All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Since no one else entered the Shenyun Ruins, Lin Ruan simply stayed in her own space and practiced with peace of mind until she broke through to the late Jindan stage, and then she came out.

"Seventeen, how long have I been in seclusion this time?" Considering that the flow of time in the space is not consistent with that in the outside world, Lin Ruan asked.

"A whole year has passed, host." The system replied.

After hearing this answer, Lin Ruan felt relieved: "I see, it seems it's time to leave here." After that, she used the teleportation button to return to the place where she first picked up the original male protagonist, then flew on the flying sword and rushed towards the direction of Changyun Sect.

Lin Ruan returned to Ruoshui Peak, but she didn't expect that Venerable Ruoshui and her three senior brothers were there. She hurried forward to greet them and told them that her cultivation had broken through to the late Jindan stage.

After hearing this, Reverend Ruoshui's eyes flashed with surprise. He carefully checked Lin Ruan's spiritual roots and found that the injuries on them had not worsened, which made him feel relieved.

"Good, good! The late Jindan stage is very good." Venerable Ruoshui nodded with a satisfied smile on his face.

Lin Ruan looked at Venerable Ruoshui with some confusion, not knowing why he said that.

At this time, the eldest senior brother beside him explained, "Junior sister, you may not know yet, but the Tianjiao Competition will be held in half a year. This is a grand event for the entire cultivation world, encompassing the two sects, five schools, and seventeen schools. The direct disciples of all the elders will participate. Moreover, the competition is divided into groups according to each major realm, and only the top three in each group will receive rewards. With your current late Jindan cultivation level, you have a better chance of achieving good results than those in the early Jindan stage."

Lin Ruan suddenly realized that this was the case.

At this moment, Venerable Ruoshui suddenly said, "The location of this Tianjiao Competition happens to be in our Changyun Sect, so Ruan'er, no matter what the reward for winning is, you just have to do your best. Don't damage your foundation again for the sake of winning." He looked at Lin Ruan, his eyes full of concern and worry.

Lin Ruan's heart moved, and she nodded obediently, "I understand, Daddy." In fact, she already had a plan in mind.

The sect competition is great. She remembered that the secret door was the Tianluo Sect among the seventeen sects. It was just the right opportunity to avenge herself for the suffering she had suffered when she first came here.

In the days that followed, Lin Ruan and his three brothers began intensive preparations. They practiced diligently every day, striving to improve their strength. Venerable Ruoshui also stayed away from the mountain, concentrating on guiding their training.

Half a year passed quickly, and the day of the sect competition finally arrived.

That morning, the first rays of sunlight penetrated the mist, illuminating the towering Changyun Sect's main peak, casting a golden glow over this ancient and solemn sacred place for cultivating immortals. Today marked the day of the once-a-century Tianjiao Grand Competition, a gathering of elite disciples from all the major sects.

The elders of the Changyun Sect, accompanied by their most trusted disciples, greeted the guests at the mountain gate. Inscribed in the very center of the gate are the teachings and instructions of the Changyun Sect's successive patriarchs, written in powerful, robust script that remains legible despite weathering storms. A pair of massive stone sculptures flanked the gate: a soaring Azure Dragon on the left, a proudly independent White Tiger on the right, symbolizing the balance of yin and yang between heaven and earth. Directly in front of the gate, a winding staircase, each step carefully designed to be wide and stable, was flanked by delicately carved jade guardrails depicting flowing cloud patterns and soaring cranes, symbolizing the journey of a cultivator ascending step by step, transcending the mundane world and reaching the immortal realm.

The other sects had already received Ling Zhou at the foot of the mountain, and they gradually made their way to the mountain gate via the Sea of Clouds Stairs. After a mutual greeting, inner disciples would lead them to the guesthouse of Sanqing Peak. Once there, they were thoughtfully given a map of the Changyun Sect, highlighting the locations of the guesthouse, dining hall, and trial grounds.

The Tianjiao Competition is a one-on-one competition. The preliminary round is a points-based competition that lasts for seven days. Each win earns one point, and opponents are determined by drawing lots. On the eighth day, the top eight teams from each group compete in the finals, where the top three teams are selected.

Lin Ruan was lucky. The opponents he drew in the preliminary round were not difficult and he won every game easily. The only exception was the two games against the disciples of Tianluo Sect, where he was a bit too aggressive.

After the fight, she told Ruoshui her inner suspicions: "Daddy, I suspect that the secret door I stayed in was the power of the Tianluo Sect. The moves used by their disciples are similar to the moves that the evil cultivator casually pointed out to me."

Reverend Ruoshui's brow furrowed, and he said, "Ruanruan, let Daddy handle this matter. Just focus on the competition."

Lin Ruan nodded.

Venerable Ruoshui naturally told Venerable Qingmu and the head of Changyun Sect about this matter. Qingmu was still outside looking for medicine for Lin Ruan. He did not doubt Lin Ruan's intuition and went to Xingluo Sect in person to secretly investigate the situation.

The head of the Changyun Sect instructed the elders to closely monitor the movements of the Tianluo Sect during the competition. Meanwhile, Venerable Qingmu arrived at the Xingluo Sect. Strangely, there wasn't a single Grand Elder in charge of the Tianluo Sect. Qingmu, unconcerned, transformed and directly apprehended the Sect Master who was guarding the sect.

Venerable Qingmu pressed the Xingluo Sect Master to determine if he had a secret door and if he knew Wudaozi, but he naturally refused to admit it. Although there was no evidence, Qingmu had long since believed Lin Ruan's words. She didn't elaborate, and all her medical skills, once a formidable skill, became a means of interrogation. She transformed her spiritual energy into needles, piercing the Xingluo Sect Master's soul directly. Her hands continued to work, pouring pill after pill into his mouth.

The more he talked, the angrier he got. This was all the suffering his daughter had endured!

The sect leader was not a man of great integrity. He was in pain and fear, and soon confessed everything.

It turns out that the secret door of Tianluo Sect is where the supreme elder of Xingluo Sect practices in seclusion. Ten thousand years ago, they obtained a book left by an evil cultivator after his death, which contained the techniques of dual cultivation of cauldron and furnace and alchemy using humans.

That Wudaozi was none other than their former sect leader, Daoqing Zun. He only used the pseudonym Wudaozi when he was at the secret door because he was afraid of exposing himself.

Then he begged for mercy: "Immortal Venerable, the secret door disappeared years ago, and the evil cultivation method was lost with it. The secret door and all its affairs have nothing to do with our Xingluo Sect. I hope that Immortal Venerable will show mercy to our Xingluo Sect."

Irrelevant?

Venerable Qingmu didn't believe it at all.

After Venerable Qingmu relayed this news back to Changyun Sect, the Sect Master immediately summoned all the major sects to discuss countermeasures. Upon hearing this, the sect masters were utterly shocked. Two sects, five schools, and seventeen schools had been passed down for countless thousands of years, yet among them, there were actually evil cultivators forcing people to make elixirs?

Everyone quickly made a decision: arrest all the cultivators of Tianluo Sect, find out one by one whether they were involved in this incident, and directly announce this matter in the world of immortal cultivation, and expel Tianluo Sect from the list.

As a result, masters from various sects set out and headed towards Tianluo Sect.

Meanwhile, chaos was also raging within the Tianluo Sect. Upon learning that the Xingluo Sect leader had disappeared, the elders, knowing the situation, felt a sense of unease and attempted to flee with some of their trusted associates.

However, they underestimated the strength of the other sects. Under the strict pursuit, all members of Xingluo Sect were detained in the dungeon of Jiutian Mansion, awaiting interrogation.

It was all very lively, but it didn't take long. Lin Ruan had just finished the preliminary round and entered the finals with the third place in points.