Nearly a thousand people from all the disciples of the Hollow Jade Temple had gathered on the training ground. The crowd moved and whispered to each other from time to time.
The six elders of the Hollow Jade Temple followed closely behind the Sect Leader and walked up to a high platform. The Sect Leader pressed his hands down and shouted,""Everyone, quiet down."
The audience immediately fell silent.
"Fellow disciples, I believe that everyone knows about the previous invasion of the Jade Palace by the demonic aura."”
As soon as these words were said, the crowd below the stage could not help but start discussing again.
Once again, he gestured with his hands to stop everyone from talking. The sect leader continued,"Originally, we had already invited the eighteen Arhats of the Five Tai Buddhist Sects to join forces to destroy the demons. However, the demons seemed to be afraid of our Jade Mirage Temple. No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find that monster. After discussing with the elders, I feel that the demons should have left the Jade Mirage Palace. Now I have decided to remove the Jade Mirage Palace's guard.”
"I receive the Sect Leader's decree," everyone below the stage said in unison.”Nearly a thousand people shouted in unison, truly causing the world to change color.
Looking at his disciples and grand-disciples in satisfaction, the sect leader smiled and said,"Alright! The matter of the demons came to an end. Now, I'll announce the second thing. In another ten years, it would be the cultivation world's martial arts competition that was held once every hundred years. Since the first martial arts competition, each sect had sent five people under the age of 100 to show the superiority of their sect's rising stars. Now, I will announce the names of the five people from the Hollow Jade Temple who will participate in this tournament. The following five people whose names I have named will enter the world to cultivate for a period of ten years. At the same time, they will also look for strange stones and spirit mines to cultivate their own magic treasures. Alright, I'll start taking attendance. Everyone, pay attention. Xu Aotian!"
A tall and sturdy young man walked out of the crowd and knelt on one knee in front of the stage."Disciple is here."
The sect leader nodded in satisfaction and continued to call out,"Wang Canghe!"
"Disciple is here!"
"Liu Hai!"
"Disciple is here!"
"Qingyuan!"
"Disciple is here!"
Looking at the four people kneeling in front of him with a smile, the sect leader swept his gaze across the crowd below. He slightly opened his mouth and called out,"Qingyu!"
Qingyu was shocked, and then she was overjoyed. She ran to Xu Aotian and the others and was about to kneel down. She said,"Disciple…"
"Wait a minute!" Just as Qingyu was feeling smug, a cold voice suddenly entered the ears of everyone present. The simple and direct words " wait a moment " immediately made the expressions of the seven elders, including the Sect Leader, change at the same time. Since the establishment of the Hollow Jade Temple, no one had dared to openly stop the decision of the Sect Leader on such an occasion.
Everyone couldn't help but look at the person who spoke, and they were surprised to find a figure slowly appearing on the stairs.
"Who are you?" the Sect Leader shouted angrily. How dare you barge into my Hollow Jade Temple?"
As the person who spoke got closer and closer, the people on the training ground were also shocked.
The newcomer was a young man with a head of black hair draped over his shoulders. He was wearing the Daoist robe worn by the disciples of the Hollow Jade Temple, but the Daoist robe was already worn out. The Eight Trigrams on his chest was no longer in shape, and the cuffs were even torn into strips. However, this did not affect the young man's imposing temperament. When he stood in the crowd, he made people feel like he was a crane among chickens. The most amazing thing was the youth's flawless face, which was as perfect as a jade sculpture, coupled with his cold and arrogant expression, which immediately caused some of the women present to cry out in surprise.
Aotian Xu, who had been staring at the boy since he appeared, suddenly trembled. He got up and ran to the boy. He stared into the boy's eyes and asked in a trembling voice,"You are…Ziyu?"
The young man smiled and said softly,""Brother."
Xu Aotian pulled Fang Ziyu into his arms and hugged him tightly, afraid that he would disappear again if he let go. Her eyes were already wet with tears as she choked,"You're really Ziyu, really my younger brother Ziyu. You're back, you're finally back.”
Fang Ziyu looked touched. He patted Xu Aotian's back and said softly,"Brother, it's me. Ziyu is back.”
Xu Aotian gently pushed Fang Ziyu away and wiped away the tears in his eyes."Ziyu, do you know how hard it was for me to find you?”
Fang Ziyu nodded and said softly,"I'm sorry, brother. I've made you worry.”
Xu Aotian quickly shook his head.”
At this moment, the sect leader's voice sounded,"Aotian, this is…?"”
Xu Aotian held Fang Ziyu's hand tightly as they walked towards the stage. As they walked, he shouted,"Master, it's Ziyu! Ziyu is back."
"What?" Sect Leader Bai Xuan, Elder Bai Jie of the Jade Martial Hall, Elder Bai Du of the Jade Immortal Hall, Yu Da Yong, Song Tao, and Qing Yu shouted in unison. Among them, Qingyu shouted the loudest.
Bai Jie's eyes flashed with a strange light as he stared at Fang Ziyu and asked in a deep voice,""Are you Fang Ziyu?"
Fang Ziyu nodded at Bai Jie and replied calmly,""It's me, Master."
"Ziyu, your face…" Bai Du asked in disbelief.
After Bai Du's reminder, Xu Aotian came back to his senses and realized that Fang Ziyu's face had changed. Xu Aotian shouted,"Yeah, Ziyu, what happened to your face?”
Fang Ziyu gently touched his face and asked,"What happened to my face?"
"You don't know?" Xu Aotian asked.”Seeing Fang Ziyu shake his head in confusion, Xu Aotian said,"Wait a moment." After saying that, Xu Aotian formed a circle with his fingers and muttered,"Heaven and earth, listen to my command. Use qi to transform objects, use objects to imitate gods, virtual objective, appear!”As soon as Xu Aotian said the word "show", a purple light flashed in the circle formed by his palms, and then a mirror-like object appeared. This was one of the basic Taoist skills of the Jade Mirage Palace, which was to make the virtual object real. Xu Aotian raised his hand in front of Fang Ziyu. The mirror in his hand was facing Fang Ziyu's face. He said,"See for yourself."
It was a flawless face, snow-white skin, a pair of bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and sexy thin lips that could charm any woman to death. Fang Ziyu did not know how to describe the handsome and flawless face reflected in the mirror. He could only say that it was the most perfect face he had ever seen since he could remember. Fang Ziyu stroked his face again and asked,""Is this me?"
Putting away the Virtual Mirror, Xu Aotian sighed,""Heavens, Ziyu. What kind of elixir did you eat to actually become even more mature than a young lady? How did you get rid of that half black face of yours?”
Fang Ziyu casually shrugged his shoulders and replied,"I don't know."
Xu Aotian was about to speak again when the sect leader finally couldn't hold back and asked,"Fang Ziyu, where have you been these past two years?”
"That's right!" Xu Aotian held Fang Ziyu's arm and asked,"Ziyu, where did you go during the two years you were missing? We couldn't find you no matter how hard we tried.”
Fang Ziyu's face darkened as he turned to look at Qingyu, who had lowered her head and remained silent with a gloomy expression on her face. A murderous intent gradually appeared in his eyes as he said coldly,"Dead."
"Dead?" The Sect Leader frowned and asked. Since he was already dead, why would he appear here?”
Xu Aotian looked at the sect leader unhappily but did not say anything.
Fang Ziyu, who was still staring at Qingyu coldly, said with a murderous tone,""I'm alive again."
"Fang Ziyu!" The Sect Leader, who felt that he was being played like a monkey by Fang Ziyu, finally flew into a rage and shouted,"Are you kidding me?"
Xu Aotian's expression changed drastically. He immediately pleaded for Fang Ziyu,"Master, please calm down. Ziyu never jokes. There must be a reason for him to say this. It won't be too late to punish him after Master allows Ziyu to finish speaking.”
Although the sect leader was already furious, he had to suppress the anger in his heart because of his precious disciple's face. He said angrily,"Since Aotian pleaded for you, I'll give you a chance. If you can't tell me the reason, I won't punish you severely.”
Fang Ziyu's gaze finally left Qingyu, who was still lowering her head, and turned to the Sect Leader. He said coldly,""I don't need your chance."
The Sect Leader's face turned red from Fang Ziyu's words. He was so angry that he suddenly attacked. Even the six elders beside him could not stop him in time. Fang Ziyu's life was about to disappear.
Fang Ziyu saw the purple light coming towards him. He wanted to dodge, but he couldn't muster any strength. It was as if the surrounding space was sealed, including his spirit. His entire body was weak and powerless. He could only watch the purple light drift towards his forehead. Under this immense pressure, Fang Ziyu's four streams of Genuine Qi started to circulate at the same time.
"Sect Leader (Master), don't!" The six elders, Xu Aotian, and the rest of the disciples exclaimed at the same time, but it was too late.
The sect leader's heart skipped a beat as he wondered what was wrong with him. How could he be so easily angered and start a massacre with his hundreds of years of cultivation? Especially when the other party was his disciple. With a thought, he was just about to retract his mana, which was less than a meter away from Fang Ziyu, when something unexpected happened. Fang Ziyu suddenly raised his right hand and a powerful surge of Genuine Qi shot out from his hand blade and met the Sect Leader's mana. In an instant, the two streams of true energy collided and transformed into thousands of rays of multicolored light, dazzling the surrounding people. The surging mana suddenly surged out, and the boundless domineering energy gave people an irresistible feeling. With a loud bang, all the disciples with weak cultivation were shaken to the edge of the training ground by the violent impact. The entire training ground seemed to shake violently, as if the Jade Palace was about to collapse. Several long cracks appeared on the ground of the high platform made of bluestone. The six elders, Xu Aotian, and the others also drifted back about ten meters, while Fang Ziyu and the sect leader each retreated more than ten steps.
The six elders turned pale with fright, and the sect leader was even more shocked. He stuttered,"You…are actually…in the late Nascent Soul stage?”
Fang Ziyu wiped away the trace of blood from the corner of his mouth and said coldly,""Try again?"
The Sect Leader and the six elders looked at each other, ignoring Fang Ziyu's disrespectful tone. They asked in disbelief,"When did you reach the advanced stage of the original level?”
Fang Ziyu only looked at the Sect Leader coldly and did not reply.
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