Chapter 69: A Clash of Lightning and Demonic Power

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: A Clash of Lightning and Demonic Power

Ye Xuan listened to her fully. The elders immediately glanced toward Ye Xuan, their expressions suggesting they didn’t like him.

The young man saw them, but for some reason it felt far better, because their feelings were honest, not two-faced and hypocritical.

Yi Huan told Yi Xin to go and escort Ye Xuan out. For the time being, he would be placed in the Outer Disciple Hall, not permanently, of course.

The reason for placing Ye Xuan there was so he could adapt well to the sect’s environment, while she observed what his talent was exactly.

Yi Xin listened to the order. She and Ye Xuan took their leave and walked out of the palace. Right after they stepped outside the palace doors, the two of them flew off.

"It’s a good decision. With you in the Outer Disciple Hall, you can train and get to know the Misty Sea Region well," Yi Xin said.

Ye Xuan agreed. He explained that his original goal in coming to the Misty Sea Region was to grow stronger. But after arriving and seeing the situation here, he had finally realized he couldn’t do this alone.

"This isn’t the Xiao Empire, where wandering cultivators can move about freely. You have to be careful how you act in this region."

The man nodded in understanding, then flew after Yi Xin to the hall at the farthest end of the sect. It wasn’t close to the other disciplines’ halls, since its field was different.

When he arrived, he could feel waves of spiritual energy spreading so strongly that he sensed them. Ye Xuan landed and saw many disciples there, training and cultivating.

His Myriad Eye activated, glowing green with shifting pupils. He could clearly see their varied qi auras, some stronger, some weaker.

From inside the hall, a man flew swiftly toward the people who had come to his hall. He arrived with a strong qi aura radiating, startling Ye Xuan.

"It’s unusual for you to come here. What brings you, Elder Yi?" the man asked.

"The Sect Leader told me to bring him here. He’ll be a new disciple, placed in your hall," Yi Xin answered.

The man’s attention shifted to the side, looking directly at Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan took off his straw hat and showed his face to the man.

"You don’t look like a cultivator of the orthodox path. Where are you from?" the man asked, narrowing his eyes.

Ye Xuan was silent for a moment, then turned to Yi Xin. She turned and looked at the man hovering in front of her.

"He’s from the Sky Cloud Sect, a Taoist cultivator," Yi Xin explained.

"The Sky Cloud Sect? A Taoist cultivator?!" he barked.

In an instant, a powerful cultivation pressure slammed into Ye Xuan’s body, forcing him to the ground, helpless. The pressure wasn’t strong enough to injure him badly, but it was more than enough to prove that the man’s cultivation base was higher than his.

"How dare a cultivator like that set foot in this place. Did they drive you out, so you came looking for luck here?!" the man snapped.

Ye Xuan was crushed under the pressure and couldn’t answer. Yi Xin, for her part, didn’t respond much. She simply stayed still, doing nothing as she watched Ye Xuan being pressed down by the hall master like that.

Her eyes were on Ye Xuan, but she made no gesture at all, as if she were letting him settle the problem in his own way.

"I hate people like you, accusing us of being demons just because of a truth we’re convinced is wrong!"

"For your information, the Sect Leader needs him. You may bully him, but don’t kill him," Yi Xin said.

The man listened to Yi Xin and responded with a small smile. He said he didn’t know what the Sect Leader had planned for him, but he thought Sect Leader Yi had made a mistake in trusting a man like him.

But a decision was a decision, and since he was part of the Netherworld Palace Sect, all he could do was obey what he was ordered.

"Then tell Sect Leader Yi that I’m only going to test his ability."

"If he can withstand my skull pressure, he’ll become my disciple," he said.

Yi Xin glanced sideways at Ye Xuan. "Well?"

"I, Ye Xuan, accept your guidance, Hall Master!"

"Very well."

The man’s hands formed a hand seal, summoning a fairly large rune formation in the sky. The other disciples paused their training for a moment to watch the power of their hall master.

"No one has ever survived the power of that demon skull," said one of them.

"He’s finished. He shouldn’t have set foot here."

Yi Xin turned to the sky and narrowed her eyes, looking in the same direction as the other disciples.

"The Misty Demon Skull Technique? Are you seriously using that on a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him?!" Yi Xin complained.

"He’s caught the Sect Leader’s attention, so clearly he has abilities I don’t know about," the man answered. "Besides, he comes from a Taoist sect, and they always hold their technique’s power in high regard, don’t they?"

"Today, let’s determine which is stronger!"

"You’re insane, Cang Gong!" Yi Xin complained.

Ye Xuan pushed himself up with all his strength, lifted his head to the sky, and clearly saw the demon skull, wrapped in purple qi aura, shooting toward him.

The man had no choice but to use the Ninefold technique to match the skull’s power.

"Ninefold Lightning Scripture!"

"Silver Lightning Armor Transformation!"

Rumbling black clouds appeared in the sky over the sect, startling Cang Gong and the others. They all looked up at the sudden, unexpected appearance of silver lightning.

A pillar of silver lightning struck down from the sky onto Ye Xuan, pushing Yi Xin quite far back with the wave of spiritual energy.

The transformation took place, and the lightning qi began to take shape as armor wrapping Ye Xuan’s body. His power rose drastically, and his cultivation base even climbed to Early Golden Core for a while.

Yi Xin watched the rise in Ye Xuan’s cultivation base with a shocked face. "What? Early Golden Core?"

"HAHAHA!" Cang Gong laughed.

"Now I won’t feel guilty about using this technique on you!"

Ye Xuan formed a hand seal and activated his technique, a combination of the Sea of Fire Serpent and the lightning power in his body.

"Sea of Fire Serpent!"

The formation rune beneath Ye Xuan’s feet appeared and spread wide, then turned into a sea of fire that kept blazing, with sparks of silver lightning flickering inside it.

"Attack!" Ye Xuan shouted, pointing upward.

Five fire serpents shot into the sky, accompanied by silver lightning power. Cang Gong saw this and, with all his strength, released the demon skull attack toward Ye Xuan.

"Die!" Cang Gong shouted.

BLAST!