A Once-in-a-Millennium Opportunity: The Contest of the Perfumers (Part 1)

When Hai Hong spoke of Jiu Yan, Jiu Yan's group in the distance had also nearly finished their discussion. Thanks to Zhan Shuicheng's feline might, even Daoist Huifeng, who had originally been the most wary, was thrown into utter disarray. Ruizhu Palace also played a part in this—or, more precisely, the special relationship between Yu Qing Xuan and the Shangqing Sect. Although, at the end of the previous calamity, Tai Xuan Demon Mother, Yu Qing Xuan, and the Shangqing Sect had fallen out bitterly for all sorts of complicated reasons, the Shangqing Sect's mark upon Yu Qing Xuan could never be washed away. After the Shangqing Sect's destruction, she had achieved more than any other "Shangqing person," which gave her an exceptionally different standing in the eyes of old remnants like Daoist Huifeng. Back then, the elders of Wu Yu and Daoist Wuhui had not failed to consider seeking Yu Qing Xuan's help, yet they had been unable even to find the door. Their elders' defeats and ruin had unconsciously made Daoist Huifeng regard Jiu Yan even more highly. He could not help wondering whether that set of Four Spirits Dharma Aspect techniques had come from Ruizhu Palace, from Yu Qing Xuan's gift. If they could use Jiu Yan to forge a connection with Ruizhu Palace, perhaps their remnant lineage would not have to struggle so bitterly any longer. By the end, Daoist Huifeng was already somewhat absent-minded, nearly forgetting how the agreement had been reached. He only knew that Jiu Yan had ultimately agreed to exchange the mental method of the Four Spirits Dharma Aspect with them. As for what their side had paid... uh, what had they paid again? Jiu Yan descended the cliff with Wu Yu and the other two, and Daoist Huifeng's thoughts naturally could not