The battle at Falling Eagle Gorge.
Though it had been a secret clash, unknown to anyone beyond the few clans involved.
The undercurrents surged, and the shifting of the landscape seemed only to have just begun.
These past few days.
News that Ancestor Huaye had been gravely injured and was on the verge of death suddenly spread everywhere throughout Changning Guard, deliberately disseminated by interested parties, with countless conflicting versions.
Some said that Ancestor Huaye had encountered a fifth-tier Fierce Beast while exploring the Outer Domain in search of an opportunity. After a fierce battle in which both sides suffered, Ancestor Huaye had fled back with grave injuries, his life hanging by a thread.
Others said that Ancestor Huaye had fallen out with the Flood Dragon Gang and fought a vicious battle with the gang's vice leader, the renowned expert Sikou Luoxia. Once again, both sides had suffered.
Still others said...
There were no fewer than five or six versions of the "rumors" concerning Ancestor Huaye's battles with various experts.
In short, every version was told with such vivid detail that it seemed as though the storytellers had witnessed it firsthand. The one thing they all had in common was that Ancestor Huaye had suffered severe injuries and was at death's door. If his injuries could not be controlled, he might perish any day.
As one of Changning Guard's two great Celestial Aristocratic Clans, the Huangfu Family Clan was naturally furious in the face of so many unfavorable "rumors."
While stepping forward to "dispel the rumors," they dispatched family retainers and clan members, even hiring quite a few Rogue Cultivators, to put out fires everywhere. They even beat up and warned several groups discussing the matter.
They tried to stamp out and suppress the rumors through such simple and brutal