After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 121 Playing Taizhen

Those present were already quite impatient, eager to see the spirit fire immediately and then subdue it for their own use.

Upon hearing Yue Chao say that they could finally leave, everyone quickly moved their feet, and the group followed him in a grand procession.

Upon walking around, they discovered something unusual.

Where are we going?

"Yes, could it be underground?"

They first entered a room, and then the female cultivator named Xiao Ruo twisted a round ball, and with a click, a hidden door opened.

There was a light in the hidden door, but the light was dim and flickering without any wind, like will-o'-the-wisps.

You can vaguely see steps leading down ahead.

For some reason, some people suddenly felt a little flustered, as if the hairs on their arms were standing on end.

"Oh dear, look! All the lights outside are out!"

Only then did people notice that the courtyard, which was originally brightly lit, had all its light disappear as they entered the large house, leaving only thick darkness, as black as ink.

Yue Chao spoke up, "Everyone, don't panic. Tonight's events are of great importance. If people elsewhere in the city see this, they might have bad intentions and come to steal the spirit fire. So, in order to avoid attracting attention, we have no other choice."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This seems to make perfect sense. Tonight's events were supposed to be carried out quietly, otherwise, if word got out, the whole city would probably rush over to get involved.

As for everyone, there have been enough cultivators tonight, and it will take all night to try them out.

If more people come, they might steal my chance!
So he stopped expressing his opinion and just followed Yue and the others inside.

The passageway was narrow, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, so the group was divided into two lines and proceeded in an orderly fashion.

The people of the Xianlai Sect walked together, proceeding cautiously into the area, where they could smell the damp and stuffy odor.

The aisle was too crowded, and the smells from everyone were mixed together, which didn't smell very good.

Mo Jiuwei pinched her nose.

Ugh, that smells awful.

Who smells so bad?!

Upon hearing this, Chen Lan pulled Mo Jiuwei into her arms and covered her face with her sleeve.

At this moment, Chen Lan's fragrance came closer, blocking out much of the unpleasant sour smell.

After walking through the corridor, everyone felt that the view in front of them suddenly opened up!
There was a large room in front, like a large courtyard, with a slightly raised platform in the very center.

On the table was a box, and not far away lay a pale-faced man, with a maid taking good care of him.

That man must be the young master of the Yue family, right? I wonder how serious his illness really is.

Just as I was thinking this, I saw the man let out a soft groan of pain and raise his arm in discomfort.

As he moved, the thin veil that had been gently covering him slipped off, revealing the man's bloody, fleshy arm.

Not only that, but his neck was also covered in blood.

Just as Yue Chao described, half of his skin had peeled off, and the sight of that flesh and blood made one's heart tremble and wish to look away immediately.

Seeing this, the maid quickly covered him with the veil again, as if this would preserve the young master's dignity.

"Young Master, just bear with it a little longer, it will be over soon... This servant will feed you some water."

The maid sobbed, picked up a bowl from the side, and began to feed them with a spoon. Everyone turned their attention to Yue Chao and the others.

"Is that the spirit fire in that box? Can we begin?"

"Yes, let's hurry, or it'll be dawn soon."

"what are you waiting for?"

There was still plenty of time before dawn; people were just saying that because they were getting impatient.

"Please be patient, everyone. Let me say this first."

The middle-aged female cultivator named Xiao Ruo went up on the stage, stood next to the box, and glanced at everyone.

The number of cultivators recruited by the Yue family was quite large, which seemed to be the result of the efforts of many parties. The thirty recruited by the Yue Dynasty only accounted for a little over 10% of the total.

At this moment, the two hundred people stood scattered around the central platform, each staring intently at the box, as if they could see through what was inside.

Hearing Xiao Ru speak, everyone finally managed to hold back and turn their attention to her.

"We have agreed beforehand that everyone has the opportunity to try to subdue the spirit fire, but whoever succeeds must treat my young master's illness immediately after subduing it. Once the illness is treated, they may leave my Yue family's villa at will."

"But if someone obtains the spirit fire but refuses to cooperate and is unwilling to heal the young master, then don't blame the Yue family for turning ruthless!"

Xiao Ruo's face was cold, and when she mentioned turning her back on him, she even drew her sword, the light on the sword gleaming dimly.

"So that's all. Don't worry, if we get the spirit fire, we will definitely keep our promise."

“That’s right. If someone takes the spirit fire but does nothing, we won’t let him get away with it.”

Upon hearing that this was the only requirement, everyone immediately spoke up.

The reason for this cooperation is that the Yue family had made it clear that those who did not obtain the spirit fire would not have come for nothing, but would instead receive Yue family crystals as a reward.

Even for this reason, I would speak up for them.

Wow, they really went all out with their act; they're quite dedicated.

[If I hadn't already known what you were up to, I would have really thought that person was the young master, and that he really did have a strange illness.]

Judging from the way others are acting, they probably believe it without a doubt.

[That's true, they don't care what illness the young master has, they just want to know what the spiritual fire in the box looks like.]

Mo Jiuwei thought to herself as she sucked on her fingers in Chen Lan's arms.

She didn't have the habit of sucking her fingers before, but in this life, her memories started from infancy, and it has to be said... sucking fingers as a baby is really sweet, so Mo Jiuwei unconsciously started doing it too.

So even though she's already a year old, she still eats it occasionally.

Upon hearing this, the people of the Immortal Sect were secretly alarmed.

These statements are all false?

The man lying on the couch wasn't the young master at all, nor was he sick?
Although they were somewhat prepared, the man's blood-covered appearance was so frightening that even they thought it looked incredibly real.

No wonder others believed it wholeheartedly; after all, the performance was so realistic.

"In that case, thank you all very much." Xiao Ru cupped her hands in thanks.

Someone couldn't wait any longer and urged, "Can we see the spirit fire now?"

"Yeah, hurry up!"

(End of this chapter)