"What did you say?"
Zhang Ergou turned back and stared coldly at the other person.
This woman was clearly pushing her luck. Zhang Ergou's lack of response, in her eyes, was an admission of his incompetence.
"I said, are you feeling guilty, thinking you'll bring shame to the sect this time when you go to Liuhai Sect?"
Leng Feng said proudly, looking at Zhang Ergou with indifferent eyes.
Everything about her demeanor revealed her contempt for Zhang Ergou.
"Senior Sister, who might you be?"
Zhang Ergou suddenly smiled, giving her a meaningful glance.
"You!"
Leng Feng was so angered that she felt like she was going to explode. This guy was pretending not to know her, which was clearly a direct slap in her face.
Then Leng Feng noticed that the gazes of those around her had indeed changed.
"Kid, don't be arrogant. With your strength, you're definitely at the bottom. I really can't understand why the elders chose you to participate in the Two Sect Grand Competition."
Zhang Ergou chose to completely ignore the other party's provocation and mockery. Although he really wanted to make this self-righteous woman pay a price.
However, in front of so many inner sect elders and disciples, he obviously couldn't do anything.
Moreover, arguing with her verbally would only make him look bad.
Seeing that Zhang Ergou wasn't arguing with Leng Feng, the surrounding disciples gradually dispersed and walked towards the tiger eagles.
There were a total of sixty disciples participating in this Two Sect Grand Competition.
Thirty were at the Golden Core stage, and thirty were at the Foundation Establishment stage.
This was the generosity of the Misty Sect. As one of the top sects on the Yinzhou Continent, it had over a hundred disciples at the Golden Core stage.
Besides the Liuhai Sect, no other small sect could even dream of rivaling it.
In this era when Nascent Soul cultivators were rarely seen, the Nascent Soul stage was already considered high-end combat power and a measure of a sect's strength.
The number of Golden Core disciples was a measure of a sect's potential.
With the current number of Golden Core disciples in the Misty Sect, as long as there were no major accidents, it would remain one of the top sects on the Yinzhou Continent for the next hundred years.
Elder Tiandao looked at the vibrant inner sect disciples and nodded, a look of relief appearing on his face.
These below were the future of the Misty Sect, and also the hope of the sect.
Then, with a wave of Elder Tiandao's hand, the disciples, organized by the elders, one by one, jumped onto the backs of the tiger eagles.
The backs of the tiger eagles were not bare; they were inlaid with small rooms and a large hall specifically for people to rest.
Since there were many people to transport this time, the disciples could only be arranged to stand or sit in the hall.
The small rooms were for the elders to discuss matters.
Zhang Ergou sat together with Lin Yichen, Lin Yueru, Wang Teng, Xiao Qingyu, Lu Xiaoyu, and others. Besides these few, he truly didn't know anyone else among the inner sect disciples.
Those inner sect disciples did not come to provoke him or greet him.
At the command of Shi Wuhen, the tiger eagles spread their wings and took to the sky.
After feeling a slight jolt at the beginning, there was no more bumping for the rest of the flight.
During the journey, Zhang Ergou felt a faint, intermittent chill. He looked up and saw Leng Feng's averted gaze.
After the initial novelty wore off, everyone on the tiger eagle began to meditate.
Zhang Ergou also lost his initial sense of novelty, but feeling the speed of the tiger eagle's flight, an idea sparked in his mind.
When would he be able to achieve such rapid speed?
Lin Yichen and the others naturally did not understand Zhang Ergou's thoughts.
Zhang Ergou had already become a cultivator at the early Golden Core stage before them, putting him far ahead. Being with Zhang Ergou now put a lot of pressure on them.
However, fortunately, Zhang Ergou did not distance himself from them just because his strength was superior.
This made the initially tense group feel much more comfortable.
Along the way, although they encountered some flying spirit beasts, there were no major incidents.
Those who controlled the flying spirit beasts saw the emblem of the Misty Sect and chose to make way.
Therefore, the journey was smooth and quickly entered the territory controlled by the Liuhai Sect.
These major sects did not just occupy one or two spirit-rich mountain peaks as their base camps; they also had mortal kingdoms that depended on them for existence.
These mortal kingdoms would provide a large amount of spirit stones to the sects they were affiliated with every year.
And these sects would not just take the spirit stones for nothing. When these mortal kingdoms encountered disasters that were difficult to resist, they would naturally lend a hand.
Besides the Misty Sect and the Liuhai Sect, two major sects, there were also dozens of smaller sects participating in this grand competition. However, these small sects were far inferior to the two major sects in terms of scale and strength.
Many small sects did not even have a Nascent Soul cultivator, with the highest cultivation within the sect being at the late Golden Core stage.
Therefore, this competition was primarily between the two major sects, hence being called the Two Sect Grand Competition. The other sects were merely there to join the fun.
However, Zhang Ergou naturally knew nothing about all this.
When the tiger eagles landed on a relatively large open space within the Liuhai Sect, Zhang Ergou was filled with confusion as he looked at the people coming and going.
"Master, are there so many people in the Liuhai Sect? And why do their clothes look different?"
Staying close to Chi Yu, unfamiliar with the place, he was not in a hurry to explore this new location.
"Naturally not. In total, there are about sixty to seventy sects participating in this grand competition, from top to bottom."
Chi Yu smiled slightly, looking at the people arriving at the Liuhai Sect.
"Then why is it called the Two Sect Grand Competition?"
Zhang Ergou was even more confused. Chi Yu naturally did not hesitate to explain the situation to his disciple.
When he heard that some sects didn't even have a single Nascent Soul cultivator,
Zhang Ergou gained a new understanding of the Misty Sect's power.
Not to mention the cultivation of the sect leader, who was as elusive as a dragon's tail, he had seen no less than five powerful Nascent Soul cultivators during the incident at the Ice Cold Snow Mountain.
This kind of power was enough to easily destroy any mortal kingdom.
Since the Liuhai Sect could be as famous as the Misty Sect, it was likely not much weaker.
As the Misty Sect's tiger eagles landed, disciples and elders from the Liuhai Sect specifically responsible for reception guided the Misty Sect group to their exclusive resting area.
The Two Sect Grand Competition would officially begin the next day, and disciples and elders from the participating sects had already arrived today.
Zhang Ergou naturally followed the Misty Sect group to the resting area.
After the reception elders and disciples settled the Misty Sect group, they withdrew.
...
At night, while Zhang Ergou was idly wandering around, he unexpectedly encountered a familiar face.