Soaring Fame!

"Patriarch Bai, I said I thought this was a martial arts tournament. I didn't know it was a contest to win a bride. My apologies."

Ye Chen spoke again.

"You're courting death."

Bai Jiuzhong struck with incredible speed, but Ye Chen used the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique, transforming into a series of afterimage clones to evade Bai Jiuzhong's attack before landing among the crowd.

"Patriarch Bai, I'll take my leave. I won't claim the prize."

Ye Chen's voice rang out.

"This is intolerable! Seize him!"

Bai Jiuzhong gave the order.

The members of the Bai Household sprang into action, and Bai Jiuzhong continued his pursuit. But just then, someone blocked his path. It was none other than Yang Yang.

"Patriarch Bai, my senior brother simply made a mistake. Why are you so determined to seize him? Could it be that you don't take our Black-Yellow Sect seriously?"

Yang Yang said coldly.

"..."

Ye Chen, who had been preparing to flee, was speechless.

Wait, fourth junior brother, what's going on? Didn't we agree to run? Why has the plan changed again?

"Black-Yellow Sect? There's no Black-Yellow Sect among the three- and four-star sects of the Chu Kingdom. Do you think our Bai Household would take an ordinary one-star sect seriously?"

"You're courting death."

Bai Jiuzhong attacked again, and Yang Yang struck back.

He activated the Taotie Swallowing Devil Cultivation Method, unleashing terrifying physical strength. A dreadful presence radiated from his entire body, but under the influence of the Formless Demonic Body, it was terrifying yet without form or substance. No one could tell it came from a Devil Cultivation Method.

"Pure Yang Claw!"

Yang Yang unleashed all his strength and activated the upper-rank profound-grade White Bone Claw, clashing with one of Bai Jiuzhong's palm techniques.

Boom!

Yang Yang was sent flying backward, while Bai Jiuzhong also retreated dozens of steps. A bloody hole had appeared in his right hand, and blood kept flowing from it. Yang Yang, on the other hand, had only been knocked back and was completely unharmed.

"So this is the patriarch of the Bai Household? You can't even handle a mere inner disciple of my Black-Yellow Sect. How laughable. We're leaving." Yang Yang pulled his eldest senior brother Ye Chen along and quickly left.

Bai Jiuzhong did not dare stop them again. Even he couldn't handle Yang Yang, and neither could anyone else, unless the ancestor intervened. But the ancestor was cultivating in seclusion and couldn't possibly come out over such a trivial matter.

Most importantly, if two disciples of the Black-Yellow Sect were this formidable, what realms must its elders and sect master have reached? At the very least, they had to be in the True Qi Realm.

"Fourth junior brother, didn't we agree to run right away? Why did you go up and fight Bai Jiuzhong, and even wound him?" Ye Chen didn't understand Yang Yang's actions.

Yang Yang smiled. "If you'd only done that, eldest senior brother, you would have made many people aware of the Black-Yellow Sect, but only its name would have spread. It wouldn't have inspired any awe, much less earned us a mighty reputation. So I stepped in to show some strength and let people know that the Black-Yellow Sect is a powerful sect."

"But there was no need to offend the Bai Household so badly, was there?" Ye Chen asked again.

"Eldest senior brother, don't tell me you think the Bai Household are good people?" Yang Yang said with a smile. "I've spent a lot lately, buying all kinds of spirit medicine to eat. When I ran short of silver, I naturally wanted to rob some rich and heartless fellows, and I happened to hear some information about the Bai Household. Their businesses reach into both the respectable world and the underworld, and that Bai Xuan'er of theirs is even less of a good person. I suspect she cultivates an Evil Method similar to a dual cultivation Secret Method, drawing on martial artists' vital essence to cultivate. The previous two champions simply couldn't endure it and died."

"Bai Xuan'er of the Bai Household is actually that kind of person? Luo Susu, Xu Yan, and Bai Xuan'er are all like this. Could it be that there isn't a single good woman under heaven?" Ye Chen said in annoyance.

Yang Yang immediately objected. "There are good women! I think the women at Clear Breeze House are quite nice. They're considerate, every one of them is good-looking, and they're pleasant to talk to."

"Clear Breeze House? What kind of organization is that?" Ye Chen had a suspicion, but he couldn't be sure.

"A brothel!" Yang Yang said with a lecherous grin.

Seeing his suspicion confirmed, Ye Chen rolled his eyes at Yang Yang. "Fourth junior brother, don't tell me you've been visiting brothels lately?"

"I went once, but I didn't do anything. I just went in to eat and drink. The food there really is excellent. But the madam saw how much I ate and nearly threw me out. Luckily, I had plenty of money, and that shut her up. Eldest senior brother, if you're interested, I'll take you there. You can go up to the second floor, and I'll wait in the hall on the first floor."

"Go, go, go."

"You said go, eldest senior brother? Then let's go right now."

"I meant get lost. I'm not going to a place like that."

Ye Chen hurriedly said.

"Fine, don't go. I'm a little hungry. Let's get something to eat."

"..."

After Ye Chen disrupted the Bai Household's contest to win a bride, it couldn't continue and was hastily brought to an end. News of the incident spread through Spirit Yang City, and before long, the names of Ye Chen and the Black-Yellow Sect spread rapidly. Yang Yang's reputation spread too, but people didn't know his name and could only refer to him as an inner disciple of the Black-Yellow Sect.

In a town near Changping Valley.

Lin Ye watched the Black-Yellow Sect's fame on the system rise rapidly, pleasantly surprised by how fast it was climbing.

"Not bad, not bad. At this rate, it won't be too hard for the Black-Yellow Sect's fame to pass one hundred thousand." Lin Ye knew his two disciples had begun to make an effort, though he didn't know exactly what they were doing.

But it didn't matter. As long as their fame rose, that was enough. He couldn't be bothered to dwell on it, and even if they did cause trouble, given his current strength, no one could do anything to him unless they were a formidable Innate Realm martial artist.

Besides, he had the heaven-grade Law Treasure, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Once he brought it out, even a top Innate Realm martial artist would be no match for him.

So, in the area around Spirit Yang City, he didn't even take the Blazing Sun Sect seriously.

A few more days passed, and Han Bing's cultivation broke through again, reaching the seventh level of the Body Forging Realm. This time, the tenfold feedback didn't bring Lin Ye a breakthrough, but it at least helped him advance a step within the second level of the Innate Realm.

"More than seventy thousand people know about the Black-Yellow Sect now, but it's rising too slowly at the moment. It'll take at least another half a month, maybe even a month, to reach one hundred thousand!" Lin Ye also knew this was because news spread slowly. The rise to more than seventy thousand was clearly thanks to Spirit Yang City, and the news had spread more slowly afterward, but at least it was still spreading.

Meanwhile.

Ye Chen and Yang Yang were preparing to stir things up in Spirit Yang City again.

Spirit Yang City, Demon Suppression Bureau.

This branch was subordinate to the Chu Kingdom's Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters. It handled incidents involving Demon Beasts, along with certain serious cases involving martial artists. In short, it could deal with anything, and its standing was even higher than that of the local government office.

The local government office could handle cases involving ordinary people and weak martial artists at most, handing anything beyond its ability over to the Demon Suppression Bureau. And the bureau in Spirit Yang City was no weak force. It had several True Qi Realm martial artists, and even the Blazing Sun Sect had to show it respect.

"Eldest senior brother, if we apply to become outside members of the Demon Suppression Bureau, we can take on its missions. The bureau has plenty of intelligence, so we can directly find out where there are evildoers or vicious criminals. It's much faster than slowly going around righting wrongs like you did before."

"Fourth junior brother, that's a good idea."

Ye Chen agreed to the suggestion, and the two went together to the Demon Suppression Bureau to apply as outside members.