This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

The newcomer was none other than Bai Zhengyang, the Holy Master of the Beast Taming Sect.

Seeing that Bai Zhengyang had come out alone, Ye Yuan's eyes flashed with a clear killing intent.

Cangming glanced at him indifferently, without moving.

Li Daoxuan admired Bai Zhengyang's courage. As a ninth-level cultivator, he dared to come alone. Anyone present could easily kill him.

Of course, as the lord of a holy land, one must also have some means of protecting one's life.

Bai Zhengyang approached Li Daoxuan, cupped his hands, and said:

"I am truly ashamed to trouble you again, my benefactor..."

Li Daoxuan waved his hand gently.

"It's alright, I just happened to be out for a stroll."

"Now that the Beast Taming Sect has agreed, what about the Thunder God Temple..."

As soon as Li Daoxuan finished speaking, Lei Zun's voice came from the Thunder God Palace camp.

"Our Thunder God Temple is willing to oblige..."

Li Daoxuan smiled upon hearing this and addressed the crowd:

"Since that's the case, then we urge the Qingyun and Leishen sects to show some sincerity and withdraw their troops..."

Without saying a word, the Holy Lord of Qingyun turned to the army of Qingyun Sword Sect and said:

"Qingyun Sword Sect, retreat..."

The Temple of Thor followed suit and also announced its withdrawal.

The three holy lands agreed that each would return to their mountain gates to select three disciples to participate in the martial arts competition, and that they would come to Ten Thousand Beasts City for the competition a month later.

When the armies of the two holy lands finally retreated like the tide, Bai Zhengyang, the Holy Master of the Beast Taming Sect, finally relaxed.

Bringing Bai Susu to Li Daoxuan, she immediately knelt down to express her gratitude.

Li Daoxuan stopped them, saying helplessly:

"Lord Bai, if only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place..."

Bai Zhengyang said with a bitter expression:

"Sigh... I originally thought this was an opportunity for the revival of the Beast Taming Sect, but I never expected it would almost destroy the sect's thousands of years of foundation."

Bai Susu, standing to the side, said indignantly:

"If there hadn't been a traitor within the sect, neither the Thunder God Palace nor the Azure Cloud Sword Sect would have known that we possessed two Imperial Son Tokens."

Bai Zhengyang smiled bitterly:

"Traitor? Just a spy planted by the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the Thunder God Palace within the sect. Don't my Beast Taming Sect have spies like that too?"

"In the end, it all comes down to greed; like a snake trying to swallow an elephant, that's why they suffer the consequences."

Li Daoxuan nodded, somewhat worried, and said:

"The Heavenly Domain issued a total of twelve Imperial Son Tokens. With so many holy lands and sects in the entire Xuanhuang Great World, as well as those legendary imperial clans, it is clearly not enough to go around."

"If powerful forces in other states find out that Nanli State has two Imperial Prince Tokens, there will probably be even more trouble."

Bai Zhengyang nodded in deep agreement and said:

"Indeed, our Beast Taming Sect obtained these two tokens by chance. What seems like a great opportunity is actually a deadly trap."

"It's my fault. I was momentarily blinded by greed and actually wanted to keep both tokens for myself."

Li Daoxuan looked at the sky and shook his head, saying:

"The fault lies not with you, but with the Heavenly Realm..."

"Clearly, the Heavenly Domain's dissemination of the Emperor's Decree, ostensibly to cultivate outstanding talents, will actually cause a bloodbath throughout the entire Xuanhuang Great World."

"I wonder how many sects will be destroyed under this so-called opportunity."

"If we're talking about who's to blame, the Heavenly Realm can't escape responsibility."

Bai Zhengyang smiled wryly:

"Every sect and power in the world understands this principle."

"But when the Imperial Decree is actually placed before us, who could resist its temptation?"

Indeed, it takes thousands of years for a sacred sect to cultivate a single Earth Immortal.

Not to mention the ordinary sects.

With the Emperor's Decree, one is almost certain to possess the foundation of an Earth Immortal, and there is even hope of cultivating a Martial God.

Who wouldn't be tempted?

Perhaps only a recluse like Li Daoxuan could truly remain unmoved.

His path is completely different from that of the Xuanhuang Great World. He is very interested in the Imperial Scripture left by the Heavenly Emperor, but it is only an interest, and he would never take risks for it.

What Li Daoxuan found absurd was that there were twelve Imperial Son Tokens, and only twelve people were qualified to obtain this opportunity, but countless people had sacrificed their lives for these twelve people.

Even if they knew that even if they managed to secure this opportunity for the sect, it would never fall to them, and even if they knew that they might be shattered to pieces for it, they would still rush forward.

The selfish desires of twelve people require the lives of 120,000 or even 1.2 million people to fulfill.

absurd...

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan lost all interest in the so-called Three Sects Martial Arts Tournament.

However, he wouldn't ignore the Beast Taming Sect.

He then took out a talisman and handed it to Bai Zhengyang; it was a message talisman.

"Master Bai, now that the other two sects have agreed to decide the ownership of the Imperial Son's Token through a martial arts competition, the predicament of the Beast Taming Sect can be considered resolved."

"Since that's the case, I won't stay any longer. This is a message talisman. If anything changes, Lord Bai can use this talisman to send me a message."

"Even if we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, I will definitely come."

Bai Zhengyang hadn't expected Li Daoxuan to leave so soon after arriving, and quickly tried to persuade him to stay:

"My benefactor has come from afar, yet he hasn't even had a cup of tea. This..."

Li Daoxuan waved his hand and said:

"These are just a few formalities, no need to worry about them."

After saying that, Li Daoxuan glanced at the mountain below, his gaze locking onto a large boulder. He raised his hand and pointed, and runes disappeared into the boulder.

Bai Zhengyang was puzzled and about to ask when Li Daoxuan cupped his hands and said:

"Master Bai, Miss Bai, farewell."

Without giving them a chance to stop him, Li Daoxuan unleashed his Golden Light Leap and vanished in an instant.

Bai Zhengyang and his apprentice stood frozen in place, staring silently in the direction Li Daoxuan had gone.

After a long while, Bai Zhengyang sighed softly:

"Alas... such a person is the true carefree immortal..."

After saying that, Bai Zhengyang turned around and went back to the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Bai Susu stood suspended in the void, still gazing into the distance, unwilling to turn back.

She gently stroked her face, tears welling up in her eyes.

Li Daoxuan didn't glance at her even once from beginning to end...

Bai Susu may have still held some expectations before.

But at this moment, she completely understood that Li Daoxuan didn't care about her at all.

This vaguely budding affection died before it could even sprout.

Bai Susu slowly exhaled, the tears in her eyes disappeared, and her gaze returned to calm.

Turning around, he lightly touched the ground and descended towards the City of Ten Thousand Beasts like a floating cloud.

Little did she know that at that moment, the figure in the green robe was also watching her from the clouds high in the sky.

Li Daoxuan breathed a slight sigh of relief, finally feeling at ease.

He had experienced love before, so in this life he would not specifically seek out romantic love for the sake of cultivation.

But I don't want to leave a good girl with a heartbreak that will affect her for life.

Seeing that Bai Susu could face it calmly, he was relieved.

Li Daoxuan transformed into a golden light and landed on the mountaintop.

With a light stomp of his foot, a magic array rose up.

The runes on the magic array were extremely profound, and upon closer inspection, they were quite similar to the runes on the ancient immortal ascension platform.

Once the magic array was complete, Li Daoxuan nodded and muttered to himself:

"With this magic array, I can arrive in an instant even if I am thousands of miles away. In this way, I can be considered to have done my utmost."

After saying that, a golden light flashed beneath Li Daoxuan's feet, and he disappeared without a trace.