Chapter 1988: 23: An Unprecedented Star Annihilation Dharma Assembly, On-the-Spot Recruitment!_3

"I dare not, Xing just respects all of you." Zhao Xing cupped his hands and said."Whatever you may think, Academic City will not favor anyone." Another resolute-faced Six Realms scholar, ’Zhou Weiqing,’ said indifferently. "In the debate of offense and defense, the determination of victory and defeat, we each have our own scales in our hearts."

"Since you chose an open-style assembly, you should be mentally prepared for this."

"It should be so." Zhao Xing nodded.

...

"Chen An, making this Star Annihilation Dharma Assembly open-style is a bit risky."

"Many Minister of Agriculture powers are forming alliances and coming aggressively. They are not part of the Empire and will not give face to your master or the Primordial Realm."

Emperor Bishui was adjusting the Star Mirror, his face somewhat solemn, "The setup is quite grand; if it goes wrong, the reputation you’ve built might take a hit."

The so-called open-style assembly allows anyone to ask questions, unlike before when the debaters were predetermined and wouldn’t deliberately make things difficult.

Of course, hosting this type of assembly also means that the Magic Theory is relatively mature, with little to criticize. The assembly host does not need intense confrontation to refine their Dao.

"Old Bi, what nonsense are you talking about!" The Five Poison Emperor walked in displeased from the outside, "The assembly hasn’t even started, and you’re already raising others’ morale and diminishing your own power. Are you an undercover agent from abroad?"

"With your judgment that leaked ’The Theory of Earth Chronology and Ground Changes’ to Lord Ji Shan, how can you understand this? Find somewhere cool to stay!"

"..."

The continuous bombardment from the Five Poison Emperor quickly left Emperor Bishui speechless and choked up.

There was no getting around it. Last time, when Zhao Xing wrote the Magic Theory, he first handed it to him, but he leaked it to Lord Ji Shan. This blemish became a point of ridicule that Five Poison seized upon, making it impossible for him to recover, leaving him to slink away in disgrace.

The Five Poison Emperor snorted coldly and then looked at Zhao Xing, "Disciple, proceed boldly without worries."

"If anyone dares to trouble you at the assembly, I will give them a beating after it ends!"

Zhao Xing was stunned and hurriedly advised, "Master, absolutely not!"

Losing a debate leading to spell destruction? That’s truly something the Five Poison Emperor might do.

But at this rate, his own reputation might also be ruined.

How does that make any sense?

"Master, your disciple can handle it, there’s no need to trouble you to act."

The Five Poison Emperor said, "You’ve been in seclusion for over a hundred years and don’t know the outside world’s disputes. Many people this time are not well-intentioned and are sure to give you trouble."

"Such as Zhu Haichao, Jiang Tiansu..."

"If you can’t argue your point, I can help you argue."

"Thank you, Master, but there’s no need, really no need for now..."

After much persuasion, Zhao Xing finally managed to hold back the Five Poison Emperor.

...

Twenty-seven days later, the first session of the Star Annihilation Dharma Assembly officially began.

Zhao Xing did not set the location on Rainbow Moon Star Land but cleared an area in the nearby Fragmented Star Belt.

The venue could be described as extremely simplistic.

Additionally, Zhao Xing modified the assembly’s process so that anyone could ask questions and interrupt Zhao Xing’s lecture, entering the [Inquiry] phase.

Meanwhile, his discussed Magic Theory was placed at the actual problem site of the Annihilation Star Corridor.

Below the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm, it was difficult to gain a foothold here; there was an innate threshold.

It was a privately hosted assembly, with neither Ancient Hill nor the Primordial Realm appearing in any official capacity.

But even so, Five Poison Emperor, Emperor Lu Shan, and Emperor Hongshan appeared in their private capacities.

Moreover, Emperor Hongshan and Five Poison Emperor even flexed their muscles as protectors of the assembly’s order, deterring scoundrels.

The Heavenly Master Mansion and Yan God Army Department also sent strong individuals.

Secretly, Star Fire members led by Yang Baihe came to patrol back and forth.

This made the first half of the first session of the Star Annihilation Dharma Assembly go very smoothly.

The unique assembly also led many unable to attend to flock to the Star Mirror to watch the live broadcast. The rights to this paid viewership also belonged to Great Zhou, which collected a considerable fee once again.

"The collapse of the Yin Yang Stars in the Annihilation Star Corridor has two reasons: externally, the Six Qi are in disorder; internally, the earth veins collapse and shift, so the Sun Star and Moon Star cannot maintain their forms."

"For the Boundary Star land movement, it must pass through the obstruction of the four layers of metal, wood, water, and earth before the Fire Vein appears on the surface. Like the Crack Earth technique, it must first disrupt the balance of the Five Elements earth veins before seeing fire fountains spouting."

"However, the Sun Star is different; its domain is filled with Fire Veins, with only a thin layer of fire Qi as a barrier. Once the earth veins change, the void layer is disturbed."

"When the two stars fall, even the Phenomenon Layer void collapses, time-space then sinks and bulges, causing chaos."

"The void layer forms a trap; with the Yin Yang Stars entrapped in a corner, the Yin Yang Dao naturally pushes elsewhere; the void is compressed, leading to time-space fractures. The Yin Yang interaction repeatedly occurs in the domain corresponding to the Sun and Moon Stars, one pull affects the whole body, ultimately igniting a conflagration..."

Zhao Xing stood on the Starry Platform, having roughly finished his discourse on his Magic Theory, without anyone causing a disturbance or deliberately interrupting his lecture.

However, as the first session of the assembly entered the second half’s inquiry phase, the atmosphere changed.

"Swish~"

As Zhao Xing’s voice fell, a figure immediately stepped on blue cloud gas, accompanied by seven waves, alternating and surging, approaching the Starry Debating Platform.

Swish swish swish~

Eight Star Mirrors aimed at the approaching figure, reflecting his visage.

Zhao Xing raised an eyebrow; this was Zhu Haichao, an elder of the Mirage Sea Alliance.

"Zhu Haichao of the Mirage Sea Alliance, here to question the assembly host." Zhu Haichao stood atop the waves, his gaze sharp.

It was clear he did not come with goodwill.

Typically, in the inquiry phase, to express closeness in relations, one might address the other as Minister of Agriculture Zhao.