“You Seek Tao Sect people are too overbearing!” Qiu Jinan roared, angrily flipping the table. The food spilled onto the floor, sizzling as it corroded the wooden boards, causing the onlookers to twitch at the corners of their eyes.

His image in the outside world had always been that of a refined gentleman, able to converse amiably with both ordinary people and cultivators without any barriers. In fact, he was indeed such a person.

Qiu Jinan felt that the Seek Tao Sect was his natural enemy, capable of easily stirring his emotions.

In a sense, the treatment of Qiu Jinan by the Seek Tao Sect was extremely high, comparable to the ancient Four Immortals.

After all, only the ancient Four Immortals were qualified to experience Huang Dou Dou’s cooking.

In his spiritual space, Lu Yang watched this scene with a tingling scalp. It made sense that the ancient Four Immortals didn’t eat your cooking.

When the Immortal Maiden was cooking, she blocked Lu Yang’s view with the excuse, “This is an ancient secret, you can’t learn it.”

At that time, Lu Yang had a bad premonition, and now it had come true.

These were just two dishes. The Immortal Maiden had made a total of eight dishes. Lu Yang didn’t dare to imagine what kind of monsters and demons would appear next.

The most important thing was that everything the Immortal Maiden did was with his face. To outsiders, all these things were done by him!

The day before yesterday and yesterday, he had used the authority of the acting sect master to challenge across levels recklessly, which had already drawn a wave of hatred. Now, a new wave of hatred was coming.

What sin did I commit to have invoked the true name of the Immortal Maiden and resurrected her?

Lu Yang now felt that the karma of resurrecting an immortal was as heavy as a mountain, and he was about to collapse under it.

It was not unreasonable for the person behind the scenes to be unwilling to resurrect the Immortal Maiden himself!

When the elders saw Qiu Jinan’s rage, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged messages with each other.

“Fortunately, our Seek Tao Sect adheres to etiquette and let the Five Elements Sect eat first, otherwise we would be the unlucky ones.”

“Little Lu is so considerate. He doesn’t have any hostility towards the Five Elements Sect, but when he heard that the Five Elements Sect had a conflict with us, he immediately took action and taught Qiu Jinan a lesson. Good boy!”

The Five Elements Sect also sighed, “I used to disdain the idea of adhering to etiquette, thinking it was decayed. Now I see that the ancients were not without reason. We should let the elders eat first.”

“After the elders have finished eating and it’s not poisonous, then let us eat. This is the wisdom of the ancients!”

“The sect master sacrificed himself to test the poison. This spirit is worth our learning.”

“I’ve heard the sect master say before that the pills and poisons of the Seek Tao Sect are unparalleled. Today, I’ve really learned something.”

“Others poison the food, but this is cooking with poison.”

While Qiu Jinan was eating, the second elder showed concern for Shangguan Yu, “Fairy Yu, it’s been a long time. You’re still so beautiful.”

Shangguan Yu looked at the second elder calmly, “Xiao Ba, it’s impossible between us. It’s not suitable. You should give up.”

The second elder was a little anxious, “Do I have any shortcomings? I can change!”

Shangguan Yu shook her head and didn’t say anything more, just sitting a little further away from the second elder.

“We have all practiced Inedia, so we don’t need to eat this meal. It’s all formalities. It’s better to let the disciples compete directly!” Qiu Jinan didn’t beat around the bush anymore and revealed the purpose of this trip.

The elder said, “That’s how it should be. We plan to divide the competition into four stages: Foundation Establishment, Golden Elixir, Elemental Infant, and Spirit Transformation.”

Qiu Jinan sneered, thinking that the Seek Tao Sect was indeed planning to hold a competition divided by cultivation levels, thus avoiding Yun Zhi’s participation.

He waved his hand and said, “I only have one request. Let your best disciple of the Seek Tao Sect compete with our best disciple. One battle will determine the victory. How about it?”

The elder hesitated, fearing another repeat of the classic scene of Yun Zhi brutally defeating the Five Elements Sect, “This isn’t good. We’ve already planned everything. If you lose too badly, it won’t look good.”

Don’t really make Qiu Jinan angry enough to cause trouble, at least not in the Seek Tao Sect.

Seeing the elder like this, Qiu Jinan was even more certain of his thoughts, “Face? Cultivators speak with strength. Losing is losing, winning is winning. What face do we need!”

Qiu Jinan gestured for his top disciple to step forward.

“This is my top disciple, Lin Shaoyou, also the best disciple of our Five Elements Sect. He has a single spiritual root of wood attribute, and his cultivation is at the early stage of Spirit Transformation. Generally, cultivators with a single spiritual root of wood attribute are suitable for healing and treating injuries, and are not good at fighting, but he is different!”

“Shaoyou has also carried the concept of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements of our Five Elements Sect to the extreme. He can generate fire from wood, generate earth from fire, and generate metal from earth. He has practiced two types of spells of fire and metal attributes – Six Ding Divine Fire and Mad Demon Golden Body. He has even practiced these two types of spells into forbidden spells with great lethality!”

“Shaoyou has both the continuous aura of the wood spiritual root and the ultimate attack spells. His combat power is far beyond the early stage of Spirit Transformation. Just a few days ago, he defeated a supreme elder of a first-class sect, who was at the late stage of Spirit Transformation!”

Lin Shaoyou’s attire was like a well-read scholar. He had a contented smile on his face, an elegant temperament, and gave people a feeling of being at ease.

He indeed had the qualification to be at ease. Among his peers, he could hardly find an opponent. His gaze had already reached the previous generation, or even the generation before that.

“Is my opponent Dai Bufan or Ji Hongwen?”In his view, among his peers in the Seek Tao Sect, only these two were worthy to be his opponents.

The last time he encountered Yun Zhi, he didn’t use many of his techniques. This time, he was determined to use them all, to win honor for his master!

“It’s me.”

A voice, calm yet with a hint of indifference, echoed, sending chills down one’s spine.

Yun Zhi, who had been silent all along, stepped forward, causing the sect leader and his senior disciple’s hearts to skip a beat.

Qiu Jin’an forced a cold laugh, “Don’t try to scare me. I’ve already inquired. Yun Zhi is the acting sect leader and can’t fight. The best disciples are either Dai Bufan or Ji Hongwen!”

Yun Zhi took out a document, on which was written in black and white that Lu Yang was the acting sect leader for three days. She pointed at Lu Yang and said, “This is the current acting sect leader. I am now just an ordinary disciple of the Seek Tao Sect.”

The Immortal Maiden was still jumping around, “Exactly, I am the acting sect leader now!”

“What a joke, how can a Foundation Establishment stage disciple be the acting sect leader!” Qiu Jin’an roared angrily.

The elder shook his head, “You are mistaken. This Sect Leader Lu is a genius among geniuses. Although he is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, he can challenge those of higher stages and has defeated those at the Golden Elixir, Elemental Infant, and God Transformation stages!”

Upon hearing this, all eyes from the Five Elements Sect were instantly focused on the Immortal Maiden.

A Foundation Establishment stage disciple defeating a God Transformation stage, even with external help, was akin to a fairy tale, an impossible feat that even myths wouldn’t dare to fabricate!

Although the Seek Tao Sect had a bad reputation, they never lied, especially about such matters. Qiu Jin’an’s face turned serious, he didn’t expect the Seek Tao Sect to have such an astonishing genius.

Compared to Lu Yang, any genius in history seemed to pale in comparison!

The Seek Tao Sect was indeed formidable, having anticipated his move and prepared in advance by letting Yun Zhi fight.

Qiu Jin’an was in a difficult position. He had talked big, and if he didn’t fight now, wouldn’t he lose face?

Just as Qiu Jin’an was in a dilemma, Lin Shaoyou stepped forward, which touched Qiu Jin’an deeply.

As expected of his senior disciple, daring to step forward at this time and face the pressure from Yun Zhi.

Lin Shaoyou took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing and mindset. He looked straight at Yun Zhi and declared resolutely:

“If that’s the case, then I will no longer be a disciple of the Five Elements Sect!”

(End of Chapter)