My Master Knows It All-Chapter 456 - 173: Dragging a Grand Preceptor to Work as a Laborer_4

"Capital City? Are we going there too?" Ling Xi asked, full of confusion, "Master, what are we going to do in the Capital City?"

Cao Zhen looked at his three disciples and said matter-of-factly, "Of course, to participate in the Immortals’ Martial Competition."

"We are participating in the Immortals’ Martial Competition?" Ling Xi pointed to herself, unsure and lacking confidence, "Master, your disciple is useless, with our current cultivation base, participating in the competition, I’m afraid we might bring shame to you..."

"It’s alright." Cao Zhen comforted and gently patted the top of Ling Xi’s head with a smile, "In a few days, come to your master’s room, and I will show you how formidable your master is."

"Ah? Can we spend the night in Master’s room again?" Ling Xi immediately showed an excited expression, and her face became even more flushed with excitement.

Adjacent, Wu Jianzi and Lu Yiren instantly became unsettled. The two exchanged a glance but pretended to hear nothing and looked around.

"Brother Wu Jianzi, the surprise color of this place is really not bad."

"Indeed, look at that, the sun in the sky is both large and round."

They didn’t hear, they didn’t hear anything, they had been observing the scenery around them all along, they knew nothing.

Wu Jianzi and Lu Yiren were not disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect, naturally unable to enter Hidden Dragon Observatory, and so they stayed at Four Treasures Peak.

Cao Zhen alone flew towards the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace.

Soon, the news of Cao Zhen’s return to the Hundred Peaks Sect spread throughout the sect.

"Peak Master Cao is back?"

"And he brought Wu Jianzi and Lu Yiren back with him?"

"Looking at Lu Yiren’s expression, evidently, Lu Yiren lost to Peak Master Cao in philosophical debate again."

"It seems like Lu Yiren, just like Wu Jianzi, has acknowledged Peak Master Cao as their Pathfinder."

"What’s so surprising about that? Haven’t you heard? Peak Master Cao is now acclaimed as the foremost philosopher in the world."

"Some say that whenever Peak Master Cao engages in a philosophical debate, the outcome is predetermined. Losing to Peak Master Cao is not a disgrace."

"What I heard is different, though. I heard that if you encounter Peak Master Cao, it’s best to debate with him because you might achieve enlightenment through debating with Peak Master Cao!"

"That... seems to be true."

"Speaking of which, although Peak Master Cao is clearly one of us from the Hundred Peaks Sect, the number of people from our sect who have achieved enlightenment because of Peak Master Cao is actually fewer than those from the Thousand Caves Door. It seems as if the disciples of Thousand Caves Door have benefited more!"

"What’s there to be anxious about? Peak Master Cao is one of our Hundred Peaks Sect and he won’t be going anywhere. Isn’t he back now? In a while, I’ll go seek a debate with Peak Master Cao."

"Right, let’s go, find Peak Master Cao for a debate."

"It seems like Peak Master Cao went to the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, a place we can’t enter."

"Then let’s wait at the gate at the foot of Four Treasures Peak. That’s how we show our sincerity."

Cao Zhen entered the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace and did not linger, heading straight into the Hidden Dragon Observatory, arriving at the Five Elements Land.

No one knew if it was because all the disciples skilled in alchemy in the sect had gone out for philosophical debates, or if the herbs in the Five Elements Land had been mostly used up by him, but now there were hardly any outsiders in the Five Elements Land, only Yi Sheng and Gai Su’e could be seen performing alchemy there.

"Master?" While engrossed in alchemy, Yi Sheng suddenly spotted the returning Cao Zhen, an astonished look crossing her face. Although she had always been in the Five Element Pill Ground, Ling Xi would occasionally contact her with a talisman and tell her about the outside world.

Even sometimes, her junior disciple brother Bei Yan would come to the Five Element Pill Ground and ask her when she would finish making the pills so she could return to Four Treasures Peak.

So she was aware of what was happening outside, knew that her master was in the Capital City, and even knew about the Grand Preceptor’s desire to appoint her master as the State Preceptor, including the Immortals’ Martial Competition.

Cao Zhen glanced at the Five Element Pill Ground and showed a look of surprise, asking with puzzlement, "Where is Elder Gu Chengyu? How come I don’t see him?"

Before he left, he had asked Gu Chengyu to help him with making pills.

Now, Gu Chengyu was nowhere to be seen.

"Master," Yi Sheng said while attending to the pill furnace, "Elder Gu, along with Observer Lv and Elder Ai Yunqi, were ordered to lead our Hundred Peaks Sect’s genius disciples to the Capital City to participate in the Immortals’ Martial Competition.

They set off just ten days ago. They should be midway there by now. Oh right, Master, your wife has also gone to the Capital City."

"Your wife?" Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment, when did I find you a wife?

"That’s Immortal Li Ke," Yi Sheng looked puzzledly at Cao Zhen, "Master, aren’t you and she a Daoist couple? I thought you would reunite in the Capital City, but to my surprise, you actually returned to the Hundred Peaks Sect."

"This, although we are Daoist couples, we haven’t held the Daoist union ceremony yet, we haven’t truly become Daoist couples, so let’s not refer to her as your wife just yet," Cao Zhen felt helpless in his heart, this time pretending to be a Daoist couple was a bit too long.

This required an extra charge!

"Alright, let’s not talk about this now, I’ll tend to the pill furnace while you go and pack up. Then wait outside the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace for your master, I will take you directly to the Capital City soon."

"The Capital City!" Yi Sheng didn’t ask why they were going to the Capital City. Hearing those two words, her eyes already lit up with joy, and she hurriedly got up and ran outside.

About the time it takes two sticks of incense to burn later.

At the foot of Four Treasures Peak, various disciples gathered around, full of surprise, watching the disciples of Four Treasures Peak along with Wu Jianzi and Lu Yiren leave together and fly off into the distance.