Chapter 959: 959: Crisis Returns

Chapter 959: Chapter 959: Crisis Returns

Upon hearing this, Qi Yin Master displayed deep envy.

Even before the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road opened, Venerate Xinnie had announced that he would take the best-performing disciple under his wing and bring them back to Young Emperor Mountain.

Young Emperor Mountain is rumored to be a mysterious force backed by a living Great Sage.

Every generation’s Young Emperor is exceedingly powerful.

The current Young Emperor is said to be a Supreme Peak Venerable who has cultivated the Void Flow Thunder Force to Great Success.

He has already touched the Law of Thunderbolt, nearly stepping into the Great Sage Realm.

If anyone could join Young Emperor Mountain, their future achievements would be limitless.

Perhaps they might even reach Divinity Transformation and become a Venerate standing above a state.

Therefore, the leaders of major sects eagerly hoped their disciples would stand out and be noticed by Venerate Xinnie.

This way, if the disciple returns successful in cultivation, the sect would surely rise in status and be among the Divine Sect.

Even if they are unwilling to return, it would at least form good relations with a Divinity Transformation Venerable.

There are only benefits, no downsides.

Qi Yin Master enviously said, “This generation of disciples is truly lucky to encounter such a blessing.”

“I wonder which fortunate one will seize this opportunity.”

As he spoke, he suddenly paused.

Could it be that Jiang Fan would end up reaping the benefits?

At this moment.

The stairs of the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road suddenly trembled.

Streams of divine light shot forth, intertwining at the stairway entrance to form a radiant stele.

It was densely engraved with names.

Whizz, whizz, whizz—

One after another, powerful figures, some reaching the Six Orifice or even Seven Orifice Nascent Soul Realm, arrived swiftly.

Among them were the leaders of the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Sects, as well as powerful leaders from first-class forces and families.

They all gazed at the stele.

“Is this the ranking of the inner disciples’ achievements?”

“Ranked first is number eighty-eight.”

“Number eighty-eight belongs to my Great Yin Sect’s Feng Yuan Sect!”

“Hahaha, I knew it, such a place is perfect for our Great Yin Sect!”

Leaders of the Divine Sect and major sects displayed a range of complex expressions, some envious, some jealous, and others complaining about unfairness.

The Great Yin Sect has many disciples from different branches, all practicing rather sinister techniques, especially the Yin Corpse faction.

It’s practically cheating; releasing corpses overwhelms everything.

“The second, number three hundred sixty, is from our Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Temple, still not weak, with a thousand more steps to go, victory or defeat is yet undecided.”

“The third, number nine, is from our Sanqing Mountain.”

“The fourth is…”

Many first-class sects looked down with bitter expressions.

The top ten were all from the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Sects, and even within the top twenty, there were rarely anyone outside of them.

Surely, the Divine Sect and major sect disciples’ performance is a direct reflection of their heritage.

“Eh, there’s a change in the top twenty rankings.”

“An eight hundred and eighty-eight number broke in, which house is this from?”

Everyone’s number on the ray of light on them was randomly assigned.

A higher number doesn’t mean they were the last to enter.

Therefore, even Master Chen Jing, who held the entrance register, couldn’t match the people to their numbers.

He examined number eight hundred and eighty-eight on the stele and speculated:

“It should still belong to someone from the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Sects.”

“The top twenty rankings are all Left Dao Nascent Souls, and other sects haven’t cultivated the foundation of Left Dao Nascent Soul disciples.”

At this moment.

The ranking changed again.

“It’s now nineteenth! They’ve surpassed another person again in achievements!”

“Wait, still changing! Eighteenth!”

“Seventeenth!”

“Sixteenth already!”

“Are you crazy! Is he a Nascent Soul Realm or what? Hunting prey that quickly?”

“According to the news from my disciple, after the nine-thousandth step, they’re all Left Dao Nascent Souls inside!”

“Each one is hard to kill, but this person is killing instantly!”

“Did someone smuggle a Nascent Soul Realm in?”

Upon hearing this, Master Chen Jing’s expression shifted.

He solemnly said, “How is that possible?”

“I personally checked everyone going in, how could a Nascent Soul Realm mix in?”

“Moreover, my master personally ordered, forbidding Nascent Souls to step in.”

“Who would dare to risk death by impersonating to enter?”

But, looking at the rapidly changing rankings, Master Chen Jing fell silent.

Because in just a dozen breaths, this person had jumped to thirteenth place!

This speed, how could it be achieved by a disciple at the Left Dao Nascent Soul?

“Who on earth is this person?” Master Chen Jing was deeply serious.

He couldn’t recall allowing such a formidable person in.

On the nine thousand five hundredth step.

Boom!

Yu Peiyuan spat out a mouthful of blood, flying backward, hitting the unbelievably hard stone steps.

Blood stained her chest, and her lovely face showed signs of pain.

“Little brat, how dare you lure us to the lair of ten Left Dao Nascent Soul beasts?”

“If you want to kill us, then you don’t expect to live either!”

A young Taoist from Sanqing Mountain, clutching his bitten-off arm, glared fiercely.

The bloodied horsetail whisk in his hand condensed into a blade, pointing distantly at Yu Peiyuan!

Yu Peiyuan endured the severe pain in her body, looking at Wei Chaoran, also heavily injured beside her, and said, “Brother Wei, can you still hold on?”

Wei Chaoran gritted his teeth and said, “Junior Sister, you shouldn’t have provoked them.”

Yu Peiyuan’s face showed regret.

Her ability to foresee fortunes and misfortunes made using the Heavenly Ascending Ancient Road as easy as a fish in water.

Upon entering a space, she could judge, by premonition, which side had dangerous beasts and which direction was favorable to them.

As such, they could avoid danger, find easy prey, and not only be safe and relaxed but also amass a great number of achievements.

So much so that their strength, originally just enough to barely make it into the top twenty, now put them as a dark horse, advancing into the top ten’s end.

Unfortunately, good times didn’t last.

They caught the attention of two Left Dao Nascent Soul elite disciples from Sanqing Mountain, who proposed forming a team with them.

Yu Peiyuan naturally refused, and they would fight.

The result was predictable; having relied on divining fortunes, they were no match for these two.

Within dozens of rounds, they were captured, forced to use her divination ability to work for them.

Yu Peiyuan deliberately led them to a dangerous place, trying to use fierce beasts to eliminate them.

Unexpectedly, the two were so powerful that they were only injured.

Thus, the current situation unfolded.

Yu Peiyuan gritted her teeth and said, “Brother, I’ve dragged you down.”

“You should go; I’ll hold them here.”

Both sides have already escalated to this extent, with no one around, how could these two prodigies from Sanqing Mountain let them go?

They feared they would be killed in a fit of rage.

Wei Chaoran hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, “Alright, Brother will avenge you in the future.”

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Wei Chaoran paused again and said, “Junior Sister, I’ll take that blue seed back too and hand it over to our master.”

Hmm?

Yu Peiyuan sensed something amiss.

She was on the brink of death, yet Wei Chaoran was still preoccupied with her seed?

She had an indescribable feeling.

But in this urgent situation, she didn’t think much and removed her Space Ring, tossing it to him: “Take it all!”

Wei Chaoran joyfully caught it, secretly exchanging a glance with the two Sanqing Mountain disciples.

Giving them a grateful look.

Then pretended to be very ashamed and said, “What about this spell?”

Yu Peiyuan unthinkingly said, “Ship…”

Just as she uttered a word, a swishing sound appeared unexpectedly in front of Wei Chaoran!

Immediately, a large hand grasped Wei Chaoran’s, snatching back the Space Ring from his palm.

A familiar voice, causing Yu Peiyuan to tremble violently, interrupted her words:

“Senior Sister Yu, how can you casually give away items given by Senior Bi Luo?”