Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Seeing Chen Tian's interest, Fan Da had no choice but to sigh and begin his explanation.

It turned out that within the Ghost Dao Sect, there were two cultivators who had reached the late stage of the Spirit Gathering realm, and they were highly likely to break through to the Spring Transformation Mirror, thereby becoming the fifth Elder.

One of them was Fan Da's master, named San Hun; the other was a cultivator named You Gui.

Because both of them were highly regarded, some friction was inevitable in their daily lives.

Especially the disciples of these two, who were completely incompatible, competing in everything.

Therefore, within the Ghost Dao Sect, these two factions were referred to as the You Gui Faction and the San Hun Faction.

Moreover, there was an unwritten rule between the two factions: every year, the disciples of both factions would gather together for friendly sparring.

Of course, this 'friendly sparring' was just a facade. To put it bluntly, it was just the two factions getting together to fight every year to determine which faction was stronger.

And tonight was the time for the new round of competition between the two factions!

"That's the situation, Junior Brother Chen. Do you understand now?" After telling Chen Tian about the grievances between the You Gui Faction and the San Hun Faction, Fan Da smiled wryly.

Chen Tian nodded after listening, finally understanding.

After pondering for a while, Chen Tian suddenly said, "Senior Brother Fan, if you don't mind, can I also participate tonight?"

"Chen Tian? Junior Brother Chen, you also want to participate?" Hearing Chen Tian's words, both Fan Da and the young man surnamed Gu were greatly surprised, staring at him in disbelief.

Looking at the gazes of the two, Chen Tian smiled slightly and said, "Why? Is it not allowed?"

"No, no, no... It's allowed, it's absolutely allowed!" Fan Da hurriedly shook his head, excitedly.

"Yes, Senior Brother Chen, we're hoping you can participate. Our chances of winning will be even greater tonight!" The young man surnamed Gu also showed an excited expression on his face after hearing Chen Tian's words, nodding quickly.

Fan Da and the young man had already witnessed Chen Tian's strength. Although Chen Tian claimed that he was still in the Spiritual Awakening stage, they believed that Chen Tian was at least at the ninth level of the Spiritual Awakening stage.

And if such a powerful reinforcement were to join, the strength of their San Hun Faction would definitely increase greatly!

Therefore, Fan Da and the young man were extremely welcoming to Chen Tian's request to participate.

Now that a decision had been made, everyone wasted no time and immediately set off towards the place where the competition would be held tonight.

On the way, Fan Da told Chen Tian in more detail about some of the grievances between the two factions.

The competition between the You Gui Faction and the San Hun Faction had been going on for more than thirty years. Previously, the two sides were evenly matched, with each having victories and defeats.

But in recent years, San Hun Faction disciples had been constantly injured while fighting on the front lines, resulting in seven years of defeats.

This had further fueled the arrogance of the You Gui Faction. When passing by San Hun Faction disciples, they would hold their heads high, with a rather disdainful attitude.

The San Hun Faction disciples gnashed their teeth in hatred, vowing to regain all the lost face in tonight's competition!

Therefore, even before this competition had begun, it was already filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Some well-meaning disciples in the Ghost Dao Sect were privately running gambling pools for tonight's competition, using immortal crystal stones as bets.

"That's not true, Senior Brother Chen. Actually, the You Gui Faction has been playing tricks!" At this moment, the young man surnamed Gu spoke out indignantly.

"You said the You Gui Faction has been playing tricks?" Chen Tian became interested upon hearing this, and asked in a deep voice, "Alright, then tell me, what exactly have they done?"

The young man nodded and began to speak, "Senior Brother Chen, you've been in seclusion for many years, so you probably don't know much about the sect's affairs, right?"

"That's right. I rarely ask about the affairs of the sect, except for cultivation. What's wrong?" Chen Tian asked with a smile.

"Alas..." The young man sighed first, and then explained to Chen Tian.

It turned out that because Fan Da's master and the You Gui Faction's master were very likely to break through to the Spring Transformation Mirror and become the next generation of Elders, the sect had arranged some positions for them in order to cultivate them.

Among them, Fan Da's master was assigned the duty of managing the sect's logistics, while the You Gui Faction's master was assigned the duty of managing the sect's disciples' training.

Originally, in peacetime, the two factions were able to be evenly matched during sparring because they were at peace with each other.

But eight years ago, several major sects outside jointly attacked the Ghost Dao Sect. In order to respond to the enemy, the sect appointed the You Gui Faction's master to be fully responsible for this matter.

Immediately afterwards, an disharmonious scene appeared.

Because he felt sorry for his own disciples, the You Gui would always put the San Hun disciples in the front line when arranging the attacking personnel, while his disciples would serve as the rearguard, and he would quickly retreat as soon as the war became slightly tense.

Over time, this caused heavy casualties to the San Hun Faction disciples, while the You Gui disciples had almost no chance to fight.

This ebb and flow is what has caused the You Gui Faction to win the last seven years of competition.

To be honest, the San Hun Faction disciples have long been burning with anger at such unfairness!

"Senior Brother Chen, you be the judge, this is too bullying!" After explaining everything to Chen Tian, the young man surnamed Gu pouted, looking angry.

"Hey, Junior Brother Gu, although Martial Uncle You Gui has gone too far, we can't put all the blame on him. Losing is losing, that's the truth, we must dare to admit it. As long as we win back this time, it will be fine." At this time, Fan Da spoke up to reprimand him.

Logically speaking, the young man should be angry after being reprimanded by Fan Da like this, but to Chen Tian's surprise, the young man surnamed Gu not only did not get angry, but instead showed an admiring gaze, nodding and saying, "Yes, Senior Brother Fan, I understand."

Chen Tian was a little puzzled when he saw this, and smiled at the young man and said, "It seems that you listen to Senior Brother Fan very much!"

"Of course." The young man surnamed Gu had a proud look on his face, and said proudly, "Senior Brother Chen, let me tell you this, if it weren't for Senior Brother Fan's hard support over the past seven years, killing the arrogance of the You Gui Faction, otherwise, our San Hun Faction would have lost even the last bit of face! Senior Brother Fan is our San Hun Faction's great hero!"

"Hey, Junior Brother Gu, what nonsense are you talking about! What great hero, aren't you ashamed to let people hear it!" Facing the young man's praise, a trace of shyness actually appeared on Fan Da's face.

However, Chen Tian could see clearly that even so, there was still a heroic spirit lingering between Fan Da's brows!

Chen Tian couldn't help but be in a daze when he saw this. He vaguely remembered that ten years ago, Fan Da was a pure young man who was even afraid of killing people!

But in the blink of an eye, he had become a great hero in the eyes of everyone.

It seems that time has really flowed forward a lot!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian couldn't help but sigh softly.

Just as Chen Tian was sighing, suddenly, a long and narrow canyon appeared in front of them, with more than seventy young people wearing black robes gathered there.

Obviously, this was the location of the competition!