87: The various sects reacted! Yuehua Palace vowed to help!

The suspended giant ship.

After Moon Clearsnow and Yue Qingmeng, the master and apprentice sisters, followed to the deck, they looked around in shock.

From within Yanwang City, it was clear that this giant ship was enormous, but only after boarding it did its true appearance become even more intuitively apparent!

Yue Qingmeng's large eyes were filled with shock and curiosity as she looked at Princess Pingyang and said,

"Your battleship is so big, much bigger than the strongest battleship in our Yuehua Palace. It must be very fast!"

Princess Pingyang smiled slightly, "It's alright. With Ye Hangzhou's teleportation, it still took a whole day to get here from the capital."

It was fine before she spoke, but after she did, the shock in the eyes of Moon Clearsnow and her sister became even more intense!

The distance from the capital to Yanwang City was extremely far, and it would take a long time to reach by public flying boat from the government. They had never even been to the capital.

They didn't expect to arrive in just one day; that would only take a few hours!

Both of them marveled in their hearts.

Yue Qingmeng said with a hint of envy, "If only our Yuehua Palace had this battleship, it would be so convenient to go anywhere in the future, and it would make fighting those bad guys from the Giant Spirit Hall much easier."

"This battleship seems to have been tinkered with by Ye Hangzhou. Although he has a few minor flaws, he's still very impressive," Princess Pingyang praised.

She was just about to show the Truth-telling Pearl to Ye Hangzhou later to see if he could figure one out.

When the master and apprentice sisters heard her words, the image of the cool-headed man they had seen in the Demon Suppression Division's public hall not long ago also appeared in their minds.

Hmm, he certainly looked like a master!

Princess Pingyang and the others went to several meeting rooms and the front hall of the giant ship but did not see Li Shengyuan's figure.

"Where are Li Gege and Ye Hangzhou? Did they not come back?" A hint of frustration appeared on Princess Pingyang's face.

"Lord Li and Chief Ye have both gone to cultivate."

A passing 術士 casually explained to Princess Pingyang, then walked away with a calm expression...

The people from the Imperial Observatory, or rather, the people brought out by Ye Hangzhou, were influenced by him and treated everyone with this attitude.

"Ah? They went to cultivate? Then let's wait..." Princess Pingyang rubbed her face with a frustrated expression.

"I'll take you to see something beautiful." Then, with a joyful smile, she pulled the master and apprentice sisters away from the pavilion to the edge of the giant ship.

Being high in the sky, the boundless Yanwang City came into view. This feeling of looking down from above was a first for them.

"How about it? Isn't this a great spot? As Li Gege said, this is called 'Once on the summit, all mountains below are small'!"

Princess Pingyang, with a beaming smile, waved her hand grandly, imitating her Imperial Sister's regal pose, though it looked a bit comical...

At this moment, the master and apprentice sisters stared blankly at Yanwang City below, carefully chewing on the poem Princess Pingyang had recited.

Once on the summit, all mountains below are small...

"Miss Mu, is this poem by Li Shengyuan?" Moon Clearsnow looked at Princess Pingyang curiously.

"Oh dear, don't call me Miss Mu. Just like Sister Xinrong, you can call me Shijing," Princess Pingyang said with a wave of her hand and a smile.

"These two lines, 'Once on the summit, all mountains below are small,' were indeed told to me by Li Gege."

"I didn't expect him to have such poetic talent."

Princess Pingyang's face was filled with pride and confidence, "Li Gege is much more amazing. He has many other great poems that even the Emperor... the Emperor said were good. I'll recite them to you line by line; I guarantee there will be some you like."

After some thought, Princess Pingyang continued, "And this line is also good, 'Long winds will sometimes break the waves, and a straight sail will cross the vast sea'..."

Princess Pingyang scattered the poems Li Shengyuan had recited, and as for why they weren't complete, it was because Li Shengyuan deliberately kept people in suspense...

Even though she knew many of the poems, Shen Xinrong never tired of listening, and a proud smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

As she listened, little stars gradually sparkled in Yue Qingmeng's eyes. Although it was only a brief encounter, Li Shengyuan's face became clearer and clearer in her mind.

The surprise in Moon Clearsnow's eyes also grew more intense, as she hadn't expected Li Shengyuan to be so skilled at poetry.

With such poetic talent, he certainly wouldn't be a vulgar person. Recalling him now, his demeanor was indeed extraordinary.

Could this be what her master often spoke of: "Poetry and books in the belly, elegance naturally flows"?

For a moment, a unique scene formed at the edge of the giant ship, with Princess Pingyang reciting poetry, and the other three women immersed in the poetic imagery, all set against the backdrop of the setting sun's afterglow—truly beautiful beyond compare.

Anyone passing by would 忍不住 stop and take another look.

At the same time, the "Demon Extermination Hero Post" drafted by Mu Yunxiao and the Jizhou Governor had already been sent to various sects in the Northern Territory through various communication methods!

As the first city in the Northern Territory, almost every sect with a bit of strength had established outposts and relay stations here.

Besides providing a place for their disciples to stay, it was also to keep abreast of news from various regions.

Although long-distance communication artifacts were very valuable, every outpost in Yanwang City had them, precisely to obtain crucial first-hand information.

Sometimes, being one step too slow meant losing everything!

When the various sects received this news, it stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone was utterly shocked!

The Giant Spirit Hall, one of the eight major third-grade sects in the Northern Territory, had actually been secretly colluding with the Demonic Cult for a long time!

And the attitude of the Yanwang and Li Shengyuan, the Imperial Envoy for Demon Suppression, also left everyone incredibly amazed.

A top sect possessing two third-grade experts was to be eradicated just like that...

Subsequently, boundless rage surged among the various sects.

No wonder many of their disciples who had cooperated with the Giant Spirit Hall had mysteriously disappeared earlier, with only Giant Spirit Hall disciples returning. They had initially thought it was because the Giant Spirit Hall people were tough and resilient, which allowed them to escape.

Now it seemed that these bastards had collaborated with the Demonic Cult to kill their disciples!

Upon closer inspection, quite a few people related to or affiliated with the various sects had been secretly killed by the Giant Spirit Hall.

Aside from the eight major third-grade sects, within the other major sects, the calls to eradicate the Giant Spirit Hall reached an unprecedented fervor!

Moreover, the Yanwang and Li Shengyuan offered considerable incentives: whoever participated and contributed would be compensated according to their efforts, and even receive a subsidy if they died.

As the saying goes, 'when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down.' No matter how strong the Giant Spirit Hall was before, under a combined assault, it wouldn't be able to hold out!

So this piece of the pie was definitely going to be divided. Even if the time given was very tight, a good plan was still needed.

The most enthusiastic among them was the Yuehua Palace!

Already having a grudge with the Giant Spirit Hall, they were even less likely to let this opportunity slip by.

Upon receiving the Demon Extermination Hero Post from the Yanwang, all high-ranking elders of Yuehua Palace who were in the palace had already gathered for deliberation.

A beautiful woman stood at the front, her face full of anger, clenching her fists as she shouted,

"The Giant Spirit Hall must be attacked!"

"Since the Yanwang and that Imperial Envoy want to eradicate the Giant Spirit Hall, this is such a good opportunity; our Yuehua Palace must lend a hand!"

As soon as these words were spoken, echoes of agreement resounded continuously.

At this moment, another beautiful woman said with a sorrowful expression, "No wonder these brainless fellows from the Giant Spirit Hall would become enemies with our Yuehua Palace. My disciple was abducted by the Giant Spirit Hall last month and has been missing ever since!"

"Now that I think about it, those beasts from the Giant Spirit Hall must have abducted many disciples from our Yuehua Palace and offered them to the Demonic Cult as cauldrons for cultivation!"

A group of beautiful women all stepped forward, looking sorrowfully at the cold and beautiful woman on the main seat, who had her eyes closed but a frosty expression.

"Palace Master, let us go! We must eradicate those beasts from the Giant Spirit Hall and avenge the disciples of our palace!"

A moment later, the cold and beautiful woman opened her eyes and said coldly,

"Elders of Yuehua Palace, heed my command: recall all disciples currently outside to remain in the palace, and gather half of the palace's strongest experts to immediately accompany this Palace Master to the Giant Spirit Hall... to exact our revenge!"