When Ancestor Jingyue spoke, none of the elders at the head of the table said anything more, and Liu Yunqing knew that this had been planned in advance.

She said it herself, it was just a slightly absurd "gang fight", how could it possibly bring out the resident patriarchs of various sects?

Once he realized it wasn't his fault, Liu Yunqing stopped worrying and immediately focused his attention on what he might say next.

"Lord of the City, what do you think our ancestors are going to say next?"

During the wait, everyone kept their eyes and noses closed, until Chunyu Changfeng heard Liu Yunqing's voice transmission.

No, transmitting a message in front of all the ancestors?

Does she think those ancestors can't hear her telepathic messages?

Before Chunyu Changfeng could even offer a reminder, Liu Yunqing continued:

"Could it be that the ancestors have directly ordered us to obey the commands of those two ends?"

"Can we refuse? If we refuse, will we be able to leave the Tai Xuan Sect alive?"

"Cough cough..."

Without Chunyu Changfeng needing to remind him, the cough of the old ancestor Jingyue at the head of the table immediately silenced Liu Yunqing, who was about to say something.

Following her senses, she looked up and met the smiling eyes of Ancestor Jingyue.

"Don't worry, Xiao Zhenru. My Wenxi misses you very much and will make sure you don't leave this Taixuan Palace."

Liu Yunqing was dumbfounded, but at the same time, she was relieved that she didn't have the habit of telling secrets in front of others.

But these ancestors are really something, how could they eavesdrop on other people's conversations? How was she supposed to respond to that?

Clearly, Ancestor Jingyue had no intention of making things difficult for her. After saying this, he waved his sleeve, opened the palace door, and addressed the person outside:

"Come in, everyone."

"yes."

Someone answered from outside the door, and the next moment someone led a group of energetic young cultivators into the hall.

Liu Yunqing immediately recognized her familiar friends among them.

Wuchen, Feng Piaopiao, Song Jiansheng, and even Zhuo Ying, who had only teamed up with them once, were all prominently listed.

After the group of people paid their respects to the patriarch, Liu Yunqing nodded to them and gave a slight smile as a greeting.

Wuchen smiled gently as always, Song Jiansheng and Zhuo Ying nodded indifferently, only Feng Piaopiao carefully grinned at Liu Yunqing.

Liu Yunqing glared at him helplessly, signaling him to stand properly.

As Feng Piaopiao was making faces, Liu Yunqing heard a very faint, cold snort, full of disdain and contempt.

Liu Yunqing looked in the direction of the cold snort and saw a female cultivator dressed in the robes of the Tai Xuan Sect, with a long sword and an arrogant expression, pouting at her and Feng Piaopiao as if she were extremely dissatisfied.

Liu Yunqing did not recognize this person, so he pretended not to see him and turned to listen to what Ancestor Jingyue was saying.

"Well, now that everyone has arrived, let's get down to business."

"We have been preparing to resist the calamity of the Sun Realm, but in the past we have relied on the divination of the Heavenly Destiny and devoted everything to cultivating the Heavenly Destiny as our only reliance."

"But there's a saying in the secular world: don't put all your eggs in one basket."

"So after discussing it, we decided to divide you into two camps."

"One is led by the daughter of Heavenly Fortune, and the other is led by the rogue cultivator Zhenru."

"Stand behind whomever you believe and whoever you are willing to obey."

Liu Yunqing didn't hear a word of the frank truth she was hoping for; all she heard was about her own affairs. She was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses.

"Why me?"

Why her?

Two voices rang out simultaneously, one naturally coming from Liu Yunqing, and the other from the female cultivator from the Tai Xuan Sect who had just expressed dissatisfaction with Liu Yunqing.

Upon hearing this, the entire hall fell silent instantly.

These elders are not ordinary seniors in the sect. When a junior occasionally acts spoiled or throws a tantrum, they are often forgiven out of love for the younger generation.

These ancestors are nominally still affiliated with various sects and forces, but their actual cultivation levels are unknown. Apart from matters concerning the major events of the Sun Realm, they do not concern themselves with worldly affairs.

Of course, they also ignored the younger generation of the sect.

It's fine with Liu Yunqing; it's clear the elders favor her. But what will be the consequences of another junior's doubts? Nobody knows.

Just as everyone in the hall dared not utter a sound, Ancestor Mingyao suddenly chuckled and turned to ask Ancestor Jingyue:

"Fellow Daoist Jingyue, what should we do? Some of the junior disciples of your Tai Xuan Sect are dissatisfied with the people you've chosen."

Upon hearing this, the female cultivator from the Tai Xuan Sect, who had just spoken, knelt down on the ground with a "plop".

"Please forgive me, Ancestor! This disciple did not mean that!"

Elder Jingyue did not look at the young disciple, but instead looked at Liu Yunqing and said:

Why can't it be you?

"Do you think you can't defeat Heaven's Fate, or you can't defeat the Daughter of Heaven's Fate?"

Cultivating immortality is inherently about fighting against both heaven and man, and Liu Yunqing cannot allow himself to say no in either of those aspects.

Especially the daughters of destiny.

Liu Yunqing promptly bowed and said:

"We'll only know who will win if we fight it out."

"Thank you for your kindness, Ancestor, for giving Zhenru this opportunity."

Ancestor Jingyue nodded in satisfaction before turning his gaze to the reckless female disciple kneeling on the ground.

"Xiao Zhenru is right. We'll only know who will win if we fight it out."

If you're not convinced, you're welcome to challenge her.

After saying this, Patriarch Jingyue stopped looking at the young disciple and turned to the crowd, saying:

Let's begin.

The people in the hall looked at each other, and then made some movements.

He still looked carefree and nonchalant, and took the lead in walking out of the crowd, walking behind Liu Yunqing without hesitation.

He then gave Liu Yunqing a thumbs-up as he passed by.

Once someone does the first thing, the second one becomes much easier.

After a moment's hesitation, Wuchen walked slowly behind Liu Yunqing.

Then a group of people walked up behind Liu Yunzhao.

Another group of people walked up behind Liu Yunzhao.

On Liu Yunqing's side, apart from Wuchen and Feng Piaopiao who remained steadfast, no one else joined.

Only when there were only a few people left, and Liu Yunzhao's group had begun to chuckle quietly, did someone else move over.

It wasn't Song Jiansheng, who was more familiar with Liu Yunqing, but rather Zhuo Ying, who was even less familiar with her.

Of course, the most unexpected person was the female cultivator from the Tai Xuan Sect who had previously questioned Liu Yunqing.

She walked up to Liu Yunqing and stopped, looking quite reluctant, and said:

"If it weren't for Master's insistence that I stay with you, I wouldn't have come here."

"Also, the most important reason I joined your team is to defeat you, not because I want to follow you!"

Liu Yunqing looked at her and smiled slightly, his face full of tolerance and magnanimity, and said:

"You are always welcome to challenge me, my junior sister."

After saying that, Liu Yunqing changed the subject and added:

"But junior sister, you'd better hurry, otherwise you'll have to advance to the Golden Core stage before you can challenge me."

Now that the elders had finished discussing important matters and left, the group of young people in the hall no longer restrained themselves and began to make a fuss.

"What are you so smug about? Nobody wants to choose you. There are only a handful of people, and you're still putting on airs?"

"Hahaha! Since they can challenge those on the same team, I wonder if I can challenge them and win the captain's position."

As the group was happily chirping crickets, Liu Yunqing stopped as he passed by and said:

"With such abilities, why did you remain silent when the Ancestor was alive?"