The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

The Dragon and Phoenix True Skill, the True Dragon Heaven-Stealing Technique, the Phoenix True Fire, the Sun Burning True Skill, and the Flowing Cloudfire Transformation—five techniques merged to form the Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual.

"Heavens! Oh, heavens! He even comprehended the sixth technique, the one that no one has ever grasped?"

"The Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual has reappeared in its entirety! This is comparable to the founder himself!"

"You can just imagine how the entire sect must be in an uproar right now."

"Exactly, exactly! The Sect Leader is in charge of the Decree List, so he must know what's happened with Senior Brother Chen Dong!"

Wang Wan'Er, who was meditating on a remote mountain peak, stared blankly at the Decree List.

'As expected of my fiancé, he comprehended the entire Treasure Manual! Oh, right, he's not my fiancé anymore. If only I had been a bit more forceful back then... Compared to the likes of Qian Hu, Brother Dong is so much better!'

Meanwhile, in the solemn grand hall on the main peak of the Qixia Sect, Sect Leader Feng also sighed in admiration. "Truly worthy of a reincarnated Saint. With such high comprehension ability, he should be coming out soon, now that he's finished comprehending the entire Treasure Manual!"

Indeed, the moment Chen Dong comprehended the final technique in the Dragon and Phoenix Valley—Heart Fire Soul Refinement—he began to be forcefully expelled by the valley.

He scanned the valley one last time with his Divine Sense. "Are we about to be kicked out?" Mu Qingzhu asked.

"Yeah, the repulsive force is getting stronger. I can't stay any longer."

"How did you comprehend this final technique? The Qixia Sect's Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual is said to have six techniques, but no one has ever been seen cultivating the last one!"

Chen Dong smiled faintly. "Heart Fire Soul Refinement, in the end, it's all about Divine Sense. Those who enter the valley haven't formed a Golden Core, which means none of them possess Divine Sense. That's why they can't comprehend this technique, and why no one has been able to cultivate it. I suppose the founder of the Qixia Sect must have been someone who possessed Divine Sense even at the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"So that's how it is. The Qixia Sect has two Immortal Techniques: the Nirvana Scripture, which only the Sect Leader and the Daoist can cultivate, and the Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual. You've already obtained one of them. When you leave, you'll have no choice but to join the Qixia Sect!"

Chen Dong said helplessly, "If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to join the Qixia Sect at all. I suspect the Qixia Sect isn't very peaceful right now!"

"You mean they've already started fighting with Yun Gu?"

"I don't know for sure. I've been in the Dragon and Phoenix Valley for over a year. That's more than enough time for them to prepare. I'm guessing their plan is already in motion!"

In fact, just as Chen Dong had guessed, six months ago, the Yun Gu Sect Leader had fallen into a trap and was ambushed and killed at the Xiayun River. The two Supreme Elders of Yun Gu, Jingyun and Chi Lei, were enraged and personally came out of seclusion to investigate. As a result, Elder Jingyun was backstabbed by his own sect's Daoist and then ambushed by powerful experts from the Qixia and Liucheng Sects, dying at the Xiayun River.

Their own Daoist was actually a traitor. Elder Chi Lei was left alone, seething with anger and grief, but the situation was out of his control. He couldn't even manage to kill Zhang Jun and could only flee with a group of True Disciples, not even daring to return to their sect. The gates of the Yun Gu Sect were subsequently breached, and few disciples managed to escape.

Elder Chi Lei fled to the Wangyou Sect with his few remaining disciples.

Because the Qixia and Liucheng Sects were the first to tear up the five-sect alliance treaty, the Wangyou Sect had no choice but to step forward. They wanted to ally with the Black Dragon Sect to punish the two offending sects, but this alliance has been under discussion for another six months and is still being negotiated to this day.

Even so, the shape of an alliance had formed. Friction between the Black Dragon and Wangyou Sects on one side, and the Qixia and Liucheng Sects on the other, grew increasingly intense, with constant skirmishes breaking out along their borders.

A streak of light was flung out from the mouth of the Dragon and Phoenix Valley's abyss. On the Decree List inside the valley, Chen Dong's name had vanished, and Wang Wan'Er had taken his place at the top.

Sect Leader Feng had been waiting alone in the square for a long time. When Chen Dong landed, he walked forward with a smile and said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother, for comprehending the complete Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual. You are a peer to the founder!"

Chen Dong was puzzled. "Junior Brother?"

Mu Qingzhu's consciousness spoke up from within him: 'That old fox Feng Fu doesn't want you to steal his son's Daoist position, and he certainly isn't going to give you the Nirvana Scripture to cultivate. But he can't let you leave, either. So he's planning to forcibly raise your seniority by a generation. That way, he can win you over without breaking the sect's rules. Killing several birds with one stone!'

Just as Mu Qingzhu had said, Feng Fu chuckled. "Junior Brother, you have comprehended the complete Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual and are a Saint. How could we let you remain a twenty-sixth-generation disciple? Even making you my peer would be a slight to you!"

'I never wanted to join the Qixia Sect in the first place, and I have no interest whatsoever in becoming the Daoist. If I had entered the Dragon and Phoenix Valley and comprehended nothing, or maybe just one or two of the great techniques, it would have been fine. The great techniques cannot be spoken or written, so there'd be no fear of them being leaked. But since I comprehended the entire Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual at once, Feng Fu will never let me go.'

'With my current strength, I can't possibly escape. Feng Fu is a Nascent Soul Stage expert, after all. I can only go along with whatever he says.'

Chen Dong immediately bowed. "Greetings, Sect Leader-Senior Brother!"

Feng Fu's smile widened. He continued, "Ordinarily, Junior Brother comprehending the complete Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual would be a grand event for the entire sect, worthy of a great celebration. However, the sect's current situation is not optimistic, so we will keep things simple. I hereby bestow upon you the position of Honorary Elder!"

After speaking, he took out an Elder Token and handed it to Chen Dong.

Chen Dong accepted the jade token. The front was engraved with the characters for "Qixia Sect" amidst a hollowed-out pattern of red clouds, while the back was inscribed with the two words "Chen Dong." 'He must have prepared this in advance,' he thought. 'Feng Fu probably had this planned ever since I comprehended the fourth technique.'

"What do you mean, 'the sect's situation is not optimistic'?" Chen Dong asked directly. This concerned his own survival, after all.

Feng Fu's face showed no trace of tension. "Ah, it's nothing serious. The Wangyou Sect and the Black Dragon Sect are just causing some trouble for us. As long as Junior Brother doesn't leave the sect, it's a trivial matter!"

Clearly, Feng Fu had the current situation under control.