The renowned Zhang Yuntian had actually been sent flying by Ye Xiwen with a single slash. The outcome was simply terrifying, especially to the Zhang Family disciples. They simply could not believe that Zhang Yuntian, whom they revered like a god, could not even withstand Ye Xiwen's attack.
"Big Brother!" Zhang Yunfei was the first to react and ran over.
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Zhang Yunfei. "He's not dead. Take him and leave at once. Our Yi Yuan Sect is not a place where you Zhang Family people can run wild. If you come provoking us again, it won't be settled so easily."
"Get lost!"
"Why aren't you getting out of here? Do you want to die, you little Zhang Family bastards?"
"If you don't scram, we won't be polite!"
The Yi Yuan Sect disciples all joined in the jeering. The Yi Yuan Sect and the Zhang Family had been enemies for more than just a year or two. Disciples on both sides could not stand the sight of the other, but their strengths had usually been about equal, so neither side accepted the other. Zhang Yunfei had come to the Yi Yuan Sect to provoke the experts of their sect, clearly intending to slap them in the face. Yet after Ye Xiwen had sent him flying with one slash, even his elder brother had come over and still proved no match for Ye Xiwen.
Everyone could see that if Ye Xiwen had not shown mercy, Zhang Yuntian would have long since been cleaved in two by that single slash.
News of Ye Xiwen's battle with Zhang Yuntian ending in Zhang Yuntian's utter defeat quickly spread throughout the Yi Yuan Sect. Many people did not believe it. Who was Ye Xiwen? By now, most people in the Yi Yuan Sect knew who he was—the champion of this Sect Internal Competition, someone who could run rampant among the Inner Disciples. But among Core Disciples, he was merely a newcomer.
Defeating Zhang Yunfei was one thing. Zhang Yunfei was only the champion of the Zhang Family's latest clan competition. Although the gap in their strength had seemed somewhat large, with him being sent flying by Ye Xiwen's single slash, who was Zhang Yuntian? Even among the Zhang Family's Core Disciples, he ranked among the top five experts, his fame spreading far and wide. How could such an expert possibly suffer a complete defeat at Ye Xiwen's hands?
Yet as the news rapidly spread through the mouths of many disciples who had witnessed the battle, and was confirmed from multiple sources, everyone had no choice but to admit that Zhang Yuntian had been utterly defeated by Ye Xiwen.
Only then did Ye Xiwen truly rise to fame within the Yi Yuan Sect. Although he had previously been the champion of the Sect Internal Competition, after advancing to become a Core Disciple and leaving to train, that fame had gradually faded. The title of Sect Internal Competition champion was indeed a halo of glory among Inner Disciples and Outer Gate Disciples, but it did not stand out much among Core Disciples. After all, the Core Disciples were all outstanding figures from previous years' Inner Disciples, and there were quite a few champions among them.
But after Ye Xiwen had directly and completely defeated Zhang Yuntian, he truly became famous, his name resounding throughout the Yi Yuan Sect. He could now genuinely be mentioned in the same breath as those peerless geniuses among the Core Disciples.
Within the Sect Leader Hall deep inside the Yi Yuan Sect, Ye Kongming sat in a lower seat, his brows slightly furrowed. Above him sat a middle-aged man in a purple robe, his aura restrained, looking just like an ordinary middle-aged man.
But everyone in the Yi Yuan Sect knew that this was Lin Zhantian, the sect leader of the Yi Yuan Sect—the man who covered the sky with one hand within the sect, whose word carried the weight of nine tripods, and who held the power of life and death.
"Kongming, I never expected Xiwen to be so outstanding. When I saw him two years ago, he was still utterly unremarkable. Who would have thought he would change so greatly?" Lin Zhantian sighed. "Given his current strength, he is more than qualified to rank among the very best Core Disciples in the sect!"
"That is hardly strange. After all, he is that person's child. Now that he has awakened, it is only natural," Ye Kongming said calmly, as though he had long anticipated this scene.
At the mention of that person, Lin Zhantian said nothing more. After a pause, he continued, "I have already made my breakthrough and will soon return to the Main Sect. As for Green Peak Mountain, I hope you will become its sect leader. I will recommend you to the sect!"
"You know I have no interest in that," Ye Kongming said blandly.
"I know you have no interest, but this is still the place where we grew up. I cannot rest easy leaving it to someone else," Lin Zhantian said.
"Can I refuse?" Ye Kongming's tone remained as calm as ever.
"No," Lin Zhantian said.
The two spoke as though addressing empty air, each speaking his own words.
"Not bad, kid. I never expected even Zhang Yuntian to end up in such a miserable state at your hands. Hahaha, he probably won't have the face to meet anyone again!" Ye Ruxue threw back her head and laughed.
"It was nothing," Ye Xiwen said calmly.
"I'm back!" Ye Feng's hearty laughter sounded from outside. "Little Brother, I heard all about what happened. Hahaha, you beat Zhang Yuntian so badly that he had no power to fight back!"
As soon as his voice fell, Ye Feng, dressed in fitted martial attire, strode inside. He had just returned from training in the back mountains of Green Peak Mountain.
"That was truly satisfying!" Ye Feng laughed loudly.
"What, Big Brother? Do you have a grudge against Zhang Yuntian?" Ye Xiwen asked.
Ye Feng gave a cold laugh. "Of course. We crossed hands once in the back mountains of Green Peak Mountain. At the time, I had only just become a Core Disciple. I had just found a precious medicinal herb when that bastard ambushed me. I nearly died beneath his hidden weapon!"
As he spoke, Ye Feng's aura involuntarily burst forth. He had actually already reached the Houtian Ninth Stage Peak, only one step away from entering the innate realm.
Ye Feng had remained at the Houtian Eighth Stage Peak for several years, all for this Core Disciple Competition. Afterward, he would head to the Yi Yuan Sect's Main Sect. The cultivation he had accumulated for years had erupted all at once, allowing Ye Feng to break through to the Houtian Ninth Stage Peak in a short time. This method was meant to consolidate one's cultivation and lay an incomparably solid foundation, so that one could prepare to advance into the innate realm.
Ye Feng's aura was deep and powerful, far stronger than that of ordinary experts at the Houtian Ninth Stage Peak.
"I had planned to find trouble with that bastard during this Core Disciple Competition, but Little Brother, you avenged me instead and saved me the trouble." Ye Feng did not regard Zhang Yuntian at all; his strength far surpassed Zhang Yuntian's.
"Tsk, tsk, Big Brother, you didn't see how arrogant that guy was, or how miserably Little Brother taught him a lesson afterward!" Ye Ruxue said with a smile.
"Don't talk about Little Brother. You should be cultivating more yourself. Little Brother has caught up to you now. Hurry up and reach the Houtian Ninth Stage so you can enter the Main Sect—that is what matters," Ye Feng said sternly.
"I know!" Ye Ruxue had a rather free-spirited personality, and only Ye Feng's words had any effect on her.
Yet Ye Ruxue had never placed all her thoughts on cultivation, and who knew how much of it she had actually taken in.
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