The most famous place in South Huzhou is a lake called "Babaili Dongting", which is known as the second largest freshwater lake in the Dingzhou Dynasty.
The rumor that the nine-color lotus is about to mature also spread here.
Speaking of the power of Nanhu Prefecture, it is even more powerful than Dongshan Prefecture.
There are four families that are comparable to the Xingyu Sect, also known as the four major families in South Huzhou, namely;
The Mu family, the Lin family, the Wu family, and the Shangguan family.
The patriarchs of these four families are all at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, and there are also many elders in the Nascent Soul Realm from each family.
There are even rumors that behind the four major families, there are ancestors who have entered the realm of gods.
I just don’t know if the news is true or false, because no one has seen it.
And even if it does happen, when you reach the level of spiritual transformation, you have already stopped caring about the world of mortals and are transcendent, so you probably won't interfere in worldly affairs anymore.
Normally, the four major families are in harmony with each other. Although they don't get along harmoniously, there are few fights.
But this time the Nine-Colored Lotus is about to mature, and a lot of turmoil has been stirred up in the entire South Huzhou, both overtly and covertly.
After all, the temptation of a quasi-immortal elixir is too great.
On this day, the nine-colored glow rises into the sky in the center of the lake, which means that the nine-colored lotus is about to mature.
The four major families finally sat down and had a discussion.
The final result of the discussion was that each family did not send top experts, but let the juniors compete. Each family would compete for how much they could win, depending on their abilities.
The reason for the result of such discussions is that when the Nine-Colored Lotus is mature, it is the most vulnerable time. A battle above the Nascent Soul Realm is likely to hurt the Nine-Colored Lotus.
Therefore, in order to avoid accidental damage to this quasi-immortal elixir, it is most appropriate for the juniors below the Nascent Soul Realm to compete for it.
As soon as this rule came out, other forces in South Huzhou were also ready to take action. After all, if the top cultivators from the four major families did not take action, then they might have some chances.
So on the second day, many people gathered in the center of Dongting Lake in Babaili.
Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan, who had come all the way here, were also among them.
At a certain moment, the representatives of the four major families stood up and spoke to everyone;
Mu family, Mu Renyao; "I think everyone is already clear about the rules of this nine-color lotus competition. Anyone over a hundred years old, please leave voluntarily." As soon as these words came out, many people around protested;
"What does treasure hunting have to do with age?"
"That's right, didn't you four major families say that anyone below the Nascent Soul realm can participate?"
Wu Family, Wu Lizhi; "The rules are very clear, only juniors can participate. How can someone over a hundred years old still have the nerve to call himself a junior?"
"I advise you to leave quickly and don't make unreasonable troubles. Otherwise, we will call in the elders to clear the place."
After these two words, many people were very angry, but not many people really dared to stand up and refute the four major families, and everyone was talking among themselves;
"Isn't this a bully? In addition to the four major families with such abundant resources, how many people can enter the Golden Core Realm before they are 100 years old?"
"That is, to come up with such a rule, it is better to just say that no one else is allowed to rob except the four major families!"
"Oh, forget it, no matter how much we talk, can we really fall out with the four major families? This kind of thing has happened before. Let's go..."
People complained twice and walked away one after another.
The ones left behind are all under a hundred years old, but most of them are in the realm of elixir formation, and only a handful of them have a few in the early stage of the elixir.
Compared with the four major families headed by them, they really look like a ragtag group, and there is no comparison at all.
But they were unwilling to leave and still didn't leave, thinking that as long as they could enter the secret realm, even if they couldn't eat meat, it would be good to drink some soup.
The four major families looked down upon the people left behind. In their view, even if these rubbish entered the secret realm, they would never be their opponents.
So just like that, the four major families, with a total of hundreds of Jindan realm juniors, and a bunch of "rabble" behind them, entered the secret realm in the center of the lake.
Once you enter the secret realm, it's a completely different world.
When Wang Liang saw the scene in front of him, a poem immediately came to his mind;
'The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers in the sun are exceptionally red... This place is so beautiful!'
It turns out that there is also a huge lake in the secret realm, and the lake is covered with duckweed and lotus leaves, as well as many lotus pods and lotus flowers.
It's just that these lotus flowers are the most common white lotus flowers, and have no value to practitioners.
So people who entered quickly dispersed to look for the nine-color lotus.
Not long after, there was a sound of fighting not far away, and soon many people were attracted there.
"Did you find the nine-color lotus?"
"Haha, what are you dreaming about? If the nine-color lotus is so easy to find, how can the four major families let us in?"
"It is a three-color lotus. Although it is far inferior to the nine-color lotus, it is still a rare seventh-grade elixir."
"Yes, for those of us who are small forces, don't think about the nine-color lotus. It would be great to get some three-color lotus here..."
Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan heard the discussion around them and looked forward.
Sure enough, I found a three-color lotus with red, orange and yellow petals standing gracefully among the lotus flowers.
And in the sky above this three-color lotus, there were two cultivators who had completed the alchemy realm and were fighting.
Presumably, these two people found this three-color lotus flower at the same time, and both wanted to take it for themselves, so they faced each other with swords.
The people around were eager to move while watching the excitement, and they also wanted to put the three-color lotus into their pockets.
But it definitely won't work now. If anyone takes action, they will be attacked by the two perfect cultivators of the alchemy at the same time.
Most of the people who want the three-color lotus are in the middle stage of elixir formation. In the later stage, because above the golden elixir, the role of the three-color lotus is not great.
After watching for a while, Wang Liang thought about it and sent a message to Ling Yuyan;
"Sister, do you want this three-color lotus?"
Although Wang Liang appears to be in the middle stage of elixir formation, his current real cultivation level is in the early stage of elixir formation, so the three-color lotus flower has little effect on him.
But Ling Yuyan's current cultivation level was just right for using this three-color lotus flower, so Wang Liang asked such a question.
As long as Ling Yuyan said he wanted it, Wang Liang would have a way to snatch the three-color lotus away without anyone noticing.
But Ling Yuyan didn't hesitate at all, shook her head and said;
"It's just a three-color lotus. There should be others elsewhere. There's no need to fight for it here. Let's go."
Hearing what his senior sister said, Wang Liang nodded.
This is to his liking, after all, the ultimate goal here is the nine-color lotus.
Before finding the Nine-Colored Lotus, of course, the lower profile is the better. There is no need to risk exposing your true cultivation level for the sake of petty profit.
Well, for Wang Liang, who is cautious by nature, a little risk is also a risk...