Published: March 9, 2025
As for the assassination incident involving the Jiangdong Hua Family, Chu Yang chose not to mention it, as if it had never happened at all.
However, Fourth Master Hua spent an entire night without sleep. By dawn, he realized that none of his three subordinates had returned. Anxiously inquiring about it, he ended up fleeing Purple Cloud City like a lost dog.
When someone reported that Fourth Master Hua had rushed out of Purple Cloud City, Chu Yang merely raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? Oh."
He then dropped the matter entirely.
This made Tie Butian feel concerned for Fourth Master Hua.
Chu Yang typically settled scores on the spot; but if he held a grudge against someone... then it was truly unimaginable just how miserable Fourth Master Hua’s fate would be.
Now, Chu Yang and Tie Butian were discussing the sects that had arrived.
Chu Yang furrowed his brows, “How many sects have arrived now?”
“Hmm... more than a dozen small sects have come; there are two medium-sized sects... reinforcements from the Wolf Clan, reinforcements from the Tiger Clan, and the Cat Clan has also moved... quite a few people are in the city, and the situation is chaotic.”
Tie Butian frowned and said, “However, today there’s a kind of oppressive atmosphere. Many who were seeking revenge from the previous days have all but disappeared today, and those gathering intel are mostly unable to find out anything either. Everyone is whispering cautiously or using sound transmission... this situation is quite unusual.”
Tie Butian furrowed her brow, “I suspect it’s because some significant figure or major sect is coming... otherwise, it wouldn’t be this abnormal.”
“Well, since it has already created such momentum, I believe the follow-up is not far off, at most half a day’s journey... it should arrive by tomorrow morning, right?” Chu Yang stroked his chin.
“By normal reasoning, it should be the case.” Tie Butian blinked, smiling slightly.
“Only one has come so far...” Chu Yang lightly tapped on the table with his finger, murmuring, “Finally, one has come...”
The first half of the sentence conveyed dissatisfaction, while the latter half carried a sense of relief.
Tie Butian smiled gently, “They will all come soon.”
“Hmm.” Chu Yang picked up a book and slowly opened it on the table. After a flow of purple light, words began to appear on its pages.
This was a book containing special energy, kept inside Yan Rushan's spatial ring.
Such books were strictly prohibited from being circulated outside.
Chu Yang had spent quite a bit of effort to exchange it from Yan Rushan.
Of course, the cost was not small; it took an entire morning for Yan Rushan to fully recover!
Although Chu Yang didn't know what level of cultivation Yan Rushan would reach after his full recovery, he was certain that this guy was no simple character.
As the purple light shifted, the book's title page revealed a line of large characters.
“Nine Heavens Pavilion Sect Renown Ranking.”
“Actually, it’s just a ranking list.” Chu Yang said, “There are only a hundred sects listed here, and none of the sects that have come during this time are qualified to be on it!”
“Hmm, the ones that have come are mostly cannon fodder, so how could they be qualified?” Tie Butian sighed and nodded.
The two sighed in unison, knowing that among these unworthy sects, if they randomly picked one, its individual fighting strength would far exceed any power in the Nine Heavens Continent. Destroying the Chu Family Courtyard would be easy...
Reality was that cruel!
Chu Yang slowly turned to the first page.
“Heavenly Sword Alliance. Located in Central Extreme Heaven Soul Burial Valley. Overall strength ranks first in the Nine Heavens Pavilion. The alliance leader is Du Yuntian; a sage level expert. There are four revered elders under him, known as the ‘Four Olds of the Heavenly Sword,’ each at the peak of the celestial level, with potential breakthroughs... Nine elders are known as ‘Nine Swords That Break the Heavens,’ at the celestial level; protectors... first-generation disciples, second-generation disciples...”