Chapter 276: Gathering in Azure Cloud, a Stunning Secret, and Opportunity to the East?
"You've been away for a long time, Junior Martial Uncle."
"Yes, I've been traveling for almost two years."
The female disciple froze slightly. Did I mishear, or did Junior Martial Uncle misspeak?
Surely she meant twenty years.
Two years?
Wouldn't that pass in a single period of secluded cultivation?
Just then, Blazing Sun True Lord said, "Everyone, onto the Transmission Platform. We're leaving for Azure Cloud City!"
"Yes, True Lord!"
Azure Cloud City.
Many aristocratic clans took pride in practicing the sword, and most of their cultivators practiced sword arts.
They all hoped to enter the Azure Cloud Sect.
The finest sword cultivators in Southern Heaven all came from Azure Cloud, their combat prowess unmatched.
The champion of the previous Heavenly Pride Gathering had been an Azure Cloud Sect disciple.
Thus, this Heavenly Pride Gathering was being held in Azure Cloud City.
Five districts had already been prepared in the city to accommodate participants from the five major regions.
"Luoyu in white is a heavenly pride from the Ascension Gate. I heard they have very few disciples, but every one of them is a heavenly pride. A rogue cultivator friend of mine from the Central Region told me.
"The top seven of the Central Region's seventy-two heavenly prides this time are all Ascension Gate disciples, known as the 'Seven Ascension Disciples.'
"Last time, the Azure Cloud Sect snatched the top spot. This time, they seem determined to wash away that humiliation."
"All seven top heavenly prides?! Surely not. The Central Region has plenty of powerful Nascent Soul factions. Their very best can't even make the top seven?"
"Fellow Daoist, there's something you don't know. Ascension Gate disciples rarely venture outside, but anyone who does is certain