Chapter 70: A Place Among the Outer Disciples

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: A Place Among the Outer Disciples

A huge explosion shook the sky over the Outer Disciple Hall. The impact was devastating, and flashes of light from the blast radiated out to every corner of the sect.

Yi Xin felt the tremendous force of the explosion. She flew up and stretched out her hand to hold back the surging qi of the blast.

Elsewhere, the hall’s disciples ran and flew away from their hall. Buildings collapsed and the floor cracked from the explosion.

Cang Gong was thrown far back and vomited blood. Ye Xuan suffered the same, dropping to his knees on the ground and coughing up a good deal of blood.

"Whoa, what’s happening over there?!"

"I don’t know. We should go take a look."

The explosion, accompanied by a thunderous roar and bright flashes of light, naturally drew the attention of disciples from other halls. They flew out of their halls and arrived near the Outer Disciple Hall.

They looked shocked, because the blast had destroyed most of the hall and caused a huge uproar. Yi Xin was still struggling to hold back the explosion with her mist power.

Slowly, the explosion was brought under control, with Yi Xin looking exhausted. Smoke rose from the hall, and Yi Xin looked to both sides.

"Stop, both of you! Your power could flatten this hall and kill the other disciples!" Yi Xin said sharply.

Ye Xuan only responded with silence. He stood up and looked ahead, right at Cang Gong, who was just as wounded. But for some reason, Cang Gong was seething.

That’s right! He was irritated that the technique he always relied on had been defeated so easily by someone from the Taoist path, which, to him, was the same as Ye Xuan saying that his own power was better.

"It’s not enough! I’m going to make you suffer!" Cang Gong shouted.

His hands formed seals, activating a purple formation rune behind his back, and he released a huge spear filled with purple qi aura toward Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan watched the attack come. He chose not to use his sword and rely on his other attack instead.

The technique seal formed, a red rune appeared behind his back, and he released a fire finger attack forward.

"Mystic Flame Finger!" Ye Xuan said firmly.

Ye Xuan’s fire finger attack clashed with Cang Gong’s purple qi spear. Yi Xin watched the power of the two attacks. They weren’t stronger than before, but with the strength of their Golden Core cultivation bases, they were enough to destroy this hall.

"No!" Yi Xin shouted.

"Both of you, stop!" someone said sharply.

Ye Xuan and Cang Gong immediately bowed and knelt under a powerful cultivation pressure, stronger than Cang Gong’s. A flash of light crossed the sky over the hall, and Yi Huan arrived between the two attacks.

"If you two want to destroy my sect, I’ll kill you both!" Yi Huan said sharply.

The woman stood in the sky without a sword, stretched out her hand, and clenched it hard. A wave of purple spiritual energy spread across the sky over the hall, shattering the two techniques and wounding Ye Xuan and Cang Gong.

Luckily for them, the second explosion didn’t destroy the hall, only the techniques. Yi Huan moved her hand forward, restoring the hall’s damage to its condition from before the fight.

Yi Huan glanced at Cang Gong, only giving him a cold stare. But when she looked at Ye Xuan, her gaze showed interest in something.

"A dominant technique, relying on the power of lightning. That’s quite rare, Ye Xuan."

Her hand swung to the side to stop the cultivation pressure on them. Cang Gong and Ye Xuan could move freely again, and Ye Xuan’s Ninefold technique faded on its own.

"Thank you, Sect Leader Yi."

"You two follow different cultivation paths, but you are both part of the Netherworld Palace Sect."

"You must set aside your egos for the sake of the sect!"

"If I hear about this fight again, I will kill you both myself."

Ye Xuan and Cang Gong listened to Yi Huan’s orders, and both bowed their heads, obeying her words. The chaos in the Outer Disciple Hall stopped and calmed down, and Yi Huan returned to the palace, followed by the other elders.

Yi Xin flew over to Ye Xuan and asked about his condition. Ye Xuan said he was only slightly hurt, nothing serious or fatal.

Cang Gong arrived and walked up to Ye Xuan, clutching his chest, which still felt tight from the fight.

"You’re a disciple of my hall, but don’t expect to get any insight from me!" Cang Gong said.

He flew back to his hall to train, while Ye Xuan stayed standing in the hall’s front courtyard. His eyes looked straight ahead at the Outer Disciple Hall, where he would be training from now on.

[Are you all right? I really want to strike that man with my lightning.]

I’m fine, Qingyu. At least I’m more used to fighting a Golden Core now.

"That damn Cang Gong! He’s really planning to ignore you over a difference in cultivation principles," Yi Xin said.

"It’s fine. If he won’t teach you, then let me do it. I don’t mind!"

Ye Xuan smiled and bowed his head, thanking Yi Xin. Since Ye Xuan was now part of the Netherworld Palace Sect, one of the disciples came over to him.

"Hall Master Cang told me to take you to your dormitory room," the man explained.

Ye Xuan looked at him and nodded. He followed him until they arrived at a dormitory that looked different from the ones he had seen along the way.

The other dormitories looked lively, clean, and well maintained. But the dormitory where Ye Xuan would be staying looked dirty, old, and dusty, with grass even growing inside it.

He really hates me!

[Let’s just kill him!]

No. I need a foothold in this region. The Netherworld Palace Sect is my choice.

Yi Xin stood gaping in shock when she saw the dormitory where Ye Xuan would be staying. She turned and looked at another dormitory that was bustling with people.

"Why can’t he stay over there?!" Yi Xin complained.

"Hall Master Cang’s orders. I can’t argue with them."

Ye Xuan glanced at Yi Xin. "It’s fine. It just needs cleaning. That’s enough for me."

"Are you sure? I mean, this dormitory isn’t even fit to live in."

"It’s fine. I’ll be all right."

[No, Ye Xuan. This is an insult to you. The sect needs us, and this is what we get? Disgusting!]

I need that Soul-Possessing Demon Pill to learn the Demonic Finger Manifestation. With that power, I can be invincible.

In the end, they will acknowledge my strength.