Su Zimo summoned his flying sword and helped Linghu up carefully before leaping up. Nodding to Xue Yi and the others, he said, "Senior brothers, I'll be leaving first."
"Let's go together."
Many disciples of Weapon Peak summoned their flying swords one after another and followed Su Zimo, leaving Spirit Peak.
Fatty had a hesitant look on his face. After a moment of hesitation, he made up his mind and gave chase.
Before long, Su Zimo and the others disappeared from everyone's sights.
On Spirit Peak, the disciples of the other three peaks gradually dispersed as well.
Even though the commotion was over for now, everyone knew that the five peaks face-off at the end of the year would definitely cause a huge uproar!
As for who would rise and fall, they would only know half a year later.
At the same time, a pair of gigantic wings tore through the void from the depths of the clouds and disappeared, landing in Ethereal Palace.
If any sect disciple were to witness this, they would definitely recognize the owner of the wings – it was the Mystical Guardian Beast of their sect, that frightening crane!
The crane's gigantic body landed in Ethereal Palace. Instantly, it transformed into a beautiful woman with a head of red hair that was tied up in a bun with a graceful bearing.
"Caw, caw!"
The cry of a crane sounded from the depths of the room. A smaller crane sensed the aura of the redheaded beauty and flapped its wings, running over with an aggrieved expression.
That crane was the one that stopped Su Zimo and the others at the front of Misty Peak back then.
The redheaded beauty shook her head and chuckled. Looking at little crane beside her with a doting expression, she said gently, "Why? You feel aggrieved because I locked you up?"
"Caw …"
Little crane cried out a few times, as though it was trying to explain something.
The redheaded beauty looked at little crane in deep thought. After a moment, she said softly, "Child, I've always been worried about your future. I can't bear to see you become someone else's spirit beast and be enslaved, losing your freedom. However, I know that if you stay by my side, this day will come sooner or later. I won't be able to protect you forever. "
Little crane did not know why its mother was so melancholic all of a sudden. Feeling a little afraid, it huddled closer to the redheaded beauty.
The red-haired beauty smiled and said, "However, I've discovered an interesting person in the past few days. He's quite suitable to be your master. If you follow him, you definitely won't suffer. "
"Chirp, chirp."
Little crane called out a few more times.
The red-haired beauty stroked the little crane's head and said, "You can't always follow me. I'm already old, and you still have a long way to go."
Little crane's mood sank.
After a while, the little crane could not hold back its curiosity and asked again.
The red-haired woman pursed her lips and smiled, "You know this person as well. You even fought with him on the mountain wall in the front."
"Caw caw! Caw caw! "
Little crane was stunned for a moment before it became agitated. It shrieked shrilly with rage and disdain in its eyes.
"Hehe."
The red-haired beauty chuckled, "He's a bit weak now, but you might not be his match. Also, this person, um … has some secrets on him. It's hard to say what he will achieve in the future. "
"Of course, the most important thing is that you don't have to sign a blood oath with him. You're still free."
Little crane called out a few more times, as though it was still unwilling.
The red-haired beauty nodded. "Of course, that's up to you. I won't force you. What I mean is that there's no harm for you to interact with him. If you truly like him, you can stay by his side. If you don't, you can just leave. "
Little crane cried out softly.
The red-haired beauty said, "Yes, of course, it's not related to you. You can go out and have fun from now on. Just don't cause any trouble."
Little crane rolled its eyes and thought to itself, "Hmph, I hate that person to death for grounding me for so long. Mother even wants me to follow him? Dream on! I'm going to find a chance to take revenge on him this time around! "
How could the red-haired beauty not know what little crane was thinking when she saw its expression?
She lowered her head and smiled without pointing it out.
…
In the void not far away from Spirit Peak, the four peak masters were present. Wen Xuan had just arrived after settling matters of Spirit Peak.
"Wen Xuan, thank you. I owe you a favor," The disheveled old man cupped his fists.
Given his status as a peak master, there was no need for him to appear for today's matter – he could have just left it to the Disciplinary Hall.
It was only because the disheveled old man was worried that something would happen to Su Zimo that he got Wen Xuan to settle the matter.
Wen Xuan waved it off. "There's no need for that between us."
Pausing for a moment, Wen Xuan sighed. "Actually, I had no intention of forbidding Su Zimo from entering Spirit Peak. However, that lad is arrogant and said something so disgraceful. In a fit of anger, I made this decision to let him suffer some setbacks."
"No matter what, I still have to thank you for stepping in."
The disheveled old man said, "Qi Refinement Warriors only have that bit of capabilities and it doesn't matter if he learns it or not. As long as he can advance to Foundation Establishment realm and become an inner sect disciple, it's the same even if he learns combat techniques. "
"However, his fight with Feng Haoyu at the end of the year …" Wen Xuan hesitated.
The disheveled old man shook his head. "As you said, so be it if he lost. It's good for him to suffer a little. It's better for him to suffer a little in the sect than to lose his life in the cultivation world in the future. "
Suddenly, Array Peak's master, Xuan Yi, said, "Actually, Su Zimo isn't entirely to blame for what happened today."
"That Feng Haoyu is rather scheming," Elixir Peak's master, the brown haired youth, remarked meaningfully.
Wen Xuan frowned and shook his head in displeasure. "Feng Haoyu is merely a little more ambitious. That lad isn't a bad person."
The brown haired youth shrugged. "Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."
Xuan Yi hurriedly changed the topic with a smile. The five of them chatted for a while more before going their separate ways.
…
The moment Su Zimo arrived at his cave abode, Little Fatty caught up from behind.
"Bro, hold on," Little Fatty shouted hurriedly.
Su Zimo turned back to look at Little Fatty who had landed and smiled. "I have to thank you for speaking up for me today."
"That's nothing," Little Fatty waved it off nonchalantly.
Su Zimo thought of something and said apologetically, "Because of me, you've offended quite a number of people today. I'm afraid you won't have a good time in Spirit Peak from now on."
"Hehe! Bro, you're worrying too much. Even though I'm only at Level 7 Qi Condensation now, there's still half a year before the end of the year and I have a chance of reaching Perfected Qi Condensation. By then, there won't be many people who can beat me. If anyone is unhappy, they can just go to the spirit arena, "Little Fatty said with a relaxed expression.
With that said, Little Fatty sighed again. "Bro, you were truly too rash when you challenged Feng Haoyu at the end."
"Oh?" Su Zimo could tell that Little Fatty seemed to be implying something.
Little Fatty asked, "Bro, do you know of the three secret skills of Ethereal Sect?"
"No," Su Zimo shook his head.
Little Fatty explained, "The reason why Ethereal Sect was able to become one of the five major sects of the Great Zhou Dynasty was because of these three secret skills. Even if you're promoted to an inner sect disciple, you won't be able to cultivate them. It's only possible if you become a legacy disciple of the inner sect. "
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