Chapter 100: Not Owing Favors, a Major Event of the Azure Cloud Sect

Lin Yang slowly turned his head and looked at Nangong Lingling.

Li Yilan also turned her head.

Xiaohei turned his head, glaring fiercely at Nangong Lingling and said, "Looking for death?"

"I saved you out of kindness, yet you won't let me leave, right?"

"Hmph!"

Nangong Lingling pouted and said, "I already said thank you."

Immediately.

She pointed her finger at Lin Yang and asked, "What's your name?"

Xiaohei's eyes narrowed into slits, his face visibly brimming with rage.

"You little brat, I think you're really asking for death."

Nangong Lingling continued, "You saved my life; I'll give you the one million spirit stones I promised."

"But I don't have that many spirit stones on me now; tell me your name and address, and I'll definitely send you one million spirit stones when I get back."

"No need." Lin Yang replied indifferently, preparing to leave.

"No way!"

"You must tell me."

Nangong Lingling puffed out her chest, pointed at Lin Yang, and said, "I, Nangong Lingling, never like to owe favors; if I say I'll give something, I definitely will."

Lin Yang couldn't be bothered to respond.

Li Yilan also smiled.

"This little sister is actually quite interesting."

And Xiaohei.

Crack-crack, he moved his joints, the meaning obvious.

"If you keep whining, I'll smash you to death with my Swallow Heaven Palm."

Nangong Lingling's body trembled slightly, but she stubbornly said, "If you don't tell me, I'll cry."

Upon hearing that.

Lin Yang, Li Yilan, and Xiaohei all stared in shock.

"What an invincible lunatic."

"As expected."

Tears welled in Nangong Lingling's eye sockets like rising well water, filling them completely.

Lin Yang was speechless.

"Alright."

"I'll tell you."

"I am Lin Yang, Peak Master of the Heavenly Dao Peak of the Azure Cloud Sect in Azure Prefecture."

Immediately.

Lin Yang took Li Yilan and turned into a streak of light, departing.

Xiaohei gave Nangong Lingling a glare and also turned into a streak of light, departing.

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Seeing the three depart, Nangong Lingling used her sleeve to wipe away her tears.

"Azure Prefecture, Azure Cloud Sect, Heavenly Dao Peak Master Lin Yang—I'll remember you."

Immediately.

She also quickly left the scene in a certain direction.

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Meanwhile, as Lin Yang and the others rushed toward the Azure Cloud Sect,

the Azure Cloud Sect's Shadow Peak Martial God Hall was bustling with activity.

Because.

The rarely seen Vermilion Bird Saintess was challenging the fifth level of the Shadow Peak Martial God Hall.

At this moment!

Outside, countless disciples of Shadow Peak gathered.

"This Vermilion Bird Saintess truly lives up to her reputation; the Shadow Peak Martial God Hall's levels are extremely difficult, yet she fought her way through to the fifth level—such strength is beyond our reach."

The crowd murmured in discussion.

"I doubt it; although the Saintess had smooth sailing before, this fifth level is no simple matter."

"I've heard that the Martial God Phantom guarding the fifth level is the first‑generation Peak Master of Shadow Peak, whose strength is nearly at the Quasi‑Emperor Realm."

"In his youth, he even suppressed all heroes; for the Saintess to pass the fifth level, she'll likely have to put in considerable effort."

"Don't underestimate the Saintess."

"She could stand out among the crowd and become the Sect Leader's personal disciple precisely because she has her own unique talents; even though the fifth level is fraught with danger, she will surely find a weakness and break through."

"Moreover, haven't you all forgotten the Heavenly Dao Peak's monstrous genius Li Yilan? She burst onto the scene, clearing all six peaks' Martial God Halls in one go, and left a message there: "By order of the Heavenly Dao Peak Master, Li Yilan was here.""

"This year, the Azure Cloud Sect has produced an abundance of talent; surely the Saintess intends to imitate Li Yilan and clear all six peaks' Martial God Halls."

"Moreover, the Saintess has already cleared the Martial God Halls of Sword Peak, Body‑Tempering Peak, Alchemy Peak, Formation Peak, and Talisman Peak; Shadow Peak is the final stop."

"Although the fifth level's trials have troubled many Shadow Peak predecessors, since the Vermilion Bird Saintess has arrived, she surely has a countermeasure—she might actually succeed."

"Yeah, it's truly like a bunch of immortals fighting; we mortals can only shout and watch the spectacle."

The crowd nodded in agreement, feeling the analysis was sound and reasonable.

At this moment.

Someone said again.

Have you all heard? Tian Dao Peak has produced another genius, and that disciple is also following Li Yilan's path, beginning to challenge the Martial God Hall of each of the Six Peaks one by one.

Moreover, they imitating Li Yilan, all left a sentence on the fifth level, chasing after their senior sister's dust, Ye Xiaojie has been here.

I've heard that this person only has the strength of the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, yet they have already passed the examinations of the Sword Peak and Alchemy Peak Martial God Halls, and no one knows which Martial God Hall they will challenge next.

I've heard of this person; rumors say they can become invisible, directly hiding within the great environment.

Their methods are such that even our Peak Lord is amazed; as everyone knows, our Shadow Peak cultivates invisibility and the assassin's way, but ultimately requires a magic treasure to assist in order to reach the level of concealment.

And they can appear or disappear out of thin air, extremely hard to catch; even some elders find it difficult to locate their trace, very formidable.

That powerful? Isn't it that we cultivate concealment while they cultivate invisibility?

Yeah, I find Tian Dao Peak rather eerie; their Peak Lord is rumored to be a backer‑seeker, a soft‑rice eater, a Nascent Soul realm waste, yet such a waste has taught disciples like Li Yilan and Ye Xiaojie, true geniuses—truly terrifying.

You'd better watch what you say; I heard that with a single finger the Peak Lord killed the Blood Demon Sect Leader, also bringing along the elders of the Qingyun Sect, and wiped out the Xiao clan of the three great families of Qingzhou cleanly.

Watch your head.

Hiss—

Everyone drew a sharp breath.

Looks like Tian Dao Peak is truly terrifying.

At this moment.

A youth walked over from the side, laughing as they asked.

What are you talking about?

What can we talk about? Naturally it's about the Tian Dao Peak Peak Lord and his two disciples.

Coincidentally, I also have some gossip about the Tian Dao Peak disciples.

What gossip?

Say it quick!

Right!

You say it!

Everyone's eyes lit up; back when they learned that the Seventh Peak had been renamed Tian Dao Peak, they'd only mock it and not take it seriously, but now Tian Dao Peak has towered to a height they cannot hope to reach.

They eagerly wanted to hear any news about Tian Dao Peak.

That person didn't beat around the bush, saying directly: 'The second disciple of Tian Dao Peak, Ye Xiaojie, is currently challenging the Martial God Hall of our Shadow Peak.'

What!?

How could we not know about this?

Yeah, I haven't heard of it.

Everyone looked at each other, all utterly bewildered.

They come and go without a trace, fully invisible; if not for the elder at the Martial God Hall's registration office informing me, I wouldn't know either.

Upon saying that.

Everyone fell silent.

It's over.

The Shadow Peak Martial God Hall will become, after the Sword Peak and Alchemy Peak, the third mountain that Ye Xiaojie steps on and uses as a stepping stone.

At this moment.

Inside the Shadow Peak Martial God Hall, at the fifth level.

The Vermilion Bird Saintess, however, collided with Ye Xiaojie.

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