Representatives of the Various Powers Attend (I)

Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe pretended to be unaware of the matter concerning the trade of cultivation materials and entered the imperial city again on behalf of the Lingxian Sect.

Since they were representing their sect today, the two of them specially changed into the sect uniforms that Lin Xiao had made for them a few days ago.

Both were dressed in neat and exquisite robes. To an ordinary person, they might just seem unusual in terms of color scheme and style, but to a cultivator, it was a different story.

The people from the other three sects were puzzled when they saw them, wondering why two young men would appear as if they were in charge of something in this situation.

Those who could represent the various sects were all elders with Golden Core cultivation level or higher.

At a glance, they could tell that the clothes worn by the two boys were no ordinary items.

They even had a vague feeling that even with their full strength, they wouldn't be able to break through the clothes worn by these two people.

This is a high-grade robe!

It's surprising that these two, who look so young, are already wearing high-class robes. I wonder which sect they belong to and have come with their elders to attend such an important occasion.

However, perhaps due to the effect of their robes, they were completely unable to discern the cultivation levels of these two individuals.

In comparison, the robes they were wearing, which were only enough to defend against Foundation Establishment level attacks and had been acquired from their respective sects in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, were far from adequate...

For a moment, the leaders of the three major sects all had an urge to strip off the clothes they had specially changed into before leaving the house.

Being overwhelmed by two teenagers, he might as well have just been wearing ordinary clothes.

I may think about it, but I could never actually do it.

After arriving at the council hall, everyone took their seats under the guidance of the eunuchs.

After all the invited guests had arrived and taken their seats, Emperor Li Zhouxuan introduced them to the three major sects, who were surprised to learn that the two young men were actually from the legendary Lingxian Sect.

The Clear River Sect and the Cloud and Mist Sect both began to pay close attention to the series of events that occurred at the Shangyang Sect as soon as they heard about them.

The sect's main intelligence network has been used to gather information about this.

Unfortunately, they received the news too late and failed to gain any advantage from it.

However, it was also because, although the Shangyang Sect's mountain gate was breached at that time, the Nascent Soul cultivator Wei Hai, who was able to breach the mountain gate single-handedly, acted so unpredictably. Instead of fighting and running away, he became the sect leader himself.

Therefore, the other two sects also hesitated, after all, the combat power of a Nascent Soul Cultivator is not something to be taken lightly.

The Cloud and Mist Sect currently only has one Nascent Soul Cultivator, who is also their leader.

The Clear River Sect is stronger, with its leader being Nascent Soul Cultivator. However, it is said that there is also a Nascent Soul ancestor in seclusion, but it is unknown how well he is doing. Perhaps, like the Shangyang Sect, the ancestor has passed away in reality while supposedly in seclusion.

What they didn't know was that when the Clear River Sect heard that the old sect master of the Shangyang Sect had passed away in seclusion in his cave abode for a long time without anyone noticing, and that if Wei Hai hadn't attacked Shangyang Sect, no one might have discovered it to this day, the Clear River Sect leader, Han Shangyi, immediately went to check on the place where their ancestor had been in seclusion.

Only after confirming that their ancestor was alright did they breathe a sigh of relief.

Because of the close attention paid to the Shangyang Sect by both sects, they naturally heard about the Lingxian Sect's success in killing Wei Hai without taking any damage.

Therefore, although they had never heard of the Lingxian Sect before, and did not expect that such a powerful new force would suddenly appear right under the noses of their three major sects, they did not dare to underestimate this sect, nor did they rashly seek trouble with them.

In any case, after the Wei Hai incident, Shangyang Sect can be said to have completely declined.

It is said that Wei Hai plundered most of the Shangyang Sect's wealth, and after his death, the whereabouts of those treasures became unknown. But in fact, everyone knows that Wei Hai was killed in the Lingxian Sect, so the answer to where those treasures went is self-evident.

Without financial support, it's tantamount to the beginning of their descent into despair for sects like theirs, which already suffer from a severe shortage of Cultivation Resources in the Mortal Realm.

Even if it's not obvious at first, and it seems that their Shangyang Sect still has quite a few Golden Core cultivators and Foundation Establishment Realm elites, this is only their temporary paper strength.

Once this group of people has exhausted the sect's resources, what about their future cultivation? There are still a large number of disciples to supply, so it will inevitably be a case of income not meeting expenditure.

Therefore, in the eyes of the other two sects and the royal family, Shangyang Sect can now be removed from the list of the three major sects.

But would the Shangyang Sect dare to ask the Lingxian Sect for it now?

Of course I wouldn't dare.

On the contrary, some of them, who had been terribly wronged by Wei Hai and abandoned by the elite elders of the Shangyang Sect, were actually very grateful to the Lingxian Sect for eliminating Wei Hai.

The newly emerging Lingxian Sect is not located on the territory of the other two sects. Its emergence can be considered as replacing the position of the Shangyang Sect for the other two sects.

Although they couldn't profit from it, it didn't really have much impact on them either, so they weren't bothered by the outcome.

The main problem is that there's not much they can do.

Given the Lingxian Sect's powerful rise, they dared not act rashly.

If they were to confront the Lingxian Sect and instead be suppressed, or if another sect were to raid their home, it would be a losing proposition.

Moreover, based on the information they had gathered from various sources, the message from the royal family, and their actions since the emergence of the Lingxian Sect, both the Clear River Sect and the Cloud and Mist Sect felt that the Lingxian Sect was unlikely to cause any trouble.

Didn't you see that Shangyang Sect is so close to them, yet now that they've fallen to such a state, Lingxian Sect Shangyang Sect hasn't done anything to take advantage of their misfortune?

This shows that as long as they don't cause trouble for the Lingxian Sect, everyone can continue to live in peace as before.

The Clear River Sect and the Cloud and Mist Sect think this way because they have always lived and cultivated in the Mortal Realm, without much ambition or desire to compete for the best.

Perhaps if a decision-maker from a sect in the Immortal Cultivation Realm were to look at it from a different perspective, they would not think this way; they might even rack their brains to try and take some action.

But they are not.

For a long time, their thoughts in the Mortal Realm have been more about hoping to achieve success in their cultivation as soon as possible, and then gain the favor of the sects above, so that they can go to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to continue their cultivation path.

Inside the council hall, Emperor Li Zhouxuan of the Pusi Kingdom sat at the head of the table, with representatives from the four sects seated on either side below. The Clear River Sect and the Cloud and Mist Sect sat at the very head of the table on either side.

Lingxian Sect was seated next to the Cloud and Mist Sect.

The leader of the Cloud and Mist Sect originally wanted to offer the first seat on the left to Liu Yunan and Qin Jianghe, but Qin Jianghe politely declined.