The bigwigs from various sects had been keeping a close eye on Zu An. They were initially worried that he might tamper with the lottery, but seeing that he only gave them a pill, they stopped worrying.

On the contrary, Wan Gui stared longingly at Zu An. He was also in Biluo Palace. Judging from the reactions of Master Huoling and Pei Mianman, he could tell that the pill had amazing effects. He wondered if the other half was for him since he had deliberately divided the pill in two.

After all, Pei Mianman and I are both from Biluo Palace, and I was also injured, even more seriously than her.

Normally, he wouldn't ask for these things, but this time it's about winning the championship, and he doesn't want to lose any opportunity.

Seeing him staring at him expectantly, even with a rare "flattering" smile on his face, Zu An was taken aback and replied, "Women leave their IDs, men strive for self-improvement."

What a joke! This half of the Lucky Pill was reserved for Manman, how could I possibly give it to you?

Wan Guiyi didn't understand his words, but he roughly understood what he meant, and felt extremely depressed.

Next, the lottery began. Zuan originally wanted Pei Mianman to draw first, so that someone else wouldn't get a turn.

But then I thought, that would be a waste of the Lucky Pill's reputation, and it would inevitably attract attention from others.

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So, following the usual procedure, each of them pulled out a jade token from the box.

Pei Mianman looked at the jade token in her hand and was taken aback. Master Huoling glanced at it and immediately showed great joy.

"She got a bye again? Are you kidding me?" Many participating disciples looked at the judges' table suspiciously, wondering if it was because Pei Mianman was so big and beautiful that these old lechers wanted to take advantage of her and pull some strings behind the scenes?

Wang Wuxie and the others were also taken aback, but there were precedents of people getting two byes in a row, so they quickly regained their composure. After all, it was impossible to get three byes in a row, right?

Some were happy, some were sad; Wan Tongtian's expression was not so pleasant.

Because Wan Guiyi drew the strongest Wu Xiaofan.

Wan Guiyi showed no sign of frustration; instead, his eyes blazed with unprecedented fighting spirit. In his mind, Wu Xiaofan was the only true rival of the entire Daoist sect, and this was the perfect opportunity to settle the score.

Peng Wuyan of Kongming Island is facing off against Shi Dingtian of Taixuan Cave.

Looking at her opponent, Qiu Honglei said with a smile, "Senior Brother Shi, I hope you'll go easy on me in the next round."

Shi Dingtian scratched his head: "You're very strong, I might not be able to beat you."

"Since you can't beat them, just surrender," Qiu Honglei said with a smile.

Shi Dingtian was taken aback and didn't know how to respond for a long time. He could only say, "The two cave masters asked me to get a good ranking so I can't just surrender."

"I was just kidding." Qiu Honglei didn't take it seriously, her eyes constantly scanning Zu An, but unfortunately, due to her current status, she couldn't acknowledge him.

Ugh, I really want this mission to end soon.

For the next two days, Zu'an kept a close eye on the situation in Yi County, but neither Xiao Jianren nor Zhang Zitong sent him any information, presumably because they hadn't investigated it thoroughly yet.

Xie Daoyun has been very busy these days, traversing the towering mountains of Zishan to investigate every possible problem.

However, her expression became increasingly relaxed, because she had followed her master's instructions and had not detected the existence of that killing formation anywhere, which proved that the Imperial Preceptor and the Zhengyang Sect were still reliable.

Zu An then arranged for Zhang Zijiang and Wang Bolin to repair the various palaces on Zishan Mountain while simultaneously placing hidden sentries in various locations to ensure security.

Sometimes he felt it was a bit unnecessary. With so many Taoist masters here, who would be so foolish as to come here and harm the emperor?

In her spare time, she wanted to visit Pei Mianman, but Master Huoling kept a close eye on her, as if she was worried that her daughter would be defiled by those blond-haired bastards.

He no longer dared to impersonate Master Huoling and Wan Tongtian to write letters to each other, and their "date" that night was clearly not pleasant.

If they were to do it again, neither of them would be stupid; they would definitely realize the trickery involved.

If they find out I was the one behind this, they'll be so ashamed and embarrassed that it'll probably be a fight to the death.

The key issue is that after that night, Da Manman seems less willing to cooperate, and she won't say what happened between her and Chu Yan afterward when asked.

Unable to go to Manman's place, he braced himself and went to ask to see Chu Chuyan, but was stopped by Yan Xuehen.

Originally, I wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Yan Xuehen, but who knew that the other party would not give me any courtesy.

After searching several times, Yan Xuehen finally couldn't hold back any longer and looked at him with a frosty expression: "What exactly do you want? Do you want to take him as both master and disciple?"