Chapter 5

By the time she had finally managed to calm the malice in her heart,

Feng Yingning had already left and found a place to sit down, leaving Dan Yao alone standing in the open space in front of the Sword Sect.

Feeling that many people were looking at her with prying eyes, Dan Yao quickly returned to her seat in the Sword Sect.

A male disciple from the Sword Sect standing nearby asked with concern, "Junior Sister, what's wrong?"

Dan Yao was very popular in the Sword Sect. Her naturally carefree personality and her status as Li Ziqing's personal disciple earned her high regard among the ordinary male disciples of the Sword Sect.

"I'm fine... I just... didn't know Fifth Senior Sister was so difficult to get along with..."

As she spoke, she gently touched her face, revealing a wronged expression. Her tearful eyes and snow-white skin made her look even more delicate.

Her appearance, combined with the scene between her and Feng Yingning in the open space just now, makes it easy to imagine that Feng Yingning had bullied her.

Seeing Dan Yao's appearance, the male disciple also felt angry: "Junior Sister Dan Yao, Senior Sister Feng is so difficult to get along with, you don't need to make yourself suffer like this anymore."

"I'm just worried that since Fifth Senior Sister has just returned to the Sword Sect and doesn't have any friends... she might feel lonely..."

"Sigh...you're just too kind-hearted."

The two of them were speaking one sentence at a time, which was overheard by a female disciple of the Sword Sect standing nearby.

Is Fifth Senior Sister difficult to get along with?

[She clearly greeted Fifth Senior Sister when she saw her outside the hall that day, but how come Fifth Senior Sister is completely different in Junior Sister Dan Yao's words?]

This disciple is Elder Liu's disciple, Yue Qing.

Yue Qing, filled with doubts, awaited the start of the sect competition.

*

"Master, do you want to avoid Dan Yao in advance, in case she does something underhanded during this sect competition, just like in the plot, and causes you to suffer setbacks in the competition?"

According to the plot, Feng Yingning did not intend to attend this sect competition.

She herself was suffering from a mental illness and did not want others to know, so she healed herself alone in Qiyang Palace.

Dan Yao visited her several times during her recovery period, and today she tried to persuade her to come with her to watch the sect competition.

Even after reaching the peak of immortality, Dan Yao, thinking she was doing it for her own good, secretly signed her up for a magical duel competition.

After eating the pastries from Dan Yao, Feng Yingning heard her name mentioned again in the competition announcement and was forced to go on stage.

The first match was against disciples from martial arts sects.

Feng Yingning had the instinct to win, but at the last moment, her spiritual power dissipated, and she was knocked off the stage by the martial arts cultivator.

The crowd gasped in disbelief as he fell to the ground.

This made Feng Yingning unsure of her own strength, and her mind wavered.

After that, with Dan Yao's "accompaniment," her Dao heart gradually collapsed, eventually coalescing into a demon that affected her cultivation path.

This sect competition marked the beginning of inner demons.

"How could you think that?" Yingning was surprised that 67 had thought so much.

"Isn't that what Master intended?"

“I just think…” the woman in red paused, then continued, “she’s too noisy.”

It's really...very noisy.

She even began to doubt that Dan Yao's true form was the Jingwei bird.

Yingning chuckled softly when she thought of this possibility.

The beautiful face, which was originally like a mural, gradually came to life with this smile, instantly making people feel its vibrant charm.

Next to the Sword Sect disciple was a fellow sword cultivator from the Heavenly Sword Cliff. Several disciples heard Feng Yingning's light laughter and looked at her without warning.

Several young disciples of Tianjian Cliff blushed with embarrassment after just one glance at her face.

"Who is that fairy?" The disciple from Tianjian Cliff asked, glancing at Feng Yingning again.

"I don't know, but judging from the position, he should be a disciple of the Sword Sect."

Tianjian Cliff and Jianzong are both swordsmen, and their interactions are closer than those of other sects.

“I’ve never seen this fairy in the Sword Sect before,” another baby-faced man whispered to his companions, clutching his sword.

The Tianjian Cliff disciple who spoke first spoke again: "I wonder if she will participate in the sect competition."

If we participate, we might even face off against Tianjian Cliff.

*

Twelve Bifang birds soared into the sky, spewing flames above the arena, turning the entire sky a fiery red.

Seeing this spectacular sight in the arena, many people cheered.

The sect competition has begun.

The arena for the dueling competition consists of three high platforms.

Three matches are held simultaneously in each round, and the matchups are announced by the referee through random drawing of lots.

The results of the first round of draws were announced, and six people dressed in the attire of different sects stepped onto the arena.

Beast Taming Sect versus Spirit Cave

Tianjian Cliff faced off against Longhu Mountain

The Heavenly Sound Party attacked the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.

The Beast Taming Sect and the Spirit Cave belong to the same faction. Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect are skilled at controlling all kinds of rare and exotic beasts to become their own fighting force.

Instead of creating spirit caves, people form contracts with spirits of the same attribute to become their contracted spirits.

Although the two sects have differences, their cultivation methods are of the same origin.

Tianjian Cliff and Longhu Mountain, one a sword-cultivating sect and the other a martial arts-cultivating sect, both excel in close combat, making this match likely the most intense of the three.

The Tianyin Sect and the Wanfo Sect are quite interesting. It is said that the first sect leader of the Tianyin Sect was a disciple of the Wanfo Sect, and even the name of the sect he chose was related to the sacred site of the Wanfo Sect - the Fanyin Temple.

After leaving the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, this sect leader established his own sect, which surprisingly made the Heavenly Sound Sect one of the major sects in the Immortal Realm a thousand years later.

However, the reason why this sect leader left the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect remains unknown.

Yingning looked at the arena below the stage with great interest, drawn to the third match.

The Heavenly Sound Sect excels in music, while the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect focuses on Buddhism. What would happen if these two major sects clashed...?

*

In the first arena, a burly man appeared first, summoning a Winged Lightning Leopard. The summoned beast's body was constantly flowing with undeniable golden lightning, and it was enormous and extremely ferocious.

Before him stood a young man whose face was obscured by long hair.

As the burly man summoned the strange beast, he also summoned his own contracted spirit.

The small green plant looks like a vine spirit.

The enormous body of the Winged Lightning Leopard contrasted sharply with the petite size of the Vine Demon; in fact, the Vine Demon was not even as thick as one of the Winged Lightning Leopard's legs.

Upon seeing this, the burly man from the Beast Taming Sect burst into laughter: "I say you should go and fight yourself. Your contracted demon is so weak, I'm worried I'll just stomp it to death!"

"Hahahaha." The big man's unrestrained laughter echoed in the arena.

Many people laughed along with him.

The gaunt man, whose face was hidden, seemed oblivious to his opponent's mockery.