Chapter 679 Qing Ming Crisis
When the elders heard Xiang Nan's name, their faces were filled with guilt.
Xiang Nan's heart skipped a beat. He anxiously said, "Seniors and elders, what exactly happened? Where are my Nature's Sect's martial brothers?"
The old man sighed and said, "Xiang Nan, calm down first. Let me tell you slowly."
Only then did Xiang Nan know the cause and effect.
Xiang Nan was also shocked to learn that all the contestants in the final four had disappeared!
This matter had to start with the change in the rules of the Azure Underworld Sect's Grand Examination.
Originally, the Azure Underworld Sect's entrance exam was limited to the fifth level of the Origin Realm. Those who exceeded this level were not allowed to do so.
However, there were two reasons that changed the situation. One was the appearance of the Half Demon Body, and the other was the appearance of the Unbreakable Golden Body.
Xiang Nan was responsible for sending the Golden Body Unbreakable Art to the neutral sect, while the Friendly Sect was personally sent over by the Haotian Imperial Clan. Naturally, the Azure Underworld Sect had also obtained the Golden Body Unbreakable Top Four Art.
In that case, all the enemy disciples, including the Heavenly Profound Sect, had cultivated the Half Demon Body, causing their realms to advance by leaps and bounds.
As for Youfang, he had cultivated the Golden Body Unbreakable, and his realm had also greatly increased.
Back then, Xiang Nan had cultivated an intact golden body that could not be broken. That did not raise his cultivation realm, allowing him to attain an extremely solid foundation.
However, his improved golden body was still unbreakable, and there was a big flaw. It was that his martial arts realm would suddenly increase explosively. It was a good thing that his cultivation realm increased, but his unstable foundation was also one of the costs.
As a result, all the contestants who had participated in the competition had their cultivation bases raised. All of them had exceeded the restriction of the fifth level of Origin Return. After some consideration, the Azure Underworld Sect changed the rules and changed the restriction from the fifth level of Origin Return to the twenty-year-old limit.
The change in the rules caused more problems. The Starsea Sect, which was ranked third among the eight sects, also sent people to the Azure Underworld Sect.
As for the The Profound Sky Sect , they also sent more people to bring over the disciples of the Flying Cloud Sect.
This created a chaotic battle.
However, a great expert from the Starsea Sect called Yuan Meng came to turn the tide.
This person actually managed to single-handedly defeat all the young disciples from the The Profound Sky Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect, so that none of the disciples from the The Profound Sky Sect and the Flying Cloud Sect were able to enter the top four.
More importantly, Yuan Meng of the Starsea Sect was one of the Seven Tigers of the Southern Domain, ranked fourth!
Taking part in such a great sect exam in his capacity immediately angered the The Profound Sky Sect .
After that, the situation became even more chaotic. The mysterious Heavenly Devil Religion had actually appeared as well. They had even planned a great conspiracy to raze the entire Azure Underworld Sect 's Green Underworld City area with 32 "Spirit Explosion Arrays".
Fortunately, Azure Underworld City wasn't big. Almost all of the people inside came to the Azure Underworld Sect to join in the fun. The rest of the people fled after seeing the traces of the Heavenly Demon Sect. However, there weren't many casualties.
However, when the Azure Underworld Sect's elders came to suppress the Heavenly Demon Sect, the disciples of the top four also disappeared.
Up until now, there was still no news of the four contestants, including Murong Wanqing from the Haoran Sect.
This was a huge scandal!
In the Azure Underworld Sect's examination, the top four contestants had actually disappeared! If this matter was not resolved, then the status of the Azure Underworld Sect would plummet, and even be pointed at by thousands of people.
In the future, no other sect would trust them. This crisis was far more costly than losing the Grand Examination!
That was why the Azure Underworld Sect held some sort of top four performance contest to stall for time and try to find the top four contestants as soon as possible.
More importantly, even now, the Azure Underworld Sect couldn't figure out whether the Heavenly Devil Sect or the The Profound Sky Sect had snatched away the top four contestants.
The Azure Underworld Sect's elders had searched around for the Heavenly Demon Sect members, and had captured more than twenty of them.
However, the Heavenly Demon Sect did not negotiate with the Azure Underworld Sect at all. After being caught, they directly gritted through the poisonous mumbling embedded in their teeth and committed suicide on the spot.
The Azure Underworld Sect wanted to find an important person from the The Profound Sky Sect , but the The Profound Sky Sect refused to admit it and insisted that this matter had nothing to do with the The Profound Sky Sect .
Things had reached this point, and they were in a dilemma.
When Xiang Nan heard this, his head was so big that he said angrily, "There's actually such a big mess!"
The old man said, "I'm afraid even the The Profound Sky Sect didn't expect that things would reach this stage. With their style, they probably wouldn't do such a thing as robbing people directly. They also don't have the ability to do so."
"The crux of the matter is that the damned Heavenly Devil Religion interfered and instead provided the Heavenly Profound Sect with an opportunity to fish in troubled waters."
"It's also our fault for being too careless. We haven't considered it thoroughly enough."
The old man even lowered his body and begged Xiang Nan not to spread the news back to the Haoran Sect. Otherwise, the relationship between the two sects would be over.
At that time, not only would the Haoran Sect seek accountability from the Azure Underworld Sect, even the Starsea Sect would come over to ask for help.
The entire hall of elders was filled with gloomy clouds. All the elders were extremely anxious, but they couldn't find a solution to the problem.
An elder sighed and said, "Tomorrow is the final four. If the top four contestants don't show up, then there will be no paper wrapping around the fire."
Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Elders, please rest assured that I will bring back the top four contestants before dawn tomorrow."
"You?" elders were surprised.
The old man said, "We can't find anyone. You alone can find them?"
An old Second Sack Elder said in a deep voice, "If you can help us solve this urgent matter, my Azure Underworld Sect will give you an expensive Heavenly Grade weapon!"
Xiang Nan's eyes lit up and he said, "Elders, please rest assured. Wait for my good news."
After saying that, Xiang Nan withdrew and said goodbye.
After Xiang Nan left, the elders were sad again. No one believed that Xiang Nan could do this.
A second generation elder's expression suddenly changed. He slapped his seat and stood up abruptly! "I, the Azure Underworld Sect , have never been so embarrassed!" He said angrily.
"Before dawn tomorrow, if the top four contestants still haven't returned, pass on the order and seal the country!"
The moment these words were spoken, all the elders were shocked.
Feng Guo was no joke. He was using the Azure Underworld Sect's own power to seal the country.
During this period, no one was allowed to leave the country and no one was allowed to enter.
Once this was done, it would mean that the country had entered a first-class state of emergency, and the price of becoming a country would be incomparably terrifying.
Sealing an empire would cause the cultivation of all the Azure Underworld Sect elders to fall back by ten years!
It was easy to destroy a country, but it was extremely difficult to seal a country, just as it was easy to break a mountain, but it was as difficult to carry a mountain as ascending to the heavens.
Xiang Nan did not know what the Azure Underworld Sect was plotting. At this moment, he had already arrived at the ruins of Azure Underworld City.
Looking around, the entire Azure Underworld City had already disappeared from the horizon. There were messy ruins and endless rubble everywhere.
"The Heavenly Devil Religion has gone too far this time." Xiang Nan took a deep breath.
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