Chapter 655: Heavenly Pride Conference! (Second Update)
"Nonsense, how can I not be affected? In the Spirit Realm, I used to be a tycoon wrapped in billions of Spirit Stones! Arriving at the Divine Wind Continent, I suddenly became a bumpkin. How can I not be struck by that?" Lin Fan felt quite frustrated.
"What's so surprising about that? On Earth, it's like the difference between ordinary currency and the US dollar. In poorer and more backward countries, a meal can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of the local currency! But if you convert it to US dollars, it's only a difference of one or two dollars!" Emperor Jade said indifferently.
"But the gap is too huge!" Lin Fan felt somewhat helpless.
This is hundreds of billions of Spirit Stones!
On the Divine Wind Continent, they can only be exchanged for a few tens of thousands of Xuan Stones?
Lin Fan, from a tycoon, instantly became penniless!
This kind of gap... it's just too big!
It's hard for one to accept all at once.
"What about hundreds of billions of Spirit Stones? Haven't you considered how high the cultivators of the Divine Wind Continent are? Because their Cultivation is high, they also need more Spiritual Energy. The Spiritual Energy contained in Spirit Stones is only so little! The energy in one Xuan Stone is a million times that of one Spirit Stone. Is that so strange?" Emperor Jade explained casually.
"What you need to do now is not to wallow in self-pity, but to figure out how to earn some Xuan Stones first!"
Lin Fan fell silent.
Emperor Jade was right.
The pressing matter now is how to earn Xuan Stones!
If you only have a few tens of thousands of Xuan Stones, it's really difficult to get by on the Divine Wind Continent.
Next.
Lin Fan found a shop and converted all his hundreds of billions of Spirit Stones into Xuan Stones.
A total of fifty thousand Xuan Stones, just right!
With Lin Fan's current level of Cultivation, Spirit Stones are not of much use to him anymore.
Even if he absorbed all five hundred billion Spirit Stones, his Cultivation would not increase much; it's almost the same as having none at all.
After converting his Spirit Stones into Xuan Stones, Lin Fan asked the shop assistant, "By the way, how can I participate in the competition for the younger generation of the Divine Wind Continent?"
"The competition for the younger generation? Sir, are you talking about the Heavenly Pride Conference?"
"The Heavenly Pride Conference?" Lin Fan was taken aback, this was the first time he had heard of the term.
"Yes! By then, our Divine Wind Continent's East Territory, West Territory, South Territory, and Northern Territory, the four major regions, will hold it simultaneously. At that time, hundreds of billions of the younger generation will participate! The top one million ranked will be selected! Just by entering the top one million, you can join those powerhouses with grades and become a disciple of that power!"
"If you enter the top one thousand, you get to visit the Sumeru World once!" the assistant explained with a smile.
"Indeed."
Lin Fan suddenly realized that this competition for the young generation on the Divine Wind Continent, as mentioned by Murong Guan, was called the 'Heavenly Pride Conference'!
"How do I participate in the Heavenly Pride Conference?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.
"Oh, that's simple! Just go to the City Lord Mansion in Golden City and pay one Xuan Stone to join, but..." The assistant spoke up to this point, looking somewhat troubled and did not continue.
"But what?" Lin Fan inquired.
"Cough cough..."
The assistant coughed twice, "Please don't get angry, sir, but with your Cultivation, not to look down upon you, it's just... too low, in the Early Stage Of Unification, even lower than mine. How can you participate in the Heavenly Pride Conference?"
This assistant's level of Cultivation was even a little higher than Lin Fan's, at the Middle Stage Of Unification.
"Heavenly Pride Conference, as the name suggests, is meant for the proud children of heaven..."
The assistant didn't finish his sentence when suddenly someone behind continued.
"The Heavenly Pride Conference is, of course, a gathering of various talented individuals. With your level of Cultivation, not even having entered the Holy Level, it's better not to participate. Even if you did, you'd just be padding the numbers, so why waste the time?" a voice laced with faint mockery rang out.
Lin Fan's eyebrows furrowed.
Looking back!
A group of people could be seen slowly walking into the shop.
The one in the lead was a young man with a tall physique, clad in an exceedingly luxurious robe. He carried an arrogant demeanor, eyes looking down on everyone, casting a disdainful glance at Lin Fan!
Lin Fan's cultivation was only at the Early Stage of Unification.
Yet this young man actually possessed the cultivation of a Ninth Rank Ancient Saint!
Although a Ninth Rank Ancient Saint was not considered top-notch among the younger generation...
It still signified a terrifying talent!
Standing beside the young man was a stunningly beautiful woman, whose appearance did not fall short of Ru Yan Ni Chang, instantly becoming the focal point of everyone's gaze simply by entering the shop.
Besides this woman, there was another middle-aged man!
Upon seeing the middle-aged man, Lin Fan was somewhat surprised because he recognized him.
Xiao Rong!
Inside the Spirit Realm's Nine Immortal Dynasty, Lin Fan had seen this man once before.
It was from Xiao Rong's hands that Lin Fan had acquired a Breakthrough Ship, which allowed him the chance to travel to the Holy Mansion!
"It's you! Lin Fan!" Xiao Rong obviously recognized Lin Fan as well.
Xiao Rong was equally surprised to encounter Lin Fan in the Divine Wind Continent!
"Lin Fan...is it really you?" The astonishingly beautiful woman was also taken aback.
"You know him?" The young man with the cultivation of a Ninth Rank Ancient Saint raised his eyebrows, looking back at the woman with a curious gaze.
"I've seen him once in the Nine Immortal Dynasty of the Spirit Realm... but..." Xiao Wu's brow furrowed, casting a meaningful glance at Lin Fan, "but at that time, his cultivation was still in the Void Refining Early Stage. How is it that now... in just over three months, he has reached the Early Stage of Unification?"
Xiao Wu hesitated for a second, her gaze settling on Lin Fan as she asked, "Are you really Lin Fan?"
"You are that woman from the Nine Immortal Dynasty?" Lin Fan looked at Xiao Wu in amazement.
"How audacious!"
Xiao Rong uttered a low shout, scolding: "This is the Ninth Miss of our Xiao family, watch your status and the way you speak! Open your dog eyes and see clearly, Lin Fan, this is not the Spirit Realm, there's no place for your wild behavior here!"
"Slap!"
The moment Xiao Rong finished his sentence, Lin Fan's expression darkened, and he slapped out.
In front of everyone, Xiao Rong lay on the ground like a dead dog, his old face exploding with the impact!
This was still a result of Lin Fan showing restraint.
Otherwise, that slap from Lin Fan could have already killed Xiao Rong alive!
"You!"
Lying on the ground, Xiao Rong gazed at Lin Fan with a mixture of shock and rage, snarling: "Lin Fan, you... you... you have some nerve, this is the Spirit Realm... how dare you..."
"If you utter one more word, I will kill you right here!" Lin Fan's gaze sank menacingly.
Xiao Rong's cultivation was only at the Late Stage of Unification, not even reaching the Holy Level.
Shengong Tu, a Fourth Rank Sage Venerable, and Zhang Fen, a Sixth Rank Venerable Sage, both had been slain by Lin Fan. Xiao Rong was nothing in Lin Fan's eyes!
If it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Rong had given him a Breakthrough Ship, that slap just now would have blasted Xiao Rong into nothingness.
On the other hand, Xiao Wu had seemingly concealed her cultivation that day in the Nine Immortal Dynasty, actually possessing the cultivation of a Sixth Rank Ancient Saint!
"Oh? Is that so? A little small fry at the Early Stage of Unification dares to be presumptuous in front of me, Ye Yun! Don't be afraid, Xiao Rong, I've got your back!" The young man of Ninth Rank Ancient Saint Realm suddenly laughed mockingly.