Chapter 1062: Once You Step Onto the Stage, Life or Death Is Irrelevant

An Mingji raised his eyes and swept his gaze toward the people seated high above them, about ten meters away.

These two elders had not low cultivation, and the people sitting around them did not even dare to look directly, clearly very afraid based on the expression on everyone’s faces.

The elder in the dark blue robe was Yin Honglin, the Sect Master of the Yin Yue Sect.

He had a head full of white hair and beard, and as he looked at Gu Jin and his party, his expression was grave, his face looking quite displeased.

The elder sitting next to him, dressed in a gray Tang suit, was Luo Xiangsheng, the Sect Leader of the Luosha Sect.

Seeing Yin Honglin’s displeased expression, Luo Xiangsheng frowned and asked, "Can you see any clue?"

"That girl looks to have a cultivation level equal to mine, probably at the Golden Core Middle Stage. The two men sitting on either side of her have just stepped into the Golden Core Stage. The man sitting in the third position is the eldest son of the Wanqi family, his cultivation is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and he will likely break through to form a Golden Core before the end of the year.

But the pretty boy sitting next to that girl, he’s surrounded by a mist, and I can’t see through him. And the foreign man standing behind him seems to have no cultivation, yet there is a black mist surrounding him that envelops his whole being, which doesn’t seem like someone without cultivation."

This was indeed the reason why Yin Honglin’s face was so gloomy.

Things they can’t control are big troubles for them.

In these decades, among the countless cultivators they have invited, there had never been a Golden Core Stage cultivator; most were in the Qi Refinement or Foundation Establishment Cultivation stages.

If not for someone collaborating with them this time, offering generous conditions, they would not provoke the suddenly emerging Xuanji Sect, which even has some slight connections with the three major families.

A month ago, someone from Xuanji Sect underwent the tribulation to form a Golden Core on Yuhua Mountain. They received the news immediately, which made them very uneasy.

Although their cultivation methods are not widely accepted, most of the people who have died at their hands were cultivators without backgrounds or strong support, so they were not afraid of revenge.

Xuanji Sect is different; this suddenly emerging sect is not simple.

If not for someone behind the scenes to calm them and even propose helping them, they would not want to make enemies with Xuanji Sect.

For years, the Yin Yue Sect and the Luosha Sect have dominated the Hidden Market, each satisfied, not wanting extra trouble.

They originally thought Xuanji Sect would have at most one or two Golden Core Level cultivations, but unexpectedly, there were three Golden Core Stage cultivators, and even two whose cultivation levels they couldn’t discern.

This really is a big problem.

Luo Xiangsheng’s face also did not look good.

He regarded Gu Jin and his party, a flash of jealousy and viciousness in his eyes.

After a long while, he said, "Even if they have five Golden Core Stage cultivators, so what if they’re at the peak of Golden Core Stage!

Don’t forget, Yin Yue Sect and Luosha Sect have twenty Golden Core cultivators, more than enough to deal with them, and even if we can’t handle it, we can join forces with those who want them dead, and success will be certain!"

Yin Honglin’s face was still unpleasant, but things had come to this, and there was no other choice.

"I hope so."

"Hm!" Luo Xiangsheng couldn’t bear his timid appearance, snorted coldly, and said no more.

It was already quarter past ten.

A man wearing a gray robe flew onto the stage.

"Welcome, fellow Daoists who have traveled from afar, to the decade-held Cultivator’s Congress. This year’s martial arts rules are the same as previous years; once on stage, life and death are not considered..."

The man on stage continued to calmly explain the martial arts competition rules.

Gu Jin, An Mingji, and the others, upon hearing that once on stage, life and death are not considered, all frowned and furrowed their brows.

The rule was rather cruel.