435: Chapter 169: Wealthy and Overbearing _5 435: Chapter 169: Wealthy and Overbearing _5 If he could luckily win one or two matches, he would indeed be able to establish a formidable reputation throughout the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty.
According to what they pointed out, this time the major Immortal Sects of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, especially the Top Ten Immortal Sects, had not sent particularly formidable experts to congratulate the new emperor on his ascension.
They had a great chance of winning one or two matches by luck!
Lan Pili glanced at Cao Zhen beside him and loudly declared, “Our Hundred Peaks Sect, has never known what it means to shrink back, if everyone wants to discuss the Dao, then we shall accompany them.”
What did he have to fear when he had a Cao Zhen by his side?
Whoever came, be it from any sect or clan, he was ready to defeat them all!
Seeing that Lan Pili had agreed, Li Qinglei smiled secretly, afraid that Lan Pili might come to his senses later, he quickly said, “Why pick another day when today is already here?
How about we start the Dao discussion now?
How about we head to the arena now and use it as the Dao discussion platform?”
Inside the Immortal Reception House, there was an arena.
After all, the cultivators were all people of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, and almost all of them were from reputable and orthodox sects.
Yet, conflicts could arise even among members of the same sect, let alone among cultivators from many sects gathered together.
When conflicts arose, they naturally needed an outlet.
This being the Capital City, they could not allow these cultivators to fight recklessly, and so the Immortal Reception House had an arena.
Under Li Qinglei’s suggestion, figures from the various Immortal Sects who had arrived at the Immortal Reception House all made their way toward the arena.
Cao Zhen noticed that in the few days since his arrival, many more sects had come to the Immortal Reception House.
The crowd quickly converged at the arena, and for a moment, all eyes fell on the figures of the Top Ten Immortal Sects.
After all, within the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, the Immortal Sects were led by the Top Ten Immortal Sects.
With the people from the Top Ten Immortal Sects present, the Dao discussion naturally should start with them.
Although Li Qinglei was displeased that the Hundred Peaks Sect was among the Top Ten Immortal Sects, in front of so many people, it wasn’t appropriate for him to directly challenge the members of the Hundred Peaks Sect.
Instead, he turned to the two Cave Masters of the Thousand Caves Door nearby, with a smile on his face, he suggested, “Cave Master Peng, Cave Master Hu, your Thousand Caves Door and the Hundred Peaks Sect are both among the Top Ten Immortal Sects, and both are Mixed Clan Immortal Sects.
How about we start with the Thousand Caves Door and Hundred Peaks Sect initiating the Dao discussion?”
After realizing that Cave Master Hu’s wisdom far surpassed his own, Cave Master Peng wisely chose to remain silent, waiting for Cave Master Hu to respond.
Cave Master Hu gently shook his head, looking at Li Qinglei and praised, “We are just discussing the Dao, let’s not be too formal.
The proposal for the Dao discussion was energetically brought up by Li Dao Companion, so how about we let Li Dao Companion start the discussion with the Hundred Peaks Sect?”
Let their Thousand Caves Door go up to discuss the Dao first?
Don’t even think about it!
If they went up and lost, everyone would know how formidable Cao Zhen was.
Who would then challenge Cao Zhen?
By then, it would only cause their Thousand Caves Door to lose face again.
He certainly wasn’t going to be the first to go up for the discussion.
This time, the Dao discussion was a fire that Li Qinglei had eagerly stoked, so naturally, it was Li Qinglei who should go first.
Li Qinglei showed a look of surprise on his face.
What was going on?
In the entire Immortal Cultivation world of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, who didn’t know that the Thousand Caves Door and the Hundred Peaks Sect were always competing against each other, challenging each other at every opportunity?
Why weren’t the people from the Thousand Caves Door going first?
“I should go first?
That doesn’t seem quite right,” Li Qinglei hesitated a bit.
Although he too wanted to go up first and severely trample the Hundred Peaks Sect, he also believed that their Clearfall Sect was not much behind the Top Ten Immortal Sects in strength.
But in the end, Clearfall Sect wasn’t one of the Top Ten Immortal Sects, and taking the stage first really wasn’t quite appropriate.
“It’s just the first match of the Dao discussion.
Since you all are being so modest, then let my Four Extremes Sect go first,” suggested an old man with a head full of white hair from the direction of Four Extremes Sect.
He leaped onto the arena and looked toward Cao Zhen, “Peak Master Cao, shall we start the Dao discussion?”
“Elder Xue of Four Extremes Sect?”
The surrounding crowd was surprised to see the old man who climbed onto the arena wanting to discuss Dao directly with Cao Zhen.
Whether it was Thousand Caves Door or Divine Occurence Sect challenging the Hundred Peaks Sect first, they could understand because both these major sects had a bad relationship with the Hundred Peaks Sect.
But Four Extremes Sect was different.
The relationship between Four Extremes Sect and Hundred Peaks Sect has always been good.
They had even heard that one of the geniuses from Four Extremes Sect had recently become a Dao companion with the disciple of the Peak Master from one of Hundred Peaks’ Top Ten Peaks, the Azure Pheasant Peak.
With such a relationship, why would Four Extremes Sect be the first to discuss the Dao with Hundred Peaks Sect?
Perhaps it was intentional on Elder Xue’s part?
Knowing that both Peak Masters from Hundred Peaks Sect were among the lower-ranked Peak Masters, afraid that they would lose too embarrassingly to others, he planned to go first and then let them win slightly, barely overcoming one of them.
As long as the people from the Hundred Peaks Sect didn’t lose too badly, it wouldn’t be too shameful for the Hundred Peaks Sect.
Cao Zhen was at a loss for words, wondering why everyone seemed to want to challenge him.
He just wanted to keep a low profile and gain some benefits, yet everyone seemed to be forcing him to show off?
He leaped onto the arena as well.
Being outside and currently serving as the deputy envoy representing the Hundred Peaks Sect, he naturally couldn’t refuse a direct challenge.