Chapter 532

Chapter 532: Not an Acquaintance but a Love Rival
The Bounty Notice issued by the Tu Clan had stirred up quite a storm in the Middle World, and people still remembered it clearly.

“Yeah, it really did, but the Tu Clan has already withdrawn the Bounty Notice. Things between them should have been settled long ago.”

Some cultivators who had been itching to make a move immediately gave up the idea when they heard that.

The others only glanced over from time to time with curious looks.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong and the others instead made up their minds.

Since they were already standing at the eye of the storm, there was no need to keep shrinking back.

So Huang Zhong swung his arm and led everyone to push forward, forcefully opening up a path.

Yu Zhao stood in the middle of the group. Her Divine Sense swept around again and again as she tried to search for familiar faces.

She did not know whether she had come too early or if the others were holding back their status and waiting to appear last, but as she swept her gaze all the way over, she did not find anyone she knew.

It was not until she saw a graceful figure in the crowd that her steps could not help slowing.

The young woman wore a grayish blue Daoist robe. Her hair was tied up in a simple bun with a plain wooden hairpin. Other than that, she had no extra decorations and looked very clean and fresh.

She had an oval face, apricot eyes, and a faint dimple beside her lips.

To anyone, she would look like a gentle and lovely young woman. She was not stunningly beautiful, but it was easy to like her at a glance.

Yu Zhao’s gaze had not planned to stay on her. Only when she noticed that the other woman kept secretly looking at her and that the spirit power in her body was surging in an odd way did she start paying attention to her.

When she looked carefully, she immediately noticed something off.

Her eyes could see many things that others could not. As long as she focused on that young woman, she could look through her body and see straight inside.

The young woman’s soul flickered bright and dim, with faint signs of instability.

Usually, this only happened when the soul and the body rejected each other.

In other words, this woman had been reborn by body seizing.

And there was a high chance that she knew Yu Zhao.

The first name that jumped into Yu Zhao’s mind was Ye Cong Xin.

But she quickly pushed that thought aside.

Ye Cong Xin’s hatred for her had already sunk into her bones. Even if she fled, she would try to drag Yu Zhao down with her. If they met again, there was no way she would be so calm.

Yet other than her, Yu Zhao could not think of a second person.

While Yu Zhao was thinking, their group had already reached the inner circle close to the barrier formation. If they wanted to go any farther, they would have to use strength to force a way through.

Huang Zhong let his gaze sweep across the people in front and soon picked out a soft target.

He was just about to go up and squeeze that person out when a disturbance suddenly broke out behind them.

Everyone turned to look back and saw a group of cultivators in black striding forward with their heads held high. The man at the front had a gloomy face and a vicious aura all over his body.

“It is this guy again.”

Ancestor Sui Bian muttered in annoyance.

Old Jin asked curiously: “Sui Bian, is that someone you know?”

Black Old Dao answered first: “Not someone he knows. He is a love rival.”

Ancestor Sui Bian glared at him and secretly felt lucky that Xiu Yu and Ling Long had come with the cultivators of the Celestial Firmament Realm so Pei Li would not pester them so early.

Maybe people who hated each other really did have a strong sense for one another.

Pei Li also spotted Ancestor Sui Bian at a glance.

But when he saw the group of deep and heavy auras around him, he did not act rashly. He let out a cold laugh and was about to say something when he suddenly noticed Yu Zhao standing beside Ancestor Sui Bian.

His eyes widened and he almost lost his cool look.

Last time they met, Sui Bian’s daughter had still been a little shorty. How did she grow so much all at once!

Even taking medicine could not be that fast, right?

He could not help looking at her again and again, until Ancestor Sui Bian glared at him fiercely. Only then did he finally pull back his gaze and keep walking.

By coincidence, he also targeted the same soft person that Huang Zhong had chosen. With just one look, he scared the person away and righteously took the spot in front of them.

“Sui Bian, do you want us brothers to go up and vent your anger for you?”

Black Old Dao looked like someone who loved watching drama and could not wait to stir up trouble.

To be honest, Ancestor Sui Bian really was tempted.

But after thinking about it, he still gave up.

“Forget it, better not cause trouble yet.”

He had way too many love rivals!

If they went up to provoke each one, their group probably would not be able to leave at all.

Huang Zhong discussed it with Old Jin and decided not to keep squeezing forward.

They had already watched just now and seen that the Eight Great Clans and many other powerful forces had not arrived yet. Even if they squeezed into the front now, they would only be forced back later.

It was better to stay where they were so there would not be too much change.

Just as they guessed, powerful forces arrived one after another, and the people in the inner circle kept changing.

Even Pei Li and the others in front of them were pushed back a row.

When there was still one day left before the selection began, the open space in front of the Daqian Alliance was already packed with people.

All the major powers appeared one after another, and from time to time a burst of exclamations would rise.

Through the conversations around her, Yu Zhao slowly learned about the other cultivators taking part in the selection.

“The people from Green Lotus Temple are here!”

With that exclamation, Yu Zhao felt a flash of white light in front of her eyes.

When she looked again, she saw a group of Buddhist cultivators coming toward them.

They all wore gentle, compassionate smiles and held monk staffs, carrying a golden radiance with them.

As soon as Yu Zhao saw their shaved heads, she felt a strange sense of closeness, and her gaze unconsciously softened.

At that moment, a man among the Buddhist cultivators seemed to feel her gaze and looked over at her.

Yu Zhao subconsciously nodded to him.

The young Buddhist cultivator smiled slightly, pressed his hands together in greeting, and then calmly shifted his eyes away.

Not long after the Buddhist cultivators from Green Lotus Temple arrived, the cultivators from the Bi Fang Realm also came.

The moment Lu Jiu Yuan appeared, he drew many people’s attention.

Many people were sure that Lu Jiu Yuan would be one of the ones to pass the selection.

Su Qing Wan let out a small unhappy snort.

She knew it. With Lu Jiu Yuan around, he would steal all the limelight.

In the last half day, the Eight Great Clans all arrived together.

The first thing they did when they came was to seize the first row of the inner circle.

During this time, the Eight Great Clans and Yu Zhao’s group even had a fierce eye standoff.

Ancestor Sui Bian and the other hot tempered ones wished they could grow eighteen eyes each to glare back at all of them.

But whether it was because they were afraid of gossip or had other concerns, the people from the Eight Great Clans did not step up to cause trouble, which made Huang Zhong and the others let out a sigh of relief.

Not long after, the four family clans of Nan Gong Clan, Bei Ming, Xi Men, and Dong Fang arrived one after another. The noise of the crowd grew louder and louder.

“Almost everyone is here. It should be starting soon.”

Someone whispered to his companion, his eyes full of expectation.

Hearing this, Yu Zhao also nodded in agreement.

But in the next moment, a long, sharp cry sounded from the sky.

Then a black phoenix came flying over with its wings spread.

Its whole body was covered in black feathers without a single other color. The deep, inky shade seemed able to swallow all light.

A young woman sat cross legged on the Black Phoenix’s back. Against the dark background, her red lips looked especially striking.