With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

"Wasn't Yun Zhen supposed to be the most talented among this year's new disciples? She has a mutated lightning spirit root and extremely strong sword cultivation talent. She should be someone that all the peak masters and elders would fight to take as a disciple as soon as she entered the sect. How come she's not even as good as a disciple from the outer sect?"

"Could her mutated lightning spirit root be some kind of pseudo-spiritual root?"

"Whether it's a pseudo-spiritual root or not, why don't you go up and try it and you'll know? Stop talking nonsense. She just couldn't beat Lin Ya, but that doesn't mean she can't beat you. She can still overpower you and beat you so badly that your parents won't recognize you. You didn't even see the commotion when the two of them fought just now. It's lucky that they fought inside the defensive barrier, otherwise, with your cultivation level, you would have been seriously injured long ago."

"It's not that Yun Zhen is too weak, but that Lin Ya is too strong and too outstanding. Perhaps she has mixed spiritual roots, but she must have other special talents that belong to her alone."

"I heard that she can increase her cultivation level even while sleeping. I haven't seen her cultivate diligently usually. She prefers to go to the Beast Peak to feed the spirit beasts or to the Medicine Peak to learn how to cultivate spirit herbs. She goes to the Fire Refining Peak the most often. It seems that she is interested in everything except cultivation."

That really is strange.

"I don't know what her talent is, it's so extraordinary."

"A disciple with mixed spiritual roots actually defeated the most talented disciple of the same year, who was an inner disciple from the very beginning, three times. If I were Yun Zhen, I probably wouldn't be able to keep my composure. But if he lost to a fellow disciple with decent talent, I could understand it a little better."

"It is said that Yunzhen and Lin Ya have some connection."

"Oh? What's going on? I've never heard of that before."

"Yun Zhen is a princess of a certain country in the mortal world, and Lin Ya is one of her palace maids. There were two palace maids and one guard who accompanied her when she entered the sect. However, once you enter the sect, you are all disciples of the Tianji Sect. Only strength matters and strength is respected. Your previous identity cannot be brought into the sect."

"No wonder... That's what they say. Actually, the reason Yun Zhen brought a few people into the sect was clearly because the royal family was worried and wanted to find a few people to follow her so they could have someone to look after her. After all, she is a rare person with a lightning spiritual root."

"The royal family can't control our Tianji Sect. Given the strength Lin Ya has shown so far, we can't expect her to serve tea and water to Yun Zhen, can we? Besides, we have plenty of menial disciples in our sect. We don't need Lin Ya to do the tea and water service; that would be a waste of her talents. Furthermore, if the royal family knew about this situation, they would definitely try to build a good relationship with Lin Ya and would never want to offend a future powerhouse."

"But I still admire Yunzhen. She lost to Lin Ya twice before, but she still has a lot of resilience. It seems that it has not affected her cultivation. I wonder if she can withstand it after this time."

"It's hard to say, but for us cultivators, this situation can easily cause inner demons. If Yunzhen can't defeat Lin Ya, it will definitely affect her cultivation. If it doesn't erupt today, it will erupt someday in the future. It's a pity that her talent is clearly top-notch, but then an even more powerful Lin Ya appeared. Compared to the previous two times, Lin Ya's cultivation has obviously increased many times over this time, and it seems that Yunzhen can't close the gap between the two."

The sounds of their discussion continued to reach Azhen's ears. After a moment, she finally came to her senses and was about to get up when someone approached her. It was a woman with extremely beautiful features. She remembered the woman's name; she was one of the main figures in the discussion—Lin Ya. "Senior Sister Yun, are you alright?" Lin Ya reached out her hand to Azhen, a hint of apology on her face. "I don't know if I hurt you earlier. I hope you don't mind. This is the sect competition; we need to show our true strength. It's a matter of respect for everyone. I'm really sorry..."

"Junior Sister Lin, you don't need to do this at all. In a grand competition, you should give it your all. If you hold back for any reason, even if you win, you'll only be ridiculed. People who win this way aren't suited for cultivation. If you can beat them, you're strong; if you can't, you're weak and need to train more. There's nothing more to say!" A handsome man suddenly appeared beside her, dressed as a sword cultivator. He was gentle towards Lin Ya, but when he looked at Azhen, his expression turned cold. "Junior Sister, in cultivation, the first thing to cultivate is the heart. I hope you understand that this is a sect grand competition, not child's play. This isn't the mortal world. There are no emperors, princesses, or palace maids here. Strength is paramount. If you want to grow, you should first abandon your former status."

"Otherwise, all your cultivation of immortality would have been for nothing."

Azhen glanced at the man who was talking so much, then stood up and said, "I'm not someone who can't accept defeat. But you're worried that I can't accept defeat. People who know you know you're my senior brother, but people who don't might think you're my enemy. Why are you so eager to throw mud at me? I wonder what I did to offend you in the past that makes you target me like this?"

"I only lost in the competition and haven't recovered yet, so why should I be criticized like this?" Azhen's gaze swept over Lin Ya again. "Or is it that Senior Brother wants to change his junior sister, or have another junior sister? You can ask Master about that. There's no need to target me. I can't decide this matter."

Azhen flicked her wrist, and the longsword on the ground fell into her hand: "However, I think there is something my senior brother said that is quite right. In the cultivation world, strength is the most important thing. At this moment, no matter how much I say, I am just a defeated opponent. I don't think many people will listen to what I say."

"I would like to ask my senior brother for some pointers. I wonder if he dares to accept?" A-Zhen made a gesture of challenging him, which surprised everyone present, even the elder in charge of the competition was stunned. However, in the cultivation world, strength speaks for itself, so he did not stop her.

When disciples of a sect disagree, a contest is the best way to resolve the conflict, as long as no one kills.

Moreover, what Yunzhen said just now did make some sense. It was a bit much for Wen Nanfeng to criticize her right away, as if Yunzhen wasn't his junior sister and Lin Ya was.

Lin Ya is beautiful, has a good temperament, and is very talented, making her quite likable. However, Wen Nanfeng's actions are far too biased.

Wen Nanfeng's expression was somewhat unpleasant. This was different from what he had expected. He had previously thought that this taciturn junior sister would only turn around and leave, acting like a sore loser. He never expected that she would actually want to learn from him this time.

Wen Nanfeng sneered inwardly. He had entered the sect ten years earlier than her, and his talent was also a fire spirit root. Even if it wasn't as good as the mutated lightning spirit root, it wouldn't be something she could catch up to in a short time. Besides, in terms of sword cultivation talent, he was no worse than her.

"Since Junior Sister is so eager to learn from me, how could I, as her senior brother, refuse? It's good that you understand the principle of strength above all else. Today, I will certainly take your challenge seriously." Wen Nanfeng smiled faintly, first gesturing for Azhen to join him, then flew onto the dueling platform. (End of Chapter)