Four days passed quickly. When the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain gathered at the city gate as agreed, they looked at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou in surprise.

 

"Young heroes, where is your hair?" The leader with the hooked nose asked when he saw that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had no hair on their heads.

 

He regretted asking as soon as the words left his mouth. At the mention of this, the faces of the two young heroes turned noticeably sour.

 

Meng Jingzhou's hair had not grown back yet, and it was optimistically estimated that it would take a few more days.

 

To apologize and appease Meng Jingzhou's anger, Lu Yang had no choice but to shave his own hair as well.

 

The Immortal Maiden had been laughing non-stop these past few days.

 

The leader with the hooked nose speculated in secret, could it be that the two young heroes were disciples of the Buddhist sect, and had been wearing wigs before?

 

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was true. The two young heroes had never spoken about their backgrounds, possibly because they were from the Buddhist sect, which was known for its modesty.

 

Now, to compete for the Twin Lotus, not only strength was needed, but also a formidable identity!

 

As for killing and eating demonic beasts, it was understandable. There were such meat-eating monks in the Buddhist sect, not many, but they did exist.

 

"Let's go," Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou said in a low voice, unwilling to explain further.

 

Following the map provided by the merchant guild, the group quickly arrived at the lake where the Twin Lotus was located.

 

The area around the lake was already crowded with people. Looking around, there were few at the Foundation Establishment stage, the majority were at the late Foundation Establishment stage, followed by the Golden Elixir stage.

 

The Twin Lotus had a miraculous effect on forming the Golden Elixir, attracting a large number of cultivators who needed to form their Golden Elixir.

 

By the Golden Elixir stage, its usefulness was much less. Otherwise, the lake's owner, a single fish, would not be able to guard the Twin Lotus.

 

In the middle of the lake, two lotus buds were about to bloom, pink and tender, like twins. Everyone's eyes were focused on the lotus.

 

"There's water everywhere here, it's inconvenient to fight when it's time to snatch the lotus," a late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator frowned. He was not good at water battles, and it would be very disadvantageous if there were opponents who were good at water spells.

 

"Let's drain the water."

 

As he spoke, he took out his storage ring and began to store the lake water.

 

Seeing this, others thought it was a good idea and followed suit.

 

Storage rings could only store non-living things, so they could store the water without affecting the creatures in the lake.

 

"That's the White Tiger Saint Child from the Four Symbols Sect! It's said that he has mastered a set of killing techniques. Although he's only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he can still fight against those at the half-step Golden Elixir stage!" The leader with the hooked nose had been busy these past few days, investigating who might come to compete for the Twin Lotus.

 

The White Tiger Saint Child was one of them.

 

The Four Symbols Sect was a renowned first-class sect, known for its Four Symbols inheritance. It had outstanding disciples in every generation and rarely declined.

 

The Central Continent habitually classified sects into different levels. Those without a Divine Transformation stage cultivator were considered low-level sects, at the bottom.

 

Next were the third-class sects, with one to several Divine Transformation stage cultivators.

 

Second-class sects, with one to several Void Refinement stage cultivators.

 

First-class sects, with one to several Body Fusion stage cultivators.

 

Superior sects, with a Tribulation Crossing stage expert in the world.

 

Above the superior sects were the five great immortal sects.

 

The standard for the five great immortal sects was to have a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator and means comparable to a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator.

 

But how many cards they actually held was unknown.

 

"And that female cultivator, An Ke, the closed-door disciple of the Clear Moon Sect's sect master. She's at the late Foundation Establishment stage and is the strongest among the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in the Clear Moon Sect. Even the sect master of the Clear Moon Sect said that he's not her match at the same level."

 

It was rumored that the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace was behind the Clear Moon Sect, but no one had been able to confirm this.

 

"That's Duan Hongchen of the Heavenly Inquiry Sword, who has killed Golden Elixir stage demonic beasts many times. People thought he had formed his Golden Elixir, but in fact, he's only half a step away from forming his Golden Elixir and has been looking for the right opportunity!"

 

The leader with the hooked nose pointed out the people worth noting one by one. Some of them came from various sects and families with astonishing inheritances, while others were locals from the Demon Subduing Pass, who had made a name for themselves through killing.

 

Compared to them, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were much less famous. They had just arrived at the Demon Subduing Pass a few days ago and had been staying in the dense forest, not interacting with others. Very few people knew about them.

 

"Who are those two monks, disciples of the White Horse Temple or the Floating Pagoda Temple?"

 

Someone noticed Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, the only two bald people in the crowd, who stood out among the crowd.

 

The White Tiger Saint Child frowned, "I've visited the White Horse Temple and the Floating Pagoda Temple with my master, but I've never seen these two."

 

"Wild monks? Or from some unknown temple?" As a member of the Four Symbols Sect, he always considered sects below the first-class to be unknown sects, not worth his attention.

 

An Ke showed no expression. She glanced at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou out of the corner of her eye, compared them with the high-level Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in her memory, found no match, and thus paid no attention to them.

 

Duan Hongchen of the Heavenly Inquiry Sword saw that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were only at the late Foundation Establishment stage and directly ignored them. His opponents were those Golden Elixir stage cultivators hidden in the crowd.

 

These Golden Elixir stage cultivators came to snatch the Twin Lotus for their juniors to form their Golden Elixir. They wouldn't fight too hard, and when it came to life-and-death battles, these people would be the first to retreat.

 

When Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou heard people guessing which temple they were monks from, their temples throbbed. You're the monk, your whole family are monks!

 

"It's all your fault, insisting that I shave my head!" Lu Yang was the first to complain.

 

Meng Jingzhou had a plan for this, "Blame me? It's clearly your Arhat Fist that's ridiculously off! Wait till I write a letter one day, recommending you to the Hanging Temple!"

 

With Lu Yang's talent, he was qualified to enter the Hanging Temple, or it could be said that the Hanging Temple would warmly welcome him.

 

After all, a talent for spells that could rival the eldest sister was hard to find in the world.

 

"Lu Yang, are you going to become a monk?" The Immortal Maiden asked reluctantly.

 

"No, the Seek Tao Sect is my home, I'm not going anywhere!" Lu Yang declared his stance. He was a man of the Seek Tao Sect in life and a ghost of the Seek Tao Sect in death.

 

"Look, the lotus is about to bloom!" Someone shouted, drawing everyone's attention.

 

The Twin Lotus bloomed, emitting a refreshing fragrance, causing everyone to scramble for it.

 

With a tiger's roar, the White Tiger Saint Child made the first move. A "king" character slowly appeared on his forehead, white hair appeared on his cheeks, and his pupils became vertical, like an old tiger."The Twin Lotus is mine, no one dare to snatch it!" He roared, swift as a gust of wind.

 

"You say it's yours and it's yours? Arhat Fist!" Meng Jingzhou made his move, unleashing the Arhat Fist. His face was filled with compassion, pitying the world and its people. This kind of fist technique could not be executed without at least twenty years of monastic experience.

 

His punch was absurdly heavy, sending the White Tiger Saint Child into a state of confusion, and he fell into a mud pit.

 

The White Tiger Saint Child was a bit dazed. This was his first time failing a cross-level challenge.

 

His battles had always been cross-level challenges, easily defeating late Foundation Establishment stage opponents while being in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, with no record of defeat.

 

He didn't expect to fail this time.

 

"He really is a monk!" An Ke confirmed her previous guess.

 

"You're the monk!" Meng Jingzhou retorted angrily.

 

"Bald head, knows Arhat Fist, and you say you're not a monk?"