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"Don't be angry, I was just making a suggestion. If Junior Brother Chen Xuan is outstanding enough, and you truly like him, then doing this wouldn't be going against your own heart," Feng Yue comforted with a smile. "In this way, you'll have someone to settle down with, and Hao Yue will lose to Chen Xuan in the Dao debate, and his beloved will become someone else's. He'll definitely give up on you completely."

Upon hearing this, Qinglian's body trembled slightly, and she looked at Junior Sister Fengyue.

"Why are you looking at me? The premise is that Junior Brother Chen Xuan has to defeat Junior Brother Haoyue in a head-on battle during the Dao Discussion." Fengyue smiled and shook his head, saying, "Defeating Haoyue when guarding the valley doesn't really prove much. After all, the sect has a rule that senior disciples can only use one method when blocking new disciples. But in this humiliating battle at the Dao Proving Hall, Junior Brother Haoyue will definitely go all out."

Feng Yue continued, "Although Hao Yue's behavior is quite annoying, it must be said that his strength when he unleashes his power is among the top of the third-generation disciples. It won't be an easy task for the new junior brother to defeat Hao Yue in his full power in the Hall of Proving the Dao."

Qinglian thought for a moment, then gently shook her head. "What you said makes sense, but matters of the heart should be pure. If you mix calculation into your feelings, you're not only betraying your own conscience, but also being unfair to the other person."

"Sigh, then I won't bother with you anymore. You'll have to deal with that persistent Junior Brother Haoyue by yourself." Fengyue didn't say anything more, after all, she had already thought of a solution for her.

"Senior sister, look, it's about to start."

"Ah."

Meanwhile, in her cave on Snowdrift Peak, the stunningly beautiful Fairy Piaoxiang, dressed in a long black dress, was observing everything happening in the Hall of Enlightenment through the Water Mirror Technique.

Meanwhile, the many Daoist disciples who were qualified to take on apprentices, as long as they had emerged from seclusion, were all in their caves watching the discussions of the newly recruited disciples.

At the same time, inside the Hall of Proof of the Dao, Haoyue, who had been harboring resentment for a long time, immediately stood up and faced Chen Xuan directly upon seeing him appear.

After arriving at the Hall of Enlightenment, Chen Xuan and Wang Kaixuan first bowed and greeted the senior brothers and sisters they had met before.

Among them are second-generation disciple Xuanming and third-generation disciple Heming.

"Strange, there are not many second-generation disciples here this afternoon compared to this morning. Are they looking down on you, junior brother?" Wang Kaixuan looked around the spectator stands and muttered to himself when he didn't see the two fairy-like senior sisters.

"It's alright. We discuss Dao to demonstrate our strength and gain the recognition of our sect's masters so we can become disciples, not to compete for power," Chen Xuan said calmly.

Just as Chen Xuan and Wang Kaixuan were talking, a loud shout suddenly rang out: "Junior Brother Chen Xuan!"

The sound was so loud that it immediately drowned out the surrounding noise.

Chen Xuan looked up and saw Haoyue, dressed in white, with an extraordinary temperament but a cold expression.

"Senior Brother Haoyue." Chen Xuan forced a smile and addressed him politely.

"Hmph, in the last battle to guard the valley, I could only use one sword. I didn't expect to be careless and let you successfully cross the valley." Haoyue looked at Chen Xuan, whose appearance and temperament were slightly better than hers, and said coldly, "Today, in the Hall of Proving the Dao, according to the ancestral teachings of our Xuanqing Palace, as the senior brother, I have to let you know what it means to be outdone by others and to be boundless."

"So, if you lose, don't blame us old disciples."

"Of course, I'd love to experience your amazing skills again."

Haoyue's words were very clever. First, she explained her past conflict with Chen Xuan in front of many fellow disciples watching the battle, indicating that it was not intentional; then she said that she was doing this in accordance with the rules of the sect; and her last sentence was even more impressive.

In other words, if Chen Xuan loses, you shouldn't be angry, and you shouldn't be hostile towards him in the future, otherwise you'll be considered petty and narrow-minded.

Hearing Haoyue's increasingly pointed and treacherous words, Chen Xuan couldn't help but look at Haoyue with newfound respect. He never expected that Haoyue could utter such impeccable words in such a public setting while secretly plotting against him.

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, many people in the veteran disciples' camp showed strange expressions.

Although that's what they said, it was clearly meant to embarrass the new disciples. It had nothing to do with teaching them or teaching them to tone down their brilliance; it was simply an open suppression.

However, the senior disciples couldn't say anything about this unspoken rule set by the sect's founder.

"Hahaha, good, good enough to let the new disciples know that there are always people more capable than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding." Chen Xuan ignored the strange looks from the older disciples, looked at Haoyue with calm eyes, and his tone became somewhat arrogant. "Since that's the case, then I'll see here today whether you, this so-called older disciple, are truly qualified for me to call you senior brother."

"Arrogant!" Haoyue didn't expect Chen Xuan to answer like that, and she scolded him with an even colder face.

"Stop talking nonsense, if you want to give pointers, come on stage and let your strength speak for itself!" Chen Xuan flicked his wrist lightly, and the black snake wrapped around his wrist flew to Wang Kaixuan's shoulder. Then he jumped into the arena.

"Since you want to be humiliated, I'll grant your wish." Haoyue snorted coldly and jumped into the arena as well.

"The two sides can place bets during their debate, such as on magical artifacts, treasures, or spiritual liquids," the puppet referee said in an aged voice as the two sides entered the arena.

“Junior Brother Chen Xuan, you come from a humble background and probably don’t have much of a family fortune. Since you’re so ambitious, I won’t bully you. How about we bet 100 jin of Origin Liquid?” Hao Yue immediately placed a large bet, which made several of the leaders among the third-generation disciples restless.

"Haoyue, this is Junior Brother Chen Xuan's first time discussing the Dao. He's already used 100 jin of spiritual liquid. How will he be able to continue discussing the Dao later?"

"Junior Brother Haoyue, you've really gone too far this time."

"Junior Brother Haoyue..."

It was obvious that even among the senior disciples, many people disapproved of Haoyue bullying the new junior disciples.

"Hmph, at worst I'll lend Junior Brother Chen Xuan some Origin Liquid later." Hao Yue's words were practically an open insult to Chen Xuan. Did he intend to borrow Origin Liquid from all over the place for the Dao Discussion Competition?

“Since Senior Brother Haoyue is so rich, then…” Chen Xuan didn’t care about Haoyue’s humiliation at all, and threw a Source Token to the puppet referee.

"I don't have much spiritual liquid or source liquid, but I can still come up with a thousand or two thousand catties." Chen Xuan said to Haoyue, "If Senior Brother wants to play, I'll play along to the end."

"This is the original brand of Wanbaoshan's thousand-jin source liquid?!"

"That's true! This Junior Brother Chen Xuan is really powerful!"

"Heavens! A source token for a thousand catties of spiritual liquid! I've been a disciple for a hundred years, and the most I've ever collected is less than two hundred catties of spiritual liquid. This junior brother is not to be underestimated."

……

When the Thousand-Jin Origin Token appeared, many senior disciples in the viewing area of ​​the Proving Dao Hall were surprised and discussed among themselves.