The square was filled with excitement among thousands of Immortal Gods.

Yu Yuan glanced around, noticing that a significant number of Immortal Gods harbored expectations for the Ginsengfruit.

Especially those with weaker Dao Xing, who were extremely enthusiastic.

After all, this competition was not about the depth of Dao Xing but rather about who could earn the most Merit within three days.

In such a circumstance, even the weakest Profound Immortal had a chance to defeat the Golden Immortal.

Of course, it was only a chance.

After Immortal Zhenyuan announced the rules, a group of Wuzhuang Temple disciples stepped forward, each holding a tray dense with round beads.

These beads would be distributed to every Immortal God interested in participating in the competition, and Yu Yuan was no exception.

He carefully examined the bead he held before his eyes, noticing it was about the size of a thumb, smooth and clear throughout, with a tiny leaf embedded inside that closely resembled the leaves of the Ginsengfruit tree.

Seeing Yu Yuan curiously staring at the bead, Yun Xiao smiled and said: "These Merit Treasure Beads are transformed from the leaves of the Ginsengfruit tree, each only has enough Spiritual Power for one use... The real Merit Treasure Bead is unique, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and is in Immortal Zhenyuan's hands."

Yu Yuan suddenly realized.

He had wondered from where Wuzhuang Temple had sourced so many Merit Treasure Beads.

Now the mystery was solved.

These beads were all conjured by Zhen Yuanzi using Mana, not real Spiritual Treasures, but single-use items.

While he was contemplating, a kindly gaze turned towards him.

Yu Yuan unconsciously turned his head, finding that the gaze belonged to an old Immortal seated on a cloud bed, white-haired and red-faced, looking benevolent and amiable.

This person was Nanji Immortal of Chan Sect.

At this moment, seeing Yu Yuan looking his way, this lead disciple of Chan Sect smiled, saying, "Nephew Yu Yuan seems also interested in vying for the Ginsengfruit, coincidentally my three junior brothers have the same intention..."

Yu Yuan glanced behind him, seeing Xiao Zhen and Deng Hua both rubbing their hands with zeal, their eyes looking at him challengingly.

And Shengong Bao too held a bead, his expression rather complex.

Yu Yuan looked at Xiao Zhen and Deng Hua with an amused smile and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Could it be you wish to avenge the grievances from the previous talk of uniting the Three Sects?"

At his mention of the united talk of Three Sects, the faces of several Chan Sect disciples shifted subtly, their gaze towards him filled with deep wariness.

Even now, they still could not match the terrifying power Yu Yuan had displayed that day.

"It was a joke, nephew. Matters of the past should no longer be mentioned."

At that, Nanji Immortal smiled somewhat unnaturally, "This time our two sects have met here mainly to exchange Divine Enthronement and Divine Beating Whip. If nephew is interested, how about we have a private contest during this Ginsengfruit event?"

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow, curiously asking, "Uncle, how do you propose we compete?"

Nanji Immortal smiled, "Simple, just follow Immortal Zhenyuan's rules: within these three days, whichever side earns more Merit will be the winner."

"The competition sounds fine, but it needs a wager to make it interesting," Yu Yuan said with a half-smile, "How about we use the Investiture of the Gods and Divine Beating Whip as the wager? The loser hands over the Sealing God Treasure unconditionally! What do you think, uncle?"

Nanji Immortal quickly shook his head, "Inappropriate, inappropriate! The exchange of Investiture of the Gods with Divine Beating Whip is a decree from the Taiching Saint, we must not defy it!"

Saying this, he looked towards Daluo Mountain with reverence, then glanced at Master Xuan Du, regrettably, the latter was quietly sitting, his head bowed as if he was asleep.

Nanji Immortal's act appeared to be a good play for the blind—efforts wasted.

But he didn't seem embarrassed at all, his gaze returning to Yu Yuan, smiling, "If nephew insists on having a wager, how about we each stake a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure as the wager?"

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow, thoughts rapidly turning.

He originally thought the other party was eyeing the Investiture of the Gods he held, hence he deliberately suggested using it as a wager.

To Nanji Immortal's surprise, he seemed uninterested.

Could it be that he really only wanted to trade the Divine Beating Whip for the Investiture of the Gods, rather than trying to control both Treasures of the Enthronement?

Then why did he propose a contest?

He was calculating in his mind, but his face showed no hesitation as he smiled and said, "Uncle Master is right, let's follow your idea, each of us will use a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure as the stake."

After saying that, he took out the Glazed Bottle and the Dragon Escape Stake in front of everyone and smilingly looked at Nanji Immortal, "Both of these are Top-grade Spiritual Treasures, which one do you think is more suitable as the stake?"

Nanji Immortal: "..."

Even with his self-possession, his face could not help but look somewhat ugly at that moment, and Xiao Zhen and Deng Hua had fiery eyes. If it hadn't been for the fear of making a fool of themselves in front of everyone, they might have already shouted out in anger.

That's too bullying!

Taking their Chan Sect's treasures and flaunting it in front of them, this fellow is truly detestable to the extreme!

"Neck disciple, feel free."

As he said these words, Nanji Immortal's face twitched slightly, and his usually warm smile appeared very forced.

Yu Yuan nodded and smiled, "Then, if I lose, you can pick one of these two treasures."

After that, he put away the two treasures and then looked at Nanji Immortal, "I've shown the stakes, may I see what Uncle Master has prepared as his stakes?"

Nanji Immortal smiled and said, "Nephew, rest assured, if you win, you can choose from several Top-grade Spiritual Treasures I have."

Yu Yuan shook his head with a half-smile, "Uncle Master might as well show it first, lest you end up 'handless' and I end up at a loss."

"You say that as if I would deceive you?" Nanji Immortal said somewhat displeased: "Or do you think I can't produce even one Top-grade Spiritual Treasure?"

Yu Yuan did not reply but just quietly looked at Nanji Immortal.

At this moment, he was also unclear about what the other party was planning.

But for him, there were too many ways to win this contest.

Since someone wanted to give him a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure for free, he had no reason to refuse.

At this time, Nanji Immortal slightly nodded with a somewhat helpless tone, "Since Nephew wants to see my treasure, I shall humbly present it."

After that, he seemed to ponder for a moment, as if contemplating which treasure to reveal.

As the leading disciple of the Chan Sect, he naturally had quite a few Spiritual Treasures.

However, there were not many Top-grade Spiritual Treasures, and even though he was confident in this contest, considering his opponent was Yu Yuan, he still felt somewhat uneasy.

Eventually, he took out a colorful Feather Fan, with divine elegance diffusing, swaying in the air before he retracted it and said seriously, "I will use this Five Fire Seven Feather Fan as the stake, should it be more than enough?"

Yu Yuan nodded, very pleased in his mind.

The Five Fire Seven Feather Fan was one of the pinnacle masterpieces among the Primordial Fire Spiritual Treasures.

To burn mountains and boil seas was not an exaggeration.

This fan was crafted combining air fire, stone fire, wood fire, samadhi fire, and human world fire—the five types of flames, along with feathers from seven divine birds: Phoenix feather, Green Bird feather, Roc feather, Peacock feather, White Crane feather, Goose feather, and Owl feather. It was also embedded with various mysterious runes and inscriptions, only then it had a chance to be forged.

The five types of flames aside, the feathers of those seven divine birds alone were extremely rare.

After all, no real phoenixes existed in Primordial times anymore.

Thus, throughout the ages, only a few of the Five Fire Seven Feather Fan had ever been made.

Yu Yuan remembered that within the Chan Sect there were two such fans; aside from the one in Nanji Immortal's hand, another fan was with True Monarch Qingxu of the Twelve Golden Immortals.

Not to mention, this fan, compared to the Glazed Bottle and Dragon Escape Stake, was only stronger, not weaker.

This made Yu Yuan even more curious—what was this leading disciple of the Chan Sect really up to?

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