"Give it a rest!" Old Man Peacock Kong Qiang sneered. "How could this old man be as famous in the Heavenly Alliance as Golden-Armored Divine Man Yang Xia? You've grown accustomed to the Dao Alliance—you've even learned True Person Ji Yan's hypocritical mannerisms to perfection!"
True Person Xiyue was rather embarrassed, not knowing how to respond, while Yang Xia burst into laughter. "Haha, Xiyue, don't listen to this old peacock's nonsense. He's jealous of my Mei Xuanling! Nine out of ten disciples Peacock Mountain Villa sent into the Dao Alliance were discovered. Now all their earlier plans have come to nothing—he's the one who drew water with a bamboo basket and ended up empty-handed! Oh, not to mention you emptied out Chongxi Sect. Every secret art and cultivation technique now belongs to my Mei Xuanling!"
"Tch..." Old Man Peacock snorted disdainfully. "Perhaps before this, this old man truly would have been jealous! But once Fellow Daoist Zhang Xiaohua's immortal cultivation techniques were announced, hehe, do you think this old man would still care about Chongxi Sect's trash techniques?"
"Kong Qiang!!" Yang Xia seemed somewhat angered as he growled, "Isn't it merely Fellow Daoist Zhang's cultivation technique? It was created by Zhang Xiaohua himself—what does it have to do with you? Fellow Daoist Zhang merely used Peacock Mountain Villa's hand to give the techniques to the Heavenly Alliance! And don't forget, besides Peacock Mountain Villa, Xinming Sect of the Guangqing Immortal Alliance also offered up jade slips containing cultivation techniques! Hmph, if you have the ability, why don't you complete the final three realms of the Nascent Soul cultivation method?"
"Hehe, what's wrong?" Seeing Yang Xia grow angry, Old Man Peacock instead smiled. "Fellow Daoist Yang, are you angry? Oh, no, that's not right. You're not angry—you're jealous! This old man