Cultivation Online novel Chapter 298

Chapter 298 - Jealousy

"It’s been a while, fellow Daoists." Long Yijun greeted the guests with a friendly smile on his face while the three elders stood behind him with vigilant looks on their faces.

Even though these guests all had friendly-looking expressions on their faces, one can never be too careful in the cultivation world where anything can happen, especially when they are competitors.

"Sect Master Long and sect elders, it’s been ten long years since our last meeting."

"You arrived almost at the last minute this time, Sect Master Long. Did something happen? The Dragon Essence Temple is usually always the first ones to arrive."

"Don’t tell me you almost forgot about the Mystic Realm?"

These guests were all Sect Masters and high-ranking elders from the other sects, their intentions unclear.

"I guess you can say something like that." Long Yijun responded in a calm voice.

"By the way, I heard the Dragon Essence Temple managed to win a major bet recently that earned them a few Divine-grade treasures. Congratulations." One of them suddenly spoke, mentioning the gamble Long Yijun made with the other sects.

"Hahaha! Thank you! Indeed, my Dragon Essence Temple managed to amass a small fortune due to some minor luck! However, my sect doesn’t really need these treasures, so if you would like to buy them, give the Dragon Essence Temple a visit after the Mystic Realm! I will even give you a discount!" Long Yijun said, still with an innocent-looking smile on his face.

The Sect Masters there stared at Long Yijun with dumbfounded looks on their faces, as they didn’t expect him to suddenly start selling the Divine-grade treasures he’d obviously tricked from the others! What a shameless fellow, they all thought!

"A-Anyways, I have been wondering for a while now but I only saw two disciples from your group. I thought the Dragon Essence Temple obtained 3 slots from the last Mystic Realm?" The Spirit Grandmaster there suddenly asked.

The two disciples he was referring to were Xue Jiye and Gao Dongya. As for Meixiu, there was no way they’d let a mortal who hasn’t even begun to cultivate enter the Mystic Realm. Meanwhile, in his eyes, Yuan, who was emitting the aura of a Spirit Master— it was impossible for someone like that to be a mere disciple.

In fact, everybody there thought the same and mistook Yuan as another sect elder from the Dragon Essence Temple.

Long Yijun realized this fact and took advantage of their misunderstanding and said with an arrogant-looking smug face, "The Dragon Essence Temple is so confident this year that we’d decided to only use two out of our three slots."

"What?! Are you insane?!"

The Sect Masters there were shocked speechless by Long Yijun’s claims.

So confident in his two disciples that they’d be willing to give up an entire spot?! Not even the number one sect would do such a foolish thing! After all, every additional spot in the Mystic Realm could be the difference between rank one and rank 10!

Furthermore, they have already done their research on Xue Jiye and Gao Dongya even before they became Core Disciples! While they are, without doubt, among the top geniuses in the Lower Heavens, they don’t show any heaven-defying talents that would shake the entire world, and the other sects also have similar talents, hence why the Sect Masters couldn’t understand where Long Yijun’s confidence was coming from.

After talking with each other for a few more minutes, the people from the other sects left Long Yijun and the others alone, yet they felt as though something was amiss.