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"The sect will prepare the best spirit wine for you. After the grand ceremony ends, junior brother Su will send it to you. As for the spirit wine made from the ten thousand year spiritual medicine, don't even think about it!"

In order to get the Sect to produce the best Spirit Wine, he had to give it to the sect. However, he didn't know that even if he didn't, the sect would still prepare the best wine for the mysterious old man.

"Hehe, thank you Martial Uncle!"

One was given to Chi Dan, one was given to Huo Luan, and one was given to the mysterious old man. A gift was originally meant to be given to Duo Ling, but now that it was given back to them, no one knew whether it was a gift from heaven for them to keep it or whether it would be given to someone else.

No matter what, the matter of heaven bestowing gifts upon the sect and bestowing gifts to good friends had already ended.

"Tian Ci, your Senior Martial Uncle already gave you the gift you wanted. Shouldn't you apologize to your Senior Martial Uncle?" As a master after being bestowed by God, Su Liang had the authority to ask for it from Heaven. He also had the responsibility to help Heaven's Gift resolve this conflict.

"Senior Master, disciple …"

Even if Su Liang didn't ask for an apology from Tian Ci, Tian Ci would still do so. After all, Yin Xian was in charge of the entire Hollow Jade Sect at the moment.

"Hold on!"

Just as Tian Ci wanted to apologize to Yin Xian, he was interrupted by a sudden voice. He turned around and looked at the crowd, trying to find the speaker.

The sound came and left quickly. Just now, with his back facing the crowd, he heard the sound of someone stopping him, but he did not know who it was that stopped him. There were too many people, so it was impossible for him to find that person before he spoke.

"Friend Cao, you stopped my school's disciple from apologizing to this old man. Don't tell me you want to replace my school's disciple and apologize to this old man?" After being made a fool of so many times, he had finally managed to get Heaven's Gift to apologize and give him some face. Yet, he was actually stopped. It was no wonder that Yin Xian wasn't angry.

"So it's him. What is he trying to do by stopping me? Is he trying to stop me from joining the Hollow Jade Sect? It seems that this matter really isn't over yet!" Understanding Cao Ba's intentions, not only did the faces of the people from the Hollow Jade Sect turn ugly, even the faces of Tian Ci became gloomy.

However, they also had a sense of propriety. The Hollow Jade Sect had a lot of power, so no one was willing to offend the Hollow Jade Sect. As long as someone spoke out first, they would definitely offend the Hollow Jade Sect. These people all wanted to wait for others to speak first.

Others might fear the Hollow Jade Sect, but as the vice sect master of the Hollow Jade Sect, Cao Ba was not afraid of it. Yan Zong possessed a power similar to the Hollow Jade Sect's.

"Haha, you really should apologize, but the person apologizing is not me, but your Hollow Jade Sect, it's you, Fellow Yin Xian." Haha, you really should apologize, but the person apologizing is not me, but your Hollow Jade Sect, it's you, Fellow Yin Xian.

No matter how powerful Yan Zong was, he would not dare to ruin his own reputation and leave others with any secrets. No matter how arrogant and conceited Cao Ba might be, he would not dare to directly force the Heaven's Gift because he was the vice sect master of the Yan Sect. He had come to the Hollow Jade Sect to view the ceremony.

He did not dare to be like the Monster King just now and directly go and confirm that Heaven's Gift was Shentu Shun's identity. This was because the age of the Heaven's Gift and its weeping had proven everything.

It turned out that the Heaven's Gift was no longer Shentu Shun, but like the others, he was still unwilling to give up. He also believed that there was a way to prove the identity of the Heaven's Gift, and only if he used this way to prove that the Heaven's Gift was not Shentu Shun, would he be willing.

Indeed, there was still the last method that they had yet to use. This method could directly prove whether or not Shen Tun Shun was using this method. However, no one was willing to use this method because once this method was used, everyone knew what it meant.

Cao Ba was the vice sect master of the Flame Sect and represented the entire sect. He did not dare to use this method to force the Hollow Jade Sect to prove their identity.

If the Hollow Jade Temple refused to accept the Heavenly Gift to join the sect, no one could force the Hollow Jade Sect, no one could force Yin Xian. If the Hollow Jade Sect refused to accept the Heavenly Gift to enter the sect, no one could force the Hollow Jade Sect, no one could force Yin Xian, even Cao Ba could not.

Now that the situation was different, since the Hollow Jade Temple had already accepted the Heavenly Gift into the sect, they had to give the crowd an explanation and use the last method to force the Heavenly Gift to prove their identity.

How could Yin Xian not know what the last method was and what it meant? This was also why he refused to accept the heaven's bestowal and join the sect.

"This old man has thought about the demi-humans and also the people from the Demon God's Sect. Even if you, Cao Ba, were arrogant and conceited, this old man had never thought that it would be you. This old man has overestimated you!" Yin Xian's face darkened to the extreme as he stared at Cao Ba with a profound look.

Using the final method to prove whether or not the Heavenly Gift was Shentu Shun, if a person did that, their reputation would be ruined.

If a sect did this, the sect's reputation would be ruined. The two races were already in chaos, and because of Shentu Changsheng, the Demon God's Sect wouldn't be able to rest. Once the war started, the sect would forever be at a disadvantage, even if it were the five great sects.

Indeed, Yin Xian had thought about the people from the Demon God's Sect because the Five Great Immortal Sects were righteous leaders. As long as one of their reputations were destroyed, it would be beneficial to the Devil Sect and the Demon Race.

When dealing with the Demon Race and the Devil Sect, the Five Great Immortal Sects were always on the same side. The Yan Sect was also one of the Five Great Immortal Sects, and Yin Xian had always thought that Cao Ba would look at the overall situation, but he had underestimated Cao Ba's ambition.

"Brother Cao, I wonder what kind of suspicions do you have regarding your status as a Heaven's Gift?"

This was the question Yin Xian asked Cao Ba. The disciples of Yan Sect did not have the qualifications to speak up for Cao Ba, and no one else would interrupt. Yin Xian waited for Cao Ba's answer. Cao Ba's face turned gloomy and he did not answer.

"This old man does not feel that there is anything suspicious about the identity of the Heaven's Gift. Since you, friend Cao, feel that the identity of the Heaven's Gift is suspicious, you can at least mention it!"

Didn't Cao Ba want to force the Hollow Jade Sect and refuse to admit to it? Didn't Cao Ba think that there was a problem with his status, how could he bring it up himself?

At this moment, everyone understood Yin Xian's intention. No one said anything because whoever said anything, whoever wanted to force the Heaven's Gift, Cao Ba understood as well, so no one said anything.

"Junior Su said that he will give everyone an explanation. Since fellow daoists want an explanation, then this old man will give them an explanation …" At this point, Yin Xian stopped. He looked around the plaza to see how many people there were and to see if there were any who wanted to force the sect to prove their identity.

Sweeping his eyes across the crowd, as though he had found something he wanted to know, Yin Xian continued speaking.

"Heaven's Gift is a disciple of my Hollow Jade Sect, and is the disciple of my junior brother Su Liang. I wonder what meaning do you all have for such an explanation?"

If Su Liang had still not confiscated the Heavenly Bestowal and entered the sect, Yin Xian wouldn't have been so domineering. This was because other people were afraid of the powers within the Hollow Jade Sect, and he was also afraid that those rogue cultivators would harm the disciples who went outside the sect.

A lot of people knew that Yin Xian couldn't be trying to force Tian Ci to prove his identity, but they didn't expect him to be so tough.

In Tian Ci's heart, he had always thought that Yin Xian was a cunning old fox. Now that he saw that Yin Xian was trying to protect him and was acting tough, no matter what Yin Xian's purpose was, he felt a sense of warmth in his heart.

"Damn it, I thought this old thing was easy to bully!" Seeing such a domineering Yin Xian, Chi Dan felt a trace of fear towards him.

"To be able to become the previous Sect Leader, there really isn't a single person that is simple!" This was the first time since Huo Luan left the mountain that she had evaluated a person.

"You …" Yin Xian slapped himself in the face. Cao Ba's face was terrifyingly dark.

"Friend Cao, what happened that year, this old man has yet to participate. I only heard junior brother Su say that Shentu Shun's crying could affect the weather."

"I've also heard that many Fellow Daoists went to the Sun Welcoming Forest years ago. Shentu Shun cried, causing the sky to fill with lightning and rain. Fellow Daoists Cao, you were there at the time, right?"

"Friend Cao, my sect's disciple Tian Ci has just begged me to accept him as my disciple. Tears fell like rain and the sky did not change. You have also seen it with your own eyes, right?"

"Since my sect's disciple Tian Ci is unable to cause a change in the weather, and his age test is soon going to reach sixteen, how could it possibly be Shentu Shun?"

"Brother Cao, what do you mean by suspicious?"

Originally, Yin Xian did not intend to be so domineering, but this Cao Ba actually disregarded the principles of martial arts world and wanted to force the sect to force him to prove himself once again.

If he were to prove once again that the Gift of the Heavens was Shentu Shun, Cao Ba would be able to gain a share of the profits. If he were to prove once again that the Gift of the Heavens was not Shentu Shun and that the reputation of the sect was ruined, Yan Zong would not lose anything and he could take the opportunity to become stronger.

"Haha, for a little kid, you actually began to fight internally? The righteous path of the human race is only so-so! I really wonder why those old fellows are so afraid of the human race!"

On one hand, this trip to the Hollow Jade Sect was to discredit the righteous path, and on the other hand, once it was confirmed that the heaven's gift was Shentu Shun, even if the demon race could not obtain it, they had to destroy Shentu Shun immediately to prevent the human race from obtaining it.

It turned out that the Heaven's Gift wasn't Shentu Shun, so the Monster King gave up on the idea of snatching it. He only wanted to discredit the righteous path of the humans before leaving, but in the end, he actually let him see such an interesting scene.

It wasn't just the demons that wanted to do this. The Demon God's Sect also wanted to do this. For reasons that Yin Xian didn't know, the Demon God's Sect didn't do this, nor would they do such a thing.

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