Of course, this kind of internal strife within the sect obviously couldn't be brought into the open. The high - level members were even less likely to participate directly. At most, they would let the disciples under their command compete with each other in the form of friendly matches. And such competitions often involved the ownership of some important departments within the sect, which had a great impact.
After Hongying left, among the Foundation - Establishment disciples, Little Fat was undoubtedly the only one who could take on the important tasks. As for Shui Jing, her lineage had never meddled in such matters, so it was impossible for her to step in to help.
So, under such circumstances, based on the principle of common hatred against a common enemy, the two sides sincerely came together. Therefore, this time, the Fire Dragon Daoist was indeed sincerely trying to win Little Fat over. His purpose, naturally, was to have Little Fat boost his momentum and suppress the two Nascent Soul cultivators and their disciples who were about to arrive!
After Little Fat understood this, he couldn't help but laugh inwardly. He thought, since you knew long ago that those coming were not friendly, why didn't you get on good terms with the Courtyard Master and his wife? Why did it have to end up like this? What a pity!
Of course, he only dared to think these words in his heart and didn't dare to say them out loud. Moreover, Little Fat actually understood that the relationships among the high - level members of the sect were intricate. Although he knew some of it, it was definitely not comprehensive. So it was very stupid to make rash judgments about their intentions. So he just thought about it briefly in his mind and then put this matter aside, turning his attention to dealing with the Fire Dragon Daoist's overtures.
This time, the two sides got what they needed from each other without any estrangement, and naturally, they were very happy to meet. The banquet lasted until the next day. The Courtyard Master and his wife took Hongying and Little Fat back to the inner courtyard and gave them a few more instructions before finally finishing.
In the following ten - odd days, Little Fat spent all his time with Hongying. The closer the day of separation came, the more inseparable and reluctant they were to part. However, no matter how reluctant they were, it was of no avail. Finally, the transfer order for the Courtyard Master and his wife came, and they had to take Hongying and leave this world through the special teleportation array in the Teleportation Tower.
After seeing off the Courtyard Master and his wife, the Fire Dragon Daoist officially took over the position of the Courtyard Master. The sect held a grand ceremony for him. Elders from various sects and factions were sent to attend the ceremony and presented generous gifts.
Generally speaking, the inauguration ceremony of a righteous sect was attended by righteous people. But this time, the Thousand Desires Sect came uninvited and presented a generous gift, saying that they were grateful to the Fire Dragon Daoist for releasing the Wind Old Demon.
As a result, the righteous people were immediately very dissatisfied with the Fire Dragon Daoist. They thought, you're a dignified righteous person. You caught an evil - path expert, but instead of eliminating him, you released him. What are you up to? Many hot - tempered righteous people even directly confronted the Fire Dragon Daoist with these words.
The Fire Dragon Daoist was naturally extremely embarrassed about this matter. If it were normal, if someone dared to contradict him at this time, he would probably fly into a rage. But this time, he clearly felt he was in the wrong, so he didn't dare to argue much with them and just kept explaining.
Although those people finally, for the sake of Xuantian Branch Courtyard, accepted the Fire Dragon Daoist's explanation, in fact, everyone still had a lot of dissatisfaction and criticism in their hearts. Under such circumstances, one could imagine how embarrassing the Fire Dragon Daoist's inauguration ceremony was. In short, it was not perfect.
This made the Fire Dragon Daoist extremely angry. He not only returned the gift to the Thousand Desires Sect but also specifically wrote a letter to severely scold the Lustful Daoist, the Sect Master of the Thousand Desires Sect!
As a result, the Lustful Daoist replied, complaining that in fact, the gift was not from him but from the Wind and Cloud Demoness sisters. They hated the Fire Dragon Daoist for ruining their chance to seize the position of the sect master, so they deliberately came to cause trouble for him, making him lose a great deal of face in front of the righteous people.
After learning this news, the Fire Dragon Daoist was almost enraged to death. He couldn't help but secretly swear that one day, he would definitely take revenge on those two bitches, the Wind and Cloud Demoness sisters.
After finishing the inauguration ceremony, almost half a year had passed. But the people in Xuantian Branch Courtyard didn't have time to rest yet because they had to prepare to welcome the two new Nascent Soul cultivators.
In fact, Little Fat was not interested in the inauguration ceremony at all. He didn't even want to attend at first. But after all, he had just gotten on good terms with the Fire Dragon Daoist, and this was a major event for the latter. The Fire Dragon Daoist had specifically told him to greet the guests at the ceremony. This was a good opportunity because he could get to know many experts from various sects.
Little Fat naturally didn't have the heart to reject the kind offer, so he reluctantly got through the inauguration ceremony. And unexpectedly, he was arranged to receive the people from the Mysterious Pole Pavilion. Because of what happened at the Thousand Emerald Screen last time, the Mysterious Pole Pavilion owed Little Fat a huge favor. So when they met this time, both the host and the guests were very happy. Unfortunately, Little Fat didn't see the figure of Han Bing'er. It was said that she had broken through the barrier and also become a Foundation - Establishment cultivator. At this time, she was in secluded cultivation!
Since the beauty was in secluded cultivation, Little Fat didn't want to fall behind. So, after the inauguration ceremony, he simply went into secluded cultivation as well. He focused all his attention on tinkering with the Thunder - Gathering Platform. As for the matter of receiving the two Nascent Soul cultivators, he had no interest at all.
Little Fat, who returned to his natal space for secluded cultivation again, soon forgot everything outside and only focused on tinkering with the Thunder - Gathering Platform together with the Nine Beauties. With the help of the Nine Beauties, after more than a year of hard work, the five Thunder - Gathering Platforms were finally refined. And Little Fat had gained a great deal during the process of refining the Thunder - Gathering Platforms, having a deeper understanding of artifact refining.
Although these five Thunder - Gathering Platforms had exhausted almost all of Little Fat's materials, they had also brought about a qualitative leap in his strength.
Each of these five Thunder - Gathering Platforms had a diameter of a hundred feet and a height of three zhang, each showing the color of its respective attribute and constantly releasing divine light. In Little Fat's natal space, they were constantly absorbing the rich spiritual energy all the time, and then gathering it together to create one Yin and one Yang divine thunder. The intensity of the divine thunder was determined by the strength of Little Fat, the master. So he couldn't yet create the divine thunder that could only be refined by Golden Core cultivators for the time being.
However, because the concentration of spiritual energy in Little Fat's natal space was terrifyingly high, they could absorb enough spiritual energy to create divine thunder almost every two hours. That is to say, every two hours, Little Fat could get ten divine thunders.
In this way, the advantage was that Little Fat could obtain divine thunders very quickly and accumulate a large number in a short time. But the disadvantage was also obvious. The spiritual energy they consumed was really terrifying. So much so that Little Fat's natal space could hardly bear it, and the decomposition speed of the black soil couldn't keep up with their consumption rate.
And there were still many treasures in Little Fat's natal space that needed spiritual energy, such as the Five - Element Pure Lotus and the Enlightenment Tea. They were all extremely precious treasures, and Little Fat couldn't bear for anything to happen to them.
So, in order not to reduce the speed of spiritual energy in his natal space, Little Fat usually only activated the Thunder - Gathering Platforms once a day. After collecting ten divine thunders, he would stop, allowing the spiritual energy in his natal space to be quickly replenished by decomposing broken magic artifacts.
After spending more than a year to finish the Thunder - Gathering Platforms, Little Fat casually collected over a hundred divine thunders of various kinds and didn't want to stay there any longer.
Although during these more than a year, Little Fat had lived a life of fine wine and beautiful women every day. The nine Heavenly Desire Demonesses each used various means to please men, making Little Fat forget to return. But after a long time, Little Fat still felt lonely. He missed his women very much in his heart, Hongying, Shui Jing, Han Yufeng, and even Han Bing'er. So, after collecting the last wave of divine thunders, Little Fat left his natal space and appeared in the secluded cultivation chamber of Youyun Cottage.
Just as Little Fat appeared in the chamber, he suddenly heard a woman's exclamation from outside, "Ah, no, this is my friend's place. Don't do anything reckless!"
"Friend? Haha, a lover, right?" A lewd male voice then sneered. "Anyway, he's not here. And it's not your first time. What's wrong with having some fun?"
"He's here. He's in secluded cultivation. Be careful he comes out and beats you!" The woman's voice was full of fear.
"Bullshit. There's no one in Xuantian Branch Courtyard who dares to beat me yet!" The man then sneered. "Little girl, I've taken a fancy to you. It's your good fortune. If you dare to push me around again, be careful I beat you!"
"How can you be so rude! Aren't you afraid I'll report you? The sect rules are strict. You'll definitely be finished!" The woman said hurriedly.
"Haha, sect rules? That's just something to deceive children. If you dare to report me, I'll say you're a lewd woman who took the initiative to seduce me!" The man said wickedly. "My fellow disciples and I are now in the Law Enforcement Hall. Whose words do you think they'll believe?"
"You, you~" The woman was obviously extremely angry with him and didn't know what to say.
"Haha, little girl, you'd better submit to me!" The man then sneered lewdly.
Then, there was a burst of chaotic noise, accompanied by the sound of clothes being torn, the woman's miserable screams, and the man's lewd laughter.
When Little Fat heard this, his eyes immediately turned red because he recognized that the woman's voice was actually Han Yufeng's! His own woman was being molested and even raped by some bastard who came out of nowhere in his own home? This was simply unacceptable!
Without any hesitation, Little Fat immediately rushed out of the secluded cultivation chamber in one stride and came to the main building of Youyun Cottage. Looking inside, he was immediately filled with great anger. He saw a tall and burly Foundation - Establishment cultivator tearing at Han Yufeng's clothes. At this time, although Han Yufeng had eaten the Mysterious Spirit Fruit, she was only a cultivator at the 13th level of the Xiantian realm. How could she be a match for a mid - Foundation - Establishment cultivator?
Moreover, the opponent seemed to be from the physical cultivation lineage, with a strong build and boundless strength. In front of him, Han Yufeng was as pitiful as a lamb in front of a hungry tiger and had no strength to struggle. At this time, the clothes on her chest had been torn to pieces, revealing the red undergarment inside, and most of the skirt on her lower body had also been torn off. The opponent was smiling lewdly, about to continue tearing.
When Little Fat saw this, how could he bear it? He directly pushed open the door and rushed to the guy. Lifting his leg, he kicked with all his might, from the bottom up.
Coincidentally, the guy heard that something was wrong and hurriedly turned around to deal with it. But he didn't expect Little Fat to come so quickly. In addition, as a physical cultivator, his body was as strong as an ordinary magic treasure, and he didn't pay much attention to other people's punches and kicks. So he neither dodged nor evaded and let Little Fat kick him. At the same time, he assumed a stance, ready to counter - attack immediately after Little Fat finished kicking.
As a result, this guy never expected that the power of Little Fat's kick was simply incomprehensibly powerful. He felt as if he had been kicked by a dragon. His whole body couldn't maintain its balance at all and was directly sent flying into the air. After crashing through a window, he flew dozens of feet away, crossed the courtyard wall, and fell heavily on the path outside.
Immediately, a earth - shattering scream came out, "Ah! Ah! My testicles are shattered!"
It turned out that Little Fat's kick had just hit the opponent's most vulnerable part. With Little Fat's terrifying physical body that could withstand a minor heavenly tribulation, a full - force kick in a fit of rage could not only shatter the opponent's erect penis but probably even a magic treasure! Thus, this tragic scene occurred!
Although this guy looked extremely despicable, he was actually a late - Foundation - Establishment cultivator. This scream echoed in the mountains and spread for hundreds of miles. Almost everyone in the inner courtyard of Xuantian Branch Courtyard heard it.
When they heard that someone's testicles were shattered, how could anyone not be curious? So after this shout, the inner courtyard of Xuantian Branch Courtyard exploded. Countless figures rode various flying swords to come and check. In just a few breaths, hundreds of people had come! They surrounded the usually quiet Youyun Cottage tightly!
Little Fat didn't care at all about what was happening outside. He just hugged the overly frightened Han Yufeng, constantly "comforting" her with his hands while taking the opportunity to ask, "What's going on? Who is that idiot? How dare he be so presumptuous?"
In fact, it was no wonder that Little Fat was so angry. After all, Xuantian Branch Courtyard was a well - known righteous sect. Although it didn't prohibit sex, there was always a limit. It was definitely not as indulgent as the evil sects. In the past, if someone dared to break into a room and rape a low - level disciple, without a word, they would definitely be killed on the spot!
So Xuantian Branch Courtyard had always been very peaceful. But Little Fat didn't expect that after just over a year of secluded cultivation, he would encounter such a thing when he came out. So Little Fat was puzzled in his heart and thought, 'Those who know this is Xuantian Branch Courtyard. Those who don't know might think it's the headquarters of an evil sect. How could it become so filthy in just a year?'
(To be continued)