Chapter 1749: The Calamity Er Gouzi

In Western Heaven Gate City, a crowd of cultivators was closely watching the movements of the Blazing Sun Gate.

After all, apart from those few second-grade sects, the Blazing Sun Gate was a top-tier existence among third-grade sects.

Being able to make Lie Tianqiong face a formidable enemy, and even release his ultimate killing move, showed just how dangerous the enemy the Blazing Sun Gate was currently facing was.

"Eh, that old guy has withdrawn his move." A cultivator suddenly said.

Everyone looked up together and discovered that the sea of fire that had originally covered the sky and sun was now completely gone.

The sky had returned to its previous state, as if nothing had happened at all.

"It seems that the guy who came to provoke has already been reduced to bones," a cultivator laughed.

Others heard this and suddenly realized, echoing him one after another.

"That's right, it seems old man Lie Tianqiong's cultivation has advanced another step."

"I wonder who was so bold as to dare to come and provoke this old ghost."

"Let's disperse, let's disperse, there's nothing to see anymore."

There was a cultivator who wondered: "This old ghost actually extinguished his fire just like that? I remember the last time someone came to provoke him, this old ghost made a heaven-shaking scene..."

"Sigh, people get old, their temper always gets a bit better," someone replied. "Maybe he's currently inside the sect drinking tea."

At this time, Lie Tianqiong was sitting upright in front of a wooden table, his expression serious, as if facing a formidable enemy.

On the wooden table, a set of fire jade tea sets was placed. If this tea set were on the market, it would be worth at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

He picked up the teapot, carefully pouring the tea into the teacup. A faint heat surged out, wrapping around the tea and maintaining its temperature.

Subsequently, he stood up abruptly, brilliant light bursting from his eyes, held the teacup above his head, and said loudly: "Please drink tea, Sect Master!"

Cang Jingkong, sitting in the Sect Master's seat, saw this scene and felt his worldview was about to collapse.

What happened? Who am I? Where am I?

A quarter of an hour ago, he was still in the sect, worried and anxious about the future development of the Cangyun Sect.

A quarter of an hour later, he was already sitting on the Blazing Sun Gate's Sect Master throne, accepting tea from the former Sect Master.

All of this came so suddenly that he only felt life was like a dream at this moment.

"Senior, this..." He turned his head to look at Xu Que, urgently wanting to get the truth.

Xu Que sat on the side, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and waved his hand: "It's three o'clock, drink tea first!"

"Eh... what does Senior mean?"

"I told you to drink tea first, stop talking nonsense."

Xu Que said impatiently, then turned his head to look at Lie Tianqiong: "Old man, what's this about the Chengyuan Immortal Domain re-selecting the Chief Disciple you mentioned just now?"

Lie Tianqiong heard this and quickly squeezed out a flattering smile, pleasingly saying: "Senior Zhang, you don't know, but some time ago, the contemporary Chief Disciple Xu Dingcheng went to participate in the Heaven Gate competition and unfortunately died young. Therefore, the Saint Moon Hall issued a notice to conduct a large-scale selection within the Chengyuan Immortal Domain to pick the newest Chief Disciple."

"Is the selection of your Chengyuan Immortal Domain's Chief Disciple so casual?" Xu Que was stunned, feeling that this Immortal Domain seemed a bit different from other Immortal Domains.

Although he had only stayed in the Yongzhen Immortal Domain, he had also heard about the situation in the other two Immortal Domains.

No matter which Immortal Domain conducted a disciple selection, it was always the best of the best; ordinary cultivators simply didn't have the qualifications to enter the ranks of disciples.

How did it get to the Chengyuan Immortal Domain, making it seem as if any cultivator could participate in the selection of the Chief Disciple?

"Eh, this has to start from the Chengyuan Immortal Emperor back then," Lie Tianqiong was like an encyclopedia, starting to explain to Xu Que, "Before the Chengyuan Immortal Emperor achieved the Immortal Emperor Realm, he was also just an ordinary cultivator. Later, by chance, he participated in a competition and actually defeated all the Immortal Emperor's disciples at that time, shocking the entire Immortal Domain."

"Because of his appearance, the Immortal Emperor at that time believed that disciples selected through screening were not necessarily the most outstanding cultivators. Therefore, he established the position of Chief Disciple above the disciples, which anyone could participate in through selection. Although the Chief Disciple didn't have much real power, their status was above all other disciples, and in name, they possessed the right to command the disciples."

Xu Que heard this and immediately perceived the drawbacks: "Holy crap! With such an outrageous management style, you Chengyuan Immortal Domain actually didn't have internal chaos?"

"Eh... actually, there was internal chaos a few times before, but the method adopted for selecting the Chief Disciple at that time was through force screening. Therefore, those who could become Chief Disciples were mostly top-tier cultivators, so even if someone came to cause trouble, the Chief Disciple could suppress them," Lie Tianqiong explained.

Xu Que suddenly realized, then fell into deep thought.

According to this, the best way for him to enter the Saint Moon Hall was to participate in this Chief Disciple selection.

Then the problem came—

Previously, Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude had wreaked havoc in the Chengyuan Immortal Domain, long since ruining the Zha Tian Bang's reputation. Now, people in the Chengyuan Immortal Domain were simply hateful toward the Zha Tian Bang.

"Damn it, it's all your fault!" Xu Que became angrier the more he thought about it, "You two really are more trouble than you're worth!"

Er Gouzi said righteously: "Que-ge, you can't say that. Everything we did in the Chengyuan Immortal Domain was to promote the good name of the Zha Tian Bang, for the advance publicity for our Zha Tian Bang's entry."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xu Que sneered twice, grabbed Er Gouzi's neck, turned, and flew toward the sky above a city.

Er Gouzi seemed to have sensed something, its face changing drastically: "Que-ge, what do you want to do?"

Xu Que didn't bother with it, took a deep breath, and roared: "Zha Tian Bang's Er Gouzi is here, who dares to come forward and fight!"

As the voice fell, the entire Western Heaven Gate City immediately exploded.

Countless powerful auras suddenly erupted, and pillars of clouds rose from all over, directly into the sky. That was the aura emitted by powerful cultivators in their anger.

"Damn it! This dead dog still dares to appear!"

"Don't stop me, I'm going to tear this dead dog into ten thousand pieces today!"

"Fellow Daoist, wait, let me take the first cut!"

"I want to take the last cut. This dead dog stole our sect's treasure vault clean. Today, I must skin this dog, pull its tendons, and hang it outside the sect to expose its corpse for a thousand days!"

Holy crap!

Xu Que was shocked. What kind of heaven-resenting things had this dead dog done? It turned out the cultivators of the entire Western Heaven Gate City had been offended by it!

"Que-ge! Que-ge! Run quickly, these guys are crazy!" Er Gouzi twisted its body, its face full of terror.

Xu Que threw Er Gouzi away, and his figure suddenly disappeared into the sky.

Run, Er Gouzi!

Looking at the countless powerful spells rising and falling in the city, Xu Que sent his sincere blessings...

... ===== CHAPTER 1750 =====