Chapter 62 (1/2)

The square had already burst into an uproar. Countless Outer Disciples went congratulate Xiao Chen. Those who supported Mo Yu turned and left the square.

“Brother Xiao Chen!” Murong Xian’er rushed to him with tears in her eyes. Xiao Chen wiped off the tears at the corners of her eyes and said softly, “It’s okay. Don’t cry.”

“Gosh! Such a beautiful girl. Brother Xiao, is she your junior sister?”

A dozen elders were whispering, “The final move of that kid. Is that the long lost ancient skill? Where did he learn that?”

“Who knows? I seem to have heard him talk about Yi Chen, the disciple of the Immortal of the Yaoguang Temple…”

Seven days passed quickly. Today was the ceremony of Xiao Chen’s winning the name to be sent to the Violet Manor. It was not that noisy and bustling as last time with Mo Yu, and the Outer Disciples did not come up.

The ceremony was very simple. It was mainly about informing Xiao Chen the things he needed to know about entering the Violet Manor. Two or three months later, the Three Pure Sect would open the Teleportation Formation, and there would be men in the Violet Manor to receive Xiao Chen. At the end of the ceremony, Xiao Chen took an oath that he would never do something to humiliate his master and sect or to turn against the righteous course.

After the ceremony, Xiao Chen went back to Bai Ying. She smiled at him and sighed, saying, “Alas. Although I hate to part with you, I’ll still have to see you off…”

Xiao Chen had a bitter smile. She said this as if she was marrying her daughter to someone. He said, “Rest assured. I will definitely come back to see Elder Bai!”

Bai Ying smiled and looked at a piece of dark cloud that suddenly gathered on the horizon, saying, “The disciples sent there before had also said this…”

“If I said I will come back, I will definitely come back!”

Xiao Chen turned serious. He’s been here for about a year. He had never noticed that he had already developed some emotional ties to the Three Pure Sect, especially to Bai Ying, Luo Shangyan, and the others. He suddenly felt unwilling to leave.

“Brother Xiao Chen!”

Accompanied by Luo Shangyan, Li Muxue, and some others, Murong Xian’er rushed to him, bouncing. Xiao Chen stroked her hair and felt glad that she had forgotten the bad things that happened after she went out of her residence.

Xiao Han, Xiao Wan’er, and some others also went to him and said, “Cousin, congrats. Please come back often!”

Xiao Chen smiled and nodded. “Sure…”

As his voice fell, the whole Lingtai Mountain suddenly shook violently as golden light shone in the sky and thunders rumbled.

“What happened?” Every disciple was shocked and then rushed to the square.

Bai Ying’s face changed and said, “Somebody is trying to break the defense formation of our sect!”

“Brother Xiao Chen, what’s the matter?” Murong Xian’er tightly pulled Xiao Chen’s sleeve and said.

Xiao Chen pulled her to his back in order to protect her. He always had had a bad feeling. It seemed that something bad was finally going to happen today.

The mountain kept shaking. Judging from the offenders’ aura, his cultivation was apparently not low. Now that the Sect Leader was out there investigating the Demonic Flowers, and there had been no news from him for a year, the five elders were panic.

The First Elder calmed down and yelled, “Every disciple, ready to form a sword formation! Foundation Building Realm disciples, follow me to reinforce the defensive formation.”

Before his voice fell, a huge rumble sounded. Right after that, three rows of sword radiance fell to the square. All of the defensive formations of the Lingtai Mountain were broken by these three men in a split second.

“Elder Yan, long time no see. Isn’t the Sect Leader, Zixu, here in the sect?”

The First Elder’s body shook. He said with shivers, “Perfected Immortal Dao Feng, you’ve destroyed the defensive formation and broke into the Three Pure Sect. What do you want?”

The comer was the three major elders of the Skygale Sect: Daofeng, Gongye, Changle. All of them were at the late Core Forming Realm, and they’d just ended their seclusions.

Perfected Immortal Daofeng swung his sleeve and said, “How dare you ask me? Three months ago, it was Xingzhen Zi that destroyed the gold elixir of Yunyin!”

Everybody’s faces fell upon hearing this, and they looked at the Second Elder. He stepped forth and said calmly, “I’m afraid that there’s a misunderstanding. That day, I did follow them. But I did this to make sure that Perfected Immortal Yunyin can leave safe and sound. But on my way, I’ve noticed a huge amount of blood in the grass. I’m afraid…”

“Nonsense!” Perfected Immortal Gongye had a bad temper. He said coldly, “Two disciples of our sect saw this personally. You destroyed Yunyin’s gold elixir. If Yunyin did not manage to use Earth-fleeing Skill to escape, the disciples would also die in your hands!”

Xiao Chen’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. The Second Elder was never a man who liked killing. There must be something going on. Bai Ying snorted coldly and said, “People can always find an excuse to blame someone. The Skygale Sect has been planning to destroy our sect for years. But today, with only three of you here…”

Before she could finish, the First Elder immediately thundered, “Shut up!” He then looked at Perfected Immortal Daofeng and said, “There must be something wrong. In my humble opinion, we should report this issue to the Immortals’ League in the Violet Manor and let them investigate. You have broken our formation, which is already a violation of the regulation of the Immortals’ League!”

The First Elder had no choice. Without the Sect Leader, he could only hope that the three comers fear the Immortals’ League. If they really ended up in a fight, the elders might survive, but many of the 2,000 disciples would die.

Daofeng and the other two people fell silent. They had their purposes here today. How could they report this to the Violet Manor?

There was utter silence. All of a sudden, someone exclaimed, “What happened?! I can’t run my True Energy!”