The height of the waterfall was around six to eight zhang. For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, this distance would only take a dozen or so breaths of time. However, that was referring to the sky and not going against the flow of the waterfall.
Carrying a few thousand jin of water, the higher one went, the heavier it would become. According to the jade slip that Gu Chuan gave him, even if no one obstructed him, a cultivator of this height would need at least a thousand breaths of time to reach the top of the waterfall. If there was someone causing trouble at the side, the time would be extended indefinitely.
It was impossible for everyone not to drag you down. The people behind you would drag you down, and the people in front would suppress you. Not to mention others, just take a Swordsman like him as an example. If a flying sword were to pierce you, would you accept it?
If you didn't accept it, it would pierce a hole! If you accepted it, you would transfer your magic power to defense, and naturally, you wouldn't be able to withstand the impact of the waterfall!
This was a test of a cultivator's overall strength! However, it had to be admitted that there was a high requirement for the level of cultivation. Lou Xiaoyi was lacking in this aspect.
Swordsman's strength lay in their explosive power, but even they couldn't explode for a thousand breaths of time. If they couldn't, they would definitely explode into pieces!
The 'A Hundred Vying Barges' event was, in fact, only the finale of the entire event. Just this event alone, no matter how long it was delayed, wouldn't last more than an hour. Therefore, the 'A Hundred Vying Barges' event was actually the last event. In the first dozen or so days, it was mainly a process for the cultivators to get to know each other.
The disciples of the large sects needed to get to know each other, and they also needed to get to know some of their friends outside of the sect. In this journey of the Fifth Ring, it was very important to get to know each other when encountering disputes. In short, a sentence like 'I'm very familiar with this person' from your sect. This could reduce a lot of hostility, and it was possible for both sides to sit down and take a step back. Although the large sects of the Fifth Ring encouraged their disciples to participate in the competition, peace was still the main theme. This was something that would never change.
Even the large sects were like this, not to mention the small and medium-sized forces. Of course, they were also willing to get to know some elites of the large sects. This was very important to them and their sects. As their cultivation levels got higher and higher in the future, this friendship might help them one day.
Holding such an event in the Western Regions was beneficial to the stability and unity of the Western Regions. In fact, there were many similar events. Almost every sect that thought they had a certain amount of influence would invite other sects to participate every few decades. Lou Xiaoyi had always been too lazy to pay attention to the trends in this area, which was why he had not noticed it. In fact, every year, the Ancient Mountain Temple of the Ming Chuan Temple would send out different Swordsman groups to participate in such events. Sometimes, they would be together with the Inner Swordsman, and sometimes, when the standards were lower, they would be the Outer Swordsman.
Of course, there were those who made friends, and those who made enemies. This kind of thing was hard to explain.
In the Western Regions, there were four top sects: Xuanyuan, Jialan, Spirit Gourd Cave, and Wanjing Sect. Each of them only sent out five cultivators to participate, and the remaining spots were given to the small and medium-sized forces of the Western Regions. Although the overall strength of these forces could not compare, they had the advantage of numbers, and were a force to be reckoned with in the Western Regions. For example, the Righteous Law Sect.
Jialan was very Dafa. In fact, all the orthodox Daoist sects were very meticulous and orderly in their arrangements for the Spiritual Conference. The worst of them all was Xuanyuan. This was a matter of style.
There were explanations from different Jin Dan cultivators, and different levels of cultivators performing on the spot. They even provided some supplementary martial arts manuals for people to peruse. In their vast library, these manuals were just a drop in the ocean. Rather than letting them rot and mold, they might as well take them out to Dafa. Some martial arts manuals could not change a sect, they could only change a certain person. And the sudden rise of a certain person was never in the eyes of these top sects.
Lou Xiaoyi really liked the explanations of the martial arts manuals in this Spiritual Conference, because the theme this time was power!
Every 'A Hundred Vying Barges' held by Jialan had its own theme. It could be the control of one's lifespan during the process of cultivation, or the various applications of mental energy in the lower levels of cultivators, or the things to take note of when building the foundation to break through to the Jin Dan … Slowly, 'A Hundred Vying Barges' became the most famous small elite event in the Western Regions for building the foundation.
Xuanyuan actually had similar events in the past, but due to poor management, there was nothing to write home about. Eventually, the Swordsman could not stand it anymore and simply canceled the event. It became a joke among the sects in the Western Regions.
Every orthodoxy had its own strengths and strengths. No one could be good at everything. Since they were good at fighting, it was normal for them to be weak in other aspects.
The understanding of power among the Daoists was slightly different from that of the Swordsman. The Swordsman only wanted to find ways to kill, while the Daoists were more concerned about Dao itself. If there had to be a winner, Lou Xiaoyi privately believed that the orthodox Daoists were still better!
This was also reflected in their success rate. In terms of the number of high-level cultivators, not to mention the Supreme Three Pure Ones, even Jialan had more than Xuanyuan. This was the result of their tireless pursuit of Dao.
Therefore, he was very engrossed in the lecture. Not only him, but everyone else was also engrossed in it. This was Jialan's way of doing things. Unknowingly, he made the future seeds of these sects have a good impression of Jialan. Eventually, they would repay Jialan in the future.
Every sect had its own way of surviving. Some were like Xuanyuan, and some were like Jialan. There was no distinction between good and bad, but it was more in line with one's own style.
He had gained a lot in the aspect of martial arts, and had supplemented some of his narrow-minded ideas about power. For example, his power of the stars was not necessarily useful in attacking. It could also be used in defense, in the Starlight Escape, in the absorption of spiritual opportunity, in the use of mental energy, and in many other aspects. There were almost no blind spots!
He still needed to slowly explore these aspects in his future cultivation. Others could only provide him with a general direction, but he still needed to polish the details himself. After all, power was unique to him.
However, his performance in making friends was not satisfactory.
Making friends required a breakthrough. For example, if you made a friend, this friend would introduce you to his other friends, and then the circle of friends would expand!
His problem was that he had been building his foundation for less than thirty years, so his circle was very narrow. In this aspect, he was far inferior to his other two External Sword Senior Brothers.
These two Senior Brothers were not in the mood to introduce him to their friends, which puzzled Lou Xiaoyi. Was it because he had entered the ranking list? Or was it because of other reasons? He was too lazy to know. Xuanyuan had tens of thousands of External Swords, so they could not be a single piece of iron. They were all brothers, so it was not easy to help each other in battle. It was unrealistic to ask for more.
In the Sword Vein, there was a very famous chain of discrimination. Those from Qingkong looked down on those from the Fifth Ring, thinking that they were the authentic origin of the Sword Vein.
Those from the Fifth Ring looked down on those from the Outer Domain, thinking that they were country bumpkins and slave-type Swordsman.
On the other hand, Swordsman from the Outer Domain looked down on those from Qingkong. Everyone came from afar. We were not willing, but you were willing. You had no integrity at all. Why didn't you just stay in Qingkong? Why did you have to come to the Fifth Ring to lick their boots …
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