Naturally, the people of the Azure Cloud Sect would not stop him. With matters having reached this point, Liu Zongming's provocative visit was considered settled for the time being.
Yu Shixian stepped forward and announced in a clear voice, "Fellow cultivators, our sect has just learned that our True Disciple Fang Qianyuan has advanced to earth rank. We invite all our guests to join us in a banquet to celebrate his advancement!"
Well, so much for having just learned about it. They had clearly already prepared the celebratory feast.
Everyone wore peculiar expressions, silently mourning Liu Zongming, who had just fled after a crushing defeat.
But this was the Tail-Burning Banquet of a newly advanced Earth Rank Expert, and everyone was naturally happy to give the Azure Cloud Sect face by attending.
What should have been an evenly matched contest, a clash between dragon and tiger, had been turned outright into a celebratory feast by the Azure Cloud Sect.
The news soon spread, and all at once, the entire Southern Wilds knew that Fang Qianyuan had advanced to earth rank.
Many people were profoundly shaken when they heard.
"He really advanced?"
"He isn't even twenty, and he's already an Earth Rank Expert?"
"This man's talent is dazzling beyond compare. He'll surely leap into the ranks of legendary powerhouses, perhaps even advance to heavenly tier!"
"Come to think of it, just what sort of achievement is reaching earth rank before twenty? Has anyone managed it in the past few centuries?"
"That's true... I think the previous record for the youngest Earth Rank Expert was set by someone from the Spirit Taming Sect in Central Province, but even he only advanced after twenty-one!"
"And the one before that was a thousand years ago!"
"As for those sacred venerables in the legends who