Amidst the crowd.

  The heated discussion was overwhelming.

  Jiang Shuyan's face was flushed, her body at the end of its strength, yet she burst forth with an unusual and powerful force, breaking free from Lin Hao's trol, and struck out in anger!

  But having exhausted her spiritual energy, her moves, though fierce, cked endurance.

  In just a few moves, Lin Hao subdued her pletely once again.

  "Lin Hao wins!" the referee elder announced.

  "Is it over just like that?"

  The cultivators below the stage were incredulous. They had always thought that Fairy Shuyan had the upper hand, and that Lin Hao, this so-called demon, would end up a pile of rotten flesh.

  But the result left them greatly disappointed.

  "This guy is truly shameless. Winning is ohing, but to sully Fairy Shuyan's purity, he's leman!"

  "He's a sdrel by nature, why would he care about others' opinions?"

  "Fairy Shuyan is truly pitiful, losing the matd being taken advantage of, sigh..."

  "I really 't uand how Lin Hao could improve his cultivation so quickly. I remember half a year ago, he was just a low-level cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining."

  This remark shifted everyone's attention to Lin Hao's cultivation level, leaving them shocked and curious.

  "Could he be an unpreted genius?"

  "Heh, you don't know, do you!"

  "Lin Hao's current achievements are due to dual cultivation, stealing Primordial Yin!"

  A short, stout cultivator with a bulbous nose spoke incessantly.

  "If it weren't for those lowly female cultivators dual cultivating with him, how could someoh mediocre talent reach the te Foundatioablishment stage?"

  Those who heard were all astonished.

  "Fellow Daoist, what you're saying is nonsense. Lin Hao uo stay in the Demon Lock Tower, he couldn't leave, so how could he have women to dual cultivate with?"

  The short, stout cultivator smirked slyly, l his voice, "You'd never guess.

  Lin Hao had a lover ier sect, someone named Cui Qing'er, who acted as a go-between, allowiiful female cultivators to frequently visit the Demon Lock Tower."

  The short, stout cultivator had a knack for storytelling, pausing at the crucial moments.

  The audieheir curiosity piqued, couldn't help but urge him on, "But even with dual cultivation teiques, his cultivation shouldn't improve so quickly."

  The short, stout cultivator squinted his small eyes, chug strangely, "Your knowledge is too shallow. The dual cultivation teique Lin Hao practices is clearly different from those recorded ira Pavilion. I suspect his teique inates from the Hehua."

  "The Hehua?"

  Everyone began to discuss.

  The Hehua, bhteous and evil, followed a doe of inclusivity and did not interfere with the growth of its disciples.

  The result of such wild growth was that the disciples of the Hehua were hard to distinguish between good and evil, capable of helping others in times of need, but also of forcibly seizing rogue cultivators for dual cultivation.

  However, as the name suggests, the Hehua ultimately focused on the cept of joy and harmony.

  For male cultivators, this was something to yearn for, while female cultivators shuddered at the thought.

  Upon hearing this, the surrounding female disciples immediately categorized Lin Hao as a demonic cultivator, marking him as dangerous.

  "Lin Hao practices demonic teiques, this must be reported to the sect for punishment to uphold the sect's iy!"

  "Indeed, demonic sdrels must be eradicated!"

  The short, stout cultivator shook his head, calmly saying, "Your thinking is too naive.

  The sect has no rule prohibiting disciples from practig dual cultivation teiques!"

  "But he's clearly a demonic cultivator, if he's not punished, everyone will follow suit, and the sect will fall into chaos."

  The short, stout cultivator retorted, "Lin Hao didn't force those female cultivators to indulge with him. Even if the sect wao punish him, they ck evidence."

  "We find the female cultivators who dual cultivated with Lin Hao and have them testify against him to ensure he receives the punishment he deserves."

  Hearing the discussions, Jiang Shuya a mix of emotions, knowily how Lin Hao's cultivation had advanced.

  The short, stout cultivator was only half right. Lin Hao's dual cultivation teique was indeed extraordinary, but not to the point of turning decay into magic. The real mystery y in his physique.

  Whatever his physique was, it perfectly plemehe dual cultivation teique. If Lin Hao were in the Hehua, he would thrive like a fish in water.

  As for those cultivators wanting Lin Hao to be punished by the sect, it was impossible.

  Because she khat the female cultivators who dual cultivated with Lin Hao all beed from it and naturally wouldn't testify against their beor.

  Moreover, it ed their reputations. Although cultivators shouldn't be burdened by fame, seeking an outstanding Dao panion still required attention to one's reputation.

  The petition reached the third round, and the remaining disciples were the elites of each peak, drawing the attention of the peak masters.

  Lin Hao's decisive victory over Jiang Shuyahe Ethereal Peak master displeased.

  Although Jiang Shuyan wasn't his disciple, she was a direct disciple, and losing to someone he sidered a nobody was a blow to his pride.

  With a flick of his robe, he left.

  Feng gyue said nothing, disdaining to mock others.

  Murong Qinxue couldn't help but speak, "Didn't you always cim Ethereal Peak was the best of the five peaks? How is it that a direct disciple trained for three years is no match for a newly promoted direct disciple of Great Bamboo Peak?"

  Hmph!

  The Ethereal Peak master snorted heavily. Among the peak masters, his cultivation was the highest, and he had a fiery temper, only Murong dared to provoke him.

  In the past, he would retort, but eventually realized he always ended up at a disadvantage, so he stopped arguing.

  "Senior Sister Feng, I'm standing up for yreat Bamboo Peak, shouldn't you thank me?"

  "You chose to do it yourself," Feng gyue replied coldly.

  She had no i in bickering with Murong Qinxue, her mind occupied with p why her young disciple's cultivatiressed so rapidly, even faster than her senior disciple.

  Her senior disciple possessed the rare Nine Yang Physique, naturally attuo Fire Spiritual Energy, and progressed rapidly in fire attribute teiques.

  From Qi Refining to Foundatioablishment, it took only a year and a half, a true prodigy.

  Yet pared to Lin Hao, still a step behind.

  Could it be this boy...

  "Senior Sister Feng, your precious disciple's rapid progress suggests he's on the wrong path. If he were with my Little Bamboo Peak, he wouldn't..." Murong Qinxue raised her eyebrows.

  In truth, what Murong Qinxue said was exactly what Feng gyue was thinking.

  But she wouldn't let others criticize her disciple, ret, "Your teag skills leave much to be desired, flower thief..."

  "Besides, who says that's necessarily the wrong path.

  There are three thousand paths to immortality, and only by finding the ohat suits you you go further oh of cultivation.

  His rapid breakthroughs and superior bat power to peers show that it's the path most suited to him!"

  Peerjun