The Immortal Bone Mirror was brought forth. Immortal patterns flowed across its smooth surface, and the entire mirror exhaled a terrifying aura! Even a great figure like Yu He could not help but feel awe beneath the Immortal Bone Mirror's presence!
The Immortal Bone Mirror shone upon Li Qiye. His Longevity Wheel and Fate Palace emerged one by one in its reflection! His Longevity Wheel slowly turned, his blood vitality was ordinary, his Fate Palace remained unopened—the sign of a Mortal Fate!
"Mortal Physique, Mortal Meridians, Mortal Fate. The Fate Palace has not been opened; he has yet to cultivate. He carries no Immortal Emperor treasure!" In the end, Yu He reached his conclusion!
Knocking open the Fate Palace was the lowest realm for cultivators. So long as one cultivated, even with dreadful aptitude, one could open the Fate Palace in as little as a day or at most ten days or so. Yet Li Qiye's Fate Palace remained unopened. There was no sign that he had cultivated.
Before the Immortal Bone Mirror, Li Qiye had nowhere to hide. Everything was laid bare before everyone's eyes.
"Protector Xu, Protector Yu, are you satisfied now?" Protector Mo said coldly. Being forced to use the Immortal Bone Mirror was nothing less than a disgrace to the Washing Yan Ancient Sect!
"My apologies." Yu He was still a man of bearing. He nodded and said, "Li Qiye did not cheat!"
With Yu He's acknowledgment, everyone was left speechless! Yet they still found it difficult to believe that a thirteen-year-old boy could pass through the Mind Chaos Forest. A person with a Mortal Physique, Mortal Meridians, and Mortal Fate, who had not even begun to cultivate—such a person was trash in the eyes of all cultivators! And yet this trash had passed through the Mind Chaos Forest.
"But... this, this, this is impossible!" Xu Hui could not accept such a fact.
Li Qiye glanced at him and slowly said, "It seems you're unconvinced. Fine, I'll make you crawl through while kneeling soon enough. What is so remarkable about the Mind Chaos Forest? Only an idiot like you would stop at the seventh level. Open your dog eyes wide, and I'll walk through it again for you to see." With that, he turned and entered the Mind Chaos Forest.
At this moment, countless pairs of eyes were fixed tightly upon the Mind Chaos Forest. Everyone feared missing even the slightest detail.
"The first level, the second level, the third level..." Nan Huairen's gaze followed Li Qiye's steps as he counted level after level.
"The fourteenth level!" Nan Huairen finally cried out. Though he had witnessed the miracle with his own eyes once again, he was still utterly shocked. This was simply a freak!
Everyone present was rendered speechless. Even someone like Yu He remained silent for a long time. After the Immortal Bone Mirror's examination, Yu He knew clearly that Li Qiye's innate gifts and physique were not worth mentioning. Yet now, he possessed an incomparable Dao Heart, a Dao Heart that could not be shaken.
A thirteen-year-old boy possessed an unshakable Dao Heart—what kind of tempering had he undergone? Yu He could not believe it. He had cultivated for more than a thousand years, yet even he could not possibly possess such a Dao Heart!
"Crawl over." Li Qiye returned, spread his legs apart, glanced sidelong at Xu Hui, and said flatly.
"You—" Xu Hui trembled all over, his face deathly pale. Before so many people, he had to kneel and crawl beneath Li Qiye's crotch. Where could he ever put his face afterward?
"Our Nine Sacred Demon Gate can afford to lose! Since it was a wager, you must accept the loss if you lose!" Yu He nodded and said, "Xu Hui, you proposed this bet. Go fulfill your promise."
Xu Hui nearly fainted. Now that Protector Yu had spoken, even his master could not save him. His face alternated between red and green. Finally, gritting his teeth, he dropped to his knees before Li Qiye. His body remained stiff for a long, long time. At this moment, he was enduring the most humiliating time of his life.
In the end, Xu Hui had no choice but to crawl beneath Li Qiye's crotch! Once Xu Hui had crawled through, Li Qiye planted a foot on him, looked down at him, and said, "If others respect me by an inch, I respect them by a foot. But if others offend me by an inch, then I offend them by a foot! So-called genius disciples are nothing in my eyes, and the Nine Sacred Demon Gate amounts to nothing in my view!" With that, he turned and sauntered away!
"Pfft—" Xu Hui trembled from head to toe, spat out a mouthful of blood, and collapsed to the ground. He had fainted from rage.
"Hui'er—" Protector Xu hurriedly lifted Xu Hui and massaged his channels for him!
Everyone present was stunned. So arrogant, so tyrannical—this was merely trash with a Mortal Physique! It was simply too unbelievable, utterly impossible!
Yet Li Qiye, with his Mortal Physique, still spoke such wild words. He had not even cultivated the dao arts, yet he dared proclaim that he did not regard the Nine Sacred Demon Gate as worthy of notice!
After returning to the main peak, Protector Xu, Yu He, and Protector Mo resumed their seats. Li Qiye sat below them, calm and at ease. His manner made countless disciples of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate want to slap him viciously!
Protector Xu stared at Li Qiye, venomous resentment flickering in his frightening gaze! His beloved disciple had suffered such a blow; as the master, naturally he shared his enemy's hatred. Li Qiye humiliating his disciple was the same as humiliating him!
At this moment, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen both felt strange inside. Li Qiye, a disciple who had joined the Nine Sacred Demon Gate only days ago, was so arrogant that others would think him ignorant and courting death.
Yet upon careful thought, he did not seem arrogant at all. Everything he had said appeared to be nothing more than a statement of fact.
For a moment, Protector Mo and Nan Huairen could not understand Li Qiye, much less see through him. A commoner with a Mortal Physique, who had yet to cultivate and had no patron behind him—what capital did he possess to be so arrogant? What capital did he possess to make an enemy of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate?
"Since the written examination has been passed, let us hurry up with the martial examination." Li Qiye lightly tapped the table with his fingers and said with an unhurried smile.
Li Qiye's words were far too arrogant. Had it not been for his earlier performance, the disciples of the Nine Sacred Demon Gate would likely have drowned him in spittle. But now, they could not help falling silent. Li Qiye had not merely humiliated Xu Hui mercilessly—he had also slapped the Nine Sacred Demon Gate hard across the face.
Even Yu He could not help looking at Li Qiye strangely. As a powerful figure qualified to be granted the title of marquis, as a great man capable of stirring up storms in a region, what storms had he not weathered?
Before this, he had thought Li Qiye's ignorance terrifying, his arrogance so extreme that one might take him for a madman. But upon careful reflection now, Li Qiye seemed to truly possess the capital for it!
What backing could an ordinary man who had not even cultivated dao arts possibly have to provoke the Nine Sacred Demon Gate? Could it be that the Washing Yan Ancient Sect possessed some hidden trump card?
As the chief protector, Yu He immediately dismissed the thought. The Nine Sacred Demon Gate knew the Washing Yan Ancient Sect's circumstances all too well over these years. If the Washing Yan Ancient Sect still had some reserve capable of provoking the Nine Sacred Demon Gate, it would not have fallen into such straits over the years, nor would it have been forced to submit to the Treasure Saint Empire!
Moreover, the Nine Sacred Demon Gate had accurate intelligence regarding Li Qiye's entry into the Washing Yan Ancient Sect. Li Qiye had merely used the Washing Yan Ancient Token to become the Washing Yan Ancient Sect's Chief Disciple. Even the sect's six Grand Elders did not think much of him.
What kind of divine ability did someone with neither backing nor support possess? Yu He could not make sense of it at all!
Coming back to himself, Yu He slowly said, "Xu Hui is unwell at present. Since you insist on the martial examination, our Nine Sacred Demon Gate can give you another opponent."
"Reporting to Protector, I am fine." At this moment, Xu Hui stepped forward again. He stood ramrod straight, his face pale, yet he still held his head high. When his gaze swept toward Li Qiye, it was filled with such viciousness that he wished he could tear Li Qiye to pieces, even bite him to death!
Li Qiye had humiliated him so thoroughly. Xu Hui swore that he would personally kill Li Qiye, make him wish he were dead, and wash away his shame with Li Qiye's blood!
Xu Hui stood straight, preserving the last shred of his confidence. With his head held high, he firmly said to Yu He, "Protector, I can fight again!"
Yu He could not help frowning slightly. Naturally, he understood what Xu Hui was thinking, and he said slowly, "Nephew Xu, you are not fit to fight now."
This matter was of great importance to the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. Li Qiye had already won one round.
"Brother Yu, Xu Hui has always possessed a resolute temperament. Even after suffering such a blow, he will not abandon himself to despair. He is someone who advances against hardship. Give him one chance." Protector Xu fought for an opportunity for his disciple.
Xu Hui gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Protector, if anything happens to me in the martial examination, I shall atone to the sect with my death!" For the sake of revenge, he issued a military pledge!
Yu He fell into thought. Among the younger generation of disciples, Xu Hui had reached the True Fate Realm and was advancing toward the Canopy realm. At his age, he could be considered outstanding within the Nine Sacred Demon Gate. There were not many disciples among the younger generation stronger than him. Moreover, he cultivated the great sage-level fate art, the Fierce Slaughter Sword Art!
Yu He knew the power of this sword art. If Xu Hui truly fought with his life on the line, then not to mention the Washing Yan Ancient Sect, even the Nine Sacred Demon Gate had only a few younger disciples capable of defeating him. Only a true genius like Leng Chengfeng possessed such strength!
"Brother Yu, Xu Hui has always been strong. Nothing will go wrong. Give him one chance." Protector Xu hurriedly said.
Yu He considered it carefully. If even Xu Hui failed while fighting with all his life, then among the Nine Sacred Demon Gate's younger generation, only a genius like Leng Chengfeng could act—or Princess Li Yanshuang herself. Only then would they have absolute certainty!
Furthermore, Li Qiye had not even cultivated dao arts. Yu He refused to believe that Li Qiye could defeat an expert in the True Fate Realm, one who cultivated a great sage-level cultivation art, through martial skill alone!
"Fine, you shall meet the challenge!" After turning the matter over and over in his mind, Yu He finally agreed to Xu Hui's request to fight.
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