828: Chapter 824: The Emblem of Night King Hall!
828: Chapter 824: The Emblem of Night King Hall!
“Spare me!
Spare me!
Don’t kill me!
Don’t kill me!”
Li Hui kept begging for his life.
Ye Tian pulled him out from the dented iron wall with an icy demeanor and said coldly, “Get lost!”
“Yes, yes, yes!
I’ll get lost!
I’ll get lost right away!”
Li Hui nodded and bowed repeatedly, then slunk away in humiliation.
Ye Zhihuan looked at Ye Tian and said helplessly, “Truly, the tree may wish for calm, but the wind shall not cease.
We originally didn’t want to cross swords with the people of Tianmen, yet these fellows are far too audacious, leaving us no way to guard against them!
It seems the animosity between us and Tianmen has deepened!”
Ye Zhirong added, “That’s something unavoidable!
The people of Tianmen have always been arrogant and domineering.
Even their outer sect disciples act this way, let alone those pampered inner sect disciples.
It’s a miracle that Tianmen has managed to survive so long in a Martial Arts World teeming with powerful clans.”
Ye Zhicang hastily interjected, “Ye Zhirong, watch your tongue, and be careful of walls with ears!”
Compared to the other three elders of the Ye clan, Ye Zhicang was evidently better informed about Tianmen.
He even knew that Tianmen was secretly backed by the Divine Race—a faction that neither the Ye clan nor the Night King Hall could afford to offend…
Ye Tian paid no heed to the debate amongst the Ye clan elders and instead rescued the severely beaten Zhao Sixi from Li Hui’s brutal attack.
Although Zhao Sixi was gravely injured, he was still a practitioner of Wind Flow Strength, which granted him a robust physique.
The damage inflicted by Li Hui wasn’t enough to kill him.
Ye Tian placed Zhao Sixi on a bed, then used silver needles for acupuncture to open up his blocked meridians.
After his meridians were cleared, Zhao Sixi slowly opened his tightly shut eyes…
“You are…”
Seeing Ye Tian’s face, Zhao Sixi was instantly filled with gratitude.
He knew full well that it was Ye Tian who had saved him.
“Who I am doesn’t matter.
But since I saved you, you should tell me what went down earlier.
That man fought fiercely with you, claiming it was for the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique.
Was that the case?”
Ye Tian directly questioned him, leaving Zhao Sixi no choice but to sigh deeply in resignation.
“I don’t have any Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique on me!
Someone spread false rumors, saying I was invited to Biyao Palace and obtained the full version of the Wind Flow Strength technique there, becoming an inner sect disciple of Tianmen.
On my way here, because of these rumors, I was chased by fellow disciples and survived multiple near-death encounters!”
Zhao Sixi spoke sincerely, without a trace of deception.
Ye Tian then instructed him to recount the sequence of events from the beginning, and Zhao Sixi dared not disobey.
He explained his experiences to Ye Tian and the four elders of the Ye clan.
It turned out that Tianmen’s emergency assembly had concluded several days ago.
Prior to the assembly’s conclusion, however, Tianmen’s upper leadership announced that some outer sect disciples would be promoted to inner sect disciples!
The news caused a complete uproar among all Tianmen’s outer sect disciples!
Everyone knew that traditionally, outer sect disciples and inner sect disciples of Tianmen could never exchange statuses!
Inner sect disciples had always been haughty, looking down on outer sect disciples, and outer sect disciples had never had the opportunity to step into the inner sanctum…
But this time, Tianmen’s announcement was undoubtedly a chance for the outer sect disciples!
The key difference between inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples was their access to the complete version of the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique, which made inner sect disciples far superior in strength.
Upon hearing this, every outer sect disciple hoped to rise to inner sect status.
However, after Tianmen’s upper leadership declared the promotion plan, not a single move was made, leaving the outer sect disciples unbearably restless…
Soon, rumors spread about a few outer sect disciples who had already been specially admitted into Biyao Palace and received the full version of the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique!
This sparked immense jealousy among the other outer sect disciples…
Tianmen’s outer sect disciples had varying qualities, with a significant number possessing ill intentions.
When they heard that someone had acquired the full version of their much-coveted Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique, these individuals resorted to desperate measures, trying to steal the technique from those “fortunate disciples.”
Zhao Sixi was one of the outer sect disciples rumored to have obtained the full version of the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique.
As a result, since the emergency assembly ended, he had been assailed by fellow disciples at every turn, narrowly escaping death multiple times.
With no other recourse, Zhao Sixi decided to return to Tianshan to demand an explanation from Tianmen.
Yet, on the train, he encountered someone stronger than himself—Li Hui—and ended up severely injured.
Were it not for Ye Tian’s timely intervention, he would have surely perished on that train…
“The full version of the Wind Flow Strength cultivation technique, huh?”
After hearing Zhao Sixi’s account, Ye Tian muttered to himself with a spark of interest.
Though Wind Flow Strength was Tianmen’s technique, Ye Tian couldn’t help but be intrigued by it, largely because of the cultivation technique he practiced himself—Mysterious Cloud Technique.
Mysterious Cloud Technique and Wind Flow Strength: one summoned the Power of the Clouds, while the other summoned the Power of the Wind.
Master Zhang had once told him that when Wind and Cloud Combined, the result would be Maha Infinity!
Whether Master Zhang’s seemingly mystical claims were true or not, Ye Tian felt eager to test it.
If one day he could master both Mysterious Cloud Technique and Wind Flow Strength, achieving the Maha Infinity realm, his power would undoubtedly enter an entirely new dimension!
“Brother, I’m deeply grateful for you saving me this time, but the internal strife among Tianmen’s disciples isn’t something you can intervene in.
Better stay out of it to avoid unnecessary trouble!”
Zhao Sixi said earnestly, to which Ye Tian responded with a smile, “Don’t worry.
I won’t meddle in Tianmen’s affairs.
You’d better take care of yourself!”
“I will!” Zhao Sixi nodded immediately and added, “If I lose my life to those villains again, I won’t have the face to remain in this world!”
With that, Zhao Sixi left the compartment.
Watching Zhao Sixi leave, Ye Tian pondered.
It seemed Tianmen wasn’t entirely full of dishonorable and unrestrained individuals.
It was the rot in Tianmen’s upper echelons that had resulted in the corruption and chaos below.
Not only Zhao Sixi, but also the three martial artists of Night King Hall—Ding Da, Ding Er, and Ding San—were exemplary men of unwavering integrity and uprightness…
Thinking of the Ding brothers brought a pang of longing to Ye Tian.
Since the Ding brothers attended Tianmen’s emergency assembly, however, they had vanished without a trace, even their phone lines unreachable.
Now that Night King Hall’s martial artists were all under Sima Yun’s control, the sudden upheaval left Ye Tian wondering how the Ding brothers would react upon learning of it…
Due to the fierce battle between Zhao Sixi and Li Hui, nearly an entire train carriage was destroyed, rendering the train unable to continue its journey.
It stopped at a small town called Ganran, where passengers had to switch to another train.
Ganran was still a day and a half’s journey away from Tianshan City.
Though Ye Tian and the four elders of the Ye clan could have used Qinggong to swiftly reach Tianshan City, they unanimously decided against expending unnecessary energy before Ye Tian faced Sima Yun.
So, they all waited silently for the next train.
Hours ticked by—four, five…
Just as Ye Tian was growing increasingly bored, a young boy approached him with a note in hand.
“Sir, someone asked me to deliver this to you!”
The boy said earnestly.
Looking at the boy’s innocent face, Ye Tian thought he didn’t appear suspicious.
The boy didn’t possess a shred of Inner Strength—he was merely a messenger.
However, the Ye clan elders weren’t as trusting.
In a remote town like this, the sudden appearance of a mysterious boy was undeniably suspicious!
Ye Zhihuan grabbed the boy by the collar and interrogated him harshly, “Who are you?
Who sent you?
What’s your purpose in delivering this note?”
“Help…
Help…!”
The boy struggled desperately but, lacking any Inner Strength, couldn’t break free from Ye Zhihuan’s grasp.
Ye Tian chuckled and said, “Clan Leader, let’s not be so hasty.
Let me read the note first.”
With that, Ye Tian unfolded the note.
On it was a symbol of a bat—a sight that stunned Ye Tian!
The black bat, a ruler of the skies in the darkness, was none other than the emblem of the Night King Hall.
This mark was exclusive to Night King Hall, used solely for internal communication.
To see it on a note handed to him by the boy left Ye Tian shocked and delighted.
Could his comrades be present in this town?
“Where is the person who gave you the note?”
Ye Tian asked urgently.
The boy pointed east and said, “They’re over there.”
“Great!
I’ll head there now!”
Ye Tian was excited, while Ye Zhihuan realized the boy was no assassin and released him.
The boy fled, sprinting away in panic…
Ye Zhicang cautioned, “Ye Tian, while I don’t know what’s written on the note to excite you so, you must remain vigilant while traveling abroad.
Be wary of traps!”
Ye Tian smiled and replied, “With my strength, I won’t fear any traps!
Everyone, I have urgent matters to attend to.
I’ll be back shortly.
Please look after things here.”
With that, Ye Tian turned and headed eastward as directed by the boy.
The four elders of the Ye clan could only watch him leave, each uncertain of what to do.
None of them wished for Ye Tian to run into trouble in this seemingly insignificant town of Ganran…
With Ye Tian and Sima Yun’s battle drawing near, this was no place for mishaps!