Chapter 30

Dao Yi Sect, Divine Sword Peak, lunchtime had already passed, and many disciples who hadn't eaten the cafeteria lunch now looked listless.

Although everyone was still doing their own jobs—those Xiūliàn cultivated, those who worked worked—their faces all showed a rather listless expression.

"Alas, without Ye Zhangqing's food, I always feel weak all over."

"Who would disagree? When one starts Xiūliàn, the mind wanders a bit."

"My head is full of food."

"At noon I made some myself, and it made me vomit after eating it."

"I hope Ye Zhangqing can return soon."

"With Jin Min accompanying, there should be no problem, though it's just a mere half-demon."

Several Inner Door Disciples, while Xiūliàn on the training ground, spoke weakly.

Just then, a bell toll came from the peak.

"A disciple is calling for aid."

The bell's sound signifies that a disciple has used the sect's distress signal: one toll for a Menial Disciple, two for an Outer Door Disciple, three for an Inner Door Disciple, four for a Steward, and five for an Inner Disciple and Elder.

The bell tolled only once, signifying that a Menial Disciple had used the distress signal.

Under normal circumstances, a Menial Disciple's distress signal is responded to by an Outer Door Disciple.

The slightly changed expression soon grew listless again.

"So it's a Menial Disciple."

One of them spoke weakly, but the next second, upon hearing another disciple's words, several people instantly bristled.

"Menial Disciple, do you think it could be Ye Zhangqing?"

"Holy shit....."

Ye Zhangqing is a Menial Disciple, and he happened to be on a mission; in an instant, several people leapt up and rushed madly toward the peak.

Not only them, disciples from all over Divine Sword Peak also surged toward the peak.

"It couldn't really be that Ye Zhangqing met with misfortune, could it? Isn't Jin Min accompanying him?"

"A mere half-demon shouldn't pose any danger, right?"

"Who knows, but Ye Zhangqing took on an investigation mission; who could say what hidden circumstances are involved?"

The investigation mission is dangerous if you say it is, and not dangerous if you say it isn't.

After all, it's an investigation, meaning many things are unknown; perhaps it looks safe on the surface, but it may actually conceal unknown secrets.

Countless disciples wanted to know whether this distress signal truly belonged to Ye Zhangqing.

At the summit of Divine Sword Peak stands a hall, guarded by an Elder; at the hall's center hangs a huge bronze bell, and whenever any distress signal from Divine Sword Peak is used, the bell reacts immediately.

At this moment, inside the hall, that Elder saw Hong Zun, Xu Jie, Liu Shuang, and Lu Youyou rushing in urgently, his face full of question marks.

What's going on? Although a disciple used a distress signal, it's only a Menial Disciple—why did the Peak Master and Xu Jie come? And they came right away.

Moreover, these four people were now asking anxiously.

"Who, who used the distress signal?"

As the bell rang, it was possible to determine who had used the distress signal; facing the inquiries of Hong Zun et al., the Elder replied doubtfully.

"It is a Menial Disciple named Ye Zhangqing."

Upon hearing this, Hong Zun, Xu Jie, Liu Shuang, and Lu Youyou instantly changed expression.

"Damn it."

Xu Jie cursed silently, his whole body vanishing on the spot; then Lu Youyou, Liu Shuang, and three Inner Disciples rushed out of the hall, turning into three streams of light, heading toward Leshan Town.

What's happening? Watching the three leave, the Elder was dazed—just because a Menial Disciple encountered danger?

"Peak Master, look?"

Completely unaware of what happened, he still wanted to consult Hong Zun, but upon turning his head, Hong Zun's figure was gone.

Even Hong Zun was gone; the Elder stood there dazed, his mind filled with countless questions—what on earth is going on?

Even if an Inner Disciple encountered danger, it wouldn't be like this, would it?

However, this isn't the end; moreover, it'sunknown who spread the word, but it's confirmed that the one who used the distress signal was Ye Zhangqing.

In a moment, up and down Divine Sword Peak, both Inner Door Disciples and Outer Door Disciples rushed toward Leshan Town.

In the Inner Disciple area, each Inner Disciple rose into the air, turning into streams of light, heading straight for Leshan Town.

The same in the Outer Door Disciple area: those who fly on swords fly on swords, those who drive spirit boats drive spirit boats.

In any case, in an instant, the entire Divine Sword Peak seemed to have launched a sect-wide war.

Countless streams of light flew overhead; standing on the peak and looking down, Zhao Zhengping was completely dumbfounded.

"Who can tell me what exactly is happening?"

Zhao Zhengping and the assembled Elders had never tasted Ye Zhangqing's cooking, so they naturally couldn't understand what was happening before them.

They only knew that, just now, because a Menial Disciple named Ye Zhangqing used a distress signal, the entire Divine Sword Peak exploded from the Peak Master onward.

Not only Divine Sword Peak, but the other peaks of Dao Yi Sect also noticed the movements of Divine Sword Peak at this time.

All the Peak Masters were asking what exactly had happened to Divine Sword Peak.

"What's wrong with Divine Sword Peak?"

"What mischief is that old fogey Hong Zun up to?"

"Which sect is Divine Sword Peak planning to attack?"

"What is this for? Launching a sect-wide war?"

They had no idea what was happening, and they hadn't gotten a hint of it at all.

Finally, after inquiring, the answer they received left the Peak Masters utterly dumbfounded.

"You're saying Divine Sword Peak ended up like this just because a Menial Disciple used a distress signal?"

You're fucking kidding me? A menial disciple sent a distress signal, and everyone on Divine Sword Peak went?

The cause was actually a menial disciple—this is hard to believe.

Even if you killed those few inner disciples of Divine Sword Peak, it wouldn't provoke such a huge reaction, would it?

Within less than half an incense stick's time after the bell rang, figures rose up from all over Divine Sword Peak—this is fucking like digging up the ancestors' graves of Divine Sword Peak.

Not to mention the various Peak Masters; even atop Place: Zhu Feng, the Dao Yi Sect Sect Master and the assembled Elders all looked bewildered.

"What's going on with Divine Sword Peak? What are they trying to do?"

"Sect Master, we don't know."

"What place are they trying to attack? What's the deal with this Hong Zun? Such a huge move—why didn't you consult me?"

"Sect Master, reportedly it's because a menial disciple used a distress signal."

"Nonsense, can a menial disciple make the tens of thousands of Divine Sword Peak disciples all go rescue?"

Sect Master Qi Xiong utterly didn't believe this, sitting in the chief seat of the hall, his face dark as iron, his teeth grinding.

As the Sect Master of the Dao Yi Sect, fuck, my subordinates launched such a huge war while I know nothing—wouldn't saying this out be a huge absurdity?

Although Hong Zun also never listens to me, is this over the top? You little shit, such a big move—even if you didn't consult me, this Peak Master, at least give me a heads-up.

"Sect Master, Senior Brother Zhao Zhengping of Divine Sword Peak has been brought."