Heavenly Spirit Root Exposed

"Today, no matter who comes, I'm taking this disciple!"

Lu Chen stared coldly at Lin Tianhe.

Though the main hall of the House of Ten Thousand Beauties was packed, everyone watched Lin Tianhe and the masked expert with bated breath.

The masked expert's origins were mysterious, and he never showed his true face.

But the masked expert's performance at the marketplace last night had truly knocked everyone's eyes out of their sockets.

He had actually given an incomparably precious Foundation Establishment Pill to Zhao Hong, who had been on the verge of drawing his last breath.

And after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhao Hong had actually succeeded in Foundation Establishment before everyone's very eyes.

The news instantly spread throughout all of Hehuan Town.

That was why so many people had been waiting in the House of Ten Thousand Beauties' main hall so early tonight.

They had all come seeking pills!

Who could have expected Lin Tianhe, an elder of the Lin Household, to suddenly step out and stop them?

The little girl was actually from the Lin Household.

And the Lin Household and Yun Household were the two great cultivation lineages of Hehuan Town.

The Lin Household had thoroughly offended the masked expert last night.

But the Lin Household had confidence.

They had the backing of an elder within the Joyful Union Sect, and they also had countless tangled ties with the Sacred Pill Sect.

Even the Yun Household was unwilling to offend the Lin Household lightly.

Yet now, the masked expert actually dared to go head-to-head with the Lin Household.

He simply did not take the Lin Household's backers seriously at all.

The two sides stood with swords drawn and bows bent.

Meanwhile, the onlookers around them were tense beyond measure.

"Good. If you've got the guts, then don't leave!"

Lin Tianhe glared furiously at Lu Chen.

"Lin Tianhe, you dare threaten my master right in front of me, Zhao Hong? Do you take me, Zhao Hong, for someone invisible?"

Zhao Hong clenched both fists and glared at Lin Tianhe.

"Zhao Hong, you are nothing more than a side-branch descendant of the Zhao Household. Who do you think you are? Even a direct descendant of the Zhao Household would not dare act so wildly before me!"

Lin Tianhe said disdainfully.

"Lin Tianhe, have you forgotten that I am no longer the Zhao Hong I once was? I have now succeeded in Foundation Establishment. So what if you have an elder from the Joyful Union Sect as your backer?"

Zhao Hong gave a light laugh.

A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm was a key figure nurtured by any cultivation lineage.

Once the Zhao Household received news that he had successfully established his foundation, they would certainly send people to invite him back.

"You..."

Lin Tianhe was both shocked and enraged upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Lu Chen finally let out a breath of relief.

The Zhao Household of Cangyue City behind Zhao Hong was no weak force either.

"So what if it is the Zhao Household? How dare you look down on my Joyful Union Sect?"

Just then, a voice came from outside.

Lu Chen looked up and saw a masked woman in purple striding in from outside.

"Yue'er, you're back?"

The moment Lin Tianhe saw her, he was overjoyed.

"Lin Yue?"

Yun Feiyan, the Joyful Union Sect's senior sister who was hidden among the crowd, could not help frowning at the sight of the woman.

"Why is she here?"

Jiang Yurou beside her was equally surprised.

"Hmph, I thought some great expert was here. Turns out it is merely an ant who has just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, spouting wild boasts. You dare look down on my Joyful Union Sect? Believe it or not, I can slap you to death right now!"

The newcomer looked coldly at Zhao Hong.

"I heard someone from the Lin Household entered the Joyful Union Sect and was favored by one of its elders, becoming her personal disciple. That person is you, isn't it?"

Zhao Hong looked solemnly at the newcomer.

"That's right. I am Lin Yue."

The woman in purple said proudly.

"She is Lin Yue?"

"I heard that several years ago, she was tested to possess a high-grade Fire Spiritual Root. Elder Su Mei of the Joyful Union Sect accepted her as a personal disciple. She has already reached the great completion of Foundation Establishment and is one of the Joyful Union Sect's three great genius disciples."

"Yes. Ever since the Lin Household produced this heaven-favored daughter, they have soared into the sky and can now stand toe-to-toe with the Yun Household."

"I heard Elder Su Mei is one of the Joyful Union Sect's two great Alchemical Masters!"

The cultivators in the main hall whispered among themselves, all staring at Lin Yue in shock.

"You petty rat, why have you not returned my Lin Household's person to us?"

Lin Yue looked arrogantly at the masked Lu Chen.

"Who are you calling a petty rat?"

Zhao Hong instantly flew into a rage.

"Zhao Hong, do you truly want to die?"

Lin Yue looked coldly at Zhao Hong.

She was already at the great completion of Foundation Establishment, only one step away from condensing a Golden Core. In her eyes, Zhao Hong was no more than an ant.

"You..."

Zhao Hong was shocked and furious.

Yet he still shielded Lu Chen behind him.

"Hmph!"

Lin Yue sneered, and with a flash, instantly appeared before Zhao Hong.

Slap!

She directly slapped Zhao Hong across the face.

Zhao Hong could not react at all.

He was sent stumbling to one side.

Lin Yue grabbed Xixi, the little girl beside Lu Chen, and in the next instant, pulled her back to where she had originally been standing.

Her movements were so fast that everyone only saw a blur before Zhao Hong stumbled aside and the little girl was dragged back.

"Let go of Xixi! Xixi wants to take big brother as her master!"

The little girl struggled and shouted.

"You..."

Lu Chen looked coldly at Lin Yue.

"Little girl, wouldn't returning with big sister to the Joyful Union Sect give you a much brighter future than following this petty rat?"

Lin Yue ignored Lu Chen. With a flick of her right hand, a pearl the size of an egg immediately appeared in her palm.

"Little girl, take this pearl!"

Lin Yue smiled as she handed the pearl, wreathed in spiritual light, to the little girl.

"What a pretty pearl..."

The little girl's attention was immediately drawn to it.

"This is bad..."

The moment Lu Chen saw the pearl, he could not help being startled.

He watched helplessly as the little girl accepted the pearl from Lin Yue.

That was a Spirit-Testing Pearl!

The Joyful Union Sect used it specifically to test the Spiritual Roots of those wishing to enter the sect.

Boom!

The next instant, a crimson pillar of light erupted from the Spirit-Testing Pearl, shooting straight toward the stars like a scarlet pillar of fire.

The skies above the House of Ten Thousand Beauties immediately changed color.

Half the heavens were illuminated by that pillar of light.

Even from the summit of Hehuan Mountain, the light pillar could be seen clearly.

Lu Chen clenched his fists.

This was utterly outrageous.

The little girl's Heavenly Spirit Root could no longer be hidden.

"Spiritual light piercing the heavens, a natural celestial phenomenon... a Heavenly Spirit Root?"

Lin Yue was dumbfounded.

Even in her dreams, she had never imagined that the little girl possessed a Heavenly Spirit Root.

Yun Feiyan and Jiang Yurou were dumbfounded as well.

Even Jiang Yingyue, a supreme elder of the Joyful Union Sect, was stunned by this sight.

As for everyone else in the main hall, they were completely stupefied.

This was a Heavenly Spirit Root!

The last time the Joyful Union Sect had detected a Heavenly Spirit Root had been several years ago.

"And it is even a fire-element Heavenly Spirit Root..."

Lin Yue was so excited that even her voice trembled.

"Damn it!"

Lu Chen was utterly frustrated. If Lin Yue had not pulled this stunt, the little girl would already have become his disciple.

Now that the little girl had been found to possess a fire-element Heavenly Spirit Root, the heavenly phenomenon it had triggered would undoubtedly alert those great figures within the Joyful Union Sect.

Those great figures of the Joyful Union Sect certainly would not be able to sit still.

A figure shot out from a palace atop Hehuan Mountain.

She stood suspended high in the sky, transcendent and ethereal, like a celestial maiden descending from the Ninth Heavens.

She was Ye Chenyu, the Joyful Union Sect's sect master.

Two more figures shot out from the other peaks.

They were both beings as beautiful as immortals.

"A Heavenly Spirit Root..."

Ye Chenyu stared in shock at the crimson radiance below the mountain.

"Heaven truly favors my Joyful Union Sect. Whoever this person is, she must enter my Joyful Union Sect!"

As she spoke, Ye Chenyu stepped onto a flying sword and rushed down the mountain.

"Senior Sister Sect Master, my Green Bamboo Peak is in need of an inheritor. Don't fight me for her."

"Hmph! If you want to take a Heavenly Spirit Root as a disciple, then each of us must rely on our own ability!"

The two great elders simultaneously raised their escape lights and rushed down the mountain.

"Haha... A Heavenly Spirit Root has appeared. This trip has not been in vain!"

An old man in white stood atop a flying vessel, his wide sleeves billowing as he sped toward Hehuan Town.

"You despicable, shameless petty rat! You actually tried to abduct my Lin Household's Heavenly Spirit Root! I, Lin Yue, will never be done with you!"

Lin Yue glared furiously at Lu Chen.

At this moment, the light pillar vanished, and the glow of the Spirit-Testing Pearl faded.

Everyone was left frozen as wooden chickens by what they had just witnessed.

"Where is the Heavenly Spirit Root?"

Just then, an icy voice rang out from outside.