When Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen walked into the central grotto together, the first person to notice them was naturally Mu Lingshi.
Mu Lingshi was wearing a wide black robe, revealing an aura that was very different from her usual one, with innocence, sultriness, wickedness, and coldness converging in one, simply like a dark demonic spirit.
However, after just a glance, she immediately withdrew her gaze and continued to talk with the other Demon Cult cultivators.
“Senior Sister Huang, this way.”
Chang Qi Qi stood up, smiling broadly, and waved to Huang Yichen.
Huang Yichen nodded to Chang Qi Qi, and then, staring at Zhang Ruochen, she indifferently said, “All of them are genius saints from the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy, do you want to get acquainted?”
“Of course.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Led by Huang Yichen, Zhang Ruochen walked over and converged with the Saints of the Sacred Academy.
There were more than twenty talented Saints present, with half of them being male and half of them being female. All of them were very young, or at least, no sense of age could be seen on their bodies.
Zhang Ruochen swept a glance towards the people present and saw through the cultivation levels of all of them.
Apart from the new generation of Saints such as Ao Xinyan, Luo Shuihan, Chang Qiqi, and Si Xingkong ……, there were eight or nine that were slightly older Saints.
Although, seemingly, they were only in their twenties, their true ages, they were all over fifty.
Their cultivation levels, all of them were at the 9th Fish Dragon Transformation, their entire bodies radiating glazed precious light, their auras quite powerful, clearly the top Sword Dao experts selected by the Holy Academy to participate in the Sword Discussion Conference.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen following behind Huang Yichen, Chang Qi Qi’s rough face, whirled around, revealing a look that showed a very unkind expression, pulling up his sleeves, revealing two thick arms, and said in a cold voice, “Senior Sister Huang, who is this brat?”
In Chang Qi Qi’s heart, Huang Yichen had always been Zhang Ruochen’s fiancée, and anyone who dared to hit Huang Yichen’s idea was quite hostile to him.
He firmly believed that as long as Zhang Ruochen’s bones were not found, Zhang Ruochen was definitely not dead and would return sooner or later.
Si Xingkong, who was drinking wine, also stared towards Zhang Ruochen, his eyes narrowed, revealing an icy killing aura.
Being met with hostility from his former brothers, Zhang Ruochen could only smile bitterly.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Chang Qiqi and Si Xingkong and nodded, the progress of the two of them was quite tremendous, having broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm.
In that case, it seemed that the cultivation resources that Zhang Ruochen had given them before had played a significant role.
These two, with their innate qualifications, were not considered top-notch, but they were full of energy afterwards, becoming two of the fastest Saints to break through to the Fish Dragon Realm in the Holy Academy.
After Zhang Ruochen faked his death, Chang Qiqi and Si Xingkong defected to Huang Yichen and became the disciples of the Eastern Region Sacred King’s Mansion, receiving a lot of cultivation resources. Their cultivation, naturally, skyrocketed.
The reason why Chang Qi Qi and Si Xingkong took the initiative to submit to Huang Yichen was, in fact, because, they felt that they owed Zhang Ruochen a great favour.
Since, Zhang Ruochen was no longer around, they naturally returned the favour to Huang Yichen, and that was why they went to the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion to assist her.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen being met with hostility, Huang Yichen remained expressionless and had no intention of explaining for him.
She had brought Zhang Ruochen here for this very purpose, wanting him to know what to do.
Zhang Ruochen appeared very calm, arched his hand and smiled, “My name is Lin Yue from the Two Element Sect, I have met all the friends from the Eastern Region Sacred Academy.”
Hearing the word “Lin Yue”, those few Saints whose cultivation had reached the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation had an elite light in their eyes as they looked towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Could you be that Sword Dao wizard from the Two Element Sect?”One of the Saints of the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation asked.
This person, named Xu Yunling, a top expert in the Sacred Courtyard, was wearing a flashy purple robe and looked to be in his twenties, with a sword-browed eagle-eye look and a rather extraordinary aura.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “There are countless sword dao geniuses in the Eastern Region, who dares to say that they are sword dao wizards?”
These Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Saints, being able to be singled out to represent the Eastern Domain Sacred Academy and participate in the Sword Discussion Conference, were naturally all first-class Sword Dao geniuses, and each one of them was an unruly and untamed person.
Upon hearing the name “Lin Yue”, originally, they had all shown a strong intention to challenge this so-called Sword Dao genius.
However, when they saw that Lin Yue had lowered his stance, they in turn felt a little bit of goodwill, and secretly said in their hearts, “This Lin Yue, is a person who knows what’s right and what’s wrong.
“This guy, actually so devoid of courage, is he really the sword dao wizard of the Two Yi Sect?”Huang Yichen shook his head, only feeling that he had overestimated him before.
Huang Yichen found a position and made his way to Luo Shuihan’s side.
Zhang Ruochen originally wanted to make it to the position beside Huang Yichen, but he was blocked by Chang Qiqi.
“Surname Lin, I don’t care if you’re some kind of Sword Dao wizard, anyway, if you dare to mess with Senior Sister Huang, you’re dead!”
Chang Qi Qi’s pair of tiger eyes glared coldly and sharply at Zhang Ruochen, as if he would fight Zhang Ruochen to the death if he dared to take a step forward.
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, not wanting to fight with this jerk, so he retreated to the side and sat on Ao Xinyan’s side.
Huang Yichen had been secretly keeping an eye on Lin Yue, and when he saw that Chang Ruochen was able to scare him off, his heart became even more contemptuous. I didn’t expect that there would be times when Master Teacher would look at someone and miss the mark, this Lin Yue, was a complete silver lining.
Those saints of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish and Dragon from the Eastern Region Holy Academy also revealed sneers, feeling that the Two Yi Sect’s Sword Dao wizard was completely just a misnomer.
Or perhaps, it was just a renaming.
This Lin Yue, wasn’t even the same Lin Yue they had heard of?
Zhang Ruochen, however, didn’t bother to pay attention to the thoughts of the crowd, being able to sit together with his former senior brother, senior sister, and fiancée was already a very satisfying thing.
Ao Xin Yan stared towards Zhang Ruochen, rolled her eyes, and said coldly, ”Just like you, you also want to pursue Huang Yichen? I advise you, you’d better die of that heart earlier.”
“Why?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Ao Xin Yan didn’t even try to hide the contempt in her heart as she said, “Huang Yanchen is not only the disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, but she is also the heir to the Eastern Region Sacred King’s Mansion… There are countless geniuses and men who have pursued her, and among them, there are even descendants of the Sword Emperor. Do you think, do you have a chance?”
“Hearing you say that, I do seem like a toad that wants to eat swan meat.”Zhang Ruochen smiled self-deprecatingly.
“You, as a person, still have one merit.”Ao Xinyan said.
“What merit?”
Ao Xin Yan stared at him for a breath of time, her eyelids gently blinking before she said slowly, “At least, you are still very self-aware and are considered to be a person who understands the times. Those who know the times will always live longer than those who don’t know the times.”
Any fool could hear that Ao Xin Yan was mocking him.
The few surrounding Saints, who had also heard Ao Xin Yan’s words, all laughed at once as well. They all felt that this Divine Dragon Demi-Human Race’s Heavenly Pride Daughter was too disrespectful to Lin Yue, after all, someone else was at least a Sword Dao wizard.
Zhang Ruochen knew that Ao Xinyan’s personality was such that she liked to choke people, so he did not take her words to heart. He stared at the pair of crystal clear dragon horns on Ao Xin Yan’s forehead, the two pale green eyebrows, and finally landed on top of those rosy lips.
Thinking of something that had happened, Zhang Ruochen suddenly spread his hands and smiled faintly, “You’re right, I am indeed a self-aware person.”
Ao Xin Yan once again rolled her eyes at him, really somewhat unable to understand how this fellow still had the face to sit here.
If, Ao Xin Yan knew that the man sitting next to her, whom she despised, was the group leader that she had once admired immensely, she didn’t know how she would feel?
Right at this moment, a short saint, who was roughly only one metre two in height, stared with a pair of crimson eyes and said in a low voice, “Have you guys heard that in the last few days, there has been a huge change in the Two Yi Sect.”
Regarding the huge changes in the Two Element Sect, all the cultivators who had come to the Sword Discussion Conference had almost all heard about it.
Those who knew the inside story were few and far between.
“It is said that the sons and daughters of the Qi Clan, a medieval family, disappeared cleanly overnight, and even the whereabouts of half-saint and saint level existences are unknown.”
Another Saint pondered for a moment and said, “The Sword Discussion Conference is just around the corner, but such a big thing has actually happened, and I don’t know what kind of changes have befallen them?”
The Qi Clan was a medieval family that was quite powerful, with their clansmen spread throughout the entire Eastern Region. The Qi Family’s children who were cultivating in the Two Element Sect were only a small portion of the Qi Family’s people.
If, however, there was a conflict between the Qi Family and the Two Yi Sect, it would definitely affect the Sword Discussion Conference.
Ao Xin Yan’s pair of beautiful eyes stared towards Zhang Ruochen as she said in a cold voice, “You’re not a Sword Dao wizard of the Two Yi Sect, so you should know some of the insider secrets, right?”
The other Saints, too, stared over towards Zhang Ruochen, revealing curious looks.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the crowd and smiled, “Something did happen, however, it’s not too convenient for me to say it. Everyone can rest assured that this matter does not have any impact on the Sword Discussion Conference.”
Zhang Ruochen’s words naturally caused everyone to be quite disappointed, and they felt, even more so, that this so-called Sword Dao Wizard was very unreliable.
Ao Xinyan stared over towards Luo Shuihan, revealing an inquiring look as she said, “Senior Sister Luo, I heard that because of this matter, Senior Luo Xu personally rushed to the Two Element Sect to pay a visit to Sect Master Ning this morning.”
“There is indeed this matter.”
Luo Shuihan appeared calm to all of you as she said indifferently, “Two hundred years ago, the Old Ancestor once owed a favour to the Qi family, and not long ago, the Old Ancestor received a letter. After reading that letter, the Old Ancestor personally travelled to the Two Yi Sect, seemingly to go and plead for someone from the Qi Family.”
Hearing Luo Shuihan’s words, Zhang Ruochen immediately guessed that the person who wrote the letter to Luo Xu must be the number one beauty from two hundred years ago, Lin Suxian.
Although, Zhang Ruochen didn’t know the content of the letter, he was able to roughly guess some of it.
After all, Lin Su Xian’s daughter, Qi Fei Yu, was currently imprisoned in the Two Yi Sect. It was estimated that Lin Suxian was writing a letter to Luo Xu to ask for help, hoping that he could help rescue Qi Fayu.
The other saints, obviously, didn’t understand when Luo Xu owed a favour to the Qi family.
In the audience, it was estimated that only Zhang Ruochen, knew the inside story.
