"What's going on?"
For a moment, everyone on and off the stage was stunned, feeling utterly baffled.
Long Chen's rise means the issue is related to the debate and does not violate the rules. So why was that person kicked out?
"Idiot, are you deliberately giving me points? You should ask, what is most important for cultivators, not your earlier foolish question. Still, I thank you for making me happy. Long Chen looked at the elderly man who had been kicked out and chuckled.
With Long Chen's explanation, everyone suddenly understood. So that's how it was—the old man's question was problematic. Long Chen had taken a shortcut, but it was deemed valid. The old man who asked the question was suspected of giving away points, so he was kicked out.
Now Long Chen has answered five questions: one is void, four have been recognized, and the divine pillar has risen to four zhang, standing alone on the entire debate platform, making him stand out so conspicuously.
For a moment, many on the Dao Debate Platform changed their expressions. If Long Chen's divine platform advanced to ten zhang, he would win, and the Dao Debate Conference would come to an end.
The rewards for the Dao Debate Conference are extremely generous resources and mineral veins. Whoever wins the championship will receive mining rights for the veins and resources, with the rights valid until the next champion is decided.
Long Chen was so formidable, advancing four zhang in succession, making many people uneasy. This young man before them was even more troublesome than these old foxes.
Previous debates were all about asking each other, which seemed a bit chaotic, but in reality, there was order amid chaos, and there were ways to deceive the debate platform and control the selection of champions.
However, one difficulty is that outsiders can see that the championship emerges through fierce competition, so no one will notice anything wrong.
"Buzz"
At that moment, another person's divine pillar lit up. It was his turn to ask, and the man immediately became cautious.
Long Chen crossed his legs, gazing at the man calmly, a faint smile on his face, seemingly full of confidence, yet also seemingly indifferent to the so-called champion, appearing so relaxed and at ease.
The old man pondered for a moment before speaking: "The Great Dao reaches the heavens, cultivation is endless; how can one reach the other shore?" Without
hesitation, Long Chen replied casually: "The soul is the sail, the spirit the oar, the body the raft. All paths are like the sea, all laws like the wind, all striving to cross the waves."
To govern the Way by law, to forget the Way and forget the Way and to forget the reason for it—only then can one truly attain the Way. Once one attains the Way and has reached the state, looking across heaven and earth, one cannot see its shore—how then can there be talk of the other shore? "
Crack, crack, crack..."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he sat down and the divine pillar rose again, increasing another zhang and earning the approval of the Dao Debate Platform once more.
This time, everyone was moved. Long Chen's words were obscure and hard to understand, but everyone knew they contained profound truths. Not understanding the profound meaning was simply because their cultivation was insufficient.
This time, whether it was the debaters on stage or the prodigies of Jiuzhou below, everyone was shocked by Long Chen's words.
Even Bai Shishi's mother looked at Long Chen in shock. Such words coming from Long Chen were simply unbelievable—clearly the words only a true enlightened master could say.
At this moment, Long Chen was sitting there dressed in tattered clothes, legs crossed, looking down on the crowd, looking down on the crowd, looking down on the world. No matter how you looked at it, he didn't seem like a sage of the Dao.
Moreover, Long Chen answered crisply and without hesitation. His casual remarks were even more shocking. If it weren't for Long Chen's earlier exposure of the scandal and becoming the target of widespread criticism, people might even suspect he had cheated, having memorized his lines beforehand.
This time, no one applauded; instead, many fell into deep thought, carefully reflecting on Long Chen's words. But the more they pondered, the more profound and difficult they seemed. The earlier part was easy to explain, but the last sentence was truly puzzling.
"No wonder he's so arrogant. He has the right to be arrogant. If I had that kind of ability, I would be arrogant too." Someone looked at Long Chen with a complicated expression and sighed.
A voluptuous woman looked at Long Chen and couldn't help but say softly, "Arrogance also requires capital; otherwise, someone would have beaten him to death long ago. I realize I'm starting to like him." "
Didn't you say before that you liked that guy from the forbidden zone of life, and said you wouldn't marry anyone but him?" A woman beside the woman couldn't help but ask.
"Oh dear, I suddenly realized that guy in black is even more masculine.
And look at the clothes he wears—he looks just like a beggar. I think I need to do targeted poverty alleviation. My mother taught me to be kind and compassionate. The woman said shyly.
People around him: "..."
Long Chen sat on the high platform, watching the shocked expressions of the elders below, secretly pleased—it was truly exhilarating.
Especially seeing the anger and unease in some people's eyes, Long Chen was even more delighted and said to them, "
What's wrong?" Angry? Did you secretly spend a lot of money and build connections just to get a good ranking, only to find that when the harvest came, you were left with nothing?
There's nothing you can do. If you want to blame someone, it's just your bad luck. As the saying goes, when Third Master arrives, the earth roars and the sky roars, and wherever he goes, chaos erupts everywhere.
A bunch of petty thieves here, pretending to be righteous and deceiving heroes across the land. Today, Third Master will tear off your masks and show everyone your true colors. "
Support Master Long San"
"Support Master Long San"
"Support Master Long San"
Someone started shouting, and immediately someone else joined in, the shouting louder and louder, cheating The most hated thing is that Long Chen's words always resonate with him.
They knew that the bigger the situation, the easier it would be to expose the mastermind behind the scenes. They also wanted to know who was controlling the Kyushu Conference.
Although the older generation of experts secretly warned these disciples not to be the first to be the first to act, it was fine to stir things up in the crowd.
Seeing Long Chen always touch on their pain points and expose their wounds, they instantly became the center of attention.
You have to understand, those who questioned Long Chen here couldn't escape suspicion of being the mastermind behind the scenes. They wished they could bite Long Chen to death, but there was nothing they could do.
"Hmph, just trying to be mysterious. I don't know where I came across these words, and they happened to be recognized by the Dao Forum. I don't believe you can understand such profound Dao techniques.
Let me ask you, looking across the universe but seeing no shore, isn't that just a struggle for the crossing? If you haven't reached the other shore, how can you know which realm you've reached? Soon, someone asked again, the same question as before.
Long Chen's previous answers were obscure and somewhat unclear, yet they were accepted by the Dao Discussion Platform. Some disagreed and continued to ask.
Obviously, even after thousands of years of cultivation, he couldn't comprehend the mysteries within. He didn't believe Long Chen truly understood, so he dug deeper, leaving Long Chen nowhere to hide.
The old man asked, and everyone's attention immediately focused on Long Chen.