672: Chapter 672 Join my camp and become an enemy of the entire Kunlun Ruins!

"Ding—"

Another soft sound.

Ye Chen's fingers flicked repeatedly, each time landing on the tail of a silver needle.

The Silver Needles trembled more and more violently, the humming grew denser, and golden light poured out from the needles, wrapping Daoist Priest Qingfeng in a cocoon of light.

On the surface of the cocoon, countless tiny specks of light moved around like living things, circulating endlessly around him.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's body trembled more and more violently, his expression twisted in pain, as if enduring some unbearable torture.

But he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.

Veins bulged on his forehead, and sweat soaked his Daoist robe.

The next second.

"Boom!!!"

A muffled explosion suddenly erupted from within Daoist Priest Qingfeng's body.

Immediately after.

The Silver Needles pierced into Daoist Priest Qingfeng's acupoints exploded into golden powder simultaneously, fluttering in the air.

The golden powder did not dissipate but followed the acupoints where the needles had been, surging into Daoist Priest Qingfeng's body.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's body suddenly stiffened, his head thrown back toward the sky, his mouth wide open, yet unable to make a sound.

His eyes were wide, reflecting the golden light in his pupils.

The light grew brighter and more intense, almost overflowing from his eye sockets.

"Sect Leader Senior Brother!!!"

Daoist Priest Qingxuan could no longer hold back and suddenly rushed forward a step.

But this time, it wasn't Jiang Daoxuan who stopped him, but Ye Chen.

Ye Chen didn't even turn his head; he just raised his right hand, fingers spread, and pressed down toward Daoist Priest Qingxuan from a distance.

Daoist Priest Qingxuan's footsteps came to a sudden halt, his whole body held down by an invisible giant hand on his shoulders, unable to move forward another inch.

"I said, don't move."

Daoist Priest Qingxuan roared: "Ye Chen, if anything happens to our Sect Leader, I will never let you off even if I have to risk my life!"

Ye Chen glanced at him.

"If you want to die, I can fulfill your wish right now."

The power within Jiang Daoxuan burst out, instantly enveloping Daoist Priest Qingxuan.

The next second.

"Bang!"

Daoist Priest Qingxuan knelt on the ground, the earth beneath his knees cracking into a web of fissures.

Everyone was shocked.

Good heavens!

Ye Chen didn't even make a move; the old man beside him suppressed Daoist Priest Qingxuan with just his pressure???

What if Ye Chen had made a move?

Everyone shuddered, not even daring to imagine...

Suddenly!

"Qingxuan, do not be rude!"

Daoist Priest Qingfeng's voice came from within the cocoon of light.

Immediately after.

The cocoon gradually dimmed, revealing Daoist Priest Qingfeng's figure inside.

But at this moment.

They suddenly discovered...

Daoist Priest Qingfeng seemed a bit different.

The aura on him seemed even more powerful! Astounding! Oppressive!

Qingxuan knelt on the ground, his gaze blank: "Sect Leader Senior Brother, you... broke through?"

"That's right."

The aura on Qingfeng gradually receded, his eyes complex. "And I have stepped into the Mid-stage Tianyi Realm."

"Mid-stage... Tianyi Realm?"

Daoist Priest Qingxuan was completely dazed.

He remembered clearly.

Just this morning, Sect Leader Senior Brother was still at the Peak Celestial Master Realm.

And he had been stuck there for ten whole years.

But now?

After just a few Silver Needles from Ye Chen, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Sect Leader Senior Brother not only broke through the shackles of the Celestial Master Realm but also rushed all the way to the Mid-stage Tianyi Realm?

What kind of sorcery is this?

"Impossible!"

"How is this possible???"

Daoist Priest Qingxuan muttered to himself, his voice full of disbelief.

But the aura on Daoist Priest Qingfeng couldn't be faked.

That pressure!

That momentum!

It was clearly something only a powerhouse of the Mid-stage Tianyi Realm could possess.

Even...

Slightly stronger than an average Mid-stage Tianyi Realm.

The Huashan Sect disciples behind Daoist Priest Qingxuan all widened their eyes.

Shocking!

Too shocking!

"Sect Leader... really broke through?"

"And it's the Mid-stage Tianyi Realm! My god! Our Huashan Sect finally has a powerhouse in the Tianyi Realm!"

"No... did you see clearly? Sect Leader was just at the Peak Celestial Master Realm, and now he's actually in the Mid-stage Tianyi Realm? This jump is too big, isn't it?"

"What kind of method did Instructor Ye use? This is simply defying the heavens!"

"No wonder the Wang Family is willing to be his dog... no, his subordinates! With such methods, who wouldn't want to follow him?"

...

Discussions echoed throughout the meeting hall.

Every Huashan Sect disciple's face was filled with shock and wild joy.

The Tianyi Realm!

That is the ceiling for Cultivators in the Secular World!

Looking at the entire martial arts world, those who can reach the Tianyi Realm can be counted on one hand.

And now, their Sect Leader, the Sect Leader of the Huashan Sect, has also stepped into this level!

From now on, the Huashan Sect's status in the Martial Arts Alliance will be even more stable!

No, it will rise to the next level!

However.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng slowly lowered his head, looking at his hands.

Those hands used to be as thin as sticks, with veins bulging like old tree roots.

But now, beneath the skin of those hands, golden light was faintly flowing.

That was the luster of true qi.

True qi refined to the extreme.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng closed his eyes, feeling the power within him surging like a river, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Ten years.

For ten whole years, he had dreamed of this day.

But he never imagined that the one who would help him achieve this dream wasn't the Tianyi Sect he had served for twenty-three years, but a young man in his early twenties.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng opened his eyes and looked at Ye Chen.

Then.

He cupped his fists and bowed.

Ninety degrees.

A deep bow.

"Instructor Ye, great kindness cannot be expressed in words."

"From now on, the entire Huashan Sect will follow Instructor Ye's lead."

This time, he didn't say "this old man," but included the entire Huashan Sect.

This meant...

He had bet the entire Huashan Sect on Ye Chen.

Daoist Priest Qingxuan, kneeling on the ground, saw his Sect Leader Senior Brother's devout posture, and the last trace of hesitation in his heart vanished.

He gritted his teeth, also cupped his fists, and lowered his head.

"Instructor Ye, I was blind before and offended you. I hope you are magnanimous enough not to lower yourself to my level."

"From now on, my life is yours!"

Seeing this, the Huashan Sect disciples behind him also knelt down one after another.

"Instructor Ye! We are willing to follow Instructor Ye!"

"Instructor Ye! From now on, with just one word from you, our Huashan Sect will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Instructor Ye! Our Huashan Sect... finally doesn't have to live on our knees anymore!"

...

The voices were uneven, but every word came from the heart.

Ye Chen looked at the Huashan Sect members kneeling on the ground, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"All of you, stand up."

"I said, I don't need you to be dogs; what I need are partners."

"You help me do things, and I give you benefits."

"A fair trade, honest with both the young and the old."

Daoist Priest Qingfeng stood up, his eyes slightly red.

"Partners."

These two words, for them...

Represented a kind of respect!

Something the Tianyi Sect had never given him.

Only Ye Chen gave it.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng took a deep breath.

"Instructor Ye, no..."

He paused, as if making a firm decision, and spoke shockingly.

"Lord."

As soon as these two words were spoken, the air in the meeting hall seemed to freeze.

Wait...

What did Daoist Priest Qingfeng call Ye Chen?

"Lord???"

Everyone's faces were filled with bewilderment.

Partners are equals, taking what they each need, and can break up at any time.

A Lord implies ruler and subject, master and servant, sharing glory and loss, handing over one's life and property to the other.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng had lived for over seventy years and spent more than half his life in the martial arts world; what scenes had he not seen?

He knew better than anyone what these two words meant.

But he still said it.

Because he had figured it out.

The Tianyi Sect had never treated him as a human being. He had knelt for twenty-three years until his knees were rotten, and all he got in return was a low-quality Realm-Breaking Pill and a fatal Restriction.

But what about Ye Chen?

They were strangers, yet at their first meeting, he helped him break through a ten-year bottleneck, removed the Pill Poison in his body, and broke the Restriction on his foundation.

Such a person is worth betting everything on, and even more worth the Huashan Sect's support.

Daoist Priest Qingfeng cupped his fists and bowed deeply.

"Lord, my Huashan Sect wishes to join your command!"

"Not as spies, not as hidden plants, but to truly join your command!"

"From now on, the entire Huashan Sect is willing to go through fire and water for the Lord, without hesitation!"

The whole place was shocked!

Daoist Priest Qingxuan's expression shifted uncertainly.

He didn't expect the Sect Leader Senior Brother to take this step.

Being a spy and joining are completely different concepts.

Being a spy is a pretense, a temporary measure; if the situation isn't right one day, one can still pull out.

But joining?

That's putting one's lifeline in someone else's hands, walking a path to the end with no room to turn back!

Ye Chen looked at Daoist Priest Qingfeng and spoke calmly.

"You must think clearly."

"Once you join my camp, your enemies may very well be the entire Kunlun Ruins."

As his voice fell, the temperature in the meeting hall seemed to drop several degrees.

"Kunlun Ruins."

These three words were like a mountain pressing down on everyone's heart.

That is the holy land of the Cultivation World, a place where experts are as common as clouds, where any random power pulled out could crush any sect in the Secular World.

The Five Clans, Eight Sects, and Thirteen Gates—each is a behemoth with a heritage of hundreds or even thousands of years.

They could just send an elder, and the Huashan Sect wouldn't be able to handle it.

Not to mention, Ye Chen hadn't offended just one, but a total of nine.

If they joined...

Wouldn't they have to live in fear every day?