Chapter 29: Open Challenges

Zi Mei sighed, looking at Lin Feng. She was truly happy about him being able to cultivate. She was eager to know what the problem was but curbed her desire for the time being. "It’s Senior Li Xiang."

"Ahh, so it’s her. She has taken a disciple?" Xuan Xue asked.

Zi Mei nodded. "Yes. His name is Wu Jian, Early Foundation Establishment stage."

Lin Feng was curious about open challenges. He had a pretty good guess about what it was, but he still decided to ask. He nudged his aunt. "What’s an open challenge?"

"Ahh, that. It’s like a show-off. You see, some seniors like to bring their disciples into sect competitions like this and let their disciples challenge the winner of the competition, of course in the same cultivation realm.

These seniors are mainly reclusive and are not from any great sects, or at most from small sects under us. So bringing their disciples to challenge the top sect disciples boosts their image, as well as the confidence of their disciples, if they win.

And since the Frozen Heart Sect is one of the three top sects of this world, we get a lot of these challenges. We don’t mind them; it has become a normal occurrence now.

This is also the only time we allow males who genuinely wish to challenge to enter the inner area of the sect.

But not everyone can enter. Challenges are like a bet. Those who challenge us must leave behind a good treasure if their disciple is defeated. It is the price they have to pay for initiating the challenge, and since they are seniors, they leave behind quite valuable treasures."

Lin Feng nodded. His guess had been quite good.

Zi Mei sighed. "Although we don’t have to give anything if they win, it is frowned upon, so we will still have to give some benefits. Not to mention, it affects the image of the sect if some challenger wins and walks away. It would mean that in the same realm, our sect didn’t have anyone as good as them."

"If it is Li Xiang, and she decided to come here to challenge, then she definitely has confidence in her disciple," Xuan Xue spoke. "Not to mention, given her reputation, she must have picked an excellent disciple."

Zi Mei nodded. "True. She has waited for this long to choose a disciple, so it must be extraordinary."

Xuan Xue shook her head. "Leave it. We can handle one loss. Not to mention it won’t affect much, as the challenger would be the disciple of a peak Tribulation Ascendance Realm cultivator."

Zi Mei sighed and nodded. "I guess it is alright. We can’t do anything anyway."

Lin Feng watched everything calmly. He wanted to challenge this Wu whatever-guy, but if they gave a direct challenge with an Early Qi Refinement realm cultivator, it might look like an insult. He would ask his master and aunt about it later.

"So everything is completed?" Xuan Lian asked while looking at the arena.

"Well, we still have to do seating arrangements. Other than that, everything is completed," Zi Mei commented.

"I see. Then we will go and show Lin Feng the whole sect. Gather the others and meet us on the Treasure Peak. We have an important announcement to make," Xuan Lian spoke.

Zi Mei nodded and left to see to the last bit of work.

Xuan Lian, Xuan Xue, and Lin Feng walked further down to reach the largest area of the sect — the outer area.

"Well, this is the last area. Most of the training pavilions are here, as well as most of the disciples.

When someone joins, they are part of the outer sect. Only truly talented ones are allowed to enter the inner area upon joining. The other way to become an inner sect disciple is to reach the Core Formation realm.

There is no need to mention core sect disciples. They are the disciples of the Spirit Peak."

Lin Feng watched everything while walking. He could see many girls and women here. He didn’t know if all of them had some painful past or not, but they seemed quite cheerful here.

But since they were part of this sect as disciples, at least they hadn’t gone through anything traumatic, as their dignity was safe.

"Well, that’s basically the whole sect. You already know about the inheritance sites, so there’s no need to mention them."

Lin Feng nodded. Their sect had three inheritance sites, one for each level. He couldn’t see them, as they were dimensions that only opened at specific times.

The outer sect’s inheritance site opened every year, the inner sect’s every five years, and the core sect’s every twenty years.

Inheritance sites were dimensions where sect seniors left their inheritances. They were like small worlds, containing natural habitats and treasures.

The sect always used spirit stones to replenish them quickly after every use. He had learned about it from his master.

"Well then, go on and have a walk nearby. Don’t tease girls, or you will see that your aunt gets jealous too," Xuan Lian said in a threatening tone. It truly looked like she meant it.

Lin Feng was stupefied. "Aunt, what do you think of me?"

"A lecherous, lustful scoundrel," Xuan Lian spoke immediately.

"Cough! That’s a blatant lie, Aunt. It’s all because of my constitution."

"Really? Doesn’t it only happen when you haven’t done it for a long time? And didn’t you and Xue’er just do it right now...?"

Xuan Xue’s face turned red. "Why are you dragging me into this?"

"So you are saying, you are fine with him fooling around?" Xuan Lian squinted her eyes at Xuan Xue.

Xuan Xue shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. "What do you mean fine? If he does that, I’ll castrate him. He lived fine without cultivation for a year anyway."

Xuan Lian was pleased and nodded. "Perfect."

Lin Feng gulped a mouthful of saliva. It looked like his master was even more ruthless under her calm decorum. He would never forget this.

Although he knew all of this was a joke, and even if he fooled around they wouldn’t get much angry to literally castrate him — they already knew he was lecherous, and as long as he knows his limit, everything will be fine.

Whatever the case, he wasn’t planning to fool around anyway. He was content with them. But there was one person he wanted to be part of them — Senior Sister Mo Yan.

He really had to make her his real senior sister. Only that way would his master and aunt accept her wholeheartedly. But he couldn’t bring this topic up right now, as they would guess his real motive, and he might really get punished.