Chapter 318: Perhaps it is a good fruit

The sun was high and bright, the blue sky as if washed clean.

On the eighth day, second match of the Heavenly Dao Assembly, following a bolt of lightning that descended from above, Zeng Shun, a disciple of the Lingzhou Zeng family at the Realm of Merging with the Dao, was defeated. Intense electric light pierced through his body, and his entire person was blasted flying.

High upon the platform, Chen Le sheathed his blade, his eyes filled with disdain, leaving the crowd watching the battle in a moment of silence.

A twenty-eight-year-old at the Middle Realm of Merging with the Dao—even within the Immortal Sects, this could be considered an extraordinary talent.

Yet the problem was that this Chen Le had no prior reputation; he seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, leaving people feeling deeply puzzled.

Immediately following this, the Mountain Sea Pavilion disciple Qiao Mo was sent flying out of the arena, blood spraying like mist.

This Qiao Mo was no unknown figure; in fact, he had already shown his mettle at the Heavenly Dao Assembly earlier. In his battle against the Chen family disciple Chen Shuo, had he not lacked cultivation techniques and methods, entering the finals would not have been a difficult task.

The Yongzhou Qiao family immediately rushed forward with a roar to support Qiao Mo, then turned their heads to look at the platform.

Profound Origin Immortal Mansion disciple Zhong Hui, without a weapon in hand, fought empty-handed. He was only seventeen years old and at the Upper Realm of Profound Understanding.

"He is actually an Upper Realm of Profound Understanding even younger than Huo Zhuoqun?"

"This... how is this possible?"

"Does the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion also have such hidden talents within their sect?"

On the viewing platform, countless family members were all discussing it, their eyes flashing with disbelief.

At this moment, Seeing Ji You, who was leaning over the railing to look, turned his head toward the northeast.

Standing there were the arrivals from the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion, including the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion Vice Abbot Zhong Ze, as well as the sect's own personally taught Holy Son, Chu Xian.

However, besides them, there was another man sitting in front of the two.

That man looked very young, his complexion somewhat waxy yellow, which made his lips appear exceptionally bewitching.

He only had the cultivation base of the Realm of Profound Understanding, but his sitting posture was extremely overbearing; he even had one leg propped up on the armrest, and in his right hand, he held a bunch of grapes, chewing them lightly.

Because his way of eating was too uninhibited, he had only eaten half the bunch when the leaking juice had already flowed all over his palm.

The young man seemed somewhat disgusted by this, waving his hand to wipe it off onto Chu Xian's expensive purple-gold robe.

And at the spot where he wiped his hand, there was a not-so-clear footprint on the lower hem of the robe, as if someone had kicked him in the leg.

However, despite this, Chu Xian showed not a hint of anger, allowing him to wipe it, then handed over the teapot he had been holding the entire time.

"Trash, I told you to watch the tea and it's already cold!"

"Young Master, please calm your anger."

"Are you dissatisfied with something? Let me tell you, everything you have today was given to you by me, the Young Master. What are you dissatisfied with? Do you dare to be dissatisfied?!"

Amidst the irritable voice, Chu Xian received the teapot with an expressionless face, then gathered spiritual energy in his palm, causing the water inside the teapot to heat up rapidly, before handing it back over.

Then Chu Xian straightened his waist and looked back at the arena, his eyes without sorrow or joy.

At this time, the sound of a gong rang out, and Zhong Hui won and left the stage.

Seeing Ji You was brought back to his senses by the sound of the gong and slowly withdrew his gaze.

And in the days of duels that followed, things like this continued to happen incessantly.

Family disciples originally viewed as seeds for the championship were defeated one after another, while many young Immortal Sect disciples kept emerging, rapidly entering the next round, leading to constant gasps of surprise.

Especially in the duels of the Realm of Merging with the Dao, many old faces of the Heavenly Dao Assembly were knocked off the stage, replaced by figures who were extremely unfamiliar and looked extremely young.

"Have all the disciples of your family lost as well?"

"Lost... the last person was defeated today."

"How could Qiao Mo stop at the second round?"

"The disciples sent by the Immortal Sects this year truly exceeded expectations in both cultivation and age. This result is something I never imagined when I came here..."

The gathered family members discussed it incessantly, the shock in their eyes never fading.

The "talent" spoken of in the Azure Cloud World does not refer to the realm, but to speed, and speaking of speed, one must mention time, which is age.

An Upper Realm of Profound Understanding at seventeen or eighteen represents someone who will be able to stir up winds and clouds in the future, controlling the Boundless Realm, or even the Spirit Travel Realm, of a region.

If such figures were as commonly seen as this, the Azure Cloud World would have long been filled with Spirit Travel Realm experts everywhere.

On the ninth day, third match of the Heavenly Dao Assembly, Ban Yangshu battled the Spirit Sword Mountain Heavenly Jianfeng disciple Yan Yi.

There was a seven-year age gap between the two, yet they belonged to the same realm; furthermore, that Yan Yi had already slightly touched the threshold of the Realm of Responding to Heaven.

The result was no surprise; Ban Yangshu was knocked out of the arena, fortunately without injury.

Afterward, Cao Jingsong and the others brought Ban Yangshu away from the stage, returned to the upper floor, and stood together with Seeing Ji You.

In truth, they were also shocked by these people whose names they had never heard but who were now showing off their skills at the Wandering Immortal Assembly, but they were not as bewildered as the other families.

Because some things were obvious once you thought about them; they looked at Seeing Ji You, recalling what he had said on the day he arrived here about the five great Immortal Sects opening the ruins again.

Just like the Heavenly Dao Assembly, although it was a duel between disciples, there were also rankings within each sect.

The Mountain Sea Pavilion was unstoppable, crushing everyone with a gap in strength; the Chen family ranked second, followed by the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion.

Spirit Sword Mountain, which had topped the Heavenly Dao Assembly, had fallen to fourth. The problem was that only Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi knew that those who had entered the next round were all disciples of Heavenly Jianfeng.

As for the Asking Dao Sect, they were ranked even behind Spirit Sword Mountain, and the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan had fallen directly to the last place.

This scene almost completely overturned the original rankings of the Heavenly Dao Assembly.

However, even within the Immortal Sects, there were subtle differences.

Take Spirit Sword Mountain, for example; in everyone's eyes, they were still doing quite well, at least stronger than the Asking Dao Sect and the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, but Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi knew that there were already very few disciples from their Profound Jianfeng who had entered the third round.

At dusk, with the end of the third match, Yan Jingxiang and his younger brother Yan Jingrui, along with a group of elders from Profound Jianfeng, all gathered in that main building of Spirit Sword Mountain.

At this time, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi returned gracefully from the viewing platform, her toes touching lightly as she landed in the pavilion.

After glancing at all the elders, the Little Inspector walked into the rear pavilion.

At this time, Yan Jingxiang stepped forward to follow.

"Shuyi, you should have seen the situation these past few days. Those ruin fruits are truly immortal fate. Sometimes having them is not a mistake, but not having them is. If we truly do not take the initiative, it will surely become a great disaster in the future."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi looked at her father with cold eyes: "Is Father here to persuade me to issue an order to open the ruins in Lingzhou?"

Yan Jingxiang gripped his sleeves tightly: "Heavenly Jianfeng is already powerful, and now they have obtained fruits in the Great Wilderness Forest. If this continues, Profound Jianfeng will be in danger."

"Does Father think that Heavenly Jianfeng would dare to come and seize my holy artifact just by relying on a few small fruits?"

"Daughter, you are confused. Even if Heavenly Jianfeng cannot accomplish this for now, can external threats be ignored? The seven great Immortal Sects are kind on the surface, but once the balance is lost, the entire Spirit Sword Mountain will be hard to preserve. The Pill Sect from a few days ago is an example."

After Yan Jingxiang finished speaking, he stared fixedly at his daughter's back.

The fact that only disciples came to participate in the Heavenly Dao Assembly had already made everyone feel it was unbelievable; who knew how many of their elders had consumed the fruits.

Power cannot be equal, and it is fundamentally impossible to live in peace; otherwise, why would the Pill Sect have been slaughtered for a night, only to be forced to seal the mountain in the end?

Hearing Yan Jingxiang's words, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Many people felt she was high and mighty, difficult to approach, but in fact, it was because she had faced such choices from childhood to adulthood.

Perhaps a single sentence could determine the direction of Spirit Sword Mountain, and might even affect the trend of the entire world.

That was why she did not want to be the Inspector, did not want to shoulder such a heavy burden.

That was why she left the mountain alone that winter, hiding in the courtyard of a strange man, not wanting to leave.

But she knew that her father's worries were correct. When the power of the seven great Immortal Sects was completely unbalanced, Spirit Sword Mountain would fall into endless danger.

Because only a few people are able to ascend to the Immortal Realm, countless people are eyeing the limited resources of this world, calculating every single bit, so that if you have less, I can have more.

"Let me see more."

"Daughter..."

"Father knows that this matter is too big; I still need to see more."

Hearing this, Yan Jingxiang was silent for a long time, then lightly flicked his sleeves and walked out of the rear pavilion.

Back then, the old Abbot left silently, and then the Spirit Mirror chose its master on its own, choosing his daughter. At that time, Profound Jianfeng was overjoyed, and he also constantly sighed that destiny was on his side.

Afterward, he locked Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi in the back mountain, letting her devote herself to cultivating the Dao.

At first, his daughter was unwilling, thinking every day about running outside, and even tried to sink the Spirit Mirror into the Profound Sea.

Helpless, he could only drag some disciples who had been injured by Heavenly Jianfeng and throw them in front of her, saying it was all her fault, and at the same time, only she could change this situation.

And so, since then, his daughter had imprisoned herself on the mountain and never ran outside again.

Of course, she did not disappoint; at ten, she reached the Realm of Profound Understanding, followed by being the youngest at the Realm of Merging with the Dao, the youngest at the Realm of Responding to Heaven, and even now, the youngest at the Boundless Realm.

But this also led to his daughter not being close to anyone, including him.

At this time, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi stood in front of the window, looking at the dark night outside, silent for a long time.

Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu were in the back, terrified, and had not spoken a word.

However, before long, they suddenly noticed that the Inspector's originally tense body had relaxed slightly, and her pink cheeks could not help but puff up lightly.

So the two looked out from the window next door and saw that in the east, where the Inspector was looking, the son-in-law was looking up at them from in front of his window.

Afterward, the third round, the fourth round.

Immortal Sect disciples began to battle, and two people who had consumed the fruits began to appear on the same arena.

The six great Immortal Sects, including Seeing Ji You, began to observe more and more carefully.

The two-into-one duels naturally had winners and losers, and there were situations where they fought with all their might, so naturally, more things could be seen.

"Looking at it now, those people have no problems in either realm or aura; those fruits should be good."

"Just like that Chen Le, who was almost slashed in the arm by Xiao Hanyan; even when he was furious, there was no phenomenon of evil transformation, and his behavior was considered normal."

"So, perhaps we all guessed wrong; this is truly a gift from the Heavenly Dao." ===== CHAPTER 319 =====