Shen Yuan thought for a moment. “If my attainments in the Formation Dao were better, I would have created a formation that could even keep away Mortal Transcending Realm experts.”
Ling Yue’s eyes widened in surprise. “You have dabbled in the Dao of Formation, Master?”
He nodded his head, “Yes, but only a little bit.”
[The best you have done is observe them. When did you even learn formations?]
Shen Yuan ignored her and looked at Ling Yue for her answer. Ling Yue swung her tail left and right while deeply thinking.
“Why don’t we just destroy this place and leave? I doubt you will return here, Ling Yue. And we can’t let others benefit from this place,” Bing Rong, who had been silent all this while, suddenly said.
Ling Yue’s eyes widened in shock as she swiftly turned her head, “But this is our ancestral land. How can we abandon it so easily?”
Bing Rong shook her head, “Don’t think about it like that. If some other sect takes over this place, they will also remove any trace of your sect. And we can’t always stay here to guard this place.”
Meanwhile, Shen Yuan stood at the side and thought what level of strength it would take to destroy this entire sect, which spanned for thousands of miles.
Ling Yue’s eyes showed her visible hesitation. Shen Yuan stepped forward and softly patted her head, “No need to stress over it so much. We will do what you decide. If you want to keep this place intact, then we will leave. And if you want to follow Bing Rong’s suggestion, then just tell us.”
Ling Yue lowered her head and closed her eyes in enjoyment, her tail moving left and right as Shen Yuan continued patting her.
After a while, having had enough, she raised her head with a determined expression on her face. “Young Master, I would like to destroy this sect.”
Shen Yuan looked at her for a second and solemnly asked, “Are you sure? There is no going back if we do that.”
Ling Yue took a deep breath and nodded her head. “Yes, Young Master.” She turned around and looked at the entire sect where she had spent her entire life. “This was a sect I created after running away from my clan in the Emerald Wilderness Zone.”
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow as this was the place where his childhood home was located. Not exactly in the Emerald Wilderness, but at the border of both the Emerald Wilderness and the Aurora Plain.
“My family had arranged for me to marry the young master of our clan. The son of the patriarch, as well as the most talented individual among my generation.” She took a deep breath as she remembered the past she had tried to forget.
Shen Yuan and Bing Rong patiently listened to her as she soon continued, “It was the first time I had killed someone—and my fiancé at that.” Her eyes rippled with traces of sadness. “I still remember how my family treated me like a piece to be traded for power and resources.”
Her eyes soon turned resolute and cold. “So I killed my entire family and escaped from the Emerald Wilderness, and I made a sect here around 1,200 years ago.”
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow. ‘So old? No wonder her potential was nearly exhausted and she didn’t advance much further. Extreme Origin Core Realm cultivators only have a lifespan of 2,000 years after all.’
[But now both her lifespan and potential have been vastly improved by you. Hehe, looks like you will focus on her quite a bit now.]
‘Let’s see how she performs in the future. Up till now, she has performed quite spectacularly. Especially her battle strength. She is qualified to be a general in my army,’ Shen Yuan said to Yue Lan.
[Hmm? Army? For what?]
‘We will talk later,’ he quickly said as he felt her continuing.
Ling Yue took a deep breath and took one last glance at the sect. “If I could start from scratch once, then I can do it again. And now I have no desire to create a sect.” Her eyes turned fanatical as she kneeled down on one knee. “All I want is to serve Young Master and become your sharpest blade on the battlefield.”
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow as he saw her face filled with complete adoration. He smiled and extended his hand. “You do not need to kneel in front of me in the future.” He grabbed her hand and gently yanked her up.
“Now, let’s leave this place. Big Sis will take care of the rest.” He smiled and let go of her hand, which made her feel as if she had lost something important to her.
But she quickly shook her head and asked Shen Yuan, “But Young Master, what about the disciples who ran away? Do you think they might sell our information to other sects or organizations?”
“Leave them be. Even if they sell the information, they wouldn’t be able to sell anything important. The most they can share is that the Silver Fox Sect is no more and all the core members have massively improved. They can’t tell your exact cultivation. As for my identity and my involvement in this matter? That doesn’t matter. I was never hiding.” His lips curled into a smile as he walked away from the central square.
Bing Rong closely followed him out while glancing around, thinking how best to deal with this sect.
Meanwhile, Ling Yue didn’t glance back at her sect and quietly followed behind Shen Yuan. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire
The pagoda, which was majestically standing behind, shrunk in size and swiftly flew inside Shen Yuan’s Dantian.
…
Soon, all three of them stood in the air outside the sect while glancing down at the massive landscape.
“How will you destroy such a big landscape, Big Sis?” Shen Yuan curiously asked, as the last time when he used nearly his max strength, he was only able to destroy a mountain—even if the mountain was massively reinforced with formations and dense Qi. The rest of the sect was similar.
Bing Rong smiled and raised her hand. “About time you see the true strength of your Big Sis.”
She slowly drifted some distance ahead of Shen Yuan. The wind so high in the air made her icy blue hair flutter. She softly exhaled and spread her arm forward, letting the ambient Qi gather at her fingertips.
Almost simultaneously, the temperature in the surroundings dropped sharply. A chill wind gusted around them, and a shimmering layer of frost began to form beneath Bing Rong’s feet, tracing an intricate pattern of runic ice in the air.
Ling Yue shivered despite her high cultivation base, while Shen Yuan took a deep breath and revolved his Fire Qi to guard himself against the biting cold. He could sense waves of formidable power being formed around Bing Rong—an aura both ancient and beastly.
Looking to the side, he saw Ling Yue shivering slightly. Gently, he extended his fiery aura to calm her down.
But all of a sudden, a faint, echoing cry—reminiscent of a distant phoenix—sounded through the swirling cold.