Avenue Stowaway

A group of six people walked in front. The aura of each of these six people was many times stronger than that of people in the Soul Inducing Realm. Obviously, they had all reached the Spirit Entering Realm. Behind these six people followed a large group of inner hall disciples who were not afraid of trouble. Su Yun and Luo Qing, who had competed with Kong Fang in refining weapons and lost to him, were also mixed in the crowd.

Kong Fang, the new disciple, had reached the spiritual realm in the blink of an eye, directly surpassing them, which made many inner hall disciples very jealous and unconvinced. However, after finding out the truth of the matter, these inner hall disciples were indignant, but they did not dare to cause trouble for Kong Fang.

The strength of those who have entered the Spirit Realm is much stronger than those who are still struggling in the Soul-Guiding Realm. If they really run into Kong Fang, it is hard to say who will cause trouble for whom.

However, after hearing that six of the top eight inner-hall disciples were dissatisfied with Kong Fang's overly ostentatious behavior and wanted to ask Kong Fang for advice, these inner-hall disciples who were jealous of Kong Fang suddenly became excited. They called their friends to join in the fun, wanting to see how Kong Fang would be taught a lesson by these inner-hall disciples who had been famous for many years.

Among the top ten inner hall disciples, except for Pang Tiansheng who was killed by Kong Fang and the ninth one, whose cultivation was still in the Soul-Guiding Realm, the top eight had all reached the Spirit-Entering Realm, and the second and first inner hall disciples were said to be close to the peak of the Spirit-Entering Realm. It was rumored that they were preparing to impact the Spirit-Ascending Realm. Once they entered the Spirit-Ascending Realm, they could become direct disciples and receive personal instruction from the powerful masters of the Spirit-Transforming Realm.

The six people ranked from eighth to third came to Kong Fang under the pretext of sparring and were ready to suppress him. The two people ranked first and second did not show up. However, these six people suddenly came together to cause trouble for Kong Fang. The shadows of the two strongest people were in the dark.

After all, Kong Fang was said to be the strongest disciple in the inner hall. The first person to be affected was the one ranked first.

On another mountain peak, the two men looked at the huge crowd on the Huoyuntang mountain peak and smiled at each other.

“It took him less than a year to move from the Soul-Guiding Realm to the Spirit-Entering Realm. This speed of cultivation is indeed terrifying. But he acted so arrogantly right after breaking through to the Spirit-Entering Realm. He even dared to call himself the number one inner hall disciple. It seems that the sudden increase in strength has made him lose track of his own strength.” One of them said with a sneer.

"I have seen many geniuses. Although other geniuses are far inferior to Kong Fanglai, there is one thing in common among these geniuses. The more talented they are, the more conceited they are. Moreover, relying on their strong talents, they usually do things smoothly and rarely encounter setbacks, which makes them feel more and more amazing. Therefore, such people cannot bear a blow. Sometimes a blow that is too severe may even make them silent forever and do nothing for the rest of their lives."

The person who was speaking glanced at the person next to him, a hint of sneer appeared on his face, and he said, "Junior brother, I have seen quite a few people who have been forever silent because of a blow."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

On the mountain where Huoyun Hall is located, Li Sen and Yin Wanshui stood on a high place and looked at the huge crowd extending from the bottom of the mountain to the middle of the mountain.

Both of them had happy smiles on their faces.

"At first, when I heard from Sun Hao's follower named Zhang De that Kong Fang had actually reached the Spirit Entering Realm, I thought I had heard wrongly. We have been practicing for so many years, but we are still far from the peak of the Soul Inducing Realm, let alone breaking through the bottleneck and reaching the Spirit Entering Realm. But how long has Kong Fang been practicing? It's been less than a year at most. Moreover, during this year, he not only refined a lower-grade acquired spiritual treasure, but his strength has also improved by leaps and bounds and reached the Spirit Entering Realm. Before, when he was still in the Soul Inducing Realm, we were no match for him and were completely suppressed by him. Now that he has reached the Spirit Entering Realm, we are even less his opponent. I thought we would never have the chance to avenge the insult of broken bones. Fortunately, you are so powerful, senior brother." Yin Wanshui said happily.

When Kong Fang went out to deal with Zhao Yong, Yin Wanshui was dragged by Li Sen to cause trouble for Kong Fang, but the two were stopped by Fangtou and could not even enter the door of Kong Fang's courtyard. Afterwards, Yin Wanshui used the excuse that Fangtou was insubordinate and wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Fangtou, but in the end, Kong Fang, who rushed back in time, broke many of his bones and had to lie in bed for several days before recovering.

Although this incident did not spread widely and was limited to a few inner disciples of Huoyun Hall and their followers, it still made Li Sen and Yin Wanshui feel humiliated, and thus they hated Kong Fang even more. However, they were far less powerful than Kong Fang, so they could only lie dormant.

"We don't have to do everything ourselves. We need to know how to use others to get rid of our opponents." Li Sen smiled proudly and said, "Hasn't Kong Fang reached the Spiritual Realm? We don't have the strength to deal with him, but he is not invincible, so naturally there are people who can deal with him. We just need to use some tricks. Look, aren't there many people in the Spiritual Realm who are aggressively going to deal with Kong Fang?"

"Brother, you're right. It feels really good to sit back and control everything." Yin Wanshui couldn't help but laugh.

Li Sen nodded with a smile, and the expression on his face became more and more proud.

"Let's find a good position. There will be a good show soon." Li Sen walked in another direction, where there was a raised position from which he could see Kong Fang's courtyard and the area around it clearly.

Yin Wanshui followed closely behind Li Sen.

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In Kong Fang's small courtyard, Kong Fang and Sun Hao sat opposite each other at the stone table under the pergola. There were some jade slips on the table, and Kong Fang was checking them one by one.

There were continuous strange changes when using the Five Pole Differentiation Mirror to kill clones. Kong Fang was eager to learn more about the Five Pole Differentiation Mirror and other powerful people killing clones, so he asked Sun Hao to help collect some related jade slips.

Sun Hao has been an inner hall disciple for two or three years, so his familiarity with Qi Zong is naturally beyond the reach of Kong Fang, who has been an inner hall disciple for less than a year.

Standing behind Kong Fang and Sun Hao were their followers Fang Tou and Zhang De.

Just as Kong Fang finished looking at one jade slip and reached out to take another jade slip on the stone table, his brows suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong, junior brother?" Seeing Kong Fang's expression change, Sun Hao couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"A lot of people have come up the mountain." Kong Fang replied with a frown.

The one who is staying in the Weapon Sect now is Kong Fang's Earth Element clone. Although the Dragon King's blood essence is not integrated into the Earth Element clone, it is a very pure Earth Element clone cut out by the Five-Polarity Division Mirror. Therefore, in terms of the control of the Earth Element, it is not weaker than Kong Fang's original body. In addition, after his cultivation level was raised to the Spiritual Realm, Kong Fang's control over the Earth Element became even stronger.

Therefore, when many people just walked around Huoyun Hall and headed up the mountain, Kong Fang discovered it.

Although there are quite a few people going up the mountain on normal days, they all go to Huoyun Hall. Generally, no one would bypass Huoyun Hall to go up the mountain. After all, the mountain is where the inner hall disciples like Kong Fang live.

"A lot of people came up the mountain? That's impossible. There are only residences for inner-hall disciples like us on the mountain. Even if someone came to visit, there shouldn't be many people." Sun Hao was a little puzzled.

Fangtou, who was standing behind Kong Fang, showed hesitation on his face, but then he said, "Brother. I heard some rumors about you yesterday."

"Rumors about me? Tell me about it."

This was the second day after Kong Fang returned. Apart from asking Sun Hao to collect some jade slips he needed at the beginning, Kong Fang never left the courtyard and continued to practice. After reaching the spiritual realm, Kong Fang could continue to practice the two Taoist methods, Nine Evolutions and Nine Layers Jue and Earth Armor. In order to improve his strength as soon as possible, Kong Fang naturally did not want to waste any time.

The power of these two methods is extremely strong, and being strong also means being profound and difficult to practice. Although Kong Fang practiced diligently, his progress in just over a day was minimal.

"The news that senior brother has reached the spiritual realm has been leaked, and some people secretly spread rumors that senior brother's strength is now enough to rank first among the inner hall disciples. It's just that senior brother has been practicing all the time. So I didn't tell senior brother about this. I hope senior brother will punish me." Fangtou bowed his head respectfully and stood behind Kong Fang.

"Why would I punish you? You didn't do anything wrong." Kong Fang smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's leaked, so it's no big deal. No wonder I was wondering why so many people suddenly came up the mountain aggressively. It turns out they are all here to cause trouble for me."

Kong Fang didn't care about the news leaking out, but Sun Hao's expression changed.

Sun Hao suddenly stood up from the stone bench, turned around and glared at Zhang De and asked, "Only the four of us knew that Junior Brother Kong Fang had broken through to the Spiritual Realm. How did the news suddenly leak out?"

"Brother, I didn't leak the news." Zhang De looked wronged and angry. At the same time, he glanced in the direction of Fangtou, implying that Fangtou leaked the news.

Seeing that Zhang De actually refused to admit it, Sun Hao's eyes suddenly flashed with disappointment. "I know Fangtou's character very well. He would never leak the news about Junior Brother Kong Fang. And there are only four of us who know that Junior Brother Kong Fang has reached the Spiritual Realm. Do you mean that Junior Brother Kong Fang and I leaked it?"

Sun Hao shook his head in disappointment. "I found that you have gradually changed over the past year. You have become more and more ungrateful. Sometimes when I teach other disciples how to make weapons, you always complain for a long time. Sometimes when I am practicing, you will directly barge into the room and ask me to teach you how to make weapons. I didn't want to say this because you have followed me for several years. But you have disappointed me so much this time. Not only did you deny that you leaked the news that Junior Brother Kong Fang broke through to the Spiritual Realm, but you also wanted Fangtou to take the blame for you."

"Bang!" Zhang De knelt on the ground in fear. "Brother, please don't chase me away. I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again."

"Bang bang bang." Zhang De kowtowed desperately, but every time his head hit the ground heavily, unwillingness and resentment appeared in Zhang De's eyes.

Kong Fang watched all this calmly, and he didn't have much good feelings towards Zhang De. Kong Fang remembered that when he and Sun Hao first met in Huoyun Hall, Zhang De looked down on him. And when Sun Hao pointed out the quenching liquid to him, Zhang De looked impatient and wanted to stop him.

Fangtou looked at Zhang De who was kowtowed repeatedly on the ground, with a trace of disgust in his eyes. Because Zhang De leaked the news, many people came to trouble Kong Fang.

"Go ahead. With the guidance I have given you in refining equipment over the past few years, you may have a chance to be promoted to the inner hall in the next refining equipment assessment." Sun Hao said in a cold voice.

When his followers did such a thing, it was no different from betraying him. There was no way Sun Hao would keep someone with such a character around him.

"Senior brother, don't chase me away." Zhang De hugged Sun Hao's legs with a pleading look on his face.

"Leave here now, otherwise I might change my mind and deprive you of the opportunity to participate in the equipment refining assessment." The master can have the power of life and death over his followers, and Sun Hao's words are not meant to scare Zhang De.

Hearing Sun Hao's words, Zhang De immediately let go of Sun Hao's legs, stood up, and then turned around and left without hesitation, without a trace of nostalgia. Obviously, Zhang De valued the benefits he could get from following Sun Hao, not because of Sun Hao himself.

Looking at the courtyard gate that was closed again, the smile on Sun Hao's face was a little bitter.

"Brother, why should you be sad about such a person? It is better not to have such a person. Keeping him around will only bring trouble." Kong Fang advised.

"I understand." Sun Hao nodded. Although Sun Hao understood this truth in his heart, he still had some feelings for her after being together for three years.

Sun Hao sat weakly on the stone bench, his eyes somewhat dim.

After a while, just as Kong Fang's face flashed with anger and he threw a jade slip on the table, the courtyard door was suddenly kicked open with a bang.