Chapter 707: Life-and-death duel?

The registration process was so simple it was shocking.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was not surprised. He had actively collected intelligence on the Wanxiang Sect.

The complete registration was divided into many stages, and this was only the first stage of registration.

After a period of time, in the second stage of registration, the identity tablet would be changed to a stone tablet, not the current wooden tablet. The information of the cultivators recorded

would also be a bit more.

Wooden tablet, stone tablet, copper tablet, iron tablet, silver tablet, until the jade tablet. Each level of identity tablet represented the Wanxiang Sect's affirmation of the cultivator's present and future.

As for how to register successfully and exchange for a higher-level identity token, that would depend on the performance of each cultivator in the Xingyun Trial next.

Registration successful, Unlike Ning Zhuo, Shen Xi, and Su Su Lingkou took their respective wooden tablets and left on the clouds.

Shen Xi: "Where is Brother Ning going now?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo said: "Naturally, to choose a Martial Arts Hall to experience the atmosphere first. After all, this is my first time at the Wanxiang Sect."

Shen Xi stroked the jade tablet at his waist and smiled slightly: "Coincidentally, I'm going the same way as Brother Ning!"

Shen Xi saw Unlike Ning Zhuo riding the clouds slowly and directly opened an invitation: "Brother Ning, why not ride with me?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo naturally had no objections.

Shen Xi then released a car-type magic tool; it was not a mechanism, but bronze-colored, and the wheels didn't turn, being a single integrated whole.

But after Su Su Lingkou activated it, the bronze flying car's speed was very fast, and the turning was flexible, quickly arriving at the nearest Martial Arts Hall.

The three observed from the car and saw the hall crowded with people, the atmosphere enthusiastic.

Unlike Ning Zhuo felt inspired and said: "After the first stage of registration, everyone has an identity token, and participating in the Xingyun Trial will have accumulated results. Therefore, there is such a hot scene."

Su Su Lingkou's face was covered with slight worry: "There are so many people, should we still go down?"

Shen Xi pondered without speaking, just looking at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo then said: "Let's change to another hall."

The Wanxiang Sect's total mountain gate area was vast, with hundreds or thousands of various halls.

The bronze flying car traveled rapidly and quickly arrived at a Martial Arts Hall; because it was not close to any registration point, there were many fewer people than at other Martial Arts Halls.

Just as they descended from the bronze flying car and the three stepped onto the square in front of the hall, a cultivator who came out spoke: "Who did I think it was? So it's the Shen family brat!"

Shen Xi was a genius of the Shen family, yet he was being disparaged like this. The speaker knew Shen Xi's background and still maintained this attitude, clearly showing that they had come with ill intent.

Unlike Ning Zhuo remained calm and sized up the speaking cultivator.

Although he looked like a young man, he had a full head of gray hair, eye sockets sunken like a skull, wore a wide magic robe sewn from the skins of a hundred pythons, his expression was stubborn and arrogant, his gaze like a knife, and he was wantonly provoking.

And beside the gray-haired young cultivator stood a nine-foot giant, tiger body and human head, burly figure, muscles bulging all over, wings on his back, and covered in brownish-yellow tiger fur.

It was actually a fierce tiger demon cultivator.

Shen Xi's face sank: "Pi Fujie?"

The Shen family of the Nine Palaces Immortal City had a huge influence and had several great enemies, one of which was the Pi family.

This family's cultivators mainly cultivated the demonic technique "Seven Talisman Demonic Skin Sutra" and were also known for their dual abilities in talisman making and paper cutting; not only was their influence huge, but they also had many vassals.

And the gray-haired young cultivator Pi Fujie before them had a similar positioning to Shen Xi in the Shen family. But because he possessed the medium-grade natural talent "Three Tribulations Metamorphosis,"

the expectations and support he received were much more than Shen Xi's.

Pi Fujie looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo, Shen Xi, and Su Su Lingkou, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "Shen Xi, I heard long ago that the Shen family sent you here to participate in the Flying Cloud Assembly this time."

"Hmph, meeting you ahead of time now, then consider yourself unlucky!"

Anyone who heard these words would know that there was a long-standing grudge between the two families.

Shen Xi sneered: "What you said is exactly what I want to say. This is the Martial Arts Hall, Pi Fujie, I will accompany you to the end in whatever moves you have. Let's go! Let's have a martial arts performance, regardless of life or death!"

Within the Wanxiang Sect, matters in the Martial Arts Hall were regardless of life or death.

When cultivators performed martial arts, there were always cases of mistakes, and of course, there were also people who deliberately plotted against others.

The Wanxiang Sect allowed it to happen across the board.

There was no way; there were really too many people in the Wanxiang Sect.

They had to select the best for admission!

Once, an elder of the Wanxiang Sect spoke quite bluntly, the gist being: anyone killed in the martial arts arena was at least unlucky. Such people not joining the Wanxiang Sect was just as it should be.

This statement was too direct and once triggered a wave of public opinion. The elder was immediately demoted. Many years later, he returned to the sect and obtained a high position.

The true attitude of the Wanxiang Sect could be seen from this.

This attitude and code of conduct were accepted by true high-level figures or large forces, all because they knew the pain point of the Wanxiang Sect.

If they really wanted to eradicate this situation, it was really too difficult.

The Wanxiang Sect couldn't manage it; the management cost involved was too huge, and there were even more hidden dangers.

Once the Wanxiang Sect wanted to manage this phenomenon, they would have to grant the martial arts referee the authority. This power was too great; matters concerning life and death, could it not be great?

Therefore, it would inevitably lead to corruption, and it would be huge corruption.

Corruption would inevitably happen.

In this way, it would greatly affect the reputation of the Wanxiang Sect.

If the referee was unfair, even if they were fair, the side that lost a loved one would also hate the Wanxiang Sect, thinking its referee was unfair. Consequently, the Wanxiang Sect would produce layer upon layer of contradictions, accumulating countless karmic debts and causes.

It was better not to step in; in this way, the contradiction was only limited to the two sides of the martial arts performance, and the Wanxiang Sect still stood high on the sidelines.

Shen Xi was very tough, directly posing a life-and-death duel stance, which instead made Pi Fujie's momentum stagnate.

Pi Fujie thought secretly: "How can you, Shen Xi, compare with me?"

"You and I each have equal status in the Shen family and Pi family, often comparing with each other, both regarded as the facade of Foundation Establishment, as well as the hope for the future. But I possess natural talent, yet you don't; is my future something you can compare with?"

Life-and-death battle now? Pi Fujie felt he was at too much of a disadvantage.

He couldn't find a reason.

He could just cultivate to the later stage, let the natural talent show its value, achieve a substantial transcendence in strength, and then find Shen Xi to settle the score!

Therefore, Pi Fujie didn't want to agree to a life-and-death duel at all, but he didn't want to give up the opportunity to compare.

This comparison was not just his own idea, but also the grudge between the two families.

The hatred between the Shen family and Pi family was too deep; they were already mortal enemies!

Shen Xi and Pi Fujie were the facade representatives of each family, and the two of them attached great importance to the confrontation and comparison between each other. This was not just a fight between the two of them, but also a struggle between the Shen family and Pi family, filled with heavy political implications.

The success or failure of every comparison had a huge impact on Shen Xi and Pi Fujie. Because they both had a lot of support from their respective families behind them!

Pi Fujie didn't want to have a life-and-death duel with Shen Xi, but he absolutely couldn't just retreat like this.

Once he retreated, it represented that he took the initiative to admit defeat out of fear. The Pi family's face would be greatly damaged, and since they started as a demonic path, Pi Fujie would inevitably suffer family liquidation.

Seeing Pi Fujie not answering, the depths of Shen Xi and Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes both bloomed with a sharp light. Both were human spirits and immediately identified

Pi Fujie's thoughts.

Shen Xi's mouth hooked into a smile, then calmed down again; he took advantage of the situation to pursue: "Pi Fujie, you wouldn't be afraid, would you? Why, don't you dare to have a life-and-death martial arts performance with me?"

Su Su Lingkou was extremely worried and couldn't help but quietly pull Shen Xi's sleeve.

She was worried that Pi Fujie would really accept the martial arts challenge, causing her cousin to have a life-threatening danger.

"Cousin is too brave!"

"He forgot that he is a body of gold and jade, with a bright future; why must he have a life-and-death duel right from the start?"

Pi Fujie snorted coldly: "Such a shallow provocation, hmph! I am no reckless man, and I am burdened with a heavy responsibility this time, representing my clan to join the Wanxiang Sect. Shen Xi, just wait! You and I will inevitably have a life-and-death duel, but let's deposit it for the future first."

Just this statement alone certainly wouldn't pass. But Pi Fujie already had a plan; he cast his gaze on Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"Is this the cultivator you recruited this time?" Pi Fujie misidentified the relationship between Shen Xi and Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"Hehe, this person is quite handsome; do you like this type, Shen Xi?" Pi Fujie attempted to slander Shen Xi's reputation and divert the disaster.

He was not good at dealing with Shen Xi's challenge, but Unlike Ning Zhuo beside Shen Xi, dressed plainly, with low magic power aura, seemed easier to bully.

Regarding Su Su Lingkou, Pi Fujie knew. If he dealt with Shen Xi's cousin, would Shen Xi let it go?

But the stranger beside Shen Xi was not reflected in the intelligence and should be an outsider.

Bullying this outsider to exit this struggle could give the family an account, which was exactly Pi Fujie's plan.

He miscalculated.

Unlike Ning Zhuo heard this, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, revealed a smile, and directly emitted a chilling murderous intent.

He narrowed his eyes, sized up Pi Fujie, and said unhurriedly: "A bit interesting. Actually, a Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to speak to me like this. Hehe, it's been a long time since anyone has done this."

Pi Fujie couldn't help but be shocked, questions popping up in his heart: "Who is this person, why is his tone so big?"

"His magic power aura—is clearly just a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Shen Xi heard Unlike Ning Zhuo's response, secretly surprised by the latter's toughness, but also couldn't help but feel happy. This was the scene he hoped to see.

Su Su Lingkou smiled slightly; in an instant, she felt Unlike Ning Zhuo was much more pleasing to the eye.

She suddenly thought that before, Unlike Ning Zhuo successfully dealt with Yu Heyue and Lin Lin Jinglong, making her cousin and herself keep guessing Unlike Ning Zhuo's background: "Isn't this a good opportunity to test him?"

She immediately fanned the flames to Unlike Ning Zhuo: "I think it's Young Master Pi Fujie who sees you have low cultivation, Fellow Daoist Ning, and wants to pick a soft persimmon to pinch."

She was telling the truth, but Shen Xi's face changed slightly, calling it bad in his heart: "Not good, Unlike Ning Zhuo is what kind of person, how could he not see my cousin's intentions?"

Shen Xi hurriedly remedied: "Brother Ning, Pi has eyes but doesn't see, why bother with this blind man? And this is the old grudge between my Shen family and Pi family. This Pi family is a demonic path person, many years ago, slaughtering innocent people to collect souls for cultivation—"

Pi Fujie couldn't listen anymore and directly interrupted: "Fart! My Pi family is a dignified righteous path, personally issued by the Flying Cloud Kingdom's decree, to rectify my clan's name! Although this is the Wanxiang Sect, it is even more the Flying Cloud Kingdom. How can you, this little brat, turn black and white here and slander the righteous path?"

Shen Xi sneered.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's gaze was indifferent.

Regarding the Shen family and Pi family, he was clear.

At the banquet entertaining Lin Lin Jinglong, he inquired about the Shen family and knew Shen Xi was right.

Before the Pi family was founded, they were a group of demonic path cultivators, extremely vicious.

They wandered around committing crimes, slaughtering living beings to take souls, using souls as the main material, and carving talismans on their own skin to increase their strength.

In this process, the demonic group formed a feud with the Shen family. They repeatedly attacked villages within the Shen family's territory, causing the Shen family to investigate vigorously and send people to pursue the murderers.

With the exchange of offense and defense between the two sides, the contradictions between them deepened.

The Pi family's enemies were not just the Shen family, but they had the deepest feud with the Shen family.

The Shen family began to unite and join forces, and the Pi family experienced long-term fierce battles. After discovering their own predicament, they spent a huge price to "persuade" the Flying Cloud Kingdom's government to recognize them, whitewashing their family as the righteous path.

However, because of this, the Pi family could no longer do the slaughtering of the past.

If they wanted to obtain souls, they could only set up ghost gates and hunt from the underworld.

Unlike Ning Zhuo showed a tough attitude, which was also intentional.

Pi Fujie immediately restrained himself a bit, his gaze locked on Unlike Ning Zhuo: "May I ask your honorable name and background?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo sneered, raised his head slightly: "You are not worthy to ask. Come, the martial arts arena is right here, I will take this life-and-death battle for Brother Shen. You are afraid of Brother Shen, could it be you are also afraid of a nobody like me?"

"What nobody, dares to have such confidence, speaking to me like this?" Pi Fujie was so angry he wanted to roll his eyes.

"Why is it that one by one, they open their mouths and talk about life-and-death martial arts?"

"Why is it that everyone keeps talking about life-and-death duels at the drop of a hat?"

"Are you still children of great clans? Don't you know that a gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall? Is it really interesting to be shouting about killing all day long?"

"Shouldn't such killing and fighting be left to the hired thugs and subordinates?"

Although Pi Fujie did not know Unlike Ning Zhuo's background, he knew from the way Shen Xi treated Unlike Ning Zhuo as an equal that Unlike Ning Zhuo was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

Pi Fujie wanted to fight even less now.

"Fighting him is far less desirable than fighting Shen Xi."

"At least I understand Shen Xi quite well. But this person is absolutely impossible to gauge right now."

Thinking of this, Pi Fujie was so angry he gritted his teeth.

"Damn it, you could at least dress a bit better."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's attire was low-key, not as flashy as Shen Xi's or Su Su Lingkou's. Even Pi Fujie was wearing a hundred-python skin robe, which was a magic treasure-level garment, quite luxurious for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"What, afraid? You don't even dare to accept a challenge from a mere mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like me?" Unlike Ning Zhuo sneered.

Since Pi Fujie had just revealed a flaw, he would press the attack relentlessly.

Pi Fujie suppressed his anger and cupped his fists again to ask: "May I ask your honorable name, and who exactly you are?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo took out his Five Elements Mechanism Fan, opened it, and fanned himself lightly: "You're so curious? That's quite good too."

"Let's have a life-and-death duel; before I kill you, I will tell you the answer."

"Rest assured, I will let you be a ghost who knows the truth."

Of course, Unlike Ning Zhuo would not reveal his identity or background. The Ning family had fled from the North Wind Kingdom and was currently gaining a foothold in the South Dou Kingdom with the help of the Zhu family.

The Ning family's overall strength was far inferior to the Pi family's.

Therefore, this Ning family identity was not something he could show off.

Unlike Ning Zhuo once again displayed a tough stance. Mainly, he truly did not take Pi Fujie seriously.