Chapter 453 - 350: Fierce Tiger Body Strengthening Technique? The Amorous Genius Hou Shaojie

"So, all the major sects will be attending?"

Lin Chang’sheng started calculating in his mind.

If all the big sects are going, then the Immortal Palace will definitely be there too. Why bother rushing to the Palace so painstakingly?

Wouldn’t it be better to just participate in the Celestial Pride List?

If I perform well, maybe I’ll even catch the attention of the top factions.

"Immortal Masters, wait up! I overheard you talking about the Celestial Pride List starting soon. Do you know where I can sign up?"

Lin Chang’sheng hurried forward and asked the group that had just been talking.

They looked Lin Chang’sheng up and down, sizing him up like he was some country bumpkin.

This guy’s dressed plainly—no way he’s some big family’s kid, let alone a sect elite. He wants to enter the Celestial Pride List? What a joke.

"Buddy, the Celestial Pride List isn’t for just anyone. If your cultivation isn’t at the Divinity Transformation Stage, don’t even bother. You should go home and focus on your cultivation!"

One of the young men mocked him. In his eyes, Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t possibly be a Divinity Transformation cultivator; hell, being Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul Stage would already be impressive.

But Lin Chang’sheng didn’t get pissed. Instead, he took two Immortal Crystals out from his storage bag.

"If you’re willing to talk, these two Immortal Crystals are yours!"

Lin Chang’sheng knew these guys loved to look down on people, but if it meant getting information, sacrificing two Immortal Crystals was nothing.

When the group saw the Immortal Crystals, their eyes immediately lit up.

"I’ll tell, I’ll tell—the Celestial Pride List this year is being held at the Refining God Sect!"

One of the youths blurted out and immediately snatched the two Immortal Crystals from Lin Chang’sheng’s hand.

"Where’s the Refining God Sect? How far is it from here?"

Lin Chang’sheng pressed on.

"About a hundred thousand miles south! If you hustle, you’ll make it in time!"

The cultivator with the Immortal Crystals answered right away, suddenly eager to share everything he knew.

Once Lin Chang’sheng got the main info, he took Zhao Shuang’Er and headed out.

A hundred thousand miles, to Lin Chang’sheng now, was just a few days on the road.

Not like back when he trekked from the Immortal Relic Land to the Liuyun Immortal Sect—took over a year back then.

Since there was still some time, Lin Chang’sheng naturally wasn’t about to waste it. He planned to train his Immortal Techniques and break through to the Middle Stage of Void Refining before the competition started.

That way, when he faces the Immortal Realm’s elites, he’ll stand a better shot.

"You serious? Every inn’s full?"

Lin Chang’sheng and Zhao Shuang’Er checked out several inns in a row, but each was packed.

Must be because of the Celestial Pride List—tons of cultivators heading to the Refining God Sect, so there aren’t enough rooms.

"Hey, clerk! Check me out!"

Just as Lin Chang’sheng was about to leave with Zhao Shuang’Er, a loud male voice rang out.

A man came out, arms around two women, strutting from inside.

The guy was dressed in flashy clothes, natural blonde hair blinding, nose high and sharp, and handsomely built.

As Lin Chang’sheng spotted him, the man noticed Lin Chang’sheng, too.

But Lin Chang’sheng looked so ordinary, he didn’t catch the man’s interest at all.

"Young Master Hou, since you’re in such a good mood, how about we go see the lanterns tonight?"

One of the women flirtatiously suggested.

"Sure, whatever, I’m good!"

The guy agreed cheerfully.

He grabbed his refund and brushed right past Lin Chang’sheng.

But when he saw Zhao Shuang’Er, his eyes instantly lit up.

"What a pure-looking girl—"

Hou Shaojie stopped in his tracks, his look downright naked staring at Zhao Shuang’Er. He’d never seen eyes that clear and unspoiled.

Zhao Shuang’Er had lived in the Land of Evil all her life—this kind of bustling scene was all new to her, so she looked wide-eyed and full of wonder.

That naivety, that innocence—Hou Shaojie was hooked at first sight.

"Girl, spend the night with me—how about a hundred Immortal Coins?"

Hou Shaojie stared straight at Zhao Shuang’Er, throwing out an offer of a hundred Immortal Coins.

In the Immortal Realm, cultivators traded in Immortal Crystals.

For mortals, the currency was Immortal Coins.

Beneath Immortal Coins are gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins.

A hundred Immortal Coins isn’t chump change—shows how freely Hou Shaojie splashes his cash.

But when she heard that, Zhao Shuang’Er’s eyes instantly chilled, brimming with killing intent.

This bastard’s really going to humiliate me like that?

"What’s wrong? Not interested? Well, how about five hundred Immortal Coins?"

Hou Shaojie kept pressing.

He saw the chill in Zhao Shuang’Er’s eyes, but didn’t believe she could threaten him at all.

As he spoke, Hou Shaojie moved to grab Zhao Shuang’Er’s hand.

But halfway there, Lin Chang’sheng grabbed him instead.

Lin Chang’sheng’s grip tightened, about to teach him a lesson—only to find out that Hou Shaojie was no pushover, his cultivation at Void Refining Stage too.

His cultivation was actually stronger than Lin Chang’sheng’s—he’d hit the Middle Stage of Void Refining.

"If you don’t get lost, I’ll send you in standing, but you’ll leave sideways!"

Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes weren’t friendly at all.

This punk harassing Zhao Shuang’Er is the same as disrespecting me.

"Oh? I’d like to see how you plan to send me out sideways!"

With that, Hou Shaojie shoved off the two women and squared up for a fight with Lin Chang’sheng.

"Gentlemen, my humble inn can’t take a brawl! Please, let’s keep the peace, let’s keep the peace!"

The clerk rushed out, but there’s no way Lin Chang’sheng and Hou Shaojie would listen.

Hou Shaojie struck first, launching a fist straight at Lin Chang’sheng’s face.

Lin Chang’sheng reacted nimbly, parrying with his own palm.

Bam—

The solid collision forced both of them to stagger back several steps.

Neither of them said much, but both just so happened to hold back from using their Primordial Power.