Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 103 The Void Refinement Stage Ancestor Appears!

Xuanling Daoist and other righteous leaders such as Tiancong were very dissatisfied with Duanmu Fei and the old Daoist Kugu's human trafficking, but they did not say it directly.

After all, the old Taoist with withered bones was a Void Refinement expert, and the combat power shown by Consort Duanmu was also terrifyingly high!
……

After killing Lin Chen on the arena, Cao Meng did not leave immediately.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he shouted:
"My fellow members who are not from top-tier sects, for your safety, I, Cao Meng, have decided to risk my life to give you some advice."

"You can simply forfeit your chances in the third round of assessment!"

"The Sword Inquiry Sect has already demonstrated their attitude towards the Sword Debate Competition through their actions!"

"Fellow Daoists, if you withdraw now, the worst you'll lose is your registration fee."

If the third round of assessments continues, you will inevitably suffer casualties!

"Even if you manage to defeat them by chance, what will you do when they produce talismans?"

"..."

Cao Meng knew he had already offended the Sword Inquiry Sect, so he didn't mind kicking them while they were down.

Since they can't take a joke and have no shame, I'll just indulge them and make them lose face completely.

Although Cao Meng phrased it somewhat euphemistically, his meaning was self-evident, immediately sparking a frenzy of discussion.

Those minor sects and independent cultivators all began to ponder the truthfulness of Cao Meng's remarks.

The more they thought about it, the more they realized it made sense, since apart from Qin Lin'er, all the other disciples from top sects had passed the first two rounds of assessments.

Furthermore, the attitudes of the major top sects and the behavior of the Sword Inquiry Sect in protecting its disciple Lin Chen also illustrate some points.

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist Cao Meng!"

"Fellow Daoist Cao Meng, you have truly done a great service by revealing the truth to us!"

After realizing they had fallen into the trap set by the Sword Inquiry Sect, the participants thanked Cao Meng for reminding them!

"Flying Tiger Valley disciple, forfeit!"

"White Flame Fortress, forfeit!"

"Shattered Star Sect, forfeit!"

"..."

As first- and second-tier sects under several top sects took the lead in abstaining, smaller sects and independent cultivators also abstained.

Although they were furious, they were powerless to settle scores with the Sword Inquiry Sect and the Demon Sword Sect.

Therefore, they had no choice but to abstain and give up the third round of assessment in order to express their dissatisfaction.

Moreover, as Cao Meng said, it would be more worthwhile to withdraw from the competition than to be injured by disciples of top sects in the third round.

Forfeiting would only result in the loss of the registration fee; continuing to compete might mean having to pay for medication.

What if things get even worse, and he gets crippled or killed on the ring?
……

With a large number of participants withdrawing, the situation quickly spiraled out of control.

At this moment, both the righteous and demonic top sects were watching the Demon Sword Sect and the Sword Inquiry Sect make fools of themselves.

After all, these two hosts are the ones who take their funding and still engage in these underhanded tactics, making money off ticket sales behind the scenes.

They deserve it now that they've messed things up!

Seeing that even the Demon Sword Sect had been affected, the Nine-Hua Sword Demon, in a moment of quick thinking, issued a proclamation to those below:

"Everyone, this time it was our Demon Sword Sect's oversight. Our Demon Sword Sect really did not expect that the Sword Inquiry Sect would do such a shameless thing."

The Nine-Flower Sword Demon shifted all blame onto the Sword Inquiry Sect, then solemnly reiterated:
"We, the Demon Sword Sect, are deeply sorry for what happened in this sword competition and are willing to offer you all compensation!"

"Our sect has decided that after the Longevity Sword Sect Secret Realm ends, our Demon Sword Sect will open its gates to accept disciples and pass on the sword path. Today's participants, as long as they are skilled in the sword and wholeheartedly seek the sword path to immortality, can directly become disciples of the Demon Sword Sect without taking any tests."

Those with exceptional talent, if chosen by one of the nine Sword Masters of my Demon Sword Sect, can be directly accepted as personal disciples.

The words of the Nine-Hua Sword Demon immediately won him a lot of goodwill.

However, these people are basically all the wronged family members, the kind of people whose IQs aren't even online!
Does the Demon Sword Sect really want to compensate them?

No, the Demon Sword Sect wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make another quick buck and recruit sword geniuses who have been living away from home into the sect.

Furthermore, the Nine-Hua Sword Demon said that one could become a disciple of the Demon Sword Sect without taking the exam, but he didn't specify which type of disciple one would be. After all, the Sword Demon Sect disciples are divided into outer disciples, inner disciples, true disciples, and personal disciples!
……

Xuanling Daoist knew that in this sword competition, Wenjian Sect had become a laughing stock.

However, all of this was because of the Hehuan Sect, and Han Guang and his disciple.

"Jiuhua, what a brilliant move!"

Xuanling Daoist couldn't defeat Duanmu Fei, so he could only mock the Nine Hua Sword Demon.

“Xuan Lingzi, if it weren’t for your Sword Inquiry Sect acting this way, our sect wouldn’t be in this situation.”

The Nine-Flower Sword Demon directly retorted to Xuanling Daoist, showing him no respect whatsoever.

"I, the Sword Sect, will give you an explanation. You may all disperse now!"

After a middle-aged man broke through the void and arrived, he said something indifferent and then signaled to those minor sects that had already given up to get lost.

"Xuan Lingzi greets Uncle-Master Shang Huai!"

When Xuanling Daoist saw the newcomer, he was immediately delighted. He had finally heard from the Refining Void Ancestor of the Sword Inquiry Sect.

Xuanling Daoist no longer needs to fear the female demon Duanmu Fei, nor the evil Corpse Yin Sect Daoist Kugu.

Following the appearance of Elder Shang Huai, the Void Refinement stage ancestor of the Wenjian Sect, other Void Refinement stage ancestors from various sects also appeared one after another.

In fact, these Void Refinement stage elders had arrived long ago, but because the Void Refinement stage elders of various sects were restraining each other, none of them showed up.

Normally, even a Void Refinement stage elder is rarely seen in the Eastern Region Daozhou. Now that so many have suddenly arrived, the underlings all know that something is wrong.

So they quickly bowed and greeted each other, and hurriedly started preparing the fish soup, afraid that if they were too slow, someone else would make fish soup for them.

"Little one, you smell so good!"

A voice suddenly came from behind Cao Meng. He turned around and saw a charming female cultivator with phoenix eyes and a light blue gauze dress sniffing him.

The alluring female cultivator reached out and pinched Cao Meng's cheek, licked her seductive red lips, and teased:

"Little one, my name is Xi Feng. You should call me Grandmaster Uncle, or you can call me Master!"

Xi Feng was an elder from the Hehuan Sect who had come to the Void Refinement stage. Because of someone's instructions, she was very interested in Cao Meng.

"???"

Cao Meng was stunned, somewhat confused about what Xi Feng meant by those words.

"Xia Yulan is my disciple. Given your relationship with that girl, I can also be considered your half-master."

Seeing that Cao Meng didn't react, Xi Feng directly revealed her hand.

The reason Xia Yulan was able to act recklessly within the sect for years, even concocting poisons to harm the sect's disciples, was because she had someone backing her up, which is why she wasn't punished.

At this moment, Cao Meng finally understood why Xia Yulan was a great demon; it was all due to the inheritance of their sect!

“Little one, you and my disciple are still a generation apart. If you two become Daoist partners, people will easily point fingers at you.”

"Why don't you become my disciple instead? Then you and she will be fellow disciples, and no one will object to you becoming Daoist partners!"

Xi Feng immediately began to undermine his junior apprentice Duanmu Fei, trying to elevate Cao Meng's generation.

(End of this chapter)