Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 72: Unexpected Incident

Lingxiao Plain is located at the southernmost part of the East Continent. Today, all the nearby immortal cultivation sects gathered together to participate in the sect competition held every 20 years.

Sects that achieve excellent results in the competition will obtain the right to mine spiritual veins in the next twenty years. The higher the ranking in the competition, the more spiritual veins they will obtain.

As for why the spiritual veins are so attractive to cultivators, it is because these mountains contain a special mineral called "Spirit Crystal".

Like the magic crystal in the body of a monster, the spirit crystal also contains spiritual energy, but its concentration is much more abundant than that in the magic crystal. At the same quality, the spiritual energy contained in a spirit crystal is ten times that of a magic crystal.

In addition, the difficulty of mining is far lower than that of hunting monsters, so the spirit veins naturally become a must-fight thing among the major sects.

For this reason, the major sects had already begun training candidates for the next competition after the previous competition ended.

This year's sect competition was arranged to be held on the Lingxiao Plain. The force responsible for this competition came from the Holy Alliance, an alliance that included almost all the top forces in the Eastern Continent. It can be said that in the Eastern Continent, the Holy Alliance is the sky.

At this moment, on the competition field, two geniuses from different sects were entangled with each other. Both sides had never stopped their movements from the beginning, and kept attacking each other. Spiritual energy splashed everywhere. The surrounding field was already full of scars due to this destruction, and the originally flat ground became bumpy.

"Brother, it's so boring. How long will it take before we go on stage?" In the spectator seats, Jiang Luoyao yawned and looked at the battle in the distance with a sleepy look on his face.

Jun Mo looked at the two people fighting in the distance, then glanced at Jiang Luoyao beside him, his face full of helplessness.

"Junior sister, you better be serious. If the elders see you like this, you will be punished when you return to the sect."

"Tsk..." Jiang Luoyao said nonchalantly, then started playing with her nails again. Jun Mo shook his head and turned his gaze back to the two people who were still fighting in the distance.

On the other side, Ye Xingchen swaggered back to the former Ye family alone. He pushed open the door of the courtyard. The mess and coagulated blood on the ground told him about the tragedy at that time.

"Spirit Sword Sect, it's time to collect some interest for destroying my Ye family." Ye Xingchen slowly walked towards the family's ancestral hall. His return to the Ye family was soon seen by the people around him. Some quick-witted people had already passed the news. As long as the people from the Spirit Sword Sect were still interested in the magic weapon of the Ye family, they would definitely come.

Xiao Yichen, at this moment, was sitting in an inn eating with Xuan Qing, just one street away from the Ye family.

Xiao Yichen was still dressed in black and wearing a mask, with only his mouth exposed as he ate the food in the bowl. As for Xuan Qing, he used a transformation technique, changing from an old man into a middle-aged greasy man.

Xiao Yichen really wanted to learn the transformation technique, but after taking a look at the requirements, he immediately gave up. He didn't have the ability to learn it yet.

"Master, will we be discovered if we eat here so openly?" Xiao Yichen asked worriedly.

Hearing this, the greasy man opposite wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and waved his hand nonchalantly.

"It doesn't matter. We've been discovered. We came here to cause trouble. Besides, there are people who are more rampant than the two of us and have already started beating people in the street."

Xiao Yichen smiled awkwardly. He knew the person Xuanqing was talking about. It was the Fourth Elder who had made the elixir for him to repair his eyes. After coming to this town, he did nothing but drink and go crazy while drunk to cause trouble for the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect, as if he was afraid that others would not know he was here.

As for the Lingjian Sect, they were not fools. How could they not see such an obvious provocation? They all hid in the sect, and no one had come to cause trouble until now. The disciples stationed here were also urgently recalled.

"Master, has the plan changed?" Xiao Yichen could clearly feel that the development of things had deviated from the original plan, and couldn't help but ask.

Xuan Qing took a sip of the wine in front of him and said with a smile, "It has changed a little bit. There was a sudden situation."

"Oh? What's the emergency?" Xiao Yichen asked curiously.

"I won the fight, what else can happen? We were evenly matched before, but now I can crush him horizontally." Xuan Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, holding a pot of wine in his left hand and constantly picking up peanuts with his right hand. He looked like he was enjoying it.

"Master, what exactly happened? Why is there such a huge gap in strength between the two sides all of a sudden?"

Hearing this, Xuan Qing slowly swallowed the wine in his mouth, and then said: "The Xuanfeng Sect was suddenly destroyed overnight." After saying that, he took another sip of the wine in his hand, obviously in a good mood.

But when Xiao Yichen heard that Xuanfeng Sect was suddenly destroyed, he was still quite surprised. What kind of force could destroy Xuanfeng Sect overnight?

Although he was not very clear about the strength of Xuanfeng Sect, since it could participate in the plan of annexing other sects, it seemed that it would not be too weak, at least not much different from Lingjian Sect.

But such a powerful sect was destroyed overnight. How powerful was that mysterious force? What if their next target turned to Qingfeng Pavilion?

Looking at the expression on Xiao Yichen's face, Xuan Qing roughly guessed his worry and comforted him:

"Alright, let's relax. At least the current situation is favorable to us. Besides, after destroying the Xuanfeng Sect, that mysterious force left a note that stated it was for revenge."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen's heart slowly calmed down, but he still felt a sense of crisis. However, he did not think too much about it. Xuan Qing was right. It was useless to think too much. When the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers and when the water comes, we will block it with earth.

"So, are we planning to attack Lingjian Sect directly? What about our junior brother's relatives?" Xiao Yichen asked.

"This is why we haven't taken action yet. The news of Xingchen's appearance here must have been known to the Lingjian Sect, and they must also know what we want to do. Now it depends on the attitude of the Lingjian Sect. Of course, it would be best if we can rescue Xingchen's parents peacefully." Xuanqing said happily.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yichen looked obviously depressed and asked, "What if the Lingjian Sect surrenders on its own initiative? Do we still have to fight?" After all, if Qingfeng Pavilion accepted the other party's surrender, wouldn't that mean that his revenge would have to be postponed again?

Hearing his words, Xuan Qing put down the wine jug in his hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Fight? Why not? If openly, why not do it secretly? Wait until the Spirit Sword Sect releases Xingchen's relatives. Then, give this mask and black clothes to the master and the other elders. After the beating, just deny your responsibility, right?"

After hearing Xuan Qing's words, Xiao Yichen was a little amused and helpless. He slowly turned his head to the side and looked towards the location of the Lingjian Sect.