Chapter 540 - 377: 9-Star Talent
Chapter 540: Chapter 377: 9-Star Talent
"The Celestial Cloud Sect just destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect. If they can also take out the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect, couldn’t they join us against the Blood Dew Palace?"
"Vice Valley Master Shi, what are you thinking? These Evil Dao Core Formation Sects can’t be wiped out just because you wish it. I suspect the Celestial Cloud Sect’s victory over the Celestial Demon Sect this time involved a great deal of luck."
"Yes, I agree with Vice Valley Master Wen. We can look into the details of how the Celestial Cloud Sect destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect later."
Throughout their discussion, the four leaders of Star Moon Valley never once brought up the possibility that the Purple Mist Sect might have helped the Celestial Cloud Sect destroy the Celestial Demon Sect.
They knew that while the Purple Mist Sect might support them in destroying the Blood Dew Palace, it would not have helped the Celestial Cloud Sect destroy the Celestial Demon Sect.
The Blood Dew Palace was a top-tier Blood Demon Core Formation Influence. Destroying it would be a huge slap in the face to its backer, the Nascent Soul Influence of the Blood Spirit Sect.
"With the Celestial Demon Sect gone, the Wind Ling Sect’s strategic position has improved considerably."
"Yes. Other than the Celestial Cloud Sect itself, the Wind Ling Sect stands to gain the most from the destruction of the Celestial Demon Sect."
"I suspect the Wind Ling Sect must have helped the Celestial Cloud Sect destroy the Celestial Demon Sect."
"Almost certainly."
The four Core Formation leaders of Star Moon Valley continued to discuss the shifting situation following the Celestial Cloud Sect’s destruction of the Celestial Demon Sect.
At this very moment, the higher-ups of the Vast Sea Sect were having a similar conversation.
When the news about Fang Yun reached the Vast Sea Sect, they immediately convened a meeting of their leadership.
The leadership meetings of both major sects centered on the Celestial Cloud Sect.
All in all, it was exhilarating news—and unexpectedly good news at that.
For over ten thousand years.
In all that time, these Core Formation Influences had only managed to destroy a Blood Demon Core Formation Influence once, and that one had been located near the Purple Mist Sect.
And the sect that had destroyed that Blood Demon Core Formation Influence subsequently fell at the hands of the Blood Spirit Sect.
The two Core Formation Influences supported by the Purple Mist Sect, the Hundred Peaks Sect and the Jinling Sect, had both been founded less than three thousand years ago.
The Core Formation Influence destroyed by the Blood Spirit Sect could be considered the predecessor to the Hundred Peaks Sect and the Jinling Sect.
Star Moon Valley, the Vast Sea Sect, the Black Ghost Cave, and the Demon Spirit Sect were among the first to learn of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s destruction of the Celestial Demon Sect.
As time went on, news of the Celestial Cloud Sect destroying the Celestial Demon Sect continued to spread.
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「Purple Mist Sect.」
On a verdant mountain thick with Spiritual Qi, inside a small pavilion beside a babbling stream.
Two women and a man were seated here.
If Fang Yun had been here, he would have recognized all three of them in an instant.
He was familiar with all of them.
"Have either of you heard the news from the Celestial Cloud Sect, Senior Brother Gao, Senior Sister Cai?"
"News from the Celestial Cloud Sect lately..." Gao Tianxing mused for a moment before shaking his head. "No."
"Still thinking about Fellow Daoist Fang, Junior Sister Lin? You’re always the most eager to hear news about the Celestial Cloud Sect," Cai Qingyan teased.
Among the Elders of the Purple Mist Sect, disciples from the same cohort who successfully reached Core Formation tended to have rather good relationships.
Of the top five disciples of their generation in terms of overall strength, only the three of them had successfully reached Core Formation.
"I can’t forget that he saved my life."
Lin Ke replied with a smile, the events in the "Land of No Master" Secret Realm still vivid in her memory.
After her reply, she shared the news she had learned.
"Under Fang Yun’s leadership, the Celestial Cloud Sect actually destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect! And without any help from our Purple Mist Sect."
Cai Qingyan and Gao Tianxing were taken aback.
Seeing their surprised expressions, Lin Ke nodded in satisfaction.
"Fellow Daoist Fang’s leadership is impressive." Cai Qingyan gave Fang Yun high praise, which was rare for her.
They had also learned from Lin Ke that Fang Yun had become the Sect Leader of the Celestial Cloud Sect.
"A pity. If only Fellow Daoist Fang were an Elder in our sect," Gao Tianxing said. He was more interested in Fang Yun’s skills in Alchemy and Artifact Refining.
He was on very good terms with some of the sect’s Elders of Alchemy and Artifact Refining.
He had learned from them that because of Fang Yun, the Wind Ling Sect, Star Moon Valley, and the Vast Sea Sect rarely came to them for alchemy or artifact refining services anymore.
As a result, these alchemy and artifact refining Elders were somewhat displeased with Fang Yun.
The sect itself, however, didn’t mind.
If the Celestial Cloud Sect could continue to grow without their help, it was ultimately a good thing for the Purple Mist Sect.
By suppressing the dissatisfaction of the alchemy and artifact refining Elders, the sect was also giving the Celestial Cloud Sect a chance.
"Fang Yun’s original talent was only a Five Spirit Roots. Even if he had been born in our Earth Realm, he would have struggled to become a disciple of our sect."
"Junior Sister Lin has a point."
"With the Celestial Cloud Sect destroying the Celestial Demon Sect... Senior Brother Gao, Junior Sister Lin, do you think Black Dragon Hall will assume we were the ones who helped them?"
"Very likely!" Lin Ke concluded immediately.
Gao Tianxing, however, pondered for a moment. "The chances are high, indeed."
"Hehe, those Evil Forces still have no idea what Fang Yun’s true strength is." She was, after all, the only one in the entire Purple Mist Sect who had seen it with her own eyes.
Although she had only seen his strength at the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lin Ke was confident that as a Core Formation Stage cultivator, he would be just as formidable—at least, that had been her own experience.
"Fellow Daoist Fang certainly keeps his cards close to his chest."
"Senior Brother Gao, if you were a member of an Evil Sect, would you want someone like Fang Yun to grow stronger?"
"Of course not."
"So it’s a good thing that Fang Yun is so secretive."
"After Fellow Daoist Fang cleansed his Spirit Root, I knew that if he could reach Core Formation, his future accomplishments would be considerable. I just never expected him to achieve so much already, far surpassing what I’d originally envisioned for him," Cai Qingyan said, recalling her earlier thoughts.