Chapter 1057: Chapter 304: Super-grade
When the bell tolled, Chu Yunyun had already arrived at the Ancestor Hall with Li Changsheng.
She looked at the great bell hanging outside the Ancestor Hall, her expression complex: “The Sect Master really needn’t go to such lengths; this is inappropriate.”
“What is inappropriate about it? This is the ritual of the Formless Divine Sect.”
Li Changsheng stroked his long beard, smiling slightly: “Upon promotion to First Grade, one can beco a Supre Elder of our sect, and the bell should be tolled six tis! Upon reaching Super-grade, one can enter the forest of our sect’s ancestors, and the bell rings nine tis. Isn’t Muge a disciple of our sect?”
He then cast a sidelong glance at Chu Yunyun and said: “Even when the Commandery Prince of the court arrives, the bell should be tolled once as well.”
Chu Yunyun couldn’t help but shake her head.
Her title of ‘Dominating Martial King’ was posthumously bestowed after Emperor Jianyuan’s death, not to be taken seriously.
She was personally very averse to this title of king.
“The Sect Master should still call Chu Yunyun. Qin Muge is in the past. As for the position of Supre Elder, it’s not too late to accept it after my cultivation is fully restored.”
Chu Yunyun stepped forward to the incense table, solemnly offered incense to the thirteen ancestral portraits and nurous morial tablets in front of her and bowed respectfully.
——Since the Formless Divine Sect’s founding, there have been a total of thirteen Super-grade ancestors! Two hundred ninety-seven First Grade Supre Elders!
At the mont Chu Yunyun’s ceremony was completed, three of the thirteen ancestral portraits suddenly emitted a slight fluorescence.
The figures inside seed to co to life, their pupils moved, fixedly gazing at Chu Yunyun.
“Qin Muge is already in the past.”
Li Changsheng mused aloud, pondering whether Chu Yunyun intends to completely sever ties with her past and the Tieshan Qin Family?
He then swung his dust brush: “It seems that several elders are also happy about your return.”
Chu Yunyun also raised her head and t the gaze of the three portraits.
This is the foundation of the Formless Divine Sect, the three living Super-grades!
However——
Chu Yunyun gave a bitter smile: “It’s my fault; the condition of the three ancestors has worsened than before.”
“It was inevitable.”
Li Changsheng sighed: “The world only knows that in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, ninety-six Ancient Giant Gods are suppressed inside, but they do not know that there are even more terrifying existences below.
They ridicule our sect saying we thrive by the Giant Gods, fall by the Giant Gods. They claim we capture ancient God Demons, extract their power, but in the future we will surely perish at the hands of these God Demons. They do not realize that since its founding, the responsibility of the Formless Divine Sect has been to bear the rise and fall of the world.”
He then folded his hands behind his back with a slight smile: “Besides, you have done your best, sweeping across thirty thousand miles of the Northern Territory, consecutively killing seven First-grade Giant Spirits within three years, greatly relieving the pressure on our sect. Now that the Formless Divine Sect has the Wood Sword Immortal’s ascension, your return, and Chu Xisheng as the future——”
Chu Yunyun sighed, “The problem is that the current not only can’t help but might bring disaster to the sect.”
“Disaster?”
Li Changsheng’s expression was noncommittal. He turned to ask curiously: “To be honest, I’ve always wanted to know, what exactly happened two years ago when you were summoned to the Capital City, and how did you fall into a desperate situation?”
He wanted to know who exactly were Chu Yunyun’s enemies!
Chu Yunyun responded without directly answering: “I’m curious how the court explained it to the Formless Divine Sect?”
“At that ti, Yu Yunxiang and Fang Zheng, two fellow disciples, went to pay their respects to you. When Yu Yunxiang saw your damaged Daluo Hunyuan Armor, he knew your death was not simple.
Back then, the Tieshan Qin Family claid ignorance of the cause of your sudden death and dared not investigate further, fearing the disaster of extermination. The Inner Palace said you encountered a strong enemy before and after entering the Capital, and when the court discovered the anomaly and hurried to the White Cloud Villa outside the city, the perpetrator had already vanished, leaving only your corpse at the scene.
However, from so traces at the site, it seed possible that Gods were involved. The court feared the perpetrator and worried that revealing the truth to the public would cause chaos, so they claid externally that your old wounds flared up and you died of a sudden illness.”
Li Changsheng gave a wry smile: “We naturally refused to believe that narrative, but in the end, the Formless Divine Sect had no official endorsent, unable to pursue the truth. However, a short while ago, I entered the Imperial City to negotiate with the emperor and casually asked him a question.”
He clasped his hands tightly behind his back, his gaze deep: “The emperor told that the one who set the trap and killed you that day was the Tieshan Qin Family’s second Super-grade, your seventh-generation ancestor ‘Iron Spear Invincible’ Qin Fengxian!”
Chu Yunyun’s eyebrows slightly raised, then she gave a self-deprecating smile: “He spoke the truth, Qin Fengxian was indeed one of the culprits.”
At this mont, the great bell outside the Ancestor Hall had already sounded the sixth toll.
This bell sound was particularly loud and grand, shaking the eardrums painfully.
Li Changsheng understood, waited until the echo of the bell faded, then spoke: “So it was him? That makes sense. Otherwise, the entire Tieshan Qin Family would have had no reason to betray you. Your cousin Qin Sheng may be ambitious, but he didn’t have the ability or courage to betray you. With that said, Yunyun, at that ti, you were likely only one step away from Super-grade?”
“Exactly!” Chu Yunyun looked impassively at her hands: “I had completed the All Heavens Secret Ceremony for advancing to Super-grade, raising seventy-two different powers to above the ten layers.
The issue is that all bloodlines below the Divine Rank can only allow one Super-grade. If I wanted to ascend, I either had to abandon my own Unity Blood and self-coagulate a bloodline; or I had to push him down from Super-grade and take his place!”
Her gaze held disappointnt and bitterness.
She understood her ancestor’s precaution, yet Qin Fengxian truly underestimated her.
Chu Yunyun had never intended to use the ‘Unity’ bloodline to ascend to Super-grade.
User Comments
0 comments from readers