Upon seeing Zhu Fei slay the elderly man with a single stroke of his sword, Yao Ling’er and Wan Wuya couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
They instinctively felt that Zhu Fei’s strength had increased significantly since their last encounter.
However, Zhu Fei did not concern himself with what the others thought. At that moment, he had already retracted the two Spirit Veins and turned to them with a clasped fist and a smile,
"Senior Yao, Brother Wan, I have some affairs to attend to and must leave now. We shall meet again another day."
After speaking, Zhu Fei nodded to them with a smile as a form of greeting, and then his figure swiftly transformed into a streak of light, vanishing into the distant sky in the blink of an eye.
Several days later, staggering news echoed throughout the entire Kunlun Xuan Realm.
The Xiahou family and Cangmang Valley, which had flourished for a thousand years, were annihilated in just one day.
In addition, the Seven Stars Pavilion, Ten Thousand Poison Sect, Joyful Union Sect, and even East Kunlun—all four major Sects—simultaneously suffered severe damages.
Not only were their Spirit Veins seized, but numerous disciples and Elders perished or were injured, causing these once top-tier Sects to deteriorate to second or even third-rate, losing their former glory overnight.
Simultaneously, a name known as Zhu Fei rapidly spread among countless Cultivators in the Kunlun Xuan Realm.
The strongest in Kunlun Xuan Realm, a top-tier Alchemy Master, a top-tier Array Master—many such dazzling titles were continually bestowed upon him.
For a time, Zhu Fei, along with his soon-to-be-established Yue Dan Pavilion, was unmatched in prominence.
Flower Fairy Restaurant, the largest restaurant in the Demon Star Domain, famous equally to the Tianhua Building in the Tianhua Domain and frequented by numerous aristocratic youth.
What’s more, it was rumored that the restaurant’s owner might be Hua Danzi, formerly the premier Pill Master of Kunlun Xuan Realm.
At that moment, inside the Flower Fairy Restaurant, many nobles were mingling enthusiastically, occasionally discussing something with excitement.
"Have you heard? A week from now, Master Zhu will formally establish his Sect and start recruiting disciples?"
"Psh, that news is so outdated. Who in the entire Kunlun Xuan Realm doesn’t know that now?"
A young man in green robes replied disdainfully to the one who had just spoken.
The person who had initially spoken turned red and replied somewhat indignantly, "Then tell us, what news don’t we know about yet?"
The man in green robes picked up the cup in front of him, took a sip, then slapped the table, and said with a smug expression:
"Well, you don’t understand, do you? But since you humbly ask for advice, I might as well share with you, and don’t forget me if you end up with a good opportunity."
"What is it? Hurry up and tell us."
Seeing the man in green robes not speaking immediately and putting on a mysterious air, some people around him became anxious and repeatedly urged him.
"Haha! Alright, you’d better listen closely."
The man in green robes chuckled softly, seeing that most of the attention in the room was focused on him, he then said with satisfaction:
"I heard that on the day Master Zhu establishes the Sect, he has promised to perform Alchemy for those who come to congratulate him for free, lasting three days. How about that? Bet you didn’t know this news?"
"What? Master Zhu is also going to perform Alchemy for everyone for free? Really?"
As soon as the man in green robes said this, it immediately caused an uproar among everyone present, with their eyes revealing immense admiration.
"Hmph! I got this information from a sister in the Yaochi Sect. How could it be false? If you don’t believe it, fine, but you should have heard about the relationship between the Yaochi Sect and Master Zhu, right?"
The man in the blue robe, seeing someone dare to retort, immediately felt somewhat displeased.
He set down his cup of wine and was about to leave.
The crowd, seeing this, finally became anxious. Several of them even repeatedly tried to detain him, all wanting to get more information about Zhu Fei from him.
Only after many people persuaded him did the man in the blue robe prepare to sit back down.
Just as he was about to continue revealing information about Zhu Fei, he caught a glimpse of two people entering the tavern out of the corner of his eyes.
The two were a man and a woman. The man was handsome and dashing, exuding an invisible authority with every step.
The woman was gorgeously attractive, especially the crabapple flower totem between her eyebrows, which added a mysterious air to her appearance.
The man in the blue robe just stared blankly at the two newcomers, his eyes filled with surprise and disbelief.
It seemed that the man sensed the gaze of the man in the blue robe, he smiled slightly and nodded at him, jokingly said,
"Your information is very accurate, if you’re interested, come to Jiuyue Mountain in seven days with this."
Saying that, the man casually threw a jade token, which landed in front of the man in the blue robe, and then he quickly disappeared around the corner of the stairs with the woman.
"Hey, brother, who was that just now? He seemed really impressive."
A man in white next to the man in the blue robe gave his arm a curious nudge.
"Yeah, that man looked somewhat familiar, and that woman by his side, she was so beautiful it hardly seemed real," another person chimed in.
Hearing these words, the man in the blue robe suddenly shivered, his face flushing with excitement as he tightly grasped the jade token on the table.
"Cough cough, I say, brother, what’s with you? Are you this excited just because you like that woman just now?"
The man in white startled the man in the blue robe with his words, who then fiercely glared at him.
"Stop talking nonsense! Watch your own head! Do you know who those two people that went upstairs just now were?"
"Uh, who were those two? Don’t tell me they were Master Zhu and his partner, hahaha..."
The man in white clearly hadn’t thought too much, and upon hearing this, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
"Hey, stop laughing, I just remembered—those two that went up just now, one of them... one of them really seemed to be Master Zhu."
"That’s right, I remember now too, that man was definitely Master Zhu, I knew he looked familiar, it really was him!"
In an instant, the entire Flower Fairy Restaurant burst into excitement.
People were all looking in the direction Zhu Fei and Ye Haitang had left, their eyes filled with excitement and fervor.
The only exception was the man in white, whose face turned pale and his eyes showed almost uncontrollable fear.
The man in the blue robe clearly saw the thoughts of the man in white, he sighed and patted him on the shoulder, comforting,
"Brother, don’t worry, who is Master Zhu? As the foremost person of the Kunlun Xuan Realm, would he really stoop to caring about a few words you said just now? "
"That’s right, friend, don’t worry, Master Zhu is not the type to be petty, he won’t hold it against you."
Another patron also reassured with a laugh, but soon, his gaze along with everyone else’s, was fixed on the jade token in the man in the blue robe’s hand.
In their eyes, the envy was too evident to hide.
In just a few breaths’ time, the man in the blue robe was completely surrounded by everyone present, nearly everyone performing the same action, trying to ingratiate themselves with the man in the blue robe.