At the instant he lifted his head, a brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. The rain beyond the sky became even heavier. As thunder roared, lightning flashed, illuminating everything before it returned to night.
As lightning flashed, Su Ming looked as if he was surrounded by darkness and light … and he slowly stood up.
His robes fluttered, and his purple hair danced in the air. Su Ming stood on the cliff. At the instant he stood up, thunder roared even more furiously. Lightning intersected with each other, causing the entire world to look as if it was continuously changing from night to day. The light and darkness … looked as if they were trying to overlap with each other.
"As you wish," Su Ming said faintly. His voice echoed in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and reached the fourth layer. Once it caught the attention of all the people in the fourth layer, Ye Long lifted his head swiftly, and a brilliant light that had never appeared before appeared in his eyes.
His voice continued echoing in the air. It traveled to the third layer, the second layer, and eventually the first layer. During the process, the roars of thunder seemed to be unable to drown out his voice. They became weak, and the light from the lightning seemed to be unable to continue flashing. It was frozen in place.
When all the people's gazes were fixed on the sky, Su Ming swung his arm and took a step towards the air under the cliff. With one step, he left the mountain, with another, he stepped into the fourth layer, and with the next … he stepped on the huge Feng Shui compass and stood … beside Ye Long.
During that instant, the gazes of all the people in Seven Moons Sect were gathered on Su Ming.
"He's Wang Tao?"
"Wang Tao! He's Wang Tao! Did you hear? He's not an ordinary disciple. He … he's one of the sect elders!"
"Sect elder, that's impossible …"
"Heh heh, I wonder how many formations this sect elder can clear. If he can't even clear three to five formations, then he'll be a joke."
The buzzing discussions instantly echoed in Seven Moons Sect on the rainy night, especially the outer sect disciples in the first layer. They paid the most attention to that moment. After all, they had more or less learned about what had happened in the outer sect not long ago, and their curiosity towards Su Ming was incredibly great.
As for the Seven Moons Sect disciples in the second and third layers, there were few who knew that Su Ming was a sect elder. When they heard it, they were immediately surprised, but when they looked at Su Ming, their gazes were filled with derision.
He might not know how Su Ming had become a sect elder, but in the end, everything in Ancient Zang depended on one's level of cultivation. If one's level of cultivation was not high, then no matter how great their status was, they would only be able to obtain the respect and politeness of others for a period of time. They would not be able to last long, and they would be like rootless duckweed. As long as a chance presented itself, they might die.
Only by possessing a powerful cultivation that matched one's identity would one be able to survive for a long time and truly gain respect.
Other than the people from the second and third levels, there were also people from the fourth level who looked at them with disdain. However, most of the people from the fourth level looked at them coldly. They looked at them as if they were looking at a clown.
"I really want to know what kind of ability this Wang Tao, who hasn't dared to show his face for eight years, has!"
"I do admire this Ye Long, but this Wang Tao … Hehe, we'll know once we see him."
"What's there to see about a cowardly person? Hmph, he actually lives in the fifth level of Sky Beyond Heaven. It seems like the rumors spread by the outer sect disciples about him being an elder are somewhat believable."
"Elder? What right does he have to be an elder?! " The divine thoughts in the fourth level echoed in the air. When the people cultivating there looked at Su Ming, their expressions were different, but most of them were aloof.
"My fellow sect members from the third line, when you see this Wang Tao in the future, you must immediately worship him and respectfully call him uncle master." When mocking laughter came from the fourth level, the Seven Moons Sect disciples who were training in the mountain projection of the fourth layer of Sky Beyond Heaven where Su Ming had been previously had incredibly dark expressions on their faces.
The mountain where Su Ming had stayed for the past eight years belonged to the third line. At that moment, all the disciples who lived in the third line's mountain in the fourth layer of Sky Beyond Heaven were disciples who were of the same generation as Su Ming. They were all frowning at that moment, and their expressions were dark. The mockery from the other lines that reached their ears made them feel incredibly embarrassed.
"Eldest senior sister, this Wang Tao … he …"
"Damn it, why does he have to embarrass himself? Since he's already been hiding for eight years, he should just continue hiding. He's so embarrassing that we can only be mocked by others in the sect!"
After all, they were disciples of the third line, and they knew more things than the others, such as Su Ming's identity. However, over the years, they had not been willing to speak about it, but right then … they were forced to face it.
"It's good that he knows his own strength. Then, when we meet in the future, he won't put on the airs of a senior!"
"Shame! This is the shame of the third line!"
"Enough, he hasn't challenged it yet. It won't be too late for you to humiliate him once he's done!" A woman who looked to be in her twenties frowned at that moment. Her voice echoed in the air, causing all the people from the third line to fall silent.
That woman was their eldest senior sister, and also Lan Lan's head disciple.
As the voices in the area buzzed, Ye Long stared at Su Ming from the Feng Shui compass. A powerful fighting spirit appeared in his eyes. When he was in Su Ming's Blood Moon Mountain during the trial, he had never taken that step, and it had become a thought in his heart.
That thought surrounded him, and it became the reason why he had continuously tried to use the Rune to prove himself. It was also the result of him challenging Su Ming. However, Su Ming had never appeared, and it made Ye Long even more determined.
At that moment, he finally saw Su Ming, and Su Ming could no longer hide from him. It was the first time the two of them met in eight years!
"During these eight years, I've successfully challenged seven formations. Wang Tao, today, I would like to see … how many formations you, the eldest senior brother of the trial, can you challenge!" Ye Long laughed loudly. He turned into a long arc and instantly returned to his mountain. When he stood there, he turned around and looked at Su Ming with sparkling eyes.
When he said those words, the buzzing sounds in the first to fourth layers of Sky Beyond the Sky in Seven Moons Sect instantly became slightly quieter, but soon, the voices grew louder.
"I remember now. That Wang Tao was the one who surpassed everyone in the trial back then. It's said that he obtained more than 140 spirit tablets!"
"Heh heh, you only remembered now? That's right, it's that person! But it's only for a moment. "
As the discussions continued, Su Ming stood on the Feng Shui compass and watched the fourth Feng Shui compass under his feet swiftly disappear. Then, the third Feng Shui compass, and the second Feng Shui compass also turned into illusions. Then, he stepped on the first Feng Shui compass, which was at the bottom.
"Wang Tao will challenge the Dao Divinity Shadow Descension Rune!" Su Ming's words were simple. At the instant he spoke, he heard quite a number of mocking voices. It was also at that moment that a voice slowly came from the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.
"Permission granted!"
That voice belonged to the red-robed man, Dao Han. He had to approve Ye Long's challenge of the Rune because Ye Long was his disciple. If it had been anyone else, they would not have had the right to have him personally make the request.
But Su Ming … was a sect elder, and only the current sect leader of Seven Moons Sect had the right to personally approve a sect elder's challenge of the Dao Divinity Shadow Descension Rune.
Perhaps the outer sect disciples in the first layer of Seven Moons Sect did not understand this logic, but the disciples in the second, third, and fourth layers all knew about it. At that moment, they instantly fell silent again. The rumors regarding Su Ming being a sect elder seemed to have been verified in an unseen manner.
But even though they had fallen silent, most of the Seven Moons Sect disciples looked at Su Ming with scorn and derision. Only a small portion of the outer sect disciples in the first layer of Seven Moons Sect were excited and hopeful.
Su Ming stood on the Feng Shui compass and lowered his head to cast a glance at the Feng Shui compass formed by runic symbols under his feet. He remembered the bald crane.
'If the bald crane was here, it would definitely go to the next place to make the bets, and with an excited and excited expression, it would wait for its next harvest.' As Su Ming thought about it, a smile appeared on his face. Once he shook his head, he lifted his right foot and stomped on the Feng Shui compass.
A loud bang reverberated in the air. The Feng Shui compass started rotating, and a powerful pressure spread out from the runic symbols to gather on Su Ming.
"I've been quiet for eight years. It's about time for me to show some of my power, or else … it's not good for people to always call out my name …" When Su Ming said that faintly, he did not even spare a glance at the pressure that instantly gathered on him. Instead, he lifted his right foot again and stomped on the Feng Shui compass.
With a bang, the mighty pressure that gathered on Su Ming crumbled. The rotating Feng Shui compass also crumbled. It was instantly torn to pieces, and the countless runic symbols tumbled backwards in the blink of an eye, as if they could not withstand the power of Su Ming's stomp.
"Second formation." As Su Ming spoke slowly, the runic symbols that had scattered in all directions instantly gathered together to form a Feng Shui compass again. At the instant it rotated, Su Ming lifted his foot again and stomped on it lightly.
Boom!
Under the shocked gazes of the Seven Moons Sect disciples, the Feng Shui compass crumbled again. Once it shattered, it tumbled backwards in all directions, as if the mighty pressure and the power of the Rune were so weak that they could not even withstand a single blow from Su Ming!
As it crumbled, Su Ming floated in midair and spoke faintly.
"Third formation."
Once he said those words, the outer sect disciples in the first layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, who had been filled with anticipation and excitement, immediately cheered. As for the inner sect disciples in the second layer, they were all dumbfounded. They knew just how powerful the first and second formations were. They might not have been difficult to clear … but Su Ming had cleared them so easily with just a few steps. This left them in disbelief.
There will be four chapters tomorrow! There will be one more chapter later! Also, based on the suggestions of the readers, I've changed some of the pictures. I've replied to Tian Xie Zi, Yu Xuan, Xuan Zang, Liu Mei, and Wang Lin. You can see the changed pictures in the Prestige section. I guarantee that you will find that they are several times better than before.
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