Novel Full Chapter 270: All Hope is Lost
Within the Profound Scripture Hall, many cultivators from various sects and schools cast looks of admiration towards Chen Cheng, who stood in the center of the great hall, confronting Fu Qian.
How could a person be so loyal and righteous, how could someone be this bold!
A Qi Sea Realm cultivator, actually daring to stand up so firmly against a Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator!
Even the scheming and experienced Fu Qian found it somewhat difficult to maintain his composure at this moment.
It was true that the Fallen Sword Mountain Range was currently blockaded by the Kongshan Sect, but where was there any sword immortal inheritance? It was merely the Great Demon’s Egg.
Looking at the North Pass Sect cultivator before him, who appeared ready to fight him to the death, Fu Qian indeed felt a sensation akin to swallowing a fly.
He truly wanted to slap this bastard to death.
But Fu Qian could not make a move.
For any reason, if he were to kill another cultivator at the Dao Inquiry Assembly on Heavenly Summit Mountain, it would utterly ruin his reputation.
Moreover, regarding the events that had occurred within the Fallen Sword Mountain Range, he would be completely unable to defend himself.
Fu Qian understood clearly that this North Pass Sect cultivator named Chen Cheng was precisely betting on his own fear of killing him, which was why he dared to provoke him so brazenly.
Beside them, a middle-aged cultivator sitting behind Fu Qian, wearing the daoist robes of the Star Heaven Sect and Moon Void Sect, revealed an amused expression.
Moon Void Sect Leader, Hu Tianyuan.
At the Heavenly Summit Mountain Cataclysm ten years ago, he had taken action alongside the direct lineage of Kongyuan Mountain to fiercely battle Wen Hongli.
As a firsthand witness, Hu Tianyuan had his own conjectures and understanding regarding the truth of the Heavenly Summit Mountain Cataclysm a decade ago.
He knew very well that Wei Mian was merely a scapegoat pushed out by the Kongshan Sect.
As for what the actual truth was, that was a matter for the Kongshan Sect to resolve internally.
“Alright, Fellow Daoist.”
Hu Tianyuan spoke, smiling in Chen Yan’s direction:
“Why be so impulsive? Harmony is paramount, harmony is paramount.”
He was essentially giving Chen Yan a way to back down.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan first glared at Fu Qian, snorted coldly, then respectfully bowed towards Hu Tianyuan’s direction, turned, and returned to his seat.
“Elder Fu, there must be some misunderstanding in this matter, don’t you think?”
Hu Tianyuan then said this to Fu Qian.
“My Kongshan Sect will definitely give everyone present here an explanation regarding this matter.”
Fu Qian could only grit his teeth and say this.
Chen Yan sat within the Profound Scripture Hall.
This was his original plan all along, everything was proceeding smoothly.
No matter how cunning and experienced Fu Qian was, by leveraging the information gap, Chen Yan could still catch him off guard, leaving him unable to respond effectively.
Moreover, he had just publicly called Fu Qian an “old dog” in front of everyone.
Satisfying! So satisfying!
In the past, when he was still in the Kongshan Sect, he had suffered plenty under this old man’s torment.
Verifying the matter of the Kongshan Sect blockading the Fallen Sword Mountain Range was easy. Many cultivators in the northwestern region of the Chenping Continent knew about it. As one of the Five Great Sects, if the Kongshan Sect had the capability to do such a thing, it meant they had the authority to do it.
Now, after Chen Yan’s disturbance, whether there truly was a sword immortal inheritance could be set aside for the moment.
But the Kongshan Sect now had no choice but to provide a reasonable explanation to the other four great sects regarding their blockade of the Fallen Sword Mountain Range.
In the previous cycle, it was only when the situation had spiraled completely out of control that the Kongshan Sect’s Supreme Martial Pacification Elder, He Zongzhou, sent out a request for aid to the entire cultivation world of the Chenping Continent.
In this cycle, the cultivation world of the Chenping Continent would learn of this matter five years earlier.
What exactly could he change in this cycle?
…
The Dao Inquiry Assembly of the Chenping Continent was basically considered a complete success, aside from the minor incident involving Chen Yan during the assembly.
Yi Ning gained nothing within the Heavenly Summit Palace, which was also within expectations.
For sixty thousand years, no one had ever truly obtained any opportunity from within the Heavenly Summit Palace.
After the Dao Inquiry Assembly of the Chenping Continent concluded, the Lightning-Severing Sect swiftly distanced itself from the North Pass Sect.
The reason was simple: because the actions of the North Pass Sect’s External Affairs Hall Elder, Chen Cheng, had offended the Kongshan Sect. The words spoken during the assembly were undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Kongshan Sect.
Although the North Pass Sect had a Unity Realm cultivator overseeing it and wouldn’t easily face annihilation, retaliation was certainly unavoidable.
Two months after the Dao Inquiry Assembly of the Chenping Continent ended, the Five Great Sects of the Chenping Continent issued a joint statement, saying that no sword immortal inheritance of Su Hongzhen had been discovered within the Fallen Sword Mountain Range. The reason the Kongshan Sect blockaded the Fallen Sword Mountain Range was due to rampant demon beasts.
Immediately afterwards, the Kongshan Sect demanded that the North Pass Sect’s External Affairs Hall Elder, Chen Cheng, publicly apologize to the Kongshan Sect and to Qingchan Peak’s Martial Elder, Fu Qian.
A trivial matter. An apology was just an apology.
Chen Yan’s objective had been fully achieved. Since the Five Great Sects had issued a joint statement, it meant the other four great sects were certainly aware of the matter of the Great Demon’s Egg.
Another half a year passed, and news began to sporadically circulate within the cultivation world that the Kongshan Sect’s Supreme Pivot Elder, Li Haoran, had passed away.
Chen Yan understood clearly: since this news had leaked, it meant the Kongshan Sect had already begun seeking aid from the other four great sects, requesting the intervention of Dao Union Realm great powers in the Fallen Sword Mountain Range.
After that, there were no further developments.
Time continued to pass. The day when the apocalyptic demonic aura would sweep across the entire Chenping Continent drew closer and closer.
Around the same date as when He Zongzhou had sent out the request for aid to the entire Chenping Continent in the previous cycle, this time it was a joint request for aid from the Five Great Sects.
The general content was roughly the same as He Zongzhou’s request for aid in the previous cycle: it stated that a Great Demon’s Egg, likely at the Immortal Ascension Realm or above, had appeared within the Fallen Sword Mountain Range. Therefore, the Five Great Sects requested all Upper Three Realms cultivators of the entire Chenping Continent to immediately rush to aid the Fallen Sword Mountain Range.
Among those who received the request was, naturally, Chen Yan.
Or rather, it included the contemporary Sect Leader of the North Pass Sect, Si Chen.
Chen Yan, of course, would not go.
Because he was no Upper Three Realms great power; it was all just a bluff.
All subsequent developments proceeded almost exactly as they had in the previous cycle. Nearly a thousand Upper Three Realms cultivators gathered at the Fallen Sword Mountain Range. After about a month, news emerged from the Fallen Sword Mountain Range that several Dao Union Realm great powers were planning to use an immortal artifact to destroy the demon egg.
All hope is lost.
Sitting within the main hall of the North Pass Sect, when he heard this news, his face was expressionless.
Then, he walked out of the hall, looked up at the clear sky.
Cloudless for thousands of miles, everything peaceful and fine.
“Youyou, is there any pastry you’d like to eat?”
“Yes!”
“What do you want to eat?”
“Cloud-Glow Thousand-Layer Brocade, Emerald Vine Dew Soup, Frost-Congealed Amber Cake, and…”
“Take it.”
“Huh! This, this, so many spirit stones!”
“What are you standing there for? Don’t you want to go buy pastries?”
“Thank you, brother!”
Watching Si Youyou’s figure joyfully running into the distance, Chen Yan first smiled.
Then, he sighed.