Chapter 458 - 456: Yue Linfei Visits

Spirit Fire Cellar.

A few Guards had been keeping an eye on the Cultivation Secret Room Luo Tian was in.

Under normal circumstances, if a disciple without an exceptionally high Cultivation didn’t emerge after half a month, it was highly likely that an accident had occurred.

In such cases, the secret room’s door had to be forced open, as there might still be a chance to rescue them.

"It’s been fourteen days! That kid still hasn’t come out. You don’t think he died in there, do you?"

"Should we go ask an Elder to open the door?"

The Guards conversed in low voices.

Just then, the stone door slid open.

Luo Tian walked out, took a deep breath of the fresh air outside, and left, looking completely at ease.

The Guards stood frozen in place, dumbfounded.

"Fourteen days, and the kid looks like nothing happened!"

"Is he a ghost?"

The Guards stared in shock as Luo Tian walked away.

Besides them, no one else knew that Luo Tian had lasted for fourteen long days in the Spirit Fire Cellar.

Luo Tian himself didn’t pay it much mind.

As soon as he returned to his residence, word spread. "Luo Tian is back!"

"Tsk tsk, so that’s the kid. He’s only at the Peak of Earth Element Realm Third Layer. How on earth did Ying Long lose that bet?"

Luo Tian’s return instantly drew the attention of the Official Disciples, sparking endless discussion.

The incident with Ying Long’s "Qigong Deviation" had caused too big of a stir. The cat was out of the bag, and the news that Ying Long had lost the bet to Luo Tian had spread completely.

"Impressive. This boy will surely have an extraordinary future. That is, assuming he can stay alive long enough to reach it," an older Official Disciple chuckled.

Luo Tian was the first Auditor Disciple to live in the Official Disciples’ residential area.

In the lecture hall, Elder Lu had publicly praised Luo Tian while criticizing all the other disciples.

In the Fire Spirit Cellar, Luo Tian had won the bet against Ying Long.

All of these actions had damaged the pride of the Official Disciples.

The Official Disciples had their pride. How could they allow an Auditor Disciple to be their equal, let alone be surpassed by one?

In other words, Luo Tian was about to face even more intense pressure from the Official Disciples.

...

「Five days later.」

The Eighth Peak’s interrogation room.

This was a place for interrogating prisoners, yet right now, Ying Long was here, undergoing an examination.

The main purpose was to check if his mental state was normal.

Ying Long was utterly exasperated but went through the series of examinations and passed.

"Steward, my Martial Arts foundation is solid! I would never go mad for no reason. It must have been Luo Tian, who was cultivating in there with me! He secretly sabotaged me!" Ying Long was agitated.

He had been certain of victory in that bet.

He never expected that not only would he lose, but he would also go berserk, attack someone, and be apprehended in public!

It was the greatest humiliation of his life!

"Steward, please help me. Gongsun Long of the Fourth Peak is my boss..."

After speaking, Ying Long took out five Spirit Crystals from his Storage Ring and handed them to the Steward.

"Oh? You suspect the person who was cultivating with you harmed you?"

"Come with me."

The Steward calmly pocketed Ying Long’s Spirit Crystals and led him to the Spirit Fire Cellar to see the Elder stationed there.

A short while later, the Elder said, "Since you suspect that the Auditor Disciple named Luo Tian harmed you, this old man will take a look for you!"

The white-robed Elder walked into a special secret room, the control center for the entire Spirit Fire Cellar.

Inside the secret room, there was only a single, immensely vast Array that spread out in all directions, controlling the entire Spirit Fire Cellar.

BZZZT!

The white-robed Elder cast a series of Spells, activating the Array.

Soon, a hazy shimmer of light coalesced before them, and a blurry image gradually appeared within it.

The image showed the secret room Ying Long had been in a few days prior.

There was only video, no sound.

Ying Long could be seen deliberately circulating his True Essence, causing a significant disturbance to interfere with Luo Tian.

"This..."

Ying Long’s heart skipped a beat.

Beside him, the faces of both the white-robed Elder and the Steward darkened.

Neither of them spoke, and they continued to watch.

Before long, the Ying Long in the image intensified his efforts to disturb Luo Tian.

Meanwhile, from beginning to end, Luo Tian did nothing at all, merely sitting there quietly cross-legged.

"Ying Long, how can you be so shameless? Luo Tian didn’t do a single thing to you! On the contrary, you were the one constantly disturbing him, and now you have the gall to falsely accuse him!" the Steward immediately berated him.

He had actually believed Ying Long was the victim at first. He never imagined that Ying Long was the villain who had decided to file the complaint first.

"Ying Long, for deliberately disturbing another disciple’s Cultivation in a Cultivation Secret Room, you will be docked two months of your resource stipend," the white-robed Elder said coolly.

"Yes, this disciple knows his mistake and is willing to accept the punishment."

Frustrated, Ying Long gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

After walking out of the Spirit Fire Cellar, he was practically exploding with rage!

He had lost the bet and been utterly humiliated.

He had spent five Spirit Crystals to bribe the Steward, only to end up shooting himself in the foot and getting docked two months of his resource stipend.

It was truly a case of losing the bait and the fish.

"You damn bastard, I, Ying Long, will never let you off!"

Ying Long stormed back to the residential area.

SWOOSH!

In the distance, an elegant figure in white flew over, revealing herself to be a breathtakingly beautiful young woman.

"Yue Linfei!"

"My heavens, why is Main Peak Disciple Yue Linfei here?"

Many of the Official Disciples exclaimed in surprise.

Yue Linfei had entered the Tai Yuan Sect in the current batch and possessed peerless aptitude. In just over a year, she had already entered the Main Peak and become a disciple of an Elder!

Why would such a heaven-blessed prodigy come to the disciple residential area of the Eighth Peak?

"Senior Sister Linfei? Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I am Lu Han. Senior Sister Linfei, your beauty is so unforgettable it keeps me up at night!"

Numerous Official Disciples rushed forward to greet her.

’If I could befriend someone like her, or even win Yue Linfei’s favor, it would be incredible!’

Ying Long also hurried over, determined not to let anyone else steal this opportunity.

"Senior Sister Linfei, may I ask what brings you here? I am Ying Long, and I am at your service."

Ying Long squeezed his way in, a gentle smile on his face.

"Ying Long?" Yue Linfei’s crystal-clear, beautiful eyes fixed on him.

"I didn’t expect you to remember me, Senior Sister."

Ying Long was secretly delighted, thinking this was a great chance to get to know Yue Linfei.

He and Yue Linfei were from the same batch, but after entering the Tai Yuan Sect, their statuses were like heaven and earth.

Yue Linfei was just too dazzling!

"I’m looking for someone..." Yue Linfei hesitated.

"Who are you looking for? There’s no one in this area I don’t know," Ying Long said, puffing out his chest.

"Luo Tian!" Yue Linfei said.

THUMP!

Ying Long’s hand, which had been patting his chest, suddenly clenched into a fist and hammered down so hard he almost made himself cough up blood.

"Ying Long, what’s wrong?" Yue Linfei was puzzled.

"It’s nothing. Junior Sister Linfei, what business do you have with Luo Tian? How did that kid offend you?" Ying Long asked with a dry laugh.

"Offend me? I have something to ask him."

Yue Linfei’s expression grew even stranger.

She recalled how outside the lecture hall, Ying Long had seemingly intended to teach Luo Tian a lesson in public before being stopped by Elder Lu.

An expression of disgust appeared on Yue Linfei’s face.

"Luo Tian!"

Suddenly, Yue Linfei’s eyes lit up as she spotted Luo Tian, who had just walked out of a small courtyard.

SWOOSH!

Yue Linfei immediately floated over to him.

"What do you want?" Luo Tian asked calmly.

He had come out to see what the commotion was about and hadn’t expected to find Yue Linfei.

"I have a question, and I was wondering if you could answer it for me!"

Two small dimples appeared on Yue Linfei’s fair and delicate, jade-like face.

Luo Tian’s eyelid twitched slightly.

’Someone else asking a question. I’ll have to waste more Celestial Book Energy for free.’

"I don’t know. Go find Elder Lu."

Luo Tian refused and turned to walk back into his room.

"Hey, you haven’t even heard my question yet! How do you know you don’t know the answer?" Yue Linfei called out anxiously as she followed him into the room.

The crowd of Official Disciples left behind were all dumbfounded!

"Holy crap! Senior Sister Linfei actually came looking for that kid!"

"And that kid Luo Tian actually rejected Senior Sister Linfei..."

This scene was heartbreaking for the many disciples watching!

Among all the Official Disciples present, Yue Linfei had singled out Luo Tian, an Auditor Disciple.

They felt as if a beautiful flower had been planted in a pile of cow dung—and the cow dung was even looking down on the flower! This made them feel extremely resentful, and they desperately wanted to teach Luo Tian a harsh lesson!

Ying Long, in particular, was so angry that smoke was practically fuming from his head!

A short while later, the door to Luo Tian’s courtyard opened.

"Hurry up and go. Your question has been resolved."

Yue Linfei walked out, and Luo Tian waved her away.

"Okay... um, when the time comes, you have to be there!"

Yue Linfei left these words behind and flew off into the distance!

And those words drove the crowd of Official Disciples into a frenzy!

"What did she mean by that?"

"Could it be... a date?"

"Impossible!"

The Official Disciples’ minds ran wild, a chaotic mess of speculation. They wished they could just grab Luo Tian and demand a clear explanation.

"Luo Tian, what did Senior Sister Linfei mean by that last thing she said to you?" Ying Long shouted furiously!

"What’s it to you?" Luo Tian retorted expressionlessly, then added a reminder, "Besides, have you forgotten something even more important?"

"What is it?" Ying Long’s gaze was cold and sharp.

"You lost the bet to me. What about the one thousand Contribution Points? Are you trying to go back on your word?" Luo Tian had the look of a debt collector.

Ying Long froze. He had indeed forgotten about that.

Being hounded for a debt by an Auditor Disciple in front of so many people was truly humiliating.

"Here!"

Ying Long took out his Identity Token and transferred one thousand Contribution Points to Luo Tian.

His heart ached at the loss.

Luo Tian took the Contribution Points and went back inside.

In reality, Yue Linfei hadn’t said anything special at the end.

She was just organizing a gathering, inviting some acquaintances, and had extended an invitation to Luo Tian as well.

Outside, Ying Long, his face a mask of humiliation and anger, rushed back to his room but was stopped by other disciples asking how he had lost the bet.

"That damn bastard used a despicable Evil Technique to interfere with my Cultivation, causing me to suffer Qigong Deviation... Otherwise, I never would have lost!"

Ying Long, annoyed by the constant questions, blurted this out.

This was only his speculation; he had no proof.

After hearing this, the other Official Disciples naturally accepted it.

’Luo Tian must have used some despicable trick to beat Ying Long.’

"How treacherous!"

Many Official Disciples remarked, looking at Luo Tian with even greater displeasure.

Ying Long returned to his room, and it took him a long while to calm down.

Night had now fallen, and he prepared to cultivate for a while.

But suddenly, WHOOSH! A bone-chilling gust of wind blew past, and in the next instant, a figure appeared without any warning beside Ying Long.

The hair on Ying Long’s entire body stood on end as he felt an incomparably powerful and irresistible aura!