Wang Baole: Senior Brother, You've Gotten Ahead of Yourself

Above Northern Jade Mountain.

Two terrifying Faxiang confronted each other across the void, their terrifying pressure drawing the attention of all the cultivators on Northern Jade Mountain.

"Your Highness, which Great Sage is the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden fighting against? Why wasn't this person mentioned in our previous intelligence?"

A Black Dragon Army general, upon witnessing this scene, wore an exceptionally grave expression.

The Northern Abyss Crown Prince said calmly, "It's Nie Xiuyuan. I didn't expect this guy to be no weaker than Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian. It seems this trip to Northern Jade Mountain won't be too lonely."

Inside the camp of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Looking at the two facing off in the sky Golden Cicada Buddha Child chanted, "Amitabha, these two fellow Daoists are too hot-tempered; they actually started fighting over a mere disagreement."

Upon hearing this, the monks beside him quickly spoke up to stop him.

"Buddha's disciple, you're not going to intervene again to make these two stop, are you?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding monks also cast curious glances at the Golden Cicada Buddha Child.

This was not the first time this Buddhist disciple had done such a thing. He claimed to subdue people with virtue, but in reality, he subdued them with force, using superhuman strength to suppress the two and prevent them from continuing their fight.

The Golden Cicada Buddha Child looked at the monk with the eyes of someone looking at a fool. "Do you think I have a Bodhi tree growing on my neck? These two are no weaker than me. Going up to break up their fight won't be a meritorious deed; it'll just get you beaten up."

"..."

The monks were speechless, realizing that Buddhist disciples advise people based on their abilities.

However, this is for the best, as they don't need to worry about the Great Thunderclap Temple facing off against the Great Sage.

It's not that the Great Thunderclap Temple is afraid of these Great Sage, but rather that there's no need for conflict.

"Buddha's disciple, who do you think will win between these two?"

The monk asked a question out of curiosity.

Golden Cicada Buddha Child: "Don't worry about what I think, just think what you think."

monk. "..."

He wondered to himself: What's wrong with the Buddhist disciple today?

In the sky, the tension between the two confronting each other reached its peak as the sun slowly set.

As the setting sun shone before them, the two, who had remained motionless, simultaneously made their move.

"Supreme Emotion-Forsaking!"

"One Sword Freely Roams!"

The Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden and Nie Xiuyuan made their moves almost simultaneously.

Two streaks of Sword Qi Heaven Piercer.

In an instant, the entire Northern Jade Mountain was shrouded in two terrifying Sword Qi.

Even though the two were far from the ground, the terrifying Sword Qi that flew over each of their heads still terrified them and made their souls tremble.

Those two are terrifying.

The same thought flashed through the minds of countless people present.

Even the expressions of the Northern Abyss Crown Prince and the Golden Cicada Buddha Child became solemn upon seeing the two swords.

These two are no less capable than them; Northern Jade Mountain is quite interesting.

Rumble!!!

The two Sword Qi collided in mid-air, producing a deafening roar like the collapse of the heavens.

The earth shook violently.

The cultivators watching below quickly took out their protective magic treasures to shield themselves.

After a long while, night fell, and Northern Jade Mountain returned to calm.

Everyone cautiously raised their heads and looked up at the sky.

The moonlight shone on the two of them, illuminating their faces clearly.

puff...

The Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden was the first to cough up blood, clutching her chest as she said, "I've lost. I never imagined you'd become so terrifying in just over a decade. No wonder you were once a prodigy of the Dao Dao-Seeking Academy."

Nie Xiuyuan took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Wangqing is not bad either. If you could comprehend a little more of the True Essence of the Great Dao, the outcome today would be uncertain."

Those present were horrified by what they saw; no one had expected that the former Green-Haired King would become so terrifying.

The cultivators who had just mentioned the words "green hat" quietly concealed themselves and fled.

The Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden said coldly, "This time, my Emotion-Forsaking Palace concedes defeat. We'll settle this once and for all next time."

After saying that, she turned to leave. Losing to a Nirvana Realm cultivator was a great humiliation for her, even though they were cultivators of the same generation.

"Wait a minute."

Nie Xiuyuan called out to the other person.

"Is there anything else?"

The Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden instinctively gripped her sword tighter. Although she was slightly injured, she was not without the ability to fight.

"Our fight was started by a junior. If we don't get to the bottom of this today, wouldn't we have fought for nothing?" Nie Xiuyuan said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden realized that the two of them had been fighting for so long without knowing what they were fighting for, which was indeed quite ironic.

She turned her gaze to the girl in the green dress. "Qing'er, come out and tell me what happened?"

Nie Xiuyuan also turned his gaze to Wang Baole.

Wang Baole then turned to Nangong Yu and said, "Madam, tell me what happened earlier?"

The onlookers, who were originally about to leave, became curious after seeing this scene and wanted to know the whole story.

The girl in the green dress felt a little guilty under her master's gaze, after all, this whole thing was caused by her, and she had even made her master lose face.

But now that things have come to this, she dared not hide anything and recounted everything that had happened, though she did so from the perspective of the Emotion-Forsaking Palace.

Nangong Yu, undaunted, recounted the entire story.

The two sides were saying essentially the same thing, which added a touch of frustration to the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden's cold face.

Nie Xiuyuan laughed and said, "Holy Maiden Leng, your Emotion-Forsaking Palace is quite arrogant, actually wanting to accept my brother and sister-in-law as disciples. Do you think my master is incapable of teaching disciples?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden.

She subconsciously rubbed her temples and said, "Qing'er apologizes to those two fellow Daoists."

Allowing a disciple of a top Great Sage to join the Emotion-Forsaking Palace was indeed an oversight on the part of the Emotion-Forsaking Palace disciples. Even if you want to poach someone, you can't do it in front of other disciples.

"Promise."

Qing'er bowed respectfully towards Nangong Yu and Wang Yufei with a wronged expression, saying, "Fellow Daoists, Qing'er have been very rude. Please forgive me."

"Um."

The two women responded but didn't look at her twice.

"Let's go."

With a wave of her hand, the Emotion-Forsaking Holy Maiden departed with her fellow disciples.

The cultivators from the Dao-Seeking Academy then surrounded Nie Xiuyuan.

Wang Baole said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on your rise to fame in this battle."

Nie Xiuyuan took a sip of wine. "An unexpected delight. I have a feeling that this trip to Northern Jade Mountain will allow me to spar with even more experts. I just don't know who is stronger, the Golden Cicada Buddha Child or the Northern Abyss Crown Prince."

"Senior brother, you've gotten too cocky."

Wang Baole couldn't help but joke.

Nie Xiuyuan: "You little brat, you have no manners! I won't believe I won't get you drunk tonight!"

"Who's afraid of who? Tonight, we're not leaving until we're drunk!"

"We won't leave until we're drunk!"

While the disciples of the Dao-Seeking Academy were enjoying themselves, the female cultivators of the Emotion-Forsaking Palace were shrouded in gloom, with all eyes fixed on Qing'er.

This made Qing'er extremely uncomfortable. She couldn't bear the strange looks she received and finally said, "Master, I was wrong."