Chapter 67 - 64: You Had This Habit When You Were a Kid?

"Wanya!" Seeing the woman in a pale white dress, Ling Lan frowned slightly. Wanya, at the Spiritual Mysterious Realm Eighth Layer, was ranked behind her on the Hidden Dragon List. But her combat strength was not weak.

In the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion, Wanya had gradually climbed to a high position, taking charge of many of its affairs. She and the old man landed between Ling Lan and Mo Qianqian.

Ling Lan couldn’t help but stop her steps. "Since you’ve spoken up, Wanya, I will do you this favor."

"Thank you, Ling Lan." Wanya responded with elegant grace, then shifted her gaze to Mo Qianqian. "Mo Qianqian, do you still remember me?"

The crowd’s attention also turned toward him. Pei Hong, Shangguan Jing, and the other Yuling Sect disciples exchanged strange looks. Mo Qianqian was now a married man. Had he also wronged this woman in the past?

Mo Qianqian was completely baffled. "Ms. Wanya, I don’t think we’ve ever met."

"It’s not that we haven’t met. It’s just that you were too arrogant to notice anyone but Ling Qingxue!" Wanya said. "Four years ago, while gathering the Eight-leaf Spirit Lotus at Buzhou Mountain, you ran into a group of herb gatherers. I was one of them. You beat us all up regardless of gender, and you even spanked a few of us girls."

Mo Qianqian was speechless. Come to think of it, he actually did have a faint impression of that incident. He was only twelve at the time, his heart filled entirely with gratitude and adoration for Ling Qingxue. She was his whole world; there was no room in his eyes for any other girl. Because he was young, despite his strength and desperate fighting style, he was still prone to childish acts like spanking people. Judging by Wanya’s words, he really did have some bad blood with her back then.

The crowd was a bit speechless. They had expected some juicy gossip, but it turned out to be a trivial matter. However, Wanya must have been around fifteen or sixteen at the time. It was perfectly normal for a teenage girl to hold a grudge over being spanked.

"You had that kind of fetish when you were a kid?" Lao Liu, who was standing beside Mo Qianqian, looked over with a face full of amazement.

Mo Qianqian was speechless, fighting the urge to beat Lao Liu up. He always felt that this guy was practically begging for a beating. But infuriatingly enough, Lao Liu’s cultivation was incredibly high!

Wanya continued, "That Eight-leaf Spirit Lotus originally belonged to us, but you snatched it away. Tell me, how could I not remember such a score to settle?"

"Treasures belong to those with the strength to claim them. What do you want, Ms. Wanya?" Mo Qianqian retorted.

"Fight me. If you lose, give me everything you have on you," Wanya said.

The moment Wanya said this, anyone with half a brain immediately caught on. Wanya and the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion weren’t here to settle old scores. They were after whatever Mo Qianqian had on him! Could he be carrying some incredible treasure? Furthermore, Mo Qianqian used to be ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List. It was impossible for him not to have stumbled upon some serendipitous encounters or rare opportunities. Moreover, to be able to become a Body Cultivator after having his Spirit Vein crippled meant there was a very high chance he possessed something extraordinary!

Many eyes lit up as they stared at him. Ling Lan even felt a twinge of regret for agreeing to let Wanya make a move. If she killed Mo Qianqian and searched his body herself, wouldn’t everything belong to her?

Hearing Wanya’s demand, Mo Qianqian felt somewhat baffled. Did they have their eyes on something he was carrying? Did they assume he had obtained some supreme treasure that allowed him to become a Body Cultivator? Truth be told, he really had obtained a supreme treasure: the Ninefold Coffin. Except the Ninefold Coffin was inside his body. It was only natural for them to think that way. Seeing the crowd look at him as if he were a walking treasure trove, Mo Qianqian felt rather uncomfortable. He couldn’t help but say, "I don’t have anything on me."

"Let my Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion search you. We’ll take whatever we find. How about it?" Wanya proposed.

"And if you lose?" Mo Qianqian asked.

"What do you want?" Wanya countered.

Mo Qianqian thought for a moment. "The Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion must step in and bail me out of trouble once!"

Yeah, this was the most valuable thing he could ask for right now. Although the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion had only sent two people, that old man was an expert at the Tongyou Realm. When the Ling family made their move against him later, having the pavilion step in to help would make for a very fitting wager. It was certainly better than standing in opposition to the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion.

At these words, anger flared on the faces of the Ling family members.

"I won’t lose," Wanya replied.

"Just in case?" Mo Qianqian pressed.

"Fine, we accept your terms!" Wanya agreed.

With that, a powerful aura erupted from Wanya’s elegant and graceful figure. Her cultivation level had reached the Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm. Drawing her sword, she took deliberate, measured steps, quickly advancing toward Mo Qianqian.

"The Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm!" the crowd gasped in astonishment.

"I heard Mo Qianqian is at the First Realm Seventh Layer and has the strength to defeat someone at the Spirit Xuan Realm Third Layer. How is he supposed to fight a genius at the Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm?"

"Who knows, maybe he broke through recently?"

"Even if he broke through a layer to the First Realm Eighth Layer, he could at most fight someone at the Spiritual Mysterious Realm Fourth Level, Fifth Level, or maybe even the Sixth Level. That would be heaven-defying enough, wouldn’t it? How can he fight the Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm?"

"Exactly. The gap in cultivation is too vast. The outcome is already decided. Now it’s just a matter of seeing what they can find on Mo Qianqian."

"The Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion truly lives up to its reputation in business. While many couldn’t fathom what treasures Mo Qianqian might have, they were the first to guess it."

The surrounding crowd eagerly watched the spectacle unfold. Their information on Mo Qianqian was still stuck on the time he wreaked havoc at the Qingcheng Chen Family. The members of the Lie family and Yuwen family also watched with curiosity. Lieqi, in particular, wanted to see just how much combat strength the person who had defeated his brother still possessed.

"Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm. Let’s see what kind of capability you, the former number one on the Hidden Dragon List, have to handle this," Qin Long, the number one genius of the Qin family, scoffed coldly.

"Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm. Mo Qianqian will undoubtedly lose!" Hou Xuanyun, the second greatest genius of the Cloud Void Sect, crossed his arms. He had wanted to fight Mo Qianqian earlier, but unfortunately, he never got the chance as Pei Hong stopped him.

As soon as Hou Xuanyun said this, the other three genius disciples present wore strange and ugly expressions. Outsiders probably didn’t know yet, but Mu Yan Mountain, the number one genius of their Cloud Void Sect, had already been killed by Mo Qianqian. Mo Qianqian was already capable of instantly killing an Elder at the Spiritual Mysterious Realm Eighth Layer with a single spear thrust. Saying that Mo Qianqian would undoubtedly lose against the Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm? That was practically offering one’s face to be slapped. However, since it was Hou Xuanyun speaking, they didn’t dare to remind him at this moment. As for the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion, who had issued the challenge to gain a cheap advantage, they were probably going to suffer a loss.

"Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm. How is he going to fight that?" Pei Hong asked, full of doubt. Even though she felt Mo Qianqian was an absolute monster and believed helping him was the most worthwhile investment, for him to fight someone at the Seventh Level of Spirit Xuan Realm right now—and a genius ranked in the top twenty of the Hidden Dragon List at that—the difficulty was simply too high. She didn’t think he would win either.

"Logically speaking, he wouldn’t accept the challenge without some degree of certainty. Let’s just wait and see," Shangguan Jing said, maintaining her skepticism.

Only the Yuling Sect Master, the Qin Family Patri, the Cloud Void Sect Master, and a few others knew the truth but remained silent.

SWISH!

By this time, Wanya had already charged at Mo Qianqian. Before she could get close, Mo Qianqian swung his long spear, sweeping it toward her. Wanya slashed out with her sword, clashing head-on with Mo Qianqian’s long spear.