Chapter 52: Befriending Xuandu, Duobao Defeated

"Junior Brother is too polite!"

Seeing Wang Hao accept his things, a smile also appeared on Xuandu's face.

A few Golden Pills were completely nothing to the current Xuandu.

But Lin Fan was different.

This Three Teachings Grand Competition was originally the time for them, the Personal Disciples of the Three Teachings, to show off.

But what was the result?

It had actually become Lin Fan's personal show.

Even if he did not participate in the competition, his status in the hearts of the Three Pure Ones had soared straight up.

Others didn't know, but Xuandu knew the difficulty of the Taiqing Alchemy Technique.

Being able to learn it in a short time, and even refine a First-Turn Golden Pill, Lin Fan's talent was absolutely extremely outstanding.

Fortunately, he was not a disciple of the Ren Sect; otherwise, even if his cultivation base was very different from his own, Xuandu would still feel immense pressure.

But this also showed Lin Fan's own importance and potential.

Under such circumstances, being able to befriend him by just spending a few pills that were useless to himself was undoubtedly a very good thing.

Thinking of this, Xuandu immediately said, "Junior Brother Lin Fan, if you have any questions about alchemy in the future, you can ask me; Senior Brother will never hide anything!"

Laozi had even given Lin Fan the Taiqing Alchemy Technique and alchemy handbook, so Xuandu did not think the other party would lack his guidance.

But these words still needed to be said; otherwise, how could the two sides continue to establish a connection.

"Then thank you, Senior Brother Xuandu."

Stunned for a moment, Lin Fan quickly understood Xuandu's meaning.

Immediately, Lin Fan did not refuse anything anymore, bowed deeply to Xuandu to express his gratitude.

Although he didn't know why Xuandu wanted to befriend him.

But after all, he was the only Personal Disciple of the Ren Sect and the future leader of the Ren Sect.

Since Xuandu was willing to befriend him, he naturally couldn't be stupid enough to pretend he didn't understand anything; sometimes, connections were also a great help.

Especially since Xuandu did not belong to the Sect of Intercept, there was basically no problem of conflict between the two sides.

"Good, good, good~"

Seeing Lin Fan agree, Xuandu was also overjoyed.

This meant that this matter was considered a success in the true sense, and the two sides could be considered to have interaction and the possibility of continuous development in the future.

"Ah, Senior Brother Duobao!"

Just at this moment, an exclamation came, interrupting the conversation of Lin Fan and the others.

Turning his head to look, he could see that Duobao on the arena had been seriously injured by Guangchengzi's strike, being a move behind.

Fresh blood continuously sprayed from his mouth, and his own aura had withered quite a bit; on the contrary, Guangchengzi opposite him was fighting more and more bravely.

Especially after seeing Duobao injured, the spirit treasures in Guangchengzi's hands were smashed out crazily, and as he formed hand seals, countless Yuqing Divine Thunders also attacked Duobao.

Boom, boom, boom—

Boom, boom, boom—

Thunderous sounds intertwined, and the power of the spirit treasures raged.

How could Duobao, who was already injured, hold on?

In just a few breaths, Duobao was directly hit by the spirit treasures, and his whole body fell out of the arena like a kite with a broken string, declaring his failure.

"Good!"

"Senior Brother Guangchengzi is mighty!"

"Eldest Senior Brother is mighty!"

"..."

For a time, Yuding, Taiyi, and other Chan Sect disciples were overjoyed.

He won.

Guangchengzi had actually won.

If it were before, they might have been envious and jealous.

But under the current circumstances, Guangchengzi could be said to be the only seedling of the Chan Sect.

If he lost, all the Twelve Golden Immortals would suffer Yuanshi Tianzun's reprimand.

But now Guangchengzi had won.

It meant that the Chan Sect had also entered the top three sequence, not completely failing, and Yuanshi Tianzun would not punish them too much then.

"He actually lost!"

"How is it possible? Senior Brother Duobao actually lost!"

"Yes, during the last Three Teachings Grand Competition, Guangchengzi was no match for Senior Brother Duobao!"

"Trouble, Guangchengzi advanced, and our Jie Sect only has Senior Sister Wudang left."

"..."

Conversely, the Jie Sect cultivators at this moment looked at each other, still unable to understand and accept such a result.

Especially Chang'er Dingguangxian and others of the Duobao faction, who were now ashen-faced, and their gazes toward Duobao on the ground were somewhat resentful that he didn't live up to expectations.

After all, Duobao's defeat this time represented too many things, and the significance contained within it was also extremely huge.

The happiest among them were the Three Xiao sisters.

As beings that Duobao tried hard to suppress, the conflict between the Three Xiao sisters, Zhao Gongming, and Duobao could be said to be extremely huge.

Now that Duobao had failed, his prestige in the Jie Sect would also be greatly reduced in the coming period, which was great news for the Three Xiao sisters.

Including Jinling Shengmu and Guiling Shengmu, the corners of their mouths also rose.

However, they were Personal Disciples after all, and in just an instant, they suppressed the look of gloating, turning to look at Duobao expressionlessly; in fact, no one knew what they were thinking inside.

"Haha~"

"Well done!"

On the high platform, Yuanshi Tianzun also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

Guangchengzi won, which could be considered as stabilizing the face of the Chan Sect.

And as a duel between Eldest Disciples, the victory of the Chan Sect this time also made him look good.

Subconsciously looking at Tongtian Jiaozhu on the side, Yuanshi Tianzun said, "Third Brother, it seems your Eldest Disciple hasn't practiced well!"

"Last time he could still get second place, but now he can't even get into the top three."

As soon as these words came out, Tongtian Jiaozhu's mouth twitched.

Such a result was also unexpected; he also didn't think Duobao would be defeated, and so miserably.

Sighing helplessly, Tongtian Jiaozhu looked down and said, "He was indeed distracted; cultivators are cultivators, and the tempering of cultivation and Dao heart is the most important. Duobao has indeed gone astray these years; after returning, I will teach him well."

Different from the words of the Three Pure Ones, Lin Fan and the other two were dumbfounded at this moment.

"How is it possible!"

Wudang spoke first, "Eldest Senior Brother actually lost!"

"It's indeed not right!"

Xuandu shook his head, his expression somewhat helpless, "I just took a look; Duobao and Guangchengzi should have been evenly matched."

"Who would have thought that one careless move would lead to a total loss."

"Junior Sister Wudang, the next battle is between us!"

On the contrary, Lin Fan was thoughtful.

Duobao's defeat seemed surprising, but it was not without traces.

Factions were established within the Jie Sect; Duobao needed to suppress this one, suppress that one, calculate this, calculate that every day; his mind was no longer on cultivation, so it was not impossible for him to lose to Guangchengzi, who was focused on cultivation.

However, he also saw Duobao's angry expression after the defeat, and that pair of eyes full of chill.

I'm afraid that after this incident, Duobao would not only go into seclusion to practice, but would also increase his suppression and targeting of other factions.

After all, the power of the Jie Sect could not be let go; only by clearing out other factions so that they would not dare to act recklessly could he practice with peace of mind, right? ===== CHAPTER 53 =====