Silence!
The whole scene fell silent!
The atmosphere lasted for several seconds.
Everyone's first reaction was to wonder if they had heard wrong.
Who would refuse the chance to become a disciple of a great sect?
And it wasn't just any elder who had extended the invitation.
That old man was clearly one of the Azure Cloud Sect's most powerful figures.
Even the cultivators watching from the shadows were stunned. So were Emperor Hongtai and Li Chengxian, standing nearby.
Ever since he had been sent to the Azure Cloud Academy, Li Chengxian had longed to return to the sect at every waking moment. It had become an obsession.
He knew just how desperately young cultivators across the land wanted to join a great sect.
So why was Fang Yuan the exception?
He had refused the Azure Cloud Academy twice already. Now he didn't even take the Azure Cloud Sect seriously.
Li Chengxian had thought Fang Yuan was an unparalleled genius with an arrogant streak. But now it seemed he was a little too conceited, and Li Chengxian felt a faint stir of displeasure.
He really doesn't know how high the heavens are, Emperor Hongtai thought.
The Ninth Prince, Li Chenze, had watched his Dao heart crumble completely, but he quickly pulled himself together.
If Fang Yuan really didn't go to the Azure Cloud Sect, then he was a fool. The gap between them would only grow wider. Wouldn't that make him easy to handle later?
"Wasn't the Azure Cloud Sect always your goal?" Murong Jing murmured, lightly biting her red lips.
Of everyone present, He Yunsong was probably the only one whose mood had improved a little.
If Fang Yuan didn't even want to join the Azure Cloud Sect, then it was only natural he would refuse He Yunsong's personal