Outside Qingyun Sect,
a crowd of Qingyun disciples gathered together, staring at the calm, mirror-like sky with strange expressions on their faces.
In recent times,
ever since multiple people on the Five Fingers Peak had consecutively attained Enlightenment and ascended,
this had drawn cultivators from all over the world coming to seek the fame.
Ascension!
The lifelong aspiration of all cultivators.
Especially in this era, where no one had ascended for thousands of years.
Thus, the name of Five Fingers Peak instantly echoed throughout the entire world.
At first, when one or two ascenders appeared, cultivators might not have thought much of it.
It only meant that Qingyun Sect was a place blessed with outstanding talents and unparalleled fortune,
with great luck and great opportunities.
But when the fifth ascender appeared on Five Fingers Peak,
the entire world’s sentiment shifted instantly.
There were rumors that Five Fingers Peak was the place of dragon’s rise;
only there could one truly ascend in broad daylight.
If ascending elsewhere, no matter how high your cultivation,
you would never cross the final step into the legendary Heavenly Realm.
Of course, when these rumors first appeared, few believed them.
But when some inquisitive people investigated carefully,
they were surprised to find it seemed true.
Throughout the entire world, except for Five Fingers Peak,
it really seemed no one could achieve daylight ascension anywhere else.
As a result,
a fervent craze swept the world.
Qingyun Sect welcomed a frenzy of disciples /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ seeking to join.
Among them, some were as low as Qi Refining Realm,
some as high as Ascension Realm,
and even Supreme Elders and Sect Leaders from other sects.
All without exception wished to apprentice under Five Fingers Peak.
Faced with these demands,
Hongluan naturally rejected them outright!
What a joke.
The outside world only knew Five Fingers Peak as a branch of Qingyun Sect,
but who knew that Five Fingers Peak was no longer just a simple Qingyun lineage,
but a big family?
All the women were sisters.
In such an atmosphere, how could they allow outsiders in?
Therefore, Hongluan’s response was simple:
Don’t come near. Get lost!
With Hongluan’s words,
Qingyun Sect Sect Leader Luo Ze naturally did not refuse,
and immediately announced publicly that Five Fingers Peak was established as a sect forbidden zone,
non-peak members, without permission, were not allowed to ascend it,
nor would they accept disciples.
Upon hearing this decision,
many cultivators were furious,
thinking this was a despicable scheme by Qingyun Sect to protect Five Fingers Peak, the dragon rising place.
They gathered together to petition against Luo Ze,
arguing that Five Fingers Peak was the best place in the world for ascension and should be shared by all cultivators.
How could you just declare it forbidden?
Facing such accusations,
Luo Ze flew into a rage,
stepping outside Qingyun Sect’s protective formation to engage in a battle of words with the scholars.
"Damn it, Five Fingers Peak has always been Qingyun Sect’s territory since ancient times.
How has it suddenly become common to all the world?
Are you shameless or what?
Claiming only Five Fingers Peak can support ascension and nowhere else?
That’s all bullshit!
If you can’t ascend, it’s because you have no skill and your ancestors have no legacy.
Coming here and shouting nonsense — damn it!"
After such a tirade,
many cultivators took offense and began shouting insults back and forth.
That day, Qingyun Sect Sect Leader Luo Ze earned the title of “King of Insults”!
What?
You think it was just talk without fighting?
What a joke!
In the cultivation world, are cultivators that patient?
After a burst of furious insults lasting the time of an incense stick,
thousands of cultivators began assaulting Qingyun Sect’s protective formation directly.
From their posture, it seemed they intended to slaughter the sacred land of Central Continent.
They were not arrogant; they truly had the strength.
Among them alone were three Ascension Realm experts.
Tribulation Realm masters numbered in terrifying double digits.
As for those in Integration and Transformation of Spirit stages,
they were countless.
Altogether, they formed a truly formidable force.
Luo Ze felt immense pressure and went to Five Fingers Peak to request aid.
Upon hearing about the disturbance, Hongluan, Li Ruowang, and others immediately became interested.
They, unable to ascend fastest themselves,
saw this as a chance to vent and would not miss it.
Thus, the ladies of Five Fingers Peak all took action.
In only half an hour,
Qingyun Sect’s entrance was strewn with corpses.
At the same time, Luo Ze truly witnessed the terrifying power of Five Fingers Peak.
Originally, Qingyun Sect thought today’s event would end cultivators’ greedy thoughts about Five Fingers Peak.
But they underestimated cultivators’ tenacity.
To ascend to the Heavenly Realm,
these people had truly lost all shame.
Some began disguising themselves as Qingyun Sect disciples,
secretly practicing at the foot of Five Fingers Peak.
They firmly believed this could taint them with the fortune of the dragon rising place,
enabling them to attain Enlightenment and ascend.
What?
Why not go up to Five Fingers Peak itself?
Don’t you know the fierce reputation of the Five Fingers Peak fairies?
The cultivators who died at their hands numbered over a thousand.
They slaughtered from east to west, from south to north,
basically starting with ascension level cultivators,
with more than a dozen Ascension Realm masters together.
Who in the entire human world would not be afraid?
As time passed, some reckless cultivators came up with countless schemes to enter Qingyun Sect.
Giving Luo Ze a major headache.
He could only sweep them out again and again.
But the arrivals never ceased.
This was why Luo Ze was so furious when he heard Ye Yu was returning to Qingyun Sect with a Spirit Boat.
What a joke!
Ye Yu had ascended so long ago — how could he possibly return to the human realm?
It must be a scheme by some petty troublemakers outside.
In fact, it wasn’t only Luo Ze who thought so.
Even the Qingyun Sect disciples on duty today thought likewise.
But now it felt a little off.
Since the man claiming to be Ye Yu said the sect leader begged him,
a silencing formation had been set up above,
and for a long time no sound had come out.
This was very thought-provoking.
Could it be that this senior brother wasn’t an impostor?
Then that was impressive —
the lofty sect leader really begged him?
If not,
why would there be a silencing formation?
Shouldn’t they have started fighting already?
While the guarding disciples pondered,
the silencing formation above was torn down.
Qingyun Sect Sect Leader Luo Ze personally opened the protective formation
and, smiling apologetically, waved at Ye Yu along with Law Enforcement Elder Li Nian’an.
Ye Yu said nothing and steered the Spirit Boat directly toward Five Fingers Peak.
Seeing this,
all the disciples in front of the protective formation looked at each other with amused expressions.
Oh, so it’s true.
Sect Leader really did beg Senior Brother Ye Yu.
Tsk tsk tsk, after so long, Senior Brother Ye Yu’s fame only grows stronger!
Above the sky,
Luo Ze smiled broadly and waved at the Spirit Boat,
while mentally transmitting to Li Nian’an,
"You old Li, usually you look so serious, upright and just,
and are very kind to Yun Roumu.
But who would have thought you secretly recommended your disciple to steal her away?
You really have no shame!
Don’t you know I treat her like my precious treasure?"
Li Nian’an responded with a bitter smile,
"It’s all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"
