The Immortal Fairy's Words as Law

"Are real exam questions from twenty years ago not real exam questions? Young man, don't be so narrow-minded and limited in your thinking." "Haven't you ever heard that the older an object is, the higher its value? Back when Old Nine and I went grave robbing, we always targeted the oldest relics. We even unearthed a treasure from the early Daqian Era once, something originally possessed by a Tribulation Transcendence great demon." Yun Zhi had heard a little about this matter. According to her master, he and the Eighth Elder had raided a tomb together and found an early Daqian Era treasure that could hold the waters of three great rivers and five tributaries—a priceless artifact. The two of them had immediately come to blows over it. Later, after appraisal, it turned out to be a chamber pot belonging to some Tribulation Transcendence great demon. The Eighth Elder continued, "Go ask around out there. Actual questions from the Dao Seeking Sect's trials are practically priceless and impossible to find on the market. It was already generous enough that I sold you real questions at all, so don't be so picky." "Do you have any idea how much risk I took selling that set of questions? I did it all to generate revenue for the Dao Seeking Sect!" The Eighth Elder spoke with righteous conviction, making Lu Yang nod repeatedly in agreement. "The Eighth Elder makes a good point. In that case, let's delay the Eighth Elder's stipend by twenty years as well." The Eighth Elder panicked. "That won't do!" "Don't worry, Eighth Elder. It's not that we won't pay your stipend—we're just delaying it by twenty years. Is a stipend paid twenty years late not still a stipend?" "Or is the Eighth Elder taking pity on the sect's difficulties and voluntarily asking to waive your stipend? If the Eighth Elder has such noble sentiments, I will certainly commend you publicly and encourage everyone to learn from the Eighth Elder's spirit." At this point, Yun Zhi spoke up: "Eighth Elder, seeing as you are one of Master's disreputable cronies, as long as you return the spirit stones you swindled from Meng Jingzhou back then, we can let this matter drop." The Eighth Elder had no choice but to hold his nose and painfully return the spirit stones. Having recovered his spirit stones, Meng Jingzhou was beaming with joy. Then Yun Zhi added, "Meng Jingzhou, buying exam questions was also wrong of you. As long as you hand over the spirit stones you used to buy the questions to the sect, this matter will be settled as well." Meng Jingzhou was dumbfounded. *Wait, Eldest Senior Sister, aren't you on my side?* Left with no choice, Meng Jingzhou had to turn over the spirit stones that hadn't even grown warm in his hands to the sect. "Wait, what about Lu Yang? That kid even discussed how to tackle the trials with me in the carriage! His motives were totally impure!" Meng Jingzhou tried to drag Lu Yang down with him. Lu Yang sneered. "Then go report me to the Sect Master! Considering the Sect Master isn't here, you can go report me to the Acting Sect Master." "I'm confident the Acting Sect Master is a fair and impartial person who would never play favorites." "You bastard..." Meng Jingzhou glared at Lu Yang through gritted teeth, thinking, *Just wait until I become Sect Master, you little brat, I'll show you!* After the Eighth Elder and Meng Jingzhou left, the Immortal Fairy retook control of Lu Yang's body. Looking at the affairs waiting to be handled, the Immortal Fairy felt that being Sect Master was so hard. "Immortal Ying Tian and his crowd were about as good at solving problems as I am, so how on earth did they manage all those planets?" Yun Zhi gave a soft sigh and reminded her, "Just as you can assign tasks to the eight elders, the Sect Master also has the authority to order disciples to work. You can assign the review tasks to experienced disciples." "Oh, right!" Realizing this, the Immortal Fairy had her golden finger, Lu Yang, handle the matters. Lu Yang took two deep breaths. "No matter how you look at it, wasn't Eldest Senior Sister hinting that you should let her handle them?" After going around in a circle, the messy pile of affairs ended up back in the hands of the dependable Eldest Senior Sister. Sometimes Lu Yang felt that it was truly fortunate the Dao Seeking Sect had Eldest Senior Sister; otherwise, the sect would be doomed sooner or later. "I wonder how the outside world views the Dao Seeking Sect." With her hands clasped behind her back, the Immortal Fairy looked at the Martial Arts Square currently undergoing maintenance and nodded repeatedly, looking like an official inspecting the countryside. Near the Martial Arts Square, there were many small arenas for disciples to spar. The Dao Seeking Sect placed great emphasis on practical combat training, lest disciples be bullied when venturing out. Lu Yang felt the sect higher-ups were completely overthinking it. At that moment, two senior disciples at the Golden Core stage were fighting on an arena. Their golden cores were full and radiant, clearly first-grade golden cores, and both had reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. Lu Yang recognized the pair. The senior brother was named Luo Hai, who had formed the White Sun Vast Ocean Core among first-grade golden cores; his water-attribute arts were mastered to perfection, and he had slain several Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators. Even among the sea of geniuses in the Dao Seeking Sect, he was a standout figure. The senior sister was named Yi Jing, hailing from the Yi family of the Imperial City. Though not as prominent as Meng Jingzhou's clan, the Yi family was still a renowned aristocratic lineage across the Central Continent. Senior Sister Yi Jing possessed astounding experience; she had compared her ancestral family technique with various cultivation manuals from the Scripture Pavilion and made preliminary modifications to make it suit herself better. Neither of them was ordinary. While they fought, a crowd watched from below the stage, hoping to gain inspiration that would assist their future cultivation. The Immortal Fairy strutted over, attracting some attention. In the eyes of onlookers, Lu Yang was the first disciple to redeem a Sect Master experience voucher, which was deeply inspiring. More people were focused on the battle on the stage and did not notice the Immortal Fairy's arrival. "Watch me show you what fighting above one's realm really means!" the Immortal Fairy told Lu Yang, giving him a bad feeling. "Wait, what are you going to do..." Before Lu Yang could finish, the Immortal Fairy took control of his body and leaped onto the arena. Seeing Lu Yang, the two on the stage were curious, wondering what this junior brother who had just become the Acting Sect Master wanted to do. "I want to challenge both of you." Luo Hai and Yi Jing stared in surprise. Below the stage, an uproar broke out. Lu Yang was only at middle Foundation Establishment; could he challenge two peak Golden Core cultivators? Still, since Lu Yang wanted to challenge them, Luo Hai and Yi Jing wouldn't refuse. The two stood opposite the Immortal Fairy. "Junior Brother, after you." The Immortal Fairy smiled slightly. "In the name of the Acting Sect Master, I order you to jump off the arena." Lu Yang: "..." Luo Hai: "..." Yi Jing: "..." The crowd of senior disciples below the stage: "..." Was the authority of an Acting Sect Master supposed to be used like *this*? The Acting Sect Master's orders had to be obeyed. Without hesitation, the two jumped off the stage, forfeiting the match. The Immortal Fairy's antics quickly piqued the interest of many senior disciples. "Senior Brother Ma, hurry over to the arenas and see! Word has it that Junior Brother Lu Yang has mastered Words as Law, beaten several Golden Core junior brothers and sisters, and is claiming he wants to challenge someone at the Nascent Soul stage!" "There's such a thing?" Senior Brother Ma showed an intrigued look. Ma Tianyang, at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, was a disciple of Weapon Refinement Peak. Skilled in fire and weapon forging, he had once accomplished the astonishing feat of forging weapons while fighting a Soul Formation cultivator, relentlessly overwhelming the opponent with an unending barrage of spirit treasures. "Let's go have a look." The junior brother who had egged Ma Tianyang on grinned with triumph. The moment Ma Tianyang approached the arena, he heard the Immortal Fairy bragging loudly: "Hahaha! I'm already invincible throughout the Golden Core stage! Bring on a Nascent Soul!" Hearing this, Ma Tianyang jumped onto the stage immediately—only to witness the Immortal Fairy's "Words as Law." On that day, the Immortal Fairy fought above her cultivation realm. With a middle Foundation Establishment cultivation, she defeated cultivators across three realms—Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Soul Formation—shooting to sect-wide fame. On that day, Lu Yang wished nothing more than to bury himself in the dirt.