The Celebration Came to an End

The battle between Sect Master Lu and Young Master Lu ended in a draw, and all the prodigies felt a surge of pride, sweeping away their pent-up frustration.

Those cultivators who had scattered their cultivation and were starting over looked solemn. They were sandwiched between High Antiquity geniuses from the Heavenly Court and contemporary prodigies. They feared that the final outcome of the great struggle would have nothing to do with them.

From the stands, Qiu Jinan withdrew his gaze, savoring the battle that had just transpired, and slowly exhaled. "The younger generation is truly formidable."

Jiang Qun asked curiously, "Does this mean that Sect Master Lu possesses such combat power at such a young age?"

"No, I mean he's even better at lying than that old scoundrel, Bu Yu."

"When the 'Silent Old Thief' was his age, his scamming skills were still quite rudimentary. Of course, I was quite rudimentary back then too, and I was fooled time and time again."

"Lu Yang is different. His deception is flawless. He's not just fooling a few people; he's fooling everyone in the world."

Jiang Qun: "..."

He was very fortunate to have been born late, not in the same era as the Silent Daoist, otherwise how unlucky would he have been?

"However, there's one good thing about Lu Yang: he only lies to outsiders, not his own people."

"I need to get Bai Ming to spend more time with Lu Yang. Bai Ming has some talent, and he's quite smart, but compared to Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, he's far inferior."

Yang Ding chimed in, "Tian Zhi is even worse than Bai Ming; he's a bit stubborn. He should learn more from Lu Yang."

Luo Hongxia wouldn't allow her good disciple to get close to Lu Yang; what would happen if they did?

Even the abstinence master dared not let his disciple get too close to Lu Yang. A monk does not lie, and he could not let his disciple be corrupted by Lu Yang.

The Immortal Fairy regained control of Lu Yang's body and happily returned to the center of the judges' panel.

"Everyone's busy, shall we continue the game?"

The competition is only halfway through; there are still several more matches to go.

The competition proceeded smoothly, with the late-stage Golden Core group, the Nascent Soul Early Stage group, and so on. Every now and then, astonishing cultivators would appear, not because of their amazing combat strength, but because of their amazing ideas.

The Luoshui Guards and the Immortal Sect secretly observed the people who were going to take the stage, trying to figure out which ones might be ancient cultivators who had scattered their cultivation and were now rebuilding, which ones might be powerful figures pretending to be weak while actually being strong, or which ones might be some other kind of trickery, such as Kong Hao who had the old Taotie sealed inside his body.

The Immortal Fairy and the Sect Master were also discussing the suspicious cultivator.

As the competition drew to a close and the list was compiled, the remaining tasks were handed over to the imperial court to investigate the lives of these individuals.

After ten days of exciting competition, the tournament came to an end, and the Ask Dao Sect celebration also came to a close.

"It's finally over."

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He had been busy with everything throughout the entire celebration, and the Immortal Fairy hadn't been able to help at all.

"Second-in-command, well done!" The Immortal Fairy didn't hold back her verbal praise.

Lu Yang dared not take credit and quickly said politely, "It's all thanks to the fairy's skillful use of people, grabbing one person and using him to the extreme."

"Sect Master Lu, when you come to the capital one day, you must visit my residence. I want to give you a proper welcome!"

The eldest prince recognized Lu Yang's talent and saw him as a great help when he later declined the throne.

Not to mention that Sect Master Lu could affectionately call Yun Zhi "Yun Yatou," a relationship he dared not even think too deeply about.

The celebration has ended, and the final distribution of spoils is underway.

Surrounded by the crowd, Luo Hongxia took out a tightly wrapped treasure box.

"Be gentle, don't break the treasure box."

"... This is a treasure of my celestial palace, not your makeup box."

Luo Hongxia activated the treasure box, which emitted beams of light that captured everyone inside.

Inside the treasure box, the Great Yu cultivators were still desperately pounding against the barrier. The three Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators joined forces, unleashing earth-shattering moves, but they were helpless against the treasure box sealed by a drop of Yun Zhi's blood.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. The Imperial Preceptor is still outside. Maybe a fight has already broken out outside. The Imperial Preceptor will come to save us!" Venerable Black and White encouraged everyone.

He calculated the time; the celebration was almost over, the perfect opportunity for the Imperial Preceptor to make his move.

"Look, the seal has been broken!" The Black and White Venerable pointed to the light in the distance and exclaimed in surprise, rekindling hope in the hearts of the Great Yu cultivators.

Unexpectedly, after the seal was broken, they were faced with a swarm of Great Xia cultivators.

"Our Lock Heart Sect contributed significantly to the capture; we deserve to receive a Great Yu cultivator!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Old Li, have you forgotten that you beat all the cultivators from the Great Yu Dynasty to my Breaking Void Sect during the competition?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Gambling is illegal. Who gambled with you?"

"... Have you no shame?"

"Take my advice, everyone sit down and talk about how to divide the Great Yu cultivators." As a newly Tribulation Transcendence Transcending stage cultivator, Lu Baqian took the initiative to stand up and organize order.

Since it involved the interests of many people, they argued endlessly, their faces turning red with anger. Fortunately, Lu Baqian stepped in and diverted everyone's attention.

After everyone focused their attacks and dealt a severe blow to Lu Baqian, Venerable Yiqi finally stepped in to organize the overall situation.

Lu Yang yawned repeatedly as he listened to the discussion, not caring about the final result. He only knew that the strongest cultivator among the Great Yu cultivators, the Black and White Venerable, had been assigned to the Ask Dao Sect.

As for the rest, let them continue their discussion.

"By the way, Venerable One, what have you decided to do with the old Taotie?" Lu Yang asked Venerable One Qi before leaving the treasure box.

At the time, his identity was that of Young Master Lu, and it was inconvenient for him to pay attention to Kong Hao's situation.

"Kong Hao said he'll continue sealing away the old Taotie and try to live peacefully with it. He believes he can eventually win it over and make it his friend."

"Alright, that's one option." Lu Yang was somewhat worried about Kong Hao.

The old Taotie is far inferior to the Immortal Fairy. The Immortal Fairy is beautiful and kind-hearted, loved by everyone, harmless, and wouldn't harm herself. The old Taotie, on the other hand, is an old demon who might scheme against Kong Hao at any time.

However, this was ultimately Kong Hao's own choice, and he couldn't interfere.

The eldest sister carried the Black and White Venerable and Lu Yang away from the treasure box.

"Speaking of which, where exactly did the Imperial Preceptor go?"

After leaving the treasure box, Lu Yang suddenly remembered that the Imperial Preceptor had not shown up at all, and the Eldest Senior Sister had not been found either.

He had expected something to happen at the end of the celebration, and had been on guard for a long time, but nothing came of it.

"Strange, could it have sensed something was wrong and run away first?" Lu Yang thought to himself that this Imperial Preceptor was really not easy to deal with.

"Huh? We're at the barbecue restaurant?" Lu Yang looked up and saw that they had just arrived at the barbecue restaurant. Chef Liu and Chef Gao were setting up the grill, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi, and the three ghosts were cleaning up the dishes, and the leader was sweeping and mopping the floor. It was a scene of closing time.

I was hoping to get something to eat, but seeing how things are going, I guess I shouldn't reopen.

"Lu Yang has arrived, please come in." The sect leader warmly invited Lu Yang in.

Within the Ask Dao Sect, Lu Yang was their powerful backer.

Come to think of it, why am I being so enthusiastic towards Lu Yang? Is it because he's Yun Zhi's junior brother? I feel like there's some other reason.

Who told me to be polite to Lu Yang, even more so than to him?

Who said that to me?

Seeing the cult leader in a daze, Lu Yang asked curiously, "Is something the matter?"

The cult leader snapped out of his daze, realizing his rudeness. "Oh, it's nothing, please sit down."

Lu Yang looked around and felt someone was missing. "Where's the Immortal Immortal? Is he at the breeding farm?"

"Who?"

I recommend a book by a fellow author. It's one of the few, or even the only one on Qidian, purely rule-based supernatural tales. According to him, he already closed the logical chain before writing it. Those interested can check it out.