The chill deepened, the mist thickened, snow rose now and then, and people kept coming.
More and more cultivators arrived in Yunji Town. Some knelt outside Beyond the Mist, kowtowing incessantly in hopes of becoming True Person Jingyang's disciples; some stood at a distance, watching the mist expressionlessly, greed occasionally showing in their eyes; others hurled abuse at the dense mist, shouting that they would avenge True Person Jingyang and destroy that Sword Demon. Yet not one dared actually charge over. Scenes absurd or ridiculous played out endlessly outside Yunji Town, changing every day.
The Green Mountain Sect seemed completely unaware of everything happening in Yunji Town and paid it no attention whatsoever.
As time passed, the cultivators confirmed Green Mountain's attitude and stopped being nervous. They wandered freely through Yunji Town, making a tremendous racket, and there were even several incidents of ordinary residents being harassed. This situation only improved after a certain day.
An arrogant fellow from the Sky Pillar Sect considered himself exceptionally gifted and the future of the orthodox path. He often shouted foul language outside Beyond the Mist, calling it a monstrous thing or saying a bolt of lightning should strike it dead. The dense mist remained Quiet, ignoring him, so he grew even more brazen and even barged into a restaurant in Yunji Town.
After drinking several jars of wine in the restaurant, this arrogant fellow was about to do something even more outrageous.
Just then, dark clouds churned in the sky, the mist on the street abruptly dispersed, and a blood-red thunderbolt descended from the heavens!
That blood-red thunderbolt passed through the restaurant's roof with miraculous precision and landed on the arrogant Sky Pillar Sect fellow in the private room.
The arrogant Sky Pillar Sect fellow had no time to defend himself before