A few months later, a news spread throughout the land.
The Eternal Peak had opened its gate to the outside world and was accepting disciples again!
As soon as people heard of this, many surrounding factions, including Acquired Realm and even Innate Realm ones, sent their geniuses to the Eternal Peak.
Many of these geniuses possessed exceptional qualifications if seen from the perspective of the Qingyun Region, possessing Three-Elemental and Dual-Elemental Spiritual Roots.
Tian Yongheng didn’t care about the aptitude or anything of the sort of the disciples. As long as they could generate revenue for the Eternal Peak, it was fine.
For that, they needed to earn Spirit Stones. All disciples were given a maximum of a hundred years to start generating some income, if they couldn’t do it, they would be expelled.
It was extremely favorable to the disciples, as even the ones with the lowest aptitude could start generating at least something before the time of a hundred years.
And because all people, regardless of aptitude, could join the Eternal Peak, not to mention the many benefits they provided, many nearby factions had become friendly with them.
Many Foundation Establishment Realm powers even decided to become their subordinate forces in exchange for their protection and assistance.
Right now, the Eternal Peak had a total of 27 Foundation Establishment Realm powers and 4 Acquired Realm factions, including the Sword Seeking Sect, and the entirety of the Yan Immortal Dynasty as it’s subordinate forces.
Speaking of the Sword Seeking Sect and the Yan Immortal Dynasty, these two powers had grown considerably in this span of a few hundred years.
The Sword Seeking Sect, receiving great assistance from the Eternal Peak, now already had 5 Acquired Realm cultivators excluding Cui Ming.
Cui Ming had also reached the Fourth Stage of Acquired Realm, which may seem very slow compared to Tian Yongheng and the other prodigies, but in fact, it was quite fast for someone of Cui Ming’s aptitude.
On the other hand, the Yan Immortal Dynasty had already changed rulers, with the former Crown Prince Yan Beichuan at the Sixth Stage of Acquired Realm ascending to the Emperor’s throne, and more than 50 years had passed since then.
Yan Zhangwei was already at the Ninth Stage of Acquired Realm, preparing to enter the Innate Realm, that’s why he chose to give the throne to his eldest son.
He would’ve given it to Yan Jingfei considering her being the eldest disciple of the Eternal Peak, but her position and future potential was too significant to be tied down by the Yan Dynasty, not to mention she wouldn’t agree and he didn’t want to anger her master too.
As for Yun Ping, even though he still remained as the Sect Master of the Infernal Blaze Sect, he was mostly in seclusion after breaking through to the Ninth Stage of Acquired Realm too, preparing to enter the Innate Realm.
With that, the Yan Immortal Dynasty was about to get its position of being an Innate Realm power back.
At this moment, Thousand Petals Hall.
In the main hall, multiple figures stood with gloomy expressions on their faces, a tense atmosphere brewing among them.
Liu Ruoxue was also present there, her hands trembling as she looked at the things sprawled on the floor.
These things included a incomplete set of clothes, some broken fragments of multiple Dharma Artifacts, and a few pieces of bones of the human body.
"Is..this really what’s all left..?"
A middle aged woman looking to be in her thirties couldn’t help but say, her lips trembling as she suddenly fell to her knees.
She was none other than the current Hall Master of the Thousand Petals Hall, the mother of both Liu Yufang and Liu Ruoxue.
The stuff and bones in front of her were none other than Liu Yufang’s.
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Right now, her mind was a complete mess, and she was devastated inside.
First, her eldest daughter was killed by demonic cultivators, and now, her beloved son not only had his Heavenly Spiritual Root taken, he was also killed and cannibalized by them.
She felt as if her entire world had shattered.
Even if the Thousand Petals Hall escaped their calamity due to the intervention of the Qingyun Sword Sect, they still lost their greatest talent.
She instantly broke into tears after not having cried since many years.
The other Great Elders present all went up to her and comforted her, while Liu Ruoxue watched all this happening as she stood there motionless.
At this point, she suddenly turned around and started to walk away.
"Young lady, where are you going?" One of the Elders called out, turning everyone’s attention on her.
"Where do you think?"
As Liu Ruoxue replied while turning around to look at them, her aura increased tremendously, giving off an extreme pressure that could even be felt by all the Elders who were at the later stages of Innate Realm, despite her only being at the Third Stage of Acquired Realm.
They all felt a certain coldness mixed with extreme heat emanating from her, chilling their bones while also strangely giving them the feeling as if they had be struck by lightning.
"I’m going to kill those demonic bastards." She announced before giving them a cold look, her long black hair fluttering and violet eyes glimmering with killing intent.
"Young lady, you won’t be able to do anything but would get seriously injured if you do anything rashly! Can you not see your mother’s condition? Please leave everything to the Qingyun Sword Sect!
I’ve heard that the Qingyun Sword Sect has already dispatched Void Refinement Realm mighty figures to find the location of every single demonic cultivator hiding within the entirety of Qingyun Region, and they will be found in no time!"
"The Qingyun Sword Sect couldn’t save my brother!"
At her words, the hall immediately fell silent once again.
It was true that if the Qingyun Sword Sect had taken the matter of demonic cultivators seriously a bit earlier, than Liu Yufang wouldn’t have died.
Because of their late response to the rampages of demonic cultivators, many lives were lost, and a lot of the Qingyun Region’s talents who could become future powerhouses died in vain.
But at the same time, the Qingyun Sword Sect was also a sect that operated with multiple layers of rules, and Void Refinement Realm cultivators, the topmost force, couldn’t be utilized that easily.
Besides, the demonic cultivators had not released any personal attack on the Qingyun Sword Sect, and thus, even if the Qingyun Sword Sect did not take any action, it would have been quite understandable.
Although their honor as a faction of the righteous path would’ve plummeted by a lot and they would’ve made many enemies that way if they didn’t take any action at all.
So, the Qingyun Sword Sect couldn’t be blamed for the casualties. Only the ones who suffered could be blamed for their weakness.
"Young lady, recently, there have been talks that the Eternal Peak has opened its doors to the outside world again and is accepting disciples. If you truly desire revenge, then why don’t you go there?"
At this moment, another Elder spoke up, his voice calm and composed.
Hearing his words, Liu Ruoxue couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, "Fifth Elder, are you telling me I should leave the Thousand Petals Hall and become a disciple of the Eternal Peak?"
"Yes, young lady. The Eternal Peak is not as simple as it seems, and the powers behind them probably go far beyond the Qingyun Region.
If you can even become a grand disciple of any of the Supremes or the Master of Eternal Peak himself, then I’m sure you’ll be able to not only avenge the late young master and eldest young lady, but also potentially have a chance of rising up to become a top figure in the Qingyun Region or even beyond." The Fifth Elder continued.
At his words, the other Great Elders also couldn’t help but nod.
The true background of the Eternal Peak was extremely mysterious in the Qingyun Region, and it was believed to have the support of supreme figures above the Nascent Soul Realm.
But the Eternal Peak still had not made any major waves and was laying dormant, which was why many powers were still skeptical of the claims mentioned above.
However, it was without a doubt that it was the best choice among all the Golden Core Realm factions to join.
Liu Ruoxue was deep in thought for a moment before she finally agreed.
She was hot headed and could do almost anything in the heat of the moment, but not completely stupid to not see something right in front of her.
Taking a look at her mother, who was still in a daze for the last time, she clenched her fist and left to prepare for her departure.
...
A week later.
Tian Yongheng was looking at the newly joined disciples of Eternal Peak from his mountain summit, preparing to enter another cultivation session to breakthrough before a system notification appeared in front of him.
[Ding! A Chosen One has been detected in the system’s range!]