A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

Upon hearing that Jiang Tingting was going to the Jiang family on her own, Lin Xiu couldn't help but chuckle and cast a helpless glance in Jiang Taixu's direction.

Why would Jiang Taixu say such things to Jiang Tingting? What is he trying to do?

Jiang Taixu noticed Lin Xiu's gaze, shrugged, and smiled helplessly.

He certainly didn't intentionally give Jiang Tingting advice; he was just telling her the truth.

Jiang Tingting asked him how to ensure Lin Xiu's safest cultivation, and he told her that the safest place for Lin Xiu to cultivate was in the ancestral land of the Jiang family, which was protected by imperial formations and imperial weapons.

Although Wei Yi of Tianxuan is stronger than him, in terms of safety, Tianxuan Stone Archway is really no match for the Jiang family's ancestral land.

Not to mention imperial weapons and imperial formations, the Jiang family's ancestral land even seals a large amount of the Jiang family's resources, so its safety is absolutely top-notch.

.......

Lin Xiu felt helpless. He knew that Jiang Tingting was simply worried about him. Tingting was certainly not wrong; the fault lay with him. He had failed to gain Jiang Tingting's trust enough.

So he could only continue stroking Jiang Tingting's big head, combing her black hair while whispering:

"Tingting, there's no need to go to the Jiang family. However, I will visit you there often."

“You can come to Tianxuan often when I’m not here. Grandpa Wei Yi really likes you.”

Jiang Tingting: "......."

Jiang Tingting stared at Lin Xiu with a determined and eager look for several seconds. Seeing that Lin Xiu did not waver at all, she pouted and said:

"Okay~ Tingting understands."

"But... Brother Lin Xiu, you have to make a pinky promise with Tingting! Pinky promise, never to change for a hundred years!"

Jiang Tingting raised her small hand and stretched it out towards Lin Xiu.

"Okay, let's pinky swear."

Lin Xiu chuckled and nodded. He first patted Jiang Tingting's big head, then reached out and touched Jiang Tingting's small hand. The two of them completed the pinky promise ceremony together.

......

Yan Ruyu: "..."

Yan Ruyu looked at Jiang Tingting, who was making a pinky promise with Lin Xiu, and then at Weiwei and Ye Fan, and suddenly felt a little tired.

Did these three people plan this in private?

So... she was the only one who wanted the actual item?

How would outsiders, and even Lin Xiu himself, view her?

So... Yan Ruyu isn't one of us?

Yan Ruyu felt an urgent need to do something, otherwise, her lineage's little ancestor would soon become someone else's little ancestor.

Jiang Tingting pretends to be the younger sister, Weiwei pretends to be the junior sister, and Ji Zi pretends to be the son!

Yan Ruyu thought these people were terrifying; they would do anything to get Lin Xiu to join them!

......

When Lin Xiu and Jiang Tingting made their pinky promise, everyone suddenly realized that the four winners were all acquaintances of Lin Xiu!

Ye Fan and Weiwei are out of the question; they are well-known acquaintances of Lin Xiu.

Yan Ruyu is also an exception, since it is common knowledge that the Qinglian lineage and the Tianxuan Dao Master jointly suppressed the imperial weapon.

But didn't the little princess of the Jiang family just come out of seclusion? Why does she also seem to know Lin Xiu very well?

Depend on!

Is there some kind of shady dealing involved in this Immortal Venerable Competition?

Chapter 279 The King Who Slays the Dao Emerges

Depend on!

Is there some kind of shady dealing involved in this Immortal Venerable Competition?

Once such an idea was conceived, it quickly spread among the people.

"It's a cover-up! There's something fishy going on!"

"It's so dark! The sky above the Big Dipper is just too dark!"

"I protest! I believe these four winners were all planted by the organizers!"

"Exactly! Otherwise, how could it happen that four of them were old acquaintances of Lin Xiu?"

"A rematch! A rematch is absolutely necessary!"

"The betting is open! The game is restarting! I'm going to win this time!"

.......

Lin Xiu noticed the reaction from the audience and smiled broadly, because this was exactly the effect he wanted.

A few seconds later, Lin Xiu patted Jiang Tingting's head one last time, slowly stood up, and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Are you done talking?"

"Now that you've finished speaking, let me say a few words."

With that, Lin Xiu walked with his hands behind his back, step by step ascending into the sky, saying as he went:

"I admit that I do know these four winning players."

"Their victory did indeed seem like it was achieved through shady dealings at first glance."

"However, everyone seems to have overlooked a very basic issue: I'm organizing an elimination tournament, not a points-based tournament!"

"The rankings in the points tournament may change depending on the order of appearance, but in the knockout stage... the person who wins in the end will be the strongest among all the participants!"

"No matter how the draw is done, the person who wins the final round of the knockout stage is the strongest among all the participants!"

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.

The people who had been shouting the loudest earlier opened their mouths, but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.

Even the most unreasonable person has to admit that Lin Xiu is right. That's how the knockout stage works. If you can't beat someone, you can't beat them. It has nothing to do with the draw or whether you have a close relationship with the organizers.

........

Of course, there are still some gamblers who have lost everything and are spouting nonsense.

"Easy for you to say! If it weren't for your underhanded tactics, my junior brother might have made it into the top four!"

"If I make it into the top four, I can win back several times the amount!"

"Fellow Daoist, what does your junior brother's defeat in the third round, which was knocked out in three moves, have to do with Immortal Venerable Lin's behind-the-scenes manipulation? You didn't even face Ye Fan, did you?"

"Hmph! If it weren't for Lin Xiu's underhanded tactics, how could my junior brother have encountered such a powerful opponent so early? If my junior brother hadn't lost, why would I have incurred gambling debts? So... it's all Lin Xiu's fault!"

"Alright, bro, you're something else. The people from Miaoyu Nunnery are here to talk to you. Good luck to you."

Perhaps because the gamblers' behavior was so disgusting... there were many suppressed laughs coming from the audience.

"Pfft~"

"Hahaha~"

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why there were so many doubts all of a sudden; it turns out that gambling addicts were fueling the fire!"

Once the gamblers' ugly behavior was exposed, the previously agitated atmosphere dissipated by more than half.

However, at that very moment...

"Humph!"

A cold snort rang out, and within the exclusive area of ​​the Yao Guang Holy Land, a beam of holy light shot into the sky!

A figure emerged from the endless holy light.

This figure used the "Holy Light Technique" exclusive to the Yao Guang Holy Land, surrounded by one hundred and eight divine rings, each of which was dazzling and dyed half of the sky gold!

It was none other than Li Daoqing, the Holy Lord of Yaoguang!

"Immortal Lin, you are mistaken!"

Li Daoqing's voice boomed like a bell as he openly and honestly expressed his opposition to Lin Xiu.

At the same time, the holy light surrounding him gradually eroded forward, facing the four strange phenomena beside Lin Xiu.

The Azure Dragon raised its head, the White Tiger roared, the Vermilion Bird spread its wings, and the Black Tortoise coiled. Lin Xiu's Four Spirits collided with the Holy Light Halo of the Yao Guang Holy Lord in the air, causing waves of spatial tremors, as if they were about to go to war at any moment.

However, faced with the serious matter of being directly questioned by a Saint Lord-level figure, Lin Xiu not only remained calm but even smiled and asked in return:

"Oh? Something's wrong with it?"

"Senior Li Daoqing of the Yao Guang Holy Land, what do you think is wrong with this?"

Li Daoqing stood with his hands behind his back, and holy light surged behind him like a tide.

"I think the reward system is flawed!"

"I believe that all the contestants gave it their all, shedding blood and sweat. Why should only the champion receive the reward? What about those who came in second or third place, those who were eliminated in the quarterfinals or semifinals? Didn't they also put in the effort?"

"If only the champion is awarded in today's competition, it would surely chill the hearts of cultivators across the land!"

Upon hearing this, many contestants showed expressions of agreement.

"The Holy Lord of Yaoguang is right! I also made it to the top sixteen, shouldn't I at least get some consolation prize?"

"I don't need anything fancy, a few hundred kilograms of ore would be fine too!"

"Exactly, isn't the venue Myoyu-an Temple? How about a day's free tour of Myoyu-an Temple?"

........

As the meeting was in full swing, a long, melodious sound suddenly came from the distant horizon.

"No!"

"I think the Supreme Holy Lord's reward is... quite appropriate!"

Everyone looked up and saw that the sky in the distance had suddenly darkened.

Then, in the dim sky, countless stars lit up at the same time, turning the sky into a sea of ​​stars!

The stars in the heavens slowly rotated, as if an invisible hand was manipulating a cosmic chessboard. Where the starlight converged, a figure stepped through the air!