Sect Leader Su narrowed his eyes and stared at the cultivation door in front of him.
But before he could move ahead, Peak Master Cao had already reached the door and banged his fists on it.
The door of the cultivation abode fiercely vibrated due to the impact.
Peak Master Cao had controlled his power and didn't push too much in case the door broke.
"Disciples Shu Xian, come out of your cultivation abode. It's an order!" His voice rang throughout the hallway.
However, there was no response.
Peak Master Cao frowned and said, "It's your last warning, Disciple Shu Xian."
Seeing no response, Peak Master Cao turned towards one of the disciples and said, "Daya, break the door."
"Yes, Master." The disciple named Daya nodded his head and made a few feet distance between himself and the door.
Adjusting his body sideways, he was planning to slam the door with his shoulder and break it open.
With all set and everyone stepping up, Daya ran straight for the door.
And everyone saw him going through it!
*bang!*
Daya's body slammed on a desk, and he fell headfirst.
Everyone came back to their senses and noticed that the door had opened on its own!
And in the room, beside the door, was Shu Xian!
Peak Master Cao frowned, "Shu Xian, what is going on?"
Shu Xian coughed and looked back and forth between everyone outside and the fallen Daya, "Peak Master, isn't this what I should be the one asking?"
"Why didn't you open the door even after so many knocks?" Peak Master Cao asked. His expression turned more serious than ever.
Shu Xian shook his head and pointed at the corner of his door.
Everyone turned their heads and found a small blue tag.
[I am in here. You're out there. Let's keep it this way for a little while longer.]
"*cough* You could have shouted a reply, at least." Peak Master Cao suddenly had a very keen interest in the ceiling.
Shu Xian shook his head, "I was at a very critical point of my breakthrough. This is why I didn't even care about the commotion from earlier."
"Did you breakthrough?" Shu Xian heard someone from behind the Elders.
When he turned his head, he was surprised to see it was Sect Leader Su.
'What's he doing here? Did the bombs cause too big of a commotion? This will be troublesome.'
"Greetings, Sect Leader, I did succeed." Shu Xian replied with a smile, irrespective of his thoughts.
Sect Leader Su gave a surprised expression and sensed Shu Xian's cultivation realm.
"Second Level Of Qi Stabilization Realm? Good, good, good." The Sect Leader nodded in appreciation.
Shu Xian slightly frowned but didn't show any other negative emotion and immediately gave a beaming smile, "Thank you, Sect Leader."
"This is great. We have another disciple who has great potential to shine in the Grand Spirit Hunt." Peak Master Cao had already forgotten about the incident.
And it seemed that Sect Leader Su also wasn't really interested in it.
He moved closer to Shu Xian and put his hands on his shoulders.
"Keep it up, Kiddo. Keep on striving to improve yourself and make the Gracious Sword Sect proud of you."
Shu Xian pursed his lips and slowly nodded.
Too many questions were flooding his mind, but he kept his expression and face straight.
Just then, the leader of the disciplinary hall disciples, Jin Fa, said, "Elders, should we resume our search?"
Peak Master Cao immediately nodded, "Ah, yes. Search, search. Resume the work!"
Jin Fa and gestured at his fellow disciples.
Sect Leader Su, however, was staring at Shu Xian with his eyes narrowed and didn't say anything.
After some time, Sect Leader Su turned towards Peak Master Cao and asked, "Why haven't you been in the Sect Meetings recently? I don't even remember when you last visited the Grand Meeting Hall."
Peak Master Cao let out a wry smile and said, "Senior Brother, I am kinda stuck in the progress of my cultivation technique, so I was fully focused on that."
Sect Leader Su narrowed his eyes, "This gives even more valid reason for you to come to me. I would have helped you a lot."
Peak Master just laughed with a wry smile.
Remembering the 'help' that he had received in his younger days gave him a cold sweat.
Sect Leader Su shook his head, "Just come and visit your senior brother whenever you want, don't think too much."
Peak Master Cao let out a genuine smile. Meanwhile, Shu Xian's frown deepened.
"Alright, handle everything here. I will get going on my own business. I was just passing by when I heard the commotion earlier." Sect Leader Su nodded his head at all the elders, and giving a slight smile to Shu Xian; he left the hall through the stairway.
Shu Xian stared at Sect Leader Su's back for a long time.
He had many questions, and many of them were confusing.
Shaking his head, he turned to Peak Master Cao and said, "Peak Master, should I head back to my cultivation abode?"
Peak Master Cao nodded his head, "Yeah, go ahead."
Shu Xian smiled, cupped his fists with respect to all the elders in the hall, and went back to his cultivation abode.
Soon his door was shut. As for Daya? He had already left out of embarrassment.
…
Outside the Ninth Peak Inner Court.
A disciple had just exited the building, which was also the entrance to the Inner Court.
As he moved, the other disciples around him couldn't help but give him weird looks.
Why?
Because of the huge smile on his face.
However, the disciple didn't care.
He was feeling a sense of achievement today.
"To think of a simple help and I was able to solve the big riddle which had affected fate so much."
The disciples couldn't help but shake his head, "To think Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun has come to the Lower Heavens and is disguising as normal sect disciples."
"Now, the only thing I want to know is what made him change his destined path? What had actually happened with Crown Prince Ye Tian Yun?"