Master Li

"Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with our Cloud Cliff Sect!"

Tang Que saw murderous intent surface on Zhou Tianlong's face and nearly wet himself in fright!

Zhou Tianlong stared hard at him for several seconds!

Then Zhou Tianlong suddenly burst out laughing. "Sect Master Tang, look how frightened you are. I was only playing a little joke on you."

"Heh heh, as long as you're happy, Your Majesty."

"All right. Now that everything is clear, I should be heading back."

Tang Que breathed a silent sigh of relief when he heard that Zhou Tianlong was leaving.

Then he respectfully escorted him out of the Cloud Cliff Sect.

Zhou Tianlong had barely left the Cloud Cliff Sect when, aboard a luxurious flying ship, he told a servant beside him, "Notify every sect under our command. Suppress the Cloud Cliff Sect with everything they have."

"One month. After that, I don't want to hear anyone mention this sect again."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The saddest thing in the world was that an ant's life and death lay entirely in the hands of those stronger than it.

And in the eyes of the Great Zhou Royal Clan, the Cloud Cliff Sect was nothing but an ant.

Perhaps not even that.

Li Shouyi refused to be an ant, so he was struggling hard to break free. Except...?

He might have been a little different from everyone else.

"Master, we're going to establish our sect here?"

"You have a problem with that?"

"No, Master, but didn't I pay for that token?"

"So you have a problem with that?"

Su Wan'er shut down.

Li Shouyi had brought the girls to the top of a tall mountain.

Of course, that wasn't the point.

The point was that this mountain was famous. The mountain folk living nearby affectionately called it "Good Fortune Mountain."

Why was that?

Mainly because this mountain was bizarre. Other places had four seasons a year.

It just had to be different.

It had four seasons a day.

That was right. In a single twenty-four-hour day, you could experience four different kinds of weather on Good Fortune Mountain.

Spring warmth and blooming flowers in the morning, scorching summer heat at noon, autumn's creeping chill in the evening—and the latter half of the night was something else entirely.

It started hailing.

It was even unlike that certain creature known as a "girlfriend."

Li Shouyi's reason for choosing this place was simple, too.

With such terrible weather, the spiritual energy was naturally a chaotic mess.

If he established a sect here, the geniuses would naturally handle it with ease.

The good-for-nothings, however, would surely suffer miserably.

Wouldn't that give him, Li Shouyi, his chance?

At that thought, Li Shouyi couldn't help giving his own intelligence a thumbs-up.

"Senior sisters, is something wrong with Master up here?" Watching Li Shouyi grinning foolishly in the distance, Pei Zhujiu pointed at her head and asked Su Wan'er and Lin Shuishui.

"Yes, so you need to be understanding with Master. After all, caring for the mentally challenged is everyone's responsibility!"

Su Wan'er earnestly preached this to her junior sister.

That's what he gets for always setting me on fire, she thought.

"Second Junior Sister, you'd better look over there."

Lin Shuishui pointed toward Li Shouyi, warning her.

Su Wan'er followed Lin Shuishui's finger. Good grief, what she saw gave her a fright.

At some point, Li Shouyi had turned toward her, his expression an utter bloodbath of murderous intent, yet he was looking at her with a smile.

Gulp...

Su Wan'er swallowed nervously, then took to her heels.

As she ran, she shouted, "Master, I was wrong!"

"Too late! You wicked disciple, bad-mouthing your master! Prepare to die!"

Li Shouyi and his disciples were having as much fun as ever.

Tang Que, however, was having a thoroughly miserable time.

The Great Zhou Royal Clan's retaliation came swiftly. That very afternoon, large numbers of disciples announced they were leaving the Cloud Cliff Sect.

The Great Zhou Royal Clan had already arranged new places for some of them.

Most of the disciples, however, made a different choice.

They chose to seek refuge with Li Shouyi.

That was right—the Li Shouyi who had beaten Wu Dalang into retreat.

Wu Dalang: "Don't spout nonsense. That was a strategic withdrawal."

And the leader of this group was none other than Tang Que's second disciple, Wu Suowei.

"Second Senior Brother, where are we going to find Elder Li?" The group had already been flying for an entire day.

At last, one of them couldn't resist asking the question on everyone's mind.

"East. I remember Elder Li flew east when he left. As long as we keep flying east and go down to ask around whenever we see a cultivator city, we'll find him eventually."

"Second Senior Brother, there's a cultivator city right below us. Should we go down and ask?"

Wu Suowei looked where the disciple was pointing, then said excitedly, "Of course! Elder Li might have stopped here."

"Quick, follow me."

And just like that, these people really did stumble onto a dead mouse like a blind cat, arriving at the very restaurant where Li Shouyi had eaten.

Why would they give up the new places the Great Zhou Royal Clan had arranged for them and be so eager to find Li Shouyi? Seeing him defeat Wu Dalang that day was only part of it.

More importantly, those two good-for-nothings, Lin Shuishui and Su Wan'er, had swept through every opponent in the Freshman Tournament.

And those two girls had studied under Li Shouyi for less than two months.

These people, meanwhile, believed their spiritual roots were leagues above those two useless girls'.

If they could become Li Shouyi's disciples too, perhaps they would already be in the Golden Core Realm by now.

To describe this bunch with a popular expression:

I could do that too...

And so, this hundred-strong group embarked on a grand expedition to find Li Shouyi.

"Waiter, did you really see the person in this portrait?"

"Yes. Was he traveling with two fairies?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Can you tell me where they went?"

"Uh, probably to the Heavenly Sword Sect!"

"After all, cultivators love a lively scene. Besides, anyone who passes the Heavenly Sword Sect's test can join them."

"You know, the Heavenly Sword Sect is one of the Five Great Sects."

This waiter was the very one who had pocketed Su Wan'er's Spirit Stones.

As for what he had just told them, it was pure guesswork.

He couldn't help it. Wu Suowei had given him far too many Spirit Stones.

Looking at the pouch of Spirit Stones in his hand, he quietly stuffed them into his shirt, plugging up his conscience, then began spouting nonsense.

Seeing the excited smiles spread across their faces after hearing his answer, the waiter couldn't help asking, "Immortals, may I ask why you're looking for this immortal master?"

"To become his disciples, of course! Elder Li took less than two months to teach two utterly bottom-tier good-for-nothings all the way to the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"And they're the kind who are invincible against anyone in the same realm."

Wu Suowei was so excited that his voice grew a little loud.

Everyone in the restaurant heard him and turned to look.

A young man smiled and walked over to ask him, "Fellow Daoist, you just said someone taught ordinary mortals with no foundation whatsoever all the way to the Foundation Establishment Realm in less than two months. Is that really true?"

If there was one thing Wu Suowei hated most, it was someone suspecting him of bullshitting.

After glancing at the young man, he stiffened his neck and climbed onto the table, declaring excitedly to the entire crowd in the restaurant, "I, the former second senior brother of the Cloud Cliff Sect, swear here and now!"

"If even half a sentence of what I just said is false, may I never survive my Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation!"

Everyone was startled by his declaration!

Then they thought, He actually dares to swear on his Heavenly Tribulation. That means someone that incredible really exists!

Then the crowd exploded.

And Li Shouyi's fame truly caught fire.

Because, as ill luck would have it, a Dao Alliance intelligence agent was among that crowd...