The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 240 - 239: The Demon Tribe of the Central Region

Chapter 240: Chapter 239: The Demon Tribe of the Central Region

The group exchanged information, then discussed tactics.

Xie Jiuniang remained silent throughout since she was the youngest. Her prestige might be substantial among ordinary disciples, but among these top talents, she was considered less significant.

Once the others had nearly finished their discussion.

Xie Jiuniang suddenly asked, "Do you know the location of the competition?"

Everyone fell silent.

Then looked at each other, perplexed.

Ren Bingyan turned to look at Qiao Shiyun, "Do you know?"

"Master only said the location was a bit special, but did not specify where," Qiao Shiyun honestly replied.

The others nodded, "We’re all in the same boat."

The Sect had only mentioned that this competition was for a new Secret Realm. Each Sect would select ten disciples under fifty to compete, saying it might involve forming teams, but the specifics would only be disclosed upon arrival at the location after further discussion.

All of them were clever.

Immediately they guessed that the Sect might have had reasons not to reveal too much.

Riding on Lord Ziyang’s Flying Boat, which wasn’t slow by any measure, the journey still took nearly a month.

The Flying Boat came to a stop, hovering mid-air.

Below was a vast plain as far as the eye could see.

Lush green and bursting with life.

The wind stirred up waves in the grass, like the undulations of a verdant sea.

In the sky not far away, several other airborne vessels were suspended. They weren’t all shaped like Flying Boats but were clearly extraordinary at first glance.

"The Tianxu Sect has arrived!"

A hoarse male voice rang out, "Chaoruo, it must have been a hundred seventy or eighty years since we last saw each other. You hadn’t shown your face in so long I started to think you were unwell. I was about to pick a good day, bring incense to Tianxu Sect, and express my condolences."

No one appeared, only the voice could be heard.

But it was a friendly tone delivering stingingly venomous words, without using a single swear word.

Chaoruo’s clear voice responded, "Jin Wu, I’m distressed too, since there’s so little to worry about in our Sect. It’s turned me into an idle Sect Master—so idle, in fact, that I spend my days tending to flowers and plants, too lazy to step outside. Unlike you, who has to scurry about now and then, squabbling with others. Oh, by the way, I heard about the last incident in the Lu Yuan Secret Realm: your Sect disciples were all crippled. Did you manage to scrape together ten for this time?"

Wuji Sect’s Sect Master Jin Wu.

Felt a fire rise within him but quickly suppressed it.

Inside the room of the Flying Boat.

Xie Jiuniang, upon hearing the banter outside, was stunned for quite a while.

Jian Lingyan commented, "Our Master’s fighting prowess isn’t bad, striking right at the heart as soon as he arrives."

"Tch, it was Wuji Sect that provoked first."

Whoever provokes first is despicable.

Xie Jiuniang was just opening the door.

When suddenly, a small creature bumped into her arms, and upon looking down, she saw it was the Water Kirin that should have stayed at the Sect.

"What the hell is this?" Xie Jiuniang exclaimed in surprise.

The Water Kirin had actually followed them here? Wasn’t Xie Ying not coming?

Xie Jiuniang lifted the Water Kirin by the nape of its neck, bringing it eye-to-eye, and asked darkly, "How did you end up here?"

"Ya, Lord Ziyang brought Water Water here, saying there might be an opportunity for Water Water on this trip," the Water Kirin answered cutely with its babyish voice.

Jian Lingyan snarked, "Dog’s master, don’t listen to it, it most likely pestered Lord Ziyang to bring it along. It’s nothing but a scheming beast."

Xie Jiuniang choked for a moment.

Actually, that might be true.

The Water Kirin’s pitiful, puppy-dog eyes attempted to stir the modest reserves of sympathy in Xie Jiuniang’s heart.

Unfortunately for it, she had some, but not much.

She didn’t pursue the matter further, nor worried that the Water Kirin’s presence might raise suspicion. It was well-known that the Water Kirin freeloaded off many in the Tianxu Sect.

Arriving here and buddying up to a disciple was hardly extraordinary.

Xie Jiuniang tossed the Water Kirin a Spirit Fruit.

Then she pulled out another and started munching on it herself.

As soon as she entered the main hall, she saw that everyone was already there.

They were listening to Sect Masters Chaoruo and Jin Wu from the two Great Sects exchange barbs, back and forth like casual chit-chat, revealing quite a generous dose of gossip.

For instance, Sect Master Chaoruo asked, "Jin Wu, about those hundred-odd concubines of yours, has any given birth to a child for you? I heard last time one got pregnant, and the rumor was it wasn’t yours. Is that true?"

In the end, she added another line, "Jin Wu, are you capable or not?"

This question made Jin Wu’s veins bulge in anger.

Eventually, there was no more response from the Wuji Sect’s flying boat.

Everyone was silent yet frantically sending voice transmissions.

They were all gossiping about whether Jin Wu, the Sect Master of the Wuji Sect, had ever been cuckolded.

Jian Lingyan, the little expert in gossiping, quickly sorted out the ins and outs of the story, "Hehe, master, this matter happened a hundred years ago..."

The higher a cultivator’s cultivation base, the harder it was for them to have children.

Sect Master Jin Wu had always wanted children.

He successively took in around a hundred concubines, and there were countless favored ones, yet not a single woman became pregnant.

One day, a female cultivator suddenly claimed that she was carrying his child. Jin Wu was overjoyed and took great care of her until the child was born, which was when the female cultivator’s lies were exposed.

The child had no blood connection to him.

This incident was covered up by Jin Wu, but it was exposed by Chaoruo with a single remark—it’s said that you shouldn’t hit someone in the face or expose their shortcomings; this was a jab at someone’s most painful spot.

Xie Jiuniang listened with great interest.

The Sect Master of the Wuji Sect was truly pathetic, having provoked the wrong person—his backstabbingly dark shibo.

Raoyang sat down next to Xie Jiuniang, "Little shimei, what are you thinking about? Give your second senior brother a Spirit Fruit."

Xie Jiuniang glanced at him and gave him a red fruit.

Raoyang didn’t mind that it was a low-grade Spirit Fruit. He performed the Dust Cleansing Technique on it and bit into it after squeezing it in his hand. After chewing lightly a few times and swallowing the flesh, he then said, "This fruit is quite sweet."

"Of course, who would eat it if it wasn’t?" Xie Jiuniang said offhandedly.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she felt a bit guilty about eating alone, so she cautiously took out a plate and placed it on the only white jade tea table in the hall.

It was unclear who brought out this white jade tea table.

Spiritual Tea was still steeping on it, and everyone just happened to be gathered around.

Mo Chuan was the first to take one, played with it in his hand for a while, and then asked, "Does anyone know where we are?"

"I don’t know," Xie Jiuniang shook her head.

In a month’s time, Divinity Transformation could control the flying boat to fly a great distance.

The rest shook their heads one after another.

Only Raoyang said, "We are in the Central Region, Biling Plains."

Xie Jiuniang paused in her munching, "Second senior brother, have you been to the Central Region before?"

"I have come here for training," Raoyang smiled.

Qiao Shiyun chimed in, "Then, second senior brother, please tell us about the Central Region."

"Sure, I don’t know much," Raoyang replied.

The intersection of the four regions’ borders is jokingly called the Central Region.

The Central Region has no sects and, due to many dangerous areas in this territory, it’s extremely perilous, containing hundreds of thousands of original grand mountains. The various powers of the Cultivation World by default consider the Central Region to be the Demon Tribe’s territory.

The Demon Tribe is a rather unique and formidable race in the Cultivation World.

Born with beast forms, those with pure bloodlines or good talent can transform into the appearance of human children around two to three years of age, with the ability to switch between their beastly and human forms at will.

Some cultivators of the Human race call them the Beastman Clan.

They are a highly favored race; the transformed cubs cultivate much faster than humans do.

The only advantage humans may have over them is their rapid reproduction rate.

In the end, Raoyang added, "Previously, the Demon Tribe was disunited, but I’ve heard that there’s a new Demon Emperor emerging among them. I don’t know if it’s true or not."

Xie Jiuniang asked, "Does our Sect know about this?"

At this, Raoyang looked at her in surprise.

Others present also looked puzzled.

With a ripple of laughter, Raoyang said, "Little shimei, my master is the Sect Master, and if he knows even of True Lord Jin Wu being cuckolded by a concubine, how could he not know of such a major event concerning the demonic beasts?"

Xie Jiuniang, "..."

Following that, Raoyang’s head was struck!

It was a Spirit Stone!

Everyone pretended not to see and looked away.

Is this the end for someone who just can’t keep his mouth shut?