660: Chapter 660 is in danger

One month later.

An explosive piece of news spread out from the Xuanyin Pavilion, and then crazily spread throughout the entire Joyous Union Sect.

Daoist Yin-Yang is going to become Dao Companions with Saint Liu Xuan, and the time is set for half a year from now, at which time the Sect will hold a symbolic celebration ceremony.

"That's fake, right!"

"Where did you hear such fake news? Spreading rumors about a Daoist Master, how many lives do you have to throw away?!"

When many Joyous Union Sect Disciples first heard this news, most of them did not believe it.

What status does Daoist Yin-Yang hold? She is the strongest Daoist Master in the Joyous Union Sect; how could she possibly become Dao Companions with a Saint?

"Exactly, exactly!" A female Disciple said with a wise expression, "I think Saint Liu is just too arrogant and has offended people; someone wants to use this kind of rumor to harm him."

Once these words were spoken, the eyes of the fellow Disciples around her lit up, and they nodded one after another.

"If it were any other Saint, I might believe it a little, but Saint Liu..."

Saint Liu had not been in the East Sea for long and rarely appeared, but his reputation was extremely loud.

First, the Teleportation Array was created by him, and countless people benefited because of him.

Secondly, Liu Xuan is arrogant enough; none of the many Saints and Saintesses of the Yin-Yang Branch are in his eyes, and some are even used as subordinates by him.

These things are nothing; what people talk about most is that Liu Xuan is called a lecher, having married thousands of Concubines and fathered thousands of children!

As the saying goes, good news doesn't leave the house while bad news travels a thousand miles. This kind of sensational rumor spreads the easiest. Many people don't even know who Liu Xuan is; they only know that a lecherous Saint has come to the Joyous Union Sect.

"Saint Liu's reputation is not very good; it is indeed unlikely that he would be favored by a Daoist Master..."

Thinking like this, many people who were skeptical of the news began to deny it as well.

Liu Xuan is lecherous! This is not a rumor, but something that many Cultivators on the Yin-Yang Archipelago have seen with their own eyes.

Not to mention how many Concubines he has in the Southern Border, there are countless women just inside the Qiankun Hall of Liangyi Palace.

In order to select young and beautiful Concubines for Saint Liu, beauty pageants have been held several times on the Yin-Yang Archipelago.

Some women without background or resources have made a name for themselves because of this, and even their relatives and families have ascended to heaven like chickens and dogs, causing countless Cultivators to envy and be jealous.

Given Liu Xuan's situation, if Daoist Yin-Yang were to become Dao Companions with him, what would these current Concubines count for? And what would Daoist Yin-Yang count for?

"You don't know shit!"

A voice full of disdain rang out, instantly silencing the discussions of everyone present.

The speaker was a young man wearing a wide Confucian robe, his temperament somewhat decadent; at a glance, he did not look like a local from the East Sea.

He was very satisfied with the curious gazes of the many Disciples present, and with a sneer of disdain, he said: "The news came out of Liangyi Palace. If it were a rumor, would the higher-ups allow you to discuss it blindly here?"

"If you have connections, just ask someone to go to Liangyi Palace and ask; you will know that this is not a rumor at all, but a Sect announcement and notification, ordered personally by Daoist Yin-Yang!"

"How is this possible?"

"You must be talking nonsense; there is absolutely no such possibility!"

The crowd discussed heatedly. Some were bluffed by the man in the Confucian robe, but most still did not believe it.

"How is it not possible?!"

The man in the Confucian robe's tone became intense. He waved his large sleeve and bowed toward the direction of Liangyi Palace, the core of the Sect's power, "Old Ancestor Liu is the master of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect in our Southern Border and the dean of the Academy branch. Even the Peach Blossom Demon Saint is his Dao Companion. You know nothing about Old Ancestor Liu's strength!"

Apparently, this man in the Confucian robe was a student of the Academy who had come from the Southern Border and was one of Liu Xuan's loyal supporters.

His words just now had a large component of boasting; the relationship between the Peach Blossom Demon Saint and Liu Xuan had not been made public, and the talk of being Dao Companions was just a rumor he had heard.

However, he happened to hit the nail on the head. The relationship between Old Ancestor Liu Xuan and the Peach Blossom Demon Saint as Dao Companions was a rumor on the surface, but in reality, it was true.

Since the establishment of the Teleportation Array, travel between the Southern Border and the East Sea has become easy, and many Southern Border Cultivators have come to the East Sea to make a living through the Teleportation Array.

Various resources in the East Sea are all owned, and most Cultivators cannot make it here at all, so after touring around, they still have to go back to develop.

Therefore, most of the Southern Border Cultivators who can stay in the East Sea for a long time are people from the Liu Clan Merchant Alliance, and the man in the Confucian robe is one of them.

The Liu Clan Merchant Alliance has Saint Liu's backing and the protection of the Yin-Yang Branch, so they have always been overbearing after coming to the East Sea.

Some people recognized the identity of the man in the Confucian robe and immediately stopped arguing with him. This person was Liu Xuan's man, so of course he would speak in favor of his own master, which did not have much credibility.

Since it involved a Daoist Master, all reasoning and speculation were meaningless; only the official Sect announcement had authority.

Some people felt that this matter had nothing to do with them, and rashly expressing opinions might lead to disaster, so they stopped digging into it and just treated it as gossip.

Those with strong curiosity used their own channels to find people with high status to verify, or went directly to the Sect's superiors to probe.

In short, most people did not believe it, thinking that there must be a misunderstanding or a conspiracy.

Until the Sect set the specific time for the celebration ceremony and some tasks related to preparing for the ceremony were assigned, everyone had to believe it even if they didn't want to.

The news spread to the Joyous Union, Cai Xuan, and Mortal World branches, and then even fewer people believed it.

Not only did the bottom-level Disciples not believe it, but even the Saints and Saintesses of those Nascent Soul Daoist Masters, including the three Daoist Masters themselves, did not believe it.

Initially, when the news reached the ears of the three Daoist Masters, they all ordered the Disciples within their branches to stop spreading such rumors, so as not to tarnish the name of Daoist Yin-Yang.

It was not until the invitation sent by the Yin-Yang Branch was delivered to their hands...

"Jiang Xingwan is playing for real?!!"

Daoist Master Mortal World held the invitation and looked it over up, down, left, and right.

If it weren't for the aura left by Jiang Xingwan on it, she would have thought this thing was fake no matter what.

"Among us four sisters of the Joyous Union Sect, I never expected that the first one to become a Dao Companion would be her, Jiang Xingwan!"

Su Qingyan turned and put away the invitation, a strange smile appearing on her face.

The Joyous Union Sect had been declining since ancient times, and after the last Sect Master went missing, it declined to the extreme.

Now, there isn't even a single great Cultivator at the Late Stage of Soul Transformation, leaving only the four of them, female Daoist Masters.

Although the four women addressed each other as Senior Sisters, they were not of the same generation.

The oldest was Jiang Xingwan, who could be considered the elder of the three of them.

Although the four women did not have Dao Companions now, Daoist Master Joyous Union, Cui Siya, had had a Dao Companion in her early years, but later his strength could not keep up and he died of old age.

Daoist Master Cai Xuan, Song Yuyao, was even more ruthless. She directly changed her Cultivation Technique, using the art of harvesting and supplementing to make up for the defects in her Cultivation Technique.

It could be said that she had countless Dao Companions, or it could be said that she had no Dao Companions.

Only she, Su Qingyan, and Jiang Xingwan had never had a Dao Companion from beginning to end.

It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that the Sect's Legacy was incomplete, and coupled with the fact that most of the Spiritual Veins in the East Sea belonged to water, there wasn't even a single male Daoist Master.

They were all proud and arrogant people; they would rather have no Dao Companion than settle.

"Jiang Xingwan, oh Jiang Xingwan, I never expected that in the end, you would be the first to compromise. Your integrity is compromised in your later years!"