Northwest Guanlan City is a powerful human city where the territories of the human race and other ethnic groups meet.
Every few decades, a True Dan Conference of the human race is held here to exchange information, resolve conflicts between forces, and deter foreign races.
Led by Lan Qiwen of Qingshui Sect, a group of elders and disciples came to Guanlan City, carrying a large amount of supplies with them. With all the Zhendan gathered, they had to make transactions in exchange for the cultivation resources they needed.
They had enough time to make the deal before the Zhen Dan Conference officially began.
Zhang Shen was also in the Qingshuimen team, but after arriving in Guanlan City, he left the team.
He strolled around Guanlan City, secretly observing the various sects that came here, and gained a basic understanding of these people.
Soon, after three days, the Zhendan Conference was held as scheduled.
The atmosphere at the meeting was very harmonious at the beginning. No one had any objection to the need to unite and raise the banner of the human race.
But when it came to specific interests and grudges, they began to argue and accuse him of wrongdoings.
This has become a routine event at the Zhendan Conference.
Every time we have a meeting, there is always some noise.
The human race's territory is so small that there will always be friction and conflicts between neighboring sects no matter how much they restrain themselves.
Especially when it comes to things like cultivation resources that take a long time to regenerate, no sect will take a step back.
Naturally, there are many conflicts between some sects, and some even have personal grudges.
The Zhendan Conference is a session to resolve these personal grudges.
Through persuasion, gambling, fighting and other methods, those who are willing to let go can let go here, and they can make enemies next time. In short, the grudges of decades ago will be wiped out.
If you are unwilling to let go and mediation is fruitless, the conference will not interfere any more. You can solve it yourselves afterwards. As long as it does not affect the overall unity of the human race, you can decide the outcome of life and death by yourselves.
During this phase, even the Qingshui Sect had disciples and elders stepping down to fight, representing the sect to settle the grievances with other sects.
Among them was Huang Ying, whom Zhang Shen knew.
When Huang Ying informed the sect of Zhang Shen's invasion, Lan Qiwen found out about it later. After witnessing Huang Ying's loyalty to the sect and her superficial relationship with Zhang Shen, he focused on cultivating her.
At this time, she represented Qingshuimen to settle a grudge, which was the recognition and attention of the sect.
Seeing that the Zhendan from other sects were placing bets during the fight, Zhang Shen also took a gamble or two and bet some spirit stones.
All lost.
"This is really great luck." After playing one or two rounds, Zhang Shen decisively stopped.
With his keen eyesight, he would certainly not make a mistake in judging who was strong and who was weak.
The reason why the results are contradictory is due to behind-the-scenes dealings.
Zhang Shen sighed, "I really overestimated the bottom line of these sects. They even play behind-the-scenes deals to settle grudges."
He realized that although these sects had grudges and grievances among each other, there were only two or three that were truly mortal enemies.
Although there are grudges among the remaining sects, most of them are between the middle and lower levels of the sects, and the top leaders have never offended each other.
However, the top leaders also need to take into account the emotions of the middle and lower level elders and disciples, so they also appear to be united in their hatred of the enemy.
The Zhendan Conference gave these high-level officials an opportunity to resolve the grievances between the middle and lower levels.
Similarly, because of this situation, behind-the-scenes deals were born.
"What a lavish deal." Zhang Shen wrote this down in his little notebook. When he finds a chance in the future, he will make a list of all those people who played behind-the-scenes deals and caused him to lose spirit stones.
The conference lasted for half a month, and most of the time was spent resolving grievances among the various sects.
This is a very necessary thing. Once grudges become hatreds, they cannot be reversed. If grudges are not resolved soon, the final unification of the human race will become empty talk.
Even this kind of fighting has become a platform for each sect to demonstrate the strength of the sect and the strength of the younger generations.
If you don't perform well, you will be looked down upon, and then when you encounter some major events, other factions will exclude you.
During this period, various secret transactions took place, which opened Zhang Shen's eyes.
I gained some new insights.
On the last day of the conference, Zhang Shen did not wait any longer.
These days, Zhang Shen was quite satisfied with the superficial performance of these sects.
Zhang Shen didn't have the time or energy to figure out what they were doing behind his back. As long as they didn't mess up next time, Zhang Shen had no interest in causing trouble for them.
On the high platform where the Qingshui Gate was located, Zhang Shen clasped his hands together, and a mysterious wave of magical power instantly spread throughout the entire venue. He once again consumed a portion of the ninth level of magical power.
All the warriors noticed this fluctuation, and the True Dan warriors were the most shocked.
They knew very well that this was the fluctuation of mana from a powerful Dharmakaya master!
They have a deep understanding of how powerful the Dharma-phase masters are.
Brush, brush, brush, brush…
Pairs of eyes looked towards the direction of Qingshui Gate.
Zhang Shen flew into the air,
Standing high in the sky, the breath of the Dharmadhatu was released, and at the same time, the breath of the human race also dissipated.
"I am Zhang Shen from the human race. I know you have many questions, but there is no rush. In half a month, I will give a lecture in Guanlan City and pass on my experience in cultivation so far. At that time, all human warriors of the True Dan and Xiantian late stages can come."
"Qiwen, I'll leave the rest to you."
After saying that, Zhang Shen turned around and flew away.
Lan Qiwen was left with a confused and bitter smile on his face. The adults really left him with a big trouble.
Looking at those pairs of puzzled, excited and anxious eyes, Lan Qiwen took a deep breath. This was a big trouble, but the benefits were obvious. Whether for him or for Qingshuimen, taking on the job of explaining was a good thing.
"My fellow practitioners, don't be anxious. If you have any questions, please come one by one and I will answer them one by one. Don't worry, I will tell you everything I know."
"I have observed long enough and announced my presence. The next step is to prepare for the sermon." Zhang Shen pondered after returning to the Qingshuimen base.
Although it was a bit hasty and the process was rough, these are all minor matters. Everything was developing according to the steps planned by Zhang Shen. As long as there was no deviation, it would be a good result.
"It's just a waste of mana, and another one will be wasted for preaching afterwards."
“Although it is a necessary investment, it still hurts a bit.”
The mana that has been used cannot be restored.
After Zhang Shen returned to the base, he went into seclusion, transforming his magic power into nutrients to improve his own cultivation.
This amount of magic power basically did not consume anything. Before it was exhausted, Zhang Shen was confident that he could break through to the sixth level of True Dan.
The reason he was able to leap over four small steps was entirely because they came from the same source, coupled with his profound martial arts realm, so nothing would be wasted.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the news that the Dharma ancestor had appeared in the human race and was going to preach in Guanlan City spread rapidly throughout the human race and even the entire northwest.
All humans who heard the news were excited, especially some True Dan and late Xiantian warriors who had not come. As soon as they received the news, they rushed to Guanlan City.
It was to confirm the authenticity, and also because I didn't want to miss the teachings of the Fashang Patriarch.
If an old Dharma ancestor imparts his martial arts experience to them, they will definitely gain a lot, and the problems they have in practicing their skills may be solved.
In addition to them, some warriors in the early and middle stages of the Xiantian realm also rushed to Guanlan City. They were there to witness the event, but also to hold a little extravagant hope that they could sneak into the sermon.