Liu Bo's Major Test!

In the Blazing Sun Continent, the annual festival is arguably the most important holiday of the year.

With the merger of the Three Continents, the New Year festival is now celebrated not only on the Blazing Sun Continent but also on the Spirit Beast Continent and Demon Star Continent. Although it is not as grand as that on the Blazing Sun Continent, it is still a very important festival.

In the Vast Heaven Holy Land, the most important event of each year's festival is the New Year's Eve banquet, where all disciples of the Vast Heaven Holy Land, from the Holy Lord down to the Holy Son, gather for the grand feast.

The Grand Elder remained in charge of overseeing everything.

Standing on the high platform, the Grand Elder first summarized all the achievements of the entire Vast Heaven Holy Land this year, and then announced the new goals for the Vast Heaven Holy Land next year.

With the Grand Elder's remarks concluded, the entire banquet finally reached its climax!

That is, the announcement of the votes for selecting various disciples each year!

The Grand Elder stood on the stage with a cheerful smile and first announced the votes for this year's most outstanding new disciple!

As the Grand Elder began to slowly announce the vote count, all the disciples whose names were called smiled. After all, even if they couldn't actually win the title of Outstanding Newcomer of the Year, getting some votes meant that they had already gained recognition.

And amidst much anticipation, the final voting results for this year's outstanding newcomer are about to be announced!

Holding the ballot list, the Grand Elder slowly announced from the stage, "Ding Feng... 56,491 votes!"

As soon as the Grand Elder spoke, a cheer erupted from the audience!

But at that moment, the Grand Elder spoke again, "Wu Man... 56,583 votes!"

When the Grand Elder announced the vote count, there was a brief silence for a few seconds, followed by cheers that were even louder than before.

But at this moment, Wu Man, standing among countless disciples of the Vast Heaven Holy Land, was completely dumbfounded as he looked around at his fellow disciples who came to congratulate him!

"Wu Man, you're amazing... You even defeated Ding Feng! Best Newcomer of the Year! Awesome!"

"Wu Man, Best Newcomer of the Year, amazing!"

Congratulations, Wu Man...

"Keep up the good work Wu Man!"

For a fleeting moment, the surrounding congratulations instilled fear in the Wu Man...

It wasn't fear of his fellow disciples around him, nor fear of the Vast Heaven Holy Land... but fear of all of this...

Wu Man feared was that this might not be a dream.

What if I wake up from this dream and find myself still in the Evil Shadow Continent, still that tragic Holy Son of Evil Spirits of the Wu Clan?

People... won't crave too much if they haven't experienced it.

In the past, in the Evil Shadow Continent, the greatest dream of the Wu Man was to use their own abilities to protect their families...

Even if he were to gain some status, and even if he were to lose his position as the Holy Son in the Future, as long as his cultivation level remained decent, he could still manage to get by...

But when Wu Man arrived at the Vast Heaven Holy Land and truly experienced life there, Wu Man realized that paradise truly existed in this world...

Vast Heaven Holy Land was his only paradise... the place he had always dreamed of.

So Wu Man didn't want to go back... He wanted all his family members to come to Vast Heaven Holy Land, even if it was just Haotian City, but Wu Man believed that his family members in Haotian City would definitely be very happy!

In the Evil Shadow Continent, what you need to consider is how to live with even a modicum of dignity...

In the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Wu Man realized for the first time that happiness could be so simple here...

"Congratulations, Wu Man..." Although Ding Feng was defeated by Wu Man by a small number of votes, Ding Feng had no resentment at all.

Ding Feng is actually quite satisfied with everything he has now. Back then, he was just a lowly Innate Defective Physique. If it weren't for Senior Brother Xinghe, he, Ding Feng, might have been beaten to death by the Zhang Clan by now...

Therefore, Ding Feng is very satisfied with everything he has now, because it was Senior Brother Xinghe who gave him everything he has!

After entering the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Ding Feng learned a lot about his senior brother Wu Man Barbarian, from the Civil Engineering Department disciples whose mouths were looser than cotton pants waistbands.

Ding Feng received so many votes mainly because Ding Feng was incredibly hardworking and diligent. Not only did he earn countless resources for the Ding Feng Vast Heaven Holy Land Vast Heaven Holy Land day, but Ding Feng was also responsible for resetting the stats of every disciple's spirit beast.

It's fair to say that Ding Feng's efforts are evident to everyone.

Therefore, Ding Feng's high number of votes is reasonable.

Ding Feng also knew that if we were to talk about sacrifices for the Vast Heaven Holy Land, it was his Evil Spirit, Senior Brother Wu Man, who truly poured his heart and soul into it...

Look at Senior Brother Wu Man, after he arrived at Vast Heaven Holy Land, he really devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of Vast Heaven Holy Land... Therefore, Ding Feng believes that Senior Brother Wu Man's ability to surpass him and win this year's Best Rookie award is well-deserved!

At this moment, Ding Feng took the initiative to step forward and congratulate Senior Brother Wu Man.

Wu Man was also awakened from her thoughts by Ding Feng. With teary eyes, Wu Man looked around and then, amidst the cheers of countless people, went up on stage and received the plaque representing this year's best rookie from the Grand Elder's hand!

"Wu Man... say a few words..." The Grand Elder looked at Wu Man with a smile.

Regarding Wu Man, the Grand Elder admitted that he had indeed viewed him with prejudice in the past. In the Grand Elder's eyes, Wu Man was a spy, a guy who was always ready to betray Vast Heaven Holy Land.

But the Grand Elder had to admit that Xinghe was right; we couldn't assume that Wu Man was necessarily evil just because he was an Evil Spirit.

Since he is a disciple of our Vast Heaven Holy Land, none of us should discriminate against him before he violates our Vast Heaven Holy Land rules...

Xinghe's words made everyone in the Vast Heaven Holy Land realize that this was indeed the case.

Now, Vast Heaven Holy Land has truly accepted Wu Man. As long as Wu Man doesn't court death, he will always be a disciple of Vast Heaven Holy Land. Even if the Evil Shadow Continent wants to kill him, it depends on whether Vast Heaven Holy Land agrees!

The Vast Heaven Holy Land will never allow any of its disciples to be harmed, even if he is an Evil Spirit!

By now, Wu Man, standing on the platform, was already sobbing uncontrollably... It took him a long time to compose himself before he finally bowed deeply to the many powerful figures from the Vast Heaven Holy Land on the platform...

He then bowed deeply to all the disciples of the Vast Heaven Holy Land in gratitude.

"Wu Man thanks the Holy Lord... thanks the Grand Elder... thanks all the elders... and of course, I am most grateful to Senior Brother Xinghe... Senior Brother Xinghe gave me a new life, allowing me to truly understand what it means to live. Although I, Wu Man, am an Evil Spirit, I truly love this place, and I do not want to leave. Please rest assured, all elders and fellow disciples, from this moment on, Wu Man is merely a disciple of the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and only death can take me Wu Man, away from the Vast Heaven Holy Land!"

As soon as Wu Man finished speaking, Ma Liang chimed in, "Wu Man, even death can't take you away from the Vast Heaven Holy Land, because you'll be buried in the Vast Heaven Holy Land's cemetery even after you die!"

Ma Liang's joke was met with laughter. The Grand Elder kicked Ma Liang, and then joined the group of bigwigs in laughing.

Although Ma Liang's words were a joke, they weren't wrong. As long as Wu Man didn't betray the Vast Heaven Holy Land, even if he died in the Future, he would definitely be buried in the Vast Heaven Holy Land's cemetery, and his tombstone would still bear the name of Wu Man of the Vast Heaven Holy Land...

As Wu Man walked off the stage holding the plaque for Rookie of the Year, this plaque seemed even more precious to Wu Man than the Skull of the Evil God.

The Skull of the Evil God is not a treasure to the Wu Man, but a burden. However, being named the best new disciple is the greatest recognition the sect can give to a sect.

With Wu Man removed from power, the Grand Elder continued to announce the votes for the other outstanding disciples...

The various annual disciples were selected one by one, but this year, unlike previous years, there was no situation where all the votes went to Chu Xinghe.

After all, everyone understands that Senior Brother Xinghe doesn't care about these empty titles; everyone was just joking with Senior Brother Xinghe back then.

Soon, the most nerve-wracking moment—the selection of the year's most outstanding disciple—would arrive!

To be honest, the Grand Elder was nervous when he received the votes for the most outstanding disciple of the year...

The Grand Elder believed that Xinghe would definitely be the most outstanding disciple of the year... but that wasn't the most crucial question. The most crucial question was whether Xinghe could be elected unanimously.

In the two previous selections, Xinghe was defeated by Chu Cheng by a single vote in the first one... The Grand Elder was furious... If it weren't for Xinghe's pleading, the Grand Elder would have expelled Chu Cheng from the sect...

The second time, it was still Chu Cheng. For two consecutive terms, Chu Cheng used his single vote to end Xinghe's unanimous selection as the most outstanding disciple of the year...

Therefore, at this moment, the Grand Elder's gaze unconsciously fell upon Fathead Fish Liu Bo...

Seeing the gaze directed at him by the Grand Elder, Liu Bo nodded heavily in his direction.

Liu Bo is a completely different person now!

Liu Bo is already one of Ma Liang's trusted confidants!

It has been proven that Liu Bo's decision to stay in the outer sect instead of entering the inner sect was absolutely correct. Now, Liu Bo has become the chief disciple of the outer sect, and his status in the outer sect is second only to the only permanent low-level outer sect disciple!

If Liu Bo enters the inner sect, given his talent, becoming a steward Future likely be his limit; the position of elder would be out of the question.

But now that Liu Bo has stayed in the outer sect, Liu Bo has practically taken charge of all the affairs of the outer sect. The Future Grand Old Ma once said that Junior Brother Liu Bo would be qualified to serve as an elder in the outer sect in the Future...

Outer sect elders... they're still elders... their status surpasses that of deacons, right...?

The Grand Elder had approached Liu Bo a few days in advance, speaking earnestly, "Liu Bo, I know your performance in the outer sect, but as for the votes... you still need to work harder. This year, I don't want to see anyone else end Senior Brother Xinghe's unanimous election with a single vote. So, Liu Bo, you understand what I mean, right?"

Liu Bo knew that the Elder's instructions were a major test!

After all, she was facing the Holy Son Chu Cheng... Getting the Holy Son Chu Cheng to vote properly was a hundred times more difficult than getting Senior Sister Wan Lin to take a liking to Senior Brother Ma Liang!

Elder, if you're asking me to persuade Senior Sister Wan Lin to be with Senior Brother Ma Liang, although it's difficult, I, Liu Bo, am willing to risk my life—it's not like I have no chance, is it?

However, the difficulty of "persuading" Holy Son Chu Cheng was immense... Liu Bo immediately sought out the White Tiger Holy Venerable and relayed the instructions given by the Grand Elder.

Upon hearing Liu Bo's words, the White Tiger Holy Venerable immediately exclaimed, "Liu Bo, do you know that the difficulty of the job you took on is even greater than the difficulty of giving Azure Dragon a holiday!"

One can forgive the sins of Heaven, but one cannot escape the sins of one's own making!

Although he knew the road ahead... no... he knew there might be no road ahead, Liu Bo still led a group of his fellow disciples on their journey...

No matter what lies ahead, Liu Bo knows there is no turning back. This battle is a fight to the death, but Liu Bo believes he will fight his way out of death!

So Liu Bo went to the Haotian Palace to borrow the divine weapon, the spiked club, from Holy Empress Ji Ya...

Later, I heard that the divine weapon, the spiked club, wasn't sent back to the Haotian Palace, but instead to the Artifact Refining Palace, because the spiked club... was broken...