A few Elders of the Outer Area were at first upset about the New Ambassador receiving what they thought was special treatment. Considering how he only delivered a few Mysterious Arrays, Pill Recipes, and the Flame Martial Arts Manual, they were wanting more.
The good news was that the higher-ups in the higher reaches suppressed them heavily. The Skyblaze Ambassador position was elevated relatively high compared to what he had before, and he shared the wealth with a few others getting them in his corner.
During the time Shen Yue monkeyed about in the Divine Feathers Sect, a few cultivated the Flame Martial Arts to the 3rd Heavenly Layer and were more understanding. Pushing themselves to the 4th Heavenly Layer to see what's there, they stepped out feeling a lot better.
A few would still try to find trouble for Shen Yue and his people. But they had the Cultivation and the means to back themselves up already, even before entering the Library. The Officers proved that by beating the crap out of anyone that bothered them.
Some needed to be told forcefully not to enter the domicile. Once the others returned, they went into secluded Cultivation now. Taking the rewards from Shen Yue and the Pills made by Ye Han to help strengthen them quicker.
"Not fair you all have a mysterious air about you." Yu Yan voiced. She couldn't tell what was different about them besides they gave of a maturity that was not there before. "Where did you go using the 2nd Dream Bowl?"
"Can't say." Maynard raised his hands up in protest as she looked at him. "Ask someone else."
"Such fresh air!" Ye Han said as he stretched. Wei Nan and Zhang Ming wanted to go around the Sect just to get to know people. "Hongyue and Duan Jian.." he watched the two walk off to spend "quality" time with each other alone. ".. nevermind."
"I want just to practice some stuff. Later." Maynard walked off.
Ye Han decided to stay inside and enjoy the quiet. Long Sha joined him, enjoying the peace instead of going around anywhere. Leaving Yun Ling, Shen Yue, Yu Yan, and Hua Huo at first. They to moved off, leaving Yu Yan with Shen Yue.
"Haaa, we went to learn." Shen Yue walked over to a Sealed Room with her following suit. The Spiritual Goddess understood he was still careful around her, but nothing could be done about that besides time spent together. "Set there."
"Ok."
*Woosh!* The room was immediately filled with fire. The power and quality scores were higher than she felt last time. Yu Yan immediately started cultivating it on the spot. Each breath she took in, the more Shen Yue was able to influence what was going inside her.
'Found it!' Buried deep inside Yu Yan's soul was a Soulseal from the higher Realms. With a tug, and wrapping completely in Astral Sense and the Heart Method, he removed from the woman forcefully.
"AHHHHHHH!" Yu Yan shouted loudly, destroying the seals in the room. Her scream was echoing in the area but not making it pass the Formations around the entire complex. Luckily Shen Yue was prepared for that or we would have to grow new eardrums. "You asshole!"
"Hehe, just a little bit." Shen Yue had the contained Sound energy trapped between his hands. He then swallowed it boosting his Cultivation. "So.. how much of Jin Yan is inside of you?"
"Not much," Yu Yan pulled out a fresh pair of clothes as she did not like being naked in front of him. It was bad enough Shen Yue knew her body so intimately after forging it and the times she cultivated with him. "You.. whatever it is you did to me with that "heart" made me separate from her."
"Understood, I will still call you Yu Yan then." Shen Yue checked her Cultivation and was not suprised she was at the Heavenly Star Realm 9th Stage. With the bathing of his flames, the impurities would be forced out, and she would probably hit the Heavenly Axis Realm barely. "Are you going to tell more of what I want now?"
Embarrassed and slightly irked, the Spiritual Goddess of Fire shared a little about what happened and what he wanted to know about the other Spiritual Deities. The more he heard, the more Shen Yue frowned.
With the Connection with Yu Yan growing, he frowned, feeling one form with someone far.. far away. All due to the Soulseal he refined from Jin Yan. She didn't resist as she only ask him to protect Yu Yan and find her bodily remains.
The passing of the location of a few Deity Rank weapons was to good to pass up. He did have Deities of his own to deal with. The two were in talks for a while, with most thinking they might have given in to sexual tension or trying to kill each other.
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Divine Feathers Sect-
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Seeing the changes on the Heaven Board, members of the Divine Feathers Sect Outer Division were at a loss for words. People from the Tiny World filled the top spots.
The highest marked was Du Ning. Having the most personal change and the time she spent training went a long way. She was naturally more entuned with Heavenly Energy than her sister and husband.
"Well, just gonna have to push harder to surpass her." Long Yuyin had a fire in her eye. Knowing the young woman was a student of her stepfather only gave a small comfort. 'So many rivals to compete with!'
"Long Yuyin, you are just so feisty." Gu Lan smiled at the drive of the other. She relaxed in her wheelchair, counting the time to get out of it. 'My muscles and my entire body is fine again, but my confidence is still lacking. Mistress Long Shuyun said I needed to pay a little more attention to get over that hurdle.'
Xiao Yu was happy to push the other around to help, which kept Gu Bei, Gu Lan's brother, away from them more. He was such a perv hitting on Long Yuyin and the other females; the little crossdresser feared for her decency if he figured out what was hidden underneath.
"There are still more people competing; I wonder how long until the Du sister is topped?" Feeling a change in her immediate vicinity, Xiao Yu moved forward to see what was wrong. "Gu Lan, what's wrong?"
"Some filth has come around!" Gu Lan's pretty face turned into a scowl exuding venom in her every word. "Even after pushing the Divine Feather' Sect to look into the matter, they have dragged their ass. So much "Corruption" inside to protect that worm!"
It was not hard for Long Shuyun to put together that Long Tianming had influenced Gu Heng enough to move his elders to cover the situation safely.
Off to the side was none other than Gu Heng. He was a tiny worm that only gained his position by hurting others and having a father who didn't mind screwing over his own family. Using the rumor mill, The Du siblings planted gossip around the Outer Area.
"Should we go?" Xiao Yu was already behind the wheelchair pushing it away. "It is better to go for a stroll anyway."
"To late, they spotted us." Long Yuyin tilted her head to the side, staring at Gu Heng. Besides the nose and the murky gold-orange eyes, he was nothing like the Gu siblings in bearing. 'I thought I exuded Prided, but this guy has a broomstick up his ass to be standing so straight like that. Does he believe the sun won't shine if he dies?'
"Isn't this cousin Gu Lan, and her friends?" Gu Heng turned to them, eyes provoking. "Are you enjoying the competition?"
He looked around, trying to spot the other threat to his rule in the Gu family.
"It is still going on and is quite interesting." Gu Lan didn't pretend to smile or even look his way.
"Cousin Gu Lan's illness still hasn't changed. Despite going to the Long Family for help?"
"Watch yourself, you know nothing of Mistress Long Shuyun!" Gu Lan snapped at him. Playing frustrated was easy to do and felt cathartic.
"Ohhh.. it's really unfortunate. The talent that cousin had," his pretending to be sad went only so far t most listening. A few could see his smug face. "it was really possible for you to become our Gu Clan's best genius!"
"Humph!" Long Yuyin snorted, staring daggers at him. "In a chair, she is still a better person and cultivator than you!"
"Heh, you are nothing but trash." Gu Heng leaned forward towards his cousin. Placing his hands on the handles and invading her personal space. He was quite upset over the trouble caused by her lately. "You better take good care of yourself, your brother to!"
There was no reaction from Gu Lan on the surface, but internally she was moving the "Seal" on her Cultivation just a small amount. Her swordsmanship had only increased with the supplementation given by Shen Yue to Long Shuyun.
"Pathetic little man." Long Yuyin's eyes went cold as she heard every bit of what he said. After hearing the situation about the Gu siblings from her mother, she had a little more compassion for the situation. "If the Gu family were anything, they would kill a jackal like yourself."
Those nearby watched not missing a single bit of what was going on.
"Heh." Gu Heng said nothing. He couldn't compete with Long Yuyin despite not being the heir apparent in her clan. 'Humph, after Gu Lan turned to trash, it was only a matter of time before she found someone better to flock under. But the Dragonseal Family is not as safe as she thinks if the rumors are true.'
As the small confrontation unfolded down below, someone was having difficulty on top of the staircase.
Nie Li was currently struggling with his memories. Images of Ying Yueru were so strong right now that he couldn't push them back. Something strange was going on in his soul, and one thing he did remember was her death in crystal clarity afterward.
"Teacher.." Even going as far as feeling her body in his hands. "..it's all her fault!" Anger boiling out was pushed forward by the Cultivation of the Darkness Law. "The Dragonseal Family.." Opening his eyes revealed a black Law energy that scared a few climbing up.
Without the Light to balance it out, his disposition was a little different. But he also improved faster.
"Hmm?" Long Yuyin felt the gaze of a challenge and glared back. 'Stepfather said he has an "inheritance" that gave him over 500 years worth of cultivation experience. I won't be his match just yet.' She didn't know the inheritance was his own knowledge and skillset.
Pride was still there, unfortunately. Excusing herself from her group of friends, Long Yuyin went to take the challenge. She calmed her mind and circulated the Dragon martial Arts given to her.
Gu Heng took this time to poke the situation further. Without Gu Bei or Long Yuyin around, he thought the "cripple" Gu Lan would be easy pickings. However, she had several people around her already.
Nie Xiaorai, Nie Xiaofang, Du Ning, and Du Rong were talking with her as they made plans for lunch.
"Such a group of fine women," The little worm had eyes on married women just because he thought he was entitled to them. Discounting they were even better than him with their spiritual roots. "little Tiny World woman can only be playthings.."
*Boom!* An explosion of power erupted on top of the Heavenly Staircase, drowning out the voice over several people talking, which gave for the perfect opportunity to make a move.
'The perfect time!' Gu Lan felt the burst and used her energy to strike out. Sealing her Cultivation immediately up afterward.
*Schlick!* A fountain of blood sprayed over the grass. The strike delivered by Gu Lan was so fast, none present could react in time, let alone determine where it came from. Gu Heng backed away, taking a few steps looking wide-eyed.
"Ahh! Killer!" Gu Lan shouted at the top of her lungs. Her Cultivation was sealed away so none would be able to link it to her. Xiao Yu backed them both away as everyone gathered their senses, scrambling. "Someone has tried to kill Gu Heng!"
A few elders that watched the situation were at a lost even when they arrived. The flash of Light and power from the clash by Long Yuyin and Nie Li gave enough visual cover with Gu Lan using a method they never even knew about to help conceal even further.
No try, as his soul was eaten away by the strike, making him nothing more than a husk if he survived treatment.
As the Elders and Enforcers made moves to find out what went on, a young woman far away observed teh situation. Her mouth wide open and eyes shining bright in wonder.
"Nie Li, I can not believe his power is so mysterious." The woman was no other than Ying Yueru. Defintely had the feeling of someone with rocks in their heads. "But Long Yuyin is no pushover either. Where did she get that Cultivation Sublimation from?"
Watching everything go on a little more between elder Hanman Tianhai and Huang Yu, the nosy little woman took off to find out answers herself.