Ye Hua remained silent.
He had a vague sense of foreboding.
He went over his plan in his mind and ultimately didn't think Su Nian had any way to escape this predicament. He assumed Su Nian was just bluffing and said coldly, "No need for your concern, senior brother. I have the confidence to do so."
"That's good." Su Nian smiled.
After Quanxiu's group had gone far away, a young female cultivator wearing a bamboo hat appeared on the street and then disappeared without a trace.
As soon as the group entered the inn in the city, they attracted a great deal of attention.
The shop owner was fiddling with his abacus at the counter when he looked up and saw so many beautiful female cultivators in his shop. With his sharp eyesight, he immediately recognized them as a group of disciples from Quanxiu.
He stepped forward to greet the guests, saying with a cheerful smile, "Oh, aren't these the fairies of Quanxiu? Your presence at our shop is truly an honor!"
Hong Jiuquan, who was leading the group, waved his hand and said indifferently, "Let's skip the formalities. Arrange some good rooms for us and prepare some food."
"Alright! Gentlemen, this way please!"
The shop owner agreed and turned to lead Quanxiu's female disciples upstairs.
On the way upstairs, someone suddenly stood up and shouted in the lobby of the inn.
"Su Nian!"
The sound was so loud that it attracted the attention of almost all the guests in the inn.
Everyone stopped and looked in unison. In the hall, a man with long black hair stood up. He had a sword at his waist, was tall, had sharp eyebrows, and stared at Su Nian with piercing eyes.
Su Nian turned around, saw the person who had come in, and stroked her chin with interest. "What's wrong, Brother Ran?"
The speaker was Ran Chunfeng, the eldest disciple of the Four Seasons Sect. He was three years older than Su Nian and his cultivation level was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage. He was the most talented disciple among the younger generation of the entire Four Seasons Sect.
Ran Chunfeng is well-worthy of being ranked in the top ten among the young generation of powerhouses in the entire Kyushu. He has always regarded Su Nian as his rival and has repeatedly challenged him.
But he also understood that he was still somewhat inferior to Su Nian in terms of both talent and practical experience.
His gaze was fixed on Su Nian, his eyes narrowed, and his voice was filled with disbelief and anger, "Your cultivation is really gone?"
"So that's what you were asking about? Not entirely, I still have Foundation Establishment." Su Nian replied nonchalantly.
Ran Chunfeng was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll come find you later, leave the door open for me."
Seeing the strange looks from the other female disciples in the sect, and some even snickering, Su Nian quickly said, "Hey! Can't you just say what you want to say openly? Don't make it sound like you're having an affair!"
Ran Chunfeng was taken aback, then explained, "I'm straight."
"Does that mean I'm gay?" Su Nian's lips twitched slightly.
Ran Chunfeng thought about it carefully for a moment, "I don't know, but you were born in Quanxiu, so it's not impossible that you were assimilated..."
"Go to hell! Ran Chunfeng! Shut up! Don't think I won't beat you up just because my cultivation level is lower than yours! If you slander my reputation again, believe me, I'll really hit you!" Su Nian couldn't take it anymore.
What nonsense is this dimwit spouting in public?
"Are you going to challenge me?" Ran Chunfeng was taken aback for a moment, then said seriously, "It's not impossible, but if I fight you with my current Nascent Soul stage strength, people will inevitably say that I'm taking advantage. How about this, I'll suppress my cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage, and we'll have a serious match! I also want to see how much strength you still have after your cultivation level is lowered?"
Su Nian: "..."
He sighed and shook his head, finally saying, "You have no sense at all. I've always been curious how you became the senior disciple of the Four Seasons Sect. Never mind, I was just joking. If there's nothing else, I'll go upstairs with my fellow disciples."
Ran Chunfeng stroked his chin and said seriously, "There is indeed one more thing."
"What?"
"Junior Brother Ru."
The person whom Ran Chunfeng called Junior Brother Ru stood up, head held high, looking straight ahead.
Ran Chunfeng introduced, "This is Junior Brother Ru Beiqiu. His cultivation level is at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage. He will represent our Four Seasons Sect in the Foundation Establishment group battle. I heard that you have a junior brother who is exceptionally talented and has no rivals in the Foundation Establishment stage. But coincidentally, my Junior Brother Ru is also unrivaled in the Foundation Establishment group."
Ru Beiqiu bowed very politely to all the female cultivators in the entire show, "I am Ru Beiqiu, greetings to all the fairies."
Su Nian didn't speak, but simply raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Ye Hua beside her.
Ye Hua was also surprised that the topic would fall on him. He looked at Ru Beiqiu and found it amusing.
"So it's Senior Brother Ru. My apologies. I am Ye Hua, at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage. I look forward to your guidance then." Ye Hua bowed in return.
Ran Chunfeng said to Su Nian, "Su Nian, I originally wanted to defeat you personally in this birthday martial arts competition to avenge the humiliation of that year, but unfortunately, your Nascent Soul has been completely destroyed. I have heard that Brother Ye's talent is no less than yours back then, so let the two of them represent our respective sects and have a real contest. I am looking forward to the moment when the representatives of both sides fight."
Su Nian simply smiled upon hearing this.
He shook his head and said indifferently, "If you're talking about sect competition, then you've come to the wrong person. I'm not the representative of Quanxiu now, so I can't agree to what you're saying."
After saying that, Su Nian said to the two elders who were standing in front, "Elders, shall we go upstairs? It's cold outside, and we don't want our senior sisters to catch a cold."
Hong Jiuquan and Li Baiyu exchanged a glance, a hint of helplessness flashing in their eyes. They gave a faint "hmm" and went upstairs.
After Quanxiu and his group disappeared, the inn was filled with discussion.
Ran Chunfeng watched Su Nian's departing figure and shook his head with regret. "It's a pity that such a talented person ended up fading into obscurity. How tragic, how tragic."
Beside him, Ru Beiqiu remained expressionless.
No one noticed that Ru Beiqiu's fingertips, hidden in her sleeve, were faintly emanating a demonic aura.
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