Chapter 160: The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s “Law Follows Words”
“Aren’t real questions from twenty years ago still real questions? Young man, you shouldn’t be so narrow and limited in your thinking.
“Haven’t you heard that the older an item is, the more valuable it becomes? Back when I raided tombs with Old Nine, we always chose the most ancient items. We even found a treasure that belonged to a Transcendent Tribulation giant demon from the early Great Qian Dynasty.”
Yun Zhi had heard a little about this. From what Shifu mentioned, when he and Eighth Elder went tomb raiding, they found a treasure from the early Great Qian Dynasty that could contain the water of the eight rivers. It was of such immense value that both of them fought over it on the spot.
After an appraisal, they found that it was the chamber pot of some Transcendent Tribulation giant demon.
Eighth Elder continued, “Go outside and ask around if the Dao-Seeking Sect’s real questions are priceless. You should already be thankful that I sold you the real questions. Don’t be so picky. Do you know how much risk I took just to sell this set of questions? This is all for the sake of generating income for the Dao-Seeking Sect!”
Eighth Elder spoke with so much conviction that Lu Yang nodded repeatedly. “What Eighth Elder said makes sense. In that case, let’s also issue your salary twenty years later, Eighth Elder.”
Eighth Elder got anxious. “That won’t do.”
“Don’t worry, Eighth Elder. It’s not like we aren’t issuing you your salary. It’s just delayed by twenty years. Isn't a salary given twenty years in the future still a salary? Or are you volunteering to forgo your salary because you feel that the sect is going through challenging times? If you have such noble intentions, I will definitely commend you publicly and encourage others to learn from your spirit.”
Yun Zhi said, “Eighth Elder, considering that you are Shifu’s dubious friends, as long as you return to Meng Jingzhou the spirit stones you swindled from him, I will let this matter pass.”
Eighth Elder could only pinch his nose as he begrudgingly returned his hard-earned spirit stones.
Meng Jingzhou was overjoyed to have the spirit stones back in his possession.
Suddenly, Yun Zhi said, “Meng Jingzhou, you are also in the wrong for purchasing the real questions. As long as you hand in the spirit stones for buying the real questions to the sect, I will let this matter pass.”
Meng Jingzhou was slightly dumbstruck. I thought you were on my side, Big Senior Sister...
Without a choice, Meng Jingzhou handed over the spirit stones to the sect before he could even warm them with his hands.
“Hold on, what about Lu Yang? This rascal even discussed with me how to tackle the exam questions. He clearly had malicious intentions!” Meng Jingzhou was bent on dragging Lu Yang down with him.
Lu Yang scoffed. “Go report me to the sect leader then! Since the sect leader isn’t around, you can report me to the acting sect leader. I believe that the acting sect leader is a strict and impartial person who wouldn’t take sides.”
“You motherf*cker...” Meng Jingzhou gnashed his teeth as he glared at Lu Yang. Just wait until I become the sect leader. I’ll show you then!
After Eighth Elder and Meng Jingzhou left, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy occupied Lu Yang’s body again. Staring at all the matters that needed to be handled, she finally felt that being the sect leader was not all sunshine and rainbows.
“The Heaven Mandate Immortal and the others were roughly on par with me when it came to dealing with problems. How did they control those planets?”
Yun Zhi sighed softly and reminded, “Just like how you delegated the eight elders their respective tasks, the sect leader also has the authority to command disciples. You can review the tasks and assign them to the experienced disciples.”
“Oh, right.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy realized that she could let her golden finger, Lu Yang, settle these matters.
Lu Yang inhaled two deep breaths. “Shouldn’t you be thinking that Big Senior Sister is hinting that you should let her handle these affairs?”
After going around in circles, they still had to count on the reliable Yun Zhi to solve these messy matters. Sometimes, Lu Yang would think about how lucky the Dao-Seeking Sect was to have Yun Zhi. Otherwise, this sect will be doomed sooner or later.
“I wonder how the outside world sees the Dao-Seeking Sect.”
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The Everlasting Immortal Fairy watched the Martial Plaza with her hands behind her back, nodding frequently like a supervisor going to the countryside for inspection.
Near the Martial Plaza were many smaller platforms for disciples to spar. The Dao-Seeking Sect placed great emphasis on practical training through actual combat so that their disciples wouldn’t be bullied when they went outside the sect.
However, Lu Yang felt that the Dao-Seeking Sect was worrying too much.
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At the moment, there were two Golden Core disciples, one male and one female, battling it out on a platform.
Lu Yang recognized the two of them. The male disciple, Luo Hai, had the Daytime Vast Sea Core, which was a first-class Golden Core. His water-type spells and techniques were sublime, and he had slain several Nascent Soul diabolic cultivators. Even among the countless talents in the Dao-Seeking Sect, he still stood out.
The female disciple was Yi Jing, who was from the Yi Family in the imperial city. Although her family was not as prestigious as Meng Jingzhou’s family, they were still a prominent ancestral clan on the Central Continent. With the experience she had amassed, she compared the Yi Family’s ancestral cultivation techniques with those in the scripture library and altered these cultivation techniques to suit herself better.
Neither of them were nondescript. Many people observed their duel from beneath the stage, hoping to gain some inspiration that would aid them in their future cultivation.
Just then, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy strutted over, attracting some people’s attention. For those not in the loop, Lu Yang was the first disciple to redeem the Sect Leader One-Day voucher, giving everyone’s morale a boost. However, most people were focused on the battle on stage and did not notice the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s presence.
“Let me demonstrate to you what it means to battle beyond one’s level!” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy told Lu Yang, who immediately had a bad premonition.
“Wait, what are you planning to...” Before Lu Yang could finish speaking, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had taken control of Lu Yang’s body and leaped onto the stage.
The two on the stage were surprised to see the “Everlasting Immortal Fairy” on the stage as they weren’t sure what their junior male disciple was up to.
“I want to challenge the two of you.”
Luo Hai and Yi Jing froze. Then they were shocked. And then the crowd was in an uproar. Lu Yang is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, yet he wants to challenge two Apex Golden Core cultivators?
However, Luo Hai and Yi Jing wouldn’t refuse “his” wish to challenge them.
The two stood opposite the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. “Junior Brother, you go first.”
The lips of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy curled into a slight smile. “In the name of the acting sect leader, I order you both to jump off the stage.”
Lu Yang, “...”
Luo Hai, “...”
Yi Jing, “...”
The audience, “...”
Is this how the acting sect leader’s authority is supposed to be used?
Since they had to follow the words of the acting sect leader, the two of them jumped off the arena without hesitation, effectively losing the competition.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s antics quickly piqued the interest of many disciples.
“Senior Brother Ma, hurry up and go take a look at the stage over there. I heard that Junior Brother Lu Yang has mastered Law Follows Words and defeated several Golden Core disciples. He even declared that he wants to challenge those at the Nascent Soul Stage.”
“Are you sure?” Excitement immediately spread across Ma Tianyang’s face.
Ma Tianyang was at the Apex Nascent Soul Stage and a disciple of the Artifact Refinement Peak. He was adept at using fire to forge weapons. Once, he stunned people by crafting weapons while fighting a Divine Transfiguration cultivator, where he had to forcefully rely on his constant stream of spirit treasures to defeat his opponent.
“Let’s go take a look.”
The male disciple who had instigated Ma Tianyang to head over revealed a sly smile, celebrating the success of his scheme.
Just as Ma Tianyang approached the arena, he heard the Everlasting Immortal Fairy boasting loudly, “Hahaha, I’m already invincible among Golden Core cultivators! Time for a Nascent Soul cultivator!”
At her cue, Ma Tianyang jumped onto the stage and witnessed the Everlasting Immortal’s “Law Follows Words.”
That day, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy battled beyond her level and defeated cultivators at the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Divine Transfiguration stages with a mere Foundation Establishment cultivation, making a name for herself.
That day, Lu Yang wished he could bury himself in the ground.