Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

"Give it a try... Just one look... This kind of opportunity is gone if you miss it... Give it a try..."

The middle-aged sorcerer felt as if a demon was whispering in his heart. He walked slowly toward Li Linfeng, each step heavy, his mind in turmoil.

On one hand, there was awe for Zhang Zhiwei's unfathomable strength, and on the other hand, there was an irresistible temptation for "Tian Tong Qi Men".

The distance was short, but it felt incredibly long to him.

Finally, as he walked in front of Li Linfeng, he made up his mind.

If you miss this opportunity, it's for the rest of your life...

He decided to take the risk and, right under Zhang Zhiwei's nose, spy on the scroll of Qimen Dunjia!

"If I hear the Dao in the morning, I can die content in the evening!" As long as he can witness the supreme skills of this sorcerer, he would accept being killed on the spot by the Little Celestial Master!
Of course, he had considered it carefully. In this situation, and in front of so many fellow martial artists, the young celestial master probably wouldn't go so far as to kill him outright.

More likely... he'll be punished, or a restriction will be placed in his mind to prevent it from being shared.

Comparing the two, the potential gains outweigh the risks, so why not take the gamble?

Having made up his mind, his eyes narrowed, and he slowly extended his hand toward Li Linfeng.

During this process, his heart was in his throat, and he felt like he was being watched by Zhang Zhiwei.

There was no way around it; the pressure Zhang Zhiwei exerted on him was too intense.

As a sorcerer skilled at discerning changes in the heavens and earth, he was very sensitive to everything around him.

Strangely, he couldn't sense Zhang Zhiwei's presence.

Zhang Zhiwei was right there; he could see him clearly with his own eyes, but his mind couldn't sense him at all. His consciousness kept telling him that there was no one there.

It's a very strange sense of incongruity.

This strange sense of contradiction made him feel a fear of Zhang Zhiwei as if he were facing a ghost or god.

Plus, the guilty conscience of a thief...

Terrifying hallucinations involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Zhang Zhiwei's tall and imposing figure stood silently behind him, looking down at him and taking in all his little movements!
Fear gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

His behavior was so convincing that not only Zhang Zhiwei, but also everyone else in the audience could tell he was up to something.

"What's wrong? Why is he shaking like that?"

"There seems to be something wrong with him!"

"Wasn't he supposed to go up and check on Li Linfeng, who was suffering from qi deviation? The more I look at him, the more I feel... that he is the one who is suffering from qi deviation."

"Could this guy be trying to take this opportunity to steal the Tian Tong Qi Men scroll?!"

"Stealing things right in front of the Little Celestial Master? Has he gone mad?!"

"It's hard to say! Once greed takes hold, people can become blinded by greed and do anything!"

……

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

Zhang Zhiwei had no intention of intervening; he simply watched him quietly, feeling utterly speechless.

That Li Linfeng, at least, only went astray and fell into inner turmoil after coming into contact with the Qimen Diagram.

This person hasn't even touched the Qimen Dunjia diagram yet, and is already on the verge of going mad.

These sorcerers' mental fortitude and level of meditative concentration are worrying... he thought to himself.

But in fact, this is a problem that warlocks are very prone to.

The cultivation of sorcerers is the most difficult of all methods.

Other spiritual practices require a gradual approach to meditation, and beginners often only need to reach the first stage of meditation.

As for warlocks, the starting point is the third realm, and the requirements will only become higher as their cultivation deepens.

If one's meditation practice is insufficient or one's thoughts are impure, and delusions arise, problems can easily occur.

No one can escape this.

Even Zhuge Qing, who was hailed as a once-in-a-century genius in the Zhuge family, was no exception.

Zhuge Qing had never come into contact with Feng Hou Qi Men, but had only witnessed its power. His Dao heart was affected, and delusions took the opportunity to enter, forming a mental demon.

Isn't Chen Jinkui's persistence just like that?
If even these geniuses and big shots are like this, let alone a sorcerer with even a little bit of talent.

In this situation, directly intervening would actually harm him, because delusions have already taken root and inner demons are sprouting. If he can stop it this time, can he keep stopping it?
Let him hit a wall; it'll serve as a negative example for everyone.

Therefore, he chose to wait and see.

The middle-aged man's trembling hand finally reached above Li Linfeng's head. After pausing slightly, he suddenly reached down and snatched the scroll of the Heavenly Connection Qimen Diagram from Li Linfeng's hand!
He stared wide-eyed, his bloodshot eyes greedily fixed on the contents of the scroll, trying to memorize it by force, relying on his photographic memory.

Strangely enough, without him even needing to memorize it, the Qimen Dunjia diagram on the scroll spun and flew into his eyes.

Meanwhile, the crowd below the stage erupted in uproar when they saw him pull off this stunt.

"To steal the scroll right in front of the young celestial master...how dare you!!"

"He's gone mad! This man is insane! What use is the Qimen Dunjia Scroll to him? The Little Celestial Master is right there. Does he think he can escape?"

"Bewitched! He's practically courting death!"

……

The audience didn't understand his mindset.

Then, they all focused their attention on Zhang Zhiwei, wondering how he would deal with this arrogant scoundrel.

Many people even hope that Zhang Zhiwei will severely punish this person.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. They are all following the rules, so why does this person dare to overstep them? He must be punished severely.

At this point, even if Zhang Zhiwei killed that person with a single palm strike, they would only clap and say "Good job!"

However, to their surprise, Zhang Zhiwei made no move, simply looking at the man indifferently.

"Senior Brother Zhang, what's going on..." Lu Jin asked, puzzled.

“What’s there to not understand?” Lu Ci said. “A dying man’s words are good. Since he’s risking his life to see this, Senior Brother Zhang should let him see as much as he wants before he dies.”

"Is this how you use the phrase 'a dying man's words are good'?" Lu Jin mocked Lü Ci: "If you're ignorant and incompetent, don't embarrass yourself by using it if you don't know how."

“You…” Lu Ci glared at Lu Jin. If the two hadn’t just fought and were both exhausted, he would have definitely beaten him up.

"Stop arguing, you two!" Lü Ren interrupted. "Look at the field! Those two aren't playing well!"

Lu Jin and Lü Ci quickly looked over.

They then discovered that the middle-aged man who had just taken the Qimen scroll had bloodshot eyes, and his pupils were like unfixed beads, spinning wildly in his eye sockets like runaway marbles.

His face contorted with excitement, revealing his gleaming white teeth, making him look unusually ferocious.

The crowd below the stage was talking about it.

"What's going on? This guy looks like he's gone mad!"

"How could it be so fast? Didn't he just get his hands on it? It shouldn't be this fast!"

But in the spiritual world that they cannot see.

Countless spells and incantations echoed in the middle-aged sorcerer's mind.

He could understand some things, but he couldn't understand others.

But it doesn't matter, it all flooded into his mind. He didn't need to understand the reasoning behind it at all; the method was like an innate ability he was born with.

"This...this could it be...that I am that one-in-a-million genius?!"

He was incredibly excited, clenching his fists, feeling as if something dormant within him had awakened.

A vast and boundless torrent of energy surged forth, rushing through all the joints of my body like a valve bursting open, cleansing my blood vessels and nerves, filling every corner of my limbs and bones, before flowing outwards, connecting with heaven and earth. "This...this is the innate mastery of the universe, the transformation of the universe, making me king...hahaha..."

"I've succeeded... Hahaha... I've succeeded... I've mastered the Heavenly Connection and Mysterious Gate... Hahaha..."

He laughed loudly, looking like a madman.

The commotion startled everyone.

Previously, they only suspected that he had gone mad.

This situation confirms that he has truly gone mad.

"This technique... even without cultivation, just looking at it would cause one to suffer a qi deviation?!"

This conclusion sent chills down everyone's spines!

This is really too strange. What if the little Taoist priest were to drop the scroll down and throw it into the crowd?

Wouldn't everyone present... be doomed?!
Suddenly, the previous fervor for Tiantong Qimen cooled down.

At this moment, it wasn't just the middle-aged sorcerer from before.

Li Linfeng, whose Qimen Dunjia scroll had been stolen, also began to make strange moves.

"Ha...hoo...ha...hoo..."

He let out heavy, long gasps, like a trapped beast.

Between breaths, he mumbled incoherently, "Innate... leading the circulatory system..."

At the same time, a Qimen Dunjia formation with himself as the central palace slowly unfolded beneath his feet!

He was carefully studying the scroll when it was snatched away, how could he not riot?

"You audacious demon, how dare you be so insolent before me! You truly do not know the immensity of heaven and earth!"

"Xiantian leads Zhou Tian, ​​overturns Zhou Tian's changes, and turns me into a king!"

I'll expose your true colors!

He formed a hand seal and roared fiercely, "Xun Character - Wind Blade!"

In an instant, a gale arose, transforming into a sharp gale that swept towards the middle-aged sorcerer.

Even Zhang Zhiwei was within the attack range.

Faced with the attack, the middle-aged sorcerer, even though he was already deeply trapped in the inner realm, would not sit idly by and wait for death, and began to use the art of divination.

However, since only one game of Qimen can be played at a time in one place, Li Linfeng had the first move, so he could only counterattack with the second move.

Since he was in the Kun position, it was only natural for him to use the Earth River Chariot for defense.

"Boom!"

A thick earthen wall rose from the ground, firmly protecting him within.

"Bang bang bang!"

The wind blades struck the earthen wall, shearing off large swaths of soil, but failed to breach the defenses.

As for Zhang Zhiwei, he didn't even lift his eyelids when faced with the oncoming wind blades. He just stood there quietly, letting the gale that was strong enough to tear metal and stone swallow him up.

The crowd below stared in disbelief at the scene.

A sharp-eyed sorcerer exclaimed, "Look! Li Linfeng's method of activating Qimen is to use himself to determine the central palace! This... isn't this the unique technique of the Wuhou School's 'Wuhou Qimen' and the Little Celestial Master's 'Tiantong Qimen'? Could it be that he has really learned it?!"

"Impossible! If he really learned it, would it look like this? Just think about how Master Zhou Sheng used it!"

"Brother, what's going on?"

Hong Yin and others questioned Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng was feasting. They had missed the earlier banquet, so an extra table had been added for them, and they were enjoying their meal immensely.

"Well..."

Zhou Sheng's cheeks were stuffed full as he chewed and said, "You guys before..."

Chewing and chewing: "When you go mad from practicing qi cultivation..."

Chewing and chewing: "That's right!"

"Gulp!" He swallowed his food in one gulp and explained:
"Although I can't learn how to manipulate the four plates, I can still manage to determine the center position myself. Don't worry, neither of the two on stage have learned it, they haven't even gotten the basics!"

After saying that, he continued to eat heartily. He had been greatly exhausted from the battle with Zhang Huaiyi, and he needed to eat something to replenish his strength.

Meanwhile, on the field...

The wind blades dispersed, and Zhang Zhiwei was unharmed.

The middle-aged warlock was protected by the Earth River Chariot and was not injured.

It is only polite to retaliate when someone else does so, so Li Linfeng made his move, and he followed suit with a counterattack.

"You fiend, how dare you cause trouble before me! I will expose your true form!"

He stood in the Kun position and roared, unleashing the Earth River Chariot once more!

With a wave of his hand, the ground around him cracked open, and countless thick earthen tentacles emerged like pythons from their caves, frantically grabbing at Li Linfeng!

"The character '巽' signifies the wrath of the wind!"

Li Linfeng suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a shockwave accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, which swept out in all directions.

"Rumble..."

The shockwave was incredibly powerful, blasting the incoming earth and rock tentacles to shreds!

But then, the middle-aged sorcerer cast the Earth River Chariot again, stirring up huge waves of earth and rocks, surrounding and intercepting Li Linfeng from all directions.

Li Linfeng unleashed his Wind Fury once more, causing the surging waves of earth and rocks to collapse.

The two stood still, neither moving, one using the Xun (巽) character technique and the other using the Kun (坤) character technique, constantly exchanging blows.

While exchanging fire, they were also spouting incoherent nonsense that was difficult for others to understand.

One moment they're calling the other a demon.

One moment they'd call the other person a demon.

Sometimes they would even say something like, "The hatred for the murderer of one's father is irreconcilable."

Not only that, they also boast about themselves.

For example, someone might claim to be the King of Sorcerers, whose magic can cover the entire universe.

Another person boasted that he was the greatest in the world, and that the universe was under his control. Anyone who opposed him would either flee or suffer a crushing defeat.

They weren't embarrassed at all saying these strange things.

The audience felt embarrassed for them.

Someone touched the goosebumps on their arm and said:
"You really can't say something like that unless you're seriously ill, especially when you say it with such emotion."

Someone chimed in, "It's clear that these two have gone mad with their cultivation."

"By the way, do you think they might die from exhaustion if no one stops them?"

"It shouldn't be that bad. They look evenly matched, but Li Linfeng has the advantage. If the fight continues, Li Linfeng should win!"

……

On the stage, Zhang Zhiwei saw that they had been fighting for a while and felt that the effect had been achieved, so he walked towards them step by step, leisurely and casually, as if their battle was nothing.

We don't need magic to deal with the two guys trapped in the inner world.

He walked straight up to them, raised his large hand, and slapped each of them once, slamming their heads into the ground to calm them down. (End of Chapter)