"Well he sure has become bolder now, last time he came from behind and caught me in embrace as my pill cauldron exploded," Bai Ning spoke while sighing ruefully.
"To think that Lin Feng would make us lower our guards to this extent," Qing Shu spoke. She was the most aloof and cold among them all. She didn’t hate Lin Feng in the beginning but she didn’t show any emotion of liking either.
Now she liked spending time with him no matter when he came to her peak.
"Cough..." Xuan Lian coughed and others quieted down. "Well I have an announcement to make too."
Others were surprised and looked at her intently. Xuan Lian didn’t feel shy like Xuan Xue and spoke directly.
"Well, I am going to dual cultivate too. As for my partner... it is my dear sweetheart Lin Feng," she spoke while smiling.
Others looked at her calmly. They didn’t even feel surprised by it. Among all of them, if someone loved Lin Feng as much as Xuan Xue, then it was Xuan Lian, and she was always open about it.
Xuan Xue shook her head,"We can talk about it later, let’s talk about the sect competition now. Who else has come to challenge?"
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Lin Feng climbed up to the abodes of the Spirit Peak disciples but he didn’t see anyone outside. There were very few abodes and it seemed everyone was either cultivating or had gone on a mission. At least senior sister had gone to eradicate those related to Crimson Lotus Inn.
Maybe she had returned to the sect, but he couldn’t be sure unless he saw her.
He climbed further but he didn’t find any elder abodes, so his peak didn’t have elders. Well, given the strength of senior sister Mo Yan, she might be stronger than some elders here, so it didn’t seem unbelievable for a peak to not have an elder.
After climbing, he reached the top and went towards his abode. He decided to cultivate. There was nothing else to do, he didn’t need to practice for battles anyway.
He wouldn’t be able to break through, but since he was free he would cultivate. He closed his chamber and started cultivating.
Two days passed and finally Lin Feng came out as his master had called him. Today was the day of the competition and they were going now.
When they arrived at the inner sect where the arena was, Lin Feng could see all the peaks divided into different groups with different seating arrangements elevated above the ground level.
Lin Feng thought he might have to go to the Treasure Peak area, but his master told him to follow them. They went to an area where eight seats were placed, five on the left, two on the right, while one in the middle was further elevated above the rest.
The seats were divided into two groups. One group on the left consisted of five seats while the other group had two seats.
In the middle there was another seat which was elevated even further above the others, it must be his master’s seat.
On the left side, two people were already sitting. One was a woman, while the other was a middle-aged man. Two young cultivators stood behind them, a boy standing behind the woman, while a girl stood behind the middle-aged man.
He was sure that the woman was Li Xiang and the boy behind her was Wu Jian. He didn’t know about the other two but they had definitely also come here to initiate a challenge.
Just like him, both Li Xiang and the middle-aged man were looking at him with intense curiosity along with their disciples. It was a given outcome after all. He was a male and was wearing sect robes, not to mention he was following his master.
Li Xiang and the man didn’t ask about it as greetings came first.
"It’s been a while Sect Master Xuan," the middle-aged man spoke while standing up.
Xuan Xue nodded. "It is a pleasant surprise to have you here Daoist Zhan, please sit."
"How have you been, Xue’er and Lian’er?" Li Xiang spoke with a small smile.
Lin Feng was surprised. It seemed his master and Senior Li Xiang were friends.
"We are fine. Sword-related physique?" Xuan Xue spoke while observing Wu Jian. Xuan Lian just nodded.
"Yes, isn’t my luck good? I found Wu Jian in a small village," Li Xiang spoke enthusiastically. "Are you ready to lose? Hehehe."
She seemed quite confident and proud of her disciple.
"By the way, care to explain who is he?" Li Xiang spoke while looking at Lin Feng.
"My disciple," Xuan Xue spoke calmly.
Both Li Xiang and Zhan Tian were stunned. It was well known that there was no place for males in Frozen Heart Sect, so how could she accept a male disciple?
Li Xiang was in total disbelief. She knew Xuan Xue quite well, so she really couldn’t figure out the reason for her accepting a male disciple. "You people started accepting male disciples?"
"He is only an exception. Now stop questioning and let us start the competition." Xuan Xue sat on her seat and looked towards the arena. "Start." Her voice was slow but without doubt it resounded throughout the sect.
Lin Feng went behind his master and stood. Since he was in the early stage of Qi Refinement, his turn would come quickly. As for registering for the tournament, his aunt had already done that for him.
A woman landed in the middle of the arena. It was none other than his senior sister Mo Yan.
"Ahh... Mo Yan, she has become quite beautiful and strong. You people still haven’t told me what her constitution is. Her strength is too strong and it is definitely not possible without a good special constitution," Li Xiang lamented. "I wanted to take her as a disciple, if only you people hadn’t interfered."
Lin Feng was stunned. So senior sister had a special constitution too? He would ask her about it later.
"What do you mean? She never said yes to you. You wanted to abduct her and you think we would let that happen?" Xuan Lian spoke with a sarcastic voice.
"Tch... I was just taking her for a walk, she would have definitely said yes after that."
"Stop it, you two. Let’s watch the duels," Xuan Xue spoke as two early stage disciples were already on the arena.