Chapter 97: Fame Shakes Every Sect — Luofeng Sect's Overture of Friendship!

The next day, early morning.

Jiang Chen, Jiang Yan, and several Innate Elders, bearing the clan head's verbal order, left Cangwu Mountain early that morning.

As the group hurried toward the branch clan's location—

Those disciples who had fled from Qianshan Sect also returned one after another to their respective families, reporting everything that had happened at Qianshan Sect!

Upon learning that Qianshan Sect had been destroyed, the many clans scattered across the various cities instantly erupted!

Immediately after, based on Jiang Daoxuan's appearance, they connected him to the recently famous Jiang Jianzong!

"They say this Jiang Daoxuan is only at the Purple Mansion realm, so how could he kill Sect Master Kou, a cultivator of the Yuanhai realm, in a single strike?"

"Could it be that from beginning to end, this Jiang Jianzong never once revealed his true strength?"

"Was he hiding his power all along? This Jiang clan head truly has such deep scheming and patience..."

"I've heard he once went into closed-door cultivation for six years. Looking at it now, this truly was six years sharpening a single sword—a sword that, once drawn, shocked all!"

"Sigh, who could have imagined? The prestige Qianshan Sect accumulated over several hundred years has today become the stepping stone for the Jiang clan's rise. What a wedding dress made for another. From now on, in our region, who would dare defy the Jiang clan?"

"Everyone, the Jiang clan's rise can no longer be stopped by anyone. We still need to make preparations as soon as possible."

That day, many clans, as if by unspoken agreement, summoned their clansmen and convened family meetings to discuss what to do next.

When the meetings concluded—

The news of Qianshan Sect's destruction was immediately taken up by members of these clans as idle chatter and spread abroad.

One told ten, ten told a hundred.

In the span of a single morning, this news, as if it had grown wings, spread across the entire city at a speed far beyond anyone's imagination, sparking heated discussion among countless commoners!

"Hear about it? Qianshan Sect was actually destroyed by someone yesterday!"

"Really? I thought that Sect Master Kou of Qianshan Sect possessed the powerful cultivation base of the Yuanhai realm? Who could possibly kill him?"

"Right! Sect Master Kou not only had profound cultivation, he had also comprehended Sword Intent—he could be called a Sword Sect. With such a formidable figure presiding over Qianshan Sect, how could it simply vanish?"

"Hahaha, you lot don't know yet, do you? Let me tell you—those disciples who had joined Qianshan Sect have all come back. This news spread straight from their mouths. Tell me, how could it be false?"

"Also, you may not believe it when I say it, but the one who destroyed Qianshan Sect was actually Jiang Daoxuan of the Jiang clan!"

"Jiang Daoxuan? That name sounds a bit familiar... seems like I've heard it somewhere these past few days..."

"Wait! I remember now—isn't that the Jiang Jianzong from Wudan City?!"

"Who else could it be? Sigh, looks like the Jiang clan is truly going to rise completely now. They can even destroy Qianshan Sect just like that. From now on, in our region, what force could stand against them? I'm afraid it'll be one clan dominating everything!"

Along with the heated discussions among the city's commoners—

Even children knew that a new hegemon-level power had risen to fame by trampling Qianshan Sect!

The news spread wider and wider, and soon reached the ears of the major sects in the surrounding regions.

Luofeng Sect, the sect's great hall.

The Sect Master and many Elders had gathered here, discussing the sect's future development.

But they had only talked halfway when they were interrupted by the harsh sound of a door being pushed open.

The crowd looked up with displeasure.

They saw a grey-robed disciple, his face panicked, suddenly burst in, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Sect Master, bad news—something terrible has happened!"