Chapter 119

With the matter settled, Chen Wang also ordered the elders to go to the sect treasury to get the materials for engraving the Heaven-Annihilating Array.

While waiting, Qing Shi asked Hong Zun with some worry.

"If we do this, won't the Sect Master..."

After all, the relationship was still a bit distant, so it wasn't strange for Qing Shi to worry, but Hong Zun said nonchalantly.

"Don't worry, it's only eight million. The Senior Brother can handle it."

On the surface, he looked relaxed, but in his heart, he sighed helplessly.

Senior Brother, it's not that Junior Brother wants to scam you, but there's really no other way.

Junior Brother must go to the Near-Sea Camp, so... please forgive Junior Brother.

On the main peak of the Dao One Sect, Qi Xiong, who was cultivating, suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Strange, why do I have this feeling? Could something have happened?"

"Someone come."

He summoned a deacon and asked if anything major had happened recently.

"No, everything in the sect is normal, and nothing has happened in Dongzhou."

"What about Divine Sword Peak?"

He asked on a whim. Hearing this, the deacon replied truthfully.

"Nothing happened there either, except that starting with Peak Master Hong Zun, Divine Sword Peak has gone into collective seclusion."

There was no problem with Divine Sword Peak either; if they were just in seclusion, it was nothing. Shaking his head, Qi Xiong laughed at himself.

"Am I overthinking it?"

Little did he know that at this moment, in the Array Sect, Hong Zun and Qing Shi had already signed their names on the IOU.

Originally over eight million supreme spirit stones, plus this Heaven-Annihilating Array, they owed a full ten million, and that was even the cost price after the Array Sect gave them a discount.

"Here you go. When the time comes, just go directly to my Senior Brother."

Hearing this, the Array Sect elders' mouths twitched. You're already being this blatant? Directly telling us to go find Sect Master Qi Xiong?

"Something's not right. Why is this feeling getting stronger?"

Opening his eyes again, Qi Xiong muttered in confusion. What on earth is going on?

With the agreement made with the Array Sect, they only needed to wait for the array engraving to be completed, and Hong Zun and the other could enter the Near-Sea Camp.

And at this moment, inside the Near-Sea Camp, the situation had also changed slightly.

"Dinner is served!"

The camp, which had been relatively quiet, saw Divine Sword Peak disciples rushing out from every area like crazy at this sound.

After a period of recuperation, those disciples who had been seriously injured and bedridden had also recovered quite well.

Without a doubt, they were the first to join the ranks of grabbing food.

Now, the number of portions had increased to 5,000 per meal, but there were over 10,000 Divine Sword Peak disciples, plus those Jade Maiden Peak disciples mixed in the crowd, so the competition remained fierce.

"Charge, charge, charge!"

"Haha, I, the fierce tiger, have left my bed! Let's see who can compete with me today!"

The Divine Sword Peak disciples were long used to the fighting at mealtime; all kinds of techniques and movement arts were emerging one after another along the way.

"Watch my Entangling Hand!"

"Little guy, today Senior Brother will let you gain some experience. Clear Flow Wall!"

This Clear Flow Wall was a defensive technique that could condense a spiritual power barrier like flowing water around the body.

It was originally used to block enemy attacks, but this disciple used it directly to deal with the Entangling Hand.

As the Clear Flow Wall was cast, the Entangling Hand hit it and instantly lost its effect, making the Junior Brother's eyes go wide.

No, my Entangling Hand... damn it, why is it gone?

"How about it, Junior Brother? This is something Senior Brother discovered by accident. The Clear Flow Wall has a natural restraining effect on the Entangling Hand. From now on, the Entangling Hand will pose no threat to Senior Brother."

"Heh, that might not be certain. Heaven Silkworm Hand!"

Before the words had even faded, another disciple attacked, and then threads of spiritual power quickly wrapped around the Clear Flow Wall, and the disciple was also directly controlled.

This Heaven Silkworm Hand was a detection technique.

It turned spiritual power into threads invisible to the naked eye, spreading out in all directions, and through these spiritual power threads, one could perceive subtle fluctuations in the surroundings.

The Divine Sword Peak disciples were having a great time fighting, but the Jade Maiden Peak disciples in the ranks were simply stunned.

No, can the Clear Flow Wall and Heaven Silkworm Hand be used like this?

"Junior Sister, Senior Brother is sorry. Heaven Silkworm Hand!"

While still in a daze, she saw the spiritual power threads had already enveloped her, and a Jade Maiden Peak disciple was tied up directly just like that.

When it came to eating, the Divine Sword Peak disciples absolutely had no concept of cherishing the fair sex.

It was fine at other times, but once the dinner bell rang, regardless of gender or age, whoever blocked me would die.

They were completely no match. Some Jade Maiden Peak disciples wanted to resist, but they were subdued in a few moves and couldn't move.

It was completely different from when they were fighting before.

"Senior Sister, this is completely different from what we agreed on!"

They had originally thought that as long as they came to the Near-Sea Camp, they could eat Junior Brother Changqing's delicious food, but after they really arrived, they found out it wasn't like that at all.

"Actually hiding their cultivation—a bunch of despicable and shameless guys!"

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Hearing this, the Jade Maiden Peak Senior Sister gritted her teeth.

They couldn't beat them, absolutely couldn't beat them; they were no match at all. Finally, when they reached the door of the kitchen, only Divine Sword Peak disciples remained, with at most a few Jade Maiden Peak disciples luckily arriving there.

But this didn't mean you could eat. In terms of grabbing food, the Jade Maiden Peak disciples still lacked a lot of training.

"Today is a new dish: Spicy Crab!"

"Charge!"

After a fierce competition, the Divine Sword Peak disciples who grabbed their spots were eating happily, while the Jade Maiden Peak disciples were gathered together, wanting to cry but having no tears.

"Senior Sister, what should we do? We really can't beat them."

"Wuwuwu, this is completely different from what was agreed. It's been three days, and I haven't eaten a single meal."

The little fairies' eyes were all red, and the leading Senior Sister, listening to the complaints of her Junior Sisters, had a gloomy and ugly expression. After a long silence, she said.

"Before, we didn't understand the rules of eating, and we were tricked by these Divine Sword Peak disciples."

"Yeah, yeah, who could have thought they were actually hiding their cultivation?"

"It's not just cultivation; they even hid their techniques."

"That's not the point, okay? What's truly hateful is their methods; they are dirty to the extreme."

Speaking of the dirtiness of their methods, all the women nodded repeatedly. This was truly dirty; there was nothing you couldn't think of, and nothing they couldn't play.

Within the rules, it was truly dirty to the point of being unimaginable.

"You're right, that's the main thing. Why did we fail?"

Facing the Senior Sister's question, the Junior Sisters shook their heads blankly, indicating they didn't know.

Under the gaze of the Junior Sisters, the Senior Sister said slowly.

"It's because we aren't dirty enough."

"I have to admit that in the matter of grabbing food, we are indeed inferior to Divine Sword Peak. Their methods and schemes all exceed ours, which is why we lose repeatedly."

"And to solve this problem, it's actually very simple: that is to beat them. As long as we can win, the ones eating will be us."

Following the Senior Sister's words, the Junior Sisters' eyes lit up. Yeah, as long as they could win, they would have food to eat.

"But we can't beat them."

However, soon, another Junior Sister said dejectedly. To this, the Senior Sister's eyes were full of wise light.

"Success or failure depends on many factors: cultivation, techniques, methods—none can be missing."

"First, we must also work hard to cultivate. You've seen how the Divine Sword Peak disciples have been cultivating these past few days. If we don't catch up to them, it's equivalent to being a step weaker by nature."

"Secondly, techniques—this also requires effort."

"As for the final methods, they can play dirty, so why can't we?"

Summarizing the lessons of the past few days, if they wanted to eat, they had to make changes.

Just as they were discussing, the Divine Sword Peak disciples who had finished eating and left the kitchen happily saw a group of women gathered together from afar, whispering about something mysterious.

"What are they doing?"