Chapter 299: Chapter 165 "Doesn’t Young Master Lu want a cute Fox-eared Lolita?
"Greetings to the Sect Leader, Elders, and Chief!"
In the Gathering Saints Building on the outskirts of Sunset Canyon, a direct disciple of an elder from the Divine Intent Sect rushed in, barely able to conceal the anger on his face.
The Divine Intent Sect Leader, Zhang Mingquan, frowned slightly: "What has caused such panic?"
"Reporting to the Sect Leader, Li Wuyi that bastard is outrageous." The disciple gritted his teeth: "Just because the Chief provoked him yesterday, he deliberately spread rumors based on those of the Fenghuo Sect, claiming the Chief intentionally waited until the losses were half before acting in Xunfeng Country just to win the heart of Empress Anping and become a revered hero there..."
"Utter nonsense!"
Sitting beside Yang Guan, a woman dressed in bright yellow palace attire slapped the table: "Everyone knows Brother Yang was out training to break through to the Sitting and Illuminating Realm and arrived in time with all his might, how could it have been intentional?!"
She stood up, staring at the direct disciple of the Divine Intent Sect: "For the Young Sect Master of the Tongqi Hehuan Sect to resort to such low means against Brother Yang... truly disgraceful!
Where is he now? I want to..."
"Yunyan, don’t be rash." Yang Guan gently squeezed Xunfeng Country’s Empress Zhao Yunyan’s hand: "The Tongqi Hehuan Sect is only first in the Yulin Domain, not a dominator, they wouldn’t dare start a war lightly, so they’re reduced to using such tactics."
"Brother Yang, he slanders you!"
Yang Guan smiled slightly: "Just some trifling storms, once this Immortal Tea Gathering concludes, I will break through to Harmonization...
Li Wuyi is not yet my target."
Zhao Yunyan smiled: "Brother Yang, I know the Yulin Domain cannot hold you, but his bullying is excessive..."
"For cultivators, true strength shows from their actions." Yang Guan said calmly: "If not for the Immortal Tea Gathering being limited to the Tongsheng Realm, he wouldn’t be my match."
He chuckled lightly: "Once the gathering ends, I will challenge him personally."
"Brother Yang, you will surely win."
"Hmm."
Yang Guan looked out the window; the Lower Realm, though strong, is still the Lower Realm, and his goal is the Upper Realm... only there is worthy of becoming his battlefield!
The Divine Intent Sect Leader, Zhang Mingquan, stroked his beard: "It’s getting late, you should head out."
Yang Guan stood up and said to Zhang Mingquan: "Please assist me in identifying who is spreading these rumors about me."
"Understood, it’s just a small matter."
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"Lu, the Immortal Tea Gathering was proposed by us in the Yulin Domain during the rebuilding phase after the wars among the Hundred Clans. Since Chen Zhiyu hosted it seven thousand years ago and became Immortal, the gathering has grown more renowned."
Upon reaching Sunset Canyon, Li Wuyi introduced the Immortal Tea Gathering to Lu Jin’an and Mu Qingyue in detail: "By now, it has become a stage for Tongsheng Realm geniuses of the Yulin Domain to gather.
In recent decades, geniuses from nearby large, medium, and small domains of the Tongsheng Realm also come to participate, so the gathering’s prestige keeps rising, and the top ten receive rich prizes."
Li Wuyi continued: "Yang Guan achieved the second place at the Immortal Tea Gathering two years ago with his Early Tongsheng Realm cultivation. He possesses a Divine Infant Immortal Body and abundant spiritual power, once he reaches the Harmonization Realm, I fear I won’t be a match."
"From Early Tongsheng Realm to Late Tongsheng Realm in two years?" Lu Jin’an asked.
"Yes, people say he’s intentionally restraining his cultivation, otherwise, with his talent, would it take this long?"
Lu Jin’an nodded thoughtfully, the prize for the first place at the Immortal Tea Gathering is proposed by the host beforehand. This time the host is Yang Guan, so is his aim for the Soul Nourishing Green Lotus to nurture his Sea of Consciousness?
’Did he leave some after-effects when he possessed the body?’ he pondered, as he and Mu Qingyue followed Li Wuyi directly into Sunset Canyon.
The Immortal Tea Gathering is held between the canyons, with suspended bridges on the cliffside halfway up the mountains on both sides, forming sturdy spectator seats to entertain the local sects, families, and Tribulation Crossing realm veterans of the Yulin Domain.
They are both spectators and supervisors.
The Tea Gathering, by its name, is not a life-and-death arena, and these experts are there to oversee if anyone deliberately makes lethal moves.
Of course, some cultivators with grudges sign life and death contracts in advance, allowing them to attack without hesitation.
The experts, gathering from most parts of the Yulin Domain, enthusiastically discussed strategies, some engaging in friendly talks, others sitting quietly or stirring the pot.
At this moment, these people represent their respective circles in the Yulin Domain.
Ascending the stone wall stairs, Lu Jin’an holding a folding fan, entered the scene through the middle, causing the experts present in the Yulin Domain to halt their conversations and look over.
"Old Yu from Feiyun Sect greets Saint Lu."
"Cui Enzhuo from the Seven Mysterious Sword Sect greets Saint Lu."
"Wang Yun from Jiuyou Palace greets Saint Lu."
"..."
The heads and elders of various third and fourth-grade sects in the Yulin Domain, as well as solitary loose cultivators, all bowed in salute.
Lu Jin’an nodded slightly, passing through these people silently, then entered a centrally located pavilion-shaped private room.
The private room was built of special materials, resembling a floor-to-ceiling window in the front that allowed one to see out but not in.
Sitting by the table near the floor-to-ceiling window, Lu Jin’an settled in, with Mu Qingyue sitting to his left. She leaned over and took a grapefruit from the table’s fruit plate, slowly peeling it.
The little pink fox on her shoulder seemed displeased with Mu Qingyue’s moving arm, so it secretly slinked down to rest on her lap.
"Thanks to Brother Lu, I also got a good seat." As they were entering, Li Wuyi glanced at the Young Master of Ba Dao Manor not far away and said with a smile.