Since the Nine Supremes only had a fixed number of members in their league, they designed a system to get new blood to join them.
It was decided that each of the nine members would choose a Seat Candidate before the upcoming Grand Spirit Hunt, and that disciple will be trained personally by them for the next six-seven months, and then, depending on their performance in the Grand Spirit Hunt, it would be decided if they should be nurtured by the league or not.
Later, for them to officially become a member of the Nine Supremes, they would have to challenge the existing members or wait for them to become an elder.
And the member of the Nine Supremes on the stage was here to select his Seat Candidate.�
For Ye Tian Yun, this was an opportunity to complete his goal of getting close to Yuan Shuchun. Even though none of the Nine Supremes were supposed to be here tonight, he didn't worry, because only the way of achieving his aim changed.
On the platform, the masked disciple ignored Yuan Shuchun's rant and looked at Huang Bao, who was standing alone in his circle.
This one look was enough for Huang Bao to get the sign as he cupped his fists and got down from the platform.
In the other circle, Xiao Ming and Xu Peng also got down from the platform.�
They were not idiots and in no way they wanted to offend any of the Nine Supremes. At least not yet.
After three of them had gotten off the stage, the masked disciple then once again slowly looked around at the disciples.
He stopped at Ye Tian Yun and pointed at him while saying, "Your spirit sense is pretty good, come on the platform."
'May the heavens bless my arrogance,' Ye Tian Yun took a deep breath, and instead of getting up, he relaxed even more on his seat, "Senior Brother Jun, I have no interest in the Seven Treasure Body Tempering Liquid. I do not intend to fight."
"Seven Treasure what...?" The masked disciple was confused when it suddenly dawned on him what Ye Tian Yun was talking about, "Who said I am calling you for this stupid spar? Boy, get on the stage."
"That sounds like effort, so no."
The masked disciple raised his eyebrow at such a reply. He crossed his hands, and asked, "Why is it that you cannot come here?"
"I'm pretty sure there's someone a lot stupider who would enjoy doing that instead."
"What is your name, boy?" The masked disciple was now clearly amused at Ye Tian Yun's answers.
"Fang Chen."
As his voice rang throughout the hall, it attracted Yuan Shuchun's attention, who had till now only superficially paid attention to their conversation.�
'So, this is Sect Leader's son, Fang Chen?'
Yuan Shuchun did know who Fang Chen was, but she didn't know how he looked, nor she had much information about his talent in cultivation, except for the fact that he was ranked first at the Seventh Peak's Inner Court Entrance Hunt.
Thus she was naturally interested in at least knowing him and would most probably try to get him in her Heavenly League. Maybe in the future, she would be able to use Fang Chen as a weapon against Sect Leader Su.
On the platform, when the disciple heard his name, unlike Yuan Shuchun, he didn't have any change of expression and proceeded to say, "Well, Junior Disciple Fang Chen, let me introduce myself, I am Jun Xie, the Dreamscape Supreme."
A commotion blew throughout the hall when the masked disciple announced his name. Many were awed and shocked, however, no one was more surprised than Ye Tian Yun.
To others, Jun Xie's identity was awe-inspiring because he was one of the most talented disciples in terms of cultivation and if this was not enough, he was also the best alchemy disciple of the Sect, with his alchemy realm rumored to be equaled to that of the Second Peak's Peak Master.
It was said that if Jun Xie was not a member of the Nine Supremes, he would have become the youngest Peak Master in the history of the Gracious Sword Sect.
For Ye Tian Yun, this guy's identity was surprising because the person standing in front of him would one day be so powerful that he would alone put a rival sect in an illusion and make them kill each other.�
To be able to control people at will and put them in an illusion was a terrifying power to have, this is the reason why he kept a very low profile even though his actual powers were way beyond this point.
As the commotion calmed down a bit, Jun Xie, satisfied by the reaction of the crowd, looked straight into the eyes of Ye Tian Yun and asked, "I will give this last chance to you. Just comply and get on the stage."
Ye Tian Yun nodded, he knew how far he was able to push Jun Xie's patience. And he also didn't wish to close the doors of friendship with him just because of his little act.
He got up from his seat and jumped directly to the platform. Landing between Yuan Shuchun and the masked disciple, Jun Xie, as his back faced Yuan Suchun who was currently just observing like a bystander.
After Ye Tian Yun landed, that disciple nodded and then called eight more disciples from the crowd, which included Zheng Xiang, Hu Xing.
Suddenly Ye Tian Yun noticed one thing. All the disciples that Jun Xie called were the top disciples of Seventh Peak!
None of the disciples from other peaks were called.
Since Ye Tian Yun was able to notice this, of course, Yuan Shuchun also saw what was happening.
While Ye Tian Yun was ignorant about the reason why only Seventh Peak disciples were called, Yuan Shuchun knew of the exact reason.
'He is here for the Sword Intent disciple!'
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