Luo Xingcai likewise furrowed her delicate brows. "Isn't doing this just humiliating her? You're fellow disciples, after all. Why go this far?"
Hearing this, Jiang Yantian froze for a moment.
Then he burst out laughing. "Master, you haven't changed. You're still so biased!"
"What I'm doing counts as humiliating Ye Feng? But when Ye Feng insulted me while I was enforcing the rules, you didn't say a word!"
Luo Xingcai was momentarily speechless.
Strictly speaking, she had indeed been biased.
She had even voiced her doubts that day.
Knowing she was somewhat in the wrong, she could only say, "She... she's my disciple, after all!"
"Oh, so that's it. She's your disciple, but I'm not?"
"You... you are too..."
Jiang Yantian swept his black robe aside and snorted coldly. "Then why, from beginning to end, have you only had eyes for that heaven's chosen, Ye Feng?"
"Or do you only value those with outstanding talent, favoring whoever is more gifted?"
"I..." Luo Xingcai actually had no idea what to say.
His words grated on her ears, yet they were so true to reality.
It seemed she really had neglected the disciple before her, barely ever looking after him in the past.
Jiang Yantian had somehow become an elder, and she had only learned of it after the fact.
Some of the resources in the past had also gone to Ye Feng, Tantai Yue, and the others with greater talent.
Perhaps, deep down, she had been prejudiced against Jiang Yantian all along.
Jiang Yantian continued with a smile, "If talent really is what you value, then Master, shouldn't you favor me more now?"
"If you could hold the bowl of water level, I'd have nothing to say. But if you're still going to play favorites, I can only tell you this: stay the fuck out of my business!"
Someone as proud as Luo Xingcai had never been spoken to like this.
Her delicate body trembled with anger. "Jiang Yantian, you... how dare you!"
"How dare I? Master, do you really want to see how far I'll dare go with you?" Jiang Yantian's voice was low, his gaze utterly piercing.
Luo Xingcai sensed the fluctuations from Jiang Yantian expanding. He truly was furious.
Was he going to attack?
"Ye Feng is mine to deal with. Even the sect master can't save her. Master, let your disciple offer you a word of advice: there are times you shouldn't play the good person!"
Jiang Yantian refused to yield an inch, his presence surging.
"And what if I insist on protecting her today?" Luo Xingcai was angered too.
At this point, it was no longer a matter of Ye Feng.
"Then let's see what you're capable of!" A faint smile appeared on Jiang Yantian's face.
"Oh, Master, there's something I've wanted to say to you for a long time!"
Seeing that he was already about to fight her, Luo Xingcai assumed it was another threat. "Then say it!"
Jiang Yantian pointed at Luo Xingcai's twin peaks. "Lemme see those titties!"
Luo Xingcai froze instantly, lowered her head to glance at her peaks, and erupted with fury!
"You... lecher! Treacherous disciple!!!"
Clang!
The sound of a blade leaving its sheath rang out.
Luo Xingcai's Water-Cold Immortal Sword flew straight out of its sheath, waves of cold Qi spreading as it slashed toward Jiang Yantian.
Jiang Yantian took a step back and grabbed at the void.
A long saber suffused with blood-red light abruptly appeared in his hand.
The Yang-Extinguishing Saber!
The two weapons collided, their might shaking the heavens!
A great crowd at the foot of the mountain looked toward the summit.
They were utterly bewildered too. Why had the two suddenly started fighting?
This was a battle between two Nascent Soul cultivators. How terrifying!
Ye Feng was dumbstruck too.
Holy fucking shit!
Had Master attacked Jiang Yantian to vent her anger for her?
Ye Feng was deeply moved.
At the same time, she secretly thought that once she grew stronger and her dick recovered, she would definitely marry her master!
Above, Luo Xingcai's and Jiang Yantian's figures intertwined as they fought.
They moved from the mountaintop into the sky, treading the void, swallowing the heavens and blotting out the sun.
A smile remained on Jiang Yantian's face throughout.
He met every attack with ease to spare.
Luo Xingcai truly deserved her reputation as a supreme genius of the sword; her attacks were incomparably fierce.
The Water-Cold Immortal Sword collided with the Yang-Extinguishing Saber, unleashing powerful shock waves like an erupting volcano. Black and white billows surged there, sweeping in every direction.
"Break!" Luo Xingcai cried out, her hair flying, her eyes like lightning. Cold Qi condensed around her, and her fighting spirit surged.
The immortal sword in Luo Xingcai's hand shone even more brilliantly. Streaks of Sword Qi danced toward Jiang Yantian, unleashing rolling booms amid dense cold Qi and deafening metallic clashes.
Boom!
Another earthshaking blast rang out. Jiang Yantian evaded the Sword-Ray and smashed the Yang-Extinguishing Saber against the sword, swinging again and again.
Metallic clangs rang out.
The longsword's Sword Qi rolled like waves, spreading endless billows of Qi that shook this stretch of heaven and earth, leaving everyone aghast.
Another boom rang out.
Their collision sent streaks of light bursting outward!
The two briefly separated. Jiang Yantian spun the Yang-Extinguishing Saber wildly in his hand, his silver hair flying, his black robe snapping, dark light blooming all over him.
"Flowing Clouds' Illusory Extinction!" Jiang Yantian swung his saber, and a layer of black clouds descended across the sky, threatening to crush a city beneath their weight!
Luo Xingcai's presence surged as well.
Immortal light flared from her body, turning into brilliant, frigid rays that circled her, wrapped in layers of cold Qi.
Her jade-like hand formed a seal and passed over the sword.
A layer of profound ice visibly coated the blade.
"Ice-Seal the Four Seas!" Luo Xingcai cried, swinging the longsword in her hand.
A thunderous boom rang out.
Heaven and earth shook.
The two martial techniques collided and exploded, blooming in the void, as beautiful and fleeting as fireworks.
As the two elders battled, booming thunder flashed across the sky amid fierce collisions. Against the formations of black and white, they resembled two gods of war.
Everyone below was stunned. They had all known the elders were formidable, but had never imagined they were this powerful.
Many felt their hair stand on end and dared not draw even a little closer. If they approached, they would most likely burst apart at once.
Jiang Yantian and Luo Xingcai continued their tangled battle, like flood dragons emerging from the sea, like eagles striking through the vast sky.
Their movements were swift as lightning, exchanging hundreds upon thousands of blows in an instant, colliding without pause.
Ye Feng could not help swallowing either.
At this moment, she realized just how weak an existence she was.
Whether her master or Jiang Yantian, both were figures she could only gaze up at, far beyond her reach as she was now.
The two figures above separated again. Luo Xingcai stared straight at Jiang Yantian, divine radiance rippling in her beautiful eyes!
Jiang Yantian, meanwhile, looked utterly relaxed, his face wreathed in smiles!
"You truly have surprised and astonished me!" Luo Xingcai said with heartfelt admiration.
No one could have imagined that a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator from back then would grow so terrifyingly powerful in such a short time.
Luo Xingcai had to admit that in a battle to the death, she would undoubtedly lose.
Although she still had many Divine Abilities she had not used, and had not brought out her bonded divine artifact.
The same was true of Jiang Yantian.
The Heaven-Suppressing Pearl alone was beyond her ability to deal with.
But since they had started fighting, she could not end it so perfunctorily.
Luo Xingcai held her longsword across her chest, her soft red lips moving slightly as she murmured incantations.
In an instant, an enormous dark silhouette slowly rose behind Luo Xingcai.
"Screee!"
A piercing cry resounded across the sky.
The disciples below all covered their ears, their faces filled with pain.
When they raised their heads to look up, a gigantic bird-shaped spirit beast had appeared behind Luo Xingcai.
Its plumage was magnificent, its wings covered in numerous reddish-yellow and white eye-shaped markings. Spread wide, they made it look particularly like a phoenix.
"That... that's Elder Luo's Illusory Feather Azure Luan!"
Cries of astonishment rose from below.
"Make your move!" Luo Xingcai stared straight at Jiang Yantian.
"An Azure Luan, huh? Very well, Master. Then I won't hold back!"
As his words fell, Jiang Yantian waved a hand, and a pillar of flame burst forth in midair, like boiling magma, shooting straight into the sky.
Immediately afterward, a beast's roar rang out, leaving everyone present horrified.