Kunlun Pillar of Heaven, inside Yuxu Palace.

The head of Ziwei Sect is convening a meeting of elders for a simple reason: Shushan has sent another invitation to hold a new orthodox competition and is asking Kunlun Taiqing Sect to send monks to attend the meeting.

This competition was different from the last one in Baiyujing. In addition to the competition between the foundation-building cultivators, there was also a special competition between the Jindan cultivators, so strictly speaking, it was two competitions, but they were mixed together.

The purpose of such an arrangement is almost obvious: it is to allow the Taiyin Sword Master Qingheng to defeat Kunlun's Taoist Master Changgeng.

When Kunlun received this request, it felt like eating a fly and was very disgusting.

Let Master Chang Geng go, the chance of defeating Taiyin Sword Master seems slim.

After all, the Taiyin Suming Sword is one of the two Fuxi swords, and its rank is much higher than that of ordinary flying swords. In the past, even the Changmei Immortal holding the Liangyi Weichen Sword was no match for the Taiyin Sword Master. How could Changgeng Zhenren defeat him?

If Chang Geng is not allowed to go, it is foreseeable that Shushan will use this opportunity to build momentum and weaken Kunlun Taiqing Sect's reputation as "the number one sect in the world."

Therefore, it was not right to go, nor was it right not to go. Everyone was very annoyed, but they still had to put on an apologetic face to the Shushan envoys, which really made the Kunlun elders feel very aggrieved.

After all, it's just that we are not as strong as others, otherwise why would we be in such a dilemma?

Of course, no one meant to blame Chang Geng. After all, the Taiyin Su Ming Sword was too scary and beyond human power to contend with. If anyone wanted to blame anyone, they could only blame Kunlun for not being as lucky as Shushan and not producing a lucky person like Qing Heng.

The envoy sent by Shushan this time was Master Jinghua, the first disciple of Elder Yujing.

Ling Yunpo had dealt with this Immortal several times before. He had a typical Shushan rough character: upright, straightforward, and inflexible.

Kunlun wanted to delay time by saying “We will give a reply to Shushan after we have discussed it thoroughly”, but this person directly replied “Master has ordered me to bring Kunlun’s reply back to the mountain gate”, and then he stayed in Kunlun and refused to leave, as if he was determined to wait for a reply from Kunlun.

The elders of Kunlun had no choice but to hold a meeting to discuss how to respond to the challenge from Shushan.

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian were outside asking for a meeting. When the head of Ziwei Sect was about to ask them to wait outside, an elder suddenly suggested:

"Master Chang Geng has always been very wise. In this dilemma, maybe he can come up with some clever ideas."

Master Ziwei thought about it and agreed, so he asked someone to call in Zhenren Changgeng and Zhenren Qiongying.

When the two entered the main hall, they saw the elders gathered together. All of them had solemn and stern expressions, as if Kunlun was about to encounter a disaster.

"Master." Qiu Changtian cleared his throat and was about to speak when he heard the headmaster Ziwei, looking annoyed, raising his hand and saying, "Chang Geng has come at the right time. Now Shushan has invited me to Kunlun for a competition. How do you think we should respond?"

Qiu Changtian was a little confused, so an elder came out and explained the matter of the Shushan envoy to him.

In short, the Shushan Shangqing Sect is here to provoke us again!

"Since this is an orthodox competition, we must go." Xu Yinglian said calmly, "Kunlun is the leader of the orthodox religion. There is no reason to refuse."

Her expression was so calm that the Kunlun elders were puzzled.

In other words, this is what Master Chang Geng meant?

Even if the opponent has the Taiyin Suming Sword, is Chang Geng still willing to fight hard with the opponent for the dignity of the sect?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but stand in awe.

The elders were confused about the situation, but how could the head of Ziwei Sect not know Xu Yinglian's character? This girl always spoke her mind, and she might not have informed Master Chang Geng beforehand.

So he said calmly:

"Not only must we go, but we must win, otherwise it is better not to go."

"Indeed." Qiu Changtian also nodded and said, "That's the truth."

Seeing Master Chang Geng nod, the elders took it as his willingness to fight, and their brows relaxed at once, saying with a smile:

"Master, this way, the problem will be solved!"

What does it mean to solve a difficult problem? The head teacher Ziwei's face darkened.

You think that Chang Geng took the initiative to fight, so even if he loses, it is his fault, right? A bunch of idiots, if Chang Geng loses, the whole Kunlun will be ashamed!

He waved his sleeves unhappily and said:

"Chang Geng, if you were to face the Taiyin Sword Master, how confident are you?"

Qiu Changtian laughed and said:

"The Taiyin Suming Sword is indeed a divine sword, but it is not something that a Jindan-level cultivator can easily wield. I think that Master Qingheng is afraid that he cannot unleash the full power of the divine sword."

"Even so, there is almost no rival in the same realm." Master Ziwei deliberately said that Taiyin Sword Master was powerful, so that his disciple would not retreat and would not be forced by the elders to fight against Taiyin Sword Master. "If he does not use the power of the sword, with the inherent sharpness of Taiyin Suming Sword, how can Tianyuan Yiqi Sword resist it?"

"Chang Geng, you have to know that if you participate in the Jindan Realm competition, you can only win, not lose."

"Even if we fight to a draw with Master Qing Heng, there will be people who will use this as an opportunity to attack our sect, saying that our sect is no longer the leader of the righteous path... Do you understand?"

Since Master Ziwei said it so bluntly, Qiu Changtian naturally couldn't continue to brush up the synchronization value of his invincible character setting. Otherwise, wouldn't he be deliberately going against his master?

He nodded and said:

"I understand. That's why I will not participate in the competition and face off against the Taiyin Sword Master."

The Kunlun elders were stunned. They had just volunteered to fight, so why were they backing down now?

Then an elder spoke up and said:

"Chang Geng, Shushan invites you to a fight. As Kunlun's number one Jindan Zhenren, it would be unreasonable for you not to fight. You will still be criticized!"

"Senior, this is fine." Qiu Changtian said with a smile, "Please tell Shushan that I have entered the Nascent Soul Realm recently and cannot participate in the Golden Core Realm competition."

Everyone: ...

There was silence in the main hall for about thirty breaths, so quiet that one could almost hear a pin drop.

Yuanying? What Yuanying? Didn't you just enter the Youwei Stage not long ago? How did you suddenly succeed in overcoming the tribulation?

Moreover, the heavenly tribulation of a first-grade golden elixir would be earth-shattering, burning mountains and boiling seas, and known to everyone in the world, right?

Why haven't we received any news?

“Hahahaha!” Master Ziwei suddenly laughed, breaking the awkward atmosphere. “So that’s how it is!”

"Since Chang Geng has already ascended to the Nascent Soul stage, he naturally cannot compete with Master Qing Heng who remains in the Golden Core stage. Otherwise, wouldn't he be accused of bullying the weak?"

The Kunlun elders suddenly realized what was going on. For a moment, they did not bother to find out when Qiu Changtian had survived the calamity. They quickly agreed and said:

"Not bad, not bad. As the leader of the righteous path, how can we, Kunlun, bully the weak?"