and barbarian people.

The towering giant stood out from the crowd in the open space, and it was impossible not to attract everyone's attention.

In addition, the images of other monks are not very normal.

This is not even as good as the Xuantian Continent. Although the Xuantian Continent is a first-grade continent and everyone's cultivation is not high, at least every cultivator is dressed in Taoist robes, and they really look a bit like immortals with a sanctimonious look.

But these real immortals do not show any trace of Taoist spirit.

For example, the immortal on the left is just a ball of black air. Not to mention what he is cultivating, we don’t even know what race he is.

Although there were many people at the scene, no one released their spiritual consciousness. In this case, releasing spiritual consciousness would really be considered as an active provocation, which would easily make people with higher cultivation levels dislike it and give them a lesson.

Everyone is quite well-behaved.

Look at it as a whole.

Chen Lu is the most normal one among these people.

They were not given much time to reminisce.

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by a sound of thunder, a white portal suddenly and slowly floated in the air in front of them. The moment this portal appeared, many monks took off into the air and flew into the portal.

There was no scramble, everyone entered one by one.

In fact, there is no need to fight for it. No matter whether you go in early or late, it's all the same. What are you fighting for?

After waiting for a while.

Chen Lu and the others followed Badain and entered the portal together.

After stepping into the portal.

What comes into view is the familiar bluestone square.

"Um"

In response to this, Chen Lu just nodded silently. He had already accepted this setting. He found that Tiandao and Chaotian Sect had one thing in common, that is, they both liked bluestone squares with this kind of shape. He didn't know who copied whom.

It's a consistent aesthetic.

After waiting for a long time, the white portal behind them gradually closed, and everyone had entered this secret realm. Although everyone was standing on this bluestone square, it did not seem crowded.

This bluestone square is large enough to accommodate more people without any problem.

Anticipation and excitement could be seen on everyone's face.

After all, the Ascension Meeting is only held once every ten thousand years. No one standing here has ever been to the Ascension Meeting. Everyone's understanding of the Ascension Meeting comes from the records in history books and the records in the inheritance, and they only have a superficial understanding of it.

No matter how much knowledge you have, it is not as shocking as standing here in person.

next moment--

A vicissitudes and emotionless voice slowly sounded in everyone's ears.
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"The Ascension Ceremony that takes place once every ten thousand years has officially begun."

"There are many opportunities for everyone to obtain in the Ascension Meeting."

"The Ascension will last for three days."

"The first day will be a masked dinner."

"The second day is the Peach Feast."

"The third day is to climb the immortal road."

"There are a total of 198 teams entering this Ascension Meeting. Please ask the captains of each team to name their team. The time limit is ten breaths."

"Name completed."

"Next, each cultivator will be randomly assigned a unique identity. This identity will last until the start of the 'Peach Banquet'. Most identities are mortal immortals, and a few have special effects. These effects will help you get better opportunities at the Masked Banquet."

"Start randomly."

"The randomness will pause. After a hundred breaths, it will start to randomize again."

"Masquerade dinner?"

Chen Lu looked thoughtfully at the panel wrapped in clouds that popped up in front of him. It seemed that this Ascension Meeting was also a large secret realm, but it was the first time he had seen such a secret realm, and one with a unique identity.

Pity.

There are a total of 198 teams, which is a lot of people. In this case, it is a bit difficult to randomly get a special identity with special effects.

He had no expectations of that.

After all, he didn't know what effects these special identities had, and they might even be of no use at all.

not to mention.

He came here mainly to join in the fun and had no intention of gaining any opportunities. After all, the greatest opportunity in this secret realm was to allow a strong person at the peak of the celestial immortal level to break through to become a true immortal. This opportunity was of no use to him.

The main task is to see the world. After seeing the world, he will take all the disciples of Chaotian Sect back to Chaotian Palace for seclusion.

His next plan is to prepare for the upcoming awakening of the Heavenly Dao.

I just don’t know if there was some problem. The identity was already halfway randomized, so how could it be randomly paused?

at this time--

Xiao Shuai, who had been beside him for some time, suddenly whispered, "Senior, the spirit of this secret realm is one of our own."

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The words fell.

Chen Yu's expression changed slightly, and he immediately turned his head to look at Xiao Shuai, and said word by word in a hoarse voice: "Are you serious?"

"Why are you saying this now?"

"I just discovered that the weapon spirit in this secret realm has awakened its self-awareness, but it only works once every ten thousand years and has no means to establish contact with the outside world. I just told him about my plan to establish a clan of our weapon spirits, and he was very excited and clamored to join us."

"I told him that you are my boss. As long as you have enough opportunities in the secret realm this time, I will promise him that after the secret realm ends, I will take him away and let him join the weapon spirit clan."

"Of course, this matter still needs your approval, Senior. He is waiting for my reply now. If you don't want him to join us, I will reject him right away."

"willing!"

Chen Yu nodded seriously and sincerely: "Why not? I very much welcome this new partner to join our big family."

"So this random identity pause is?"

"We will wait for you to choose the identity you like first, and then we will start randomly."

"call"

Chen Yu took a deep breath and murmured, "I like this feeling of going through the back door. It feels good. So what are you waiting for? Let's get started?"

soon--

A panel wrapped in clouds and mist popped up in front of him, with all the identities and their effects marked on it.
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"Mortal Immortal": No effect. (Unlimited quantity)

"Gatekeeper": Can freely go to any corner of the secret realm. (Limited to 5 people.)
"Immortal in the Furnace": Can ignore the burning caused by Samadhi True Fire. (Limited to 5 people.)
"Peach Fairy": You will have an extra peach, which can cause high damage to puppets. (Limited to 5 people.)
"Sea Fairy": Can freely control sea water. (Limited to 5 people.)
"Land Fairy":-
There are 10 identities in total.

In addition to the mortal immortals, there are a total of 9 special identities. I don’t see any particularly strong ones. They all seem to be special identities with strong targeting. No matter which one he chooses, it can only be said that there are certain advantages, but the advantages are not too big.

No special identity can determine victory as soon as it is selected.

unless
"that."

After hesitating for a while, Chen Yu asked cautiously, "Can you give all these identities to our Chaotian Sect disciples?"

There are a total of 45 places for special status.

There are a total of 198 teams here, with the smallest team having a dozen people and the largest having nearly a hundred people. There are nearly 45 people gathered here, which means that only people have special identities, and the rest are ordinary immortals.

The advantage of choosing a special identity is not that great, almost non-existent.

But if all the special identities belong to him, then the advantage would be much greater.

"of course can."

Accompanied by Xiaoshuai's nod.

next moment--

That vicissitudes and emotionless voice sounded again.
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"Identity starts randomly."

"The identity has been randomized."

"The first day's activity is the Masked Dinner. Before the dinner begins, you need to pass nine levels as a team. Each level is an elimination system. After passing a level, all members of the team will receive a chance. The best performing team on the winning team will receive an additional chance."

"In the end, we'll select the last team standing."

"And this team will get priority at the Masked Dinner."
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Along with this voice, it slowly fell.

Changes have also taken place in the bluestone square.

I saw a bluestone path slowly appearing in front of me. At the end of the path was a white portal with the words "First Level" marked on it.

at this time--

The crowd on the bluestone square was noisy, and the group of Chaotian Sect disciples were slightly stunned, and then they couldn't help shouting with excitement, but they soon realized something and forced themselves to suppress their emotions. They looked at each other in disbelief, and asked, "Why are you all so excited? Could it be that..."
Fei Long, who was excited and ready to tell Brother Lu the good news, looked at the reactions of the other Chaotian Sect disciples and was slightly stunned. Then he said in confusion: "Why are you all..."

"Shhh."

Chen Lu's expression was slightly strange and he hushed, signaling everyone not to make it public, lest they be reported. Although there seemed to be no place to report, they still had to keep a low profile. Otherwise, although they would not be reported, it would probably cause public outrage.

Although he was not afraid of anyone present, he was still a little scared of so many people if he aroused public anger.

He was randomly assigned the special identity of "The Immortal in the Furnace".

Yes, he didn't specify it, it was random, just random within a special identity.

The effects are all similar, none of them are particularly strong, just use any one of them, anyway, he can use whichever one he wants.

The group of Chaotian Sect disciples looked at each other and quickly understood what was happening. They took a deep breath. Just now they thought they were lucky, but now it seems that the Sect Master was cheating again.

Although I don’t know how the sect leader cheated.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

At this moment, Chen Yu heard Badan's complaint: "Is our luck so bad? The Barbarians brought dozens of people this time, but not one of them got a special identity randomly. We will have no advantage at all in the next level."

"Are you so unlucky today?"

"Senior, are there any of your people who have been randomly assigned special identities?"

"some."

"Really." Badan's eyes lit up: "What identities were randomly assigned, how many people were randomly assigned, and what were the results?"

And at this time.

The entire square was filled with complaints. Almost all forces were wondering why their luck was so bad today. They brought so many people, but not a single one arrived randomly.

"cough."

After Chen Yu coughed lightly, he whispered, "We'll talk about this later. Let's go to the first level first."

"oh oh."

Although Badan was a little confused, he still nodded. It was true that there were so many people here and it was indeed not convenient.

soon.

Chen Lu and others stood at the entrance of the first level. The secret content of the first level was very simple.

A level where two teams compete against each other.

One of the teams sends out a person to describe the "specific idioms" provided in the level through gestures, and then asks representatives from both teams to guess what idiom is being described based on the gestures.

Very simple content level.

The winning team will go to the second level, and the losing team will go to the audience seats to watch the other teams' clearance footage, and patiently wait for the masked dinner to begin.

And during this period.

It is not allowed to communicate through any means such as telepathy, dream transmission, etc., and the person making the gesture will be in an independent small space and cannot see other people. Even if they want to make eye contact, they cannot do it.

Moreover, for this level, the idioms will be announced in advance, with a total of 100 idioms. The performers will perform based on these 100 idioms, so the difficulty is greatly reduced.

However, it will not be announced yet. It will be announced after the performers enter the small space to avoid the possibility of cheating planned in advance.

This is to avoid the situation where, for example, I count three, which is the third from the last among these 100 idioms.

It can be said that fairness has been guaranteed to the greatest extent possible.

"bring it on!"

at this time--

A middle-aged man standing next to them said word by word with a serious face: "Are you ready? If you are ready, let's start!"

Yes.

To be fair.

This level is divided into the first half and the second half.

In two rounds of dialogue, each team will send out a performer, and each performer will perform ten idioms, for a total of twenty idioms. In the end, the representatives from both sides will be judged based on the number of correct answers they give.

It is worth mentioning that.

It was only then that Chen Lu discovered that Badan named his team "The Giant Team", while the other team's name was "The Brave Team".

Well, his comment on that was no comment at all.

Although he didn't know why Badan was so obsessed with Da, forget it, let's not talk about it.

soon--

According to the process, each team selected a performer. The other team's performer was a thin and smart-looking young man, while their performer was Feilong.

The other team's representative to guess the idiom was their captain, while their representative was Chen Lu.

Yes, Chen Lu is ready to take part in the first stage himself.

"senior."

Badan grinned confidently: "If you are willing to go on stage yourself, then there will be no problem."

Then, when both parties stepped into the free teleportation array in front of them.

Appeared on a stage.

There were many spectator stands around the ring. The other members of the team sat in the stands to watch the fight, while Chen Lu and the captain of the "Go Forward" team stood in the center of the ring. There was a cage right in front of them, and a thin young man stood in the cage.

They were the performers selected by the "Go Forward" team.

This performer starts the first half of the round.

"Boy, you look a little unfamiliar."

Before the battle officially started, the captain of the "Go Forward" team, a man with a full beard, looked Chen Yu up and down and narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Are you from the human race? When did Badan become so close to the human race? And they sent you up to the first level and valued you so much?"

"Ah."

Chen Yu nodded lightly and said casually: "It's okay, it will be difficult for you to forget my name in the future."

Immediately afterwards——

Along with a weathered and emotionless voice, the competition officially began.

"Please perform your first idiom from the Brave and Forward Team."

After receiving the instructions, the thin man demonstrated a lot of movements in the cage.

Looks shifty.

Sometimes he rummaged on the left side, sometimes he rummaged on the right side.

After the performer finishes, the delegates have ten breaths to think.

The captain of the Brave Forward team thought for a few breaths before hesitantly writing down his answer on the rice paper.

He turned his head to look at Chen Chu beside him, only to find that Chen Chu had finished writing long ago without him noticing.

Then, at the prompt, they all raised the rice paper in their hands.
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"The answer to the first round is, stealing!"

"If both representatives answer correctly, they will each get one point."
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"Ok?"

Seeing this, the captain of the Brave Team frowned, feeling a sense of crisis. This level may seem like an entertainment level, but it is actually very difficult. The greatest difficulty is not how to correctly interpret the idiom.

That difficulty is too low.

Rather, it is about how to make it as clear as possible to your own people what idiom you are interpreting, and how to make it so that your opponents cannot understand what idiom you are interpreting.

This is where the difficulty lies.

That's why the performers sent by their team just now made so many movements, because they agreed on a secret code, that is, all the movements made before scratching the head are invalid.

After the scratching, comes the real action.

This is in compliance with regulations. At least the regulations do not say that you cannot do this. Since they do not say that you cannot do this, then you can do this.

The performer from their team just now made more than a dozen invalid moves, and even deliberately guided towards other idioms, before finally making a valid move related to the idiom "stealing chickens and dogs". They were so meticulous, but the other party still guessed it, and was even faster than him?
"You're quite capable, huh?"

The middle-aged man with a full beard gradually became eager to fight, and said with a fierce smile: "I hope you can guess right next time."

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Chen Lu lowered his head and touched his nose without saying anything, nor did he even meet the man's burning gaze. The main reason was that he didn't know why the other party suddenly wanted to fight, and he didn't guess at all.

When he picked up the rice paper, the answer automatically appeared on it.

no way.

This is his own territory, how could he lose!

soon--

The performers of the Forge Ahead team have finished performing ten idioms.

Chen Lu answered ten questions correctly, while the middle-aged man with a beard answered seven correctly.

"How. How is it possible?"

The middle-aged man who had been full of fighting spirit just now but was now somewhat lost, tilted his head and looked at Chen Yu with an expression of disbelief. He had no idea what had happened. The performers in his team had clearly done so many ineffective moves, so why could this young man still guess so accurately? !

this.
Is this reasonable?

The most important thing is that I guess faster than him every time!
"it's okay no problem"

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and murmured in a low voice: "There is still the second half of the round."

The competition hasn't officially ended yet, there's still the second half. Even though we can't beat the opponent in our own round, we should be even more defeated in the round when the opponent sends out their performers. But as long as we don't fail completely, we have to persevere!

Miracles will always favor those who keep on the road, and will not favor those cowards who give up halfway!

After secretly encouraging himself, the middle-aged man looked at Chen Yu with a serious face and said hoarsely: "Come on, I hope you can have such good luck in the second half of the round."

However.
When the second half of the round began and Feilong in the cage made his first move, the middle-aged man was dumbfounded.

I saw the fat dragon in the cage sitting cross-legged on the ground. He nodded casually, and then nothing happened.

After ten breaths.

The middle-aged man had no idea what idiom it was, so he just gritted his teeth and guessed one at random from the 100 idioms.

"The answer to the eleventh round is a narrow escape from death!"

"'Giant Team' represents a successful answer, plus one point."

"what?"

The middle-aged man looked at the correct answer that appeared on the panel with his eyes wide open. He carefully recalled Fei Long's actions in his mind and couldn't help but raise his voice and look at Chen Yu, asking word by word: "Is there any connection between his actions and the nine-death experience?"

"Is there even a fucking connection?"

"How did you guess that?"

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After Chen Yu coughed lightly, he said softly: "Sitting cross-legged on the ground means nine deaths, and nodding means a lifetime. It's easy to understand."

"Row."

soon.

Next idiom.

This time Feilong continued to sit cross-legged on the ground and nodded.

"The answer to the twelfth round is, dejected!"

"'Giant Team' represents a successful answer, plus one point."

"Okay, you're feeling crestfallen, right? I understand. There is indeed a connection."
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In the next round, Feilong continued to sit cross-legged on the ground and then nodded.

"The answer to the thirteenth round is to take a quick look!"

"'Giant Team' represents a successful answer, plus one point."

"Come on, come on, you have to explain to me this time, what on earth does his action have to do with the sightseeing?!"

"Crossing your legs means sitting on a horse, and nodding your head means looking down at the flowers."

"Row!"

The middle-aged man no longer cared about winning or losing, because even though he was bound to lose and was far behind, he was already angry and embarrassed, and now he was laughing. He wanted to see if the performer in the cage would make the same move again.

finally--

In the last round, which was the twentieth round, Feilong in the cage was still sitting cross-legged on the ground and nodded.

When I learned that the final answer was "dispirited".

The middle-aged man with a full beard, with a red face, laughed in anger: "Come on, explain to me again this time, what does his action have to do with his anxiety?!"

"How did you guess that?"

"Okay, you don't need to explain!"

"Report, I want to report, they definitely cheated, and they didn't even act, I want to report!"

After roaring several times.

What awaited us was not fairness and justice, but the notification of defeat.

After hearing the sound of defeat, the middle-aged man with a beard looked unwilling, but gradually calmed down. The outcome was already a foregone conclusion and there was nothing that could be done. He was just too unwilling to accept it. The other party had obviously cheated. Is there really no one caring about this?
(End of this chapter)