The Lingyao Peak Peak Lord, in disbelief, used his spiritual sense to re-examine Wen Xiangjie's cultivation.
Full Nascent Soul Stage???
No, half a day ago, when she entered the secret realm, wasn't Little Junior Sister only at the early Golden Core stage? How did she reach the perfected Nascent Soul Stage half a day later?!
Did he have a memory problem? He didn't wait outside the secret realm for half a day, but for half a lifetime!!!
Hearing the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord's words, the other powerful individuals also instinctively used their spiritual sense to investigate Wen Xiangjie's cultivation.
Then, the number of people stunned increased from one to over a dozen.
Half a day, from early Golden Core stage to perfected Nascent Soul Stage?
Haha, actually, it wasn't those Cultivators at the Golden Core stage or Nascent Soul Stage who entered the secret realm illusion, but them, right?
However, as Mahayana Realm powerhouses, they quickly confirmed that they had not fallen into any illusion; everything before their eyes was real.
The Lingyao Peak Peak Lord was so frightened that he quickly used his spiritual sense to examine Wen Xiangjie's condition, fearing that she had fallen victim to some secret art and was forcibly elevated to her current perfected Nascent Soul Stage.
After a thorough examination, the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Xiangjie's foundation was stable, her cultivation solid, and everything was fine.
"Everyone, I apologize, but my Little Junior Sister has expended a great deal of mental energy in the secret realm. I must take her back to the Cloud Stepping Boat to rest," the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord said, cupping his hands to the other powerful individuals.
The other powerful individuals understood and returned the gesture.
One powerful individual, perhaps momentarily losing his mind, suddenly asked, "Is your Little Junior Sister going to hold a Nascent Soul True Person celebration?"
"A Nascent Soul True Person celebration might not be held, because it probably won't be long before we have to hold a Leaving Aperture powerful individual celebration for my Little Junior Sister," the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord said with an even more smug smile than before.
The powerful individual who spoke truly wanted to slap himself.
Was he sick? Why did he give the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord this opportunity to show off!
Is it so great to have a 15-year-old Little Junior Sister who is about to reach the Leaving Aperture Stage? Their Family also...
It really wasn't that great.
The prodigies from the various sects and Cultivator Families were very confused and aggrieved.
Why, when they arrived, were they still treasures in the eyes of their masters and elders, but when they returned, they inexplicably became weeds?
Someone else is already almost at the Leaving Aperture Stage at 15, while they are several hundred years old and still haven't reached the Leaving Aperture Stage.
Listen, what kind of talk is this? How could anyone reach the Leaving Aperture Stage at 15!
Their masters and elders must have gone crazy with their desire for their children to become dragons and phoenixes!
The Lingyao Peak Peak Lord took Wen Xiangjie back to the Cloud Stepping Boat, and after setting up several formations, he finally inquired about Wen Xiangjie's experiences in the secret realm.
Upon learning that there were actually a few Cultivators who didn't know their place, dared to gather resources, and sought out the notorious demon Cultivator Qing Gui to make him act against his precious Little Junior Sister, the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord was so enraged that he wanted to condense Qing Gui's Nascent Soul right then and there, and then utterly annihilate him ten more times!
Among these Cultivators who made a move, several were actually from their Taiyi Sect, including two inner disciples and one outer disciple, all official disciples of the Taiyi Sect!
"Good, good, good. Instead of cultivating properly, they put their minds on such crooked paths. Such people are not worthy of being disciples of my Taiyi Sect!" the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord said through gritted teeth.
Thinking that if it weren't for his Little Junior Sister's extraordinary talent and luck, who continuously broke through to the late Nascent Soul Stage, that damned demon Cultivator would have truly succeeded, the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord felt a raging inferno burning in his heart!
He would not let go of a single one of these audacious people who dared to lay hands on his Little Junior Sister!
"Senior Brother, can I handle these people directly? I'm also at the Leaving Aperture Stage now, a mature Cultivator. I want to handle this matter myself," Wen Xiangjie said, blinking her big eyes at the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord.
Nominally, Wen Xiangjie was the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord's Little Junior Sister, but in reality, her age was enough to make her the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord's great-great-great-great-granddaughter...
From Li Junzhuo at the top of the Taiyi Sect down to these Peak Lords, they all actually doted on Wen Xiangjie as their most beloved junior.
When Wen Xiangjie said this to the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord, he immediately agreed.
"Alright, since you want to handle this matter yourself, Senior Brother will go out and ask for those people on your behalf," a murderous glint flashed in the Lingyao Peak Peak Lord's eyes.
"If those Cultivator sects are sensible and hand over the people obediently, then so be it. If they are not sensible, then let the entire sect apologize to Little Junior Sister together."
The Lingyao Peak Peak Lord brought Wen Xiangjie back to the Taiyi Sect.
After recounting Wen Xiangjie's ambush by Qing Gui to Li Junzhuo and the other high-ranking officials of the Taiyi Sect, the entire Taiyi Sect leadership was enraged.
At the same time, the sect masters of various sects, including the Baiyu Sect Master, all received a message personally sent by the Taiyi Sect Master.
It demanded that they immediately, right now, hand over these audacious individuals to the Taiyi Sect!
"Hello, Senior Brother Lin!"
"Senior Brother Lin, the Sect Master is looking for you again!"
"As expected of Senior Brother Lin, he is truly highly regarded by the Sect Master!"
"Of course! Senior Brother Lin is a single-spirit root genius! He hasn't been in the sect for long and has already broken through to the eighth level of the Qi Cultivation Stage. He's about to establish his foundation soon. Who else would the Sect Master highly regard if not him?"
Lin Zhaoyuan smiled and nodded in response to his fellow disciples who greeted him.
The reason he chose a small sect like the Baiyu Sect was that he wanted to climb to the very top of the sect and thus control all of its resources.
Now, it seemed his plan was indeed progressing very successfully; he had already become the most highly regarded disciple of Sect Master Cheng Xiabing.
Cheng Xiabing personally taught him every day, so Lin Zhaoyuan did not detect anything amiss with Cheng Xiabing's summons.
"Master," Lin Zhaoyuan respectfully bowed to Cheng Xiabing.
Looking at Lin Zhaoyuan, who was very respectful to him, Cheng Xiabing's eyes were filled with complex emotions.
For a small sect like the Baiyu Sect, being able to recruit a single-spirit root disciple like Lin Zhaoyuan was truly a stroke of great luck.
What was even rarer was that Lin Zhaoyuan was not only a single-spirit root but also had good comprehension. He had broken through to the eighth level of the Qi Cultivation Stage so quickly. He truly wanted to cultivate Lin Zhaoyuan to be the next Sect Master of the Baiyu Sect.
Yet, he never would have thought that such a polite Lin Zhaoyuan, who was widely praised among the Baiyu Sect disciples, would harbor such great hostility towards Wen Xiangjie of the Taiyi Sect.
Not only did he leak the secret realm information, but he also colluded with several Cultivators to hire assassins to kill Wen Xiangjie.
Who was Wen Xiangjie? She was the darling of the Taiyi Sect's powerful individuals!
Offending Wen Xiangjie meant becoming an enemy of the entire Taiyi Sect!
No matter how much he valued Lin Zhaoyuan, he could not let Lin Zhaoyuan implicate the entire Baiyu Sect.
He could only blame Lin Zhaoyuan for digging his own grave, insisting on provoking someone he couldn't afford to provoke.
