Chapter 3134 — The Past of Vice President Ouyang
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Even Vice President Ouyang ordinarily did not dare provoke the disciples of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect—not because the Cultivators' Guild feared them, but because if Vice President Ouyang did provoke them, the Guild would never stick its neck out for him over such a matter. After all, the Mad Bull Ancestor of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect was on friendly terms with the Guild's Grand Supreme Honorary President...
"Brother Ling, I never imagined that legendary figure was you!" In his younger years, Vice President Ouyang had come off badly at the hands of Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect disciples. When he was young, during a trial sponsored by the Cultivators' Guild, he had also crossed blades with the sect's Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable and suffered a crushing defeat. Had it not been for the presence of an elder of his—the Number Two Supreme Vice President—who kept the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable from daring to kill him, Vice President Ouyang likely would never have returned alive!
So toward Wei Zhao, who could thwart the disciples of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect, Vice President Ouyang felt the deepest respect, and straightaway changed how he addressed Wei Zhao to "Brother Ling."
"Why are you calling me Brother Ling?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback.
"We are both cultivators, and on the martial path the one who reaches higher is foremost. You call me Brother Ouyang, I call you Brother Ling—that is only proper, for both of us are Heaven-rank masters!" Vice President Ouyang said, as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
Wei Zhao nodded, not troubling himself over such forms of address, and asked curiously instead, "Brother Ouyang, from the sound of it, you seem to bear a grudge against the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect?"
"Ah, you have it right! To be frank with you, Brother Ling, I once crossed hands with the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect during a trial of the Cultivators' Association, and the result was a bitter defeat. Had it not been for an elder of mine on the Supreme Elder Council, whom the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable dared not touch, I would long since have died with no place to be buried!" Vice President Ouyang said with feeling. "So you see, Brother Ling, you have truly vented a bellyful of grievance on my behalf!"
"A trial of the Cultivators' Guild? What is that?" Wei Zhao asked, slightly startled.
"Oh? You don't even know?" Vice President Ouyang looked at Wei Zhao with some surprise. "It is a trial that every disciple of the ancient tier knows of. You... ah, of course—you are a loose cultivator!"
"Indeed. And what is this trial for?" Wei Zhao asked, curious. After all, every trial was, to a greater or lesser degree, an opportunity for the one who undertook it—quite possibly bringing unforeseen benefits.
Just as with the trial of the Ice Palace and the trial of the Mystic Pill Sect that Wei Zhao had taken part in—it was the same with all of them!
"The site of this trial is called the Ancient Isle!" Vice President Ouyang did not hold anything back, but introduced it directly. "The Ancient Isle is the only discoverable relic left behind by the entire ancient tier. I do not know how the Cultivators' Guild first discovered it, nor how they came to know the way to open it. Entering the trial of the Ancient Isle, one may search its length and breadth to one's heart's content for the rare treasures one needs! It is vast in land and rich in resources, with many precious medicinal herbs and a number of treasures left from the ancient age—whatever you find is yours! Of course, others may snatch it from you, and when you come out, you must pay a fee!"
"Pay a fee? You mean these things can be had simply by buying them with money?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. "Would that not cost an astronomical sum?"