The Wu Ding Sect's flying boat door opened, and the Wuding Sect Leader, full of vigor, disembarked with a gloomy-looking young man.
"Everyone arrived so early? It makes my Wu Ding Sect seem late!" The Wuding Sect Leader feigned a hearty laugh.
The truly ancient and prestigious sects couldn't be bothered with this clown, but many smaller sects were happy to flatter him.
"Sect Leader Luo, you're not late at all, your timing is perfect!"
"That's right, we just arrived ourselves!"
"The Wu Ding Sect is quite far from Jade Dragon Island, so arriving a bit late is only natural."
"As expected of the Wu Ding Sect, the flying boat is so fast. If it were my sect's small flying boat, we'd probably have to depart a month in advance."
Hearing the flattery from these smaller sects, the Wuding Sect Leader's expression was pleased, but he still pretended to be humble: "Oh, no, no, our Wu Ding Sect's flying boat is just an ordinary one. How can it compare to the Taiyi Sect's flying boat? If you ask me, the Taiyi Sect's flying boat is the true top-tier flying boat!"
"Of course it is.", Wen Xiangjie naturally interjected, "Your Wu Ding Sect's flying boat is only worth eighty million spirit stones, while our Taiyi Sect's flying boat is worth two hundred and ten million spirit stones. Add a bit more, and it's enough to buy three of your Wu Ding Sect's flying boats. Isn't it inevitable that your Wu Ding Sect's flying boat can't compare to our Taiyi Sect's flying boat?"
The smile on the Wuding Sect Leader's face froze.
This wasn't the social interaction he wanted, was it?
Logically, shouldn't he praise the Taiyi Sect, and then the Taiyi Sect return the favor?
Who was this, speaking so impolitely?
The Wuding Sect Leader saw Wen Xiangjie's youthful appearance and instinctively wanted to scold her for being ignorant, relying on his seniority.
"Little Junior Sister, why do you always speak such blunt truths?" The Spirit Beast Peak Lord said with a doting smile, stroking Wen Xiangjie's head.
He didn't even bother to act, not even pretending to scold Wen Xiangjie.
What was the Wuding Sect Leader, to dare shout at her Little Junior Sister?
Hearing the Spirit Beast Peak Lord's address to Wen Xiangjie, the Wuding Sect Leader's words caught in his throat.
His reason finally returned.
A young girl who could be brought along by the Spirit Beast Peak Lord, and was so young, must be Wen Xiangjie of the Taiyi Sect.
In terms of seniority, Wen Xiangjie was the Taiyi Sect Supreme Sect Leader's personal last disciple, the Taiyi Sect Leader's Little Junior Sister, and her seniority was the same as his.
In terms of cultivation, Wen Xiangjie was already at the Leaving Aperture Stage, and like him, a Mahayana Realm, she was also a True Monarch.
It was completely impossible for him to scold Wen Xiangjie with the demeanor of an elder.
He could only swallow this insult.
Not only did he have to swallow it, but he also had to praise Wen Xiangjie with a forced smile.
The Wuding Sect Leader squeezed out a smile: "So it's True Monarch Wen... True Monarch Wen, as rumored, your talent is truly extraordinary. You are indeed the youngest Leaving Aperture Stage True Monarch in the Cultivation World's history."
Lin Zhaokai stood beside the Wuding Sect Leader, his head slightly bowed, his fringe covering his eyes.
He dared not look directly at Wen Xiangjie, fearing that the hatred in his eyes would be too obvious and noticed by others.
That voice sounded again.
【The youngest Leaving Aperture Stage in history? No wonder, I said that... how could it not be on you.】
Ever since accepting the gift from that voice, the voice would occasionally appear and converse with Lin Zhaokai.
The reason Lin Zhaokai's strength could improve so quickly, besides the Chaos Seed that voice had sown in his body, was also because that voice would often tell him whose body contained treasures that he could seize to further his strength.
Lin Zhaokai had now learned to converse with that voice using his divine sense.
【What did you say wasn't on me?】
【Some small gifts from the Heavenly Dao. With her here, it seems you won't be able to get them. I can feel that she is your biggest opponent on your path to the peak. Kill her.】
【I will kill her!】
Lin Zhaokai slightly raised his head, staring fixedly at Wen Xiangjie's face with deep hatred.
"This is Lin Zhaokai of our Wu Ding Sect.", the Wuding Sect Leader patted Lin Zhaokai's shoulder, "The Peerless Twin Prodigies meet for the first time today!"
"Peerless Twin Prodigies?" Wen Xiangjie looked at Lin Zhaokai with a half-smile: "Where did these Peerless Twin Prodigies come from? Why don't I know about them?"
"True Monarch Wen might be busy cultivating usually and doesn't care about trivial matters like reputation.", the Wuding Sect Leader said with a chuckle, "Our Wu Ding Sect's Lin Zhaokai is around your age, and he is now a Nascent Soul Stage True Man in the late Nascent Soul Stage. You two are the most eye-catching prodigies in our Cultivation World right now, so naturally, you are referred to as the Peerless Twin Prodigies."
"Oh? I am a Leaving Aperture Stage True Monarch, and he, a Nascent Soul Stage True Man, is also worthy of being called a Peerless Twin Prodigy with me?" Wen Xiangjie scoffed, "I wonder who spread this title of 'Peerless Twin Prodigies'? I'd like to go and ask them, who gave them the courage to fabricate such a title."
"Indeed, everyone in my Taiyi Sect is very curious about this.", the Spirit Beast Peak Lord said with a beaming smile.
The Wuding Sect Leader's face instantly became incredibly stiff, and even the sect leaders of some smaller sects who had flattered the Wuding Sect Leader by shouting the "Peerless Twin Prodigies" title also changed their expressions drastically.
And those Cultivators who were unaware and had once somewhat agreed with this "Peerless Twin Prodigies" title also fell into deep thought.
That's right, Wen Xiangjie was a Leaving Aperture Stage True Monarch, and Lin Zhaokai, a Nascent Soul Stage True Man, where did he get the qualifications to be called a Peerless Twin Prodigy with Wen Xiangjie?
Don't look at the fact that there were only two minor realms between the late Nascent Soul Stage and the early Leaving Aperture Stage, but there was a deep chasm between these two minor realms.
How many Cultivators were stuck at the perfected Nascent Soul Stage their entire lives, unable to break through to the Leaving Aperture Stage?
Lin Zhaokai's talent was indeed impressive, but compared to Wen Xiangjie, he was still far too inferior.
This was clearly using Wen Xiangjie's reputation to elevate himself!
For a moment, the Cultivators' gazes towards the Wuding Sect Leader and Lin Zhaokai became strange.
The title "Peerless Twin Prodigies" was truly not Lin Zhaokai's idea. He abhorred Wen Xiangjie deeply, so how could he possibly be willing to be called anything like "Peerless Twin Prodigies" with her?
The Peerless Twin Prodigies was the Wuding Sect Leader's idea.
When the Wu Ding Sect sent people to investigate the matter of the small sect, they should have killed Lin Zhaokai for slaughtering everyone in the small sect.
But after seeing Lin Zhaokai's potential, the Wuding Sect Leader thought of the sect competition, not only pardoned Lin Zhaokai's crime but also took Lin Zhaokai into the Wu Ding Sect.
To gain the protection of the Wu Ding Sect, Lin Zhaokai could only choose to accept some of the Wuding Sect Leader's decisions.
Lin Zhaokai, who believed the title matter had nothing to do with him, kept his head down and remained silent, but Wen Xiangjie would not let him off.