Chapter 25: Reputation of the Past

The young cultivator's eyes couldn't help but jump. The immortal sect quota that everyone was fighting to break their heads for was obtained just like that in the blink of an eye?

The old man said again: "However, the Master said, the price of this quota is not small, once written, it cannot be changed."

"Father also thinks the price is not small? Then what is the price?" Bao Yun was a little curious.

The old man said: "The Master said, that child from the Yan family in the East Sea was originally squeezed out, and then his family tried every means to get another quota. But you suddenly wanted to go to the Grand Void Palace, so the Master had to negotiate with others and squeezed the Yan family out again. The Master said, willfulness must have limits, if you really want to write your name, then you cannot change it again."

Bao Yun smiled sweetly and said: "It won't be changed. Aren't you always saying that I lack tempering? Isn't this a ready-made whetstone in the Grand Void Palace?"

The young cultivator wanted to speak but stopped, only able to sigh. Only the Bao family would think that Bao Yun was just a bit willful like this.

In another hall, the old Confucian scholar Liu Liu Sigu was lecturing eight examinees. There were three people standing in the front row, all of whom were reserved disciples of the Four Sages Academy. There were five people in the back row, who were actually entering the cave heaven affiliated with the Four Sages Academy, so the old Confucian scholar gathered them together to talk about the principles of sages.

The old Confucian scholar talked eloquently, starting from when the sage traveled around the world, and went on and on. The middle-aged Confucian scholar knew that he wouldn't stop for half an hour once he started, and plus the depression in his chest, he went out of the hall to relax. Although the Red Tide Sect was not big, it had spent a lot of money for this unified examination, and the mountain gate was arranged quite impressively. With the middle-aged Confucian scholar's vision, it was also quite pleasing to the eye.

After walking a few steps, the middle-aged Confucian scholar saw Sun Yu standing quietly in the shadows.

For this young cultivator of the Grand Void Palace, the middle-aged Confucian scholar had almost no impression, only knowing that he was responsible for all the miscellaneous affairs of the unified examination. This position, to put it bluntly, was the head of a group of miscellaneous servants, not worth remembering. The middle-aged Confucian scholar thought highly of himself and had not spoken three sentences to Sun Yu in total.

But at this moment, Sun Yu standing in the shadow was no longer the harmless appearance, making the middle-aged Confucian scholar feel a dangerous feeling for no reason, as if facing a prehistoric beast.

However, at this moment in the Red Tide Sect mountain gate, Sun Yu was also very young, and his cultivation time was far less than that of the middle-aged Confucian scholar, so even though he knew the other party was coming with bad intentions, the middle-aged Confucian scholar was not afraid at all, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked at Sun Yu calmly.

Sun Yu asked: "Where is Liu Lao?"

"He is giving training to the new disciples in the hall."

Sun Yu then said: "Then it is the same to tell you. In this unified examination, the two gentlemen have taken good care of Wei Yuan. Junior Brother Zhang is magnanimous and might not take it to heart afterward, but I, Sun Yu, have kept it in mind. The two gentlemen and your disciples must be careful when walking in the world in the future. The mountains are high and the water is urgent, it would be bad if there were any accidents."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar was furious: "Are you threatening me?!"

Unexpectedly, Sun Yu said without hesitation: "Exactly!"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar's robe moved without wind, and he wanted to strike, but his face changed uncertainly, and the robe gradually calmed down, then said: "The so-called eating the king's salary, being loyal to the king's affairs. We are just doing things for others. If Junior Brother is unhappy, you should find the right master, why make things difficult for us?"

Sun Yu said: "To beat a dog, you have to look at the owner. I can't afford to provoke the owner, but I can still beat the dog. Besides, now that the matter is done, you are useless, just two stray dogs, so I beat you."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar was furious, his robe moved again, but he really couldn't see through Sun Yu's roots, and after weighing, he didn't dare to strike in the end. But he didn't strike, while Sun Yu did. He saw him suddenly open his mouth and blow out a thin, pale fire line, shooting straight at the middle-aged Confucian scholar's chest!

The middle-aged Confucian scholar snorted, and a huge "Seal" character appeared in front of him, blocking the fire line. This "Seal" character was silver-hooked and iron-painted, shining brightly, particularly eye-catching in the dark night. Just from the momentum, it didn't know how many times it exceeded Sun Yu's fire line.

But the "Seal" character and the fire line touched, and it actually burned violently immediately. The middle-aged Confucian scholar only felt his Dharma power leaking for a thousand miles, and in the blink of an eye, he couldn't support it. At the same time, the middle-aged Confucian scholar smelled a strange medicinal fragrance, and his head felt dizzy.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar was shocked and angry, shouting: "Dharma Fire?"

The fire line and the "Seal" character only held on for a few breaths, and the "Seal" character was burned away by more than half. Seeing that the middle-aged Confucian scholar was about to be unable to support it, Sun Yu withdrew the fire line and sneered: "The immortal path is still long, the two of you take care of yourselves, immortal silver is not so easy to earn."

After saying that, without waiting for the middle-aged Confucian scholar to answer, Sun Yu drifted away.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar stood in place, his face changing uncertainly. Sun Yu looked unremarkable, but that wisp of Dharma fire was of a very high rank, and it had already scorched his Dao foundation after holding on for a moment, and he wouldn't be able to recover without two years of quiet cultivation. So in fact, the middle-aged Confucian scholar still suffered a dark loss. He didn't expect Sun Yu to dare to strike in the Red Tide Sect mountain gate, and while shocked, he was also a bit indignant. He and the old Confucian scholar were just doing things for others, collecting some treasures and immortal silver, why involve personal grievances? These young people in the Grand Void Palace are really not particular.

Thinking that Sun Yu had cultivated for ten years less than himself, a shadow appeared in the middle-aged Confucian scholar's heart. He returned to the hall gloomily, and didn't even look at the scenery.

In another quiet courtyard, a table of top-grade wine and dishes was set at this moment, many ingredients of which were not seen in small sects like the Red Tide Sect. There were only two people at the wine table, Daoist Brother Fufeng sat at the head, and the young cultivator who was also an evaluator accompanied him.

Daoist Brother Fufeng didn't move his chopsticks, but said: "Brother Lu, there is no reward without merit, it is better to say it first if there is anything."

The young cultivator said: "Daoist Brother helped my young lady in the evaluation, I, Lu Lu Xuan, have kept it in mind, this is the first thing. The second thing is that there is a small matter that I want to trouble Senior Brother."

"Please speak freely."

"Can Daoist Brother tell me about Zhang Sheng's past deeds?"

Daoist Brother Fufeng looked at Lu Lu Xuan and asked: "Why is this again?"

Lu Lu Xuan said: "To tell you the truth, my young lady has decided to transfer to the Grand Void Palace. The young lady is brooding over the failure of the martial test, and as the cousin of the young lady's mother's side, I might have to compete with Wei Yuan's teacher Zhang Sheng in the future. I know I am not his opponent now, so I want to understand his past deeds to see if there is any chance to smooth out the gap."

Daoist Brother Fufeng's expression was a bit strange, saying: "Junior Brother Zhang went down the mountain to practice seven years ago, and he was indeed a little famous in the Grand Void Palace before. To be specific, it was mainly unscrupulous."

Lu Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and laughed: "That's good, that's good, I thought I would hear something like Dao foundation invincible. In the evaluation hall today, that sword Qi was indeed difficult to match, it seems he must have had no small encounters in these seven years!"

Daoist Brother Fufeng said: "Junior Brother Zhang encountered a calamity in the first year after going down the mountain, and his Dao power was sealed for a full six years, until yesterday when it was unsealed. So in the seven years he practiced down the mountain, he actually made no progress at all."

Lu Lu Xuan was holding a wine glass, and hearing this, the wine glass froze in mid-air.

Daoist Brother Fufeng stroked his beard and said: "Also, Junior Brother Zhang's Dao foundation is three immortal swords, so the so-called invincible Dao foundation is just what everyone defaults to, and he has never been famous for this. Of course, the so-called invincible is only for my Grand Void Palace, the outside world is vast, it is hard to say."

Lu Lu Xuan's voice was a bit dry: "Three... immortal swords?"

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