Chapter 185: Chapter 185: The Cause of the Incident
The summit of Battle Peak.
Inside the council hall.
Feng Tianrui had already arrived with his disciple.
Including the two of them, thirteen Elders had now gathered.
"What’s the exact situation? Can soone fill
in?"
Feng Tianrui asked as soon as he sat down.
"The Shen Family sent a request for aid. They say the Stone Demon Sect is about to move against them and that they need us to send two Elders to serve as Guardians."
"Based on the information we have, we’re still not sure if the Celestial Demon Sect is behind the Stone Demon Sect’s actions."
If it were just the Stone Demon Sect acting against the Shen Family, without the Celestial Demon Sect’s influence, then it would be a minor issue for the Celestial Cloud Sect.
But if the Celestial Demon Sect was the driving force behind it, this could be the start of a new period of turmoil.
The Earth Realm of the Celestial Cloud Sect was generally stable, but as Elders, they all knew that stability was never permanent.
"At the Four Sects Trial, I received an unconfird piece of news from Elder Wen of Star Moon Valley."
"What is it?"
"He told
the Celestial Demon Sect might make a move in the next few years," Feng Tianrui said bluntly. "And how long has it been? A problem has already cropped up."
"It seems the Celestial Demon Sect really is planning sothing," said Sword Cultivation Elder Miao Qinghong.
Aiding the Shen Family, a Foundation Establishnt Cultivation Clan, was a small matter on its own. It wasn’t the main topic of this eting.
The real focus was discussing the Celestial Demon Sect.
The Elders each proposed their own strategies. Many felt that there wasn’t enough information, and the best course of action was to wait and see. In the anti, they should guard against the Celestial Demon Sect and temporarily reduce the number of disciples active in the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm.
’Defensive strategies...’
Miao Qinghong listened to the other Elders’ opinions, but almost none of them shared her line of thinking.
She advocated for a proactive strike.
"Elder Liu, have you finished recording the minutes of this eting?" Miao Qinghong asked as the discussion drew to a close.
"I have."
"Good. Deliver these records to the Sect Leader and the Supre Elders afterward."
"Understood."
"Alright. Now then, who is willing to go to the Shen Family as a Guardian?"
With the major issue discussed, it was ti to address the minor one.
"I am willing," Bai Qinying was the first to volunteer.
After reaching Foundation Establishnt and becoming an Elder, she finally had a proper mission.
Feng Tianrui glanced at Bai Qinying but said nothing. As her master, he certainly understood his disciple.
"Count
in."
"Very well." Miao Qinghong nodded lightly. An early-stage and a mid-stage Foundation Establishnt Cultivator. "Then it will be Elder Bai and Elder Cao. Elder Long will draw up the mission specifics for you later."
Long Xiangwen, the third-in-command of Battle Peak, was responsible for managing missions.
"Elder Feng, not only did we take first place in total points at the Four Sects Trial this ti, but Fang Yun also broke the all-ti record. It’s a pity I wasn’t there to see it."
"Hahaha, Elder Zhao, I’ll let you lead the team next ti."
"If sothing really happens and the Celestial Demon Sect makes a move, the next Four Sects Trial will surely be postponed. And it’s another question entirely whether these old bones of mine will even last until the next one."
The Elders in the hall eventually turned the conversation to the Four Sects Trial.
They had all heard Feng Tianrui’s booming announcent earlier and had a basic understanding of what happened at the trial.
The most surprising news, of course, was that the trial’s record had been broken—and by Fang Yun, who was still only at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
As the topic turned to the Four Sects Trial, Miao Qinghong also added a few words.
Of all the Elders who had heard the news, her reaction to Fang Yun breaking the record was the most subdued.
Fang Yun was no simple character. If he continued to develop, he would very likely be her equal. Breaking the record at the Four Sects Trial was, to her, well within expectations.
Like Bai Qinying, she had never participated in the Four Sects Trial during her ti as a disciple.
Had she participated, she felt that with a bit of luck, breaking the all-ti record would not have been a difficult feat.
While the Elders were discussing matters...
...on the Dueling Platform of Battle Peak, Fang Yun, having just returned from the Four Sects Trial, was invited to a round of Magical Combat.
Fang Yun did not refuse.
He spent the first two rounds of Magical Combat purely on defense. His opponent in the third round was soone he had sparred with once before.
This ti, however, his opponent was determined to test Fang Yun’s true strength.
And so he lost, cleanly and utterly. His defensive asures were shattered the instant they appeared.
"When Senior Brother Fang actually attacks, the Magical Combat spars aren’t much of a show."
"Yeah, it’s over way too fast."
...
「Late in the first month.」
Three days ago, Fang Yun had gone looking for Bai Qinying, but couldn’t find her.
He later learned from Elder Bai Heyan that Bai Qinying had been dispatched on a mission to the Shen Family, a Foundation Establishnt Cultivation Clan.
A Guardian mission, no less.
Upon hearing this news, Fang Yun had a bad feeling. The situation was likely escalating.
Early this morning, soone ca looking for Fang Yun.
"Junior Brother Fang."
"Ah, Senior Brother Yang. Co in, have a seat."
Yang Yingjie had co to Fang Yun hoping he could help refine a useful, Upper Grade Magical Artifact for trapping enemies.
After hearing Yang Yingjie’s specific requirents, Fang Yun thought for a mont, then quickly wrote down a list of the necessary refining materials for Yang Yingjie to gather himself.
The materials he listed this ti were relatively common and not difficult to collect; a single trip to the Disciple Marketplace would likely be enough.
"Senior Brother Yang, what do you know about the Shen Family, the Foundation Establishnt Cultivation Clan?" Fang Yun asked casually.
"The Shen Family? Junior Brother Fang, why are you asking about them? Did sothing happen?"
Yang Yingjie was curious. In the past, the information Fang Yun usually sought from him was almost always related to matters in the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm.
"It’s just that one of our Elders is on a Guardian mission at the Shen Family’s residence, so I wanted to understand the situation a little better."
"A Guardian mission!" Yang Yingjie quickly recalled sothing. "This might be related to sothing I encountered."
Fang Yun was delighted. It seed Yang Yingjie really did know sothing.
"Tell
everything."
"Alright." Yang Yingjie nodded, collected his thoughts, and began, "At the beginning of the month, I was on a mission in the Celestial Demon Sect’s Earth Realm. While passing through the Shen Family’s territory, I ran into a Demon at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer."
"He was from the Stone Demon Sect... and well, that Demon from the Stone Demon Sect was taken away by the Shen Family’s Cultivators, and I received eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones for my trouble."
Fang Yun organized the information he had just gathered.
He thought for a mont.
’It’s highly likely the Shen Family learned sothing from that Stone Demon Sect Demon, which is why they requested help from our Celestial Cloud Sect. The sect then dispatched Elders for the Guardian mission.’
As he thought, Fang Yun also recalled sothing that happened last year.
"Senior Brother Yang, do you rember collecting Vermilion Demon Red Ore last year?"
Yang Yingjie quickly recalled the incident.
"Junior Brother, are you saying... that what’s happening with the Shen Family now is related to
getting that Vermilion Demon Red Ore?"
"It’s very possible. After all, didn’t an Elder from the Stone Demon Sect die at your hands?"
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