Boundless Club!

Tower Ancestor!

Hearing the Tower Ancestor's words, Ye Tianming was suddenly filled with anticipation. He felt that the Tower Ancestor surely had some tricks up his sleeve. After all, the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique was no ordinary sword skill.

Hope flared in Ye Tianming's heart, and he hurriedly said, "Please enlighten me, Tower Ancestor."

Little Pagoda laughed. "Go to the Milky Way Sect."

Ye Tianming was puzzled. "The Milky Way Sect? The one Miss Zhao mentioned earlier?"

Little Pagoda said, "Yes. The Milky Way Sect is also qualified to participate in the Myriad Provinces Grand Competition."

Ye Tianming said, "I've never heard of it..."

Little Pagoda laughed. "That's normal. It's a little far from here, but there are teleportation arrays now. It'll take a few hours at most to get there. Let me tell you, it's a lot of fun over there, especially Boundless Foot-Washing City... Oh, no, you can't go to a place like that. Come on, let's go to the Milky Way Sect..."

Ye Tianming was speechless.

Before long, Ye Tianming arrived at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, at the same teleportation array base as last time. Huo Yan was still the steward in charge.

The moment Huo Yan saw Ye Tianming, his head began to ache. But he didn't dare offend him, so he could only force a smile. "Young Master Ye, you...?"

Ye Tianming said, "Senior, I want to go to the Milky Way Sect."

Huo Yan was at a loss. "Young Master Ye, this..."

As he spoke, he glanced behind Ye Tianming.

Ye Tianming said, "Senior, Miss Zhao didn't come with me. I want to go to the Milky Way Sect on my own this time. Could you do me a favor?"

Little Pagoda sighed inwardly. This honest fellow. If it were the previous two, they certainly wouldn't be so honest.

Huo Yan fell silent.

Do him a favor!

That would naturally be risky, but if he didn't do him this favor... why couldn't he do him a favor?

Huo Yan looked at Ye Tianming. He suddenly had a feeling that the youth before him might become someone extraordinary one day. After all, he had made it through the Guanxuan Dao... Most importantly, he was honest. He hadn't used Nanling Zhao to pressure him, like a fox borrowing a tiger's might.

With that thought, Huo Yan made his decision. He would treat it as planting the seed of goodwill! So he said, "Young Master Ye, I'm Steward Wen."

Steward Wen!

Ye Tianming immediately understood what he meant. "Sorry for the offense."

With that, he drew his sword and laid it across Huo Yan's neck.

A flicker of approval crossed Huo Yan's eyes. If Ye Tianming hadn't understood him, he truly couldn't have helped.

Just like that, Ye Tianming "coerced" Huo Yan into taking him to the teleportation array. He stepped onto it, and the array activated. He vanished on the spot.

The Nanling Clan, Guanxuan Realm.

Nanling Zhao stood in the main hall. A short distance in front of her sat an old man, none other than Nanling Xun, the current patriarch of the Nanling Clan.

Nanling Xun looked at Nanling Zhao. "Just as you were coming back, the previous patriarch of the Xiao Family, the previous academy master of Qingzhou Academy, and some elders from the Outer Pavilion had only just left. Do you know why they came?"

Nanling Zhao lowered her head slightly. "Father, sorry for the trouble I've caused you."

Nanling Xun shook his head. "Girl, I'm your father. What trouble are you talking about...? Tell me honestly, did you help that young man for the public good or for yourself?"

Nanling Zhao looked at Nanling Xun. "Father, do you also think I've fallen for him?"

Nanling Xun said, "It's not just me. Everyone thinks so now. Do you know the clan elders have kicked up a storm? Your hot-tempered Ninth Uncle even threatened to do the boy in..."

Nanling Zhao's delicate brows knitted together.

Nanling Xun sighed softly. "Girl, don't blame them. In all these years, our Nanling Clan has produced only one person like you. Everyone has high hopes for you. I once told you that once you entered the Inspection Court, you could make your own decision about your marriage. But if you really choose someone from a lowest-tier lineage, the entire clan will oppose it."

Nanling Zhao looked at Nanling Xun. "Father, would you oppose it too?"

Nanling Xun's face twitched. He stared intently at Nanling Zhao. "You... really have feelings for that boy?"

Nanling Zhao said calmly, "If I really fell for someone from a lowest-tier lineage, you would definitely oppose it, wouldn't you, Father?"

Nanling Xun asked in return, "Then do you think I should oppose it?"

Nanling Zhao shook her head. "Father, when Ancestor Yiyi met the Guanxuan Sword Master, he was no more than a son of a lowest-tier lineage. If the Nanling Lineage had opposed them, how could the Nanling Lineage be what it is today?"

Nanling Xun stared at Nanling Zhao. "So you think Ye Tianming is someone comparable to the Guanxuan Sword Master?"

Nanling Zhao said, "Father, the Nanling Lineage is what it is today because of Ancestor Yiyi. In other words, wasn't our Nanling Lineage also a lowest-tier lineage back then? Now that we've become a second-tier lineage, should we look down on those lowest-tier lineages?"

Nanling Xun shook his head. "Girl, I don't want to discuss these things with you. I only hope you can find someone whose status matches yours. I want you to be happy. Especially under the current circumstances, if you insist on being with that young man, his troubles will no longer be his alone. They'll be yours, and they'll be the Nanling Clan's. Our entire clan will be dragged into this, do you understand?"

Nanling Zhao remained silent.

Nanling Xun continued, "Do you think that young man's only enemies are the Xiao Family and Qingzhou Academy? Do you know how many sects and lineages have secretly seized other people's special admission slots? Do you know how many years those underhanded dealings have been going on at Qingzhou Guanxuan Academy? If this is thoroughly investigated, do you know how many people, how many lineages and sects, it will implicate?"

He sighed softly. "His enemy is every privileged class in our Guanxuan Universe."

Nanling Xun clenched both fists.

Nanling Xun added, "Your actions this time have already offended far too many people. If our Nanling Clan didn't still have some influence, girl, I'm afraid you wouldn't have made it back this time."

Nanling Zhao looked up at Nanling Xun, somewhat angry. "Father, are the Outer Pavilion and the Inner Pavilion really just going to ignore it?"

Nanling Xun shook his head. "Girl, there's no way to deal with this. The moment they do, far too many people will be implicated, and those people will certainly band together. The Outer Pavilion and Inner Pavilion are staying out of it to keep the overall situation stable. After all, the young master has only just returned and is about to take over as academy master. Besides, no one wants to take on such a thankless task. Doing it means offending people."

Nanling Zhao said softly, "If Academy Master Fang Yu were still here, he certainly wouldn't stand by."

Nanling Xun sighed softly. "If Senior Fang were here, he certainly would intervene. But girl, you need to understand something. Back then, Senior Fang could offend so many people and still live well because the Guanxuan Sword Master was backing him! Look at the Fang Family now. Have things been easy for them since the Guanxuan Sword Master and Senior Fang withdrew? If people weren't wary of Senior Fang, believe it or not, the entire Fang Family would have been wiped out long ago."

Nanling Zhao sighed deeply. She couldn't refute him.

Nanling Xun continued, "As I just said, if you choose him, our Nanling Clan will certainly be dragged into this. Girl, do you think our clan can stand against them? This is no small matter. One misstep, and the Nanling Clan will be doomed beyond redemption! As patriarch, I can't consider just one person's happiness. I have to think of the entire clan."

Nanling Zhao said, "Father, I understand you, but this really isn't fair to him. It's far too unfair."

Nanling Xun said, "There are countless unfair things in this world. Some you can do something about, but others are beyond your power. You've already done enough to live up to your position and to that young man. Now you must stop, for your own sake and for the entire clan."

Nanling Zhao clearly didn't want to give up. She walked up to Nanling Xun. "Father, could we use the Nanling Clan's connections to get him into a province?"

Nanling Xun shook his head.

Nanling Zhao didn't get angry. Instead, she went behind him and began massaging his back. Smiling, she said, "Father, I know you're worried about me and want what's best for me. I've never blamed you. I also know that the only reason I've been able to 'act impartially' out there all these years is that you've been backing me. Otherwise, with all the people I've offended, I'd have died eight hundred times over. I know all of that..."

Nanling Xun's stern expression slowly softened, and a smile crept onto his lips before he knew it.

Seeing that Nanling Zhao still wanted to say something, Nanling Xun hurriedly said, "All right, all right, enough with the sentimental words. I'll personally make a trip to the Central Divine Province, but I can't guarantee it'll work..."

Nanling Zhao blinked. "Father, can we choose a stronger province? The Central Divine Province is really too backward now, and it's a sinner province..."

Nanling Xun glared at her. "My lady, do you think your father owns the academy?"

Nanling Zhao hurriedly smiled. "All right, Father, the Central Divine Province it is. Come on, let's go there now..."

With that, she grabbed Nanling Xun and ran outside.

Nanling Xun was speechless.

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