Chapter 272

"Old Third is responsible for publicity, I'm responsible for reception, and Xu Qing, you just act as the face. You take four, we take three," the Captain said quickly.

"That's right, I'll go publicize that Xu Qing is also going to challenge the Heaven's Pride of the alliance," the Third Senior Brother said with a smile.

"Exactly, just say he isn't challenging everyone this time, but picking a few people for a life-and-death battle!" The Captain took out an apple and took a bite.

"The specific list hasn't been decided yet; I'm considering who to challenge," Xu Qing thought for a moment and said. The three of them looked at each other.

The Captain smiled, the Third Senior Brother looked gentle, and Xu Qing's expression was calm.

"It's settled. Those people in the alliance aren't fools. Anyone with a brain will think of sending some things over," the Captain coughed and looked left and right.

"You two continue, I'm going to stroll around other pools; there are too few female disciples here." As he spoke, the Captain stood up and left. The Third Senior Brother also stretched, greeted Xu Qing, and approached the disciples of other sects in the pool, his face gentle, looking harmless to humans and animals.

Xu Qing ignored him and closed his eyes to cultivate silently.

But soon, Xu Qing opened his eyes. He saw a female disciple of the alliance approaching him, her face slightly red, and she sat down carefully.

As for the Third Senior Brother's side, Xu Qing's gaze swept over and found him laughing and talking with a group of alliance disciples, looking very harmonious.

Xu Qing was silent. He knew it was because the spiritual energy in the pool was very rich, which had dispersed some of his concealment.

Although it hadn't completely dissipated—unless it was someone familiar, it would be difficult to recognize him at a glance—even if only a part was revealed, his countenance still possessed an eerie beauty.

After pondering for a while, Xu Qing closed his eyes to continue meditating, but not long after, he opened them again.

Around him, three more female disciples had arrived, all sitting on his four sides, whispering to each other, seemingly discussing his appearance. One bold female disciple even noticed Xu Qing opening his eyes and chuckled.

"This Junior Brother, which sect are you from? You look a bit unfamiliar."

Xu Qing didn't speak and closed his eyes.

Time passed. An hour later, the Captain came back from afar, eating an apple and humming a tune. He felt other pools were boring, and there were fewer and fewer female disciples, so he came back to find Xu Qing and Old Third.

But upon approaching the pool and seeing the situation, the Captain's eyes widened suddenly. The tune stopped, and he forgot to eat the apple. He stared blankly at the pool, which had been somewhat empty when he left.

At this moment, there were many cultivators here, and most of them were female disciples.

Old Third was on the side of the pool, with arms around others, whispering to three or five female disciples, occasionally causing those female disciples to laugh.

And on the other side, in the corner, Xu Qing's figure had disappeared. Around the place where he had been, there were all female cultivators.

This scene made the Captain sigh. He knew why there were fewer female disciples in other pools, so he walked quickly, unconvinced, wanting to enter the pool too.

But there were too many people here. Just as the Captain was about to go down, a round-faced female disciple with freckles looked up in dissatisfaction and glanced at him.

"There's no room here anymore. You're a grown man, don't come here anymore. Can't you go to another pool?"

Seeing the Big Senior Brother being scolded, Old Third smiled, patted the head of the female disciple beside him, stood up, left the pool, and pulled the depressed Captain away.

"What's the situation here? Where's Old Fourth?" The Captain looked back at the pool.

"Old Fourth left long ago. As for what's the situation here, Big Senior Brother, can't you guess?"

"A beauty is a disaster," the Captain sighed again.

At this moment, Xu Qing had returned to his residence and was meditating. His internal spiritual energy was rich. He had to admit that the Immortal Guhe was indeed strange. Xu Qing felt that if one cultivated in it for a long time, even if someone had a lot of foreign matter in their body, it would slowly decrease.

Although rooting it out was impossible and it would slowly regenerate, long-term cultivation here could make the foreign matter in the body negligible.

"No wonder the alliance wanted to trigger a taboo to destroy the Shaosi Sect dam and divert the tributary of the Immortal Guhe." Xu Qing looked up and gazed to the east.

That direction was the area where the Taisi Daoist Gate was located, and it was also the place where the Immortal Guhe flowed in and out. Thirty percent of the river section was within the scope of the Taisi Daoist Gate.

One could imagine that the Taisi Daoist Gate, which possessed the upper reaches of this river, naturally benefited the most.

Xu Qing closed his eyes and continued to meditate.

A night passed.

When the next morning arrived, the discussion group formed by the Seven Blood Eyes began formal contact with the Seven Sect Alliance to discuss all details such as site selection and merger.

Concerning the merger of an Upper Sect, this negotiation was destined not to end quickly. It involved complex aspects, such as the continuation of formations, the continuation of business, and changes in regulations and ordinances.

As an attendee, Xu Qing participated halfway through, felt bored, and simply returned to his residence to continue cultivation. He had completely integrated the Seven-Colored Wind-Singing Lamp into his body, and after mastering it completely, Xu Qing discovered an interesting change.

That was... when possessing two life lamps, they each had a blessing for the other!

This point greatly interested Xu Qing, so he put more energy into it, exploring and trying it out carefully.

And there were many princes of various peaks who, like him, chose not to attend. Most of them just showed their faces, found an excuse to slip away, and began their respective challenges.

Soon, the disciples of the various sects within the alliance were stirred up.

The challenges of the princes of the various peaks of the Seven Blood Eyes were extremely arrogant and grand, especially the First Peak, represented by the Second Prince, who headed straight for the Lingyun Sword Sect.

The other peaks were the same. For a time, the high-level officials were discussing details, while the disciples were filled with fighting spirit, causing various discussions in the alliance to rise one after another, and the influence became greater and greater.

Until three days passed, when the details of the migration and merger were constantly discussed by the representatives of both sides, the challenges of the Seven Blood Eyes peaks to the seven sects also reached a fever pitch. Although there were wins and losses, the Seven Blood Eyes were clearly higher in momentum.

Especially... with the spread of a piece of news, the disciples of the entire alliance were completely stirred up.

This news was related to Xu Qing, and it was exactly about his intention to choose a challenge target.

Once this news came out, the Heaven's Pride of the various peaks of the alliance felt insecure. They knew Xu Qing's existence was like Sheng Yunzi before, a person with six-fire combat power who could fight a Golden Core of a Tiangong.

No one was willing to fight such a terrifying peerless cultivator, especially since the news also said it was a life-and-death battle, which made people even more fearful.

And if they avoided the battle, it concerned their face. Thus, some smart people among them, like Zhou Qifan, secretly contacted the Captain, sent gifts, and released goodwill.

This matter was soon pushed and spread out, so the Heaven's Pride of the various peaks who were worried about being challenged arranged for followers to secretly make contact and express goodwill.

This matter naturally reached the ears of the alliance's high-level officials. Thus, on this day, while reaching a consensus on all details of the discussion with the Seven Blood Eyes, the representatives of the alliance expressed dissatisfaction to the Seventh Master, the representative of the Seven Blood Eyes this time.

"It's fine for your Seven Blood Eyes disciples of other peaks to challenge the seven sects; we'll just consider it mutual sparring."

"But that Xu Qing has six-fire combat power and still wants to challenge. Isn't this bullying? We weren't an alliance before, but now we are a family!"

"Hasn't he not challenged yet?" the Seventh Master said with a smile.

"The most excessive thing is this. Old Seven, those disciples of yours are actually fishing! And your eldest even spread the word that whoever gives less will have their name written on the life-and-death battle list."

"This is too much, the way of eating is too ugly. Who did they learn this from!"

The Seventh Master coughed dryly.

"It is a bit ugly, but they are just children playing. Why do you take it seriously? By the way, regarding the formation authority after our sect arrives, I have another question. Come, come, let's discuss it carefully."

The alliance representative was speechless upon hearing this, thinking to himself, what kind of people are these? He couldn't help but feel worried about the future situation of the Eight Sect Alliance.

He really felt that these Seven Blood Eyes were too bandit-like.

"In previous years, it wasn't like this..." the alliance representative sighed, wanting to ignore it, but the Seventh Master pulled him with a smile and discussed it seriously.

Just like that, two more days passed, and the detailed discussion between the Seven Blood Eyes and the alliance was completely completed. They officially announced the alliance to the entire Yinghuang Province, causing all parties in Yinghuang Province who were concerned about this matter to begin re-evaluating this Eight Sect Alliance.

At the same time, the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes in the Southern Wilderness Continent also received orders from the ancestor, starting to put the migration on the agenda. According to the plan, the relocation was to be completed within a month.

In addition, the alliance here also had to build a teleportation array to make the arrival of the Seven Blood Eyes smoother.

At the same time, the challenges of the princes of other peaks to the seven sects were still continuing, but now there were not many people paying attention. Everyone was paying attention to Xu Qing's side, wanting to see who he would eventually challenge.

After all, there were quite a few disciples who sent goodwill. And just as everyone was paying attention to the follow-up of this matter, the Seventh Master found a day and, in front of many people, seriously scolded his three disciples.

The words were all about how, as part of the alliance, one should not have internal life-and-death challenges, and he also proposed that Xu Qing's combat power was not suitable for bullying the alliance's family.

And the three of them, Xu Qing, were also full of shame, as if they had been awakened by their master's blow. They all expressed that they knew this matter was inappropriate, so they canceled the challenge...

Making this matter come to a perfect end.

This scene made those Seven Sect disciples who had sent goodwill, such as Huang Yikun and Wu Qifan, only able to smile bitterly. They naturally saw that this was a play performed by the four master and disciples of the Seven Blood Eyes.

"So insidious!"

"A dignified Spirit Treasury actually cooperated with a few disciples to do this..."

"And we can't say anything; every word they say stands on reason."

Just when most of the alliance disciples felt they had been tricked, a roar came from within the Demon Hunting Sect. Sima Ru walked out of her retreat. She had not succeeded in her breakthrough, and the second Tiangong had not yet formed.

But looking at her brother's misery and thinking of the destruction of her clone, she came out of retreat early.

The first thing she did after coming out was to send a letter of challenge to the Seven Blood Eyes.

Challenging Xu Qing!

For a time, this matter stirred up all directions. One must know that Sima Ru was a Tiangong Golden Core. Her challenge seemed like bullying the small with the big, but everyone didn't feel that way; instead, they felt it was an evenly matched battle.

It was truly because Xu Qing, after replacing Sheng Yunzi, had already become the number one Heaven's Pride of the Eight Sect Alliance and could suppress the Tiangong.

For this battle, as the most prominent disciple of the Seven Blood Eyes, Xu Qing could not refuse, and the Seventh Master also sent him a message.

"Conceal appropriately, fight with all your might, and display the prestige of our sect. In addition, that girl Sima Ru has two hearts; the heart on the right will be of great use to you in the future!"

So after thinking about it, a flash of killing intent appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. Thinking of his gains from studying the Seven-Colored Wind-Singing Lamp during this period, he replied to Sima Ru.

"Only a life-and-death battle; if you agree, come."

Thanks to the big boss Yan Hui for supporting two Golden Canopies, making the brilliant light fill the sky. The golden bonus chapters for the little Mengxin will be updated one after another!