Strange mountains and rivers

It has to be said that this teahouse and wine shop has always been the place where the largest amount of information converges. No matter which shop or door, the best place to collect intelligence will choose this place.

Just sit here, there are dozens of tables, as long as you listen carefully, you can hear the words of hundreds of people.

Chen Huaisheng and others sat down, and the wine had not yet been served, but this series of news had already entered their ears.

"The Great Dao Ranking will start in three days. I wonder what's worth watching this time."

"The Challenge Ranking will come out tomorrow. Now everyone can only wait, but I guess there won't be much new. The top ten are nowhere to be seen now. Who can challenge whom? They don't lack the influence of incense and vows."

"What about the top 20 and 30?"

"They are all about the same. If there is really one that I can't help but be young, then we'll pick it up, and this trip will not be in vain."

"We don't expect the Great Dao Ranking, but the Dragon and Tiger Ranking is still worth watching. Meng Ziyi's challenge to Yun Feiyue's secret seal is not allowed to be watched. I don't believe that there are others, and they are not allowed to be watched either. ..."

"That's not the case. The Dao Palace will not allow this situation to happen again. Otherwise, if everyone follows suit, who will come to the Dao Conference next time?"

"Didn't they say that alien cultivators can also challenge? Why didn't anyone show up?"

"Someone will. They are still observing the situation. Look at that table over there. There are four alien cultivators. They are all transformed, but two of them are definitely under 250 years old..."

Being under 250 years old means that you can participate in the challenge of the Dragon and Tiger Ranking. Starting from the first 50, you can challenge five more each time. That is to say, you can challenge the 45th for the first time, the 40th for the second time, and the top after nine times. Of course, this is an ideal state.

Chen Huaisheng and his group also noticed the alien cultivators mentioned by the next table.

Indeed, they are different from ordinary cultivators in temperament and dress, and their aura is also a bit aggressive.

However, after the Dao Palace officially allowed alien cultivators to participate in the competition, the number of alien cultivators in Bianjing City increased greatly, and they all appeared in public.

Although it was not forbidden to allow the public activities of the alien cultivators in Bianjing City, this was the first time that the alien cultivators were allowed and even welcomed in such a public and explicit manner.

"I don't know if there are any alien cultivators over 100 years old, so they can go to the Hidden Dragon and Phoenix List. It may be difficult for these few to go to the Dragon and Tiger List." Teng Dingyuan observed for a while and shook his head: "Those two are under 250 years old, so they have a chance to go, but Huaisheng, do you think they can challenge you?"

Chen Huaisheng smiled, "Even if they want to challenge, they won't look for me. My thunder method will cause too much damage to them. They should look for those targets with wood, earth, water attributes or other neutral attributes but not good at thunder methods."

"You still have the Winged Fire Snake, which I'm afraid these alien cultivators don't want to face." Yan Chixia looked at it. Chen Huaisheng looked at him, "The tall and thin guy should be a falcon-like cultivator. The other fat guy is either a bear or a cow, but it's more likely to be a cow. Look at his nose and his mouth, which is chewing all the time. He only eats jade fungus and Chaoyun mushrooms, not much meat... and the thin guy looks like a weasel, his eyes are rolling around..."

Even if the cultivators are transformed into human form, they are basically similar to their original physiques, so cultivators like Yan Chixia who have cultivated the wisdom eye spell can basically tell where the other party comes from with just one look.

Chen Huaisheng didn't care too much about these cultivators. With the government and the Taoist Palace lifting the ban on cultivators, and even encouraging them to win over, it means that cultivators will no longer have any constraints in the entire Dazhao territory, and will be no different from ordinary human cultivators. This will surely encourage more cultivators to emerge from the forbidden land of the absolute domain.

What this means, Chen Huaisheng can't see clearly, but there is no doubt that this will impact the current unstable situation in the cultivation world.

The most affected should be the Tianyun Sect, and the Taihua Dao, which ranks second, followed by the Huaxi Sword Sect and the Wanxiang Sect, as well as the top families such as the Zhao Family, the Shi Family, the Kou Family, and the Tao Family.

But isn't the Dao Palace controlled by these people? How could such a policy be issued?

Chen Huaisheng's first instinct was that the Tianyun Sect had offended the public, or its strength was too strong, making others feel like a thorn in their backs.

Who is targeting the Tianyun Sect?

Taihua Dao? Or the Zhao Family? Or the Wanxiang Sect?

If it is Taihua Dao, Taihua Dao itself will also be greatly impacted, second only to the Tianyun Sect. Is it worthwhile?

Wanxiang Sect is possible.

In its heyday, more than ten years ago, it was still ranked second, but six years ago it fell to third, and three years ago it was even caught up by the Huaxi Sword Sect and tied for third.

It is declining in an extremely slow but irreversible way. If there is no major change, it may continue to decline like this. Perhaps it will be sixth or seventh in ten years, and will slide out of the top ten in twenty years.

No one wants to see this, but when they can't change the situation, they can only hope that external forces will intervene to disrupt the situation.

There is also the Zhao family, which represents the official family.

Zhao, Shi, Kou, and Tao are the four major families in Beijing. The Zhao family is naturally the first, but in the past, the Zhao family could overwhelm the Shi, Kou, and Tao families on their own.

But now, the Zhao family is still the strongest, but the gap between the Shi, Kou, and Tao families and the Zhao family is not that big.

It's not that the strength of the Shi family, Kou family and Tao family is growing fast, but the strength of the Zhao family is slowly fading, and the reputation of the Guan family doesn't seem to be so good, especially when the five surnames and seven names in Xitang are becoming more and more powerful in Beirong and Xijingdu, in contrast, the aristocratic families in Dazhao have become somewhat decadent.

This can be seen from the influence of the Guan family and the Zhao family in the Taoist Palace.

Originally, the Zhao family could still rank in the top eight in the overall list, but now it's hard to even rank in the top ten, that is to say, in the top ten overall strength list, no aristocratic family can squeeze into the list.

Compared with the five surnames and seven names in Xitang, the Qian, Huan, Yu, Xie, Gu, Lu, Zhu and other clans in Wuyue, the aristocratic family power in Dazhao is really shrinking too fast.

Even if the Zhao family is classified as a member of the Guan family, it is still difficult to save the situation where the aristocratic family is rapidly declining and the sect power is becoming stronger and stronger.

Chen Huaisheng was not sure who was behind this, but there was no doubt that the arrival of such a chaotic situation with the introduction of alien cultivators would greatly impact the current situation of the power comparison between the sects and the aristocratic families. The most adversely affected would definitely be the Tianyun Sect and Taihua Dao, followed by the Huaxi Sword Sect and the Wanxiang Sect.

Once the stable situation of the entire Great Zhao for nearly a hundred years collapses, it will be a situation of rapid turbulence and change. Whoever can benefit the most from it will be the biggest suspect.

The official Zhao family may not benefit too much from it, but this is an opportunity to disrupt the situation. As the official Zhao family that controls the center, there will definitely be many people who rely on it, especially the imperial oath requires the official seal to be used, and the imperial flag is needed as a guarantee of the oath, which can be more stable in the middle.

"Looking at this posture, these alien cultivators are getting more and more rampant. It's only been a few days since the ban was lifted, and these guys dare to come to Fengle Tower to cause trouble." Yang Husheng sighed.

"It can't be said to be provoking trouble. Maybe it's a test by the alien cultivators to see how much acceptance we human cultivators have of them. Of course, if anyone interferes or doesn't like it, there will probably be a conflict. They also want to take the opportunity to establish their authority."

Teng Dingyuan saw further than Yang Husheng.

Chen Huaisheng looked around and felt that what Teng Dingyuan said was probably right.

Maybe there are stronger alien cultivators hiding around. Maybe this is a test, or they want to take the opportunity to establish their authority.

To make the Da Zhao cultivation world accept such a reality, that is, they can openly enter and leave the territory of Da Zhao without fear, and even be on an equal footing with human cultivators.

It can be seen that many cultivators around are very dissatisfied with this, but these four alien cultivators are all transformed, which means that they basically have the strength to build a foundation, but they are not the kind of middle and high stages of the foundation, just between the first and second stages of the foundation.

Look at them. Although their appearance and clothes are no different from humans, the characteristics of various birds and beasts on their bodies are still quite obvious. They are almost the same.

Even if they are at the first or second level of foundation building, they are not bad in Fengle Tower. Once the alien cultivators can transform in an emergency, their strength is even higher. If you don’t pay attention, you will suffer. If you have never dealt with alien cultivators, it will be easier to suffer.

"I am afraid something will happen." Yan Chixia also saw it and frowned.

"Maybe many people are looking forward to something happening." Yan Qingxia sneered, "It's only the third day of the Taoist meeting. Something happened in Bianjing City and Fengle Tower. It may have an impact on Dazhao and Dao Palace. Who is the happiest?"

"Western Tang? Nanchu?" Teng Dingyuan asked in surprise.

"From the outside, it may be, but it may not be necessarily the outside. What about our Dazhao?" Yan Qingxia also asked.

"Is our Chonghua Sect still a member of the Great Zhao?" Chen Huaisheng countered with disapproval: "The foundation of our Chonghua Sect is now in Hebei. Yiyang Prefecture and Langling Prefecture have been given to Baishimen and Zijin Sect. Chongyang Mountain can only be regarded as a bridgehead, right?"

"Huaisheng, do you mean that we should just sit back and watch these people challenge the authority of the Dao Palace?" Yan Qingxia's eyes were full of majesty, "I don't think so, and you shouldn't have such an attitude."

Frustrated by Yan Qingxia's cold eyes, Chen Huaisheng was speechless for a while.

He didn't have much good feelings for the Great Zhao government, the Dao Palace, or even the Jiulian Sect. Snakes and rats are in the same nest, and dogs bite dogs.

With his temperament, he was too lazy to care about these trivial matters. It was more serious to accumulate strength at ease, but Yan Qingxia obviously didn't think so.