My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 813 Old Friends
Due to the huge public opinion storm that had been stirred up earlier,

As a result, at this time, apart from those ascetic cultivators who were completely oblivious to the outside world and secluded themselves in deep meditation, the inner sect of the Immortal Sect was now mostly empty.
Otherwise, they would all know that Shen Changchuan had accepted Xuan Tianxing's invitation to fight today.

then,

this day,
At dawn, in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect Square,

It was already packed with people.

Countless inner disciples and stewards at the Nascent Soul Realm gathered, and even those at the Divine Travel Realm were not uncommon!

Among these people,
Some of them were already inner disciples or direct disciples of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

There were also those who heard the news from the outside world and came to join in the fun.

"What a grand scene! This spectacle is no less impressive than the internal competition on that day!"

Amidst the commotion and witnessing this uproar, someone in the crowd sighed.

"Hey, that's naturally different. The previous internal competition was an internal selection process. Therefore, not only were outsiders not invited to watch, but even the direct disciples of the Immortal Sect were almost all kept out. Only the participants could witness the peak showdown between the top prodigies."

"But now, there are no such restrictions as there were back then!"

"How could the people gathered here today be compared to those in the internal competition of that day?"

"Yes, and there are rumors that the reason why Xuan Tianxing dared to challenge Shen Changchuan even after being defeated by him in the competition not long ago is because he broke through and rebuilt himself during this period, and successfully comprehended the true meaning!"

"Some experts from the Divine Ascension Realm outside the region also wanted to come and see for themselves the legendary power of the True Meaning. After all, some ordinary early-stage Divine Ascension Realm experts haven't even successfully comprehended the True Meaning yet."

"Hiss, the power of true intent! It's said that only the strongest experts at the Profound Core Realm are qualified to wield that power. Xuan Tianxing is only at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm. How did he manage to do that?!"

"Who knows?"

"Actually, it's not just Xuan Tianxing. In the inner sect of Yuqing Immortal Sect, Lin Wushuang, Su Lengyue, and that Daoist have all entered the realm of comprehending the true meaning."

"For those beings, challenging those of higher levels is probably as simple as eating and drinking. The world of such prodigies is simply beyond the comprehension of us mortals."

"Compared to those geniuses who stand at the pinnacle, sometimes I really feel like I'm just here to make up the numbers in this world."

The passersby's conversation was filled with endless sighs.

We are nothing more than background figures behind those peerless geniuses.
Perhaps a thousand years later,

Those prodigies are still active on the stage of the cultivation world, and some have even become powerful figures in the cultivation world, dominating the world and deciding the fate of a region with a wave of their hand.

But these ordinary people, by then, had probably already turned into dust, forgotten by the world, and their traces in the world had completely disappeared!
The passerby's words caused a moment of silence among the people around them.

Actually,
Those who are qualified to come here to watch the battle are basically all in the mid-to-late stages of the Nascent Soul realm.

And who among those who have reached this point wasn't considered a genius by others in their youth?

Even now, if they go to a more remote place, they can create a power from scratch, become a patriarch, and act tyrannically!

But so what?
Compared to the two true geniuses who stood above countless cultivators in today's battle,

They are nothing more than dust in the ground.
negligible.

In this situation

This caused an awkward silence to fall over everyone around them.

"Geniuses have their way of living, and those of us who are just here to make a living also have our own way of living. As long as we don't feel that we've lived in vain before we die, that's enough!"

Suddenly, a clear voice broke the silence in the crowd.

Upon hearing this, the people around him pondered it carefully and found it quite reasonable, so they all looked up towards the source of the voice.

At the end of that line of sight stood a young man dressed in fine clothes. If Shen Changchuan were here, he would surely recognize him as Nangong Cheng, a friend he had made back in Dawan Village!

"Brother, your insight is truly profound!"

"May I ask your esteemed name, sir? Would it be possible to make your acquaintance?"

"I am Nangong Cheng, and I greet you all!"

In the crowd, Nangong Cheng cupped his hands in greeting to the people around him who were looking at him.

"I am new here and may offer some presumptuous opinions. Please forgive me if there are any shortcomings."

"Brother, you're too kind. It's Brother Nangong's words that truly resonate with us."

Nangong Cheng smiled and socialized with the crowd.
After exchanging names, everyone got to know each other.

Such chance encounters are purely based on individual personality and preferences.

Perhaps after today, we will never meet again.
Their friendship wouldn't be very deep.

But at some point,

On life's journey, meeting someone you can talk to and having a good chat is a wonderful experience.

"Speaking of which, I wonder who you all think will win this battle?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Nangong Cheng casually asked a question.

Just as they were talking,

What no one around noticed was the subtle, complex meaning hidden in his words.

Nangong Cheng glanced at the sea of ​​people around him out of the corner of his eye, then looked at the huge arena in the center.

My mind went blank for a moment.

After several years,

My friends, who were once so insignificant, have now fallen to this state!
If it weren't for the fact that I came to the Immortal Sect because of the Nangong family matter and overheard their conversation,
He probably doesn't know that his old friend has recently defeated countless peers in an internal competition and won first place!

So much so that Nangong Cheng had a moment of doubt earlier.
They suspected that the person they were talking about, named Shen Changchuan, might be another person with the same name.

It wasn't until a passerby mentioned that he came from a remote, marginal region in Tiannan and was merely an illegitimate son of a local cultivation family that Nangong Cheng dared to confirm that Shen Changchuan, who was about to become the center of everyone's attention, was indeed the good friend he had made back then!
While he was busy with internal family struggles
How could this former friend have fallen to such a state?

This left Nangong Cheng feeling bewildered.

original,

Has that friend I met years ago, who was wandering in the remote borderlands of Tiannan, really come to this?
To know,
The internal competition of the Immortal Sect more than a year ago had a threshold of being under 100 years old and having a cultivation level of at least the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Its scope extends to the thirty-six smaller domains of the Southern Domain, encompassing all forces, large and small, that have inherited from the Immortal Sect system!

According to the entry requirements, he doesn't even qualify to participate in the preliminary rounds!

however,
When I first met him, he was not as accomplished as I was; he was a friend from humble beginnings.
Now, not only are they able to step onto the ring, but they are also unstoppable, defeating countless peers and prodigies.

In the end,
Until we reach the top!

nowadays,
One challenge he had was enough to make him the center of attention for countless people.

Even experts at the Divine Travel Realm set aside their airs and personally came to watch the battle!

(End of this chapter)