"Pei Yan! Pei Yan! Everywhere it’s Pei Yan now, ah! Bah!" "Wang Wenze" spat thickly onto the ground with a look of disdain, saying extremely contemptuously, "What’s he worth? When he first came to the Investigation Hall he was just shining my shoes, shining shoes you know? Even after training he’d cry and lie on the bed while I had to prick his blisters on his feet, every time he saw me he would have to respectfully call Brother Wang! It’s just this time the hall selected him and he got famous, I tell you if I had competed, I could do it too!"

Watching Pei Yan thumping his chest and self-mocking his own bold demeanor, some people in the crowd of the investigation hall couldn’t help but burst into laughter, many could only turn their heads to the side, tightly pressing their lips to avoid making their amusement too evident.

This scene conveyed a different meaning to Zhangsun Zhize’s eyes, in his view, this "Wang Wenze" had already gone mad, his psyche unbalanced by seeing his junior surpass him, yet using his relationship with him to act arrogantly, causing a crowd of colleagues to grow dissatisfied with him. Therefore, he wished to use this opportunity to let outsiders teach him a lesson, conveniently shifting the responsibility for poor investigation onto him.

Self-assured of comprehending the key aspect of this issue, Zhangsun Zhize was now at ease, nodding to Ge Yongshou before smilingly turning to "Wang Wenze" and asked, "Indeed a heroic youth rampant with vigor, then dare I ask which of the three of us you wish to challenge?"

"What do you mean? What do you mean? Do you look down on me? I ask you! Do you look down on me?" "Wang Wenze" upon hearing this, spun like a cat with her fur ruffled, eventually angrily stood before Zhangsun Zhize questioning.

"Uh... I...!" Zhangsun Zhize was completely bewildered by this startling lunatic, not knowing which remark of his had angered him again.

"Why, which one is it? You look down on me, don’t you! Three! Pei Yan fought three on the stage! I’m going to fight three! Not one less, if I lose you’ll all leave with me!"

"I...! You...!" Even though Zhangsun Zhize’s composure was usually very good, this provoking manner of the opponent made him almost furious enough to directly end things with the opponent, yet consistently prudent and cautious, he refrained from doing so, clenched his extended palm into a fist, then raised his thumb inserting a word of admiration through his teeth, "Good! Young Hero Wang makes an extraordinary move! Are you sure you want to battle us three single-handedly, failing which the Investigation Hall departs never needing our Heavenly Guardian Pavilion to translate texts?"

"Naturally certain!"

"Once words are out?"

"Hard to chase with four horses!"

"Great! Everyone heard, this matter is thus settled!" Having decided the matter, Zhangsun Zhize bounced back to make way for an empty space, gesturing, "Then let this old man see Young Hero Wang’s superior tricks!"

"Wait!" Pei Yan saw the three opponents respectively establishing positions in three directions, setting ready postures, he waved his hand to halt.

"What, scared now? Too late to be scared!" Ge Yongshou, having been enraged by this nameless junior’s ostentatious demeanor earlier, would have already taught him a harsh lesson if not stopped by his senior brother. Observing the other withdrawing now, he wouldn’t let him off easily.

"Scared? What would I be scared for?" Pei Yan spoke as he walked deliberately into the attack range of the three, checked around, stood at the center of the square, and stomped the ground a couple of times saying, "This place is good, let’s fight here!"

After finishing speaking, he looked up at the three regretfully saying, "I think this match doesn’t highlight my superiority over Pei Yan, you’re not Children of Origin, winning won’t bring you fame, so I’ll stand here without moving, if you can make me move this spot even half a step, it’s considered you won, fair, right?"

"Junior! Arrogant! Senior Brother, there’s no need for you to act, leave this person to me!" He spoke with utter anger, Ge Yongshou yelled, storming, leaping, and delivering a palm strike against Pei Yan.

Pei Yan saw the opponent’s fierce attack and remained composed, as he had stated earlier, he stood motionless, just when the palm’s wind got about to slam against his face, a sharp call sounded from afar.

"Junior Brother, be cautious!" On hearing this, Ge Yongshou, who was still in the momentum of the charge, froze in the air, then was forcibly pulled back.

"Senior Brother! Why are you pulling me?" Being abruptly yanked back, stumbling several steps to stand firm, Ge Yongshou looked up at his senior brother quizzically.

Zhangsun Zhize ignored his junior brother’s question, in that moment earlier he keenly perceived a trace of danger from "Wang Wenze," making him feel that if his junior brother really struck with that palm, it would conclude with his demise. But once he pulled Ge Yongshou back, that omen vanished without a trace, truly making him perplexed.

"Who exactly are you?" Zhangsun Zhize asked alertly.

"Didn’t I say? I’m Wang Wenze!" Pei Yan stood casually looking at the opponent with a mischievous amused look.

Unable to discern whether what he said was true or false, Zhangsun Zhize had begun to regret rashly agreeing to this request a bit, from the opponent’s earlier maneuver it could be seen he was not ordinary, thinking of this he couldn’t help but caution again, "Handle with care, don’t be careless, people from the Investigation Hall are skilled at close combat; let’s not fall for it, first release some spells to test his foundation."

Although believing the opponent was just bluffing and scoffing internally at his senior brother’s cautious attitude, Ge Yongshou still habitually followed the senior brother’s advice, shook his head helplessly with a wry smile before forming hand seals to gather surrounding source energy, promptly three talismans shot from his sleeve, under constant energy infusion talismans hovered emitting flickering light.

Suddenly a breeze stirred, and the previously brightening talismans suddenly fell out of control, fluttering lightly from Ge Yongshou’s chest with the wind.

"Junior Brother Ge! What are you doing?" Keeping an eye on every move of "Wang Wenze," Zhangsun Zhize glanced at the scene angrily.

Previously he was not as angry as he was now at the insolence of this junior, it’s just this engagement of the Talismanic Technique, simple and swift, is the cultivator’s most basic offensive means, failure due to poor control during infusion causing malfunction of magic, a mistake even entry-level cultivators not yet in the Reincarnation Realm, Three Corpses Slaying Realm can’t afford to make, let alone in front of the Investigation Hall they committed it!

Though the people of the Investigation Hall might not understand it much, Lin Daozi and Embroidered Robe Envoy estranged with the Immortal Palace being present, if they spread this farce, the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion would be mocked, having no face left to stand in the Immortal Palace!

"Senior Brother, I, I...!"