Favoritism

"Mengyao!"

Just as everyone was shocked by Lu Wangchuan's strength, Li Tianxiang rushed onto the stage and picked up Yun Mengyao's broken body.

"Mengyao, hold on. I have the Life-Extending Golden Pill given by my grandfather. Take it quickly."

He frantically pulled out a handful of pills from his sleeve and stuffed them into Yun Mengyao's mouth, but unfortunately, her life force had completely drained away, and Yun Mengyao couldn't swallow them at all.

Even if she could swallow them, it was likely they wouldn't have any effect.

Lu Wangchuan never held back when he struck. That punch, which seemed to just create a large hole in her chest, had actually completely destroyed her entire physical body.

With a final sigh, Yun Mengyao slowly closed her eyes.

In the last moment of her life, she let go of everything.

As a child, she was sold to a brothel by her parents, experiencing the greatest despair and tragedy in her life, which led her to resort to any means necessary to become stronger later on, even betraying her own master.

She hated the people in this world, so much so that she later became the person she hated, lost in hatred.

She thought that this way she could escape the suffering of this world, only to realize now that she had never escaped fate.

She was just an ordinary minor character.

If she had known this, why would she have betrayed her master in the first place? It would have been better to just be a small martial apprentice. Pitiful, ridiculous...

"Ya'er, no—! Open your eyes, I won't let you die, you can't die. Ah—!"

Li Tianxiang was filled with grief and indignation, his eyes bloodshot, and he charged straight at Lu Wangchuan.

"I'll kill you!"

"Seeking death!"

Lu Wangchuan's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand, unleashing another punch.

"Not good."

The Second Elder quickly unleashed a palm strike, channeling spiritual energy to his grandson to enhance his attack. Yun Mengyao was killed by Lu Wangchuan's punch, so if his grandson's attack power wasn't enhanced, he wouldn't be able to withstand Lu Wangchuan's punch at all.

With the power aided by his grandfather, Li Tianxiang's strength surged instantly. He fully unleashed his Forbidden Technique, and a phantom image of a fierce tiger roared and leaped from behind him, instantly arriving before Lu Wangchuan.

As the two forces collided, the phantom image of the Prajna Dragon Elephant reappeared behind Lu Wangchuan.

Boom—!

Another explosive sound rang out, and the shockwave was more than twice as strong as before. More disciples were blown away. This time, even martial artists in the Dantian Realm who had reached the peak of the Physical Body Realm found it difficult to withstand the fierce wind.

When the shockwave dissipated, everyone was shocked to find that Li Tianxiang had lost an arm and was blown a hundred meters away by Lu Wangchuan, gasping for breath, clearly severely injured.

"So strong!"

Everyone's hearts skipped a beat again. Li Tianxiang himself was at the Condensing Truth Realm cultivation level, and coupled with the spiritual energy specifically channeled to him by the Second Elder just now, the strength he unleashed was definitely not weaker than Yun Mengyao's.

But in a single collision, he still failed and lost an arm.

Lu Wangchuan's strength was actually this terrifying?

"If I wasn't mistaken just now, did a phantom image of a dragon elephant appear behind him?"

"It's Prajna Dragon Elephant, he actually cultivated Prajna Dragon Elephant!"

"My heavens."

At this moment, everyone's hearts trembled again. They were already extremely shocked by Lu Wangchuan's powerful cultivation, but they didn't expect him to have also cultivated Prajna Dragon Elephant.

Everyone knew how difficult this technique was to cultivate. In each generation of the entire sect, there were almost never more than two people who cultivated it. Among the younger generation, only Zhao Yanlong, the Sect Leader's son, had cultivated it.

They never expected Lu Wangchuan to have cultivated it now as well.

How monstrous must his talent be to achieve this step?

"Li Tianxiang, you dare to casually attack and injure a fellow disciple, you're courting death!"

While surprised by Lu Wangchuan's strength, Cheng Yunxiao quickly began to attack Li Tianxiang. With a roar, he directly stepped forward.

The Second Elder dared not let his precious grandson fall into his hands and immediately moved to block him.

"Tianxiang is my grandson, who dares touch him?"

The two were stronger in cultivation. During their confrontation, the terrifying pressure made all the disciples present tremble with fear.

But at this moment, an even more terrifying pressure erupted.

"Are the two elders also going to fight? What kind of behavior is this?"

Along with a faint voice, the next second, the two immediately stopped and bowed to the direction the voice came from, along with all the disciples present.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

Lu Wangchuan's gaze swept over.

It was his first time seeing the Divine Water Sect's Sect Leader. He looked to be around forty years old, dressed in a white robe, with jet-black hair and beard. His eyes flashed with brilliance, revealing a hint of immortal aura.

This person was very strong!

Lu Wangchuan could clearly feel that he was several times stronger than Cheng Yunxiao and the Second Elder.

The Sect Leader also glanced at him and smiled slightly.

"The younger generation is formidable."

Lu Wangchuan remained silent. The Sect Leader continued.

"Li Tianxiang violated the sect rules and is to face the wall for three years. Second Elder, as an elder, you interfered in a junior's duel without authorization, which is unbecoming. Compensate Lu Wangchuan with fifty Divine Blood Pills, and this matter will be settled."

"Yes!"

The Second Elder knew he was in the wrong and dared not disobey. He raised his hand and threw a porcelain bottle to Lu Wangchuan.

Lu Wangchuan didn't stand on ceremony and directly accepted it.

After eating the pills and increasing his cultivation, he would be able to beat him up later!

The Sect Leader spoke again.

"Since Lu Wangchuan won the challenge, he will henceforth be the Peak Master of Still Water Peak. His status will be elevated to Elder level, and his resources and treatment will be double that of a Peak Master."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's hearts were filled with surprise.

One must know that as a peak master, the resources one receives are already considerable. Historically, there have been peak masters who received double the resources, but they were all individuals who had made significant contributions to the sect.

However, Lu Wangchuan had not made any significant contributions yet received double the resources, which was truly rare and clearly showed the Sect Leader's intentional favoritism.

Lu Wangchuan didn't hesitate and immediately cupped his hands in thanks.

"Thank you, Sect Leader."

"You're welcome, this is what you deserve. Today's ceremony ends here and will continue tomorrow. Disciples of each peak, I hope you will take Wangchuan as your goal, strive diligently, improve your cultivation, and do not slack off."

"Understood!"

After saying this, the Sect Leader turned and left. The Second Elder's faction also withdrew. Some of the remaining disciples dispersed, while others stood in the distance, looking at Lu Wangchuan with admiration and envy.

Cheng Yunxiao, Lin Qingxue, and others came to Lu Wangchuan's side, looking at the young man before them, filled with emotion.

This was just a young man who hadn't even reached twenty years old!

In the world of martial artists, decades were but a fleeting day. How many people could achieve what Lu Wangchuan had at the age of nineteen?

There was no doubt that Lu Wangchuan would surely become an existence to be looked up to in the future.

"Brat, you must have hidden your cultivation again."

Cheng Yunxiao laughed and cursed, punching Lu Wangchuan in the chest.

Lu Wangchuan smiled calmly and casually made an excuse.

"It was unavoidable. If I were too high-profile, Yun Mengyao would avoid fighting, and I wouldn't be able to forcibly take Still Water Peak."

Cheng Yunxiao nodded, his eyes full of appreciation.

With such strong cultivation, yet able to remain calm, Lu Wangchuan's temperament, intelligence, and talent were truly rare in the world!