Immortal of the Nine Realms

Chapter 393: Please Call Fang Chen Over

"Seniors, I heard that the Fang Family has a female cultivator of similar age to me who is also at the 12th stage of Qi Refining Realm," said the young female cultivator indifferently. "Can you ask her to come out and spar with me?"

The expressions of the Fang Family members subtly changed. They realized she was referring to Fang Lingxing.

Fang Tingjian suddenly chuckled. "Little girl, this is the Fang Family. If you are too disrespectful, even Daoist Jiang won’t be able to stop me from teaching you a lesson."

The young female cultivator's expression changed slightly. She subconsciously looked at the old man.

"Daoist Fang, what are you saying? Do you really think it's a few hundred years ago when we were both young?" The old man chuckled lightly. "At our age, we shouldn't be bothered by such trivial matters with the younger generation."

Fang Wanli said angrily, "Jiang Shun, stop pretending. You weren't my little uncle's match back then and lost to him in the Sword Fighting Competition in Azure Cloud Empire. Are you just here to stir up trouble?"

The old man furrowed his brows. "Fang Wanli, you had better know your place. The seniors are talking here. What qualifications do you have to butt into the conversation?"

Fang Wanli was trying his best to hold back his anger, but his face was already flushed red. "How infuriating!"

Fang Chen was standing in the void, watching.

According to what Fang Wanli had said, this late stage Golden Core Realm cultivator had been on bad terms with Fang Tingjian when they were young. He had probably brought his disciples here to stir up trouble, an attempt to salvage his past reputation, likely.

“Daoist Fang, I need to visit the Jue Family too. If no one from your family is going to step forward and discipline my disciple, then we will take our leave.”

The old man looked at Fang Tingjian and chuckled. Fang Ao and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators were pissed. The younger generation of the Fang Family present also felt secretly annoyed. After all, the other party was indeed too arrogant.

Just then, a graceful figure entered the reception hall and respectfully greeted the old man with clasped hands, "Fang Lingxing from the Fang Family. I pay my respects to you, Seniors."

When the disciples from the various branches saw that Fang Lingxing had arrived, their eyes brightened up.

The young female cultivator and the Foundation Building Realm cultivators around scrutinized Fang Lingxing.

The old man appraised Fang Lingxing with his eyes for a moment and nodded with a smile. "Not bad, not bad. To be able to reach the twelfth stage of Qi Refining Realm with such stable cultivation, you're truly talented."

The old man turned to Fang Tingjian and said, "Daoist Fang, shall we let these two juniors spar?"

Fang Tingjian nodded lightly. "Sure."

"But... It isn’t a spar without some rewards. Coincidentally, a few of our old friends are here in Grand Qian. I'll send them a message so they can come over and watch. This will add some excitement. What do you think?" The old man suggested with a smile.

Fang Tingjian pondered for a moment and then shook his head with a smile. "There's no need for that. Our old friends are here in Grand Qian for the trade conference. This is only a spar between juniors. No need to make a big deal out of it and waste their time."

"But if you want to add in a reward for the excitement, that's not out of the question. What kind of reward do you think would be suitable, Daoist Jiang?"

The old man smiled and said, "I heard that the Fang Family has a token from Master Chen. Those with this token can recommend a disciple to participate in his disciple assessment. Let's make a bet on it."

The expressions of the Fang Family members turned into ones of shock. Their eyes were filled with surprise and fury as they stared at the old man.

Master Chen was a Talisman Master from the Azure Cloud Empire, and his cultivation level was on par with the Jue Family’s ancestor. They were both at the grand completion of the Golden Core Realm. Furthermore, both were renowned for their mastery of talisman crafting! They were among the top ten in the Hidden Cloud Region!

It was worth noting that, among the top ten talisman masters in the Hidden Cloud Region, six were legendary Nascent Soul Realm experts! For Master Chen to have reached this level with a Golden Core Realm cultivation showed his profound skill in talismans!

That token was an item that the Fang Family had purchased at a great price. It was meant to pave the way for Fang Lingxing, hoping she could become a disciple under Master Chen. If she was successful, the Fang Family would have a talisman master in the future!

Fang Lingxing's expression turned grim.

Fang Mosheng, who was behind Fang Tingjian, clenched his fists, his face alternating between white and red.

He actually had designs on his daughter's opportunity?

In the cultivation world, plundering someone's opportunity was akin to killing their parents! It was an irreconcilable enmity!

Fang Tingjian frowned. "Daoist Jiang, this reward is quite expensive. What do you have to offer as a reward in return?"

"There will be a Nascent Soul Realm expert from the Azure Cloud Empire's Purple Pole Dao Academy attending the trade conference. This expert has some friendship with our family ancestor and has once given the ancestor a token of apprenticeship."

Jiang Shun stroked his beard and chuckled. "As long as you have this token, you'll have the opportunity to participate in the assessment of the Purple Pole Dao Academy.

"I wonder if this reward is sufficient? The Purple Pole Dao Academy is the top-ranked cultivation sect in Azure Cloud Empire. They have an unfathomable heritage. They only recruit disciples once every 100 years, but if you have this token, you don't need to wait."

Fang Tingjian and Fang Wanli were shocked.

The Purple Pole Dao Academy?

Fang Ao and the others were also surprised.

He actually had a token from the Purple Pole Dao Academy?

Fang Tingjian nodded lightly. "These two rewards are quite similar in value. But I have one question. Why hasn't the Jiang Family used this token already?"

Jiang Shun smiled faintly and replied, "It's not that we don’t want to use it, it's just that we haven't found a suitable candidate yet."

Fang Tingjian nodded. He smiled and said, "I can make a bet with you, but we will call on another talent to compete against your disciple."

"You'll call onto another disciple to compete?" Jiang Shun's eyes flickered slightly as he smiled faintly. "Could it be Fang Shang from the second branch, or Fang Xiu from the fourth branch? Or perhaps it's Fang Jue from the third branch? But those are all at the 11th stage. They aren't a match for my disciple."

The Fang Family members seemed to have caught on, as their faces showed surprise.

Fang Lingxing clenched her teeth. She was about to speak, but Fang Mosheng's voice hit her ear.

"Lingxing, let Fang Chen handle this. Don't get involved. If we lose, the cost will be you losing the opportunity to become a disciple under Master Chen! That cost is too heavy for us to bear!"

After a moment of contemplation, Fang Lingxing nodded."Alright."

Fang Tingjian chuckled. “You seem to be quite knowledgeable about our family, but no, you've guessed wrong. It's another disciple of ours who's at the 12th stage. He's a bit better than Fang Lingxing's, so having him face your closed-door disciple would be more suitable.”

Fang Ao hesitated for a moment before speaking up. "Elder... Fang Chen is currently in seclusion."

Fang Chen was still involved in a wager with Jue Wudi. It would be best not to get mixed up in anything else till that was settled first just to avoid including any new variables.

"Even if he's in seclusion, he can come out of it. Besides, he’s only at the 12th stage of Qi Refining Realm, so a month or two of seclusion is more than sufficient. Does he think he can advance to the Foundation Building Realm without a Foundation Building Pill?"

Fang Tingjian smiled and continued, "Go and bring Fang Chen here."

Fang Ao sighed inwardly, then immediately clasped his fists and said, "Ancestor, I'll go personally."

Fang Tingjian nodded lightly. "Very well."

After Fang Ao left the reception hall, Fang Tingjian looked at Jiang Shun and smiled faintly. "Getting cold feet, Daoist Jiang?"

Jiang Shun's expression darkened. He didn't know when the Fang Family had gained another disciple at the 12th stage of the Qi Refining Realm.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly chuckled. "I'm actually rather curious to see what kind of junior could earn your personal attention like this."