At that moment, in an elegant courtyard on Zhurong Peak, Bai Luo, second on the Outer Sect Disciple Ranking, was entertaining distinguished guests with a banquet worth over a thousand Merit Points.
Yun Tiankuo, first on the Outer Sect Rankings, was known as the Fist That Suppressed Mountains and Rivers.
Hua Siyu, third on the ranking, was called the Moonshadow Fairy.
A young man of twenty-five or twenty-six also sat with them, exchanging toasts.
"Then I'll ask Senior Brother Yun and Junior Sister Hua to show my Junior Brother Shang some mercy."
Bai Luo smiled and raised his cup.
"You flatter me by calling me senior brother, Junior Brother Bai. Now that you've decided to advance to the Xiantian Realm and enter the inner sect, and even take part in the Cloudmist Swamp trial, we should be calling you senior brother."
Yun Tiankuo, always domineering before outsiders, was all smiles and easy conversation now. "I should thank Senior Brother Bai for holding back. Otherwise, with your swordsmanship already at Sword Refining into Astral Force, I wouldn't be able to keep my seat at number one."
"Not at all. If Senior Brother Yun wanted to enter the Xiantian Realm, wouldn't it be as easy as reaching out your hand?"
As Bai Luo spoke, he glanced at the young man accompanying them. "When the time comes, I'll pretend to lose to Junior Brother Shang and pass the honor of being second in the outer sect to him. As long as neither of you makes a move, that victory alone should make the other seven think twice about risking their lives to challenge him."
Then he added, "And our Immortal Light Society can promise Senior Brother Yun this: when you turn thirty at the end of the year, if the successor your Taiyi