Starting With 100 Million Lives

Lu Wen Daoist Venerable answered honestly.

"Feeling very good."

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing stroked the beard below his chin, continuing to ask with a smile: "Convinced?"

"Convinced."

"Do you now think the Sect Leader’s previous decision was wise enough?"

Lu Wen understood that he was referring to the decision to support Jiang Cheng wholeheartedly as the only hope.

Not long ago, he found that decision utterly foolish.

He even vented privately with other elders and disciples, wondering if the Sect Leader had lost his mind.

But now, he bowed sincerely.

Then he loudly praised, "The Sect Leader is indeed a Sect Leader. His profound wisdom is beyond us. That decision was as wise as it could be!"

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing asked again: "Now who do you think deserves to live in the highest position of the guest area, Ao Xiao and Silver Quan or Sect Leader Jiang?"

Lu Wen glanced at Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable and Silver Quan Daoist Venerable standing opposite him, feeling a surge of anger.

"Of course, Sect Leader Jiang deserves it!"

"With Sect Leader Jiang, why would we need these opportunistic and mercenary bastards?"

"In front of Sect Leader Jiang, they are just clowns, not worth mentioning at all!"

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing teased on purpose, "But you didn’t say that earlier. If I’m not mistaken, you also considered leaving the Mowu Sect, didn’t you?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Lu Wen Daoist Venerable shook his head like a rattle drum.

"My loyalty to the Mowu Sect is as clear as the sun and moon, and my trust in the Sect Leader is witnessed by heaven and earth!"

He stated righteously, "Please do not consider me to be a despicable person like Li Ye Daoist Venerable!"

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing patted his shoulder.

"Seems like I misunderstood you, please don’t take it to heart, Lu Wen Guardian."

In his heart, he was silently griping, thinking, "Don’t think I don’t know, Li Ye discussed running away with you several times before he fled."

It was only your indecision that made you miss the ’opportunity’ to run away together.

These past days, because of supporting Jiang Cheng, Daoist Venerable Lin Jing himself had endured great pressure.

Now, he finally felt relieved from the previous days of resentment.

Meanwhile, many elders and disciples once again interviewed Fan Lei Daoist Venerable.

"Didn’t you say the last match was won by Sect Leader Jiang because Daoist Venerable Yue Tu underestimated him?"

"Could it be that in this match, the opposite side underestimated him again?"

"But how come Sect Leader Jiang won even quicker and more easily this time?"

Fan Lei Daoist Venerable thought to himself, if I had the Thirteen Layer Sword Dao Realm, I could easily defeat the opponents, even more smoothly than that kid.

But he had bragged too much earlier, and now he couldn’t change his tune.

"Ahem, the opponent Dao Venerables were too weak."

He could only stammer and give a vague explanation.

Everyone was not stupid; by this point, they all heard his nonsense.

Instantly, they laughed knowingly together.

This put Fan Lei Daoist Venerable in a very awkward position, not knowing where to put his face.

He was perplexed too.

The Thirteen Layer Sword Dao Realm was one thing; he had seen it at Emperor Sword Star.

But where did the law space, sufficient to rival Daoist Venerables, come from?

He simply couldn’t figure it out.

On the other side, Daoist Venerable Zhiyan felt like his heart was bleeding.

Just now, that Left Guardian was from their Wuding Palace.

The death of a Daoist Venerable is a great loss for any sect. How could he not feel heartache?

At that moment, his hatred toward Jiang Cheng and the Mowu Sect grew higher and higher.

"Fellow Daoist, who’s willing to fight next?"

He gritted his teeth, red-eyed, slowly scanning the faces of several nearby Daoist Venerables.

"This time, are you going to avoid the battle again?"

None of the Daoist Venerables spoke up.

Are you joking? After seeing that sword again, they had no confidence left.

That level of Sword Dao mastery, which many Daoist Saints hadn’t mastered, was completely out of place at the Daoist Venerable level.

Why bother fighting? Going up would mean certain death!

"So, your support was just an intentional act of watching from the sidelines?"

Seeing they were still not fighting, Daoist Venerable Zhiyan once again turned into the Yin Yang Person.

"Fellow Daoist, that wasn’t your attitude before."

What happened to the overwhelming strength and happy troubles?

"Before the challenge, weren’t you saying everything would be on you?"

"Our people have gone up to explore, isn’t it your turn now?"

"Daoist Venerable Hao Yun, you were the first to suggest challenging the Mowu Sect."

His gaze fell on one of the Daoist Venerables.

The Daoist Venerable was carrying a giant sword, creating a stark contrast with his not-so-tall stature, yet standing there harmoniously, with nothing to criticize.

Among all the Daoist Venerables who came to assist, this person stood in the middle.

"Back then, you spoke so confidently, ensuring victory for our Wuding Palace."

"If it wasn’t for your instigation, I wouldn’t have challenged the unrelated Mowu Sect. Now what do you say?"

The Hao Yun Daoist Venerable remained indifferent, after being singled out, he simply replied, "We didn’t expect such a peculiar genius to suddenly appear, this was not within the plan."

"Do you mean we should accept our fate?"

"You can admit defeat."

According to the special rules of Duan Yang Dao, before the sect challenge starts, both sides have a ceremony.

That ceremony is to add supporting experts into their participating list, granting them the qualification to represent the sect.

If a random outsider shows up midway, they can only be considered as a third party and cannot be involved in the sect challenge.

Currently, only two people can remain uninvolved in the whole scene, Fan Lei and Yan Yi.

These two didn’t participate in the ’registration’ ceremony, so they aren’t considered Mowu Sect members.

After the sect challenge starts, no one can attack them, nor can they attack anyone.

Unless they ’register’ now, or after the sect challenge is over.

Those like Ao Xiao, Silver Quan, and Hao Yun, due to having ’registered’, cannot escape now.

If they leave the scene prematurely, they would face punishment by the laws of heaven and earth, equating to a defeat.

Either they’ll bleed internally and be greatly weakened, or their foundation will be damaged.

They naturally wouldn’t want to endure such losses.

But if Wuding Palace voluntarily admits defeat, those assisting would be relieved, as they are external members, and they wouldn’t be affected at all.

Hao Yun Daoist Venerable was clearly playing this card.

You guys can be ruined, but I’ll be fine, as I protect myself first.

"Dream on, I will never admit defeat!"

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan could never agree.

If the assistants are fine then, everyone from the sect leader of Wuding Palace down to outer disciples will face defeat penalties.

"Humph, truly stubborn."

Hao Yun Daoist Venerable snorted coldly, then took out a Communication Immortal Artifact to mutter to someone across.

Who knows what new plan he was plotting.

Meanwhile, Brother Cheng waited a long while but didn’t see opponents stepping forward, feeling somewhat impatient.

"Can you rule enlightenment donors be more proactive?"