Heavenly Pivot Peak, Elder Liu Qingyuan's hall.
He Song hurried over and cupped his hands outside the hall. "Master, your disciple He Song requests an audience."
"Come in!" Liu Qingyuan's voice rang out from within.
Straightening his clothes, He Song entered the hall.
"What brings you to see me?" Liu Qingyuan asked first.
He Song said, "Martial Uncle Song Yushao asked me to find out whether you could arrange to have Xu Yang sent away from the Violet Sun Gate. He said that if we delay any longer, Xu Yang will reach Heavenly Origin." Liu Qingyuan grew irritated at those words. Of course he knew they could not delay. Given the talent Xu Yang had displayed, he could break through to the Heavenly Origin Realm in roughly a year. But Xu Yang was now a leading candidate for the Violet Sun Gate's second dragon ascension. Even as an elder of Heavenly Pivot Peak, Liu Qingyuan could not interfere with Xu Yang's assignments.
Without Elder Firecloud's approval, even the Sect Master could do nothing about Heavenly Pivot Peak's disciples. Nor would the Sect Master possibly support him in killing Xu Yang.
Xu Yang was shrewd, too. He simply refused to leave the Violet Sun Gate, leaving even Liu Qingyuan at a loss.
"I understand!" Liu Qingyuan said, waving He Song away.
At that moment, he somewhat regretted acting rashly while Elder Firecloud was away. Not only had he failed to have Xu Yang sent out of the Violet Sun Gate, he had probably put Xu Yang on his guard.
Without that incident, if it had only been the matter of Li Chuyang, they could still have settled their differences.
Now, reconciliation would probably be difficult.
*All I can do is wait. At worst, I'll learn from him and hide in the