Like Fire, Like Flowering Reeds

On Azure Fish Peak, Gongyang Ling was reading a Jade Slip when a voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall. "Master."

She paused slightly, as if remembering something, then put down the Jade Slip and said, "Come in."

The palace doors opened, and a young man in the standard Magic Robe of the Pivot Court walked in.

His cheeks were thin, his jawline was well-defined, and his face was stern yet handsome.

With long, slanted eyebrows that swept towards his temples, and a slight upward tilt at the brows that conveyed a sense of aloofness, his eyes were slightly upturned at the corners, his pupils were pale, and his gaze was clear and sharp when he looked at people. Dressed in Magic Robe, he was none other than Ning Xiu Cong.

Gongyang Ling looked up at him, slightly lost in thought.

Not long ago, it was Wei Chengqing who walked into the hall like this, but now it is the person in front of us.

Her inner turmoil vanished in an instant, and she asked with a composed expression, "Xiu Cong, is your cultivation progressing smoothly?"

Ning Xiu Cong respectfully replied, "Fortunately, my master has been generous in his guidance and has also provided me with several Spirit Object. I have now achieved the Great Aperture Opening stage and am about to break through to the Outer Scenery."

Gongyang Ling nodded and said, "Ren Water is the water that gathers from rivers and seas. Your family's inherited Method Formula are already quite good, and coupled with your exceptional talent, it's normal that you've reached this point. However, you're still young, so there's no need to rush your breakthrough to the Outer Scenery. You might as well slow down and use the remaining time to cultivate your Law Technique."

She paused, then used her Law Power hold the Jade Slip in her hand and present it to Ning Xiu Cong. "I have prepared the Law Technique for you."

Ning Xiu Cong hurriedly accepted the jade slip with both hands. The Jade Slip lit up, revealing the title of the book: "The Long Qi Flying Rainbow Scripture".

Gongyang Ling said, "This is a movement Movement Method, ranked fourth grade. You should master it as soon as possible."

Ning Xiu Cong bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Master."

Gongyang Ling waved her hand, her gaze falling on his face, her tone softening slightly. "You've come today, I suppose you have other things to ask me?"

Ning Xiu Cong a moment, then said, "A letter arrived from Ning Household a few days ago."

Upon hearing this, Gongyang Ling sat up slightly, raising an eyebrow. "The Ning Family?"

Given the Ning Family's current situation, how could they still have the ability to send letters home to the Pivot Court?

Ning Xiu Cong replied, "It wasn't sent by the Ning Family, but by the Yang Family on their behalf."

Gongyang Ling replied knowingly, "Yang Houjia?"

Ning Xiu Cong nodded and said, "Ning Household brother Fu sent a letter saying that the Azure Ram Temple intends to Lower Cultivator the 'Wandering Gold' practitioners. My brother Fu is very worried that this will affect the Ning Family, so he wrote to ask me. Xiu Cong n't know how to answer him, so I could only trouble my master."

After listening, Gongyang Ling said calmly, "Ning Xiufu is indeed a cautious person."

Their eyes met for a moment, and they both understood. The one who was truly worried about Azure Ram Temple was not the Ning Family, but clearly Yang Houjia.

It was merely using Ning Family's words to probe the attitude of the Pivot Court.

Gongyang Ling hesitated for a moment, then took out paper and pen from her Storage Bag, wrote a line, folded it into an envelope, and handed it to Ning Xiu Cong: "Send this letter home. Once Ning Xiufu sees it, he need not worry anymore."

Ning Xiu Cong both hands, looked at the envelope, and then looked at Gongyang Ling.

Since his return from the Secret Seal of Great Zhi Pivot, he had been interrogated and questioned by many people in Pivot Court, which seriously disrupted his cultivation for a period of time. At that time, Gongyang Ling stepped forward and stopped those people without suspecting him or taking his anger out on him because of Mu Qingcheng.

Afterwards, Gongyang Ling taught him the Method Formula and provided him with Spirit Object. Now, she was even willing to write a letter specifically for the Ning Family. Ning Xiu Cong deeply moved.

He suddenly took a step back, lifted his robe, knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed three times, saying in a deep voice, "Xiu Cong thank you, Master."

Gongyang Ling watched him quietly without stopping him.

The letter was finally sent back to Great Night Lake a month later.

Ning Xiufu unfolded the letter and glanced at it. He was taken aback at first, but then dared not delay and personally took the letter to Mount Huayu.

This time, Lord Yang Hu was not the only one in the hall.

The patriarch of the Yang Family, Yang Houjia, also sat in the head seat. Ning Xiufu bowed even more respectfully this time, as if his back was about to break. "Junior pays respects to the Great True Person."

Yang Houjia remained silent, but Lord Yang Hu had already seen the letter in his hand. He smiled and held out his hand, saying, "Xiu Cong replied so quickly? It seems you've been thinking about it ever since you drank the Golden Branch Leaves wine. Let me see it."

Seeing his eagerness, Ning Xiufu stopped bothering with the pretense of politeness and instead breathed a sigh of relief, handing over the letter.

Lord Yang Hu unfolded the letter, glanced at it, frowned slightly, and showed a puzzled expression. He then handed it to Yang Houjia.

Yang Houjia glanced at it only once before saying indifferently, "Ning Xiufu, you may go back now."

Ning Xiufu bowed to Yang Houjia Jia, then bowed to Lord Yang Hu, before leaving the main hall.

Yang Houjia slammed the letter on the table, his expression calm and showing no sign of anything amiss.

Lord Yang Hu frowned and hesitated, saying, "Ancestor, what... what should we do?"

Yang Houjia said calmly, "Pass down the order: from the entire Yang Family, whenever you encounter Lesser Yin from the Azure Ram Temple, kill him if you can, injure him if you can, and show no mercy."

Lord Yang Hu was taken aback upon hearing this.

Is that what the letter meant?

He didn't immediately agree and act according to Yang Houjia's instructions. Matters concerning a family and clan, especially those involving the High Sect, could not be decided by one person alone, even if it was Great True Person. Lord Yang Hu hesitated for a moment before asking, "Ancestor... what exactly is the meaning of that letter? Could it be that you have misunderstood something?"

Yang Houjia's gaze fell on the slightly crumpled letter, his tone remaining calm and even as he said, "The meaning in the letter is my meaning, and also the meaning of the Pivot Court."

Lord Yang Hu was even more puzzled, and said carefully, "Gongyang Ling is, after all, just the master of a peak. Even if she is True Person has Outer Scenery Great Accomplishment, how could such a big matter be decided by her with just a letter and a word?"

Yang Houjia glanced at him and slowly said, "We've been wrong about one thing all along."

Lord Yang Hu leaned forward slightly. "What?"

Yang Houjia's voice deepened. "An Aristocratic Clan, a Lower Cultivator, do you think you're qualified to test the High Sect just because I, Great True Person, am here?"

"Pivot Court has been waiting for us to ask. It would have been better if we hadn't asked; now that we have, we can't get away."

He paused, his gaze turning somber. "Just as the Ning Family once served as pawns for the Yang Family, now the Yang Family has become pawns for the Pivot Court. However, compared to the Ning Family, we have more leverage to contend with."

Yang Houjia handed over the letter and instructed, "Do as I say."

Lord Yang Hu took the letter with both hands, looked down at it, and saw that there were only four characters written on the letter.

"In full swing".