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Chapter 343: Only I Reign Supreme
The sun sank in the west.
Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling strolled through the bustling dining hall.
Unlike the food of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, most of the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect's specialties involved fire.
Wherever Chen Beiwu looked, he saw either spirit beast meat roasted golden or slow-simmered soups bubbling furiously with flames.
"Try these earth dragon tendons. They're supposedly made from roasted brocade-feathered chicken tendons. Very chewy."
Xu Lingling expertly bought two portions of barbecue and handed one to Chen Beiwu.
"Delicious."
Chen Beiwu took it and tried a bite, finding that the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect's barbecue did indeed have a distinctive flavor.
At his words, Xu Lingling beamed. "These are just appetizers. I'll take you to try the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect's delicacies later."
While Chen Beiwu and Xu Lingling chatted happily, the atmosphere in an elegant waterside pavilion a short distance across from the dining hall was entirely different.
Tea fragrance curled through the pavilion.
The young prodigies seated together were distracted, with no interest in savoring their tea.
"There are plenty of opponents this year. Shall we join forces?"
A sharp-featured young man with tiny arcs of electricity flickering at his fingertips suddenly spoke.
Among the Ten Immortal Sects, the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect ranked highest, in fourth place.
As the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect's First Seat, Lei Hao had a simple goal this year: aim for third and secure fourth, making the top four in the Dao Discussion Battles if possible, and even contending with the Three Upper Immortal Sects.
"Would joining forces help? Every Immortal Sect Exchange Assembly talks about 'exchanging knowledge and learning from one another' and 'a hundred schools contending,' but once the fighting reaches its end, the result never changes."
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