An Enemy Infiltrates the Dao Seeking Sect!

The Immortal Fairy was the foremost celestial chef throughout history, and the delicacies she created were rare marvels that garnered widespread praise. As the Second-in-Command of the Immortal Lineage, Lu Yang was fortunate enough not to have received the immortal's culinary legacy. Starting from scratch, he had developed a cooking style unique to himself. The roast duck he made could well be called Lu-Style Roast Duck. Lu-Style Roast Duck was golden-brown in color and burst with an appetizing aroma. Its skin was fragrant, its meat tender, crispy on the outside and succulent within. The meat around the bone had a rich creamy hue. With one bite, savory juices burst forth, rich and succulent, leaving a lingering fragrance between the teeth and cheeks. Senior Sister and Junior Brother savored the delicious roast duck, chewing slowly. Lu Yang remained completely focused on eating, acting as though he had not heard the Immortal Fairy's demands at all. "Let me try some!" "Come on, let me try some! Just one bite, just a single bite!" Seeing Lu Yang eating the roast duck with such bliss on his face, the Immortal Fairy desperately wanted a taste. Yet Lu Yang remained completely unmoved, ignoring her pleas entirely, which made her stamp her feet in frustration. ... Night fell, and a silhouette silently appeared before the mountain gates of the Dao Seeking Sect. The dark figure strode forward. The two disciples guarding the gates seemed not to notice him at all, allowing him to slip inside unchecked. He passed through the mountain gates and arrived at the bamboo grove. Knowing that a river spirit guarded this area, he dared not be careless; holding his breath, he cautiously made his way into the Dao Seeking Sect. It was as though the dark figure was intimately familiar with the Dao Seeking Sect, knowing exactly where sentries were stationed and how to avoid detection. Treading with mysterious footwork, he carefully skirted the river spirit's range of surveillance, slipped through the bamboo grove, and reached the sect's interior. "Hmph, the Dao Seeking Sect is nothing special after all!" the dark figure sneered, his eyes slightly cold, showing utter disdain for the Dao Seeking Sect. After he passed through the bamboo grove, thick mist rose above the gurgling stream. The mist gathered into the likeness of the river spirit, who silently watched the dark figure's receding back without uttering a single word. Beyond the bamboo grove lay the peak where the Mission Hall stood, which could be regarded as the gateway to the Dao Seeking Sect's inner sect. The dark figure cast a wary glance toward the Mission Hall, growing even more cautious, not daring to let his guard down in the slightest. "Infiltrating the Dao Seeking Sect this time is to steal the Dao Seeking Sect's secret arts. This is a covert operation and must not be discovered by anyone! "Right now, the person in charge of the Mission Hall is Dai Bufan. With Dai Bufan's cultivation, he can forget about detecting my presence. After all, his cultivation is insufficient and his worldly experience is still shallow, far inferior to his master, Qin Jiunian. "What I really fear is that old fellow Qin Jiunian being around. Annoying as he is, his cultivation is indeed high; he might actually sense me! "He shouldn't be here, though. That old fossil is obsessed with building tombs and spends long periods away from the Mission Hall." With his heart in his throat, the dark figure crossed the peak where the Mission Hall stood, completely unimpeded. "Good luck. That old bastard Qin Jiunian isn't here." Having cleared the hurdle of the Mission Hall, the dark figure moved boldly through the Dao Seeking Sect. He was exceedingly confident in his stealth arts; even if he encountered an elder-level figure, they wouldn't notice him! And indeed that was the case. He walked around freely as though he were invisible; even when brushing past Soul Formation and Void Refining disciples, they didn't notice him at all! Even as he strolled through the commercial street, no one noticed a thing. Countless old Body Integration stage monsters were hidden along the commercial street, yet none could detect the dark figure. One could only imagine just how profound his cultivation was! "Body Tempering Peak. This is the place! The eldest son of the Meng Family is right here!" The dark figure gave a low sneer and boldly ascended Body Tempering Peak. "The Third Elder of the Dao Seeking Sect is all brawn and no brains. In a direct clash, even I would find him troublesome, but when it comes to stealth arts, that fellow is far behind!" Passing through the spirit fields, the dark figure saw the azure-eyed water buffalo clan toiling diligently and felt a flicker of envy. The azure-eyed water buffalo clan was the best suited for farming; the faction he belonged to possessed vast spirit fields, yet had no azure-eyed water buffalos to help. "I recall that when the Third Elder traveled to the Demon Domain in his youth, he saved the life of an azure-eyed water buffalo. To repay the favor, that water buffalo brought its entire family to settle in the Dao Seeking Sect. Such an encounter is truly hard to replicate." "Not here... not here..." The dark figure only knew that the eldest son of the Meng Family was on Body Tempering Peak, but not his exact location, so he had to search cave dwelling by cave dwelling. "Found it! It's here!" Seeing the sleeping old horse, the dark figure confirmed that this was the cave dwelling of the eldest son of the Meng Family. A smile of triumphant cunning curved on his lips. "The Meng Family certainly spared no expense, assigning a Great Demon King as the eldest son's Dao Protector. That's even better treatment than the direct children of Tribulation Transcendence cultivators receive." Secretly marveling, the dark figure slipped past the old horse and infiltrated the cave dwelling of the eldest son of the Meng Family. Inside the cave dwelling, Meng Jingzhou sat meditating with his five centers facing heaven, honing his shadow, completely unaware of the dark figure's arrival. "Kid from the Meng Family, wake up." A voice sounded right beside Meng Jingzhou's ear, startling him. He had already sealed the cave entrance, and the old horse was standing guard outside. How could anyone have gotten in?! "Who are you?!" Meng Jingzhou looked at the dark figure warily, feeling as though life and death hung in the balance. Bracing himself as if facing a mortal enemy, he knew this person was definitely not from the Dao Seeking Sect! Infiltrating the Dao Seeking Sect without anyone noticing was something even his own master couldn't do. Just how high was this person's cultivation?! Who was he? Was he an enemy of the Dao Seeking Sect, looking to snuff out the second greatest prodigy of the younger generation? Was he an enemy of the Meng Family, seeking to threaten the Meng Family through him? Or was he a mutual enemy of both the Dao Seeking Sect and the Meng Family, wanting to take him hostage to sabotage the ties between the two? Meng Jingzhou was exceptionally sharp. In an instant, three possibilities flashed through his mind, drawing infinitely close to the truth as he roughly deduced the dark figure's origin and objective! "There is no need for you to know who I am." The dark figure's gaze hardened as he stared at the eldest son of the Meng Family, his tone somewhat urgent. "Let me ask you: did you create a fist technique called the Bachelor Curse Fist, where anyone struck by your fists remains single for the rest of their life?" Meng Jingzhou wore a bizarre expression. He had already braced himself to be kidnapped, so why was this person asking about this right off the bat? This really didn't seem like an enemy of the Meng Family or the Dao Seeking Sect, did it? "I did indeed create the Bachelor Curse Fist, but... are you sure you don't hold a grudge against the Dao Seeking Sect?" Meng Jingzhou asked cautiously. He couldn't figure out the dark figure's background and was stalling for as much time as possible, hoping the old horse outside would notice something was amiss. The dark figure sneered, finding Meng Jingzhou's question utterly ridiculous. "My feud with the Dao Seeking Sect is irreconcilable!" The dark figure cast off his disguise, revealing a face very familiar to Meng Jingzhou. He snarled viciously, looking as though he truly had a blood feud with the Dao Seeking Sect. "How on earth do you cultivate that Bachelor Curse Fist? Teach me, quickly! Once I learn it, I'm going to punch that bastard Old Second Ba twice! "I don't know where that bastard Old Second Ba learned it, but every single day he praises my mother for being brilliant and beautiful!" Meng Jingzhou: "..." As the dignified Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect, is it really necessary to go this far?