Chapter 861 Li Hongyi, Hall Master of the Holy Flame Hall

"You're starting to tease me now?!"

Lin Xuan sat in the chair and took a sip of the immortal tea provided by the Eight Immortal Palace. It was indeed fragrant and delicious.

I wasn't joking with you.

Nangong Qingyi nodded and began to continue her secluded cultivation.

Having joined the Eight Immortal Palaces, I found myself in a place teeming with geniuses, as numerous as carp crossing a river.

To stand out among top sects like the Eight Immortal Palaces, one must seize every second in cultivation and cannot afford to slack off in the slightest.

Nangong Qingyi has not yet officially joined the Eight Immortal Palaces, but she already feels a sense of urgency.

Lin Xuan then closed his eyes and began to rest.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and Nangong Yue had also collected a list of the various halls that would be promoted to stewards this time for Lin Xuan.

"This is basically the list of all those who are going to be promoted to deacons. There are a total of eighty people this time, but only eighteen spots are available, so the competition is quite fierce."

Lin Xuan took the list and glanced through it. Most of them were at the First Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, there were only a dozen or so at the Second Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, and none at the Third Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm.

In other words, Lin Xuan is the only one among this group who has reached the Third Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm.

Seeing this, Lin Xuan lost interest. A group of Golden Immortals at the first and second tribulations would find it difficult to even harm him.

"There's no need to watch any further."

Lin Xuan casually placed the list on the table.

Nangong Yue opened her mouth, intending to remind Lin Xuan, but when she thought of Lin Xuan's terrifying combat power, she swallowed all the words she wanted to say.

"Alright, I know your capabilities. This promotion is just a formality for you."

Lin Xuan always possessed a convincing and reassuring confidence, which captivated Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue led Lin Xuan and Nangong Qingyi toward the Divine Dragon Hall of the Eight Immortal Palaces.

Nangong Qingyi is currently an outer disciple of the Eight Immortal Palaces, and in this promotion meeting, she will be promoted to an inner disciple.

In the Eight Immortal Palaces, True Immortals and Profound Immortals can only be outer disciples, Earth Immortals can become inner disciples, and Heaven Immortals are the core disciples.

Upon reaching the Golden Immortal realm, one either becomes a steward, continues to be a disciple of a hall master, or even a disciple of a lord.

Nangong Yue was actually qualified to continue enjoying all the core benefits of the Eight Immortal Palaces as a disciple, but she voluntarily gave up her position as a core disciple and became a steward.

The Divine Dragon Palace is the core and pillar of the Eight Immortal Palaces, and it consists of an outer palace and an inner palace.

The promotion ceremony was presided over by the outer hall.

Lin Xuan and his two companions arrived at the outer perimeter of the Divine Dragon Palace. Nangong Yue led the two of them directly towards the Xuan Yue Hall.

Suddenly, several figures blocked Lin Xuan and his two companions' path.

"Xiaoyue, be my Daoist partner. If you become my Daoist partner, I, Yang Xiong, will certainly not treat you unfairly."

It was Yang Xiong and his group again. This time, Yang Xiong was more direct, mainly because he saw Lin Xuan behind Nangong Yue. His intuition told him that Lin Xuan was no pushover.

"Senior Brother Yang Xiong, I have made myself very clear. Junior Sister has no intention of finding a Daoist partner right now. Senior Brother, you should look for someone else."

Nangong Yue decisively rejected Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong was not surprised at all; it would have been surprising if he hadn't been refused.

"Who are these two?"

Yang Xiong looked at Lin Xuan and also noticed Nangong Qingyi. She had an otherworldly temperament and was even more beautiful than Nangong Yue by three points, but the two had a resemblance in their eyes and brows.

“This is my younger sister, Nangong Qingyi, who has also come to join our Eight Immortal Palaces. As for this one…”

Nangong Yue looked at Lin Xuan beside her, unsure of how to introduce him.

Lin Xuan walked forward with a smile.

"This must be Fellow Daoist Yang Xiong. My name is Lin Xuan, and I am a good friend of Nangong Yue. I was also invited to attend the Immortal Palace's advancement ceremony."

Yang Xiong and Lin Xuan stood facing each other, and Lin Xuan's aura was in no way inferior to Yang Xiong's.

Yang Xiong's eyes instantly turned dangerous; he could sense a threat emanating from Lin Xuan.

"So that means you're not one of us from the Eight Celestial Palaces?!"

"Junior sister, our Eight Immortal Palaces' promotion ceremony should not allow outsiders to participate, right?"

Yang Xiong's words were aggressive, and a sharp aura of Origin Qi emanated from his entire body.

Nangong Yue frowned deeply. She knew all too well that Yang Xiong wanted to use this as an excuse to target Lin Xuan, and also to teach her a lesson so that she would obediently submit.

At this moment, the experts from other sects around them all looked towards Lin Xuan and Yang Xiong, curious about the situation.

"This must be the Lin Xuan that Yue'er was talking about. He really has a great presence."

Li Qingyue noticed Lin Xuan's direction and smiled faintly.

Sitting around Li Qingyue were all the hall masters of various sects, all of whom were powerful experts at the Immortal King realm.

"Hehe, Yang Nian, it's not very nice of your son to be so persistent with my disciple."

Li Qingyue suddenly looked at the leader of Hurricane Hall, her smile forced and insincere.

Yang Nian, the leader of Hurricane Hall, simply smiled and waved his hand at this.

"Master Li, you've gone a bit too far. What do you mean by 'entanglement'? My son likes your disciple, and that's a perfectly legitimate and open pursuit, just like any other ordinary person. What's wrong with that?"

Yang Nian's words were indeed correct.

Most of the other hall masters remained silent behind closed doors, adopting a detached and indifferent attitude, trying not to offend either side.

"Heh." Li Qingyue just sneered. She had nothing to say to this shameless father and son.

At this moment, Lin Xuan simply smiled in the face of Yang Xiong's difficult behavior and casually took out the token given to him by Li Qingyue.

"Although I haven't fully joined the Eight Immortal Palaces yet, this token can prove that I'm half a member of the Eight Immortal Palaces."

Yang Xiong looked at the token in Lin Xuan's hand, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

He already felt a tremendous threat, not a threat to his life, but a threat from his competitors.

Nangong Yue's attitude towards Lin Xuan was clearly different from that towards others.

"Senior Brother Yang Xiong, can I now take Lin Xuan into the Divine Dragon Palace?"

Nangong Yue stepped forward, stood in front of Lin Xuan, and spoke directly to Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong clenched his fists tightly, but at this moment he had no reason to cause trouble, so he could only let Nangong Yue lead Lin Xuan and the other two toward Xuan Yue Hall.

"Iron Ion, you are a Second Tribulation Golden Immortal. Last time you missed the steward assessment. This time, I want you to teach that arrogant fool a lesson!"

As soon as Yang Xiong returned to Hurricane Hall, he couldn't wait to find Iron Ion, who was going to participate in the promotion meeting.

Iron Ion was dressed in a black Taoist robe. He was thin and had a small goatee on his chin, but his eyes were bright and his body was full of energy, giving him an unfathomable appearance.

"Don't worry, young master. Since you've said so, the iron ions will certainly not disappoint you."

Iron Ion stood still, his tone still respectful, but he didn't move, his lips slightly raised, like a corpse.

"Hehe, I feel quite at ease with you here."

Yang Xiong seemed to have gotten used to the iron ions, clapped his hands with a smile, and looked at Lin Xuan with murderous intent in his eyes.

Iron ions also looked in Lin Xuan's direction, but their eyes were completely unmoved, like a stagnant pool.

"Junior sister, is Yang Xiong bothering you again?"

Nangong Yue led Lin Xuan and the other person to the Xuan Yue Hall's camp.

Within the camp, a middle-aged man looked at Nangong Yue and asked.

Nangong Yue sighed softly.

"Sigh, as you know, Senior Brother Ouyang, he's like a piece of dog skin plaster that you can't shake off."

Ouyang Ling shook his head slightly and glanced in the direction of Hurricane Hall.

"The Hurricane Hall Master is now highly valued by the Qian Department Head, which is the root of their arrogance."

"But it's alright. Shizun is no worse than them. If she really keeps bothering us, we'll just teach her a lesson."

Ouyang Ling spoke with great confidence, as if he didn't take Hurricane Hall seriously at all.

Nangong Yue immediately introduced them to Lin Xuan and the other person:

"Lin Xuan, Qingyi Mei, let me introduce you two. This is my senior brother, Ouyang Ling, an eighth-level Golden Immortal. Moreover, Senior Brother Ouyang's most impressive feat was fighting to a draw against a ninth-level Golden Immortal."

Nangong Yue smiled and began to explain Ouyang Ling's prowess to Lin Xuan and the other person.

Lin Xuan immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ouyang Lingyi.

"It's a pleasure to meet Brother Ouyang."

Looking at the man in the blue-green robe in front of him, Ouyang Ling felt a strong sense of danger!

This feeling shocked Ouyang Ling; it was a feeling that even experts of the same level could not perceive.

However, it was felt by someone who had only recently entered the Golden Immortal realm.

Ouyang Ling couldn't see through Lin Xuan's cultivation level, but according to the information they had received, Lin Xuan had recently broken through to the Golden Immortal realm.

"Hehe, now that you've joined our Xuan Yue Hall, you're naturally one family. There's no need for such formalities. Everyone in our Xuan Yue Hall is very easygoing."

Ouyang Ling waved his hand with a hearty laugh, displaying great generosity.

Lin Xuan smiled faintly. If that were the case, then staying in Xuan Yue Hall wouldn't be bad.

At Ouyang Ling's suggestion, Lin Xuan sat down in the seat next to him.

The small gathering of the seventy-two hall masters ended at this time, and they returned to their respective camps.

"Are you Lin Xuan?"

As soon as Li Qingyue returned to the Xuan Yue Hall camp, she looked at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan immediately stood up and bowed to Li Qingyue.

"Junior Lin Xuan greets Senior Li."

"Hmm, no wonder Yue'er keeps talking about him. He's really talented, quite good."

Li Qingyue has a quiet and gentle appearance, but she speaks quite directly.

Lin Xuan simply smiled upon hearing this.

Nangong Yue, somewhat shy, kept her head down and dared not speak.

After exchanging a few words, Lin Xuan and Li Qingyue fell silent.

While Lin Xuan was meditating, he was also observing the internal forces of the Eight Immortal Palaces.

The Eight Immortal Palaces truly lived up to their reputation as a top-tier sect. With all seventy-two halls of the sect gathered together, the scene was incredibly impressive. Including the elders from the outer hall of the Divine Dragon Palace, there were nearly a hundred Immortal King realm experts present!

The entire Hao Ri Immortal Domain has fewer than ten such experts, while this single sect has already gathered a hundred Immortal King powerhouses.

Furthermore, many of these hundred Immortal King realm experts had undergone tribulations multiple times, making them even more formidable.

Lin Xuan suddenly trembled for a moment, and a figure he had been longing for appeared in his eyes.

"Red!"

Lin Xuan looked at the figure in the red robe, his excitement barely contained.

That's right, one of the seventy-two hall masters in the Eight Immortal Palaces is actually Li Hongyi!

Lin Xuan never expected to run into Li Hongyi here, and that Li Hongyi would actually become the hall master of the Eight Immortal Palaces.

"What's wrong, Lin Xuan?"

Nangong Yue looked at Lin Xuan, who was standing there in a daze, and asked with some concern and confusion.

"Who is that hall master?"

Lin Xuan pointed at Li Hongyi and asked Nangong Yue about her.

Nangong Yue stared at Li Hongyi for a while, then looked at Lin Xuan with some suspicion.

"What? You know her?"

"I just want to ask, which hall master is this person?"

"This person is Li Hongyi, the new hall master of the Holy Flame Hall. He joined our Eight Immortal Palaces eighteen years ago. He possesses the divine power of flames with 100% affinity, gathers various rare flames of heaven and earth, and his flame laws are extremely terrifying, even capable of burning space. Among the seventy-two hall masters, his strength ranks among the top twenty. He is very strong!"

Ouyang Ling sat down next to Lin Xuan and immediately began to explain.

"It really is you, Li Hongyi."

Lin Xuan was filled with a mixture of joy, surprise, and fear.

To my delight, I finally saw Li Hongyi again; to my surprise, Li Hongyi had advanced to the Immortal King realm so quickly.

Finally, there's the fear that although Li Hongyi has good talent, it's impossible for her to advance faster than me. So there's only one reason: the Supreme Forgetfulness!

The Supreme Forgetfulness is the ultimate skill of the Ruthless Emperor from the ancient times.

However, since ancient times, most cultivators who practice the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique have either gone mad or become crippled, yet the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique has already attracted many people.

Because once cultivation is successful, the speed of breakthrough in realm will be more than 100,000 times that of ordinary cultivators, and even faster than that of evil cultivators.

The main point is that no matter how evil a heretical cultivation method is, it still belongs to a person with desires. On the other hand, a person who cultivates the highest level of detachment will forget the seven emotions and six desires and become a robot that only knows how to cultivate. At that time, it is hard to say whether they will still be themselves.

Since Li Hongyi has cultivated to the Immortal King level at such a fast pace, it means that she has deeply planted the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique. If this continues, Li Hongyi will eventually completely lose herself!

"No, I have to stop her!"

Lin Xuan secretly made up his mind; it seemed he really had to stay in these Eight Immortal Palaces.

Li Hongyi sat on the main seat of the Holy Flame Hall when she suddenly felt a divine sense sweep over her. She frowned slightly and looked around, her eyes remaining calm until a blue-green figure appeared in her gaze. At that moment, a ripple appeared in her usually serene eyes.

"Why...who are you..."

Li Hongyi looked at Lin Xuan and felt that Lin Xuan was somewhat inexplicably familiar.

"Forget everything, and you will become the next Ruthless Emperor!"