Chapter 424: International Exchange Conference

"Lingyun, this is an invitation sent over by the people from the Dragon Group!" Chen Jing placed a gold-stamped invitation in front of Lingyun.

"An invitation? What invitation?" Lingyun picked up the invitation in front of him with interest. "International Exchange Conference? How did something like this end up involving me?"

"This International Exchange Conference is no ordinary exchange conference; it is an exchange conference for the Dark World, held once every five years. It is also a conference where the Dark World forces of various countries clash and divide up interests." Chen Jing looked at the invitation in Lingyun's hand. "Everyone who can attend the Exchange Conference either possesses formidable strength or an extraordinary background. It can be said that this Exchange Conference is also a gathering of the world's absolute top-tier people."

"Is that so, the world's top-tier people? Then did they include those Hidden Sects?" Lingyun lightly flicked the invitation in his hand.

"Hidden Sects rarely emerge into the world, and they might not even look favorably upon such gatherings, so it is likely very difficult to see them at a gathering like this," Chen Jing said after pondering for a moment.

"Then, would you and Su Wanyue like to go to such an exchange conference?" Lingyun suddenly asked.

"How could we two not want to go to such a rare and grand event?" Su Wanyue, who was on the side, said with a wry smile. "But regardless of strength or status, we cannot get into this Exchange Conference!"

"That's right. If it's based solely on strength, one must have at least the strength of the Golden Core Stage. If it's based on status, I don't have any major power behind me, and although Wanyue has the Su Family behind her, the Su Family hasn't reached that level yet. I'm afraid only great families like the Ji Family and the Jiang Family would be able to enter!" Chen Jing added.

"No, no, no. Strength and status—neither of these are problems," Lingyun said, waving his hand.

"Chen Jing, I remember when you took me to buy clothes last time, there was that Auntie Chen Rui!"

"Auntie Chen? Why did you suddenly bring up Auntie Chen?" Chen Jing asked with some confusion.

"This is a letter. Help me personally deliver this letter to Auntie Chen's hands!" Lingyun flipped his hand, and a letter appeared in his palm.

"Auntie Chen?" Chen Jing looked at the letter in her hand, her face showing some confusion. "Lingyun, why do you suddenly want Auntie Chen to deliver a letter?"

"As for that, you'll know later!" Lingyun gave Chen Jing a mysterious smile.

In the workshop, Chen Rui looked at the letter in her hand with some confusion. She didn't quite understand why a young man she had only met once would suddenly send her a letter.

"Hmm? No, this letter is problematic!" Suddenly, Chen Rui's brow furrowed. She discovered that there was something inside this unopened letter that could resonate with the power within her own body.

After hesitating for a moment, she opened the envelope. She had a Life-Saving Talisman on her person left by her Elder. Moreover, her identity had always been a secret; she was certain that, apart from the Elder and her Master, absolutely no second person knew her identity. Given this, the identity and motives of the person who sent her the letter were worth questioning.

After reading the contents of the letter, Chen Rui's eyes widened abruptly, filled with disbelief. She hurriedly tucked the letter away close to her body, then stood up and made a phone call.

Not long after, a young woman appeared before Chen Rui: "Boss, do you have any instructions?" Chen Rui picked up a small bag and said to the woman: "I am going out for further training for a period of time. While I am away, I will leave the shop for you to look after!"

"Understood, Boss!" The woman nodded slightly.

It was said that her boss had apprenticed under a Master of fashion design, and every so often she would go to that Master for further training; this had become the norm.

During the times Chen Rui was away, this shop had always been looked after by her, so she was already very familiar with this routine.

"Lingyun, I'm back!" Chen Jing, who had returned from outside, said to Lingyun.

"Did you deliver the letter to her?" Lingyun asked.

"That's right, I personally delivered that letter into Auntie Chen's hands," Chen Jing said. "However, Lingyun, was there something different about that letter? Why did it have to be me who personally handed it to Auntie Chen?"

"As for that, you'll know later. Right now, we have more important things to do!" Lingyun said.

"More important things?" Su Wanyue asked with some confusion.

"That's right. If you two can attend the Exchange Conference this time, do you want to get in based on family background, or based on strength?" Lingyun asked.

"Isn't that a rhetorical question? Of course we want to get in based on our own strength. But our current strength is far from enough. Stepping from Post-Heaven into Xiantian might not be very difficult for us, but wanting to step from Xiantian into the Golden Core Stage—the difficulty in that is much greater!" Chen Jing rolled her eyes at Lingyun. "Besides, the Exchange Conference is on January 1st, and it's already December. In such a short time, it's impossible for us to reach the Golden Core Stage; even reaching the Xiantian Mid-stage would be very difficult!"

"That is not a problem. In a few days, you two should ask your teachers for a week off," Lingyun said.

"A week?" Chen Jing and Su Wanyue looked at each other, a hint of surprise in their eyes. They had investigated carefully, and it seemed that every time Lingyun traveled through worlds, he would ask for a week off.

"Could it be, Lingyun, are you going to travel through worlds again?" Chen Jing asked with some curiosity.

Regarding the matter of traveling through worlds, Chen Jing was also extremely curious; after all, this was something that could only happen in novels!

"As for that, you'll have to ask Ruoxi!" Lingyun said.

No sooner had Lingyun finished speaking than Ruoxi popped out from the Void and dove into Lingyun's arms.

"Big Brother, the Space-Time Anchor has finished positioning. We can travel after just a little more time for calibration!"

"Space-Time Anchor?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you always use Space-Time Coordinates before?"

"Condensing Space-Time Coordinates is just too exhausting, and the Cloud Realm is currently converging its laws; it's the time when the entire world's power is at its lowest," Ruoxi said, waving her hand. "Besides, that world happens to have traces of your power, Big Brother, so I used your power as an anchor to locate that world!"

"It has traces of my power? You can even detect that kind of situation?" There was a hint of surprise in Lingyun's tone.

"There's a reason for that. The Cloud Realm itself was only able to be born because of your existence, Big Brother, so it is extremely sensitive to your power!" Ruoxi explained with a giggle. "When capturing the coordinates of the other world, the Cloud Realm happened to detect your power, which is why it set this anchor."

"So that's how it is." Lingyun stroked his chin, lost in thought. "In other words, this is a world I have been to before? Ruoxi, do you know what kind of world the next one is?"

"As for that, because I used a Space-Time Anchor to locate it, I'm not very clear myself." Ruoxi turned her body in Lingyun's arms, finding a more comfortable spot to lie down. "But from the information known now, that world should be a world of sword and Magic!"

"A world of sword and Magic?" Lingyun nodded thoughtfully.