Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One
Chapter 229 - 185: Who exactly is Li Ping’an!

Chapter 229: Chapter 185: Who exactly is Li Ping’an!

"Hmph!"

After giving Li Ping’an, who was pretending to be profound and disrespectful, a cold glance, the Observatory Master Immortal Fei He of Moyun Temple loudly addressed everyone:

"Everyone! everyone! The purpose of hosting this Grand Ritual of the Heavenly Master is threefold. Firstly, it is to vie for the four tribute positions granted by the Imperial Court to our sects."

"Secondly, it is to compete and make friends, so that we can consider each other friends in future encounters. Thirdly, it is to befriend the talents from all Taoist sects under heaven!"

"Thus, during the upcoming competition, those who step out of bounds will lose, and the winners must show restraint, avoiding any harm to the good atmosphere! I hope all fellow Taoists take note."

"If someone after winning still resorts to lethal force, or takes the opportunity to seek personal revenge during the competition, injuring someone intentionally, then we will have to expel them! Does everyone understand?"

"Understood!"

After the cultivators responded, the Observatory Master Immortal Fei He of Moyun Temple announced the start of the drawing of lots. Due to the large number of participants this time, they were divided into four groups: A, B, C, and D, with disciples from different sects competing within each group until the final victor of each group would directly challenge the disciple of The Four Great Noble Paths.

The Four Great Noble Paths only need to send one disciple to, after the winners of the four groups A, B, C, and D are decided, challenge separately. This is the advantage of being a disciple of The Four Great Noble Paths; they do not have to participate in the initial screening.

However, as these sect disciples were drawing lots, unexpectedly, the chubby Wang Tianran, who was sitting in the very center of the first six chairs, also participated in the draw.

The other cultivators were confused and looked towards the Observatory Master Immortal Fei He for an explanation:

"Immortal Fei He, all participants of the Grand Ritual of the Heavenly Master are Taoist cultivators, as we have all declared our affiliations. However, that young man hasn’t spoken throughout, and he doesn’t seem to be a Taoist. May I ask what qualifies him to participate in the competition of the Grand Ritual?"

Seeing people raising objections against him, Wang Tianran replied after yawning casually:

"You need not worry, I was invited here today. Finding it boring, I thought I would join you for a bit of fun. I won’t compete for the final slots, rest assured."

"For fun?"

The cultivators laughed upon hearing this:

"What a notion of fun, you must be a noble young master here to watch the spectacle. Just watching should be good enough, joining the competition is no fun game! If you’re wise, you’d better drop out."

With the group assignment ticket in his hand, Wang Tianran looked helplessly towards the Observatory Master Immortal Fei He and asked:

"Do I not qualify to participate in the competition?"

"Hahaha, of course, you do!"

The Observatory Master Immortal Fei He immediately stepped forward to explain to the cultivators who had objections about Wang Tianran:

"I forgot to introduce him. This is none other than Tianran, the son of Wang Hong, the Prime Minister of Great Tang, and also The World’s Number One Talent! It is also our sect that specially invited him here to participate in this heavenly event. Do any of you still have objections now?"

"None, of course not..."

Just as Li Ping’an had anticipated earlier, these people immediately quieted down upon learning of Wang Tianran’s identity, nodding and bowing obsequiously towards the lax Wang Tianran as a sign of ingratiation.

The remaining cultivators looked at the group number tickets in their hands and started to worry:

"Who would have thought we’d encounter The World’s Number One Talent Wang Tianran today!"

"Why would he even participate in the Grand Ritual of the Heavenly Master’s competition? Isn’t this just bullying us?"

"I was originally thinking of making a good showing for my sect this time, but I didn’t expect The World’s Number One Talent Wang Tianran to also participate!"

"Ancestor, bless me that I don’t encounter Wang Tianran! Otherwise, this trip would be in vain!"

Meanwhile, Li Ping’an looked at the group ticket in his hand and said indifferently:

"Winning or losing at Mount Longhu is none of my concern, as I mainly came to find Zixia today. It’s best if I lose on purpose during the competition with someone else, to avoid having to keep fighting, which is too tiring."

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By then, the drawing of lots was complete, and by coincidence, Li Ping’an, Wang Tianran, and Zixia were all assigned to Group D.

"Please everyone prepare. The boundary will be around this plaza. Whoever is pushed out will be the loser. We’ll start with Group A, and continue in that order, hoping everyone can hasten today so that we can finish the competition. In one incense stick’s time, we will officially begin!"

After the Observatory Master Immortal Fei He finished speaking, the sect disciples prepared for the competition began to get ready, the atmosphere relaxed yet tense.

Sect Master Zhuge Junchen of the Flame Cloud Sect, watching the young talents on the scene, frowned slightly and asked the disciple behind him:

"Has he not been found yet?"

The disciple of the Flame Cloud Sect shook his head:

"No, our people have been searching since this morning until now, but the Junior Uncle is still nowhere to be seen..."

"Where could this lad have run off to?"

It had been half a day and a night since Pei Yuanjing had disappeared, but Sect Master Zhuge Junchen was still not angry, showing how dearly he doted on this disciple.

The Eldest Senior Brother Zong of the Flame Cloud Sect tried probing:

"Master, the competition is about to start, who shall we send up later?"

"..."

After pondering a moment, Sect Master Zhuge Junjunchen said helplessly:

"Let the third one go first, if your Junior Uncle arrives, let him go up!"

"But what if Junior Uncle still doesn’t show up?"

Eldest Senior Brother Zong boldly asked, prompting Sect Master Zhuge Junjunchen to give him a sidelong glance:

"Eldest brother, just say what you mean!"

"Master, I’m just worried..."

"Worried about what?"

Eldest Senior Brother Zong bravely responded:

"I’m just worried that Junior Uncle might have taken the Immortal Slaying Sword and run off?"

"Nonsense!"

Sect Master Zhuge Junchen shook his head definitively:

"Pei Yuanjing would never betray the Flame Cloud Sect. He’s always been prideful; he must be entangled with someone formidable right now."