Yunmeng's Greatest Beauty!

Dead silence!

A silence as still as death!

From the moment the two began fighting to the moment Li Daochen severed Huang Zongyuan's head with two sword strikes, no more than three breaths had passed!

They had never imagined the battle would end so quickly.

"What a terrifying divine ability! Even if I were in the Divine Bridge Realm, I wouldn't be able to withstand those two strikes!" the sect master exclaimed, both astonished and delighted.

Li Daochen had slain Huang Zongyuan so easily that he clearly still had strength to spare. With such strength, he could presumably achieve a better ranking at the Thousand Sect Grand Competition!

Just then.

A clamor of astonishment finally erupted.

But.

"Li Daochen!" A shrill, anguished roar drowned out all the noise.

The great elder's face was as hideous as a ghost's. Unleashing the full might of the Dragon Gate Realm, he charged at Li Daochen without regard for anything else.

Both his sons had been killed by Li Daochen, leaving his heart full of despair and hatred. Even if he had to perish together with Li Daochen, he would not hesitate.

But the moment he moved, an old man with white hair and a white beard appeared. A hand wrinkled like old tree bark clamped down on the great elder's shoulder.

"Ye Hua, let go!" the great elder growled.

The Yellow Dragon Sect had two grand elders, and the old man before him was the other one.

"The ancestor ordered me to take you to cultivate with him! If you resist, don't blame me for showing no mercy!" Ye Hua said coldly.

The great elder's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Father, how can your heart be so cruel!" The great elder gave a tragic laugh. As though his very spirit had been drained from him, he aged greatly in an instant.

Before long, the great elder was taken away.

The sect master coughed and spoke. "The outcome has been decided. Tomorrow, Li Daochen will take Huang Zongyuan's place in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition. I hope our Yellow Dragon Sect can achieve a good result this time."

The clamor grew even louder.

Having slain Huang Zongyuan, Li Daochen was now the undisputed number one of the Yellow Dragon Sect's younger generation!

Tomorrow, he would join the other four in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition!

At the canyon where the Yellow Dragon Ancestor resided.

The great elder was soon brought there.

Before the great elder could say anything, the Yellow Dragon Ancestor said coldly, "Do you know what mistake you made?"

The great elder stood rooted to the spot, not even having had time to pour out his grievances.

The Yellow Dragon Ancestor snorted. "Your mistake was letting Zongyuan fight Li Daochen to the death when you knew I had specially recruited him. Zongyuan... didn't have to die!"

The great elder's face instantly turned ashen, but he was also somewhat ready to throw caution to the wind. "They were your own grandsons. Can you really stand it?"

"You still dare say that to provoke me? Then stay here until the day you die!" The Yellow Dragon Ancestor flew into a rage and swatted the great elder into the ground with one claw.

Afterward.

The Yellow Dragon Ancestor snorted.

Li Daochen had killed two of his grandsons in succession, so the Yellow Dragon Ancestor was naturally angry as well.

But.

The Yellow Dragon Ancestor understood what mattered and would not punish Li Daochen at a time like this.

The dead were never as useful as the living!

"You'd better win first place at the Thousand Sect Grand Competition for me," the Yellow Dragon Ancestor murmured, his deep yellow pupils fathomless and terrifying.

The next day.

Li Daochen and the others set off for Yunmeng Ancient City, where the Thousand Sect Grand Competition was to be held.

The two grand elders, Yun Wanyi and Ye Hua, led the group this time.

Generally speaking, the strongest fighters in a Lower Profound Sect were mostly in the Heaven Flying Realm, though most were only at the first or second layer.

Upon reaching the Heaven Flying Realm, one's lifespan could reach five hundred years. Advancing a single layer often took decades, making progress extremely slow.

Someone like the Yellow Dragon Ancestor, on the other hand, was at the sixth layer of the Heaven Flying Realm.

That was a dividing line!

Cultivators at the seventh layer of the Heaven Flying Realm and above were found only in Upper Profound Sects.

Such individuals were also called Dao Choosers and had already begun to touch upon the domain of the Great Dao.

Li Daochen could not tell what realm Yun Wanyi was in, but Ye Hua was probably at the first layer of the Heaven Flying Realm. Although he could fly, he was not very fast.

At this moment, they were riding one of Yun Wanyi's Ice Jiaolong, speeding toward Yunmeng Ancient City.

Five people from the Yellow Dragon Sect were participating in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition this time. Li Daochen did not know the other four. Since Li Daochen had slain Huang Zongyu and Huang Zongyuan in succession, the four seemed somewhat afraid of him, and none came over to get acquainted.

Li Daochen had no interest in them either. They were only going to the Thousand Sect Grand Competition to make up the numbers, and he was happy to have some peace and quiet.

But he could not get any peace either, because Yun Qingshui had tagged along for the excitement and was always chattering in his ear whenever she had nothing else to do.

"Little Fire, this Ice Jiaolong of my master's is female. She's so pretty. Do you like her?" Yun Qingshui asked softly.

Little Fire had been drinking. His eyes were glazed with drunkenness, and all he knew to do was nod.

"Hehe..." Yun Qingshui immediately began vigorously rubbing Little Fire's jiaolong head. She had recently fallen in love with doing that.

The corner of Li Daochen's mouth twitched.

Little Fire was so young, and she was already introducing him to a wife. Yun Qingshui really was something. Wasn't she afraid the Ice Jiaolong and Yun Wanyi would beat her up?

And when Little Fire grew nine heads, would she be able to rub them all?

The Ice Jiaolong had evidently heard her too. She glanced back and gave a haughty snort.

Little Fire was so ugly, so small, and a mixed-blood besides. Who would like him?

As a pureblood, she naturally looked down on Little Fire.

Yun Wanyi also gave a helpless smile. Her silly disciple was so foolish and so quick to give herself away that she truly made her master worry herself sick.

Still, she glanced at Little Fire. She always felt there was more to the little creature than met the eye, but she could not tell what.

Yun Wanyi's own bloodline defied the heavens, and she had a mysterious sense for certain bloodlines that were similarly powerful.

But.

That little jiaolong?

Yun Wanyi shook her head, assuming she was overthinking things.

The Ice Jiaolong was very fast. In just half a day, they arrived before Yunmeng Ancient City.

This ancient city was known as the greatest city in the eastern region and was itself a force on the level of an Upper Profound Sect.

Clouds and mist swirled around Yunmeng Ancient City all year round, and strange phenomena occasionally flickered into view.

It was said that a Great Emperor had once lived here, and the place held many mysteries.

As far as the eye could see, Yunmeng Ancient City was magnificent and immense, like a gigantic beast of the mountains and seas crouching on the ancient earth. Its end was nowhere in sight.

Yun Qingshui cried out incessantly. It was her first time seeing such a majestic great city.

Li Daochen watched calmly.

Yunmen Ancient City was indeed extraordinary.

Li Daochen also knew that a Great Emperor really had once lived here, and that Yunmeng Ancient City itself was a cultivation-type Saint Weapon, though it was currently still in a half-sealed state.

This was the cultivation ground of a mighty figure from ancient times, and it was eventually refined into a Saint Weapon. Supposedly, it can slow down or speed up time. What's more, the exposed part of the ancient city is only a tiny portion. It involves both space and time. Among the Saint Weapons of Mystic Dragon Province, it ranks in the top ten.

As Li Daochen thought about it, even he could not help growing greedy.

With a Saint Weapon like this, a single person would have a cultivation holy land all to himself, and a mobile one at that. From certain perspectives, it was even more precious than an Emperor Weapon.

But the time had not yet come for Yunmeng Ancient City to reveal itself to the world, and it already had an inheritor.

"Let's go in. Quite a few forces have probably arrived by now, so you can learn about your opponents," Ye Hua said mildly.

But just then.

The somewhat crowded city gate suddenly grew even more boisterous.

The crowd parted to make a path.

A woman in red approached with graceful steps.

The woman had skin of ice and bones of jade, and her beauty was breathtaking. Her bearing was even more extraordinary, like a fairy descended into the mortal world, untouched by worldly concerns.

"It's the Yunmeng Fairy!"

"Why has she come out?"

"Look, she's walking toward a group of people. Is she here to receive someone? I've been here for so many days, and this is the first time I've seen the Yunmeng Fairy come out to receive someone in person. Who commands such respect?"

Discussion immediately broke out.

"She's so beautiful," Yun Qingshui whispered. "But she seems to be coming toward us."

Li Daochen narrowed his eyes.

The woman in red was called Nangong Meng'er. She was the daughter of Yunmeng City's lord and was known as the greatest beauty in Yunmeng. Some busybodies even called her the greatest beauty in the eastern region, and her suitors were too numerous to count.

But Nangong Meng'er deserved the title. She was like a piece of exquisitely carved immortal jade, every inch of her skin beautiful to the utmost.

Closer to her, one could also smell a distinctive, delicate fragrance of a hundred flowers.

Just then.

Under everyone's astonished gazes, Nangong Meng'er walked up to Li Daochen.

"Are you Young Master Li Daochen? Meng'er has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come to Yunmeng Cottage for a chat." Nangong Meng'er smiled prettily.

The crowd erupted.

The greatest beauty in Yunmeng had taken the initiative to invite a man to Yunmeng Cottage?

That place was Nangong Meng'er's private residence, and not just anyone could enter it.

What was the background of this young man called Li Daochen, to merit such courtesy from Nangong Meng'er?

Li Daochen looked at Nangong Meng'er, feigning surprise.

But.

Inwardly, he sneered.

This woman is no good!

Li Daochen knew that the inheritor of Yunmeng Ancient City was Nangong Meng'er, the future Lord of Yunmeng.

He also knew that Huang Zongyuan and Nangong Meng'er were very close in private.

Few people knew of this. It was said that Huang Zongyuan had once saved Nangong Meng'er when he was young.

In his previous life, Huang Zongyuan had fought quite fiercely with Yang Chen as well. It was only after Nangong Meng'er intervened to mediate that Huang Zongyuan managed to survive, and their relationship became known to the world as a result.

Now that he had slain Huang Zongyuan, Nangong Meng'er had suddenly come looking for him. She definitely had ill intentions!