"Don't tell me you didn't notice the commotion? The whole Seventh Peak was in chaos."
Ye Tian Yun was inwardly surprised he heard this. He didn't sense any commotion while he was inside the peak, and here Zheng Xiang was telling him that it was chaotic enough to wake up the whole peak? Unless…
'It happened while I was unconscious?'
With a doubtful tone, Ye Tian Yun asked Zheng Xiang, "How did that pressure feel like? Was it like a powerful existence suppressing down on you; however, it felt like that existence didn't actually exist?"
Zheng Xiang swiftly nodded his head, "Exactly. Yes, this is what I — no, the whole peak experienced it. But I didn't have words to describe it. Even Peak Master was forced to come out and calm everyone."
'Looks like the whole commotion was because of my breakthrough?'
Ye Tian Yun fell in deep thought as he tried to understand the situation, 'Looks like when my Sword Intent was upgraded, unlocking the Sword Domain, I unknowingly released its aura.'
'But to think that just the aura of my Sword Domain was enough to suppress the whole peak. This means that the higher-ups of the sect may have also noticed my Sword Domain's existence. Though the probability of this happening is very low, I can't scrap this suspicion.'
'Even if they didn't notice it yet, I will have to keep an even lower profile and get a chance to cultivate my Sword Domain.'
Meanwhile, when Zhang Xiang didn't get any response, he turned to look at Ye Tian Yun and found that he was in deep thought.
Zheng Xiang felt a bit suspicious that Fang Chen didn't notice such a big commotion; however, he didn't give it much thought. But just as he was about to forget this topic, he suddenly noticed something shocking.
The whole aura around Ye Tian Yun was now different. It gave a weird feeling. A powerful feeling.
'Did he broke through? Impossible! We were inside the Inner Court for barely half an hour; how did his aura suddenly change so much? And it's even quite fierce, like a sword...'
Before Zheng Xiang had the chance to think more, Ye Tian Yun, as if sensing his thoughts, lied as he said, "Brother Zheng, I was deeply focused on stabilising my breakthrough, so maybe I didn't notice the commotion."
"Breakthrough? How did that happen? We were in there for no more than half an hour."
"Ah, I didn't breakthrough right now. I actually had good luck last night, and while cultivating, I suddenly had an epiphany, leading to my breakthrough."
"Damn! epiphany… that's some good luck you had there. So, now you're peak at peak Qi Refining Realm?"
"Uh… a bit higher."
"Oh… wait.. what!? Isn't that Qi Condensation Realm? You reached Qi Condensation Realm!? Holy tits of starfish, how could someone be this lucky? Sigh, fate should put people like you in jail to balance out that luck."
"Ahahaha, which starfish has tits? As for the jail, I once got in trouble for being too cool."
Zheng Xiang got on the chain bridge and replied, "I am sure they had to release you due to the lack of supporting evidence."
Ye Tian Yun: -_-
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Like Ye Tian Yun and Zheng Xiang, many other top disciples from different peaks were heading to the First Peak, and their destination was also the Heavenly League Headquarters.
It was the main building of the strongest disciple organisation in the Gracious Sword Sect. And all the top disciples of Inner Court Entrance Hunt were coming to attend the Heaven's Grace Banquet.
Heaven's Grace Banquet was organised by the Heavenly League after every Inner Court Entrance Hunt, mainly to welcome and recruit the new Inner Court disciples to join the league.
However, this time, the banquet was going to be incredibly crowded because of one girl, Yuan Shuchun. Undoubtedly the most renowned female cultivator in terms of beauty and cultivation. Along with that, she was also the leader of the Heavenly League and had personally invited some of the top disciples of all peaks.
This had caused a bit of frustration among the disciples who were not personally invited by her but rather given an invitation letter from a random member. These hot-blooded disciples were now eager to prove themselves and show off in front of the jade-like beauty.
Meanwhile, the beauty in question, Yuan Shuchun, was sitting on the third floor of the Heavenly League, surrounded and served wine by the maids.
Suddenly she frowned and ordered, "All of you, leave at once."
Everyone swiftly left, leaving her alone, still frowning.
After a while, she said, "You can come out now."
A hooded figure came out, knelt on one knee and said,
"Greetings, my lady."
Yuan Shuchun just flicked her fingers, telling the hooded-figure to continue.
The man nodded and said, "My lady, I have come to tell you about something urgent. Just a few moments earlier, I received crucial information from my informants."
Yuan Shuchun looked up, and when the hooded-man didn't continue, she commented, "Are you waiting for me to serve you wine? Speak up. What was so important that you came here to disturb my rest."
"My lady, I just received news that someone in our sect has reached the Sword Domain realm."
"What?" Yuan Shuchun was a bit surprised, "So, which peak master?"
"My lady, this is the important part. It wasn't any peak master or elder. But a disciple has reached the Sword Domain realm, and he is from the Inner Court of the Seventh Peak."
"What!?" This time Yuan Shuchun was shocked. She knew what Sword Domain signified, and for a disciple to achieve this realm, all her plans could now be invalid because of this unknown disciple.
Taking a deep breath, she asked, "So, who is this disciple?"
"Uh… we don't know."
"What? What do you mean you don't know? If you don't know that disciple's identity, why did you come here? Do you want me to look for that disciple? Huh?"
"No, no, my lady, I just wished to inform you about this."
"Hmph, looks like you have started to get complacent by being at a higher rank in this sect. Hmm? Butler Xuan? You're even afraid that someone will see you here."
The hooded-figure suddenly trembled and kneeled even lower, almost kowtowing. He then removed his hood and said, "My lady, please be appeased; this Xuan knows where his roots lie and will never be complacent towards his master and his goals."
The hooded figure turned out to be an old man. However, if someone else were to witness this scene and see the old man kneeling, they would be shocked to death because this man was none other than the second most powerful and prestigious cultivator of the Gracious Sword Sect, Grand Elder Xuan Wen.
A/n: If you find any errors or typos, please comment on them and let me know so I can correct them.
Also, I have a caught a cold, so I will be only doing one chapter today because I found out that my eyes hurt while I stare at the screen and I can't think of anything with a headache and a running nose.
Late chapters will be compensated on coming Sunday.
And here's a random thought: A lot of people cry when they cut onions. The trick is not to form an emotional bond.
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