267: The conference began with a riddle from the lord of the manor.

As for the jade pendant, it is called the Netherwheel Pendant, containing the Law of Soul. This quasi-immortal artifact can resist Divine Soul attacks.

It can also release a Protective Spiritual Shield, and its defensive power is astonishing. Coupled with the Profound Water Robe, even if Su Yu stood still, three to five Ghost Saints would find it difficult to break through his defenses.

Finally, there was the great cauldron.

The Earth Emperor Cauldron, containing the power of the Law of Gravity, can manifest a weight comparable to a small world.

Suppressed by it, even a True Spirit would be unable to escape.

It can even take enemies into the Earth Emperor Cauldron and refine them with the fire element power within the cauldron.

These four treasures, capable of both offense and defense, are enough to greatly increase Su Yu's current strength.

He might even be able to barely protect himself against a Ghost Immortal in a one-on-one fight... On the ninth day of the ninth month, Su Yu successfully refined these four quasi-immortal artifacts. Immediately after, he heard a voice from the Qionghua Palace Cluster.

"Time is up, the Grand Assembly begins! All Ghost Saints from various Realms, please enter the Within the Gourd Heaven!"

It was none other than the Guide Envoy, Venerable Lu Ling's voice.

Above the Qionghua Palace Cluster, a huge, resplendent crack appeared at some unknown time, seemingly leading to another space.

Upon hearing the voice, Ghost Saints appeared out of nowhere in the Void Realm. After respectfully bowing to Venerable Lu Ling, they entered the Within the Gourd Heaven.

With a dizzying sensation, Su Yu and the others found themselves in a bright and cloudless world.

And in this world, there was only one tall tower.

The tower had over ten thousand floors and was enormous, possibly a million zhang tall!

After everyone had entered the Within the Gourd Heaven, several figures floated down from the sky.

"We are the Protectors of the Grand Assembly in the Within the Gourd Heaven. During the assembly, if you encounter a life-threatening crisis, we will intervene to save you.

Now, let us explain the rules.

Within the Within the Gourd Heaven, there are tens of thousands of yuan ming keys hidden. Only those who collect one hundred yuan ming keys can enter the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

This means that out of your thousands of Ghost Saints, only one hundred will ultimately be able to enter the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

The Heaven-Reaching Pagoda has ten thousand floors, and each floor is a unique world, filled with a large number of Yin Beast. Killing Yin Beast will grant Yin Cores; the more Yin Cores, the higher your points.

Points represent your respective rankings. The top twenty can enter the Immortal Transformation Pool!

Furthermore, once you acquire one hundred Yin Cores on a floor, you can proceed to the next floor of the pagoda!

Ultimately, the Netherworld Realm that reaches the top floor of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda and obtains the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda Heart will receive a ten percent share of the nether origin spirit ore resources!

Other Netherworld Realms will receive resources based on their individual point rankings!"

The Youdu Grand Assembly's competition is conducted in this manner to determine the allocation of nether origin spirit ore.

As for the nether origin spirit ore, it is rich in Nether Origin Spirit Stones. These Ores are used by Ghost Saints to condense their yin body and enter the Ghost Immortal stage.

While not the best, the output is immense, producing at least a million jin every ten thousand years!

However, the yin body condensed by a Ghost Immortal only requires one hundred jin of Nether Origin Spirit Stones.

Aside from being used by Ghost Saints to Breakthrough to Ghost Immortal and condense their yin body, Ghost Immortals can also use this item.

It can strengthen the Physical Body, allowing them to resist a few more Heavenly Tribulations.

However, after the Late Stage Ghost Immortal, this item becomes less effective.

Therefore, it is used for the assembly trial allocation, serving as a resource for cultivating new blood for the various Netherworld Realms under the Youdu Prefecture.

It is not considered precious by the high-ranking officials of Youdu Prefecture, but it is still very important for Immortals below the Middle Stage Ghost Immortal.

Enough to make them fight fiercely.

After these several Ghost Immortals finished announcing the rules, their figures flickered and disappeared before all the Ghost Saints.

Leaving only one sentence.

"The Grand Assembly Trial officially begins!"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, a large number of Ghost Saints dispersed, swarming to search for the yuan ming key.

Su Yu was among them.

However, the world here is vast, and finding the yuan ming key is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, he found a place to hide and waited quietly.

Instead of laboriously searching for the yuan ming key, it's better to wait for others to find it.

At that time, he could just reap the benefits.

Su Yu was not the only one with this idea; at least dozens of Ghost Saints were hiding near the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

They were just waiting for someone to try and open the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, then they would defeat them and seize the yuan ming key.

Outside the Within the Gourd Heaven, the high-ranking officials of Youdu Prefecture, along with a large number of Ghost Immortals, were currently in a huge plaza, looking at the giant crystal screen suspended in the air.

The crystal screen seemed to be divided into a thousand channels, each corresponding to a Ghost Saint.

Their every move was under the eyes of the Youdu Prefecture's high-ranking officials and the various Ghost Immortals.

"Brother Sun, that this Grand Assembly could attract you to watch, could it be that a certain junior has caught your eye?"

In a pavilion in the plaza, there were seven or eight terrifyingly powerful beings watching the crystal screen.

Suddenly, a blue-clothed youth looked at a horse-faced man leaning back in a chair, watching with interest, and asked curiously.

The others, hearing this, also turned their gazes.

They also seemed very curious as to why this Great Power Golden Immortal in the Middle Stage, who was a disciple of Taiyi Daojun from the Immortal Court's Soaring Thunder Dao Court,

And the Lord of Youdu Mansion, Sun Ran, who Cultivated the Innate Karma Dao, would come to watch these juniors' trials.

"This Grand Assembly is very interesting; you just need to keep watching."

Lord Sun did not explain. He picked up a fruit from a plate nearby, took a bite, and smiled faintly.

However, his eyes remained fixed on a certain person on the crystal screen.

If anyone could notice Lord Sun's gaze, they would be able to guess who he came for.

However, no one dared to provoke him in such a way.

After all, Great Power Golden Immortals were not someone they could easily offend, especially since this one was the Lord of Youdu Mansion, their highest superior.

Not getting the answer he wanted, the blue-clothed youth grew even more curious.

Could it be that someone inside possessed a Heaven-Defying Immortal Physique?

Or perhaps had an extraordinary Foundation, possessing the potential of a True Immortal?

However, with his Realm, carefully observing the people on the crystal screen, he found nothing special.

One must know that he was at the Peak of Early Stage Golden Immortal. Although he did not Cultivate the Innate Great Dao, he Cultivated the Dao of Soldiers, which was a top-ranked Acquired Great Dao.

If even his Realm couldn't detect anything, it meant there were no juniors with Heaven-Defying Immortal Physiques or extraordinary Foundations as he imagined.

However, since Lord Sun was so looking forward to this Grand Assembly, perhaps there was something he couldn't see.

Then he would just wait quietly.

Although the others were still very puzzled, they did not dare to speak much. Even the blue-clothed youth, as the Deputy Lord, couldn't get any information.

They, the Six Division Masters of Youdu Prefecture, who were Half-step Golden Immortals, were even less qualified to ask.

Thus, they could only observe more, to find out who this person was that even the Lord cared about!