Chapter 4018 - The Howling Flames Sect’s External Help

Early the next morning. The sun shone on the land, creating a picturesque landscape.

Duan Ling Tian acted as though nothing happened and went to the Seven Mansions Feast’s venue with the others from the Pure Yang Sect. He did not look like someone who was just offered a chance to enter the Supreme Divine Mansion nor did he look like someone who was in the possession of the Supreme Powerhouse Divinity. However, he still could not help but take a few extra glances at one person. Namely, Yuan Han Jin, the Transcendence Elder who was the only son of the founder of the Ping Sheng faction, Yuan Ping Shen.

Duan Ling Tian had long heard of Yuan Han Jin. He knew that Yuan Han Jin was thought to be the next person in the Pure Yang Sect most likely to become a rudimentary Emperor of Gods.

Duan Ling Tian also could not help but look at Yang Qian Ye. He discovered that Yang Qian Ye was staring at Yuan Han Jin’s back. Most importantly, there was no hint of respect in Yang Qian Ye’s gaze; instead, it carried a hint of suspicion. This discovery caused a small stir in his heart.

Previously, Duan Ling Tian conveyed Long Qing Chong’s message to Yang Qian Ye. Yang Qian Ye’s suspicion toward Long Qing Chong lessened, but it brought with it more questions. If the culprit was not Long Qing Chong, then the culprit clearly wanted to frame Long Qing Chong.

‘If Yang Qian Ye thinks about it a little more, it won’t be difficult for him to suspect his master. Alas, even if he finds out that his master is involved in his father’s death, what can he do now? He’s not Yuan Han Jin’s opponent now. He can only act when he’s stronger than Yuan Han Jin…’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself.

While Duan Ling Tian was still lost in his thoughts, he had arrived at the venue of the Seven Mansions Feast.

Along with the Pure Yang Sect, many of the other forces, including the Wanqi clan that was seated next to the Pure Yang Sect’s small floating island, had also arrived.

Duan Ling Tian glanced at the people from the Wanqi clan and discovered Wanqi Hong staring at him murderously again. He had already gotten used to this. He sighed helplessly, ‘It seems like he blames me more for Wanqi Jue’s death.’

Duan Ling Tian could sense that Wanqi Hong’s hostility toward him was far stronger compared to his hostility toward Ye Chen Feng who killed Wanqi Jue.

‘How cowardly. He’s clearly directing all his anger on me because he’s no match for Elder Ye. It seems like he’s quite confident about his strength. I can’t wait to see how much stronger he has become.’

During Wanqi Hong’s previous fight, he did not exert much strength when he fought his opponent. The strength he used was not even close to what he had used when he fought Duan Ling Tian since his opponent was only average.

After all the forces from the Seven Mansions arrived, Lin Dong Lai, the Elder from the Howling Flames Sect, took his place.

Lin Dong Lai was so punctual every day and appeared as soon as all the forces arrived without fail that Duan Ling Tian wondered if Lin Dong Lai came early every day and hid until everyone was present before revealing himself. However, it was more likely that a helper informed him about everyone’s arrival beforehand.

“The competition for the elite group will continue today. The two participants holding the tokens with the words ‘wretched’, please step forward,” Lin Dong Lai said.

The word ‘wretched’ caused everyone to raise their eyebrows.

‘Why would they use such a word? Isn’t the Profound Jade Mansion messing around too much?’

Soon after, two participants who had the tokens with the word ‘wretched’ flew out. One was an average-looking young man with a medium build while the other was a handsome young man dressed in a white robe that was embroidered with flowers.

The former held an ordinary staff, but as soon as he imbued it with his Divine Energy, the staff emitted a powerful aura.

Many of the female participants looked at the white-clad young man due to his appearance and his elegant bearing. Alas, as the fight continued, his performance greatly disappointed them.

In just a short moment, the average-looking young man defeated the white-clad young man with a swing of his staff.

All in all, the fight was anti-climactic.

‘He’s quite strong. He’s not any weaker than Ye Ying Cai. No wonder Elder Lin looked at him so kindly earlier. As it turns out, he’s from the Howling Flames Sect,’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself as he looked at the staff-wielding young man, who returned to stand with the members of the Howling Flames Sect. He did not pay attention to the young man until now.

The other young disciples from the Pure Yang Sect were also talking about the young man from the Howling Flames Sect at this moment.

“Who’s he? I don’t think I’ve heard of such a person from the Howling Flames Sect before.”

“That’s right. I’ve heard about the outstanding prodigies in the Howling Flames Sect, but I don’t think I’ve heard of him before…”

“His opponent isn’t that weak either. Even the other prodigies from the Howling Flames Sect wouldn’t be able to defeat him with just one strike, right?”

“Is he the Howling Flames Sect’s trump card?”

“That’s very likely…”

The mysterious disciple from the Howling Flames Sect caused a small commotion in the other forces as well. This included the other forces from the Profound Jade Mansion as well. They were also from the Profound Jade Mansion like the Howling Flames Sect, but they were unaware of such an existence. It was as though he had appeared out of thin air. During the previous round, his performance was only average, unlike the monstrous strength he had just shown earlier by defeating his opponent with a swing of his staff.

“The Howling Flames Sect was hiding him all this time?”

Ding Jian Chu, the Decreed Elder of the Fortune Sect, looked at Lin Dong Lai and said, “Elder Lin, your Howling Flames Sect is really good at hiding…”

Duanmu Yun Fan, the Supreme Elder of the Duanmu clan, also said, “Elder Lin, is he the external help you found?”

Leng Shi You, the Nether Sword Villa’s intermediate Emperor of Gods, did not speak, but he looked at Lin Dong Lai with a piercing gaze. A hint of surprise could be seen in the depths of his eyes as well.

Lin Dong Lai smiled faintly and said, “His name is Lin Yuan, and he’s my grandnephew. External help? Since he formally joined the Howling Flames Sect, he’s naturally a member of the Howling Flames Sect.”

An elder from one of the forces in the Divine Morning Mansion looked at Lin Dong Lai meaningfully and said, “It seems like Elder Lin’s background isn’t simple. There aren’t any powerful Lin clans in the Seven Mansions. From what I know, Elder Lin came from a clan outside of the Seven Mansions.”

This person was clearly quite knowledgeable about Lin Dong Lai.

“That isn’t important…” Lin Dong Lai said, clearly not wanting to continue with the topic. He looked around before he uttered one word.

Following that, two participants flew out.

With that, the Seven Mansions Feast began again. Everything went smoothly for over a dozen fights when the calm was suddenly shattered.

A participant from the Alliance of Benevolence and Justice was matched with a participant from the Pure Yang Sect. During the fight, the former pretended to be weak in the beginning before he suddenly exploded with strength and attacked with all his might.

Similar to Ye Ying Cai’s earlier fight, Lin Dong Lai intervened and saved the latter’s life. However, unlike Ye Ying Cai’s fight, the disciple from the Pure Yang Sect was seriously injured.

When the participant returned to Pure Yang Sect’s side, Zhen Ping Fan inspected his injury. Then, he shook his head and said, “There’s no way he can continue with this injury…”

At this time, the participant from the Alliance of Benevolence and Justice looked at the injured disciple provocatively with a sneer on his face.

Needless to say, this stoked the flames of fury in the hearts of the younger generation from the Pure Yang Sect. A small number of them glanced at Ye Ying Cai, filled with dissatisfaction. After all, if it were not for Ye Ying Cai’s uncalled-for aggression, the participants from the Alliance of Benevolence of Justice would not be so aggressive.

Although Ye Ying Cai’s expression did not change when faced with the gazes of his peers, Duan Ling Tian could see that Ye Ying Cai’s shoulders were faintly trembling. Clearly, Ye Ying Cai felt guilty as well and was trying to suppress his emotions.

At the same time, the fighting spirit of the stronger disciples from the Pure Yang Sect soared. All of them hoped to be matched with someone from the Alliance of Benevolence and Justice and vowed to attack with all their might. It would be even better if they could kill their opponents from the Alliance of Benevolence and Justice.

Although killing was prohibited in the Seven Mansions Feast, the participants would not be held accountable if they killed their opponents. Instead, the host presiding over the fight would be held accountable for the participant’s death. After all, the host was an intermediate Emperor of Gods. If he or she failed to intervene in the fight between Lords of Gods, he or she would have cultivated in vain.

In the entire history of the Seven Mansions Feast, there was no intermediate Emperor of Gods who had failed to prevent the death of a participant.

…

Alas, although the young disciples from the Pure Yang Sect could not wait to seek revenge, none of them were matched with the young disciples from the Alliance of Benevolence and Justice over the next two days.

Just like every other day, Lin Dong Lai stood in the center and announced the word that corresponded with two participants. “The two participants with the word ‘coquettish’ on their tokens, please step forward.”

Upon hearing these words, the corners of everyone’s lips twitched immediately.

‘Coquettish?!’

Although there were some strange words previously, everyone was still rendered speechless by the word ‘stinky’.

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