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At this moment, the fifth battle of the Nascent Soul group was nearing its end, featuring Ma Tianyang, who was also challenged by the Everlasting Fairy across levels.

Vice Sect Master Liu commented, This Ma Tianyang is at the late stage of Nascent Soul, whereas on the Five Elements Sects side, theres a peak Nascent Soul Stage practitioner. Both are disciples of immortal sects, receiving roughly the same resources. At this point, external methods no longer work; what matters is cultivation. A slight difference in cultivation can determine victory or defeat. Ma Tianyang is not far from losing.

Just as Vice Sect Master Liu predicted, Ma Tianyang gradually fell into a disadvantage. His opponent grew stronger as the battle progressed, aiming to defeat Ma Tianyang in one fell swoop.

Ma Tianyang was a talisman cultivator. The various talismans he drew were considered premium goods in the outside world. If a small family acquired one, it could be treasured as a family heirloom, delivering a fatal blow at a critical moment to save the family.

Unfortunately, Ma Tianyangs opponent controlled thunder, with thunderous sounds and lightning-fast speed. Each lightning strike precisely disrupted Ma Tianyangs talisman drawing rhythm, preventing him from leveraging the advantage of a talisman cultivator.

Just when the opponent thought the victory was assured and pressed on the attack, Ma Tianyang pressed his palms down hard. Countless runes flashed, forming a majestic mountain, suppressing the opponent.

The opponent, trapped under the mountain, couldnt mobilize any spiritual power and was defeated in confusion, A Thousand Catty Mountain Talisman! Such a talisman cant be stored on paper; it has to be drawn on the spot. But even for you, drawing it on the spot should take five minutes. Where did you find the time!

Ma Tianyang sneered, Ive been drawing all along; you just didnt see it.

How is that possible! Where were you drawing it!

Ma Tianyang pointed to his body, My blood vessels.

While fighting you, I was adjusting the positions of my blood vessels.

I (redacted curse words) (TL Note: The author just put a bunch of symbols)

The martial training grounds array was comprehensive and considerate, including an automatic profanity filtering array. To outsiders, it all sounded like beeping noises.

The opponent thought he had observed the Dao Seeking Sect for so long that he almost grasped their strategies, not realizing he was still far off.

Vice Sect Master Lius eyes twitched, not expecting Ma Tianyang to have such a trick up his sleeve. He was careless for not noticing it.

Blood contains spiritual power, so adjusting blood vessels to form talisman patterns is indeed feasible, even more ingenious than drawing talismans externally, with no loss of spiritual power.

But the question remains, is drawing talismans with blood vessels something a normal person would think of!

Vice Sect Master Liu said indifferently, teaching Lu Yang, Dont learn this kind of combat method. Blood vessel knots can easily lead to thrombosis.

Lu Yang thought Vice Sect Master Liu was being overly cautious. He had heard that Brother Ma Tianyang could untie even the tightest knots in his blood vessels.

After the Nascent Soul group, it was time for the last group, the Spirit Transformation group.

This was the highest-value group in the exchange event. Watching a battle between Spirit Transformation Stage practitioners could bring tremendous benefits!

Representing the Dao Seeking Sect in battle was a senior brother from the Pellet Cauldron Peak named Lu Wang, whom Lu Yang had not seen before.

Whispers among the crowd, Its actually Senior Brother Lu; its been a long time since Ive seen him.

I heard that during his Core Formation, he failed three times because he was dissatisfied with his one-pattern golden core.

Why is that?

He insists that the golden core is also a type of pill, and a golden core without patterns or fragrance is a failure. So, he kept trying to form a golden core with fragrance. (TL Note: The word core () is the same word for pill)

Did he succeed?

He did. Senior Brother Lu really formed a golden core with fragrance.

Whats so special about this kind of golden core?

It smells really good.

Lu Yang asked his subordinate, Little Liu, who do you think will win?

Huh? Vice Sect Master Liu thought he heard wrong. What did this kid just call him?

Lu Yang calmly explained, In the outside world, youre hired as a temporary employee, and Im your boss. We must play our parts convincingly. If Im too respectful to you, itll look fake. Our plan is about to be implemented, and we cant afford to give ourselves away now!

Vice Sect Master Liu nodded, accepting Lu Yangs reasoning.

Lu Wang is well-known within the Spirit Transformation Stage, with few willing to face him as an opponent. He practices both pill and poison cultivation, with his poison being stronger than his pills. Unfortunately, Lu Wang is out of luck, meeting an opponent who counters him.

Ive heard about his opponent, who grew up in the Five Poisons Pit and has developed a body immune to all poisons. Faced with him, Lu Wang cant utilize his strengths.

On the martial training ground, Lu Wang faced off against a disciple from the Five Elements Sect. Lu Wang first tested his opponent with bone-eroding poison smoke, which, just as Vice Sect Master Liu mentioned, did not affect the opponent at all. The poison smoke was useless against him.

This is going to be tough, Lu Wang felt somewhat challenged.

The opponent sneered, Give up, Lu Wang. You could win against anyone else, but against me, youre bound to lose!

The battle of the Spirit Transformation Stage wasnt limited to the ground. The two fighters moved between flying in the sky and burrowing into the earth, with victories on both sides. The opponent had greater strength than Lu Wang, putting Lu Wang at a disadvantage.

Lu Wang pulled out a pill that increased strength, which was allowed in the competition.

Just as Lu Wang was about to consume it, the opponent snatched it away and swallowed it.

The opponent sneered, Thinking of using a pill? Youd need the opportunity to do so first!

After swallowing the pill, the opponent felt his strength rapidly declining.

Whats going on! The opponent was shocked, as this was not supposed to happen.

Lu Wang punched the opponent, sending him flying: The Ten Elephants Strength Pill, granting the user the strength of ten elephants.

Except its meant for those at the Foundation Establishment level. In other words, you can now only exert the strength of ten Foundation Establishment level elephants.

You (more redacted curse words)

Be content, I didnt give you the mating season version of the Ten Elephants Strength Pill. You should be grateful for that. Lu Wang threw the opponent out of the ring.

After the four battles of the Spirit Transformation group, Vice Sect Master Liu didnt predict any outcomes correctly.

It wasnt that Vice Sect Master Liu lacked insight; it was that the Dao Seeking Sects Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators were too unpredictable.

Vice Sect Master Liu took a deep breath to calm himself, as they were about to take action and couldnt let these distractions affect their mood.

He noticed everyone was in the right positions, forming the Yellow Millet Formation to maximize the effect of the Yellow Millet Pillow.

According to the Everlasting Fairy, this was a sleeping formation she often used, very effective.

Vice Sect Master Liu heard the Dao Seeking Sect announcing the closing remarks: The friendly exchange meeting between the Dao Seeking Sect and the Five Elements Sect now concludes. We are delighted to have spent this wonderful time with everyone

Everyones attention was focused on the stage, the perfect moment to take action!

Vice Sect Master Liu raised his hand and shouted, Take action!

Dao Seeking Sect disciples lurking nearby, hearing the command, appeared in unison and charged towards the high-ranking members of the Undying Sect.

They remembered Lu Yang saying that someone would shout take action, and to start moving as soon as they heard it.

They had speculated who would give the order, with some guessing it was Lu Yang, others Meng Jingzhou, and some even guessed Barbarian Bone.

Now, the mystery was finally solved.

The Dao Seeking Sect disciples nodded respectfully to Vice Sect Master Liu, who was still somewhat confused, recognizing him as a hero.

So, Vice Sect Master Liu was also one of our undercover agents, successfully reaching the position of vice sect master.

(End of the chapter)