1106: Chapter 285_5 1106: Chapter 285_5 Duan Rui said, and a sharp sword appeared beneath him.
Planting his feet upon the sharp sword, he looked at everyone and announced, “Folks, follow me.”
In the Cloud Reaching Sect, there were no rules against sword flight.
Their sect was vast; if they forbade sword flight, it would cause too many delays.
One by one, people also took out their divine weapons and followed Duan Rui flying toward the distance.
Yet not long after they took off, when they were passing a tall mountain, they heard shouting and even the sounds of divine skills clashing.
Filled with curiosity, they looked toward the mountain peak from where the sounds emanated.
Sensing their gaze, Duan Rui quietly explained, “That is our Cloud Reaching Sect’s Dao discussion platform.
Not only have we prepared a banquet, but we have also opened the Dao discussion platform where visiting Dao companions from our Cloud Reaching Sect can discuss the way or spar with one another.
Of course, because this time it’s our Cloud Reaching Sect hosting the grand event, while sparring is allowed, we do not wish to see anyone losing their life in the process.”
“A fight?” Zhu Peng, hearing that there was a sparring going on, suddenly became interested and exclaimed loudly, “Fights are interesting!
Zhu Peng wants to watch a fight.
Zhu Peng wants to fight.”
Previously at Four Treasures Peak, Xiang Ziyu was the most eager for combat, but he was often absent from the Hundred Peaks Sect.
After all, with ruins frequently appearing outside and without his master to supervise, how could he stay put in the Immortal Sect?
As soon as he knew of ruins appearing, he would rush out to explore.
When Xiang Ziyu was absent, Zhu Peng was the most belligerent among the people.
Everyone even speculated that Zhu Peng’s fondness for combat might be related to him having the Kirin Divine Body—his Immortal Body was made for battle.
Ling Xi, hearing Zhu Peng’s wish to spar with someone, hurriedly tried to stop him, “Aren’t you going to the banquet?
Zhu Peng, aren’t you hungry?
How about we go eat first?”
Because Zhu Peng was a simpleton and young, Ling Xi always treated him like a child, so when she spoke with him, her tone was the same as one would use with a child—not the harsh sort of interdiction.
“No good,” Zhu Peng stubbornly shook his head and petulantly said, “Zhu Peng isn’t hungry anymore.
Zhu Peng can fight first, eat after the fight.”
“Zhu Peng!” Little Bei Yan saw Zhu Peng refusing his senior sister and quickly spoke up, “What did Master say?
Have you forgotten?
Master said, you must listen to Big Sister.
Why aren’t you listening?”
Zhu Peng was brought to the Hundred Peaks Sect by Bei Yan.
Back in the city, his grandfather had also told him to heed Bei Yan’s words once he was at the Hundred Peaks Sect.
Before becoming a Four Treasures Peak disciple, Bei Yan often visited him, even teaching him the stick method.
So, Zhu Peng greatly respected Bei Yan, to the point where sometimes Bei Yan’s word held more sway than his master Cao Zhen’s.
Hearing Bei Yan speak, Zhu Peng immediately bowed his head and said, “Zhu Peng understands.”
Then, looking up with an aggrieved expression, he pleaded, “But Zhu Peng really wants to go watch the fight first.”
“Then let’s go,” Yan Yourong suddenly spoke up.
“It’s a good chance for us to see how strong the disciples from different Immortal Sects in the Eastern Province are.”
As she spoke, she quietly transmitted a message to her senior sister, “Senior sister, one day Eastern Wasteland will be connected to Eastern Province.
This is our best opportunity to gauge the strength of the major Immortal Sects in Eastern Province.”
“But Zhu Peng, he…” Ling Xi hesitated, worried Zhu Peng might cause trouble if he went.
“Senior sister, little sister and Brother Bei Yan will keep an eye on him.”
After a moment’s thought, Ling Xi finally nodded.
She looked again at Duan Rui and said, “Dao Companion, we’d like to take a look at the Dao discussion platform, if…”
“Alright, I will take you to the Dao discussion platform.”
Led by Duan Rui, the group quickly arrived at the Dao discussion platform.
In the past, when disciples were sent between major Immortal Sects in the Eastern Wasteland to discuss the Dao, the Hundred Peaks Sect also set up a discussion platform, which was really just a stone platform similar to a fighting ring.
But the Dao discussion platform of the Cloud Reaching Sect was the mountaintop of an entire mountain.
Not just any mountaintop, but a whole mountain encompassing several peaks!
The mountaintop looked exceptionally flat, as if it had been leveled by the strike of supreme magical powers.
Each peak could be considered a Dao discussion platform.
At that moment, people filled every discussion platform on the peaks.
Some debated eloquently, others tested their skills in sparring bouts between two peaks.
Zhu Peng had no interest in Dao discussion, nor did he understand the discussions.
Upon arriving, his gaze immediately fixed on those who were engaged in combat.
Ling Xi looked curiously around, wondering if the one who triggered the Rainbow Bridge outside was her own master, her junior brother Xiang Ziyu, or someone else.
Since her master hadn’t reached out through that special secret technique, she didn’t know if he had entered the Cloud Reaching Sect.
If he had, she thought he would probably come here to observe the discussions and sparrings, probing the strength of the Eastern Province Immortal Cultivation world.
But after scanning the crowd, she didn’t spot her master.
Once Cao Zhen entered the Cloud Reaching Sect, together with everyone from the Five Sounds Sect, he headed into a different courtyard.