If the great victory of the Yuwen clan had shaken the entire world of practitioners, then the great defeat of the Zi Yang Palace was like a bucket of cold water that completely doused the joy of the practitioners.
The position of the Zi Yang Palace in the central mainland's practitioners was many times higher than that of the Yuwen clan. They were the number one holy land in the central mainland, the number one sword sect in the world, and the direct swordsmanship of Jiao Daoren. The Zi Yang Palace had many halos of the human practitioners, but they had all been destroyed in this great defeat.
Even the Zi Yang Palace had been defeated. How could Mara's army fight against them?
Even though the Zi Yang Palace had managed to destroy two Asuras in this battle, they had lost three Grand Adepts and ten early and mid Dharma adepts. In addition, they had also lost many severely injured adepts. There was no doubt that the Zi Yang Palace was at a disadvantage.
Moreover, after the west camp had fallen, the low-level Core Forging disciples had almost all been killed. And after Mara's army had taken over the camp on the west side of the mountain pass, the Zi Yang Palace's camp and the other two camps had fallen apart. On the other hand, Mara's army had occupied the west side of the cliff overlooking the Zi Yang Palace's camp, which put the Zi Yang Palace in an unprecedented passive position.
That day, when Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu had broken out of the encirclement of Mara's army, they had been chased by a few high-level Mara. When Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu had laid in ambush and suddenly killed a Jade Shura and a Blood Shura, Mara, who had been chasing them, had finally retreated.
Looking at the entire camp that had been destroyed by Mara's army, they did not know how many of the Zi Yang Palace's adepts had managed to escape. But now that Mara's army had Heavenly Demons and Asuras guarding it, the two of them naturally did not dare to hunt for battle merits and could only retreat to the Zhenling camp.
The first thing Lu Ping did upon returning to the base was to immediately head to the public square of the base to check on the battle achievement leaderboard for the mid Dharma adepts. When he saw that Xie Tianyang and Su Jin's names were still on the leaderboard, Lu Ping heaved a sigh of relief. It was obvious that both of them had not perished after the fall of the base.
However, Lu Ping immediately discovered that there had been an earth-shattering change on the battle merit leaderboard. After the battle at Purple Sun Palace's camp, although Lu Ping had to flee in a sorry state in the end, he had still killed many high-ranking Mara. He was still ranked first with 178 points.
However, the second direct disciple of Purple Sun Palace, Fan Mingjie, who had always been ranked second behind Lu Ping, had been replaced by Yuwen Feixiang, who had originally been ranked fourth. Now, Yuwen Feixiang's battle achievement had reached 176 points. She was only one Blood Asura away from Lu Ping's first place on the leaderboard.
Although Lu Ping was shocked, he still looked down. Xie Tianyang had appeared in third place. His battle achievement had surpassed Fan Mingjie, who had originally been ranked second, by three points, reaching 151 points. However, the gap between him and the first two had indeed gradually widened.
Fan Mingjie followed closely behind, ranked fourth with 148 points. Nangong Xiaojian from Skyward Pavilion had been pushed to fifth place, but he was only five points away from Fan Mingjie by one Blood Asura.
After them were Qin Wuliang from Crystal Palace and Cao Jianping from Heavenly Arcana Sect. Behind these two was Yu Ziqing from Talisman Pavilion, who had appeared for the first time on the leaderboard and was ranked third. His battle achievement ranking had already fallen all the way to eighth place.
The ninth rank was another fresh face who had made it into the top ten for the first time. Moreover, it was obvious that he was a cultivator from the Yuwen Clan.
Lu Ping frowned. He also knew this Yuwen Ke and had met him before. Lu Ping continued to look down the leaderboard. Su Jin had already reached tenth place. At seventeenth place, he saw a disciple from the Yuwen Clan again. It was his old acquaintance, Yuwen Jinglei.
Lu Ping heaved a sigh of relief. This time, he was finally certain that something had happened on the battlefield between the Yuwen Clan and Mara's army. However, compared to Purple Sun Palace's failure, the Yuwen Clan had clearly obtained a victory.
Very soon, news of the Yuwen Clan defeating Mara's army, Yuwen Lingtian Laozu slaying a Heavenly Demon, and Yuwen Soar slaying an Asura reached Zhenling's encampment. Everyone in Zhenling was talking about it.
However, compared to the negative impact of Purple Sun Palace's defeat, the Zhenling cultivators who were looking at the leaderboard all looked at Yuwen Soar, who was only two points behind Lu Ping. They were obviously worried that Yuwen Soar would surpass Lu Ping and snatch the throne of first place.
Yin Tianchu was ranked 47th on the leaderboard with 79 points. He had killed a Blood Shura and a Jade Shura when he had helped Xie Tianyang and the others escape. After that, when the four of them had surrounded the Asura, he had killed a few Blood Shura and a Jade Shura, which had brought him 20 points. Then, while Lu Ping was attacking and breaking out of the encirclement, he had killed a few Blood Mara at the side. This had caused his battle points to skyrocket, and he had entered the leaderboard in one fell swoop.
The appearance of another cultivator from their sect on the leaderboard of the mid Dharma stage should have been a joyous event for the Zhenling sect. However, because of the sudden rise of Yuwen Soar on the leaderboard, the Zhenling disciples were all worried about whether Lu Ping would be able to keep his position as a helper, and the attention they paid to Yin Tianchu had dropped significantly.
In the meeting hall, Tiancheng Laozu looked at Tianshan, Tianqin, and Xiang Lou Laozu. He said, "Shouldn't we give Lu Ping some support? He is the greatest hope for our sect in the future, but now we are focusing all our energy on fighting for the early Dharma stage on the leaderboard. This doesn't seem fair to him. Sister, aren't we going too far?"
Tianshan Laozu looked hesitant as well. It was obvious that he had thought about this as well.
Tianqin Laozu's face was cold as he said, "What are you worried about? Will Lu Ping complain to us because of this, or even vent his anger on the sect?"
Looking at the expressions of Tianshan and Tiancheng Laozu, it was obvious that Tianqin Laozu's words had hit the nail on the head.
Tianqin Laozu snorted coldly and said, "It's true that Lu Ping is the hope of our sect, but because of this, while he is still fine, we are starting to worry about his gains and losses. We are afraid that he will vent his anger and complain if there is even the slightest bit of unhappiness. What are you afraid of? Afraid that he will hate the sect, or even afraid that he will break out of the sect?"
Tianqin Laozu simply did not look at the two's expressions. He sighed and continued, "I know what you are thinking. It is not easy for such a good seedling to appear in our sect, and he has made so many contributions to the sect. Everyone wants to protect him and follow his lead. In your opinion, the sect should focus on him and provide him with all the conveniences for his growth. You should even put all your hopes on him. But in the end, you will destroy him, and even the sect."
Tianqin Laozu saw the puzzled and thoughtful expressions on the faces of Tianshan Laozu and Tiancheng Laozu. He continued, "Do you know why Uncle Tianxiang and, humph, Tian Ling always let this kid run around the world? Don't they know what this kid means to the sect? Don't they worry that something will happen to this kid? Don't they know that with this kid's aptitude and cultivation speed, if they keep him in the sect and gather all the resources of the sect to fully support his cultivation, he may have even greater achievements than he has now? Will it be safer and less worrisome than this? "
"In fact, countless sects in the cultivation world have used these methods to cultivate their own geniuses and hopes. In fact, many of these people have indeed successfully grown to a height that the entire sect is happy about. Later on, they have made a name for themselves in the cultivation world, and even led the sect to glory. But so what? After these geniuses become true spirits, they mysteriously disappear, or use up their lifespans, or simply die. After these geniuses become true spirits, how many of these sects have not declined along with the disappearance of these geniuses? "
"In the end, this sect does not belong to one person!"
"As for those genius cultivators who were personally nurtured by their sects, after they shined in the cultivation world, they did not bring anything to continue the legacy of their sects. In other words, the things they left for their sects were far from what the sects had paid for the rise of these geniuses. Therefore, these sects will never be able to achieve long-term glory!"
"In the process of those geniuses' rise, they are fully cultivated by the sect, which in their eyes is a matter of course. But when they finally have the chance to shine, they only think about whether their cultivation can go further and whether they can pursue that illusory legendary realm. For their pursuit, they still ask for the full help of the whole sect, which in their eyes is also a matter of course. What's more, at this time, do you think there is anyone in the whole sect who dares to fight against those grown geniuses?"
Looking at Tian Shan and Tian Cheng, who had already understood something, Ancestor Lu Qin gave a mocking smile and said, "When a sect uses all its resources to cultivate a genius who originally wanted to revitalize the sect, but in the end, he becomes a person who asks for everything from the sect. The whole sect becomes a one-man sect. Is this considered getting caught in a trap of one's own making?"
"Therefore, when this genius leaves this world, the sect that the genius belongs to has no choice but to decline. The cultivation world often laments the loss of a certain genius, so the sect has no choice but to decline. However, they never thought that it was precisely because of this genius that the sect's foundation was exhausted, so it had no choice but to decline!"
"Wasn't it the same with Tai Shen Laozu? When Tai Shen Laozu was alive, our sect's prestige even made Fei Ling Sect retreat. But after Tai Shen Laozu disappeared, our sect almost couldn't even be a medium-sized sect and was almost suppressed by Fei Ling Sect and other sects. Was it because of the absence of Tai Shen Laozu?"
"No! It's because Tai Shen Laozu almost exhausted the foundation that our sect had accumulated for thousands of years in order to advance to the Pure Yang Stage and achieve the Real Spirit, so that Zhenling almost lost the capital to continue the sect's inheritance! "
"Tai Shen Laozu was Zhenling at that time, and Zhenling was Tai Shen Laozu at that time. Who in the whole sect dared to go against his will?"
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