Somewhere in the Seek Dao Sect, three Daoist figures gathered rarely and had a brief drink together.
"Come, a toast to the Seek Dao Sect!" Celestial Master Guiyuan raised his glass and said.
"A toast."
"Cheers!"
Daoist Xiantian and Vast Sea Daoist Lord clinked their glasses together.
Since his emergence, Celestial Master Guiyuan spent his days visiting friends, going from Five Elements Sect to the Suspension Temple, and from there to the Imperial City. After battles, he would chat and boast with friends, living leisurely and carefree.
Especially when he heard his friends praising the talent of Yun Zhi from his sect, they all expressed envy, which pleased Celestial Master Guiyuan greatly.
Upon his return in high spirits, he invited the other two ancestors for a gathering and even brought out Spirit Wine that had been sealed for a hundred thousand years.
"Ancestor, I toast to you," Vast Sea Daoist Lord raised his glass to Celestial Master Guiyuan.
"Ancestor, I toast to you," Celestial Master Guiyuan toasted Daoist Xiantian.
"Master, I toast to you," Daoist Xiantian toasted Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
The gathering of the three ancestors of Seek Dao Sect was indeed a fortunate and fulfilling event.
"It's embarrassing to think that the Seek Dao Sect I founded has achieved such success. Sadly, I am now the one with the lowest cultivation level here," Daoist Xiantian said self-deprecatingly, feeling somewhat down.
"What are you talking about, Grand Master? The Seek Dao Sect you founded during the Great Yu Era was a rare and righteous sect, known for promoting justice and vanquishing evil, praised by all," Celestial Master Guiyuan genuinely admired Daoist Xiantian, able to stay untainted amidst chaos in the Great Yu Era was indeed rare.
"Indeed, it is because you led us that our Seek Dao Sect has always upheld the righteous path and left behind a good reputation. Now everyone praises our sect as the foremost sect of the righteous path!"
Hearing this from Celestial Master Guiyuan, Daoist Xiantian's mood improved significantly, "A toast."
"I can't believe that during the time I was confined, our sect saw the rise of Xiao Yun, such a genius that I've been pushed to second place in terms of strength within the Seek Dao Sect," Celestial Master Guiyuan exclaimed with emotion.
He had sparred with Vast Sea Daoist Lord and had a slight edge over him.
"Grand Master, you might not necessarily be the second strongest in our sect," Vast Sea Daoist Lord cautioned.
"You may not be aware, but our sect has two guest elders who are actually the second strongest."
Celestial Master Guiyuan was greatly surprised, "Our sect has guest elders? Who are they?"
"They are the Dragon Clan Ancestor Ao Ling and Phoenix Ancestor Jiang Lianyi."
"It turns out to be them," Celestial Master Guiyuan got serious, not expecting these formidable figures to be guest elders in the sect.
Celestial Master Guiyuan suddenly became enthusiastic; he loved to challenge the strong, especially figures from ancient times such as these.
"Where are they now? I want to train with them."
Just the right moment to see who truly is the second strongest in Seek Dao Sect!
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"From what Celestial Master Guiyuan implies, does he want to test the skills of the two of us?" Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi also became interested; they were quite curious about Celestial Master Guiyuan's Guiyi Tao Fruit Outline.
And as for the title of the second strongest of the Seek Dao Sect, they were interested in it as well.
Moreover, they were also generals of the Great Bean Dynasty, with the Immortal Sister watching over Elder Brother Lu Yang's spiritual space, they could not possibly refuse a challenge.
"Second-in-command, is this going to turn into a fight? Should we try to intervene?" Yun Mengmeng whispered.
"Let's not interfere, just watch," Lu Yang whispered back,—these were elders, and they could not be persuaded.
"Shall we pick a spot?"
Celestial Master Guiyuan led everyone to a deep part of the sect, the area was vast, big enough for their fight.
"Second-in-command, this spot here," Yun Mengmeng picked an excellent spot for watching, calling over Lu Yang to spread out a blanket and a dazzling array of food.
Daoist Xiantian, never having seen so much delicious food before, nearly drooled.
Jin Caiwei felt that life in the Seek Dao Sect was truly wonderful, not only were food and drink abundant, but watching semi-immortal battles frequently also accumulated experience, much better than staying with their Qiongqi Clan.
Not far away, the peaks of two mountains emitted an aura that forbade strangers, hosting the battle of the Seek Dao Sect's four unparalleled experts. Had the outside world known of this battle, it would undoubtedly have caused a huge uproar.
Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi transformed in an instant, becoming a towering black dragon and a golden phoenix. Together, they roared, and the heavens and earth trembled!
"Truly, an Ancient Demon!" Celestial Master Guiyuan said with a solemn expression, facing such formidable foes with no room for carelessness.
"Indeed," the Vast Sea Daoist Lord said, simply standing nearby and feeling the profound aura of historical weight emanating from the Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors.
Truly, they were beings on the brink of attaining immortality!
Ao Ling made the first move, stretching out his dragon claw and shattering the space, which instantly burst apart; he used brute force to employ the "Shrinking Ground Into Inches," shortening the distance between him and Celestial Master Guiyuan and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord.
Ao Ling moved so swiftly that even a seasoned Semi-Immortal like Celestial Master Guiyuan couldn't react in time.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord activated his Embryonic Spatial Dao Fruit, instantly stretching the distance between him and Ao Ling to an infinite extent, rendering Ao Ling's "Earth Shrinking" useless.
Celestial Master Guiyuan deployed the "Palm Thunder," using the Guiyi Tao Fruit outline to merge himself and the Palm Thunder into one entity, transforming into an invisible yet untouchable Thunder Spirit!
Yingtian Immortal had once used this technique; Jiang Lianyi handled it with ease, instantly transforming into a fire phoenix that sparked Nirvana True Fire everywhere it passed. Whole mountains were set ablaze by the Nirvana True Fire, filling the region with dense Yang Qi, comparable to the surface of the sun!
When Thunder Spirit collided with the Fire Phoenix, they whipped up a storm of thunder and flames. Even sitting at a great distance, Lu Yang felt a tingling sensation on his skin—a result of the clash between thunder and fire, filling this space with their energies.
The Vast Sea Daoist Lord leapt through space, avoiding direct contact with Ao Ling and instead attempting a sneak attack to gradually weaken Ao Ling's aura.
However, Ao Ling's aura didn't decrease but instead surged. His physical strength quietly escalated until the Vast Sea Daoist Lord realized his strike couldn't even scrape off Ao Ling's dragon scales!