9: A strange phenomenon appeared in the sky, and people rushed to recruit disciples.

“Boom!”

As the Sacred Body Awakened, it was as if a long-sealed lock in Lin Yang’s body had been opened, and a wild and surging Spiritual Qi storm swept through the main hall.

“Martial King Realm!”

“One-star Martial King, Lin Yang has Broken Through to the Martial King Realm!”

“Awakening in one morning, directly entering the Martial King Realm!”

“Heavens, an eighteen-year-old Sacred Body Martial King! This old man has truly lived long enough to see such a thing today!”

Feeling the powerful pressure emanating from Lin Yang’s body, the displeasure on the Faces of the many Elders in the palace immediately vanished, replaced by looks of pleasant surprise.

“Forget it, since Lin Yang you are unwilling to break off the engagement, then as your Revered Master, it’s not good to force you.”

“Ultimately, this is your own major life event, and you should decide for yourself. Your Revered Master and the Elders were merely worried and overly anxious for you.”

Mu Yunxi, who had just been looking indignant and was about to impose severe punishment on Lin Yang, suddenly had her tone soften, and her attitude became much more lenient.

“That’s right, although Lin Yang Daozi’s fiancée’s Cultivation is completely Waste, I heard her appearance is still acceptable, so there’s no harm in marrying her.”

“Matters of affection should prioritize mutual love. For Daozi to be so firm in his Dao Heart, we Seniors are all deeply comforted to see it.”

The Elders who had been sternly reprimanding Lin Yang not long ago now unanimously changed their tune, vigorously praising Lin Yang Daozi for his firm Dao Heart, calling him the pride of their Saint Essence Sect.

Seeing Mu Yunxi and the Elders change their minds and no longer insist on breaking off the engagement, Lin Yang also breathed a sigh of relief. He then didn’t expose them but instead followed the Elders’ words, saying, “In that case, Disciple thanks Revered Master and all the Elders for their understanding.”

Lin Yang secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, he had an explosion of good luck, hitting the jackpot and drawing a source stone that could Awaken a Sacred Body.

Otherwise, he really wouldn’t have known how to resolve the situation today.

After the matter of the broken engagement was settled, Lin Yang cupped his hands and left.

Looking at Lin Yang’s departing figure, a hint of a complex expression appeared in Mu Yunxi’s beautiful eyes.

“Lin Yang is still too young. How could a Sacred Body, so noble, be matched with a discarded girl from a small Family?” Mu Yunxi sighed softly.

“Sect Master need not worry about this. The Holy Emperor Sect in Central Continent has a gathering of Prodigies, and even Her Highness Saintess Ji Ru Qianlong, who also possesses a Sacred Body, has emerged!”

“When Lin Yang goes to the Holy Emperor Sect and personally witnesses the Saintess’s peerless grace, I imagine he will cast that discarded girl from the small Family out of his mind without us even needing to urge him,” Great Elder Gu Jianghe said.

“Hmm.”

Mu Yunxi nodded slightly. This idea coincided with her own thoughts.

In their opinion, Lin Yang was, after all, only an eighteen-year-old youth who had never seen a truly peerless woman, which was why he was still fixated on his fiancée, the discarded girl from the small Family.

When he eventually went to Central Continent and met the Saintess of the Holy Emperor Sect, he would likely change his current choice on his own.

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Cloud Utmost Empire.

Black Cloud City, Nangong Family.

At the same time, Nangong Xueli, aided by the various rare and precious medicines gifted by Lin Yang, was refining a spiritual flame under Yao Mu’s guidance.

“Hold on, as long as you successfully refine this Purple Lotus Heavenly Star Flame, you will not only be able to upgrade your Cultivation Technique to Profound Rank Advanced, but you will also gain an Acquired Fire Spirit Immortal Body. At that time, with the two superimposed, your Cultivation speed will skyrocket. Re-emerging is only a matter of time!”

Yao Mu in the ring looked at Nangong Xueli, who was enduring the scorching flames, with a look of relief in her eyes.

Perhaps it was because she had suffered too many blows after becoming a Trash all these years, but Nangong Xueli’s willpower was much stronger than Yao Mu had anticipated.

“On the path of Cultivation, Geniuses are as numerous as carp crossing a river. However, those who can reach the end are often not those with extraordinary talent, but more often, those with outstanding perseverance.”

Several hours later.

Clang!

Nangong Xueli’s delicate body seemed to ignite, with brilliant purple flames rising around her, countless flame Dao patterns dancing, exuding an unparalleled flame pressure.

As the flame Dao patterns danced, they gradually condensed into a flame vortex, erupting with terrifying devouring power, gathering all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from hundreds of feet around.

“What’s happening!?”

Soon, the anomaly in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi alarmed the entire Nangong Family, and then, like a tide, quickly spread throughout Black Cloud City.

Inside the city, countless people looked up at the sky above the Nangong Family with astonished Faces.

Where numerous gazes converged, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of several hundred feet appeared to be pouring downwards, frantically surging into a courtyard in the Nangong Family.

“Interesting, a small city in the wilderness, yet there’s a Prodigy who can cause a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon? Rare, rare indeed.”

At the city gate, in a window seat on the second floor of an inn, an unkempt old man with messy, bird’s nest-like hair and a flushed Face from drinking, noticed the anomaly in the city. His cloudy pupils suddenly lit up.

At the same time, in the strongest Sect of the Cloud Utmost Empire, Fengyun Sect.

A middle-aged man dressed in white, standing with his hands behind his back on a mountain Peak, looked towards Black Cloud City with sharp eyes.

“A Prodigy’s phenomenon in the Cloud Utmost Empire. This person has a connection with my Fengyun Sect!”

As his voice fell, the middle-aged man had already transformed into a gust of wind and dissipated from his original spot.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The middle-aged man’s speed was incredibly fast, as if he had used some great Divine Ability of shrinking the ground to an inch, almost traveling a thousand li in a single step.

Within a few breaths, he had already arrived at the entrance of the Nangong Family’s courtyard.

“May I ask where this Senior comes from, and why do you visit my Nangong Family?”

The sudden appearance of the middle-aged man in white startled all the Nangong Family members who were watching the phenomenon. Clan Chief Nangong Qian then cautiously stepped forward and asked.

However, the man in white ignored Nangong Qian, directly striding past everyone as if entering an uninhabited land, arriving at the front of the courtyard.

Coincidentally, Nangong Xueli, who had just finished Cultivating, walked out to meet him.

The man in white’s eyes immediately lit up, revealing a fervent expression.

“I am Lu Chen, Sect Master of Fengyun Sect. Are you willing to take me as your Revered Master and Cultivate in my Fengyun Sect?”

Boom!

“Fengyun Sect!?”

“That’s the strongest Sect in our Cloud Utmost Empire!”

“Sect Master Lu Chen, the strongest of the Cloud Utmost Empire’s Ten Great Powerhouses, he actually came to our Nangong Family personally to take a Disciple!?”

Upon hearing this, all the Nangong Family members were astonished.

While the importance of Fengyun Sect was far from that of the Saint Essence Sect and Lin Yang Daozi, within the Cloud Utmost Empire, it was an undisputed overlord. Even the imperial Family would show three points of respect when encountering it.

Countless young Disciples of the Nangong Family had made it their ultimate goal in life to join the Fengyun Sect.

Yet now, the Sect Master of Fengyun Sect had personally come to visit to take Nangong Xueli as his Disciple.

For a moment, many Nangong Family Disciples were filled with envy.

Chirp!

But just then, a wine cup, carrying a hint of sharp force, flew through the air towards Lu Chen, accompanied by an old, deep shout:

“Lu Chen, this little girl is clearly a Genius with an affinity for the Dao of fire. You, a person who Cultivates wind-attribute Cultivation Techniques, should not mislead her!”

The speaker was an old man with messy hair, who looked ordinary.

But upon seeing the newcomer, Lu Chen’s expression changed.

“Chi Yan Old Man!?”

Why did he also come!

Fengyun Sect, though it was the number one Sect in the Cloud Utmost Empire.

Lu Chen was even the strongest among the Cloud Utmost Empire’s Ten Great Powerhouses.

But, there are always stronger individuals!

This Chi Yan Old Man also had an extraordinary background, being a powerhouse from outside the Cloud Utmost Empire.

Although he was a Loose Cultivator like a wandering crane, his Cultivation was stronger than Lu Chen’s, not weaker.

Chi Yan Old Man’s reputation was well-known in the Cloud Utmost Empire and even in several surrounding countries.

“Chi Yan Senior appearing here, could it be that he also wants to take this girl as a Disciple?” Lu Chen probed.

“What, am I not qualified?” Chi Yan Old Man said with a smile.

Hearing this, a hint of sharpness flashed in Lu Chen’s eyes.

But constrained by Chi Yan Old Man’s strength, he didn’t want to have a direct conflict with him, so he smiled and said, “Haha, with Senior’s strength, you are naturally qualified.”

“It’s just that this little girl is a Genius of our Cloud Utmost Empire, and she should rightfully join my Fengyun Sect. I hope Chi Yan Senior will reluctantly give up this one time and not contend with me.”

“Heh, does a Genius from the Cloud Utmost Empire necessarily have to join your Fengyun Sect?”

Chi Yan Old Man showed no Face at all, sneering, “Isn’t that Lin Yang also a Genius from your Cloud Utmost Empire? Did he join your Fengyun Sect?”

Upon hearing these words, the smile on Lu Chen’s Face slowly faded, and he said in a deep voice, “From Senior’s words, are you determined to snatch my beloved Disciple today?”

As his voice fell, a faint, almost imperceptible sense of oppression slowly emanated from Lu Chen’s body.

“What, Sect Master Lu Chen, are you planning to exchange a few moves with this old man?”

Chi Yan Old Man narrowed his eyes, and a powerful pressure also emanated from his body.

“Let’s talk this out, both Seniors, calm down!”

Seeing that the two sides were on the verge of fighting at the slightest disagreement, Nangong Qian and the many Nangong Family members present all turned green in an instant, scared almost to the point of wetting themselves.

These two were both famous big figures.

Lu Chen, needless to say, was the Sect Master of Fengyun Sect, the number one powerhouse in the Cloud Utmost Empire. His Cultivation had long reached the Peak of the Martial Emperor Realm, undefeated throughout the Empire!

Chi Yan Old Man was even more renowned. As a Loose Cultivator, he still shook several surrounding Empires with his might, his strength naturally unfathomable.

If these two were to fight here, regardless of the outcome, their Nangong Family would certainly be buried with them.

Even more seriously, perhaps their entire city would be shattered.

No one present wanted to be an innocent casualty, but their words carried little weight, and they couldn’t persuade the two renowned powerhouses, Lu Chen and Chi Yan Old Man.

Thus, everyone could only look pleadingly at Nangong Xueli, who was also somewhat surprised by the current situation.

Whoosh!

Just as Nangong Xueli was about to speak, a fiery ruler suddenly descended from the sky, sweeping away Lu Chen and Chi Yan Old Man like autumn leaves, pushing them back a hundred zhang away, outside the Nangong Family.