In next to no time, the Yin Clan higher-ups were gathered together.
The Yin Clan's Patriarch, Yin Zheng, had a gloomy expression. "I presume all of you already know the ins and outs of the matter … The reason I've gathered everyone back is mainly because of this matter. I want to seek everyone's opinion and give Ze justice!"
The Ze that Yin Zheng spoke of was precisely Yin Zhe.
Yin Zhe was his own son.
And his most outstanding son.
"Patriarch, that Duan Lingtian dared make a move against Young Master Ze, he simply ate the gall of a leopard! I suggest that we immediately head to the Dragon and Phoenix Academy to ask for Duan Lingtian! "
A curly bearded man was filled with righteous indignation as he spoke with a sonorous voice.
"Exactly! A surviving bastard of the Seven Star Sword Sect actually dares provoke our Yin Clan, he's simply courting death! "
Many people agreed with the curly bearded man.
"Grand Elder, what do you think?"
Yin Zheng's gaze descended onto the old man below, and he asked with slight respect.
The old man's eyes had always been closed, and only when he heard Yin Zheng did he slowly open his pair of muddy eyes. "It's best for our Yin Clan to wait and see in this matter!"
"Wait and see?"
Many people shook their heads with unwilling expressions. "Grand Elder, could it be that we're just going to let this matter go like this? Young Master Ze is the future hope of our Yin Clan. Now that Young Master Ze has been crippled, if our Yin Clan doesn't take any action, then outsiders would think that our Yin Clan is afraid of that Duan Lingtian! "
"Yeah, Grand Elder, the honor of the Yin Clan surpasses everything!"
For a time, the Yin Clan Audience Hall was in an uproar.
"Honor surpasses everything?"
The old man slowly raised his head, and his pair of muddy eyes abruptly flashed with a strand of bright light. "Are you sure that the rise and fall of the clan is inferior to that illusory honor?"
The rise and fall of the clan?
The old man's words caused most of the people present to be puzzled. "Grand Elder, what do you mean by this?"
Of course, there were many people that understood the meaning behind the old man's words.
"Grand Elder, you're afraid of that Duan Lingtian's natural talent?"
Yin Zheng took a deep breath as he asked.
The old man nodded and said slowly, "I just obtained news that Duan Lingtian isn't only a first level Void Prying Stage martial artist, he's even comprehended Half-step Advanced Lightning Force! All of you should know what this means … "
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the expressions of all the Yin Clan higher-ups including Yin Zheng went grim.
They'd heard of the matter of Duan Lingtian stepping into the first level of the Void Prying Stage, so they weren't surprised.
But …
"Half-step Advanced Lightning Force?"
Yin Zheng felt his heartbeat quicken. "Great Elder, is what you said true?"
"My grandson used the opportunity to leave the Dragon Phoenix Academy once a month to inform me of this matter."
The old man had a serious expression on his face.
Immediately, the others no longer had any doubts.
Although the Grand Elder's grandson wasn't as talented as the Patriarch's son, Yin Zhe, he wasn't bad either. He was also one of the Yin Clan's disciples who had been recommended to enter the Dragon-Phoenix Academy.
"First level of the Void Prying Stage and Half-step Advanced Lightning Force before the age of 25 … I originally thought that the survivor of the Seven Star Sword Sect only had monstrous natural talent, but I never imagined that his comprehension ability would be so monstrous as well!"
The words of many Yin Clan higher-ups were filled with fear.
"Great Elder, do we have no choice but to swallow this insult?"
There were also Yin Family higher-ups who were extremely unwilling.
"Could it be that you have some wise opinion?"
The old man asked indifferently, causing the latter to be speechless.
The old man continued. "That Duan Lingtian is a survivor of the Seven Star Sword Sect, and he's a person that the Azure Forest Tri-Sect wishes for nothing more than to get rid of … Do all of you think that the Azure Forest Tri-Sect would sit idly by after finding out about Duan Lingtian's appearance?"
The old man's words caused the gazes of the Yin Clan higher-ups to light up.
"The strength of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect far surpasses our Yin Clan! If the Azure Forest Tri-Sect is unable to do anything to that Duan Lingtian, then do all of you think our Yin Clan can do anything to that Duan Lingtian? Instead of taking the risk to offend a great enemy in the future, why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? "
The old man's words obtained the agreement of everyone.
"Patriarch, I'm afraid someone has already sent the news of Duan Lingtian's appearance to the Azure Forest Tri-Sect … But, the person that sent the news probably doesn't know that Duan Lingtian has comprehended Half-step Advanced Lightning Force."
The old man looked at Yin Zheng, and his muddy eyes flashed with a strand of cold light. "Patriarch, send someone to notify the Azure Forest Tri-Sect of Duan Lingtian comprehending Half-step Advanced Lightning Force!"
"Great Elder is wise!"
Yin Zheng guessed the old man's plan when he heard this, and his gaze lit up.
"Great Elder is wise!"
All the Yin Clan higher-ups sensed this, and all of their faces revealed evil smiles.
If the Azure Forest Tri-Sect knew that not only had this potential threat, Duan Lingtian, broken through to the first level of the Void Prying Stage and even comprehended Half-step Advanced Lightning Force, they would probably risk their lives to eliminate Duan Lingtian …
This was something that they didn't doubt in the slightest!
In next to no time, an enormous hawk soared into the sky within the Yin Clan Estate, and it carried along a person to transform into a bolt of lightning that headed out of the Imperial City.
Based on its speed, this hawk was obviously a demon beast.
The Azure Forest Tri-Sect was formed from the merger of the former Origin Convergence Sect, Demonic Lotusblade Sect, and Snow Moon Sect.
Whereas the original Snow Moon Sect was the closest to the Imperial City of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom.
The original Snow Moon Sect was located north of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, and it was a world of ice and snow that was covered in white snow all year round.
Today, however, an uninvited guest had arrived.
Whoosh!
A black figure flashed past the horizon, and it was especially conspicuous in the world of ice and snow.
In next to no time, the black figure stopped and revealed its true appearance.
A flying demon beast that had the appearance of a hawk.
The reason why this flying beast had stopped was because a figure had appeared in front of it, blocking its path.
When facing the middle aged scholar with a graceful bearing before it, the sharp eyes of the flying demon beast revealed slight terror.
"Who's trespassing into my Azure Forest Tri-Sect's Branch Sect?"
The middle aged scholar wore a silk scarf on his head and held a feather fan in his hand, and he had a calm expression, yet slight cold lights flickered in the depths of his eyes.
"Sect Leader Xue!"
Meanwhile, the middle aged man that sat on the back of the flying demon beast abruptly stood up and respectfully bowed to the middle aged scholar.
"Who are you?"
The middle aged scholar was precisely the former Sect Leader of the Snow Moon Sect, Xue Rui, and he was one of the three great Sect Leaders of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect today.
As a higher-up of the Yin Clan, the middle aged man had once seen Xue Rui, so he recognized Xue Rui.
"Sect Leader Xue, I'm a member of the Yin Clan of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom's Imperial City. I've come here under the orders of the Patriarch to pass on a message to Sect Leader Xue."
The middle aged man spoke respectfully to Xue Rui.
"Yin Clan? The Yin Clan that's capable of comparing with a first-rate sect? "
Xue Rui's brows raised as he asked indifferently.
"Exactly."
The middle aged man nodded.
"Speak, what's the matter?"
Xue Rui didn't take the Yin Clan seriously.
As far as he was concerned, a clan that was comparable to a first-rate sect would at most have one or two Void Initiation Stage martial artists that weren't up to standard, and it was difficult for them to ascend to the top.
Not to mention being unable to compare with the current Azure Forest Tri-Sect, even the former Snow Moon Sect wasn't something the Yin Clan could compare to.
"Sect Leader Xue, the Patriarch asked me to tell you that the surviving member of the Seven Star Sword Sect that your Azure Forest Tri-Sect wishes for nothing more than to get rid of has already appeared in the Imperial City's Dragon and Phoenix Academy!"
The middle aged man said.
Surviving member of the Seven Star Sword Sect?
At the beginning, Xue Rui didn't react, but after a short moment, his face went grim. "You're talking about Duan Lingtian?"
Obviously, Xue Rui still didn't know about the news of Duan Lingtian's appearance.
"Exactly!"
The middle aged man hurriedly nodded.
"Duan Lingtian … I never imagined that you really dared to leave the Crimson Sky Kingdom!"
Xue Rui's eyes were piercingly cold, and his mood surged exceedingly.
That day, when his personal disciple, Liu Yue, found out about Duan Lingtian, he originally thought that with the three Guardian Elders making a move, Duan Lingtian would die for sure.
Unexpectedly, their Azure Forest Tri-Sect sent three Guardian Elders, yet only two returned in the end.
Only at that time did he know that a mysterious expert with an extremely terrifying strength was actually concealed within the tiny Crimson Sky Kingdom.
That mysterious expert didn't even make an appearance before directly annihilating one of their Guardian Elders.
Even if it was in their Azure Forest Tri-Sect, the strength of that Guardian Elder was a top existence, and he was a sixth level Void Initiation Stage expert.
Since that time, he knew that it was impossible for their Azure Forest Tri-Sect to kill Duan Lingtian in the Crimson Sky Kingdom.
They could only wait for Duan Lingtian to come out himself!
They'd always been waiting for an opportunity.
Whereas now, this opportunity seemed to have already arrived …
"Sect Leader Xue."
The Yin Clan member continued. "That Duan Lingtian has already stepped into the first level of the Void Prying Stage now. Not only that, he …"
But he hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted.
"What?! You said he's already broken through to the Void Prying Stage? "
Xue Rui's face went grim, and the imposing aura on his body shot into the sky like a rainbow as it swept out.
Instantly, the bodies of the Yin Clan member and the flying demon beast that carried him over shivered, and it was even to the extent that they had the risk of losing their strength and falling to their deaths at any moment.
"Sect … Sect Leader Xue, I … I haven't finished speaking."
The Yin Clan member struggled as he spoke.
Finally, Xue Rui's imposing aura was restrained.
Whereas the Yin Clan member and the flying demon beast seemed to have lost their strength.
When it caught its breath, the flying demon beast flapped its wings and retreated over 10 meters.
"Speak."
Cold lights flickered within Xue Rui's eyes, and his voice was incomparably chilly.
The matter of Duan Lingtian breaking through to the Void Prying Stage had caused him to be extremely shocked, and it was as if he was facing a great enemy.
Duan Lingtian seems to not be 25 years old this year, right?
"Sect Leader Xue, not only has that Duan Lingtian's cultivation broken through to the Void Prying Stage, he's even comprehended Half-step Advanced Lightning Force!"
As soon as the Yin Clan member finished speaking, he urged the flying demon beast to tear through the sky. "Sect Leader Xue, farewell!"
Xue Rui didn't pay attention to the Yin Clan member, and his body unconsciously started trembling as he stood in the sky.
"First level of the Void Prying Stage, Half-step Advanced Lightning Force?"
A trace of coldness arose within Xue Rui's heart. "If that Duan Lingtian doesn't die … Then my Azure Forest Tri-Sect will surely perish in the future! No matter what price I have to pay, I must eliminate that Duan Lingtian so as to avoid future troubles. "
Xue Rui's figure flashed to transform into a white waterfall that instantly left the Snow Moon Sect.
He wanted to tell this matter to the other two Sect Leaders of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect!
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