If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1150 The Golden Dragon Cuts Out the World

Xiao Yu asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you going to fight the Celestial Master's Taoist magic, or compete in supernatural martial arts?"

Ye Jiutian didn't engage in any hypocritical pleasantries and said bluntly, "I am only skilled in swordsmanship and do not understand the Taoist arts of the Celestial Masters."

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "After the battle with Peng Shisan just now, I have gained some new insights into the rules of arena combat."

"I would like to hear the details," Ye Jiutian said.

Xiao Yu looked around at everyone and said, "A contest of Taoist magic is a literary contest. A contest of supernatural martial arts is a martial contest."

If a challenger comes up, I ask them the question once, and then the challenger makes a choice.

It would be quite complicated to switch between verbal and physical confrontations.

Why don't we all register with 'Xiao Linzi' first?

If you intend to become a 'Grand Tutor Wu' who commands troops, fights battles, protects the country, and safeguards the people, choose martial arts combat and challenge me in order.

Those who aspire to become the "Grand Tutor Wen," permanently stationed at the Imperial Observatory, should choose the Celestial Masters' Daoist magic contest. They should register first, and after the martial arts competition concludes, they will engage in the Celestial Masters' Daoist magic contest together.

“No problem, we’ll register right away,” the group of Qi cultivators immediately agreed.

Xiaoyu turned to Ye Jiutian and continued, "Leaving aside literary contests, there are also different categories of martial arts contests."

Previously, you all saw me being captured by Peng Shisan, seemingly without any power to resist.

But I was actually very wronged.

Peng Shisan is a defeated opponent of mine; he was no match for me last year.

Now that my cultivation has increased tenfold, how could I possibly be defeated by him?

He lacked martial ethics and used the great supernatural power of the Kunpeng clan to ambush me, someone who had no will to fight to the death, in a martial arts competition.

That's so unfair.

—Peng Shisan is indeed your defeated opponent, but you were able to defeat him, wasn't it because of the formation?
Everyone felt that she was trying to save face for herself.

However, they also highly agreed with her later analysis of her defeat.

If it were a life-or-death battle, given Grand Tutor Yu's ruthlessness and cunning, he would absolutely not allow Peng Shisan to unleash his great supernatural power calmly and completely.

Not to mention Grand Tutor Yu, even they would not allow the enemy to unleash their great supernatural powers.

In the Pangu world, supernatural powers and magical treasures are important components of strength.

In the process of fighting, supernatural powers and magical treasures are more important than one's cultivation level and realm most of the time.

Therefore, the generally accepted combat experience in the cultivation world is: do not let the opponent easily unleash their great supernatural powers, and do not directly confront the enemy's magical treasures and supernatural powers.

Grand Tutor Yu may not have been careless before, but she certainly lacked the awareness and preparation for a life-or-death battle, allowing Peng Shisan to unleash his full power.

Ye Jiutian asked, "We can't restrict supernatural abilities and only compete in swordsmanship, can we?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "The Huashan Dao Discussion is for the purpose of selecting the Grand Tutor of the Great Qin Dynasty."

The selection of a Grand Tutor was also to prepare for the upcoming great calamity of heaven and earth.

The Grand Tutor of Qin needs to lead the Qin people safely through the great calamity, which will inevitably involve the most brutal battles.

In a life-or-death struggle, how can supernatural powers be restricted?
Whether it's magical artifacts, secret techniques, or great supernatural powers, they are unrestricted on the battlefield, and naturally, they are unrestricted here as well.

However, this is not a life-or-death battle; we are proving to everyone who is stronger.

The fact that Peng Shisan ambushed me earlier does not prove that he is stronger than me.

My suggestion is that we should all be upright and honest people.

If you want to use a magical artifact, inform the other party in advance; if you want to use a great supernatural power, inform them in advance as well.

For example, right now, Fellow Daoist Ye, will you use any magic weapons or great supernatural powers? Will you unleash your full potential and exert all your abilities to the fullest?

Ye Jiutian's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "It is common knowledge that Fairy Yu possesses astonishing supernatural abilities. How could I dare to hold back in the face of Fairy Yu?"

I will not only use magic weapons, but more than one magic weapon.

Supernatural powers are also great supernatural powers that invoke the laws of the Dao, and there is not just one of them.

How can we defeat Fairy Yu without resorting to any means necessary?

Xiaoyu nodded gently and said, "As long as you are honest, you are a gentleman. As long as both parties tell each other what moves to come, it is fair and just."

Now that Fellow Daoist Ye has confessed, I also want to clearly tell you that I will also use magic weapons, great supernatural powers, and every means at my disposal.

Please be on your guard, fellow Daoist.

"Of course! I should not be restricted by my magical treasures and supernatural powers."

Ye Jiutian looked around and asked, "Shall we begin now?"

Xiao Yu pointed to the crowd below and said, "Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. You see, we have already made a decision, while they are still arguing and hesitating!"

Then she raised her voice and said, "Fellow Daoists, if you have made a decision, please register with Xiao Linzi first."

Whoever makes the first decision, whoever argues first, will avoid wasting time later.

Ye Jiutian remained silent and waited quietly for half an hour before the hundreds of contestants below completed their registration.

Xiao Yu didn't delay any longer and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ye, do you choose to fight in the sky, on the ground, or in the water?"

Ye Jiutian said, "I'm easy, Fairy Yu, you choose."

"Hehe, fellow Daoist is very confident! Then let's fight in the sky, so that all the guests can see it more clearly."

Xiao Yu lightly touched her toes, rode the wind, and in the blink of an eye arrived at a height of two thousand feet above the mountaintop.

"Please, Holy Mother Three, ring the bell for us!" Xiaoyu called out.

The next instant, a melodious and resonant bell rang out from the mountaintop below, "Dong!"

The sound of the bell was like the firing of a starting gun, and Xiaoyu and Ye Jiutian moved at the same time.

"Ye Jiutian, take this sword!"

Xiaoyu was the first to use the "Calling the Name to Fall Off the Horse" version of the "Magic Eye Technique": she called out the name to fall off the horse, and the magic eye released a "foreign object".

Ye Jiutian's cultivation level is not low.

Unable to use the first move of the "Magic Eye Technique," "Foreign Object," to directly kill him as a weakling.

But the foreign object did indeed penetrate his mind and disturb his spirit.

Combining this with calling out names to bring down officials will have an even better effect.

Just as Ye Jiutian raised his right arm and opened his sleeve, seemingly preparing to unleash a powerful attack, his eyes suddenly became glazed over, and his body swayed slightly.

"Whoosh~~" Xiaoyu seized the initiative, her figure as swift as lightning, and thrust the Qiaoshi Sword toward his brow.

"Ugh... the Golden Ring!" Under the intense stimulation of the life-or-death crisis, Ye Jiutian gritted his teeth, forced himself to stay focused, paused the trump card hidden in his sleeve, and took the initiative to activate the protective magic weapon at his waist.

"Om~~"

The jade belt around his waist suddenly shone brightly, and a silver ring expanded to two sizes.

The robe that had been tightly binding him grew to a diameter of ten feet, encasing Ye Jiutian inside, and then spun rapidly. "Clang!" The Qiaoshi sword shot out, but was blocked by the golden ring.

A tremendous force erupted from the point of impact, and Xiaoyu could not even hold onto her sword.

"Clang~~" The blade of the Qiaoshi sword bent and twisted, almost breaking.

Xiaoyu, feeling sorry for the magical artifact, deliberately let go, allowing it to be flung away by the remaining force.

"Ah, isn't this the Qiankun Bracelet, the treasure of Lingbao Mountain? Why is the treasure of Lingbao Mountain in the hands of Immortal Ye of Luofu Mountain?"

In the surrounding sky, some discerning immortals immediately recognized the true identity of the "Diamond Ring".

"So it was the Qiankun Bracelet. I heard it was once the protective treasure of Daoist Duobao, modeled after Laozi's Vajra Beak. It combines offense and defense, making it almost unbreakable. No wonder it could deflect Yu Fengxian's flying sword."

Letting the Qiaoshi sword be deflected, Xiaoyu remained calm and unhurried. With a flick of his left sleeve, he released the Lingxiao sword, weighing 79,000 jin, and slammed it hard onto the rapidly spinning Vajra ring.

"Boom~~~~"

It was clearly a clash of magical artifacts, but it looked like a bomb exploding, scattering a large amount of sparks.

The Vajra Ring rubbed intensely against the "blade" of the Lingxiao Sword, sending sparks flying dozens of feet away.

Even though the Vajra Ring scraped wildly against the surface of the Lingxiao Sword, scattering a lot of sparks, it still couldn't get stuck. It continued to spin at high speed like a wheel hub, forming a silver sphere that firmly protected Ye Jiutian inside.

It wasn't until Ye Jiutian finally recovered from the dual mental attacks of "Demonic Eyes Disrupting the Gods" and "Calling Names to Fall from the Horse" that he finally recovered.

A vicious glint flashed in his eyes, and he raised his right hand again, a gust of wind howling from his sleeve.

"Roar~~" A loud dragon's roar echoed through the gale.

It's not just one dragon, it's two dragons roaring together.

Then two golden beams flew out, passing through the gap between the Vajra Ring and the Lingxiao Sword, and transformed into two golden dragons in the sky, rushing towards Yu Fengxian.

The pair of golden dragons were quite peculiar; when they flew out of the sleeves, they were only as thick as chopsticks and as long as snakes.

Flying in mid-air, its body rapidly expanded, transforming into a golden dragon ten zhang long with five claws on its belly.

The golden dragon was surrounded by a halo of golden auspicious light.

The two dragon heads are side by side, like scissors; their tails intertwine, like the handles of scissors.

Grand Tutor Yu's expression changed drastically, and he retreated in panic, but it was too late.

Two golden dragons advanced side by side, faster than lightning, and caught up with her, sandwiching her between them.

"My God, this...this is the Golden Dragon Scissors! It's a priceless treasure from the Investiture of the Gods era, the Golden Dragon Scissors of the Three Immortal Maidens!"

With just one glance, countless immortals around immediately recognized it.

"How come Master Ye has the Golden Dragon Scissors? Isn't he a famous sword immortal in China, and he also carries a sword box on his back? Why doesn't he use his famous 'Nine Heavenly Escape Swords'?"

"Is that even a question? The Nine Heavenly Swords can't kill anyone, but Immortal Ye wants to kill Immortal Yu Feng!"

Like the previous Kunpeng ancestors, this wasn't a magical duel; it was an open assassination attempt.

"Oh no! Grand Tutor Yu has been bitten by the Golden Dragon Scissors! Ahhh, Holy Mother of the Third Holy Mother, save me!"

While the onlookers and the participating Qi cultivators were merely shocked and exclaimed in astonishment, the ministers of the Great Qin and their retainers were worried about Grand Tutor Yu.

But their cries of surprise didn't travel as fast as the Golden Dragon Scissors' flight.

Before he could finish speaking, the two golden dragons had already wrapped around Grand Tutor Yu's body.

"Click~~"

Just like scissors cutting a tree branch, Grand Tutor Yu's body made a crisp sound as it split into two pieces.

"Ahhh, Yu Fengxian is dead!"

"As expected, Master Ye came to kill Yu Fengxian. He went straight for the kill and cut Yu Fengxian in two!"

"How ruthless! First, he used the Qiankun Bracelet, which was impossible to break through, to protect himself, and then he released the Golden Dragon Scissors to kill the enemy."

This is a trap. A powerful being is plotting against Yu Fengxian; Master Ye is likely just the weapon used to kill her.

"How pitiful, how pathetic~~~ Just a few days ago, he was still riding the Nine Cauldrons and roaring in the Lingxiao Palace, frightening all the gods and immortals into trembling and not daring to respond. How arrogant and domineering he was back then, but in the blink of an eye, his head has been separated from his body, and his hegemony has vanished."

"Sigh, that's why one shouldn't be so lawless. Clearly, Yu Fengxian has offended too many people. Not to mention the demonic path, don't the righteous sects hate her to death?"

“It’s normal to hate her and want to kill her. Even if some powerful being could slap her to death, she would only have to accept her bad luck. But now that someone has used despicable means to plot against her, Yu Fengxian must have died unjustly. Others would sympathize with her and despise the person who plotted against her.”

"It can't be said that we were ambushed. Both sides agreed before the fight that we could use our strongest supernatural powers and magical treasures."

Compared to those three Kunpeng Ancestors, Ye Jiutian could only be described as cunning and ruthless, but it couldn't be said that he plotted against anyone.

"That's right, it's a public arena match, life and death are decided by fate. In the end, Yu Fengxian was too arrogant. Before the fight, all the fighters should have sworn an oath not to kill anyone and to stop when the fight was over—wait, why has Yu Fengxian turned into a black person?"

Suddenly, the divine artifact appeared atop Mount Hua, and Grand Tutor Yu was instantly severed in two. The crowd was shocked, sighed, looked dazed, or felt indignant. They had not yet recovered from the intense emotional turmoil.

The body of Yu Fengxian, which had broken in two in the sky and was slowly falling, turned black.

She went from having porcelain-white skin to becoming a dark-skinned hot girl. No, at this point, the dark-skinned Yu Fengxian wasn't hot at all; instead, she was rather ugly, with elongated cheeks that looked quite deformed.

“Something’s definitely not right. 'She' isn’t Yu Fengxian at all!” the Third Holy Mother exclaimed.

While others gasped or expressed regret, she maintained a solemn expression, her eyes seemingly filled with unresolved doubts.

At this moment, Yu Fengxian transformed into a dark-skinned woman with a pointed chin, and she immediately realized, "This is an alternate body!"

Upon hearing this, the nearby "immortals" such as Xu Fu and Qiu Mingzi also showed expressions of sudden realization.

They had a vague feeling that something was wrong before.

"Oh no! Fellow Daoist Ye is in danger! Fellow Daoist Ye, be careful—"

The cries abruptly stopped as the Qiankun Bracelet ceased its spinning and transformed back into a silver ring, hovering around Ye Jiutian's waist.

Thus, Ye Jiutian's figure was revealed.

A tiny bloodstain was gushing from between his eyebrows, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was contorted with pain, despair, and confusion.

The skin on his cheeks was slowly melting, like a wax figure exposed to high temperatures.

"Ah, when did Master Ye get hit? He looks like he's dead?!" Everyone was shocked and exclaimed in disbelief.

A figure slowly emerged from the void and appeared above the Golden Dragon Scissors; it was none other than Grand Tutor Yu, who should have been "cut in two".

She was expressionless, her hair and robe fluttering in the wind, her right arm hanging down, and her sleeve open.

A gust of wind swept up two golden dragons, each ten feet long. No matter how much they struggled and roared, they were inevitably refined and forcibly restored into a delicate little pair of scissors, which eventually fell into Grand Tutor Yu's sleeve.

Then she took a step forward and stood opposite Ye Jiutian, asking loudly, "Fellow Daoist Ye, do you want the magic weapon or your life?"

I can tell you plainly that you are now poisoned by the most potent poison in the world.

Within the Three Realms, there is no cure; he will surely turn into a pool of blood within the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

Fortunately, I have a 'Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Universe Limitless Five Elements Immortal Apricot' in my possession.

The apricot is very valuable; it must be exchanged for the Golden Dragon Scissors and the Vajra Ring. Do you agree?

(End of this chapter)