The Five Elements Sect had just finished recruiting disciples a few days ago.
“It was the same for the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace. When we sisters went to test the character of mortals and informed them that they could come to our Moon Laurel Immortal Palace, many of them said they wanted to join the Dao Seeking Sect instead, hoping to become your junior sister, Senior Brother Lu.” Lan Ting spoke with a trace of lingering resentment.
If they hadn’t painstakingly tried to persuade them, this year’s recruit count probably wouldn’t have reached even half of previous years’.
Tao Yaoye suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.
“Was there anyone who wanted to become my junior sister?” Meng Jingzhou asked, pointing at himself.
Lan Ting wore a strange expression and nodded hesitantly. “There were some.”
Meng Jingzhou was delighted, feeling that his charm was not inferior to Lu Yang’s in the slightest.
“The outside world already knows you’re the eldest young master of the Meng Family, Senior Brother Meng. And your tale of remaining untempted by beauty, single-mindedly pursuing immortality, has also spread far and wide.”
“And so?”
“And so those young ladies privately call you the ‘aloof and noble Buddha’s Son of the Imperial City,’ hoping to seize the chance to become the Buddha’s Son’s wife.”
Meng Jingzhou’s face darkened.
Yan Tianzhi, who had remained silent the entire time, could not hold back his amusement and burst out laughing with a snort. His laughter seemed contagious, and everyone began laughing.
“We’re all in the middle Nascent Soul stage now, aren’t we? Why don’t we find a place to spar?” Bai Ming suggested after having his fill of food and drink.
“Then let’s spar.” Being at an age where they relished combat, everyone readily agreed.
……
News that Lu Yang and the others were going to fight on the arena stages quickly spread.
Lu Yang was simply too famous. Even in the Dao Seeking Sect, where geniuses emerged in droves, his deeds were unparalleled.
“Our sect is about to fight disciples from other immortal sects!”
“For real? Who’s fighting?”
“Senior Brother Lu, Senior Brother Meng, Senior Brother Li, Senior Brother Man, and Senior Sister Tao.”
“So many of them!”
“Hurry, hurry! If we’re late, we won’t get to see anything!”
The perimeter around the arena stage was packed to the brim with spectators whose eyes shone with excitement.
The newly recruited Zhuang Ping, Zhou Xing’er, Gu Junye, and Daoist Xiantian also came to watch the battles.
“So how is it? Who’s fighting whom?”
“Junior Sister Lan Ting, why don’t the two of us have a match?” Tao Yaoye held her red paper umbrella, half of her face concealed in shadow, as she took the initiative to approach Lan Ting.
“Sure. Please go easy on me, Junior Sister Tao.”
“From the Barbarian clan?”
“Yes.”
“Then it’s you and me.” Yan Tianzhi was concise in his speech. Their Prison Suppressing Sect’s war tattoo cultivation method originated from ancient tribes, and with Man Gu—a descendant of the Ancient Barbarian race—right here, how could a thirst for battle not well up within him?
“Junior Brother Li Haoran doesn’t seem to have much of a reputation in the outside world. I wonder what kind of methods you possess?” Bai Ming said with a smile. Both Man Gu and Tao Yaoye enjoyed resounding renown outside, but Li Haoran was like a nonentity who never showed his hand.
“You’ll know once we try.” Li Haoran was not intimidated by Bai Ming. He was suspected of possessing a rudimentary Reincarnation Dao fruit and had an obscure origin. If he left the Dao Seeking Sect, he was extremely likely to be targeted by malicious individuals, which was why his reputation had been kept low-profile.
However, lacking renown did not mean he couldn’t fight.
“So... that leaves just the two of us?” Lu Yang hadn’t expected opponents to be chosen so quickly. Now only he and Meng Jingzhou remained on the field.
Chapter 773