"Fellow Daoists, today we hold this celebration mainly to celebrate Daoist Master Luo Xiao's ten consecutive victories in the Grand Competition. On the one hand, we should carefully summarize the successful experience of Daoist Master Luo Xiao. On the other hand, we should take this opportunity to correctly understand the current situation. Finally, based on the advanced experience of Daoist Master Luo Xiao, we should guide the next step of the work and strive for the final victory in the Grand Competition. Now, I will elaborate on these three aspects … "
"First, a report on the advanced deeds of Daoist Master Luo Xiao. 1. Brave to take responsibility and recommend himself to participate in the competition many times … "
"2. Diligent cultivation and continuous improvement of strength and cultivation base …"
"3. Wonderful performance and brilliant victory …"
In the Purple Cloud Hall of Immortal Five Area, at the celebration ceremony of Luo Xiao's ten consecutive victories, Wang Lu read the manuscript in his hand in a solemn tone. His voice reverberated back and forth in the hall, shocking people.
The Purple Cloud Hall was a place for the high-level elders of the Wanxian League to hold meetings in the Immortal Five Area. Not only was the appearance dignified and generous, but the internal facilities were also perfect. The host sat on the rostrum and spoke, and there was an array to spread his voice out. Moreover, in order to ensure the effect of the meeting, the Dixian who built the hall, under the requirements of Wang Lu's drawings, designed the array very tricky. The sound processed by the array reached the people's heart. The sound was loud and deafening. Let alone pretending not to hear it, it was impossible for people to be absent-minded.
This most hateful design had now made the people who participated in the ceremony miserable. All of them showed pain in their seats. Their buttocks rubbed from side to side as if they wanted to wear through the futon and the floor under them until a deep pit was drilled in, so that the sound could not be transmitted.
It wasn't that everyone wasn't interested in Luo Xiao's glorious deeds. It was just that when Luo Xiao's glorious deeds were narrated by Wang Lu in an official manner, it was even more boring than the 30,000-person group crosstalk at the opening ceremony. It just so happened that Wang Lu had broken up Luo Xiao's affairs in a very detailed way, wishing that he could detail Luo Xiao's life during this period of time, such as the menu for breakfast and lunch, his daily clothes, the books of zen cultivation, and so on … In fact, if these contents were tabloid gossip, it would certainly make his fans intoxicated, but no tabloid gossip would be written in official style.
When everyone finally got through the first stage and began to look forward to Wang Lu's analysis of the current situation of the Grand Competition …
"Two, a few views on the current situation. (1) From an internal perspective, a united and progressive competition atmosphere has been formed. First, the various plans of the Wanxian League Organizing Committee have been effectively implemented, specifically in the following aspects … "
"(2) From an external perspective, the killing frenzy of Dixian has been effectively curbed."
"(3) Overall, at present, opportunities and challenges coexist."
The content of these three points was clear and organized. The only problem was that it was the same as not saying anything.
Everyone looked forward to Wang Lu's analysis of the situation. It was not that they really believed that he had the ability to predict the future, but they valued the large amount of information that he could access from his position. For example, which sect had what elite disciples, which sect had produced a rare and powerful weapon … and so on. Unfortunately, after reading for a whole hour, Wang Lu didn't have even the slightest bit of substance. Instead, he summarized the current situation, but every sentence was watertight, so that no one could find any fault with it … This was indeed a skill.
At the end of the second stage, some of the people sitting in the back of the Purple Cloud Hall had already begun to slip away. The people who stayed in the front row watched them leave. It was really painful and regretful.
However, soon, the people who stayed stopped their pain and began to look at the rostrum with interest.
Because after a long period of nonsense, Wang Lu finally got to the point.
The speech was still the same, and every word was still in the official style, but this time, even the cultivators who were not interested in this kind of problem could hear the meaning behind Wang Lu's words.
"… First of all, we must organize all the cultivators to seriously study the exemplary deeds of Perfected Luo Xiao. We must set up a special working group with me as the team leader, and all the major sects will send people to participate. During this period, we must organize many study reports, and Perfected Luo Xiao will personally talk about his own experience so that more cultivators can benefit … "
"… In addition, we must give generous rewards to Perfected Luo Xiao and publicize it to attract more cultivators to participate in the competition."
As Wang Lu put forward the requirements one by one, Luo Xiao, who was sitting next to him, looked more and more unsightly.
If one only looked at the words, there was nothing wrong with Wang Lu's report. Not only did it not lower Luo Xiao's achievements, but it also raised them to a certain extent.
The problem was that this report was equivalent to putting Wang Lu himself in a higher position.
The special working group was led by Wang Lu himself as the team leader, while Luo Xiao was just an ordinary team member. Moreover, Luo Xiao had to accept his orders and hold many study reports, like a monkey being played by others … The difference in status was obvious at a glance.
In fact, the official style itself was already full of cold posture — indeed, this style, which was born under the advocacy of the vernacular movement of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, was essentially a highly simple and concise text, without superfluous rhetoric, and without unnecessary expression. It was precise and rigorous, and more accurate than the ancient books on cultivation. However, because the official style was too practical, it sacrificed beauty and readability. Nowadays, except for the high and mighty leaders, few people were willing to use such accurate but unaesthetic words.
The fact that Wang Lu used the official style was tantamount to announcing such a fact: no matter how dazzling Luo Xiao was, he was just a soldier, while Wang Lu sat on the rostrum and spoke eloquently.
They were both geniuses of this generation, King Pill, but there was an insurmountable gap between the two. Luo Xiao used the momentum of ten consecutive victories to try to cross this gap to challenge Wang Lu, but now it seemed that he was too hasty.
He excitedly issued a challenge, but Wang Lu had no interest in accepting the challenge.
At the same time, the elders sitting on the rostrum also observed Luo Xiao's reaction with great interest. They wanted to know how he would deal with this setback, and whether he could recognize the reality and cool down from his overheated state.
From their point of view, from the heated discussion about Luo Xiao to Wang Lu's response with this ceremony, the whole thing was a farce. From the beginning to the end, they did not think that there was any problem of two tigers living on the same mountain between Wang Lu and Luo Xiao. They even thought that there was no need to compare the two because they were not equal at all. Only some gossip tabloids would be keen to hype up such a topic, and they constantly speculated who would be superior if the two had the same starting point.
It was true that Wang Lu's innate conditions were much better than Luo Xiao's. Whether it was the quality of the spiritual root or the cultivation of the sect, Luo Xiao, who came from the Huayan Sect, could not be compared with Wang Lu. There was a huge difference between the two's starting points, but it was meaningless to forcibly exclude this gap to talk about who was superior. Otherwise, why would the cultivators of the Wanxian League, who were born after the Age of Chaos, bother to compete with the Dixian cultivators who were born in the glorious era? Wouldn't it be better to just say that they were born after the Age of Chaos?
If Luo Xiao really wanted to challenge Wang Lu, he must at least be in the same position as him. And Wang Lu's current position relied on countless brilliant victories … From the time he emerged in the exchange meeting between the disciples of the Lingjian School and the Ten Thousand Arts Sect until now, Wang Lu had subverted people's common sense again and again, defeating all the enemies who stood in front of him. Only then did he have the qualification to be looked at by Hetu Daoren, who entrusted him with important tasks despite his mere King Pill Stage.
However, it was only recently that Luo Xiao showed his sharpness. The only record that he could bring out was his ten consecutive victories in the Grand Competition. And these ten consecutive victories were more or less borrowed from Wang Lu. In this case, why would Wang Lu need to accompany Luo Xiao to play the challenger game?
As Wang Lu's report gradually came to an end, the expression on Luo Xiao's face constantly changed. From the initial astonishment and even indignation, he gradually calmed down and even showed a gentle smile.
Finally, after reading the report, Wang Lu patted Luo Xiao's shoulder as an elder and said, "Continue to work hard, Luo Xiao, we look forward to more wonderful performances from you!"
One we, one you. The two pronouns drew the line that symbolized different classes.
Luo Xiao seemed to have adjusted his state of mind, so he smiled generously and said, "I will not let you down."
At this point, the Purple Cloud Hall finally had an atmosphere of joy between the host and the guest. Seeing that Luo Xiao changed so quickly, Wang Lu no longer said anything. He just said softly, "Take care of yourself, young man." Then he no longer paid attention to him. He turned around and announced that today's report session was over, and then there was a wonderful entertainment program.
The entertainment program was indeed wonderful. The song and dance performance personally arranged by Daoist Master Miao Yan made the cultivators who were about to get hemorrhoids on the praying mat exclaim in satisfaction and feel that the previous ordeal was worth it.
However, several of the protagonists of the ceremony had already left early.
Wang Lu was very busy. It was already extremely extravagant for him to spend half a day on the ceremony for Luo Xiao. If he spent more time watching the song and dance performance, it would simply be a dereliction of duty.
And Luo Xiao was obviously not in the mood to appreciate the program, so he casually found a reason to leave the Purple Cloud Hall.
However, as soon as he walked out of the hall, he was surrounded by a group of bald Zen cultivators.
"Senior Brother Luo Xiao! Are you all right? "
Luo Xiao was startled and found that they were all his fellow disciples in Hua Yan School.
"Why are you here?"
A tall bald man couldn't help but say with a smile, "Today is your big day, Senior Brother, how can we not come?" After saying that, he sighed, "But looking at the ceremony, it seems to be different from what we thought."
Another person said, "I heard that Senior Brother has a conflict with Daoist Master Wang Lu and has been targeted by him. Is that true?"
A bald man next to him refuted, "Senior Brother Luo Xiao has a straightforward and generous personality. He can be friends with anyone. How could he offend Wang Lu for no reason? I think it's all a rumor."
"But I just heard an elder in the hall whisper an analysis, saying that Daoist Master Wang Lu's report was targeted at Senior Brother Luo Xiao … Senior Brother, is that so?"
Luo Xiao smiled, "Don't listen to their nonsense. If there was really a conflict, why would Daoist Master Wang Lu hold such a grand ceremony for me? I simply don't deserve it. "
"Senior Brother, you're too modest. What's there to feel ashamed about? The result of ten consecutive victories is now unique. Although those Daoist Masters of Deity Transformation and Daoist Masters of Unity have high cultivation, I haven't seen anyone who can do what Senior Brother has done. "
Luo Xiao pursed his lips and was about to speak, but he heard the excited bald Junior Brother say again, "Senior Brother, Daoist Master Wang Lu held such a grand ceremony for you. Does it mean that he thinks highly of you? He will continue to put you in an important position in the future, right? "
Luo Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I'm now Shijō-jin's disciple, so I don't need Daoist Master King Pill to think highly of me …"
"Daoist Master Wang Lu is not an ordinary King Pill. He can do many things that Daoist Masters can't do. With his help, your cultivation path will definitely be much smoother!"
Luo Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he listened to the Junior Brothers who were once closest to him excitedly discussing how he would benefit from being valued by Wang Lu in the future.
After a long while, when the enthusiasm of the Junior Brothers' discussion subsided a little, he suddenly said, "If I said that I want to challenge Wang Lu, what would you think?"
What responded to him were dozens of extremely shocked eyes.
"Senior Brother, are you kidding?"
Luo Xiao thought for a while, "Do you think it's impossible? He is King Pill, and I am also King Pill. There's no absolute gap between us. "
The youngest Junior Brother hesitated and said, "But, he is Wang Lu."
He is Wang Lu, you are not … The words of this Junior Brother, who had always been known for his outspokenness, really made Luo Xiao depressed.
(Sorry for the lack of updates these days, but I will try my best to make up for it in the next few days. Please rest assured …
In addition, thank you, Grand Alliance Master, for the New Year's Red Banner. I wish Grand Alliance Master and the readers a happy New Year and all the best!)
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