"No … Senior Brother, I didn't slack off!"
Mo Yu was anxious when he heard Duan Lingtian, and he hurriedly spoke as if he was deeply afraid that Duan Lingtian would be disappointed in him. "If you don't believe me, you can ask Martial Aunt Qin Xiang."
"Mo Yu indeed didn't slack off. With the cultivation environment of the 10,000 Year Stalactite Cave, he's already broken through to the fifth level of the Void Prying Stage now."
Qin Xiang smiled as she spoke to Duan Lingtian.
"You brat, I was just joking."
Duan Lingtian couldn't help but shake his head and smile when he saw Mo Yu's reaction was so great.
Actually, early on when he saw Mo Yu for the first time, his Spiritual Force had already detected Mo Yu's current cultivation, and he knew that Mo Yu was already a fifth level Void Prying Stage martial artist.
Even though Mo Yu's advancement in cultivation was far inferior to his own.
But in the entire younger generation of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, based on the current situation, only he, Zi Shang, and Long Yun were above Mo Yu.
Even genius martial artists like Crazy Young Master, Flame Young Master, and Sword Young Master didn't possess such accomplishments when they were at Mo Yu's age.
"If the Sect Leader was still alive, he would surely be extremely gratified when he saw you possess such accomplishments."
Duan Lingtian seemed to have thought of something and sighed.
For a time, the atmosphere went silent.
After a short moment, Qin Xiang spoke out to break the silent atmosphere. "You asked about the Azure Forest Tri-Sect earlier … Up until now, we still don't know the objective of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect joining together. But four months ago, the experts of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect came out in full force and came to our Seven Star Sword Sect. "
"Hmm?"
Duan Lingtian's brows raised. "What did they come here for? Could it be that they wanted to set the Azure Forest Tri-Sect's base here? "
As he finished speaking, cold lights flickered within Duan Lingtian's eyes.
"That's not it … They seemed to have come for the sake of searching for something. Moreover, their group only ascended the main peak of our Seven Star Sword Sect, Dubhe Peak. "
Qin Xiang shook her head and continued. "During that period of time, Elder Peng and I had once wanted to go investigate, yet we were stopped … Fortunately, Elder Peng's speed far surpassed them, otherwise, it would have been difficult for Elder Peng and I to escape from their hands."
"They've left now?"
Duan Lingtian asked.
He'd only just arrived at the Seven Star Sword Sect when he directly came to the peak of Megrez Peak, so he didn't know anything about the situation on Dubhe Peak.
"Yes, he left."
Qin Xiang nodded. "They stayed on Dubhe Peak for three months and just left last month … With me and Elder Peng here, they didn't dare casually leave people here. So, besides me and Mo Yu, there isn't a third person present on the seven great sword peaks of our Seven Star Sword Sect. "
"Busy for three months? Could it be that they are plotting something? "
Duan Lingtian frowned.
"Elder Peng and I also went to Tianshu Peak to take a look after the incident, but we didn't find any clues."
Qin Xiang said again.
"I want to take a look."
Duan Lingtian said.
When Duan Lingtian turned around, he found that he had forgotten about Feng Tianwu. He was a little embarrassed.
After that, he hurriedly introduced Qin Xiang, Elder Peng, and Mo Yu to Feng Tianwu. "Tian Wu, this is Peak Master Qin Xiang, a senior of my sect. This is Elder Peng, the Sect Guarding Revered Elder of our Seven Star Sword Sect. As for him, he's my Junior Brother, Mo Yu. "
"Peak Master Qin Xiang, Elder Peng."
Feng Tianwu hurriedly greeted the two seniors, and her tone was slightly respectful.
"Hello."
In the end, Feng Tianwu looked at Mo Yu and lightly smiled as she greeted him.
"This is?"
Qin Xiang revealed a surprised expression as she looked at Feng Tianwu.
In terms of appearance, the young woman before her wasn't the slightest bit inferior to her personal disciple, Kerr.
Moreover, unlike Kerr's pretty girl from a humble family, the young woman before her naturally emitted an aura as she stood there, and she obviously had an extraordinary background.
"She's called Feng Tianwu, she's my friend."
Duan Lingtian smiled as he introduced Mo Yu.
Elder Peng nodded lightly, whereas Mo Yu's gaze lit up instead as he glanced deeply at Duan Lingtian, and then he said via voice transmission, "Senior Brother, this ought to be my Senior Sister in Law as well, right?"
"F * * k off! What nonsense are you talking about? "
Duan Lingtian glared angrily at Mo Yu as he replied via voice transmission.
Qin Xiang greeted Feng Tianwu, and with just a few glances, she discerned that Feng Tianwu was interested in Duan Lingtian, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. "Kerr, your man really knows how to womanize … But, with his outstanding ability, it's indeed sufficient to attract many outstanding women to like him without hesitation."
At this moment, Qin Xiang couldn't help but think in her heart.
If she was 20 years younger, would she be moved by this violet clothed young man before her as well?
This was something that she didn't dare deny.
If she was able to encounter such an outstanding man during her youth, she believed that she ought to have no immunity.
But unfortunately, during that era, even the most outstanding man by her side wasn't much stronger than her.
"Eh? Where's Senior Brother Zheng Song? "
Duan Lingtian couldn't help but be slightly curious when he didn't see Zheng Song appear after standing in midair at the side of the peak of Megrez Peak for a long time.
That day, after he saved Zheng Song in the Cage Battle Arena in the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom's Imperial City, he asked the little gold mouse to send Zheng Song back to the Seven Star Sword Sect's Megrez Peak's 10,000 Year Stalactite Cave. Logically speaking, Zheng Song ought to be here.
But Duan Lingtian's Spiritual Force instead noticed that Zheng Song wasn't within the stalactite cave.
"Zheng Song is busier than us, he's in charge of looking for our Seven Star Sword Sect's External Affairs Elders and Inner Court disciples that were lucky enough to survive all over the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom and gather them together … Two months ago, he returned once and said he'd already found over 30 survivors."
Qin Xiang said to Duan Lingtian, "But, considering that our Seven Star Sword Sect might suffer a surprise attack from the members of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect at any time, they were placed at another place and didn't return to the sect."
Duan Lingtian came to a sudden understanding. "So that's how it is."
"In the future, they don't have to hide anymore … Because I've returned."
Duan Lingtian silently thought in his heart.
"I'll go take a look at Dubhe Peak."
In next to no time, Duan Lingtian recalled his earlier plan.
"Senior Brother, I'll accompany you."
Mo Yu hurriedly volunteered when he heard Duan Lingtian wanted to go to Dubhe Peak.
"Okay."
Duan Lingtian nodded.
In next to no time, the four people led by Duan Lingtian and Elder Peng flashed towards Dubhe Peak together, and they ascended Dubhe Peak in a short moment.
Compared to before, Dubhe Peak hadn't changed much.
If there was really a difference compared to before, then it was none other than the numerous dried bloodstains that could be seen all along the way.
"Besides many of the bloodstains on the ground belong to our Seven Star Sword Sect disciples, there's also many that belong to the Azure Forest Tri-Sect disciples."
Qin Xiang looked at Duan Lingtian looking at the dried bloodstains all along the way as she spoke slowly.
Subsequently, Duan Lingtian found out from Qin Xiang that Elder Peng had launched a slaughter upon returning to the Seven Star Sword Sect that day, and he'd killed all the Azure Forest Tri-Sect disciples that were guarding the Seven Star Sword Sect.
"Elder Peng, thank you."
Duan Lingtian abruptly stopped moving, then raised his head to look at the Grand Roc that flapped its wings in the sky before bowing respectfully. "Thank you for what you've done for the Seven Star Sword Sect."
A wisp of surprise appeared on Feng Tianwu's peerlessly beautiful face when she saw Duan Lingtian's actions.
She was extremely clear about what sort of person this Elder Brother Duan of hers was.
On that day, even when facing the supreme Emperor of the Darkhan Dynasty, Duan Lingtian didn't bow, and it was sufficient to show how proud Duan Lingtian was.
Yet now, when facing the Sect Guarding Demon Beast of a sect from a tiny kingdom, this Elder Brother Duan of hers had instead directly bowed and expressed his gratitude.
This caused her to have a rather deep feeling.
"Kid Ling Tian, don't forget … The Seven Star Sword Sect isn't only your sect."
Elder Peng's aged voice entered into Duan Lingtian's ears in a timely manner.
"No matter what, Elder Peng, everything you've done for the Seven Star Sword Sect is worthy of the respect of every single Seven Star Sword Sect disciple."
Duan Lingtian spoke with a serious expression.
The gazes of Qin Xiang and Mo Yu flashed when they heard Duan Lingtian, and they bowed to Elder Peng one by one. "Elder Peng, thank you."
Subsequently, Duan Lingtian heard Qin Xiang speak of many things about Elder Peng going to the Azure Forest Tri-Sect to cause trouble and specially picking on the weak …
He sighed with emotion towards this.
With Elder Peng's speed, so long as the Azure Forest Tri-Sect didn't have a martial artist at the seventh level of the Void Initiation Stage or above, practically no one was capable of catching up to Elder Peng.
"In this way, not only did the inheritance of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect not strengthen during these past few years, it instead showed signs of weakening because of Elder Peng's frequent visits?"
Duan Lingtian asked with slight surprise.
"Yes."
Qin Xiang nodded, and then she said, "Sometimes, even I don't know exactly why the three great sects merged into one … Based on the current situation, the development of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect is even slower than when they hadn't merged into one, and they're simply lifting a rock to smash their own feet!"
"The matter ought to not be so simple."
Duan Lingtian's gaze flashed as he said with a low voice, "Since they chose to merge into one and even didn't hesitate to give up the foundation left behind by their respective ancestors, they surely have something they're seeking … Perhaps, Dubhe Peak can tell us the answer."
"Yes, let's observe carefully."
Qin Xiang nodded. "Elder Peng and I only roughly observed it the other day, and we didn't notice anything wrong … Perhaps we'll be able to notice something if we observe deeply."
Subsequently, Duan Lingtian's group of four and Elder Peng started to observe every single corner of Dubhe Peak.
After the first round of observation, they didn't notice anything.
The grass and trees on Dubhe Peak weren't destroyed by the members of the Azure Forest Tri-Sect, and the nine palaces that resided above the Spirit Points were still standing there in perfect condition.
"Truly strange … Could it be that they've stayed here for three months only for the sake of looking at the scenery?"
Duan Lingtian frowned.
He dared confirm that the matter was absolutely not so simple.
"Let's observe carefully again."
Subsequently, Duan Lingtian's group of four and Elder Peng started to get busy once more.
This time, Duan Lingtian was even more serious than before.
"Wait!"
Duan Lingtian stood on the pavilion in Mizar Hall that he'd frequently visited in the past, and after he reminisced about the days he drank tea and chatted idly with the Peak Master of Mizar Peak, Zheng Fan, he finally noticed that something was off.
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