The dark clouds dispersed, and the white jade-like full moon also gradually vanished into the night curtain.

A glimmer of dawn appeared on the eastern horizon, heralding the arrival of a new day.

After taking the elixir, most of Wei Hu's injuries had healed, and his mana had also recovered considerably, reviving his spirit.

At this moment, he was standing on a white cloud, surveying the disciples of the Jie Sect with a smile, immensely pleased: "A bet is a bet! Shouldn't you admit your fault according to our agreement? You can't go back on your word in front of so many Immortal Gods, can you?"

Jin Shengyang and other disciples of the Jie Sect looked at each other and then unanimously turned their gaze towards Huo Ling'er, puzzled.

"Fellow Daoist Huo Ling, what exactly happened just now, how could you lose?"

"Yes, you are a noble Golden Immortal, how could you lose to him?"

"Surely you didn't let him win on purpose?"

...

"I…"

Huo Ling'er opened her mouth but could not utter half a sentence.

Even now, she was still utterly bewildered.

The remarkably powerful tornado had actually been dispersed by a single punch from Yang Jian!

This had truly taken her by surprise and made her feel a surge of anger from being deceived.

How could she not understand what had happened now?

That Yang Jian was clearly much stronger than Wei Hu, but he had intentionally shown weakness, scheming to coax her into agreeing to a contest that seemed greatly in her favor.

Not only that, but she had also abandoned the stronger Heavenly Gang Great Divine Power for the Earth Evil Technique like Wind Control.

Yang Jian approached, stepping on the clouds, and bowed to Huo Ling'er with an apologetic face: "Just now, I deceived my fellow Daoist, please forgive me."

Huo Ling'er glanced at him, silent.

Wei Hu spoke unhappily: "Junior Brother, why bother apologizing to her? It's them who should be apologizing!"

Yang Jian shook his head, looking at Wei Hu: "Senior Brother, forgiveness is virtue, let's just drop the matter, shall we?"

"We can't!"

Wei Hu pointed at the injuries on his body that had not yet healed, his face still showing anger, "Just look at what I've been reduced to, we can't just let this go!"

"Indeed, I also believe this can't just be let go."

A lazy voice spoke up.

Everyone looked towards the source and saw Yu Yuan, who had been silent like an outsider since Yang Jian's arrival, dismount the Golden-eyed Five Clouds Camel. A gray-brown grass stalk burned between his lips as he approached, pointing his finger unceremoniously at Jin Shengyang and others, and berated them without holding back:

"Look at you, all so cowardly, always crying 'All Immortals look up to us,' claiming to be the number one sect... and this is what you have to show?"

"Just any disciple of the Chan Sect wielding a mallet can defeat all of you!"

"How shameful is that?!"

"Still have the nerve to boast, as if you've got no faces left!"

...

In the midst of his scathing tirade, Jin Shengyang and other disciples of the Jie Sect looked like a group of scolded schoolchildren, all bowing their heads, angry but not daring to speak.

Even outsiders like Wei Hu, Yang Jian, and the Profound Immortal Xuan Yang felt somewhat suffocated.

At the same time, they were also somewhat puzzled.

This Yu Yuan appeared to be merely an Upper Profound Immortal and even if he was on excellent terms with that Huo Ling'er, should he not fear backlash from the Heavenly and Earth Immortals like Jin Shengyang for his blunt criticism?

Curiosity aside, no one was about to step forward and ask at this juncture.

"And you!"

After berating Jin Shengyang and the others, Yu Yuan turned his spearhead toward Huo Ling'er.

She, who had already been frozen in silence, couldn't help but shiver when she saw him turn to face her.

Yu Yuan didn't bother to be polite to her either, rebuking: "So what if you lost? What's the big deal? Look at all of you, what kind of behavior is this? Never lost before, or just can't stand to lose?"

Huo Ling'er felt very wronged, "I've never lost."

Yu Yuan glanced at her and thought to himself, when have you ever beaten me?

However, he wanted to use this opportunity to let her learn a lesson, and such times were certainly not for fooling around.

Right away, he said irritably: "I told you to talk less and act more, but you just wouldn't listen! Served yourself right for falling into someone else's trap!"

Huo Ling'er suddenly had tears welling up in her eyes, feeling extremely aggrieved in her heart.

Yu Yuan turned his head and cursed at Jin Shengyang and the others: "You bunch of cowards, all adept at bullying others with your power but turn into grandchildren when you meet some real resistance!

This Lansong Jie Sect is just full of your kind of trash. It's utterly rotten to the core! You've totally lost face! I bet it won't be long before you're finished!"

"Friend Daoist speaks the truth!"

Yu Yuan's tirade made Jin Shengyang and other Jie Sect disciples' eyes pop, but there was one individual who was quite thrilled.

That person was Wei Hu.

He had always felt that the Jie Sect was filled with freaks, born of eggs and nurtured in dampness, with shallow fortune and lacking in roots and virtues...

Compared to their Chan Sect, which "received the mandate of heaven and commanded the ways, leading the Immortal Gods to secure all directions," it was as though they were on completely different levels, utterly unworthy to even be mentioned in the same breath as the Chan Sect.

Look at their Chan Sect disciples, which one of them wasn't blessed with profound fortune and deep-rooted virtues?

But what about the Jie Sect?

Each one behaved like beasts, engaging in rampant misdeeds. How could they be worthy of the title of the greatest sect in the Primordial era? Publication courtesy of *.

At this moment, hearing Yu Yuan severely scold Jin Shengyang and these Jie Sect disciples, Wei Hu couldn't help but shout along approvingly, his face beaming with a smile: "I didn't expect Daoist Yu Yuan to be such a clear-headed person! The Jie Sect is indeed utterly rotten..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a flash of light suddenly appeared before his eyes, and Yu Yuan unexpectedly teleported in front of him and snapped coldly: "You sure have some nerve, kid, daring to insult my Jie Sect!"

"Huh?"

Wei Hu was taken aback, wanting to say: Wasn't it you who started the insults?

But before he could speak, Yu Yuan had already slapped his bewildered and vigilant face with a violent swing of his hand.

"Slap!"

A loud slap resounded. Despite instinctively reaching out to block it, Wei Hu was still slapped squarely and hard, sending him spinning and flying away.

In that instant, Wei Hu was dumbstruck.

He was a mighty, noble Heavenly Immortal, a direct disciple of the third generation of the Chan Sect, and he had been slapped and sent flying by an upper-class Profound Immortal!

"You're courting death!"

Rage surged in Wei Hu's heart, and he directly manifested his Demon Suppressing Treasure Mallet.

This treasure was as light as feather grass in his hand, yet struck with the weight of Mount Tai. He seldom dared to wield it with full force.

But in his furious and frantic state, he didn't care whether the upper-class Profound Immortal before him could withstand it or not, and directly swung the Demon Suppressing Treasure Mallet towards Yu Yuan with all his might.

"Senior brother, stop..."

Yang Jian, seeing this, yelled and hurried forward to intercept.

However, Yu Yuan was even faster.

In an instant, he was up close to Wei Hu. With a casual wave, he sent the Mount Tai-heavy Demon Suppressing Treasure Mallet flying away, followed by another slap across Wei Hu's face.

Wei Hu was struck by this slap and once again sent flying.

It didn't end there; Yu Yuan extended his left arm, grabbed Wei Hu by the shoulder and neck, and pulled him back, then his right hand went to work, slapping him left and right, each slap solidly landing on his face.

As he slapped, he also rebuked:

"Jie Sect is not for you to slander!"

"Who do you think you are?"

"Even your master wouldn't dare to say such things!"

"What are you, to dare insult the Jie Sect?!"

...