Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 543 - 16 Opening 【Seeking for Monthly Tickets!】_1

Chapter 543: Chapter 16 Opening 【Seeking for Monthly Tickets!】_1

Jiang Yuebai’s response also managed to maintain his dignity without escalating the conflict, but the tension from both sides persisted, as if two contrasting fields of energy were colliding, creating a lingering sense of tension.

The ones who contributed to this stalemate were the people from Heavenly Gang Sect who had rushed over from behind. Chu Liang had suddenly left earlier, so they were still unclear about what had happened. Seeing the standoff now, Yun Chaoxian was the first to jump out.

"Are we going to fight or not?" He bellowed loudly, "One-on-one or a free-for-all?"

With a thump, the Zhenshan River Halberd was already resting on the ground.

Behind him, Ren Hongdao stared coldly at Yang Shenlong. Seeing how eager he was to give it a try, he must want to challenge him too.

Although Little Tang Shi looked hesitant, she also stood firmly behind Chu Liang.

Li Fujian glanced at his master, only to see Zhang Juque glaring: "With those bastards from Penglai, what are you hesitating for?"

"Yes..." Li Fujian immediately stepped forward and stood on the side of Shu Mountain.

Chu Liang was quite touched looking at this. The Heavenly Gang Sect brothers were really reliable when things came up.

The standoff on this side had already attracted the attention of most people. Penglai’s allies weren’t entirely absent either. The Misty Mountain Immortal Sect team also promptly stood by Yang Shenlong’s side, although Zhuge Guanxing, who was familiar with Chu Liang, did not stand out in the crowd.

The relationships between the various Immortal Sects were indeed complex and intertwined, with alliances and friendships of sorts being somewhat common. Chu Liang’s past friendship with Yang Yuhu and Xi Miaoxian was also good, so it wasn’t possible to fall into completely distinct opposition.

However, conflicts between sects could easily override personal positions. If it really came to the competition stage, no one would hold back against each other.

As the crowd grew, Feng Chaoyang shouted, and a group of people joined this side.

Regardless of the relationship with Shu Mountain, whoever was against Penglai, the Heavenly King Sect would still help for the sake of saving face.

And on Penglai’s side, there were also the Fuyao Country’s team. The factions on both sides were expanding.

Just as this skirmish threatened to sweep across the entire arena, looking like the Hundred Sects Competition was about to unofficially kick-off early, a bellow came: "What are you guys doing?"

A man landed on the ground; it was Heavenly Official Ji Zidian from the Regent Residence.

All of the important affairs of the Immortal Sects Conference were handled by the Regent Residence. But seeing the team from the Regent Residence lose in the first round, Lord Heavenly Official wasn’t in a good mood.

Seeing the disciples of the Immortal Sects gathering now, he landed and chided sternly: "If there’s a problem, wait until the Hundred Sects Competition to sort it out. Go into the Void Realm and fight to the death, settling the score once and for all. Stop causing trouble here!"

His words were effective. Both sides’ congregated teams dispersed at his command, and the crisis dissipated.

Ji Zidian looked to the left and right, then towards Chu Liang, beckoning, "You, come here!"

Chu Liang walked over curiously, only to hear Ji Zidian speak quietly: "The case of the Sword Casting Sect earlier, was that you?"

Chu Liang’s heart gave a thump. He thought, was it possible that Xue Yipin had given him away? But on second thought, that shouldn’t be the case. The Regent Residence had probably found traces from elsewhere.

The Regent Residence had been helping the famous chefs to look for the knife earlier. Chu Liang had made the same deduction they had, just a bit quicker.

On one hand, there weren’t many sword smiths who could refine the Famous knife, so the Regent Residence also targeted the few around Yu Capital City; on the other hand, the smell in the knife box also got their attention, eventually leading them to Lady Yunshang.

This was almost enough to confirm the Sword Casting Sect’s involvement.

But by now two days had passed. If the Sword Casting Sect had started refining the Famous knife right when they got it, this time would have been enough to forge it into a new weapon, completely erasing any trace.

Fortunately, the night the knife was lost, there had been a big explosion in the Sword Casting Sect. The knife returned to the famous chef before they reached it.

Although the case of the Famous knife was resolved successfully, the uproar caused by the Great Thieves was still a hot topic.

With the prior clues, and especially the fact that Chu Liang had also gone to Lady Yunshang to ask about the scent and had gone to the famous chef for a banquet afterwards, it didn’t take much for the Heavenly Official of the Regent Residence to deduce that this lad was behind it.

So Ji Zidian came to ask about it.

Chu Liang remained silent, his face blank: "What case? The one about the righteous Great Thieves? I don’t know."

Listening to his phrasing, Ji Zidian knew for sure that he was behind it.

"Although you did well, you should be careful. After all, you are a disciple of Shu Mountain. Some things can easily cause trouble for your sect." he cautioned, "Next time something like this happens, you can just come to me."

Chu Liang gave a bitter smile. In fact, he had thought the same, but due to the unexpected circumstances that day and finding the clues himself, if he didn’t personally retrieve the knife then, the situation would have been hard to turn around...

At the same time, he had the mindset of letting fewer people know about his involvement in the case, which was why he hadn’t gone through the Regent Residence.

"Thank you for Lord Ji Zidian’s reminder. Although I don’t know what you’re talking about, I will be careful in the future." Chu Liang answered with a smile.

"Alright." After Ji Zidian had made his decision, he gently nodded. "The opening ceremony is about to begin, perform well in what comes next."

...

After Chu Liang returned, Jiang Yuebai asked, "Why did he call you?"

She was still worried about the events of that day.

"Nothing serious, he just asked if I was involved in the Sword Casting Sect case and pressuring me to reveal my accomplice." Chu Liang smiled and said, "I told him that he could kill me, but I would never betray the Chief Disciple of Shu Mountain."

"Tsk..." Jiang Yuebai couldn’t help but laugh, then shot Chu Leiang a disgruntled look.

He still had the mood to joke around, which probably meant there wasn’t anything too serious.

Before long, the third day of the Four Seas Selection Tournament had come to an end. There were some cheerful and some worried, with losers invariably outnumbering the winners. The eighty-one powers that were ultimately selected are each quite strong. This year’s Immortal Sect conference’s overall cultivation is far superior to previous years.

This trend was also linked to the flourishing state of the Immortal Cultivation World in recent years.

Straight after, a large number of palace guards came to tidy up the order of the scene. They quickly demolished the ring and built another higher platform. After arranging the various Immortal Sects in order, Nine Heavens and Ten Lands naturally took the foremost position, and a certain distance was kept from the audience.

Once everything was in order, a gong was struck. After a moment, a squad composed of Golden Winged Heavenly Horses slowly approached, surrounded by a covey of exotic beasts, making the whole squad dazzling to the eyes.

"His Majesty has arrived——"

Standing straight on the carriage shaft where the most Heavenly Horses resided, Lao Lishi shouted loudly.

The opening ceremony of each Immortal Sect conference is personally attended by the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty, and within the following carriages are heavyweights of the court such as the Prime Minister, Great General, Regent Leader and so on.

Straight after, the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty, dressed in a Dragon Robe, ascended the high platform.

Chu Liang looked at his elder brother feeling like it was different from the palace.

Meeting the Emperor in the palace, he was a dignified old man with more humanity to him. But right now, the Emperor ascending the platform had his natural dignity radiating out, with a solemn and towering atmosphere around him, standing there as if there was a Golden Dragon revolving at his back.

He must have used some kind of Divine Skill to increase his imposing manner, otherwise, this wasn’t necessary.

The Emperor’s speech was quite official. In essence, he said that the Immortal Sect conference was the number one grand event in the Four Seas and Nine Continents. Young heroes here could become the pillars of the Mortal Realm for the next hundred or even hundreds of years. He hoped everyone would perform well, etc.

The only useful thing was the last few sentences.

"Each opening of the Immortal Sect conference invites a senior expert to duel, to inspire the juniors to cultivate diligently. This time, we have invited the Western Sea Sword Emperor to duel the Nine States Sword Saint!"

These words immediately triggered a round of cheers.

Among the historical openings of the expert duels, these were definitely considered the most prestigious guests.

After all, there weren’t many experts willing to perform duels in public, and even fewer that were highly skilled. For many years, the two people invited were all Seventh Realm experts, and they only had a brief exchange during the duel.

But today, this pair had duelled each other years ago. At that time, the Western Sea Sword Emperor was just starting out, and was defeated in front of the experienced Nine States Sword Saint.

However, he gained insight from this defeat and has now made a comeback. The two sides are bound to duel with real knives and guns this time.

Speaking of the Western Sea Sword Emperor, he is quite inspiring too. His real name was Chen Erniu, and he was born into a farmer’s family in Suspended Sword Country.

Suspended Sword Country revered the sword. The highest-status individuals were swordsmiths and sword cultivators. So, he vowed to become a sword cultivator since childhood. Growing up, he barely had any resources, and challenged others everywhere, supported solely by his fighting spirit. Eventually, he defeated all powerful foes in the Suspended Sword Country and became a generation’s Sword Emperor, even topping it by breaking through the Eighth Realm and taking hold of Tianyuan.

The strongest point about him was that he made progress every time he failed a challenge.

So, after failing the previous challenge with the Sword Saint, he must have made additional progress when he returned this time.

The people of Shu Mountain paid special attention to this battle because once Daoist Yan emerged from retreat, he would surely have to fight with this man.

As the Emperor descended from the high platform, a figure sharp enough to tear apart the world took off from the side of the platform. He looked piercing to the eyes even from a distance. It was the Western Sea Sword Emperor.

On the opposite side, the Nine StatesSword Saint from the Endless Sword Sect seemed a touch more down-to-earth. He was just a plain old man in white robes.

This duel, if one were to call it the Western Sea Sword Emperor versus Nine StatesSword Saint, would sound rather thrilling. But if one were to call it Chen Erniu fighting Eight Elder Li, it would sound more like two farmers in a village quarreling over an irrigation ditch.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three sounds of cannon fire thundered like a tempest.

And so, the duel between two Tianyuan Swordmans started!