The female supporting character in the cultivation world only wants to grow flowers and become stron

Three months later.

The annual grand gathering of the four arts of the sect, held once every few decades, has arrived as scheduled.

The grand competition will be held in the South China Sea, on an island near the Tianyan Sect. Talented disciples from various major sects, proficient in the four arts, have signed up to participate, hoping to showcase their skills.

According to Tianji Pavilion's estimate, the total number of participants exceeds one thousand, including some experts who have already reached the Core Formation stage.

The day before the Four Arts Competition, just as dawn broke, Lin Yitang awoke from her seclusion and headed to the square of the Taique Sect.

By the time she arrived at the square, almost all the members of the sect who were participating in the competition had already arrived.

The square was spacious and bustling with people.

Above, the Third Elder and a group of deacons and disciples were maintaining order and verifying disciple information.

Lin Yitang bowed to the Third Elder, nodded to the disciples in charge, and then took the 'Array' flag, which represented one of the array formations of the Taique Sect, and walked towards his team.

The disciples participating in the formation competition gathered in small groups, chattering amongst themselves.

When they saw Lin Yitang walking over with the flag of the Taique Sect, some of them looked puzzled, wondering why a female cultivator who had just broken through to the early stage of the Golden Core realm would be carrying their formation flag. Could she be their captain?

One of them couldn't help but ask, "Why is our team leader a cultivator who just broke through to the Golden Core stage? While the other teams are all elite disciples. Is our Array Dao team special? Can someone at the early Golden Core stage really protect us?"

Another person immediately retorted, "Ignorant! Don't be mistaken, this is our sect's newly promoted elite disciple, Senior Sister Lin! Don't be fooled by the fact that she just broke through to the Golden Core stage; she's already ranked 100th on the Earth Ranking, much stronger than you or me."

These words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

Although they knew of the elite disciple Lin Yitang, they never expected that he would be assigned to be their team leader this time. Many of them were seeing Lin Yitang for the first time and showed expressions of surprise.

The youngest elite disciple in the history of the cultivation world, who broke through to the Golden Core stage at the young age of seventeen and entered the Earth Ranking, and who once performed the glorious feat of killing a Golden Core cultivator while still in the Foundation Establishment stage, is actually their team leader! What an honor!

Many people also satisfied their long-standing curiosity to see Lin Yitang, and kept looking her over.

Seeing this, Lin Yitang smiled at them but remained silent.

Well, they're all geniuses from the same clan, so let them sized me up.

According to the rules of the Immortal Realm, those with higher cultivation levels are all seniors. Even though most of these array cultivators are much older than Lin Yitang, they are all juniors in front of her.

She had overheard the conversation between the two, but she didn't care; there was no need to argue with a junior.

They simply waited silently for the other array cultivators to arrive.

Just then, the Third Elder's voice rang out in the sky above the square: "Disciples, listen to my command! The Four Arts Competition is about to begin. Team captains, please lead your teams onto the immortal ships and head to the South China Sea coast of the Southern Region to participate in the competition!"

Lin Yitang responded and said to everyone, "Let's go, it's time to set off." After saying that, she took the lead and walked towards the fairy boat.

The other disciples quickly followed, afraid of falling behind Lin Yitang. Since learning of Lin Yitang's identity, they no longer dared to underestimate her, and even felt a little proud.

So what if the other teams are all led by late-stage Golden Core cultivators?

Their team leader is none other than the famous Senior Sister Lin!

Even in other sects, there are many cultivators who are extremely interested in Lin Yitang.

They had already begun to imagine what expressions those self-proclaimed geniuses would have when they saw Lin Yitang at the Tianyan Sect.

Hmph, let those two major sects flaunt their geniuses in front of them every day. Even if they were geniuses, could they possibly be as talented as Senior Sister Lin?

Lin Yitang is now something that the Taique Sect can boast about.

Four hours later, the group finally arrived near the Tianyan Sect. It was already late, and dusk had fallen. The Tianyan Sect's disciples had been waiting there for some time.

Seeing that Tai Que Sect had arrived late, he snorted coldly and said in an unfriendly tone, "Tai Que Sect, you've finally arrived. Why are you so late? You've been dragging your feet. How dare you call yourselves one of the three major sects? Other sects arrived three days in advance, and some even arrived a week ago. You actually waited until the last day to set off. You've really disgraced the three sects!"

Upon hearing these words, the leading elite disciples of the Taique Sect, including Lin Yitang, all frowned in unison.

Did Tianyan Sect really think that Taique Sect was still the same sect that was severely damaged a few months ago? Did they not know that they had gained a Nascent Soul stage expert?

How dare they speak like that? I instinctively tried to suppress them.

That's true. They didn't know that the Taique Sect had already sealed off the news of Ming Yijun's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, preventing any other sects from knowing. Therefore, they only held a skeptical attitude towards Ming Yijun's breakthrough, lacking concrete evidence.

A female elite disciple of the Taique Sect snorted coldly and retorted without any politeness, "Your Tianyan Sect is really meddling. What business is it of yours how many days we arrive? Even if we had arrived a quarter of an hour earlier, it wouldn't be your place to speak!"

After saying that, she raised her head, no longer looking at the deacon disciple of the Tianyan Sect, and led the disciples of the Taique Sect to push past him aggressively, heading towards the inn reserved by the Taique Sect.

Lin Yitang also led her disciples from the Array Dao to the inn. Before leaving, she glanced back at the Tianyan Sect's deacon disciple, whose face was ashen, unsure how to comment on him.

What an arrogant disciple! He dares to be so presumptuous in front of elite disciples from other sects. Doesn't he fear being easily killed by elite disciples who are stronger than him?

However, upon further reflection, Lin Yitang realized that this deacon disciple was certain that the elite disciples would not easily attack him, which was why he dared to be so arrogant.

After all, the Four Arts Competition is organized by sects in different regions on a rotating basis, and this time it just so happens to be the turn of the Tianyan Sect, so he naturally feels that he has something to rely on.

Upon arriving at the inn, everyone began arranging their check-in.

Due to limited space, many disciples, including Lin Yitang, had to squeeze into one room.

Just as she was about to step into the room, Lin Yitang suddenly seemed to sense something and subconsciously turned around to look.

In a daze, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a female cultivator's figure flash by. The feeling of being watched vanished in an instant.

Lin Yitang frowned slightly, puzzled.

Ye Qiuli? What's she doing here?

Are they trying to find out which room I'm staying in?

That's right, Ye Qiuli also came to participate in the Four Arts Competition this time, but she joined the Alchemy lineage.

In the cultivation world, alchemists generally have a higher status than talisman masters, receive better treatment, and earn more money. Therefore, Ye Qiuli naturally chose to participate in the alchemy competition in order to stand out.

However, Lin Yitang did not intend to investigate Ye Qiuli's behavior further.

She was in charge of array formations, which had nothing to do with alchemy, so there was no need for her to interfere in other teams' affairs. Besides, even if Ye Qiuli knew which room she was staying in, she wouldn't just barge in.

Because besides Lin Yitang, there are several other disciples in this room.

Back in her room, Lin Yitang greeted several familiar figures with a smile.

"Junior Brother Liu, Junior Sister Min, what a coincidence that you've also come to participate in the sect's Four Arts Competition!"