The White Cat's Divine Scratching Post

Chapter 29: Provocation

"Long time no see, Qingtong Zhenren," Yun Song said with a cold face.

As if he hadn't heard him, Qingtong took the white jade teacup Yan Lie handed him, took a sip, then put it down slowly. Only then did he take a look at Yun Song, but he did not intend to answer the greeting.

Yun Song was livid with anger.

"Since Zhenren accepted the challenge just now, I will ask for advice from the kind of genius who can be trained from an ordinary mortal to Foundation Establishment within one year," Chao Jun stepped forward and coldly glared at Mo Tianliao. Even the heavenly root geniuses that he knew needed to work hard day and night to achieve Foundation Establishment in their tenth year at the earliest.

"This fellow cultivator has misunderstood. When I entered the sect, I was already at the ninth level of Qi Refining," Mo Tianliao smiled and said. "Sects accept disciples regardless of whether they have started cultivating or not. Usually, anyone below Foundation Establishment will be accepted. When a rogue cultivator has been wandering alone for a long time, they may want to find a sect to take shelter."

So he was a self-taught cultivator. When Chao Jun heard this, he couldn't help but raise his chin even higher, "Well, please advise me."

"Wait a moment," Mo Tianliao raised his hand and stopped the man who was about to rush him.

Chao Jun showed a contemptuous smile. He finally knew how to be afraid, huh?

"This hall is very narrow; we may disturb Master's tea. Let's go outside," Mo Tianliao raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation. One just wanted to save face while the other was considering his own Master, having cultivated both his mind and judgement. It was obvious who was superior.

In front of Woyun Hall there was an open space paved with strong Diamantine Stone which was specifically used to deal with such impromptu "sparring".

The crowd went out. Tianlang Zhenren touched his beard, signalling to Yan Lie, Why did Qingyun Sect know that Qingtong had accepted a dual spiritual root disciple? Go find out.

Yan Lie nodded in response; naturally, he had also noticed. It must be investigated as soon as possible.

The two fighters stood at opposite ends of the open space, while the others surrounded them on both sides.

Chao Jun had an earth attribute. His qi started rushing around him, covering his body in a layer of hazy yellow sand, "I'm a little stronger than you, so I'll give you three moves."

Mo Tianliao raised his eyebrows. This was often the case in the righteous path: in the event of an unequal level of competition, those with a higher level would grant several moves. "If that's the case..." Mo Tianliao had already moved before the latter part of the sentence could even be said.

Three wood thorns caught fire and were shot straight at Chao Jun's face in a triangle formation.

Chao Jun's pupils shrank in fear. He hurriedly built an earthen wall for defense, but unexpectedly, once the wood thorns penetrated the wall, they quickly took root and turned into green vines. They split into two, and those two branched into four, and on and on endlessly. In an instant, they had taken over the whole wall and the defense immediately collapsed. Once the earth wall crumbled, it revealed Mo Tianliao, who had already jumped close.

Chao Jun got a fright and immediately took out a pair of common cymbals to attack Mo Tianliao.

The cymbals crashed into each other with a loud clang, and a massive torrent of yellow sand rose into the sky. Mo Tianliao waved his hand, calling on countless fallen leaves and forming a firm shield.