Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

The rising sun sets, and Ming Yue rises.

Within a courtyard somewhere in the city of Jin Yue.

A young novice monk, about ten years old, rubbed his head and asked Shen Hui, "Senior brother, that Yi Chengzi is so bad, he ruined your lecture with his fallacious arguments, why do you want to challenge him to a duel a year from now?"

"Why not have a match with this person now, beat him until he's looking for his teeth on the ground!" The little monk, dressed in a moon-white robe with golden edges, clenched his tiny fists and spoke fiercely.

Gazing at the moon outside the window, Shen Hui smiled serenely, "Little junior brother, you must remember never to underestimate the heroes of the world."

"The fate of Dao Sect is not yet exhausted. I thought there were no more outstanding individuals in the Dao Sect, but Yi Chengzi emerged. He's concealed himself deeply. My cultivation is imbued with the Zen spirit, and I have a premonition. If I forcefully strike him today, I fear... I might win, but he could certainly drag me down with him in death."

"One year, at most one year, I am fully confident that I can step into the seventh layer of the True Person Realm, condensing the second seed of supernatural power, and then it will be safe to make a move."

"At that time, I will defeat Yi Chengzi first, carrying the momentum of victory to challenge Zhang Daoyi. That will be the moment when the great momentum of our Buddha Sect shall be upon me."

"Compared to that, the lecture is both important and not so important."

The young monk Sheng Ye looked at his senior brother with a deep and somber look in his eyes; knowing his brother well, it seemed that his brother had greater apprehension for Yi Chengzi than for Zhang Daoyi. His heart was filled with amazement, and he could not help but ask:

"Senior brother, why do you place such great importance on this person? During the day, I saw the report from our uncle, and Yi Chengzi has deceived people in various ways in his early years, not only selling 'Overlord Chickens' but also performing tricks like fetching coins from a boiling pot and growing god statues out of nowhere at some landlords' homes. With such behavior, could he really be so formidable?"

The little monk Sheng Ye, doubtful, looked at the thick stack of reports on the table in front of the window. In his eyes, his senior brother was invincible, and suddenly hearing of someone his senior brother dared not claim sure victory over was somewhat hard for him to accept.

A Taoist from a small frontier town possessing such talent?

With such remarkable ability, he chose to sell 'Overlord Chickens'?

The Buddha Sect had been well prepared for this lecture duel, and naturally, having it messed up by Yi Chen, they would seriously investigate this person.

Yi Chen himself thought it was outrageous that his early years' scams of tricking landlords with his boiling pot coin fetching and growing god statues out of nowhere had been dug up....

"Little brother, you can't see the forest for the trees," said Shen Hui. Explore stories at empire

"The roots of Hidden Dragon Temple, where Yi Chengzi comes from, are too shallow, and these scandals are certainly self-deprecating tactics. If it weren't for his master's passing and some entanglements he got involved in, he would have continued to hide."

"For someone so young to possess such strength, and yet remain not well-known, is a great talent indeed!"

"Too bad, his talent is like a hidden cone in a bag, a person of such caliber cannot hide if he desires to. If he were born in Dragon Tiger Mountain, with the resources of Dragon Tiger Mountain to assist him, then he would truly be a thorn in our side at Mount Daguangming. But now, it really seems... Heaven is favoring our Buddha Sect~"

His eyes shining with divine light, the Buddha's son spoke as if he had seen through it all, calmly saying.

"Damn it, the Dao Sect should really be kowtowing to me," Meanwhile, in another courtyard, Yi Chen couldn't help but gripe as he looked at the two names on the paper.

"Taoist not stepping forward, expecting me to be forthright? Ridiculous~"

The lamplight shone upon the paper revealing clearly the names of Zhang Daoyi and Shen Hui.

This act of disrupting the Buddha Sect's lecture meant he could well become notorious once again.

Lectures of the Buddha Sect carry extraordinary significance.

Although the cultivation world values strength above all, the debate of doctrines is not a trifling matter. Some things are like Emperor Xian of Han's edict: in the hands of the weak, it's no more than scrap paper.

But in the hands of those with plenty of soldiers and generals, that edict is no longer just an edict—it is destiny itself~

"I hope this trip to Cangwu Mountain will gather the remaining Deep Red Points needed to advance to the eleventh layer of True Technique," Yi Chen sighed lightly, blew out the oil lamp, closed the window and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

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The next day, early morning.

The sky is overcast, with a mild breeze.

Yi Chen got up early and went to a stall called "Baozi Xi Shi."

"Boss lady, give me two baskets of buns, hurry it up, I'll pay extra," Yi Chen called out as he laid down five taels of silver on the table.

His stature was strong, and as he sat on the stool provided by the baozi xi shi, he looked like a hunched bear yet possessed an immutable aura that drew attention.

The baozi xi shi wasn't beautiful and perhaps was decent-looking when younger, but now had become old and faded. Yi Chen just came to support her business, as he saw that she was still of considerable age and taking care of two small children by selling buns.

Just as Yi Chen was about to casually eat, a young novice monk in a moon-white robe with golden edges approached him.

"Are you Taoist Yi Chengzi? My name is Sheng Ye, and my senior brother is Shen Hui."

"Yesterday, you used sophistry to disrupt my senior brother's lecture; I think you're a demon," proclaimed Sheng Ye.

Yi Chen looked at him and couldn't help but laugh while he ate: "Little fellow, when craving forms, you see Buddha if you have a Buddha heart, and you see demons if your heart harbors demons. You see me as a demon because it reflects your own heart. You need self-reflection, to be vigilant in your progress."

Little monk Sheng Ye was suddenly a bit confused: "Ah, is that so? It seems to make some sense, but I still think you're misleading people; you're tricking me; you disrupted my senior brother's assembly; when I grow up, I am definitely going to beat you up."