The Fourth Financial Crisis

Although the standards of the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference are very high, there are not many vassal sects who personally lead the team to participate.

The heads of the vassal sects of the Infinite Sword Sect are all similar to the officials of the border. They not only have to deal with a lot of daily work, but also take time to practice in seclusion. It is difficult to squeeze out free time to participate in Qi refining competitions.

Even though Yang Lu was already prosperous in Haiya City, he had only met Jiang Hua'an twice in total.

One of them was the Immortal Ascension Conference, which was regarded as the most important event in Haiya City. Jiang Huaan, as the leader of the Haiya faction, had to attend. The other time was after Li Qingning was assassinated, Jiang Huaan personally came to express his condolences. If this vicious incident is not handled well, It may even be published in the "Xiuzhen Financial Weekly". It would definitely be inappropriate for him not to personally come forward to deal with the aftermath.

Apart from this, Yang Lu never saw Jiang Hua'an again.

Despite this, the courtesy that Yang Lu received in the Haiya Sect was enough to make ordinary Haiya Sect disciples jealous. Many Haiya Sect disciples, let alone meeting Jiang Hua'an, probably had not had the chance to talk to Su Yuanfeng and Han Xinhe for several years since they started.

It is said that when He Mingyuan's daughter joined the Haiya Sect, because Han Xinhe personally took care of her, she was even recognized as a hidden second-generation immortal by her fellow disciples.

Therefore, a vassal sect like Su Yuanfeng, the second-in-command who personally leads a team to participate in the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference, is already of a very high standard. Most sects only send ordinary foundation-building elders to lead the team.

As the head of the Dignified Mountain Eagle Sect, Chen Ming chose to personally lead the team to participate in the competition. Obviously, he did not travel thousands of miles to humiliate himself. It seems that the information provided by the Guyun Sect is correct. There is a high probability that the head Chen is interested in this sword discussion conference. Have an intention.

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. Su Yuanfeng and Chen Ming just looked at each other coldly and didn't even say a polite word. When they saw Yang Lu next to Su Yuanfeng, Chen Ming frowned on the spot.

Yang Lu defeated Liu Hanxing's conspiracy by himself, and Chen Ming still recognized his ability.

He originally planned to wait for the collapse of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and take the initiative to recruit Yang Lu into his army. He had already hinted at it when he was in Tianshu City. Now that he sees that Yang Lu still chooses to collude with the Haiya Sect, it is strange that he is happy. Got it!

However, Chen Ming's hostility did not last long.

After seeing the final grouping results of the Sword Discussion Conference, Master Chen's attitude made a 180-degree turn on the spot.

Chen Ming's expression changed like a Sichuan opera, and it was natural that he couldn't hide it from Yang Lu's sharp eyes.

Yang Lu knew very well that Leader Chen must have seen that Li Qingning and Ye Chen were assigned to the same competition area, so he suddenly put on a warm fake smile at him. After all, if Ye Chen wants to enter the top eight, he must first pass Li Qingning no matter what, and even if Chen Ming has confidence in Ye Chen's strength, he doesn't think he can beat Li Qingning.

If Ye Chen and Li Qingning both make it to the top sixteen, Yang Lu is almost certain that Head Chen will immediately come to him to reconcile!

However, Yang Lu knew very well the principle of not tearing apart people despite hardships. He didn't seem to notice the change in Chen Ming's attitude and showed a very friendly smile to Chen Ming, as if he was like a junior who happened to meet an elder who was eager to help him.

When Chen Ming saw that Yang Lu was still enthusiastic towards him, the fake smile on his face looked more sincere.

Su Yuanfeng didn't know that Yang Lu and Chen Ming had colluded when they were in Tianshu City. Seeing the weird smile on Chen Ming's face, the well-informed president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce was a little confused.

Could it be that Master Chen couldn't bear the blow of the Tianshu City incident and had a mental problem?

The two sides passed each other in this weird atmosphere. No one took the initiative to say a word. They were both holding back their bad feelings in their stomachs and preparing to impress each other at the upcoming sword discussion conference.

With the official announcement of the lottery results, the five-yearly Zhongzhou Sword Conference is about to begin.

Before the official start of the Sword Discussion Conference, Yang Lu followed Su Yuanfeng to attend several dinners organized by the Haiya Clan.

Since Li Qingyang has tacitly allowed Yang Lu to cheat in his name, Yang Lu has become more confident in participating in social events. He has an arrogant attitude of "My backer is the president of Lingshi Reserve Bank", even when arranging seats , all sitting directly next to Su Yuanfeng, chatting and laughing with the Luoxia Sect elders and Haiya faction allies, and looking at the Haiya Chamber of Commerce partners in a daze.

Through observations at the dinner table, Yang Lu did discover some interesting devilish details.

For example, the cultivation forces represented by the Murong family in Luoxia City are obviously a little too enthusiastic towards the Haiya family. This unusual enthusiasm has far exceeded the relationship between ordinary business partners, and has even reached the relationship between Party A and Party B.

This made Yang Lu seriously suspect that these guys might have something that Su Yuanfeng had in their hands.

Another example is when Yang Lu experienced the hidden energy of the Haiya system for the first time through the dinner party.

In just a few days, the number of bigwigs from all over the world who came to visit Su Yuanfeng could be described as an endless stream. Su Yuanfeng was even forced to refuse party invitations from some elders of small sects because Su Yuanfeng's schedule was really tight.

The only exception is that Su Yuanfeng did not receive any monks from the Wuliang Sword Sect. It is not known whether it was because the Wuliang Sword Sect would not participate in the sword discussion conference, or because Su Yuanfeng deliberately avoided suspicion.

On the day when the sword discussion conference started, Yang Lu accompanied Li Qingning very early and followed the flow of people to a huge square on the top of the mountain.

Unlike Yang Lu's imagination of a master's fight, the Zhongzhou Sword Contest gave Yang Lu a feeling of participating in the Olympics. Looking around, he saw a vast sea of ​​people, cultivators crowded shoulder to shoulder, and the popularity was high, which showed the enthusiasm of the event atmosphere.

On the huge square, eight large arenas have been erected. They are made of thin spiritual wood from the Tianshu Mountains that can be hugged by three people and supplemented by hard marble floors. They are more than ten feet apart from each other. It was covered by a light shield engraved with mysterious spiritual patterns without blind spots. It was obviously a powerful protective fairy formation laid by the formation master to prevent the aftermath of the battle from hurting innocent people. There was a temporary viewing platform on the side of the ring for watching the game. The monks took their seats.

Since the martial arts industry in Luoxia City has been completely commercialized, the charging prices for the viewing platforms in different locations are naturally different.

Su Yuanfeng was a key customer of the Luoxia Sect, and everyone in Haiya City naturally got the best viewing position in the entire venue. This was like a VIP box specially prepared by the Olympic committees for celebrities and dignitaries from all over the world.

After taking a seat at the auditorium, Yang Lu looked at the lively sword discussion scene and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Logically speaking, in this kind of situation, the protagonist of a cool novel would have to go up and pretend to be a slap in the face, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. But when it was his turn to encounter such a thing, he could only sit in the stands and engage in secrets like the villain Boss. Operation, watching my beautiful lady get into a fight in person, this feeling is indeed a bit strange...

However, Li Qingning had not read the article "The Earth is Happy", so he didn't have the same sense of disobedience as Yang Lu did. He just kept rubbing his little hands, obviously a little eager to try, and couldn't wait to hit someone and test his practice results in the past year.

With the continuous influx of cultivators, before the official opening of the Sword Discussion Conference, the viewing platform was already filled with nearly two thousand cultivators.

Most of these cultivators are foundation-building monks, and there are 20 to 30% golden elixir-level monks among them. They are all elders of the major vassal sects who accompanied the geniuses of their own sect to compete.

Directly in front of the viewing platform, a giant red list several people tall stood up. On it, in gold-plated fonts as big as a bowl, the names, sects of origin, grouping status and other basic information of the cultivators who participated in the competition were written in flying colors.