"The first battle, Cangwu Jiu of the Cangwu Clan versus Qi Long of the Myriad Beasts Clan!" Xiamang Xun spoke out. "Everyone else, rest to the side."
After all 96 participants had been chosen, Xiamang Xun immediately began to announce the order of battle.
The others were all called over by their respective Celestial Immortal Patriarchs as well.
Those who were able to reach their current level of cultivation, especially those who stood out in the entire Grand Xia, were basically unaffiliated cultivators with no foundation at all. Perhaps they had a master's legacy, or at the very least, they had received guidance from some expert. Truly unaffiliated cultivators who had nothing to do with major powers didn't exist.
"Ji Ning, come here!" Zhou Tong naturally called Ji Ning over as well.
"Master!" Ji Ning immediately walked over to Zhou Tong's side.
When the other participants saw this, they were even more shocked. This person was actually the disciple of an Empyrean God!
"If Chi Ming Daozu takes a liking to you, what will you do?" As soon as Ji Ning arrived, Zhou Tong immediately sent a voice transmission to him.
"I'll do as you say, Master!" Ji Ning immediately replied.
Zhou Tong laughed. "You're quite the sly one. You threw the question to me!"
Ji Ning wasn't an ignorant fool. No matter how he answered Zhou Tong's question, he wouldn't be able to answer it. If he were to say that he wanted to go to Chi Ming Daozu's place, wouldn't that be the same as saying that Zhou Tong's teaching ability was lacking? But if he were to say that he didn't want to go, that would be a bit of a hypocrite.
Thus, the best answer to this question was to let Zhou Tong answer it himself.
Zhou Tong immediately sent a voice transmission. "Don't worry. Chi Ming Daozu won't take a liking to you."
Ji Ning was startled. His strength should be at the very top amongst all the participants here. How could he not take a liking to him? If Chi Ming Daozu didn't even take a liking to him, then who would he take a liking to?
Perceiving Ji Ning's thoughts, Zhou Tong continued, "I've seen Chi Ming Daozu. If he wants to accept a disciple, the most important thing is the character. If he wants to take in a disciple, he should take in someone with a similar personality to him, not someone like you. Do you understand? When he takes in disciples, talent is one thing, but temperament is another. He admires people who slowly cultivate step by step for hundreds of years, who are not in a hurry and do not give up. "
"Slowly, one step at a time …" Ji Ning was stunned. He never thought that Chi Ming Daozu would like such a person.
Zhou Tong said, "In the past, when Daofather Crimsonbright wanted to take me on as his disciple, he wanted to spend a hundred years to test my temperament and see if I would still be able to calmly cultivate after a hundred years. But what he didn't expect was that I made great progress and broke through in just ten years … "
"The reason I'm telling you this is because I want you to know that in the upcoming competition, you have to do your best. Don't overthink things. By the way, in this Conclave of Immortal Destiny, it is extremely possible that the next hundred years of karmic luck of the Grand Xia will be the culmination of all the karmic luck of the Grand Xia. The number one position will most likely receive far more benefits than becoming Daozu's disciple, "Zhou Tong concluded.
"Yes, your disciple understands!" Ji Ning replied.
Zhou Tong nodded slightly, but in his heart, he understood that Ji Ning's path was different from the one in the original novel.
In the original novel, Ji Ning had gone to Stillwater City because he needed a high-tier Ki Refining technique, but he had taken on Zhou Tong as his master ahead of time. In addition, after learning that Zhou Tong was already a Void-level Fiendgod, he had no lack of Ki Refining techniques. Thus, he didn't go to the Black-White College at all. Naturally, he didn't know any of the members of the Black-White College, much less become a Dao-Companion.
When Ji Ning was roaming the outside world, he always claimed that he was a 'free cultivator'.
Soon, the first round of the competition came to an end.
In this round, Xiamang Xun didn't let the experts fight against each other; instead, he let the experts fight against the weak. Thus, there was no suspense at all in this round. Ji Ning quickly acquired his reward for this round; a low-grade Immortal-ranked Immortal sword.
Next came the second and third rounds of competition. There was no suspense at all in these rounds. In the end, Ji Ning quickly acquired his reward for the second round; five million kilograms of liquefied elemental essence.
And then, the fourth and fifth rounds quickly concluded as well. Ji Ning smoothly entered the top three.
After taking on Zhou Tong as his master and acquiring so many divine abilities and secret arts, Ji Ning's foundation was now far more powerful than it had been in the original novel.
In particular, during the month prior to the Conclave of Immortal Destiny, Zhou Tong had given Ji Ning one tutelage after another in the Dao of the Sword. Normally, it would be very hard for Ji Ning to completely absorb this sort of tutelage, but the battles during the Conclave of Immortal Destiny had helped him improve even more.
Naturally, it was easier for Ji Ning to win than it had been in the original novel. In fact, he hadn't even used the [Starseizing Hand] at all.
However, after the top three had been decided, aside from Ji Ning, the other two had no desire to win at all. This was because they had all received the same reward; they were fighting over the chance to be taken on as a disciple by Chi Ming Daozu.
Thus, the following battles were basically a battle to show off one's power and talent.
Against two opponents who had no desire to fight, Ji Ning naturally won with ease, officially becoming number one in the Conclave of Immortal Destiny.
After all the battles had concluded, Ji Ning and the other top three went to the treasury of the Grand Xia Dynasty to acquire their rewards. At the same time, Xiamang Xun's Primaltwin gave the records of the final battles to Chi Ming Daozu.
Just like in the original novel, Chi Ming Daozu didn't take a fancy to Ji Ning. Instead, he chose Adept Woodpass as his disciple.
"Master was right. Chi Ming Daozu doesn't take a fancy to me!" Upon hearing Xiamang Xun announce Chi Ming Daozu's choice, Ji Ning didn't feel the slightest bit disappointed. He had known the outcome long ago.
In contrast to Ji Ning's calmness, the other person next to him revealed a clear look of disappointment.
The True Immortals and Empyrean Gods present could see the expressions on everyone's faces.
"Ji Ning has a good temperament. He doesn't feel the slightest bit disappointed?" Lu Dongbin felt rather emotional. He glanced at Zhou Tong, musing to himself, "This Empyrean God Tribulation Flame is quite formidable. He was able to find such a genius and even teach such a disciple."
"Xiamang, since this Conclave of Immortal Destiny has concluded and Chi Ming Daozu has chosen a suitable disciple, I'll take my disciple and leave first!" Zhou Tong was the first to rise and bid farewell to Xiamang Xun.
"Haha, fellow Daoist Tribulation Flame, please make yourself at home!" Xiamang Xun smiled.
Logically speaking, the top few winners should've all been accepted by Chi Ming Daozu's branch. After all, they had all realized that most of these people had condensed the karmic luck of the world of the Grand Xia.
However, Zhou Tong was an exception.
Firstly, he had accepted Ji Ning as his disciple long ago. As they saw it, Ji Ning had been taught by Zhou Tong.
Secondly, Zhou Tong himself was an Empyrean God. Aside from Chi Ming Daozu, no one else in Chi Ming's branch was qualified to fight over a disciple with him. Now that Chi Ming Daozu didn't want Ji Ning, there was naturally no one else who could interfere.
Thirdly, as far as Chi Ming's branch was concerned, Zhou Tong could be considered a member of their camp. He could be considered an external member of Chi Ming's branch. After all, the last time he had met Chi Ming Daozu, he had received Chi Ming Daozu's approval.
With these three things in mind, no one would be so foolish as to try and fight over Ji Ning.
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