Free Web NovelChapter 842: Chapter 841: Forced to Retreat!
Su Moran’s blue robe billowed, her fine hair flying, fury surging in her eyes!
Back when Ye Qingchen had "fallen" into Ice Crystal Lake, she had already faintly guessed that it was very likely someone within Taotian Palace who had secretly made a move. Not until Ye Qingchen said those words just now did she fully confirm her suspicion.
Now.
Ye Xu Kong’s wrathful strike had completely violated her bottom line!
"Su Moran?"
Ye Xu Kong narrowed her eyes, swept a cold glance over Ye Qingchen, then directly fixed her gaze on Su Moran! "Good, let me experience for myself the strength of you, the one reputed to be Taotian Palace’s First Earth Immortal!"
Boom!
As she spoke.
Ye Xu Kong clenched both fists, her withered white hair whipping wildly. Strands of electric serpents spread out from her decrepit body, and boundless thunder-light coiled around her, flaring madly.
The space within several thousand zhang around her had already turned into a storm of thunderclouds, with Ye Xu Kong standing at the very eye of the tempest!
At the same time.
Su Moran tapped the tip of her foot, likewise rising into midair.
Suspended in the void, Su Moran’s expression was austere. Surging True Qi swept out from her body. The cyclones of the heavens seemed, in that instant, to be drawn in, gathering into a vast tide of wind.
From afar.
Ye Xu Kong in the void was shrouded in a field of raging thunder.
Facing her, Su Moran stood within a howling gale!
The vast sky was almost cleaved in two by the pair.
The two Top-level Earth Immortals stood opposed in midair. Two torrents of violent, terrifying power clashed and collided again and again in the sky, squeezing and blasting, shattering the surrounding void into booming fragments as endless cracks crazily spread.
To the point that.
The entire Void Peak was trembling at this moment.
One was the Supreme Elder of Celestial Moon Peak, the other was Su Moran, famed as Taotian Palace’s First Earth Immortal!
A battle between Top-level Earth Immortals was on the verge of breaking out!
In this moment.
Everyone in Taotian Palace—disciples in the field, along with those Stewards, Hall Masters, and Elders—stared up at the two confronting figures in the sky, not daring to even breathe too loudly!
However.
Just then, a clear, cool voice suddenly rang out, resounding across the heavens!
"Do you truly intend to tear my Taotian Palace apart?"
Within that cool, clear voice, an inextinguishable fury was contained. Almost as it appeared, an even vaster pressure surged forth and bore down, directly weighing upon the two of them.
In that instant, the power on each side, like volcanoes ready to erupt at any moment, suddenly went out.
And at the same time.
The void split open, and a man in wide-sleeved robes, hair disheveled, looking twenty-seven or twenty-eight, slowly stepped out of the torn space. This figure was precisely the master of Taotian Palace!
In the past few instances.
When the master of Taotian Palace descended, it had always been as a projection. But this time, it was his true body!
"I’ve been in seclusion for barely half a year, and you’ve already stirred up trouble twice... First Marquis Guangjun, and now you, Ye Xu Kong!" The man clasped his hands behind his back, staring coldly at Ye Xu Kong.
"Sect Leader, this is not my fault, it’s all that brat Ye Qingchen’s doing, he was the one who slaughtered people on Void Peak..." Ye Xu Kong hastily argued.
"Hmph!"
Before she could finish.
The other merely snorted coldly, and Ye Xu Kong was struck as if by lightning, her face going pale as her body swayed, nearly falling from the air.
Everyone looked on in terror.
Could it be that...
As expected.
They heard him continue:
"In the Kunlun Realm, might makes right! Since the disciples of Void Peak challenged Ye Qingchen, then even if they all died, they could only blame their skills for being inferior—reaping what they themselves have sown."
"But when you make a move against a disciple, that is using your seniority to bully the weak! Do you understand?"
"This sort of thing, I do not wish to see happen a second time. Otherwise, I will suppress you beneath Celestial Moon Peak, just like Marquis Guangjun!"
At these words, Ye Xu Kong’s body trembled. Before she could speak, she heard him continue: "I sentence you to return to Celestial Moon Peak and reflect in seclusion before a wall for three years!"
These indifferent words fell on Ye Xu Kong’s ears like a thunderclap out of a clear sky.
But how would she dare defy his order?
As she left, she cast a deep look at Ye Qingchen and Su Moran, let out a cold snort, tore open the void with a step, and vanished from everyone’s sight.
The other five Supreme Elders exchanged glances and secretly rejoiced that they had not acted. They quietly retreated.
"Since the matter is resolved, we should be going as well!"
Su Moran cast a cold glance at the Sect Leader in the sky, not even bothering to acknowledge him. With a wave of her large hand, she was about to lead Ye Qingchen, Han Buxiu, and the others away.
"Junior Sister!"
However.
Just then, he spoke again. That faint voice seemed to harbor a vast Magic Power, directly pinning Su Moran in place, rendering her unable to move.
"Though today’s events were not Ye Qingchen’s fault, it seems he is no longer suited to remain on Heaven-Shocking Peak!"
"Yu Hongqing, you intend to expel Ye Qingchen from Taotian Palace?" Su Moran turned back with a half-smile, half not, staring at him, even directly calling him by name!
"What I mean is, Ye Qingchen may take up a post in Taotian Palace and be conferred the position of Elder!" He completely ignored Su Moran’s form of address, and explained blandly: "Although Ye Qingchen has not yet entered Earth Immortal, with his strength, conferring him as an Elder is something I don’t think anyone will question!"
At this, Su Moran’s brows knit slightly.
One must know.
Within Taotian Palace, there was indeed such a rule. Once the Seven Peaks Disciples entered Earth Immortal, they could step out from the ranks of disciples and become Sect Elders. It was precisely this system that allowed Taotian Palace to receive an endless stream of fresh blood, standing firm in Southern Heaven for thousands of years.
But for some reason, she felt that Yu Hongqing’s proposal at this moment seemed to carry some ulterior motive.
"I accept!"
While Su Moran was still hesitating, Ye Qingchen beside her suddenly spoke up.
"Since that is the case, three days from now, Taotian Palace will induct you into your post." Yu Hongqing gave a slight nod, then looked toward Su Moran and continued, "Junior Sister, you..."
"Hmph!"
Before he could finish.
Su Moran had already swept her hand, tearing open the void and directly taking Ye Qingchen, Lu Yanwu, and the others away.
Yu Hongqing said nothing; he merely watched the place where Su Moran and Ye Qingchen had disappeared, his gaze becoming colder and more sinister, bit by bit, like a venomous serpent lurking in the dark!
Then.
His figure flickered, and he vanished from sight as well.
...
As the many disciples dispersed, news of this battle shot across the skies above Taotian Palace like a bolt of lightning, in an instant spreading out in all directions.
For a time.
Even the whole of Southern Heaven was struck speechless.
Ye Qingchen and Ye Xuan’s life-and-death battle.
He won!
And not only did he win.
He also publicly slew Marquis Guangjun’s other two Closed-door Disciples, massacred over a hundred Half-Step Earth Immortals, as well as countless Human Immortals. And not only did he receive not the slightest punishment, he was actually conferred the title of Elder by Yu Hongqing!
The implications behind this were simply terrifying!
