Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 144: Who Dares to Steal My Disciple?!

The other imperial offspring stepped forward for the spirit assessment.

Some managed to evoke three tolls, but there were also those who failed to evoke a single toll at all. In the end, of the thirty people or so, only the Sixth Princess managed to evoke four tolls.

This poured cold water over the crowd’s enthusiasm. They thought that the other imperial offspring should at least be of medium cultivation talent, considering how Xia Yu was able to evoke seven tolls, but to think only the Sixth Princess met the mark…

In contrast, this showed just how rare Xia Yu’s cultivation talent was, which prompted the crowd to look at him in awe. It was the same type of gaze that Fang Chen had received back then.

Xia Yu had never enjoyed such treatment, and his heart swelled up with pride.

He looked at Fang Chen once more, and coincidentally, the latter looked back at him too. However, Fang Chen’s gaze was as placid as ever, so much so that he seemed to see a hint of disdain and hostility in it too.

The first one I’ll kill is you once I become a powerful cultivator, Xia Yu sneered in his mind.

For some reason, he hated Fang Chen’s gaze. It irked him how the latter acted the same as before despite having become blind.

The Sixth Princess, who had evoked four tolls, was taken in by Immortal Aunt Firecloud. No one competed with her as they knew that there would be more people with medium cultivation talent to come.

No one took in any of the other imperial offspring who evoked three tolls, so they could only trudge to their previous positions with lowered heads. Their mothers looked a little rueful.

The Sixth Princess was a few years younger than Fang Chen. As she was walking past him, she suddenly turned over and said, “Xia Imperial Duke, it was thanks to you that I didn’t have to marry Longdu’s Zhou Xiu. I would have missed this opportunity if so.”

Her words should have been relaying gratitude, but they were spoken with a lofty tone. The surrounding officials frowned.

“You’re too polite, Your Highness. The path of immortality is a

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