Chapter 363: Chapter 362: Don’t Tell Anyone You’re Daoist Buyu’s Disciple When You Go Out_1

Meng Jingzhou held back the urge to punch everyone with the infamous curse of singleship. He had been played once already, but it didn’t mean he would curse everyone to remain single forever.

That’s unethical.

As Lan Ting conceded, the duel came to an end, leaving the cultivators in the audience longing for more.

Is this the battle between geniuses? It seemed too short.

“I won’t dare to say that I’m at the early stage of forming the Golden Core anymore. I feel like I wouldn’t even compare to them even if there were ten of me.”

“Exactly, when I was forming the golden core, I thought I was a great power in the cultivation world. After watching their fight, I think I’ll stay realistic and continue practicing.”

Reaching the Golden Core Stage would let the family prosper for five hundred years. For example, in the small Yanjiang County, there were only three people at the Golden Core Stage.

Therefore, they enthusiastically formed the Golden Core and looked forward to interacting with their fellow cultivators at the Golden Core Appraisal Conference. However, their confidence was shattered by the fight between Lu Yang and others.

Mr. Kang, who had anticipated their reaction said, “You shouldn’t belittle yourselves. Already, by reaching the Golden Core Stage, you’ve surpassed 99% of the cultivators. Moreover, you’re at the Middle Third Grade Golden Core. Don’t deny your achievements due to a single battle.”

Yuan Zhi smiled bitterly and said, “We’re not denying ourselves. It’s just that the gap between us is too large to feel that we’ve surpassed 99% of the cultivators.”

Mr. Kang shook his head, “You shouldn’t compare yourselves to the disciples of the Immortal Sects, especially today’s five individuals. Geniuses like them emerge only once every several centuries or even millennia. They’re born for this era and are likely to gain prominence, or even dictate the course, in the upcoming Great Era!”

Mr. Kang made it very clear that they might be doing well when compared to ordinary cultivators, but this group can be found everywhere on the Central Continent. There was absolutely no comparison between them and the five geniuses, including Lu Yang. So, they’d better stop dwelling on it and stop worrying.

After Young Master Yan, Gu Qiusheng, and others were eliminated, they watched the fights on the stage, their eyes full of enthusiasm.

Everyone was under eighteen yet they not only formed Golden Cores but could also accept challenges from higher levels. On the other hand, they were still struggling to form their Golden Cores. The gap was palpable.

However, they were not discouraged. The huge gap only made them appreciate the incredible strength of Lu Yang and the others. By observing their battle, they recognized their own shortcomings and resolved to continue cultivating once they returned.

…

Lu Yang didn’t notice Meng Jingzhou’s situation and was surprised to hear that his fight was the first to end.

“How did you lose so quickly?”

With a darkened face, Meng Jingzhou shooed Lu Yang away, “Go away, go away, go away! Don’t bring up this topic or I’ll curse you with my Singleship’s Curse.”

Lu Yang wasn’t scared of Meng Jingzhou’s threat. How could he, being protected by an immortal, fear a simple curse from Meng Jingzhou?

While they were talking, Lan Ting walked over, holding a palm-sized, tri-colored stone in her hand.

“What’s this?”

Lan Ting smiled and responded, “Did you forget, Brother Lu Yang? It’s the reward for the first place, a Spirit Elixer to form the Golden Core, which could enhance the success rate by 50 %.”

Lu Yang had heard of such objects, highly sought after by cultivators at Half-Step Golden Core Stage and the Illusionary Core Stage. They were sold at exorbitant prices that could empty their households.

The Seek Dao Sect had everything but no Spirit Elixer to form the Golden Core.

This was the case in the other Four Great Immortal Sects as well.

All of them were geniuses and wouldn’t need any external objects like the Spirit Elixer to help them form the Golden Core.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, the first and second place winners, were supposed to receive two sets of Spirit Elixer and two skill books about how to form the Golden Core.

“Lan Ting, stop joking. Old Meng and I don’t need these. Give them to the third and fourth place winners instead.”

Lan Ting, laughing, put aside the Spirit Elixer. It was her personal collection that she’d brought out just to tease Lu Yang. The real Spirit Elixers to form the Golden Core had already been delivered to the third and fourth place winners.

Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi also came up and invited everyone, “It’s rare to meet, shall we go somewhere to sit down?”

“Sure!” Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou agreed.

After all, they were all disciples of the Five Great Immortal Sects, and they were bound to interact.

“Some officials from the Governor’s Office recommended a few restaurants to us. They’re all very famous in the city, running temporary branches here.”

Bai Ming led the four to a restaurant. It was a three-story building, temporarily constructed using magic skills. Nonetheless, the decoration gave it the appearance of a thousand-year-old restaurant, showing the details that went into it.

The waiter saw Bai Ming coming in and warmly asked, “Are you here for the vegetarian meal, sir?”

“…I’m here to eat.”

“Vegetarian meal?”

Bai Ming angrily responded, “I’m not a monk!”

The waiter recalled a rumor that had been circulating in the world of martial arts. It was about a martial arts skill that used hair as a weapon. Each strand of hair could be used as a deadly weapon, but this skill had a flaw—that hair once used would never grow back, and it was a strand less for each used.

Someone found and mastered this skill, but after a fierce battle, he ended up losing all of his hair. Unable to accept the bald truth, he became a monk. So, some doubted that this skill originated from Buddhism to recruit people.

The waiter looked at Bai Ming with pity in his eyes, seeing yet another poor guy who couldn’t accept the loss of his hair.

“Oh right, have this for now.” Seeing this scene, Lu Yang pulled out a wig from his pocket and handed it to Bai Ming.

Ever since he learned the Arhat Fist, Lu Yang often kept wigs handy for emergencies. And now, it came in handy.

Looking at the wig handed over by the troublemaker himself, Bai Ming restrained the impulse to shoot and kill Lu Yang and grudgingly put on the wig.

Lu Yang’s Arhat Fist wouldn’t make the hair fall off permanently, wearing a wig to get through a month would be enough.

“Let me introduce you, this is Yan Tianzhi from the Prison Suppressing Sect. He doesn’t talk much.” Bai Ming introduced.

Yan Tianzhi nodded without saying a word.

Seems like a man of few words, Lu Yang greeted, “I’m Lu Yang from the Seek Dao Sect, disciple of Daoist Buyu.”

“Meng Jingzhou, we’ve met before.”

Yan Tianzhi’s eyes enlarged when he heard of Lu Yang’s background, “It’s you! Master, my, master, dead!”

“My master killed your master?” Lu Yang’s first reaction was disbelief. No matter how untrustworthy Daoist Buyu was, he couldn’t have done such a thing.

Lan Ting coughed lightly and explained, “Yan Tianzhi stutters. He doesn’t talk much. The situation is not as you think.”

“Yan Tianzhi’s master is the Sect Leader of the Prison Suppressing Sect. When he was young, he didn’t get along with Daoist Buyu. When he learned that Daoist Buyu became the Sect Leader of the Seek Dao Sect, he was unhappy, feeling Daoist Buyu didn’t deserve the title. He said he would rather live 8000 years less than see Daoist Buyu remain Sect Leader.”

Those who have reached the stage of Unification can live up to 8000 years.

“Now the Sect Leader is your Eldest Senior Sister, Yun Zhi. Yan Tianzhi’s master who could not go back on his word, set up a tombstone for himself. He buries himself when there’s nothing happening and comes out when something pops up. He keeps telling people that he’s already dead.”

Lu Yang: “…”

He recalled what his Eldest Senior Sister had said once, don’t tell anyone you’re the disciple of Daoist Buyu when you’re outside the Sect, or you’ll get yourself into trouble.