The fact that the master and deputy master of Thunderclap Pavilion were second-generation disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion was common knowledge throughout the Cultivation World. Though they had founded Thunderclap Pavilion and watched it grow stronger by the day, Lin Lei and Lin Ting seethed whenever they thought of it, for they still bore the label of Lingxiao Pavilion traitors. After Lingxiao Pavilion fell, they had at least been able to claim they left to preserve its strength. But now that Lingxiao Pavilion was being rebuilt, they could no longer stay calm.
In Lin Lei and Lin Ting's hearts, they wanted nothing more than to keep Lingxiao Pavilion from growing stronger. That was why they had sent disciples to provoke it: first, to sound out its strength, and second, to defeat Ling Tian and the other young disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion. That way, Lingxiao Pavilion's path to prominence would be seriously obstructed.
Under the influence of their master and deputy master, Thunderclap Pavilion's disciples were deeply wary of Lingxiao Pavilion. After all, none of them wanted to bear the name of traitor, so they were all quite hostile toward Ling Tian and the others.
The day before, they had sent an expert to test Long Shun, who was riding high. That man knew he was no match for Long Shun, but he was hardly the strongest cultivator in the pavilion; there were plenty of people stronger than him. After that test, they had decided to go straight after Lingxiao Pavilion's master.
How could they know that Long Shun had only shown off the techniques of Ten Thousand Swords Cliff, and none of his other skills? This had led them to misjudge the strength of Lingxiao Pavilion's disciples, and they assumed Ling Tian was nothing special either.
Still, not all of Thunderclap