What happened in White Cloud City shocked the Barren State once again. Yuan Hong of Taihang Mountain had really gone to White Cloud City. If the White Cloud City Lord had not stopped him, he would have destroyed the Gongsun Clan on the spot, just like how he had destroyed the Ning Clan.
Furthermore, he had fought with the White Cloud City Lord. It had only been one blow, but everyone could faintly feel that many of the people on the Barren Sky Ranking had not fought face to face for many years. If another shocking battle were to break out, the entire ranking would change.
In addition, the appearance of You Chi in White Cloud City shocked many. It seemed that the Gongsun Clan would not have an easy time in the future.
At the same time, the major forces of the Barren State also understood that the Barren State now had another young man that they could not touch. The former first on the Law Rank, now an abandoned disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace, Ye Futian.
The demonic beasts of Taihang Mountain coming down the mountain had clearly served as a great deterrent.
The main character of all this, Ye Futian, was still quietly recovering and cultivating on Taihang Mountain. He knew nothing about all this. He only knew that Yuan Hong had led the golden apes down the mountain that day to get revenge for him.
Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, the 1009th year of the Divine Prefecture Calendar came to an end.
The scorching sun hung high above Taihang Mountain, shining down on one's body with a bit of heat.
Ye Futian stood on the cliff and practiced a set of fist techniques. His organs were full with every breath he took, and his breath was long. Now, his martial arts cultivation had also entered the Second Grade Noble Plane. His level was stable, and he was one step away from the last level of the Noble Plane, a Grade One Noble.
It was not only him. During this time, everyone's cultivation had improved. Now, their cultivation levels were finally on the same level.
Long Ao and his wife had come to Taihang Mountain to pick up Ling 'er personally. After all, they were naturally worried about what had happened. In addition, the end of the year was approaching.
Hua Jieyu came to Ye Futian's side quietly. She looked at the endless mountains that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"I haven't been out for so long. I wonder how the Barren State is doing," she said softly.
"Didn't Second Sister send someone over? I heard that Third Brother has come out of seclusion and entered the Third Grade Sage Plane. His strength must have improved greatly," Ye Futian said with a smile. While he had been at Taihang Mountain all this while, he had learned a little about what had happened outside through Yuan Hong. He knew that Yuan Hong had gone to destroy the Ning Clan and had even gone to White Cloud City.
Furthermore, he heard that there was a small conflict in the Holy Zhi Palace. His teacher, Sage Douzhan, wanted to punish Ning Xian but was rejected by the Holy Zhi Palace.
After all, he had been expelled from the Holy Zhi Palace, and there was no way the Holy Zhi Palace would punish the Great Elder of the Tianxing Pavilion for a disciple who had been expelled.
However, even if the Holy Zhi Palace did not punish him, the debt between him and Ning Xian would not be settled.
As the planner, Ning Xian knew that Loulan Xue and the others had always been at the Battle Sage Palace, so he had predicted that Ye Futian would return and set up the assassination. If not for Long Yitian's appearance, he, Jieyu, Yu Sheng, Ling 'er, and the others would probably have died in that battle.
This debt naturally had to be paid with blood. How could he let it go just like that?
However, the most important thing at the moment was still to train. He had to first become a Grade One Noble before attempting to break through to the Sage Plane.
"Another year has passed." Hua Jieyu nodded gently. Indeed, time passed so quickly. Another year was about to pass.
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The 1009th year of the Divine Prefecture Calendar was coming to an end, and the storm caused by Ye Futian's assassination had died down a lot.
The Holy Zhi Palace had also returned to its usual peace.
However, many disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace felt that something was missing. Perhaps there had been someone who had been too important in the Holy Zhi Palace for a period of time, and now that he was not there, the Holy Zhi Palace seemed to be missing something.
Especially when the day of the sparring session arrived and Ximen Hanjiang was the host, this feeling became even stronger.
If that person had not left, this sparring session would have been hosted by him. He had once made a name for himself on the sparring platform, but in the end, he was unable to host a real sparring session and left the Holy Zhi Palace.
Today, all the disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace stopped training and came to the sparring grounds. The Holy Zhi Palace was rather lively.
The great figures of the Holy Zhi Palace were also watching all of this behind the scenes. After Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, Hua Jieyu, and the others left the Holy Zhi Palace, they hoped that the Holy Zhi Palace would produce some geniuses to try and replace them.
However, the hope was probably too slim. After all, geniuses like Bai Luli, Ye Futian, and Yu Sheng were all hard to come by in a hundred years.
However, at this time, outside the Holy Zhi Palace, a group of cultivators suddenly descended from the sky. This group of people had extraordinary temperaments, and the two people in the lead were a middle-aged man and a young man, with many cultivators following behind them.
"Who are you?" The guards of the Holy Zhi Palace all rose into the air, wanting to stop these people.
However, the group of people released their might, and in an instant, a terrifying oppressive force shrouded the area, causing the guards to feel suffocated. The group of people walked straight into the Holy Zhi Palace, completely ignoring the guards.
"Someone is trespassing into the Holy Zhi Palace!" a guard shouted. There were actually people in the Barren State who dared to trespass into the Holy Zhi Palace?
One cultivator after another rose into the air, wanting to stop them, but after sensing the aura of those people, they knew that it was impossible to stop them, and immediately went to command the Palace Lords.
The young man in the lead glanced at the people of the Holy Zhi Palace and said, "Have you told Brother Zhan?"
"I have. Come to the holy land of the Barren State to meet," the person next to him said casually, not paying any attention to the surrounding cultivators.
At this time, the Tianxing Palace Lord arrived, leading a group of cultivators to stop them. His expression was solemn as he looked at the people who had arrived and asked, "Who are you?"
His eyes sized up the two people in the lead. The young man's aura was very calm, but there was strong confidence in his calmness, as if he did not care about anything.
As for the middle-aged man next to him, he seemed to have melded into the world, and he was unfathomable.
"I come from the holy land of the Yu State, and I have come to visit the holy land of the Barren State," the young man said calmly. While it was said that he was here to visit, he did not announce his arrival at all, and entered the Holy Zhi Palace directly. It was obvious that they did not treat the Holy Zhi Palace as an equal.
"Zhisheng Cliffs," Sage Tianxing said calmly. As expected, the people from the holy land of the Yu State had arrived, and they had come directly to the Holy Zhi Palace.
"I heard that Liu Chan is now in charge of the Holy Zhi Palace. Where is he?" the unfathomable middle-aged man next to him said. It was obvious that he knew Liu Chan.
Many of the disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace below looked up into the air and their hearts trembled. The cultivators of Yu State had arrived and called the Assistant Palace Lord directly. They realized that the middle-aged man was extraordinary.
"Kong Yao." At this time, a voice was heard from afar. Everyone looked over and saw Liu Chan walking over, his eyes fixed on the middle-aged man who had arrived. He indeed knew Kong Yao from Zhisheng Cliffs of Yu State, known as the number one person in Yu State below the Saint Plane.
Many of the cultivators on the Barren Sky Ranking had left the Barren State. They had trained in the Nine States, and some had even gone to the Land of Proving Holiness and met many people.
Kong Yao had once left a deep impression on Liu Chan. He had once killed several top-notch sages with his own power.
But even Kong Yao had not been able to prove Holiness, and yet he had tried again and again to break through.
Liu Chan did not expect that the person from Zhisheng Cliffs would be Kong Yao, whose name shook Yu State.
Not only in Yu State, Kong Yao was a famous figure in the entire Nine States.
Just like the Barren Sky Ranking, the Nine States had an even more authoritative ranking, the Sage and Saint Ranking of the Nine States.
The Saint Ranking recorded all the saints of the Nine States. Every saint was a figure who stood at the peak of the Nine States. There were not many saints in the Nine States, so the Saint Ranking included all the saints.
As for the Sage Ranking, there were 81 people. When it was first created, it was meant to be based on the number nine by nine. The Nine States used nine people as a reference. If there were less than nine, they were weak, and if there were more than nine, they were strong.
But now, there were no names from the Barren State on the Sage Ranking of the Nine States. Because there were no saints in the Barren State, they naturally could not be on the Sage Ranking. As such, the right to enter the Sage Ranking was taken away, and only the Barren Sky Ranking came into being. It was a glorious ranking in the eyes of the people of the Barren State, but in reality, it was not that glorious in the eyes of the great figures on the Barren Sky Ranking, especially Liu Chan, who had always felt ashamed of it.
Because there were no saints in the Barren State, the right to enter the Sage Ranking was taken away, and the Barren State as a land of saints might even be taken away. That was why he was so eager to create saints.
There were 81 sages on the Sage Ranking of the Nine States, and among them, Kong Yao of Zhisheng Cliffs was ranked ninth. He was almost invincible below the Saint Plane, and there were only eight people who could beat him in the Nine States.
"Liu Chan, this is the Son of Zhisheng Cliffs, Qin Zhong." Kong Yao introduced the young man beside him to Liu Chan.
"Greetings, Senior Liu Chan." Qin Zhong nodded slightly as a form of greeting, giving off a faint sense of gentleness and politeness, but it was unable to mask his confidence.
Qin Zhong was one of the Nine Warriors of Zhisheng Cliffs, and he was known as the most talented among them. Although he was still at the pinnacle of the Noble Plane, he did not hide the admiration and importance that Zhisheng Cliffs had for him. Otherwise, Kong Yao, who was ranked ninth on the Sage Ranking, would not have personally accompanied him.
It was worth noting that Kong Yao was someone who stood at the pinnacle below the Sage Plane, and he was one of the strongest in Zhisheng Cliffs. There was only one possibility for a junior to have him by his side: the potential of the Divine Path.
Liu Chan nodded at Qin Zhong. He naturally felt that the young man before him was no ordinary person. With Kong Yao accompanying him, it was very likely that he was the most outstanding one among the younger generation in Zhisheng Cliffs.
"Senior, why are all the disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace here today? Is there something big going on?" Qin Zhong asked Liu Chan.
"It's the end of the year, and the disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace will be testing their cultivation for a year. The younger ones will be sparring in the Holy Zhi Palace," Liu Chan said.
"I didn't expect such a coincidence." Qin Zhong smiled. "Since I've come to the Barren State's land of saints today and happened to be here, I'll go take a look as well. What do you think, senior?"
"Please." Liu Chan nodded. Qin Zhong was very polite, and it was difficult for him to refuse such a request.
The group headed to the sparring grounds below the Holy Zhi Palace. The disciples looked at Liu Chan and the newcomer. They already knew that the newcomer was from a sacred ground in Yu State.
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