Just Out of the Novice Village, and Already Dead

Azure Cloud Master suddenly appeared in front of Situ Mingyue, startling Situ Mingyue.

"Master, what brings you here?" Situ Mingyue asked nervously.

After becoming an apprentice, she saw her master very few times.

Now, her master has actually come to find her in person?

It's important to know that she wasn't within the sect, but rather in the northern part of the Azure Cloud Continent, where she was in charge of the Azure Moon Merchant Association.

How could something so small be worth the trouble of having my master grace us with his presence?

"Mingyue!" Azure Cloud Master asked with a smile, "How are things going here?"

"Great progress has been made!" Situ Mingyue hurriedly replied, "The Azure Moon Merchant Association of Commerce's channels are now fully established. The only thing to pay attention to is how to accurately deliver Eldest Senior Brother's Ten-Billion Subsidies to those who need it, so as to cultivate more geniuses for the Azure Cloud Continent."

We have already identified five individuals who are eligible for our assistance.

These five people will be reported to the Eldest Senior Brother at the next meeting!

She was extremely nervous; her master had actually come to inspect the work in person—this was incredible!

Azure Cloud Master felt a little embarrassed. He wasn't good at handling matters of the heart and had only come to Situ Mingyue seeking an answer.

Now that Situ Mingyue was reporting her work so earnestly, he felt even more uncomfortable and had to listen obediently.

Sigh, you shouldn't have asked me for this kind of thing!

After arguing with his second disciple for a while, Azure Cloud Master finally found a suitable opportunity to ask, "Mingyue, you've met Kong Xiuping, haven't you?"

"Yes!" Situ Mingyue nodded.

"He's planning to propose to you, what do you think?" Azure Cloud Master asked.

"What?" Situ Mingyue almost jumped up.

That idiot actually dares to like me? Back in the Prodigy Battlefield, I was so angry at Eldest Senior Brother's few words that I couldn't even speak properly or write properly. This kind of idiot dares to like me?

She looked at Azure Cloud Master with some wariness and asked, "Master, what's going on?"

Azure Cloud Master shook his head. "I was just asking what you think."

Situ Mingyue became a little nervous. Could this be a pretext to marry her off?

She asked cautiously, "Master, if I said anything inappropriate, will you be angry?"

She wasn't Zhang Yang; she was still very nervous when facing her master, who was at the Tribulation Realm.

"You are my beloved disciple, how could I possibly be angry?" Azure Cloud Master said with a smile, "Say whatever you want, Master won't be angry!"

"Alright, I've heard from my Eldest Senior Brother that our Azure Cloud Sect is going to abandon the bad habit of arranged marriages and let people decide their own marriages... So, I still want to stay with my master and don't want to get married!" Situ Mingyue said to Azure Cloud Master ingratiatingly.

Azure Cloud Master laughed heartily, nodding repeatedly, and said, "It's okay if you don't want to get married, haha, that's a good thing!"

He was relieved!

Now that he felt relieved, he prepared to return to his sect.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and asked again, "What if I let you marry Zhang Yang?"

Situ Mingyue blushed and lowered her head, saying, "I'll leave it to Master to decide!"

She thinks that arranged marriages are actually quite good!

"Ah? Oh!" Azure Cloud Master shook his head. "You should decide your own affairs!"

After he finished speaking, he vanished.

Situ Mingyue stared blankly at the spot where her master had disappeared, her heart filled with turmoil. She wanted to ask, "Master, did you just leave like that?"

What's the answer?

She had actually expressed her feelings, but unfortunately, her Eldest Senior Brother was oblivious to her romantic intentions!

I thought it would be great if my master could give the order, but it turns out my master is unreliable!

On the contrary, Azure Cloud Master, after getting rid of a major worry, stopped caring about anything else.

A day later, Tu Shan, from the Langya Sacred Land, arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect with a group of people and requested a formal meeting.

Upon meeting, Kong Xiuping took out sixty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone he had prepared and handed them to Zhang Yang, then said rather awkwardly, "Brother Zhang... I'm afraid I'll have to bother you for a few days and stay here!"

Zhang Yang found Kong Xiuping's blushing and nervous expression both amusing and speechless.

So you've started to lose all shame?

"Brother Kong, my house is too small, there's not enough room for everyone!" Zhang Yang shook his head. "Especially when some of my junior sisters come to see me in the middle of the night, it's very inconvenient for you to be here!"

"Ah... this..."

Kong Xiuping's newly raised confidence was instantly shattered.

However, remembering his father's orders and the beating he received after his defeat, he forced himself to say, "I... I... just give me a place to stay, I'm not picky."

"Why don't you move to Azure Cloud Town?" Zhang Yang countered.

"I have no money!" Kong Xiuping lied, too embarrassed to even look at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was speechless again. You just pulled out sixty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, that's six hundred million!

He took out a Spirit Stone, placed it in Kong Xiuping's hand, and said with concern, "I didn't expect that Sage Master would be so strict with you, not giving you any pocket money at all. Here, this is from your older brother, take it and spend it as you please!"

Go to Azure Cloud Town and find a decent inn, or even just rent a room.

Don't sleep outdoors in the wind and rain, be careful not to catch a cold, or your brother will worry about you!

Kong Xiuping suffered a complete defeat and slunk away to Azure Cloud Town!

He had just embarked on the "path of shamelessness," and had barely left the beginner village, when he was dealt a heavy blow by the big boss.

As for returning to the Langya Sacred Land, he dares not go back now.

Tu Shan watched in astonishment. This successor of the Azure Cloud Sect was utterly shameless!

That's incredibly shameless!

You give me a Spirit Stone... and I can spend it however I want?

Even treating beggars this badly isn't excessive!

However, he didn't concern himself with these clashes between juniors.

He has his own things to do.

He first took out a copy of the Langya Gazette and handed it to Zhang Yang, saying seriously, "This is our latest Langya Gazette, take a look! It was already published when I came here!"

Zhang Yang took the Langya Gazette, glanced at it, and paid it no mind.

He didn't believe what Tu Shan brought; he would only feel at ease if he saw the Langya Gazette circulating in the market, or even in other continents.

After putting away the Langya Gazette, Zhang Yang asked, "Where's the list?"

Tu Shan provided the list, which indeed contained seven names, including Zhang Changshan, Pei Yuan, Lu Xingzhou, and others.

Zhang Yang glanced at the list and said out of thin air, "Uncle-Master Ling Yun, I need to trouble you to make a trip and pass this information on to Zhang Changshan, Wang Baole, and Liang Yi. Tell the people on the list to take two people with them and return to the sect immediately!"

You are at the Dao Integration Realm, so hurry up and resolve this matter as soon as possible to give our allies in the Langya Sacred Land an explanation.

"There's no need to give them any explanation on this trip; just convey my order for them to return to the sect."

A streak of sword light disappeared from Cloud Soaring Peak.

Seeing this, Azure Cloud Sect's heart tightened. Tu Shan Qingyun Sect was truly acting on this kid's orders, even sending out Ling Yunzi, Dao Integration Realm Ling Yunzi, in person.

He unconsciously looked at Zhang Yang with newfound respect, no longer daring to underestimate him in the slightest.

Zhang Yang glanced at Tu Shan, then at the seven people behind Tu Shan. These seven people were probably the ones who had sent Zhang Changshan and the others to the Azure Cloud Sect.

In other words, it was the link between Zhang Changshan and the other six people.

"Are you planning to meet the seven people directly at the Azure Cloud Sect, or will you each open an inn in Azure Cloud Town and wait for them?" Zhang Yang then asked.

Tu Shan pondered for a moment and said, "Let's open an inn in Azure Cloud Town and wait for our meeting!"

He turned to the seven men and instructed them, "Go to Azure Cloud Town immediately, book rooms at the appropriate inn, and then pass the information to me."

The seven people nodded and headed towards Azure Cloud Town.