"Hello, everyone … My name is De Shun …" His excited words were still echoing in the air. De Shun had successfully attracted a large number of cultivators' attention and successfully promoted the item he sold. It could be predicted that his future business would definitely increase by leaps and bounds due to his performance on this day.
The person who could think of this method was definitely not an ordinary person. It required a lot of courage and willpower, and he had to risk his life. After all, if he made a wrong judgment, there was a high possibility that he would die on the lotus platform.
That was why even Su Ming could not help but laugh after being momentarily stunned by this sort of promotion that involved risking his life.
Besides, besides risking his life, De Shun also needed to have a certain level of background, or else if he caused such a ruckus in the solemn Anointment Hall, he would be punished by Morning Dao Sect for bringing chaos to the sect. If the punishment was light, he would be locked up, and if the punishment was heavy, his cultivation base would be crippled.
De Shun was clearly not a fool, or else he would not have thought of this method to promote himself. He had to have his own reasons for doing so, and he was not too worried about offending the seniors in Morning Dao Sect and bringing disaster to himself.
On the lotus platform at the center, the old man in Life Realm had anger in his eyes. He stared at De Shun, who was swiftly running forward to return to his stone platform. He let out a cold harrumph and forced down his anger.
"A person who abandoned himself to depravity! If anyone else imitates him, then don't blame me for punishing you according to the rules of the sect!" There was a mighty pressure in the old man's voice that immediately echoed in all directions.
"He's not punished?" The ten million cultivators in the area might have immediately lowered their heads, but they could not help but send their thoughts to each other.
"You don't know this, do you? This De Shun has a blood connection with Sect Master Bei Bang, who is hosting the Anointment Ceremony …"
"There's such a thing? Then this De Shun is also a direct descendant, but why would a direct descendant stay in a continent in the lower Expanse Cosmos? "
"Otherwise, why would Sect Elder Bei Bang say that he abandoned himself to depravity? I know a little more about this, because I was in the same continent as De Shun in the past. I've heard about this person before. His talent is incredibly outstanding, but he doesn't like to train. He only likes to sell medicinal pills and spirit talismans. Later on, he snuck down to the continent in the lower realms and stayed there, refusing to leave. There are many other things that happened during that period of time, but I don't know about them."
Bei Bang might have known about the buzzing in the divine thoughts, but he only frowned and did not pay too much attention to it. With a dark expression, he glared at De Shun, who was busy chatting excitedly with the people around him while occasionally unbuttoning his robes to reveal a large number of medicinal herbs and spirit talismans hanging on his body. Bei Bang sighed in his heart.
The bald crane was in Su Ming's storage bag, and with its strange divine abilities, it could naturally see everything that was happening in the world outside. At that moment, it let out an excited scream in Su Ming's mind.
"A talent! This is a talent! Su Ming, why didn't I think of this? Darn it all, I want to go out and show off my might as well! I want to tell everyone that I want to buy crystals! I want to buy a large amount of crystals!" The bald crane had clearly been provoked by De Shun's actions, and as it clamored, it looked like it was about to rush out.
"What are you going to use to buy crystals?" Su Ming sent a divine thought to it faintly, causing the bald crane to be momentarily stunned. It did not speak even after a long time had passed, making it clear that it was thinking about what it should use to buy crystals.
While the bald crane was immersed in its thoughts, another figure appeared on the lotus platform where Su Ming was, and the repeated challenges began once more.
Four hundred people, five hundred people, six hundred people … Su Ming's slaughter continued on the lotus platform. These people were absolutely not his opponent. Even though the slaughter continued, Su Ming gradually frowned.
He had felt that something was off previously. Logically speaking, it was impossible for the people outside to swarm in to challenge him while he was slaughtering them, but the situation was no different from before.
After a moment of thought, a cold sneer appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. Since so many people had come to die, then they could not blame him for being ruthless.
No one could see the slaughter on the lotus platform, but as time passed, all the challengers died, and this scene was enough to intimidate the people outside.
As the first day's challenges were about to end, most of the ten million cultivators in the world outside cast their gazes on the lotus platform where Su Ming was. Compared to the other lotus platforms, Su Ming's platform could be said to be shining with a blood-red light that surged into the sky. There were two runic symbols shining in the rain and fog that had appeared out of nowhere above it.
One of them represented the number of challengers, and the other blood-red runic symbol represented the number of people who had died on the platform.
The blood-red runic symbol clearly showed that more than one thousand people had died!
The other lotus platforms were clearly not as intense as Su Ming's. At most, there were only around four hundred people, and the ones with the fewest … were the aloof young man and the middle-aged man with the sickly pale face but a gentle expression. The two of them sat cross-legged on their platforms, and no one came to challenge them throughout the day.
Because of it, besides the two of them standing on their lotus platforms that were incredibly bright, only Su Ming's platform was as dazzling as theirs. On one side, no one dared to challenge them, and on the other side, there was a monstrous slaughter. Besides the person called De Shun, all those who dared to challenge him died.
Sometimes, fame was gained through slaughter, just like at that moment, when the ten million cultivators in the area looked at Su Ming, there was a solemn look in their eyes.
Killing one thousand people was something that could only be done with a certain level of cultivation, and more importantly, Su Ming had not even activated his Flourishing Lotus Robe to absorb life force to restore his cultivation base.
Compared to the other Dynasts who had been challenged for an entire day, besides the aloof young man with green veins and the gentle middle-aged man, all the others had recovered their cultivation base at least once, and at most, several times.
However, even so, they could not make a clear judgment. After all, all the lotus platforms had screens of light covering them, and no one could see what was inside. They did not know whether there were powerful warriors among the challengers.
Yet no matter what, the shock brought by being able to kill more than one thousand people in one day was like a mighty pressure that gradually enveloped the hearts of the ten million people in the area.
When the challenges on the first day ended and all the screens of light on the lotus platforms disappeared, the figures of the ten Dynasts, including Su Ming, appeared one by one. Su Ming's expression was dark. He had been killing for the entire day, and he was sick of it. What he wanted was a true battle between powerful warriors, not this sort of pointless slaughter.
Besides, Su Ming's puzzlement also increased. During the day's battles, quite a number of the hundreds of people in the latter half were first stunned when they saw Su Ming before they attacked.
It would have been fine if it was just one person, but most of the hundreds of people did the same, and Su Ming could not help but be puzzled.
It was clear that these cultivators had not come to challenge Su Ming, but for some unknown reason, they had been Relocated to the lotus platform where Su Ming was.
"The first day's challenges have ended, but we cultivators naturally do not need to rest for too long. Two hours later, the challenges will continue," Bei Bang in Life Realm said flatly after sweeping his gaze past Su Ming and the other ten Dynasts.
The others did not object to his words. A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. For the first time in the Anointment Ceremony, he spoke in a calm voice before ten million cultivators.
"I have a question." Su Ming's voice echoed in the air. When it spread in all directions, he immediately attracted the gazes of the ten million people in the area. Even the other nine Dynasts cast their gazes towards him.
When they looked at Su Ming, most of the nine Dynasts had calm expressions on their faces. No one could tell whether they were happy or angry.
"Speak," Bei Bang in Life Realm said flatly. A barely noticeable glint shone in the eyes of the tanned old man among the three sect masters behind him, and a cold sneer rose in his heart.
Su Ming looked at the old man in Life Realm and asked languidly, "Quite a number of my challengers today clearly did not challenge me. Why were they Relocated to my lotus platform?"
When he said those words, the ten million cultivators in the area were immediately stunned, but soon, some of them seemed to have understood what was going on and immediately chuckled. Many people's chuckles fused together and turned into laughter that echoed in the air where the ten million cultivators were.
That laughter was rather piercing to the ears, as if it was mocking Su Ming's ignorance.
In fact, even the tanned old man laughed. Besides the aloof young man and the gentle middle-aged man, the other seven Dynasts laughed, and there was a hint of derision in their laughter.
"How many places and stages did you clear in the Striking Lands?" Bei Bang looked at Su Ming with a frown while most of the ten million people in the area laughed.
Su Ming also frowned.
"I remember this. Dao Kong, you only cleared the first place in the Striking Lands, the seventh stage," a young man with long hair and long, phoenix-like eyes immediately said with a smile.
"You're wrong. It's not the seventh stage. Dynast Dao Kong hasn't returned for a thousand something years, and his stage has automatically dropped. I remember taking a glance at him three months ago, and he has already dropped to the first stage." Standing beside the young man with long, phoenix-like eyes was a middle-aged man with a distinct birthmark on his neck. He was also a Dynast, and he spoke with a hint of a smile.
"You don't have to trouble Great Sect Elder Bei Bang to explain this. I can answer your questions. Your stage in the Striking Lands is too low, and all of us have cleared the first Striking Lands a long time ago. In fact, Dao Lin and Dao Fa are powerful warriors who have cleared the second Striking Lands. There are also far too many of our fellow Daoists whose stage surpasses yours. That's why even if they challenge us, since the Striking Lands' stage is not high enough, they were Relocated to your place," another young man who was a Dynast said with a smile.
"Do you understand now?" Bei Bang cast Su Ming a glance and asked faintly, completely unbothered.
As they spoke, the ten million people in the area laughed even louder. Their laughter was piercing to the ears, causing the direct descendants and disciples from the other races who were on good terms with Dao Kong to have their expressions turn incredibly dark. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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