Chapter 991 - 990: Storms Rising
"Mr. Ye, do you know that disaster is looming over you!"
Seeing Ye Qingchen in such a posture, Chen Yuantai was not at all panicked.
First, he didn’t recognize Ye Qingchen.
Second, he didn’t expect that Ye Qingchen would appear here.
However, upon seeing the traces around, this ancient tower array, the fruit pits on the ground, and the signs of life, it was clear that Ye Qingchen and his companions had been in the secret realm for at least over three months.
"Tell me, why is disaster looming over me?"
Ye Qingchen squinted his eyes.
"Phew!"
Chen Yuantai wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke:
"Mr. Ye, if I am not mistaken, after the Martial Arts Conference ended, you entered Bodhi Mountain and then this secret realm, right?"
"During your retreat, Taotian Palace has ordered to expel you from the sect! All Celestial South Cultivators are allowed to kill you! And that’s not all..."
"Yu Hongqing, the Sect Leader of Taotian Palace, personally led seven Supreme Elders, broke Heaven-Shocking Peak, and captured Su Moran, accused of colluding with the Twelve Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness!"
"Moreover, it’s agreed worldwide that in a hundred days, in front of the Thirty-Six Sects of the Celestial South, Su Moran will be executed! Counting the time, it’s less than ten days until the Demon Suppression Conference!"
"What?"
Bang!
As his words fell.
Lu Yanwu and the others widened their eyes in disbelief. Su Moran, the one guarding Heaven-Shocking Peak, was reputed as the First Earth Immortal, having even obtained the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, likely long having stepped into the Half-Step Earth Immortal realm.
Everyone thought Su Moran would be fine, but unexpectedly, not only did all seven Supreme Elders act, but even the Sect Leader was involved!
"Good! Good! Good!"
"What a Taotian Palace!"
A surge of killing intent was already crazily emerging from Ye Qingchen’s body.
He never expected that after just three months of retreat, the entire world would change drastically! He lowered his head, looking coldly at Chen Yuantai: "What you said, is it true or false?"
"Mr. Ye, please calm down!"
Chen Yuantai hurriedly bowed again, trembling all over, but he raised his right hand and said, "I dare swear by my soul, every word I said is true. If there’s even half a lie, may I be destroyed both in form and spirit! This matter is already known to the whole world!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingchen looked towards the others.
"Yes, Mr. Ye, everyone knows about this matter already!"
"Right now, even the Thirty-Six Sects are heading to Taotian Palace, preparing to hold the Demon Suppression Conference!"
"Not only that, Taotian Palace has also issued a warrant for you!"
Seeing this, how could these people dare to hide even a little? They quickly spilled everything, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube. The more Ye Qingchen listened, the more his expression grew colder!
Through the fluctuations of divine sense, Ye Qingchen could also confirm that these people were not lying.
Ye Qingchen sat there, silent for a long time.
Until a moment later, he finally sighed deeply, suddenly stood up:
"With things as they are now, I can only go to Taotian Palace myself!"
As his words fell, Han Buxiu and the others immediately panicked, Zheng Jiuling even shouted loudly: "Mr. Ye, this is clearly Taotian Palace’s trick. They want to use the Demon Suppression Conference to lure you out. You mustn’t fall for it!"
Others also nodded repeatedly.
One must know.
That is Taotian Palace, one of the Thirty-Six Sects of the Celestial South, with seven top-level Earth Immortals and a mysterious Sect Leader. Not to mention the powerhouses of the Thirty-Six Sects?
This is simply a den of dragons and tigers!
Even Su Moran, a Half-Step Celestial Immortal, was captured. If Ye Qingchen went, wouldn’t he be walking into a trap!
However, Ye Qingchen, with hands behind his back, said, "Su Moran has great kindness and virtue towards me, how can I not go? And Taotian Palace’s action is aimed at me, so how can I let him down?"
Lu Yanwu’s expression stiffened, then after a moment, as if making a decision, said:
"Mr. Ye, I will go with you!"
"Mr. Ye, I’m with you!" Han Buxiu also suddenly stepped forward, "The moment I followed you, I already foresaw this day would come, let us leave Taotian Palace completely destroyed!"
"Mr. Ye, I’m with you! Without you, I would have already become a pile of bones in the Valley of Life and Death!" Zheng Jiuling stepped forward.
"Mr. Ye!"
"Mr. Ye!"
Zhou Hai, Lin Shifei shouted in unison.
Even the Three-tailed Demon Fox straightened her body, looking at Ye Qingchen with blazing eyes.
Chen Yuantai and the others exchanged glances, all seeing the disbelief in each other’s eyes.
To know.
At this time, Taotian Palace had long become a den of dragons and tigers.
If it were ordinary people, they would have already avoided it like snakes or scorpions. But who would have thought, not only did Ye Qingchen dare to go, even these people rushed to follow.
"I’m going to Taotian Palace to kill, what are you going there for?" But Ye Qingchen shook his head, hands behind his back, already taking a step out, not pausing at all:
"Everyone, scatter here!"
"From this day onward, though we part at the end of the world, it won’t be in vain that we knew each other!"
As his words fell.
Ye Qingchen’s entire figure had already disappeared into the vast secret realm, leaving everyone looking at each other in dismay.
...
At this time.
The news of the Demon Suppression Conference, in the Celestial South, was already earth-shattering, alarming countless beings.
Su Moran!
Who is she?
She is the First Earth Immortal of Taotian Palace, the daughter of the previous generation Sect Leader, a genius never seen in ages. She had already stepped into the Earth Immortal realm at the age of twelve, hailed as the one most likely to become a Celestial Immortal!
Such a figure could easily become a Sect Leader even among the Thirty-Six Sects.
Yet.
She was to be executed publicly!
At this moment, countless people flocked to Taotian Palace, wanting to witness such a once-in-a-millennium scene!
However, some secretly clicked their tongues:
"This Taotian Palace is simply too bold and reckless! Opposing two geniuses at once, first executing Su Moran, then capturing Ye Qingchen. It’s completely cutting off their own path of retreat!"
"Yes, what is Ye Qingchen’s character? At the Martial Arts Conference, he was clearly humiliated by the Thirty-Six Sects. But not only did your Taotian Palace not stand up for justice, it expelled him instead. Aren’t you afraid he’ll come back for revenge?"
However.
More people, after hearing such words, were full of ridicule:
"Ye Qingchen?"
"He’s nothing but a coward!"
"Indeed, he is just a coward. Su Moran has great kindness and virtue towards Ye Qingchen, but now that Su Moran is captured, with even a Demon Suppression Conference to be held! If Ye Qingchen has any courage, he should storm Taotian Palace!"
"Haha, does he have the guts? The reason he’s lawless, daring to oppose the Thirty-Six Sects, ignoring Taotian Palace, is because Su Moran was backing him. Now that Su Moran is captured, he might already be hiding somewhere, trembling!"
As time passed day by day.
The Demon Suppression Conference grew nearer.
Many Celestial South Cultivators eagerly made their way there, and just when everyone believed Ye Qingchen dared not show up again, an explosive news spread from Bodhi Mountain, sweeping across the entire Celestial South with unprecedented momentum:
"Ye Qingchen is back!"
In an instant.
Celestial South trembled!