To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Luo Qingyao was dressed in a light blue palace gown, with a bright red shawl draped over her arms, her figure graceful and elegant.

Gu Fan was not fooled by Luo Qingyao's feigned weakness. With Lin Qian'er's beauty as a precedent, Luo Qingyao's looks could not deceive him. His eyes remained clear.

"Senior Sister Luo, you flatter me." Gu Fan smiled modestly and bowed.

Just then, the bell rang.

The next instant, a golden light suddenly flew out from Gu Fan's sleeve, which he hadn't yet lowered, and smashed towards Luo Qingyao's face.

This happened in the blink of an eye, catching everyone off guard.

Seeing this, Chen Suzhen's lips curled slightly, thinking to herself, "Junior Brother Gu is indeed a kindred spirit."

In the critical moment, Luo Qingyao even had time to glare at Gu Fan before her figure suddenly plummeted and disappeared before the golden light reached her.

Gu Fan recalled the golden light with slight disappointment. The golden light, when placed on his wrist, transformed into a black and gold bracelet.

This treasure is called the Yin-Yang Ring, and it is one of the magical artifacts he specially crafted for his true successor to seize the throne.

The ground trembled five zhang away, and suddenly a beam of blue light emerged.

Luo Qingyao glared at Gu Fan and scolded, "Junior Brother Gu really doesn't understand romance, suddenly resorting to such a ruthless act."

Gu Fan shrugged and smiled: "If it weren't for that, how would I have known that Senior Sister Luo's escape techniques were so exquisite?"

Gu Fan's words are true.

Luo Qingyao was able to dodge the attack of the Yin-Yang Ring in a hurry, and even after she disappeared into the ground, Gu Fan's divine sense could not find her presence for a while, as if she had become one with the earth, which shows her skill.

Gu Fan spoke politely, but Luo Qingyao didn't buy it at all. She lightly stomped her foot, and in an instant, four vines emerged from within a two-zhang radius of Gu Fan, biting at his limbs like snakes.

At the same time, Luo Qingyao opened her mouth and blew out a fragrant breeze.

Gu Fan felt a prickling sensation on his back. After leaving a blur in his original position, he quickly dodged to the side. He held the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword in his palm and slashed at the blocking vines, causing them to burn into a ball of flames.

Looking back, one can see that wherever the fragrant breeze passes, tender buds sprout continuously from the ground, growing and blooming at a visible speed, a beautiful sight with vibrant colors.

"Senior Sister Luo's understanding of the 'Senluo Kurong Jing' is indeed exquisite; she used the phrase 'flowers bloom in an instant' so skillfully," Gu Fan grinned in praise.

Before Gu Fan, Luo Qingyao had already successfully challenged him once, forcing her to expose many of her methods.

Gu Fan had already looked through all the cultivation techniques in the Chenxing Pavilion, and he didn't even let go of the techniques that he couldn't cultivate due to his spiritual root attribute. He quickly identified the cultivation technique that Luo Qingyao was cultivating.

The "Senluo Kurong Jing" is one of the basic techniques of the Lingxiao Sect that can directly lead to the Nascent Soul realm. It is most adept at manipulating the withering and flourishing of plants and is a superior technique of the wood element.

The "Flower Blooms in an Instant" technique, seemingly a harmless fragrance, actually causes fresh flowers to sprout from the flesh and blood meridians as soon as it touches the body, nourishing it with the essence of flesh and blood until the body is reduced to a skeleton.

Seeing Gu Fan's decisive dodge, Luo Qingyao's smile vanished. Her bright red shawl suddenly transformed into two long whips, lashing out at Gu Fan and sending out streaks of whip shadows.

Gu Fan flicked his sleeve, and the Yin-Yang Ring flew out again.

One becomes two, two becomes four, and in an instant, the Yin-Yang Ring splits into countless pieces, covering Luo Qingyao like a storm, colliding with the countless whip shadows, the crisp sound like rain beating on a bronze drum.

The Yin-Yang Ring seemed endless, shattering the whip shadow into fireflies, gradually pressing towards Luo Qingyao.

Luo Qingyao frowned slightly and bit her lip.

"No, we can't keep dragging this on."

With a single thought, Luo Qingyao dodged backward, her long whip transforming back into a shawl, which flew around Gu Fan, scattering hundreds and thousands of emerald green seeds from within.

The seeds fall to the ground and instantly take root and sprout, growing into large trees.

Gu Fan had already guessed Luo Qingyao's plan, and with a thought, flames rose around his body.

After years of cultivation, Gu Fan finally grasped the "forgetting" technique that Li Kunyuan had mentioned, and his fire control skills reached a high level, achieving the state of "fire arising from thought."

The flames transformed into a ring of fire, instantly spreading throughout the entire square and igniting all the trees.

Unexpectedly, Luo Qingyao clapped both hands simultaneously, creating a mysterious rhythm.

The burning trees suddenly trembled and transformed into burning wooden puppets, leaping up from all directions and rushing towards Gu Fan like waves engulfing reefs.

"With just these wooden figures, Senior Sister is underestimating me."

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow, raised the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword high, and unleashed a fierce slash.

A crimson slash swept across the entire field, cleaving the wave in two, and scattering countless burning wooden figures on the ground.

"Those won't work, so how about this one?"

Luo Qingyao's lips curled up, revealing a smug smile.

The ground shook violently the next instant.

To everyone's astonishment, a thick wooden arm emerged from the ground, followed by a second arm, a head, and half a torso.

A wooden giant, ten feet tall, emerged from the ground!

The wooden figure has six arms, its body is a simple gray color, and its face bears a slight resemblance to Luo Qingyao.

"When was this wooden figure planted? Was it... when it lurked underground?"

Gu Fan pondered for a moment, then quickly rejected the idea.

Gu Fan pondered for a moment, then quickly rejected the idea.

"A wooden figure couldn't possibly grow this big in such a short time."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck my mind.

"I understand, you planted the wooden dummy in the last round!" Gu Fan said firmly.

Luo Qingyao landed on the wooden dummy's head, covered her mouth, and chuckled softly, her laughter as clear as silver bells: "Junior brother is indeed clever, but unfortunately the wooden dummy is already complete. What other tricks does junior brother have up his sleeve?"

"Why not just admit defeat and suffer less physical pain?"

Gu Fan was quite impressed with Luo Qingyao's preparations.

She knew she would be challenged by the disciple who would appear later, so she planted the seed in the previous round of battle, letting it grow slowly underground until now.

"Then let Senior Sister Luo see my skills." Gu Fan laughed loudly and reached into his storage bag.

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Luo Qingyao's heart. She made a hand seal and pointed at Gu Fan. The huge wooden figure took heavy steps and its six hands slammed down at the same time.

Gu Fan leaped away from the wooden figure's palm, and at the same time, he pulled out a stack of talismans.

Several talismans spontaneously combusted without fire, transforming into a cold wind that swept towards the giant wooden figure.

Countless ice spikes spread like vines across the wooden figure's entire body, instantly transforming it into something resembling a layer of ice armor, causing it to move sluggishly.

Luo Qingyao remained unmoved upon seeing this, and under her divine control, the wooden figure swung its six arms, smashing the ice spikes.

But immediately new talismans fell.

Eight ice spears struck the wooden giant's chest, instantly forming an ice prison that trapped the wooden giant.

The wooden giant struggled fiercely, cracking the ice hammer and seemingly about to break free.

Just then, Gu Fan patted his spirit beast pouch, and the two-foot-tall gourd suddenly flew out. Its body swelled with the wind, reaching a height of five zhang when it landed. It strode wildly toward the wooden figure, then leaped into the air and spat out three fireballs.

The fireball struck the wooden figure in the chest and exploded, causing the figure to involuntarily lean backward.

Taking advantage of the situation, the gourd stepped onto the wooden figure's chest, and Gu Fan stood on top of the gourd's head. With a flick of his foot, he slashed the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword at the panicked Luo Qingyao.

Luo Qingyao dodged, only to see the Yin-Yang Ring suddenly appear above her head, enlarge, and tighten around her.

In an instant, Luo Qingyao lost control of her body, unable to mobilize her divine sense and magical power, and fell from the sky like a frightened bird.

Just as her pretty face was about to collide with the ground, a blur flashed by, a large hand grabbed her by the collar and pulled her to the ground.

"Senior Sister Luo, you flatter me."

Luo Qingyao looked up and met Gu Fan's smiling face.

She tried to break free, but found that the Yin-Yang Rings wouldn't budge. Dejected, she lowered her head and said angrily, "I give up! Now let me go!"

Gu Fan chuckled and recalled the Yin-Yang Ring.

When he was forging the Yin-Yang Ring, he referenced the principle of the Mind-Stabilizing Talisman, making it a magical artifact that combined attack and trapping enemies. Unexpectedly, it worked on its first use.

Without Luo Qingyao's control, the wooden giant collapsed to the ground.

The gourd quickly shrank, flew onto Gu Fan's shoulder, and howled proudly as if to claim credit.

Helpless, Gu Fan took out a pill and fed it to the gourd. Only then did the gourd settle down on his shoulder and start munching on the pill.

A bell rang out.

Liu Shentong announced loudly, "The winner is Gu Fan!"