PS: There are two more updates on the 3rd.
A month later, in the Glittering Grotto-Heaven.
Perfected Qin was wearing a purple moon jade robe. She held half a green bamboo in her hand as she sat on the green lotus throne.
Zhong Muqing was standing respectfully by the side of the pool in front of her. At that moment, there was a hint of joy in the depths of his eyes.
He had already received a flying sword message. Due to the killing of Pingdu Sect's Elder Hu, a Grotto-Heaven with the surname Zhao personally went to Qincang School to meet Sect Master Qin Mobai. No one knew what the two of them talked about, but an hour later, a decree was issued from the Floating Celestial Palace, ordering Zhang Yan to stay in seclusion for five years and not to hear about anything in the sect.
A trifling five years wasn't much to a cultivator, but the crux of the matter lay in the eight words, "None of the matters of the sect are to be heard of".
The next year would be the sect's competition. This meant that Zhang Yan had missed the last chance to turn the situation around and could no longer attend the Sword Competition Assembly.
Zhong Muqing was rather pleased. "Perfected One, if Junior Brother Zhang had held back this time and exerted his strength during the competition, with Sect Master Perfected Qin's support, he might have been able to achieve this. It's just that he was too anxious."
Perfected Qin nodded slightly. Although the Huan River Night Banquet ended on bad terms, Zhang Yan had killed Elder Hu of Pingdu Sect with a single strike. Once the news of this matter spread, the disciples of the sect were shocked.
Zhang Yan's first-grade Core was already extremely famous in Qincang School. However, in less than a hundred years of cultivation, he had already entered the Yuanying State. Everyone knew what it meant to be talented. After this battle, his reputation was even more famous. No one among the top ten disciples in the sect could compare to him.
If he used this momentum to fight with Zhong Muqing during the competition, with the Sect Master's help, there was a possibility that he could disrupt her plans.
However, seeing how happy Zhong Muqing was, Perfected One Qin frowned. He stared at him and said, "Muqing, do you think that your sect is not Zhang Yan's match?"
Zhong Muqing was stunned. "Perfected One, I am naturally not afraid."
Perfected One Qin's phoenix eyes were filled with authority. He shouted, "Then why are you so happy?"
Zhong Muqing was shocked, and his back was drenched in cold sweat. He stood still for a long time before he exhaled and bowed. "Thank you, Daoist, for helping me resolve this inner demon."
He had heard many rumors about Zhang Yan defeating powerful enemies outside. Even if he didn't believe all of them, he had unconsciously regarded him as a worthy opponent. Therefore, in the depths of his heart, he was already trying his best to avoid a direct confrontation with him. This was actually deviating from the correct path, and he was afraid before the battle even started.
Immortal Qin's expression softened as she raised her slender hand. He pointed at his heart and said, "The battle on the path of Dao has always been about everyone using their own methods. You used the Peaceful Capital Sect to get rid of your opponent in one fell swoop, you did well. But you need to understand that as cultivators, only our own cultivation is the foundation. Everything else is fabricated. In my Qincang School, if you can defeat Zhang Yan fair and square, even if he has a thousand schemes, what do you have to fear? "
Zhong Muqing said shamefully, "Yes, you are right. I know I was wrong."
Immortal Qin nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. You can go now. Go back to the cave and cultivate in peace. Don't let me down in this sword fight. "
Zhong Muqing bowed deeply and said, "Yes, I will take my leave."
Dim light turned into a cave.
Immortal Yan looked at the letter in his hand, but he smiled and said, "This Zhang Yan is really good at scheming. This is just a move to advance in order to retreat."
Luo Qingyu, who was standing below, revealed a puzzled expression. Immortal Yan said with a smile, "Disciple, Zhang Yan has reached the Nascent Soul stage after leaving the sect for more than 30 years. This must be the arrangement of the headmaster. Although I don't know what he did, the price must be high. Since he spent so much effort on this chess piece, how can he abandon it? How can he not use it? If I am not wrong, this Zhang Yan is most likely used by the headmaster to deal with Senior Fellow Apprentice Zhong so that he can suppress Immortal Qin. "
Luo Qingyu pondered for a moment and said with some uncertainty, "Master, you mean that Junior Fellow Apprentice Zhang saw that the sect had already decided the candidates for the sword fight and felt that it was difficult to win, so he wanted to withdraw. However, he was afraid that the headmaster would not allow it, so he deliberately made this move so that he wouldn't have to compete with the three of us?"
Immortal Yan nodded and said with a smile, "Yes."
Hearing Immortal Yan's words, Luo Qingyu thought carefully and also thought that it was the truth.
He couldn't help sighing, "Since Junior Fellow Apprentice Zhang entered the sect, he has been courageous and diligent and has never retreated. I didn't expect that he would shrink back because of this matter."
Immortal Yan waved the horsetail whisk in his hand and said with a faint smile, "It's not strange. If it weren't for Immortal Peng's help, how could Zhang Yan be one of the top ten disciples? Now that Immortal Peng has his own disciple, why would he care about him? Zhang Yan withdrew at this moment to protect himself. It can be seen that he is not a fool. "
Luo Qingyu nodded silently. He could also understand Zhang Yan's action. There was a bottomless abyss in front of him. If he was not careful, he might fall into pieces. If it were him, he would not have such courage. Instead, he admired Zhang Yan for coming up with such a way to get out of the predicament.
Immortal Yan stroked his beard and said, "Qingyu, my disciple, your formation map will be more powerful after I refine it for you. In this sword fight between the 16 sects, you must get a copy of that thing. This is the key to your attainment of Taoism in the future, so you must not take it lightly."
Luo Qingyu raised his hands and bowed, saying solemnly, "Master, I will keep your words in mind."
At this moment, there was a dilapidated Taoist temple in Banhe Mountain, which was tens of thousands of miles away from Qincang School. From the outside, it looked normal.
But no one knew that there was a sub-altar of the Huncheng Sect in the depth of the mountain. The disciples here were responsible for inquiring about the news of the big Xuanmen sects, even the trivial things were not missed.
At this time, the altar master, Yu Jiegao, suddenly received a letter. After reading it, his face was full of joy. He stood up and paced back and forth. Then he took out a stack of files from his sleeve. After thinking for a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on it.
With the sound of footsteps, his junior brother, He Lianwei, stepped into the inner room. Seeing that Yu Jiegao was in high spirits, He Lianwei could not help but tease him, "Senior Brother, did something good happen? Don't lose your little brother. "
Yu Jiegao laughed and handed over the letter, saying, "It is indeed good. Junior Brother, take a look."
He Lianwei suddenly became interested. He took the letter, glanced at it, and asked in surprise, "What's so special about this Zhang Yan?"
Yu Jiegao handed over the file in his hand and said, "Junior Brother, you haven't been here for a long time, so you don't know this person's background. After reading it, you will know how powerful this person is."
"Oh?"
He Lianwei took it suspiciously and opened it to read. Not long after, the corner of his eyes twitched, and his eyes widened. The more he read, the more moved he became.
How could this person be described as "powerful"?
Cultivating for less than thirty years, he had already condensed a first-grade Golden Core. Entering the Dao for a hundred years, he had already stepped into the Yuanying realm. He was also skilled in the art of killing with flying swords. Even in the six great demonic sects, how many people could compare to this kind of extraordinary talent?
However, this was not the most shocking thing. Continuing to read, it was all of Zhang Yan's achievements when he was traveling outside. Especially when he saw what he did after achieving the Yuanying realm, He Lianwei was amazed and said repeatedly, "This person is so amazing, so amazing!"
When Zhang Yan was traveling in the Middle Pillar Divine Province, he consecutively killed nine Yuanying true masters of Lie Xuan Sect. The battle of Double Moon Peak was even more shocking. Under the joint attack of seven Yuanying true masters, not only did he not lose, he even killed the seven of them one by one.
On the Eastern Sea, he annihilated the entire Lu family of Reef Prefecture, and more than three hundred thousand demon soldiers were wiped out in one battle. The dharma body of the elder of Chongyue True Temple, Yuanying Shen Lintu, was killed, and then he subdued the thousand-year-old dragon carp and captured it to be his mount.
When He Lianwei saw this, his temples were already sweating. One had to know that the latter two had profound cultivation and had already cultivated to the third layer of Yuanying realm, yet they still lost to this person. It could be imagined how powerful this Zhang Yan's battle prowess was!
Yu Jiegao looked at his expression and said with a smile, "Recently, this Zhang Yan even killed a Yuanying elder of Ping Du Sect with one sword. What do you think, Junior Brother He?"
Helian Wei let out a long breath. He put down the scroll and shook his head. He sat down and pondered for a while before saying with absolute certainty, "This must be because that Zhang Yan's flying sword art has become increasingly perfected after a few battles, causing his battle prowess to rise to another level. Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to explain this matter."
Yu Jiegao nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, this brother also thinks so."
In their hearts, Zhang Yan's true battle prowess had already risen to a level that was even more terrifying than Huo, Zhong, and Luo. Even though he was only a first layer Yuanying cultivator, he definitely didn't dare to look down on him.
He Lianwei flipped through the scroll again and suddenly asked, "Senior Brother, why is it not written what kind of dao technique this person cultivates?"
He Lianwei shook his head and said, "This person's dao technique is incomparably strange and has never been seen before. My sect's disciples have investigated several times, but they still can't find out anything."
He Lianwei sighed and said, "Qincang School is indeed worthy of being called the Mystical Gate. If this person comes to the Sword Competition Assembly of the Sixteen Sects, he will definitely be a formidable opponent for our generation."
Speaking of which, even though the Demonic Sect had taken advantage of the situation to rise in recent years due to the Demonic Calamity, compared to the ten sects that occupied most of the spiritual lands in Donghua Continent, their foundation was still lacking. But after a few hundred years, it would be hard to say.
Yu Jiegao laughed loudly and said, "Since this person can't go to the Sword Competition Assembly, I think the Uncle-Masters can rest assured."
He Lianwei looked at the letter and shook his head. "This person is so powerful, I wonder why Qincang School destroyed itself?"
Yu Jiegao smiled playfully and said, "This Zhang Yan isn't from a big clan, and his master isn't from the ten Grotto-Heavens Spiritual Masters of Qincang School. Junior Brother, do you understand?"
He Lianwei came to a realization and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder."
The Sword Competition Assembly this time involved the fight for that item, so no one could easily give it up. Of course, only the direct descendants could go. Not to mention the Mystical Gate, it was the same for the Demonic Sect.
Yu Jiegao then said seriously, "Junior Brother, this matter is already a foregone conclusion, but we can't let our guard down. If something goes wrong, our lives will be in danger. We need to order people to keep a close eye on it, lest something unexpected happens."
Thinking of the tricks in the sect, He Lianwei shuddered. He didn't dare to be careless, so he stood up and said, "I understand."
Just as everyone inside and outside of Qincang School was discussing Zhang Yan's matter, he was standing in front of the Floating Heavenly Palace of Qincang School with his hands behind his back. He looked at the astral winds and clouds floating around, his expression calm and composed, without a hint of worry.
After a while, a Daoist child walked out and bowed deeply in front of him. He said, "Uncle-Master Zhang, the Sect Master has summoned you to the hall."
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