Published: March 4, 2025
Chapter 16: The Scent of Plum Blossoms Comes from Bitter Cold
“I’m currently worried about these matters,” Wu Yunliang said, his gaze profound. “If the Sky Tower can grow rapidly, it will protect this group of female disciples from being bullied and allow them to find a satisfying place to settle. But for now... we can only do our best!”
Kong Jingfeng sighed deeply and continued, “Regarding Li Jianyin, Second Martial Uncle will definitely not let it go easily. Does Senior Brother have any thoughts?”
“Second is always hot-tempered and protective; he will undoubtedly take action against the Purple Bamboo Garden this time,” Wu Yunliang said calmly. “However, he also understands the temperament of Ninth Junior Brother, so he will only express his anger without taking action himself. The real enforcers will likely be those disciples of Second Junior Brother.”
“No matter who wins or loses, this is a trial! It is a form of growth for both sides' disciples,” Wu Yunliang said lightly. “As long as it doesn’t go too far, we don’t need to interfere. If we can discover a few talents in this incident, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.”
The two fell silent simultaneously. They both looked up at the wall where thirty-nine names and a question mark were displayed. A grand sect of a thousand disciples, they were like sifted gold, with only a few that caught their eyes listed.
Only these people!
These individuals were the hope of the Sky Tower. Whether it was to maintain the status of the Sky Tower or to challenge the Seven Great Sects, or even to break into the Middle Three Heavens and become a legendary figure of the generation in the Lower Three Heavens, it all depended on these people!
The thirty-nine names plus one question mark represented the elite of the entire Sky Tower.
For such a large sect, this was rather desolate!
Kong Jingfeng looked at the names but was thinking about something else: Senior Brother clearly knew that Li Jianyin was narrow-minded and had feelings for Wu Qianqian, yet he still sent him along with Wu Qianqian to deliver the notice. With Wu Qianqian's beauty, it was expected that some disciples would harbor affection, potentially causing trouble. Yet Senior Brother did it anyway.
Instead of just picking someone randomly from his Gathering Cloud Peak to deliver the notice... Having a disciple from Gathering Cloud Peak and one from Locked Cloud Peak issue the notice seemed to indicate importance and gave Second Martial Uncle great face. But in reality... it subtly intensified the conflicts among the younger generation.
Senior Brother... must have done this intentionally, right? This is a tactic aimed at Second Martial Uncle's Locked Cloud Peak. Kong Jingfeng observed Wu Yunliang's back, slowly thinking that such matters could not be spoken aloud...
Hopefully, it will succeed!
Kong Jingfeng silently thought.
Suddenly, a soft rustling sound came from outside the window, and a nearly colorless shadow flew in rapidly—a small bird with a pale white body landed deftly on the table, cocking its head to look at the two with its round, black eyes.
The colorless eagle!
Both of their eyes lit up. Kong Jingfeng looked at the eagle and stammered, “Senior Brother, could this be Iron Cloud...”
Wu Yunliang’s gaze deepened as he nodded, taking a small bundle from the colorless eagle, which he unwrapped to reveal a narrow piece of paper inside.
Seeing it, his expression grew heavy. After a long while, his eyebrows raised, as if he had come to a decision.
Chu Yang was unaware of these matters and didn’t know the sect was facing such a crisis; he was currently focused on his training.
In fact, he only knew that the sect would be exterminated four years later. But he didn’t know the reason. In his past life, he was just a trivial disciple at this time, and no one told him. Given his reclusive nature, he wouldn’t have inquired either.
In three months, the sect's grand competition would commence. This competition would last for six months, filtering through nearly eight hundred disciples until only ten remained.