Inside the spacious hall, the sect leader and elders were discussing important matters concerning the Qing Sect.
A disciple with a anxious expression ran inside, knelt on the ground, and looked at the elders and sect leader inside.
The Grand Elder, seeing the Qingzong disciple rushing into the hall, walked up to him with a face full of anger: "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"
The Qingzong disciples, hearing the Grand Elder's question, looked on with anxiety: "You all need to go and see, Xiao Feng and Ziming Ding are fighting."
Upon hearing this, the Third Elder and the Sect Master exchanged a glance, neither of them knowing why Xiao Feng and Zi Mingding were fighting.
Since both of them were direct disciples, they dared not delay and followed their disciple to the big tree.
At this moment, the disciples were watching from all sides of the big tree.
Suddenly, the disciples behind saw the sect leader and elders arrive and quickly made way for them, saying, "The sect leader is here."
They originally thought that after they reminded him, Zimingding would give up attacking Xiao Feng.
However, they underestimated Zimingding's hatred for Xiao Feng.
When the sect leader led the elders to the big tree, Zi Mingding was still hovering around Xiao Feng, as if looking for an opportunity to strike him.
However, the Mountain and River Sword clung to Zi Mingding like a leech, causing every strike he made to land on the sword.
The Third Elder's face turned ashen upon seeing this.
He never imagined that his personally taught disciple would be humiliated in such a way, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
The sect leader coldly looked at the third elder: "Third elder, Zimingding is your disciple. You should separate them as soon as possible."
Throughout the entire process, Xiao Feng never moved his own position, so there was no reason to place the responsibility on him.
When the Third Elder heard the Sect Master tell him to stop them, he gathered his spiritual power in his feet and landed between Zi Mingding and Xiao Feng.
Zimingding looked at the Third Elder appearing in front of him, his face full of resentment: "Master, he cheated."
The Third Elder glanced at the disciples around him and noticed that everyone's face was filled with disdain.
Although no one said anything specific, he had already figured out that Zimingding was definitely in the wrong.
The Third Elder pointed to the person next to him and said, "You stand next to me. I will find out the truth about this matter."
Although Xiao Feng was the sect leader's personal disciple, his status within the sect was still not as high as that of the elders.
When he saw the Third Elder standing in front of him, he quickly stood up, bowed to the Third Elder, and greeted him.
The Third Elder casually waved his hand at Xiao Feng: "Can you tell me why they started fighting?"
The disciples exchanged glances, took a few steps back, and none of them dared to step forward.
Those around them, eager for a good show, approached the Third Elder and revealed the entire bet between the two.
Everyone thought the stakes between the two would be some martial arts techniques, but no one expected that the stakes would actually escalate to the Mountain and River Sword and the Purple Gold Defense Token.
Now that Zimingding has lost the competition, they should return the stakes.
The Third Elder walked up to Zi Mingding with a serious expression and stretched out his hand: "Take out your Purple Gold Defense Token."
Seeing the Third Elder's serious expression, Zi Mingding knew he had no chance to bargain.
He quickly took out a purple-gold token from his clothes and stuffed it into the Third Elder's hand, his face full of resentment.
The Third Elder deliberately raised the Purple Gold Defense Token: "I, this elder, am giving this token to Xiao Feng in front of everyone. We have not broken our promise."
The disciples nodded in agreement, witnessing the Third Elder hand the Purple Gold Defense Token to Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng fiddled with the purple-gold defense token in his hand for a while, then glanced around and said, "Hey buddy, come here."
Those around them, confused as to why Xiao Feng wanted to see them, approached him with bewildered expressions: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Feng placed the purple-gold defensive token in his hand: "Here, keep this token with you for self-defense."
Those around him, hearing that he wanted to leave the token to them, shook their heads vigorously, backing away repeatedly, not daring to accept the token at all.
It was something that Xiao Feng won, so how could it possibly appear on him?
When Xiao Feng saw that he refused to accept his token, he laughed loudly: "I have the Mountain and River Sword protecting me, so such a thing is useless to me."
If someone could pass through the Mountain and River Sword and reach him, the Purple Gold Defense Token would be powerless to do anything.
After his explanation, the people around him trembled as they accepted the tokens, their faces filled with gratitude.
Suddenly, someone around seemed to realize something and glanced at Xiao Feng: "According to the other disciples, your strength seems to fluctuate? Could it be that your foundation is unstable?"
Xiao Feng used this excuse in front of the sect leader, and he needed to use the same excuse in front of others.
Xiao Feng nodded helplessly, "Yes, my foundation is unstable, and my strength fluctuates too much."
Those around them listened to Xiao Feng's words and kept them firmly in mind.
Just then, the Third Elder said to Xiao Feng, "Since your bet has been settled, I will not disturb you any longer."
Zimingding was about to say something, but the Third Elder didn't give him a chance to speak and pulled him away from there.
Seeing that Xiao Feng had brought him honor, the sect leader laughed and came to him, saying, "Practice the inner cultivation techniques well, and your master believes that you will be able to stand at the pinnacle of the Qing Sect in the future."
Xiao Feng understood the sect leader's affection for him and bowed slightly, saying, "I will definitely cultivate diligently."
Since the matter concerning the Azure Sect had not yet been concluded, the sect leader addressed the elders behind him, saying, "The matter here is over; you may all disperse."
Now that the sect leader had given the order, the disciples had no reason to stay and all left.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xiao Feng returned to his room.
Although he didn't get anything after the competition, he felt that those around him had done a lot for him and deserved to receive the Purple Gold Defense Token.
He originally planned to continue cultivating the inner layer of the technique, but then he heard footsteps coming from the doorway.
Xiao Feng glanced at the door and saw people running in with lots of things, their faces beaming with smiles.
Suddenly, someone burst into the room and threw all the medicinal herbs he was holding onto the table: "I don't know if these herbs will be of any use to you, but they are very expensive."
He knew nothing about alchemy, but he knew that expensive things must be good, so he simply bought them all.
Xiao Feng looked at the medicinal herbs on the table, couldn't help but walk over to him, and patted him on the shoulder: "We've always been good buddies, so don't waste money in the future."
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