Shi Lang and the team disembarked the spirit ship, and Wen Lengxue manipulated the array formation of the vessel to make it shrink into a palm-sized miniature. Shi Lang was surprised when he saw the palm-sized wooden toy transform into a big ship capable of accommodating a hundred people.
The group moved through the sect and could sense that the people were gazing at them with complicated thoughts in their eyes. Shi Lang sighed and said, “It is possible that the sect people are not happy with my actions regarding the stint I pulled off in the Tian Kingdom.”
Liang Ping shook his head and said, “If they think anything, let them say it. We are not afraid of trouble.”
Shi Lang smiled and said, “Thank you for your support, Senior Brother.”
Liang Ping waved his hand and replied, “It should be us thanking you for the help that you have lent us. Facing all the demonic cultivators has provided us with precious experience that will allow us to stand strong when facing such foes in the future.”
Shi Lang shook his head as they walked up the sword peak, “You are flattering me too much, Senior Brothers. All I did was to bring you along because I am still weak.”
Bai Yan jeered, “Yeah, and we are slave-level weak.”
Everyone chuckled. Bai Yang did not like when Shi Lang demeaned himself before them. They reached the peak and came to visit the Peak Master, Mei Lingyao. The lady was sitting in the small garden in her courtyard. She raised her head to look at all of them and let out a faint sigh.
She said, “Finally, you all decided to come back.” 𝑜𝗏𝑙xt.𝗇𝓔t
All of them looked at each other and bowed in greeting. Mei Lingyao said, “Raise your heads. Except for Shi Lang, the rest of you are to go into seclusion. I want you to comprehend the things that you have learned these days. There is no spiritual cultivation but only blade skills and tactics you may have learned. Do you hear me?”
The disciples were taken aback, and they all looked at each other. At this moment, Mie Lingyao said, “Brats, do you think that just because your masters are all peak elders, I cannot command you?”
The disciples sensed her pressure, and they shivered. The terran did not say anything and stood there watching the plight of the fellow disciples. After a minute, she regained her pressure and said, “I do not want to see any of you present when I am done blinking. Move it!”
The disciples all vanished from the courtyard. Shi Lang shook his head and asked, “Peak Master, what should I do?”
Mei Lingyao gazed at him and said, “You are going to the forbidden Valley. The ancestor fussed about letting you leave the sect without letting you gain the complete cultivation technique.”
Shi Lang raised his eyebrow in surprise and asked, “For real?”
The lady nodded and said, “You were summoned to the valley the first time to step in the sect.”
Shi Lang nodded, and then Mei Lingyao tossed a jade token to him and said, “You will need this to enter the VValley. Also, do not reveal even the slightest killing intention inside. You will die from before you even sense the danger.”
Shi Lang was curious and asked, “What is it?”
Mei Lingyao narrowed her gaze and said, “You will know if you are destined to. Do not look deep into things; do what you are told.”
Shi Lang sighed and nodded before he left the courtyard. The terran knew where the Valley was located. That place was the most desolate part of the sect. The entire Valley was covered with an isolation barrier and guarded by inner court disciples.
The core disciples were smart enough to know where they should go and where they should not. As for the outer sect disciples, they did not have the guts to meddle in such things. The inner court disciples were posted here in rotation, which was done to tame their wild spirit. The forbidden area was hard to guard because of the constant pressure and the feeling of being watched from the depths of the Valley.
Shi Lang rushed through the sect. His anxiety was at its peak. He greeted the few elders he spotted on the way, and they also knew him, so they did not stop him for chatter. The disciples, on the other hand, were conflicted.
Shi Lang has risen to fame quickly, and people outside the sword peak have been getting restless. This one person dragged an entire faction to the top of the sect, which was not sitting well with the people.
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Shi Lang reached the vicinity of the Forbidden Valley. Spear-wielding disciples jumped out of the shadows and surrounded Shi Lang. The leader of the group said, “Who are you? This is a forbidden area, and you cannot advance further.”
Shi Lang did not mind it. After all, those were the rules. He took the jade token from his space ring and said, “I have the token of Peak Master Mei. Let me pass, I have been allowed to visit the valley.”
The disciples were surprised, but the leader stood unfazed and said, “Right Now, Senior Brother Xia is inside the valley. You should come later.”
Shi Lang frowned and asked, “What does his being inside have to do with me? I have an urgent task. Let me pass.”
The Terran sensed something odd but did not want to get entangled and directly stated his thoughts. The disciple leader said, “Do you not understand the significance of a disciple being in seclusion? If your actions caused him to wake up or face a cultivation diversion, will you take the responsibility?”
Shi Lang clenched his fists and said, “If someone is disturbed, it is only because they allow the others to disturb them. Why shall I be held responsible? This is the last time I am telling you all to move aside. There is no rule that I cannot go in because somebody else is already in.”
The disciples did not expect Shi Lang to be so hard to deal with. The leading disciple said, “I am a disciple from the law enforcement peak, Ran Quiji, and my master is the second elder of the peak. If you know what is good for you, I suggest you get lost.”
Shi Lang sighed, and his patience ran out. He said, “I am Shi Lang, the core disciple of the sword peak, and Peak Master Mei is my teacher.”
As he finished speaking, he unleashed the pressure of an immortal lord. Shi Lang said, “If you tried to act like you are a big shot and can make me go away, I will break you to pieces.”
Shi Lang was angry, and his breathing was quicker. His words were ignored by Ran Quiji, and his pets attacked the Terran. The confrontation turned into a brawl, and Shi Lang watched them approach him with an icy face.
The next moment, he clenched his fist and said, “You forced my hand.”
His punch was not aimed at the people but at the ground below his feet. He yelled, “Lightning Fist.”
The glowing fist landed on the ground, sending out a shockwave that pushed away all the disciples. The impact shocked the disciples. Shi Lang was enraged and charged at the instigator to vent his frustration. The anxiety from all these days of not cultivating had already pushed him to the edge, but this guy acting all cocky acted as a trigger.
Ran Quiji did not have the time to defend himself when Shi Lang was already upon him. He held his spear vertically to block the blow, but the impact pushed him twenty meters away, and the ground shook.
The terran froze. The lightning energy inside his body was going berserk. He raised his head and let out a roar that echoed throughout the sect. The voice alerted all the people, and the law enforcement elder was the first to respond.
When he arrived, he found the guardian disciples on the ground suffering minor injuries, but Shi Lang was standing in the center with lightning lingering on his body. He frowned and moved forward to check when a sharp sword intent radiated from Shi Lang’s body.
The elder flinched and watched the void around Shi Lang tear up and gradually close. He opened his eyes wide in shock. The rest of the elders also arrived at the post, and the core disciples followed suit. Everyone was shocked to look at Shi Lang. Mei Lingyao was the last one to arrive, and when she spotted Shi Lang, she yelled, “Which bastard dared to create trouble? Come forward right now!”
She was rash, but none of the people dared to rebuke her. Mei Lingyao may be a young Immortal King, but her sword could injure these people deeply and ruin their life efforts. They watched but found none of the people come out.
Mei Lingyao said in a slow voice, “If Shi Lang fails to recover from this spiritual deviation state, I will tell the news to the Immortal Sovereign, Lord Heavenly Dragon, and then you will face his wrath along with the nine generations of your family.”
The crowd was shocked to hear the involvement of an Immortal Sovereign. Ran Quiji shivered and fell to his knees before he wet his pants. Mei Lingyao said, “I will deal with you later. Sect Master, please move the young man inside the valley, only when he has the complete technique would he be able to survive this ordeal.”
Sect Master Ling Ye nodded and sent Shi Lang inside the valley with a wave of his hand.