Clear Sky Sect

"You do have a point."

Ling Yuan nodded noncommittally, then her beautiful eyes suddenly flicked toward the tent where Liu Erlong was. A half-smile appeared on her face as she looked at Lin Hanye's perfect side profile, as if it had been polished by an ancient spring in a mountain stream, and chuckled. "However, my great Love Saint, aren't you afraid Your Highness, the Saintess will get angry when you're sneaking around with other women behind her back?"

She wanted to use Liu Erlong's matter to threaten Lin Hanye into telling her the method for raising the absorption limit of soul rings.

Who would have thought Lin Hanye would not take the bait at all? "It's fine. She'll understand."

"You—" Ling Yuan gave a soft snort, and with a flash, vanished into the dark night.

"That girl..."

Watching Ling Yuan disappear in a fit of anger, Lin Hanye recalled the scenes from the Second Simulation where the two of them had flirted behind Bibi Dong's back. He chuckled and shook his head, then closed his eyes and sensed the changes the Third Soul Ring had brought to the Frozen Domain.

Early the next morning, Lin Hanye's group of three continued on their way.

However, they did not head toward Gengxin City. Instead, they went to a nearby town. Lin Hanye needed a sufficiently quiet and safe environment to carry out the Third Simulation.

Gengxin City was only one stop on their travels. Unless they needed to melt Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue again in the future, they basically would not return to Gengxin City.

Clear Sky Sect.

Inside the Clear Sky Great Hall.

At this moment, at the very top of the hall, Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Wei and the Six Elders sat upright on the seven stone chairs on the highest platform.

Below them were the seven members of the Clear Sky Team, who were preparing to take part in the first Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament five years later.

But there was a slight difference. Compared with the high spirits they had shown when they first left the Clear Sky Sect to go out and participate in Soul Duels, at this moment, each of them looked dispirited, without the slightest confidence on their faces.

"Seventh, tell us. What exactly happened?"

Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Wei glanced at the seven dejected people below and asked Seventh Elder Tang Lie, his voice dignified and calm.

Originally, he had sent Tang Lie to take Tang Zhan and the others to the major cities of the Douluo Continent to participate in Team Soul Duels and strengthen their teamwork. He had never imagined that, not long after they went out, they would run back with faces full of dejection, as though they had suffered some major blow.

"Eldest Brother, here's what happened..."

Tang Lie, who was seated on the far right, stood up and immediately recounted everything that had happened in Golden City in full detail.

"What did you say? The seven of them were practically defeated by a brat whose soul power was only Level 29?"

The one who spoke was Second Elder Tang Bai, a White-Browed Elder. Though on the surface he looked like the most easygoing one among the Six Elders, in truth, he was prouder than anyone at heart. Hearing that seven outstanding disciples of his own sect, all possessing the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, had been wiped out by someone fighting above his level, his heart was filled with shock and disbelief.

Tang Lie said very indignantly, "Yes. That brat was extremely cunning. First, he deliberately showed weakness, then suddenly launched an attack. Zhan'er and the others were caught off guard and suffered a huge loss at his hands."

At this point, he recalled the scene back then when he had intended to teach Lin Hanye a lesson but was stopped, and said coldly, "Hmph. He dared injure disciples of my Clear Sky Sect. If Huang Yueyao, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo hadn't stopped me, I would have given him a lesson he would never forget for the rest of his life."

Tang Wei and the other five elders had long since become accustomed to Tang Lie's fiery temper, as well as the Clear Sky Sect's inherited tendency to shield their own.

Besides, with Old Ancestor Tang Chen around...

Looking across the entire continent, apart from Spirit Hall, their Clear Sky Sect did not need to fear anyone.

"If I remember correctly, Elemental Martial Souls also fall under the category of Tool Martial Souls, don't they?"

The Sixth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect suddenly spoke, skipping over the previous topic.

But the moment these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the Clear Sky Sect immediately turned serious.

They would never allow anyone to threaten the Clear Sky Hammer's position as the Number One Tool Martial Soul in the World. Even if that threat could be ignored, that person had, in the end, defeated the seven most outstanding disciples of the Clear Sky Sect apart from Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

That alone was already enough.

And hunting down geniuses who posed a threat to one's own sect was something almost every faction did. The Clear Sky Sect was no exception.

No need to speak of distant examples. Ten years ago, Yu Xinglong, the most outstanding disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, had been schemed against and killed by someone with ulterior motives.

Although no one knew who the killer was.

Anyone with discerning eyes could guess a thing or two.

First of all, it definitely could not have been the Clear Sky Sect, because even if Yu Xinglong rose up, he still could not threaten their positions as the Number One Sect in the World and the Number One Tool Martial Soul in the World.

Spirit Hall might have been possible, but compared with Spirit Hall, the most likely culprit was still the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

For no other reason than that after Yu Xinglong died, the one that benefited the most was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

They could continue maintaining their position as the second sect in the world and would not be overtaken by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan and reduced to third place.

"Seventh, quickly go draw this person's portrait. Sixth, I'll leave this matter to you."

After a moment of silence, Tang Wei made arrangements for the matter and transmitted his words to the Six Elders through Soul Power Transmission.

After saying this, his gaze turned to the seven people below, Tang Zhan and the others, and he said coldly, "All of you, go to the Back Mountain and cultivate in seclusion. You are not allowed to come out until you break through to Level Forty. This is your punishment."

"Yes!"

Tang Zhan and the other six also knew that, as disciples of the Number One Sect in the World, being wiped out by a brat who had not even broken through to Soul Elder was because their strength was not great enough, and they accepted the punishment willingly. However, in their hearts, they still hated Lin Hanye deeply. If not for the other side's trickery, they would not have suffered such a blow.

"Father, uncles, let me tell you—Brother Hao just broke through to Level Sixty."

Before Tang Zhan and the other six had left, a little girl under ten years old walked in, pulling Tang Hao, who was dressed in grey robes and had a tall, imposing build.

"You little girl."

Seeing the little girl, Tang Wei and the others' faces revealed doting smiles.

Even Tang Zhan and the other six gave simple, honest smiles.

Unlike the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, before Tang Hao set off that scandal by "killing Qian Xunji," the Clear Sky Sect was still very united internally.

There would never be a situation like in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, where the sect master's son was mocked and ridiculed by his clansmen because his talent was lacking.

Not to mention Tang Yuehua was the sect master's daughter, had two genius elder brothers in Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, and a grandfather, Tang Chen, who doted on her. Even less would anyone dare laugh at her just because she had been born unable to cultivate.

"Tang Zhan, weren't you all out fighting in the arena? Why are you back so soon?"

Tang Hao looked at Tang Zhan and the other six in surprise.

"Well..." Tang Zhan and the other six all wore bitter smiles. They could hardly say they had come back because they had been beaten so badly their mindsets had collapsed.

"Brother Hao, here's what happened..."

In the end, they still did not hide it, and told him about their defeat in Golden City.

"What? You were actually defeated by a brat who uses ice and only has Level 29 soul power?"

Tang Hao was somewhat astonished, but more than that, he was furious. He had always been the sort of person with no scruples at all—As Long As someone harmed one of his own, no matter who it was, he would hammer them all the same.

Now, hearing that Tang Zhan and the other six had been soundly beaten, he was already showing signs of Eyes Crimson Red and Breathing Like an Ox.

Tang Yuehua, on the other hand, was full of curiosity. Her cute little mouth opened wide as she cried out in surprise, "Wow, that person is so amazing. Just a Soul Grandmaster, and he knocked down five of Brother Zhan and the others' seven Soul Elders."

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