Several days passed, and the news of Liu Zongming coming to issue a challenge was spread again and again by people with an agenda, until it soon caused an uproar.
Just as the people of the Azure Cloud Sect had suspected, these visitors had indeed come prepared. They themselves hailed from one of the Great Sects of the World, so naturally they knew how formidable the Great Sects of the World were. But they also understood how to deal with them.
Those who styled themselves reputable members of the Righteous Path inevitably bound themselves with their own reputations. Unless it was wartime or the other party belonged to an enemy camp, it was always difficult to openly fall out over such matters.
Liu Zongming and his companions relied on their status to remain at the Azure Cloud Sect's Headquarters, refusing to leave, and the sect could do nothing about them.
The attention from all sides provided yet another layer of protection for their safety there.
That was why they had deliberately spread the news until everyone knew about it.
In late July, the Azure Cloud Sect secretly recalled Wei Ze, an elite True Disciple nearing twenty-five who was also at the tenth-turn peak, half-step earth rank.
Wei Ze came from a small aristocratic clan with an Earth Rank Expert. Nurtured with resources from both his clan and his sect, he had quickly distinguished himself, taken a sect expert as his master, and become a True Disciple.
Although his potential to advance to earth rank was somewhat lacking, he still enjoyed considerable standing, much like Gao Ying and Sun Zhuo. With few rivals at human rank, he was a talent worth putting to use.
As soon as Wei Ze returned to the sect's Headquarters, he was summoned to receive personal instructions