Time was lost minute by minute, and another three hours passed in a row.
Zhang Ruochen was still standing straight at the edge of the Copper Cauldron, practically like a copper block that had taken on a human form and was about to become one with the Heaven Sacrifice Copper Cauldron.
It was really unbearable, and many people had already lost their patience, not wanting to wait any longer and preparing to leave the Shangqing Palace.
“Wow!”
Right at this moment, inside the Heaven Sacrifice Copper Cauldron, a wisp of purple airflow slowly gushed out, rushing towards the sky and connecting with the clouds in the sky.
In the crowd, someone noticed the change in the Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron and let out an alarming cry, “Look, a wisp of purple qi surged out from inside the Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron, how could this be?”
“Surprisingly, there is really a purple qi gushing out, could it be the Ancestor manifesting?”
The disciples who were originally planning to leave, immediately returned, their eyes wide open as they stared in the direction of the Heaven Sacrifice Copper Cauldron.
There was actually really purple qi, gushing out from the tripod.
Many people were shocked and found it rather unbelievable, never having encountered such a strange thing in all the coronation ceremonies.
The various Half-Saints and Sacred Book Talents in the Shangqing Palace were also staring at the Heaven Sacrifice Copper Cauldron with unblinking eyes, and even with their state of mind, they were shaken to no small degree.
“Rumble!”
That wisp of purple qi, became thicker and thicker, and in the end, it completely turned into a pillar of purple qi connecting heaven and earth, impacting the clouds in the sky to scatter.
A few moments later, with the Upper Qing Palace as the centre, the sky in a radius of 800 miles, completely turned purple, blocking out the sun and causing the glazed tiles on the ground to reflect a faint layer of purple aura.
The purple clouds were like a mysterious and vast ocean, constantly rolling up waves of air.
The vision in the sky startled all the disciples of the entire Two Element Sect, all of them. They rushed out of their rooms and looked into the sky, feeling quite shocked inside.
“Eight hundred miles of purple Qi. Could it be a certain Ancestor that has broken through to the Saint realm?”
The vision in the sky was so astonishing that many of the disciples of the major spirit mountains were secretly speculating whether it was a certain ancestor who had broken through to the Saint realm?
Or, was it a certain spirit mountain that had given birth to some terrific heavenly treasure.
“Swish!”
A white holy shadow flew up from the main spirit mountain of the Supreme Clearance Palace, transforming into a shuttle of light that passed through layers of violet aura and arrived inside the halls of the Supreme Clearance Palace.
The white holy light retracted and manifested into an old Taoist with a white beard and white hair.
He wore a white Daoist robe, the front of which was imprinted with the Taiji Seal, and the back of which was imprinted with the Bagua Compass, giving him an immortal appearance.
The half-saints rose and bowed to that old Taoist, “Greetings to Ancestor Taiyi.”
The white-robed old Taoist’s gaze, fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body outside, did not turn around, but only slightly raised two fingers, signalling that there was no need for the Half-Saints to be polite.
Afterwards, he asked with a grave gaze, “What is this son’s origin?”
The Violet Cloud Half-Saint stepped forward and said, “Reporting back to Ancestor, this son is a disciple of the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain of the Eternal Life Academy.”
Ancestor Taiyi said, “The Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron has been placed in the Shangqing Palace for an unknown number of years, and this is the first time it has produced such a vision. This son is quite extraordinary.”
Hearing Ancestor Taiyi praising Lin Yue in such a way, the Zixia Half-Saint was naturally quite pleased, his wrinkled old face revealing a rather smug smile as he glanced towards the Yuanlong Half-Saint not far away.
That look was as if saying, see, even the Ancestor praised Lin Yue, Pang Long was afraid that he was too far behind compared to Lin Yue.
The Yuan Long Half-Saint snorted coldly, his heart was very unconvinced.
However, with Ancestor Taiyi at the side, he didn’t dare to have a fit.
Ancestor Taiyi, was one of the oldest few existences of the Two Elemental Sect, his seniority was frighteningly high, he only appeared in the sect almost every few decades, and even Half-Saint level existences might not be able to get him to look at him more than once.
However, he gave Lin Yue a comment of “This son is not simple”.
Just this comment alone, if it were to be spread out, it would be enough to make Lin Yue’s reputation soar. In the future, no one would probably dare to doubt his ability to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy.
The sixteen newly promoted Sacred Transmission disciples below the Heaven Sacrificing Bronze Cauldron were all propelled out by an invisible force, retreating all the way to a hundred feet away before they could stabilise their footsteps.
How could Xun Hua Liu not expect Lin Yue to be able to create such a big commotion, the whole person was a little confused, “What is this guy up to”
“Buzz!”
The Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron shook violently, letting out a loud sound, like an ancient bell being struck, the sound waves travelled out layer by layer, reaching thousands of miles away before gradually dissipating.
“Pah-pah.”
The stone slabs underneath the altar’s copper cauldron all shattered, and dozens of cracks appeared, continuously spreading into the distance.
At the same time, three grains of light surged out of the cauldron and transformed into three streams of qi that simultaneously converged on Zhang Ruochen’s brow and rushed into his Qi Sea.
Powerful qi energy erupted from Zhang Ruochen’s body, forming circular energy ripples that surged out in all directions.
Only the circular energy ripples, consisting of two black and white yin and yang fish forming a Taiji Seal, and densely-packed ancient characters, bouncing on top of the Taiji Seal, fused together with the Taiji Seal, and then surged back into Zhang Ruochen’s body at an extremely fast speed.
The Violet Cloud Half-Saint’s pair of pupils were as if they had transformed into two fireballs as they stared tightly at Zhang Ruochen’s body, saying, ”Strange, strange, this little fellow, he has actually fused three Sword Intentions. Furthermore, the aura emanating from the three sword intentions is actually completely impervious to the poor Taoist.”
The Pure Lan Half-Saint of the **Yuan also nodded and said, “The aura emanating from the three sword intents is indeed quite unfamiliar, and it is simply impossible to tell which three ancestors left behind the sword intents.”
The experience of the Half-Saints was quite astonishing, and they could memorise all the information of the successive generations of Ancestors, but even they could not identify the attribution of the three sword intentions, thus showing that the three sword intentions were indeed somewhat extraordinary.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden bowed with a flourish and bowed to the Taiyi Ancestor, saying with bright eyes and white teeth, “The Ancestor seems to have discerned some clues?”
Immediately, all the Half-Saints looked over towards Ancestor Taiyi, revealing a curious expression.
Could it be that the Ancestor Master really saw something?
Ancestor Taiyi’s pale eyes narrowed together slightly with a rather grave expression as he said, “The aura of those three sword intentions is quite ancient, seemingly left over from the Middle Ages It’s too long ago for the poor Taoist to remember.”
The legacy of the Two Yi Sect was quite long, and during the Middle Ages, it had reached an unprecedented peak. If the three sword intentions were truly left behind from that period, it was indeed quite a long time ago, and even if all the volumes were checked, they might not be able to find out where the three sword intentions belonged.
In the audience, only the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was the only one who detected something strange in Ancestor Taiyi’s expression.
She was very intelligent and immediately understood that Ancestor Taiyi must be hiding something and had not told the whole truth. The owner of the three sword intentions was afraid that he had a non-trivial origin.
“Fusing three sword intentions in a row, the Two Element Sect actually has such a person outstanding.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s pair of stunningly beautiful starry eyes revealed a rippling lustre as she stared at Zhang Ruochen’s body. Above the list of boundary son candidates, all of a sudden, another name was added.
“Lin Yue actually fused three Ancestor Sword Intentions, can anyone tell me which three Ancestor Sword Intentions he fused?”
“It must be my illusion, how could this happen?”
The entire Shangqing Palace was already crowded with people, and everyone was eagerly discussing.
Zhao Han’er, who was in the crowd, was of course extremely excited, saying, “See, see, Senior Brother Lin Yue fused three Ancestor’s Sword Intentions in a row, in the history of the Two Element Sect, it seems that there’s never been anyone this powerful. This is the true pride of heaven, so it seems that there is still a considerable gap between Senior Brother Pang Long and Senior Brother Lin Yue.”
Those inner disciples who were not favourable to Lin Yue earlier revealed a jealous look.
One of the inner disciples, said, “This this is completely luck, nothing great.”
“To be able to fuse three Ancestor Sword Intentions with just luck?”
“Luck can make the Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron produce a vision? Senior Brother Lin Yue is truly talented and gifted, I’m afraid that even Senior Brother Gai Hao might not be able to compare to him.”
“Before, I didn’t believe that Senior Brother Lin Yue was able to kill the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, but now I’m sure that the Phantom Blue Star Envoy must have been killed by Senior Brother Lin Yue. Senior Brother Lin Yue is the son of luck, it’s only natural for any miracle to happen to him.”
That inner disciple was besieged by a group of female disciples, all of them counting him out, saying that he was jealous of Senior Brother Lin Yue’s supreme talent.
There were also some female disciples who were even more proudly claiming that she was very close to Senior Brother Lin Yue, instantly attracting the envious eyes of countless female disciples.
Pang Long had originally thought that at today’s coronation ceremony, he would overshadow Lin Yue and be able to capture Senior Sister Han Qiu’s heart in one fell swoop.
But he had never expected that Lin Yue would actually be able to fuse the three Ancestor Sword Intentions.
“His luck, how could it be so good?”
Pang Long’s ten fingers tightly squeezed into double fists, his eyes filled with blood.
Why could a defeated man have such good fortune?
Pang Long was very resentful.
Above the Copper Cauldron, Zhang Ruochen finally retreated from that subtle mood and opened his eyes, only to realise that his surroundings were actually full of human figures, completely surrounding the Shangqing Palace Dojo with three layers inside and three layers outside.
Everyone’s gazes seemed to be fixed on him.
What was going on?
Zhang Ruochen raised his head and glanced upwards, only to see that the entire sky was covered by a layer of violet aura that stretched continuously to the edge of the sky.
At the same time, he detected that there seemed to be three more streams of Qi in the Qi Sea at the centre of his eyebrows…
“What a powerful three sword intent, could it be that I have fused the Ancestor Sword Intent just now? But why are they three sword intent?”
Zhang Ruochen was a little startled, so he immediately leapt down from the Heaven Sacrificing Copper Cauldron, only wanting to immediately return to the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain to carefully study the three sword intentions within his body.
He had only just stepped down the stone steps when Pang Long rushed up and blocked his way, saying in a deep voice, “Lin Yue, the coronation ceremony is over, do you dare to accept my challenge?”
Originally, Pang Long was fully confident that he would defeat Lin Yue. But just now, Lin Yue’s fusion of the Ancestor’s Sword Intent had induced a vision that was just too terrifying, causing Pang Long’s state of mind to be quite affected.
Therefore, he only said that he was challenging Lin Yue and didn’t dare to say life and death duel again.
