Chapter 466

Chapter 466: No Matter How Strong, Can He Be Stronger Than Yu Zhao?
The small world where Lingyin Sect was located was called the Bi Fang Realm.

The reason it was named after the Bi Fang Divine Bird was that Bi Fang Realm had once been the old home of the Divine Beast, the Bi Fang Divine Bird.

Every five hundred years, an Otherworldly Flame would fall from the sky in Bi Fang Realm.

Wherever the Otherworldly Flame passed, it burned everything to ash, and not even a blade of grass survived.

However, because of the existence of the Otherworldly Flame, the spirit power in Bi Fang Realm was richer than in other small worlds, and cultivation here was also a little faster.

Yu Zhao thought back to everything she had seen and heard along the way and felt quite surprised.

Bi Fang Realm did not seem very different from the other small worlds she had visited before. The Otherworldly Flame did not seem to have any big effect on the cultivators who lived here.

Senior Qun Fang saw Yu Zhao’s confusion and shook her head, saying, “The Otherworldly Flame in Bi Fang Realm is not an ordinary fire. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator who touches it by mistake will be burned at once and find it hard to recover. Any place burned by the Otherworldly Flame will not grow spiritual plants again for hundreds of years.

“You cannot see this because, while the cultivators of Bi Fang Realm were harmed, they were also protected by the Bi Fang Divine Bird.”

It turned out there was also a wondrous place in Bi Fang Realm called the Eye of Bi Fang.

Every five hundred years, the Eye of Bi Fang would give birth to ten Bi Fang Beads.

Their greatest use was to block the Otherworldly Flame that came from the heavens.

Ten Bi Fang Beads were just enough to cover the whole Bi Fang Realm.

In theory, with ten Bi Fang Beads, the cultivators of Bi Fang Realm did not need to worry about dying under the Otherworldly Flame when it fell.

However, wherever there were benefits, there would be conflict.

Who should hold the ten Bi Fang Beads became a never ending topic of argument in Bi Fang Realm.

Bi Fang Beads were like protective talismans. No one wanted to entrust their own life to someone else.

So later, a Sect Dao Debate was set up once every five hundred years.

The sect that won would gain control of the Bi Fang Beads and, when the Otherworldly Flame descended, had to cooperate with the others to protect the entire Bi Fang Realm.

Of course, there were also quite a few people who took advantage of the Bi Fang Beads to break the rules.

For example, when the Otherworldly Flame came, they would deliberately ignore a certain area. That area’s sect would then be invaded by the flame, suffer countless deaths and injuries, and never recover.

Even if the selfish person was punished afterward, the damage could no longer be undone.

So the various sects treated the Bi Fang Beads as something they had to fight for. Every Sect Dao Debate became a ranking battle between sects, and only the winner could hold the power of life and death.

Coincidentally, it would soon be time for Bi Fang Realm’s once in five hundred years Sect Dao Debate, and Lingyin Sect was among the participants.

“At the Sect Dao Debate five hundred years ago, Lingyin Sect paid the price of one dead and one injured and only ranked ninth. This time…”

Senior Qun Fang shook her head, her expression dim.

Ancestor Sui Bian suddenly understood and said, “You invited Fei Hong here so he could fight in the Sect Dao Debate for Lingyin Sect!”

“No, the one I really wanted to invite is his son, Du Wu Xiang.”

Cultivators like Senior Qun Fang and Ancestor Fei Hong were already the Sea-Calming Divine Needles of their sects. If anything happened to them in battle, it would affect the stability of the whole sect.

So in the Sect Dao Debate of Bi Fang Realm, the sects did not send their Ancestors, but their elite disciples instead, and those disciples could not be older than two hundred years.

“Lingyin Sect has had a gap between the old and the young in recent years. It has been a long time since an astonishing disciple appeared. But Du Wu Xiang became famous when he was still young. Before he even turned one hundred, he had already broken through to Divine Transformation. His Phantom Beast Arts are masterful, and I heard even the Daqian Alliance has invited him.

“I think with him here, there should be no chance of failure, so I specially sent a message to Fei Hong to ask him to have Du Wu Xiang fight for Lingyin Sect.”

When Ancestor Sui Bian heard this, he first frowned, then the corners of his mouth could not help curling up.

He pushed Yu Zhao forward and said, “Isn’t that a coincidence? My Yu Zhao also cultivates Illusion Art, and she has also received an invitation from the Daqian Alliance.”

“Oh?”

Senior Qun Fang felt a bit surprised.

When Ancestor Sui Bian had begged her earlier, he had mentioned Yu Zhao a few times and even praised her as if there was no one like her under heaven. She had thought it was just an elder’s love for his junior and did not take it to heart.

Her attitude toward Yu Zhao had been more like how one treated a pleasing junior. Only now, after hearing Ancestor Sui Bian’s introduction, did she truly see Yu Zhao in a new light.

But when she glanced at Yu Zhao’s cultivation level, she could not help saying with some regret, “Her talent is also not bad, but compared to Du Wu Xiang there is still a bit of a gap.”

Du Wu Xiang was at the Peak Late Divine Transformation Stage.

He was only one step away from attacking the Void Refining Stage.

Yu Zhao had only just stepped past the threshold of Divine Transformation.

The gap between them was obvious.

Ancestor Sui Bian, however, had great confidence in Yu Zhao. He also wanted to strike at his old rival and step on Du Wu Xiang a few times.

He then heard Yu Zhao ask, “Senior Qun Fang, may I ask what connection there is between the Sect Dao Debate and the Jade Ruyi?”

“After the Sect Dao Debate ends, you can enter the Eye of Bi Fang to take the Bi Fang Beads. Before that, you will pass through the Blessing of Bifang. Its blessing uses the Otherworldly Flame to burn the divine soul and drive out distracting thoughts.”

Yu Zhao understood.

The Jade Ruyi was bound to her divine soul.

It also counted as one of her distracting thoughts.

As long as she used it well, it was indeed possible to use the Otherworldly Flame to sever her connection with the Jade Ruyi.

“What a good idea! Qun Fang, you are not only beautiful and kind, you are also clever. Being able to know you is truly my good fortune over three lifetimes!”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s old face was smiling like a blooming trumpet flower.

Senior Qun Fang modestly curved the corner of her lips, but soon her face showed a troubled look again.

“I already made an agreement with Fei Hong. If Du Wu Xiang fights for Lingyin Sect and wins, then the chance to enter the Eye of Bi Fang will go to him.”

Senior Qun Fang and Ancestor Fei Hong had a deep relationship, but when she did things, she still had to put interests first. She could not let Fei Hong and Du Wu Xiang run this trip for nothing, so she had agreed on his reward in advance.

Although Senior Qun Fang liked Yu Zhao, she did not want to break her promise for her sake.

“That is not hard at all,” Ancestor Sui Bian said with full confidence. “Let Du Wu Xiang and Yu Zhao have a match. Whoever wins will fight in the Sect Dao Debate for Lingyin Sect.”

Yu Zhao nodded.

Senior Qun Fang saw that the two of them did not seem to be joking and felt even more surprised.

“Du Wu Xiang’s name is well known. He is definitely not an ordinary person.”

Ancestor Sui Bian flicked his head and said confidently, “Yu Zhao will only be even better.”

No matter how powerful Du Wu Xiang was, could he be more powerful than Yu Zhao?

He had never seen anyone who had comprehended more Dao Intents than Yu Zhao.

And Yu Zhao was his junior, while Du Wu Xiang was Fei Hong’s son.

If Yu Zhao could beat Du Wu Xiang, roughly speaking, it would be the same as him, Sui Bian, beating Fei Hong.

The more Ancestor Sui Bian thought about it, the more excited he became.

He wished he could drag Du Wu Xiang over right now to fight Yu Zhao on the spot.

Senior Qun Fang was still a little worried.

“Yu Zhao, do not worry about him. Have you really thought it through? Do you really want to fight Du Wu Xiang?”

“Senior, this is the only way I have now to get rid of the Jade Ruyi. I want to try.”

Yu Zhao spoke politely, but her meaning was actually the same as Ancestor Sui Bian’s.

Fight.

Senior Qun Fang looked at her with a complicated expression.

“All right. I will go talk to Fei Hong. If he agrees, you can have a match with Du Wu Xiang.”