Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Chapter 112 The Heavenly Net Opening

After complaining, he began to introduce their respective opponents to the two women.

“Sister Hua, the senior sister Feng Chen you are facing is currently at the seventh level of Qi Refining. If I remember correctly, her fire-attribute cultivation technique may be incompatible with your wood spiritual root.”

Hua Yingting didn't care at all and said, "If you want to burn my flower vines, you'll have to be quite capable."

"Yes, yes, you're amazing." Xu San'er offered a perfunctory compliment, then continued searching for Zhu Wuyao's performance, exclaiming "Oh!" and saying:

"This Senior Brother Shi Tao is quite remarkable. Sister Zhu, you haven't seen the rankings in the Affairs Hall, have you? He's ranked quite high among the low-level cultivators."

Zhu Wuyao nodded. Not to mention she had never seen the Affairs Hall rankings, she didn't even know such a thing existed.

"Shi Tao is a disciple of the previous generation. He initially entered the outer sect, but in just three years, he entered the inner sect based on his missions in the affairs hall and his ranking in the sect competition. He should be at the ninth level of Qi Refining now."

Zhu Wuyao glanced at the name again and said:

"Don't worry, the advantage is with me."

Xu San'er looked at her, then at Hua Yingting, and thought that the two of them were really impressive.

Attribute clashes are irrelevant, as are realm suppression.

"Shi Tao, Feng Chen, and Wang Huai were our fellow disciples from the previous generation. Going back one generation, the number of them wasn't that many."

Either he has broken through to a higher realm, or he is over forty years old.

In the past few times, the number of disciples recruited by the Star-Picking Pavilion has been quite large, enough to gather so many people for competition.

Sometimes, even with two or three generations of disciples combined, there aren't enough to make up twenty people.

This is why cultivators live long lives; otherwise, there would be a generational gap and the lineage would be cut off.

As the group finished watching the performance and were about to leave, a voice came from behind them—

"You're Xu San'er?"

Xu San'er narrowed his eyes, turned around with a smile, and repeatedly cupped his hands in greeting:

"Senior brother, I am Xu San'er. May I ask what brings you here?"

"Well, I am Zhang Huai from Tianluo. I heard you are at the fifth level of Qi Refining. I was bullying you. I was just asking about your plans. When we get to the final battle, do you plan to fight me for a few rounds and then admit defeat? Swords have no eyes, so I don't want you to get hurt."

Is this stupidity, or is it just an inherently arrogant nature, or is it a deliberate attempt to belittle others?

Before Xu San'er could reply, another senior sister walked over. She looked at Zhu Wuyao and Hua Yingting and said:

"Which one of you is Hua Yingting, my junior sister?"

Disciples who entered the sect in the same batch naturally have a better relationship.

Just like Zhu Wuyao, Hua Yingting, and Xu San'er, they naturally got together, and the other junior sisters and brothers who entered the outer sect at the same time also saw each other often and became familiar with each other.

The same was true of the previous generation of disciples.

Hua Ying stepped forward gracefully and replied, "Senior sister, what is it?"

“I am Feng Chen. I have heard of your name in recent days. Let’s have a showdown on the battlefield.”

After saying this, he clasped his hands in a fist salute and left.

It seems they just came to recognize people.

Xu San'er glanced at Hua Yingting, then focused on dealing with the idiot in front of him, and said with a smile:

"So it's Senior Brother Zhang Huai. I've always been lax in my cultivation, and my realm is far inferior to yours. I hope you'll show mercy then."

"There's something else," Zhang Huai said, quite pleased with Xu San'er's tact.

"Your business has been doing quite well lately?"

"It's just a small business, running errands."

At this point, Xu San'er finally understood what was going on. In business, if others take the lion's share, I earn less.

He said that even if the current generation of disciples and the previous generation are born to stand on different groups, they should not publicly belittle each other, especially since there are business disputes involved.

So there is this one.

Zhu Wuyao watched for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Hasn't that Senior Brother Shi Tao come over?"

Why are all the rivals of my friends coming to identify me, but my own rivals haven't shown up?

Do you mean they look down on her?

Zhang Huai glanced at this junior sister who had recently gained considerable fame and said:

"Senior Brother Shi Tao is currently in seclusion and will emerge tomorrow to spar with you."

Why is it that this person's words inexplicably make people angry, and how can they single-handedly worsen people's impression of their senior brothers and sisters?

It seems I should feel honored to be Shi Tao's opponent after he leaves seclusion.

Hua Yingting also understood this meaning. While she disliked Zhang Huai and Shi Tao, her impression of Senior Sister Feng Chen also worsened, even though Feng Chen hadn't said anything excessive.

After the person left, the three looked at each other in bewilderment.

I heard murmurs coming from the surrounding area—

"I was wondering why I hadn't run into Senior Brother Shi Tao at the Affairs Hall lately. Turns out he was in seclusion. When he comes out this time, he'll probably overshadow Zhu Wuyao's reputation."

“Tianluo Zhang Huai is quite capable. Last time, his opponent in the first round was stronger than him, but Zhang Huai still won. No wonder he gave him a few words of advice.”

"I think Hua Yingting has a good chance of winning, but although her cultivation level is high, she specializes in alchemy, so it's hard to say..."

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Xu San'er's smiling face showed some displeasure, and Hua Yingting's heart was also aroused.

Just then, a sudden voice came from the crowd—

"This is outrageous! They're pulling this stunt again. Aren't they afraid of being caught off guard and getting themselves caught off guard?"

Upon closer inspection, it was Song Kezi, who was sneaking around in the crowd.

Zhu Wuyao had a sudden inspiration, grabbed his two friends, and said:

"This is a trap!"

After saying that, he led the two back to his small courtyard.

As soon as the door closed, Hua Yingting said with some annoyance, "I thought Feng Chen was here to recognize me, but I didn't expect him to be here to support Zhang Huai."

Xu San'er chuckled and said, "Zhang Huai is probably just a striker. He'll have to see if he has the ability to bully me."

Zhu Wuyao grew angrier the more she thought about it. She paced around the courtyard for a while before calming down and asking:

"Why is this Zhang Huai called Tianluo?"

Xu San'er quickly reviewed the information he had gathered in the Star-Picking Tower over the past few months and said:

"It's like when you fight him, you feel like there's nowhere to escape, like a net is tightening around you?"

"I think not," Zhu Wuyao shook his head and continued:

"The competition has already begun."

“Zhang Huai just provoked us on purpose, probably to cast a wide net. I don’t know exactly how he’s going to catch us, but the three of us are clearly not in a good mood.”

Hua Ying frowned and asked, "Really? His words are never pleasant to hear, so it's only natural that we're angry."

"At most, Senior Sister Feng Chen only issued a challenge. Shi Tao didn't even show up. It was just Zhang Huai. Yet, everything he said sounded extremely harsh to the three of us. Is this normal?"

Before Hua Yingting could speak, Xu San'er shook his head and said:

“That’s not normal. Some of the bystanders have bought things from me before; they’re my bread and butter customers.”

"What's wrong with them saying a few words to me?"

How could I be angry?