I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Chapter 76 The Astonished Grandmaster of the Purple Mansion

After reaching a deal with Pei Hong, Zhou Tai felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart, and he felt completely relaxed.

At this moment, he, like everyone else, just wanted to wait as soon as possible for the elders from various factions to come and take him out.

That night, the demonic cultivators, as expected, were still unwilling to give up and sneaked into the camp of the five sects' cultivators to launch a sneak attack. As a result, they were discovered by the vigilant cultivators who were already on guard.

After exchanging fire remotely for a while, the demonic cultivators, who couldn't gain much advantage, could only slink away in disgrace.

At this point, many people on both the immortal and demonic sides no longer want to fight.

After all, those who are still alive have reaped considerable rewards.

If the fight continues to the death, no one can guarantee that they will survive to the end.

Therefore, even if they are forced to participate in the war due to circumstances, they will not put in much effort, and naturally they will not achieve any results.

After enduring this arduous wait until dawn, the elders from the five factions, whom everyone had been eagerly awaiting, finally arrived.

Suddenly, a roar resounded in the sky, and the Bone Demon Ship and the Flying Tower Ship broke through the great formation and landed in the Chongming Ruins, each flying over the area where the survivors of their respective factions were gathered.

At the same time, the loud sound quickly spread throughout the entire trial grounds.

"The trial period is over. Everyone, immediately assemble at the spaceship. We will not wait for anyone who is late, even if they are only half an hour old!"

Zhou Tai didn't know if there were other people hiding elsewhere, but after the sound was heard, he was already excited and boarded the flying ship with Pei Hong and the others.

After boarding the flying ship, he quickly saw Elder Tian Qi and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, saying, "Outer disciple Zhou Tai greets Elder Tian."

"Why are you the only one here? Have all the others perished?"

Tian Qi looked at him with a furrowed brow and asked in a rather heavy tone.

This statement actually contradicted his earlier claim that everything happening in the trial grounds was under surveillance, but Zhou Tai naturally wouldn't be so tactless as to say it out loud.

He immediately shook his head and said, "This disciple doesn't know about this matter either. I only saw two other senior brothers yesterday, but unfortunately they both perished in yesterday's great battle!"

Upon hearing his answer, Tian Qi remained silent for a moment before waving his hand and saying, "Alright, hand over the spoils of this trial!"

"Your disciple obeys."

Zhou Tai responded and immediately took out the fifteen demonic trial tokens from his storage bag, as well as his immortal trial token.

Staring at the pile of demonic trial tokens in front of him, Tian Qi was stunned. After a long while, he looked at Zhou Tai in surprise and asked, "Are all these your spoils?"

"Yes, these were all obtained by my own hands after vanquishing demons!"

Zhou Tai answered with certainty.

Before he could finish speaking, and before Tian Qi could even reply, the Grand Master of the Purple Mansion Realm from the Haoyang Sect beside him shouted in a deep voice, "What arrogance, junior!"

The man's gaze swept over the pile of demonic trial tokens, then he coldly looked at Zhou Tai and questioned, "How could you, a mere eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator, possibly kill so many demonic cultivators? Did you perhaps ambush and ambush the other five sects' cultivators, seizing their hard-earned spoils from their demon-slaying efforts?!"

Being stared at like that by a Grandmaster of the Purple Mansion, Zhou Tai instantly felt as if he were being watched by a terrifying monster, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

Fortunately, Tian Qi quickly stepped in front of him, shielding him from the pressure of the burly man in red.

Tian Qi shielded Zhou Tai behind him, his face cold as he looked at the burly man in red and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Xu, a dignified Grand Master of the Purple Mansion realm, yet you make things difficult for a mere Qi Refining junior. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"I simply couldn't stand that junior's arrogant tone!"

The burly man in red replied with a gloomy expression.

It's no wonder he took his anger out on Zhou Tai; Haoyang Sect's performance this time was truly dismal.

Although three members of Haoyang Sect are still alive, the total number of Demonic Path Trial Tokens they have produced is only eight.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without contrast.

Now, the combined gains of the three members of Haoyang Sect are only half of what Zhou Tai alone has. How could the burly man in red, who always liked to show off in front of the Spirit Beast Mountain, be in a good mood?

You Qi, of course, understood the source of the red-clad burly man's resentment and was unwilling to tolerate it. He immediately said without any politeness, "Putting aside the fact that the five sects have an agreement that all grudges within the Trial Grounds must not be brought outside, how can you, Xu Dong, know if what our disciples say is false? Do you have supernatural powers that allow you to monitor the entire Trial Grounds?"

These mocking words immediately enraged Xu Yi, the burly man in red, who shouted angrily, "Tian Qi, you son of a bitch, stop spouting nonsense! Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that a mere Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator couldn't possibly have killed so many demonic cultivators. What are you pretending for?!"

Seeing that he had started cursing directly, Tian Qi immediately retorted without holding back, "It's you, Xu Yun, who insisted on barking like a dog here. Your Haoyang Sect disciples are useless, their gains are not as good as my Spirit Beast Mountain disciples, so you want to throw dirty water on my Spirit Beast Mountain disciples? Everyone isn't stupid, do you think anyone doesn't know what kind of person you are?"

These two dignified cultivators of the Purple Mansion realm, whose combined age is estimated to be five or six hundred years, are now hurling insults at each other like mortals cursing in the street.

This scene left many Qi Refining stage disciples stunned, and Zhou Tai chuckled inwardly, filled with emotion.

It seems that cultivators are still human beings after all. As long as they have humanity and the seven emotions and six desires, their temperament is no different from that of ordinary mortals. At most, they just live longer and are better at pretending and concealing themselves.

Just then, seemingly also feeling that it was too shameful for the two Grandmasters of the Purple Mansion realm to be hurling insults at each other, Master Sun from the Lingxu Sect immediately spoke up to comfort them, saying, "Alright, alright, fellow Daoists, please say less. There are still so many juniors here!"

The beautiful woman surnamed Ye from the Yunxia Sect chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Both of you are dignified cultivators of the Purple Mansion realm, why quarrel over matters concerning juniors? It only makes you lose face!"

He couldn't refuse these two, so Tian Qi immediately nodded slightly to them and said calmly, "It's not that I want to start a fight, but rather that someone is deliberately picking a fight!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yu snorted coldly, "Hmph, I simply can't stand the hypocrisy of certain people!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Master Sun suddenly interjected, "Actually, it's normal for Fellow Daoist Xu to have questions. This young friend's cultivation level isn't high, yet his gains are so great. Not only is Fellow Daoist Xu curious, but even I, this old Daoist, want to know how he did it!"

As the old Taoist priest spoke, he looked at Zhou Tai with a curious gaze.

His gaze was no longer as intimidating as that of the burly man in red; it was filled with pure curiosity.

Upon seeing this, Tian Qi frowned slightly, but he could no longer stop him as he had before.

After a moment's thought, he transmitted his thoughts to Zhou Tai, saying, "If you don't want to talk about it, I can help you deflect it."

It was clear from his words that he didn't actually believe Zhou Tai's previous statement.

However, as an elder, he had to stand up and protect Zhou Tai, his only son.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Tai pondered for a moment and immediately came up with a bold idea.

He immediately stepped out from behind Tian Qi, bowed to Master Sun, and said, "This junior greets Senior Sun. Since Senior wishes to know how this junior obtained those demonic trial tokens, this junior naturally dares not refuse to answer!"

After saying that, he spoke eloquently: "To be honest, Senior Sun and all the seniors, although my cultivation is unremarkable, I have the aptitude for lightning spirit roots, and I can already draw a first-grade high-rank lightning talisman!"

"For this trial, I have prepared dozens of first-grade high-level lightning talismans, dozens of first-grade mid-level lightning strike talismans, and dozens of other first-grade high-level magic talismans!"

"Moreover, I've accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the years by drawing and selling talismans. I only buy the best magical artifacts and pills, and I also have two spirit pets skilled in reconnaissance and early warning to accompany me!"

"Of course, the most important reason why I was able to obtain so many demonic trial tokens is that I met a benefactor, namely Daoist Pei Hong of the Lingxu Sect. I cooperated with Daoist Pei to kill more than ten demonic cultivators, and the rewards were extremely plentiful!"

After saying this, he bowed to Master Sun again and silently retreated behind Tian Qi.

Even though he retreated behind Tian Qi, he couldn't block the gazes of several Grandmasters of the Purple Mansion.

In fact, the moment Zhou Tai uttered his first words, he had already surprised several Grandmasters of the Purple Mansion.

In particular, Elder Tian Qi of the Spirit Beast Mountain never expected that Zhou Tai, a genius in the art of talismanry who could draw a first-grade high-level thunder talisman, would also participate in this trial.

As for the fact that Zhou Tai has the aptitude of a lightning spirit root, he had already figured it out, so he wasn't surprised at the moment.

Just as Tian Qi was marveling to himself, Master Sun clicked his tongue in amazement: "Tsk tsk, to be able to draw a first-grade high-level thunder talisman with only the eighth level of Qi Refining cultivation, this young friend's talent in talismanic arts is truly astonishing!"

After speaking, the man's gaze shifted, and he suddenly looked at Pei Hong in the Lingxu Sect disciple group, asking, "Pei Hong, is what this young friend just said true?"

Pei Hong had noticed this place long ago, and upon hearing this, he immediately replied respectfully, "In response to Uncle Sun's question, everything Fellow Daoist Zhou said is true. Without his help, this disciple would not have been able to achieve this."

After saying that, he smiled and nodded at Zhou Tai.

Seeing that he said so, Master Sun no longer doubted anything, and turned to the red-clad strongman from Haoyang Sect and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu, you also heard it. This young friend Zhou is able to have such a great harvest entirely because of his own great ability. We should stop arguing with him."

"Hmph, this junior is lucky to have managed to latch onto the coattails of Master Sun's Lingxu Sect disciples!"

The burly man in red snorted coldly, leaving behind a sarcastic remark before refusing to say anything more.

No one would care about such sarcastic remarks.

Seeing that the other party was no longer causing trouble, Tian Qi immediately turned his attention back to Zhou Tai, the outer disciple who had surprised him.