"I'm just an old man, how could I distinguish between beauty and ugliness? Miss Ningyan, you're overthinking it."
"Hmph!" Ningyan gave a cute snort, looked at his wrinkled face, and raised her hand to touch his wrinkled face.
Yan Chenghuan subtly dodged the attack, saying, "Miss, please don't tease an old man like me!"
Ningyan blushed slightly: "Hahaha, old man, you really are a handsome old man!"
Seeing Ningyan's intense focus on the old man, everyone else's gazes turned to Yan Chenghuan, filled with scrutiny, curiosity, and disdain.
Upon hearing her say this, the others began to speak up.
"Miss Ningyan is quite the joker."
"If he's handsome, then we're no longer Pan An (a legendary Chinese figure known for his good looks)."
"Of course!"
Ningyan swayed her slender waist and slowly walked towards the center of the square, followed by a group of female disciples dressed in pink.
One of the female disciples, halfway through her walk, slightly raised her head and winked at Yan Chenghuan.
As if sensing something, Yan Chenghuan became somewhat displeased, his eyebrows furrowing into a deep frown, the furrows so deep they looked like they could trap a fly.
Ningyan walked to the center and gracefully bowed to the crowd: "Greetings, fellow Daoists! I am Ningyan from the Hehuan Sect. On behalf of the Hehuan Sect, I welcome you all to this grand gathering of the Black and White Duo..."
Ningyan's voice was melodious and pleasant to listen to. After she finished speaking, everyone returned the greeting from afar.
As soon as Ningyan announced that she wanted to challenge someone to a duel, the people below the stage suddenly became restless.
Those who cultivate Taoism are simply hoping to become immortals as soon as possible. Now that they have a chance to prove their strength in a competition, they are immediately excited.
As soon as Ningyan finished speaking, several clouds drifted in from the horizon. On each cloud stood a Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly grace.
It turned out to be six elders from the Hehuan Sect. The Hehuan Sect has a total of ten elders, and so many of them came this time. It seems that they really value this grand conference. Even the sect leader has come. The one in the lead is wearing a sky-blue Taoist robe.
As the leaders of the Hehuan Sect arrived, the atmosphere instantly reached its peak.
The sect leader waved his whisk in the air, signaling the start of the arena battle.
The first to go up was a man whose age was hard to tell. He introduced himself as Li Chenghuan from Yuzhou, a rogue cultivator who only unlocked his cultivation talent at the age of twenty. He came here just to see the excitement.
The people below didn't care about any of that. As soon as he jumped up, a woman flew onto the stage, holding a long spear.
However, she was Pei Fan, the daughter of Pei Yong of the new Chen Dynasty.
After exchanging names, the two fought fiercely on stage.
Both were at the second level of cultivation, and their fight wasn't just about brute force. Instead, it was a flurry of magical techniques, with spells of various colors overlapping and intertwining. To the uninitiated, it might look like some kind of acrobatics. One could only say that the fights of these cultivators were truly spectacular.
"I wonder who will win? They both seem to be about the same strength."
A man approached Yan Chenghuan, trying to get close to him.
Yan Chenghuan said calmly, "I don't know."
"Aren't you interested?"
Yan Chenghuan remained silent, clearly showing his impatience.
The man, however, became interested: "If you're not curious, what are you doing here?"
Yan Chenghuan turned around and glanced at him. This man had an ordinary appearance and didn't seem to have anything special about him.
"Look at the flowers!"
"Well, speaking of which, this flower is really rare. Twin flowers are not unusual, but two colors are rare."
"I wonder what kind of rare and precious medicine it is, and what use it is for cultivation."
The others became interested and started discussing the flower that hadn't been mentioned before.
At this moment, the winner on the stage was decided: Pei Fan.
Then someone else jumped up; they were also from the Chen state.
Why are so many people from Chen State here?
"You don't know this, do you? The current emperor of Chen is the former King of Lingnan. The former royal family of Chen was not good at cultivation, but this King of Lingnan has a whole army of cultivators under his command."
The man, acting as if they were old friends, came up to Yan Chenghuan and offered his advice.
Yan Chenghuan crossed his arms, remained silent, and stared intently at the vehicle on the stage.
The sun was directly overhead, and the scorching heat was intense. The battle on the stage had reached a fever pitch.
The people on stage had changed several times, and the person on stage was feeling smug as he looked at the audience and saw that no one else was going up.
"Is there no one here?"
One of them leisurely hopped up, whip in hand: "What are you yelling for? Your great-auntie is here to have a go at you."
Yan Chenghuan looked at that person and felt a pang of heartache. Why did all sorts of people have to come and join in the fun?
Isn't that Zhuang Xiyue, who just started cultivating?
She was kidnapped by Rong Lin, so why was she released?
Yan Chenghuan rubbed his forehead, somewhat helpless.
Too lazy to watch these people fight anymore, Yan Chenghuan quietly turned into a shadow, affixed an invisibility talisman, and headed towards the back mountain of Hehuan Sect.
The righteous people at the time only asked Yan Xingyun to hand over Yan Chenghuan; they had no intention of harming her. However, the elders sent out by the Hehuan Sect were relentless in their attempts to kill her, so that Yan Xingyun was merely surviving and suffering day and night. These people must pay the price.
Zhang Xu thought Yan Chenghuan wanted to make an enemy of the entire sect, but in reality, he was only looking for a few people.
Yan Chenghuan circled the patrol team, watching the light green dots emerging from the sect, converging towards the center like a spider web.
The location is Yunyan Pavilion.
Yan Chenghuan's mind raced, and he rushed in, exploiting the loopholes in the formation.
The first floor was brightly lit, and several old women were fast asleep, slumped over the table.
Yan Chenghuan paused, then released his divine sense to check, and found that the three of them had indeed fallen into a deep sleep, as if they were trapped in a deep nightmare.
Yan Chenghuan stepped forward, pushed the group aside, and revealed several familiar faces—the same people who had chased after Yan Xingyun back then.
Things went surprisingly smoothly, as if someone had figured out he wanted to take revenge on these people and had them tied up and delivered to him.
Who is it?
Seeing such a good opportunity, Yan Chenghuan did not hesitate and shattered the meridians of these people with a wave of his hand.
Amidst the intense pain, these individuals instantly awoke. Feeling the sharp pain in their bodies, they performed an internal examination and discovered that their spiritual energy was completely depleted, immediately revealing expressions of horror.
"Who are you?" A kind voice rang out, and seeing Yan Chenghuan's instant fear of the unknown, and then recalling the disappearance of his cultivation, he immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Did you do it? We have no grudge against you, you..."
"No enmity or grudge?" Yan Chenghuan removed his mask, revealing a handsome face.
"You?" The man looked at Yan Chenghuan's somewhat familiar face but couldn't remember him for a moment.
Yan Chenghuan sneered: "Yan Xingyun, how could you not remember?"
As if hearing something terrifying, the man's pupils dilated instantly, and he pointed at him, trembling as he said, "Impossible, he's already dead, how could you be him? Impossible, impossible."
After a long while, he seemed to remember something.
:"Who are you······"
She couldn't finish her sentence before swallowing the bloody froth.
"So, do you like this birthday gift?"
Someone came from the darkness, shrouded in darkness.
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