Chapter 181: The Martial Exhibition Is About to Begin!

"I think this is a great opportunity to showcase the might of our demonic cultivators! If Sister Li can quickly report to Hehuan Laozu and set up the Spirit-Sealing…"

"... Shut up!"

I knew this guy was brainless, but I didn't think he was this stupid! Do you really think Hehuan Laozu would hear this and run faster than I would?

Quickly firing a burst of magic power to seal the youth's ability to speak, Li Wan looked up with a shudder.

Damn it!

I almost got killed by this idiot!

That damn senior brother, dumping such a brainless fool on me.

…

…

Meanwhile, in the rest room.

Li Ke leaned against a single sofa, quietly waiting for Chi Jiuyu's return.

On the table before her sat a storage ring, filled with no small amount of starship energy.

Of course, she had paid for it.

As she stared at the flickering numbers on the virtual projection, her thoughts drifted far away.

"Xuan…"

Just now, the Xiang Jianzong's battle network had finally reconnected.

Jing Hai had also sent a message, explaining in detail what had happened on the frontlines.

Xuan appeared on the frontline battlefield, two elders joined forces against Xuan, and he himself invoked the ancestral sword's power…

"What a pity."

If I hadn't been injured, it should have been me who used the ancestral sword's power to drive back Xuan! But what were Xuan and the Cang race on the Chifeng No. 47 star system truly after? As she pondered this…

Suddenly, a thought struck her.

"Hmm?"

She sensed Chi Jiuyu returning.

"That damn fish, lost interest so fast."

Li Ke muttered with a laugh, but quickly added:

"Still, this low-tier star-simulated soul cultivation base really isn't worth seeing."

Only the high-tier simulated soul cultivation bases on the Central Continent are worth a look.

Not long after.

"Senior sister!"

Li Wan returned with Chi Jiuyu.

As for the idiot that the senior brother had sent here for refuge, she had already teleported him back to the Central Continent.

I have no fortune to be his superior—this kind of so-called prodigy.

"What's wrong? Lost interest already?"

"Not interesting at all. Let's go," Chi Jiuyu shook his head. "By the way, how long until the starship's jump engine is ready?"

"About three hours," Li Ke replied. The starship was currently stored in her storage device. "You can use this time to pick up a gift for your senior uncle."

"Huh?"

"Aren't you always bringing gifts back for your senior uncle?"

"Umm… this time we're in a hurry, so no need."

Listening to their conversation, Li Wan took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"My lord, we have a teleportation array and jump equipment here. If you two wish to return to the Central Continent, we can offer our humble assistance."

She decided to be brave! Having a Star Domain Warden here made her heart ache with tension.

Hehuan Laozu must feel the same!

"Oh~"

Li Ke's gaze made her heart tighten.

But the next words eased her tension.

"Alright."

…………

Several days later, the Dao Alliance's highest council, beneath the oceanic city.

With the Martial Exhibition approaching, a vibrant atmosphere enveloped the vast city, resembling a kingdom.

Rainbow hues streaked the sky, purple qi rolled in waves, and pure spiritual energy fell like golden lotus blossoms. Auspicious beast shadows flickered within the radiant light and purple mist—phoenixes spread their wings, qilins roared, dragons bellowed, their forms woven from countless beams of light, sacred and solemn.

Several He Dao cultivators stood at the city's corners, joined by a Tong Xuan atop the Gao Ta, forming a mysterious array.

Within the thick, mysterious Dao essence, Dao chants thundered, echoing as if from the dawn of creation.

Stirring the mind, sparking endless spiritual insight.

"This is quite the spectacle."

Outside the Secret Realm's gate, Xu Xing and Xiang Yuanjun, as observers from the Xian Sect, walked at the front of the procession, reaching out to catch a drifting golden lotus.

It felt weightless in her hand.

Its golden glow shimmered; each petal resembled exquisitely carved gold, yet carried a warm luster.

Silken threads of golden spiritual energy swirled around it, drifting like gauze, breathtakingly beautiful.

The lotus pod was full, containing only a single seed.

Soon, silently and imperceptibly, the petals fell away, the pod dissolved into spiritual energy, leaving only one round, crystal-clear, thumb-sized "lotus seed" in her palm.

He put it into his mouth, bit it gently, and sweet spiritual fluid flowed out, refreshing his spirit.

"Good."

This year's martial exhibition, the Zhengdaoxian Alliance, was still very diligent.

He reached out again to take another flower, waited until it became a lotus seed, then offered it to Xiang Yuanjun.

"You should try one too, Yuanjun."

"Alright."

Xiang Yuanjun nodded, but did not reach out to take it.

She parted her cherry lips and gently took the lotus seed into her mouth from his hand.

Xu Xing: "..."

Not far behind them.

A towering figure, like a steel tower, the Longxiang Qingtianzong's ceremonial envoy.

He opened his palm-sized hands, seized several golden lotuses, and without waiting for petals or lotus pods to vanish, shoved them straight into his mouth and chewed loudly.

Beside the Longxiang Qingtianzong's ceremonial envoy stood the ceremonial envoy from Jishi Valley.

Seeing his actions, the Jishi Valley envoy silently cursed, "A crude brute," then stepped aside.

"Golden lotus seeds from the Zhengdaoxian Alliance's martial exhibition! First come, first served! Stop when they're gone!"

This was Jiang Yujiu! She wore the crimson uniform of the Huanhuan Sect—though fully covered, the tight attire accentuated her exquisite figure; as the red gauze fluttered, her graceful curves stirred the heart.

Such a perfect opportunity, especially since her grandmother couldn't control her—she naturally wouldn't miss it! Moreover, Jiang Yujiu planned to livestream the entire event.

"..."

The Jishi Valley envoy swept his sleeve and stepped aside again.

"Hmph!"

A crude body cultivator brute, a charm cultivator with no grace! Where are the Daoists from Shenji Lianbao Pavilion and Ling Yin Fang?

As for the Xiang Jianzong and Taishang Dao Sect...

Given the state of those two Daoists, he felt it would be utterly redundant to approach them.

This was his seven-hundred-year-old instinct as a bachelor!

After scanning the crowd, he finally spotted the Daoists from Ling Yin Fang and Shenji Lianbao Pavilion.

The Ling Yin Fang Daoist was a slender woman, like a frail willow, gazing at Xu Xing and Xiang Yuanjun ahead, her eyes filled with envy.

The Shenji Lianbao Pavilion Daoist was tall, second only to the brute from Longxiang Qingtianzong, gazing at the Ling Yin Fang Daoist with a sorrowful look.

This scene could easily inspire a three-hundred-episode drama.

"..."

Can't someone normal just show up! Just as he felt utterly speechless—

Zhum~ The sealed Secret Realm gate suddenly trembled, then slowly opened.

Ethereal mist drifted out.

Radiant light flowed, and celestial music floated through the air.

There came the current Council Chairman, face flushed with joy, robes fluttering, stepping upon clouds and radiant beams of light.

The First Council Chairman had returned as an immortal, and Mentor Friend Meng Xuan was about to ascend—how could he not be delighted! He was even considering proposing the Zhengdaoxian Alliance be renamed the Zhengdaoxian Alliance!

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