Just saw.
A figure of pure elegance floated over. With each step he took, he crossed tens of yards, his voice resounding while he was still inside Xingyue City, and by the time his words fell, he stood before everyone.
The elder had a head full of silver hair, exuding an extraordinary aura.
His clothes fluttered as he silently descended into the scene.
"Sect Leader!"
The crowd from Spirit Coffin Sect saw the newcomer and cried out in grief and indignation.
Among them, Di Jingfei said hatefully:
"Sect Leader, this brat has slaughtered countless, and our Spirit Coffin Sect disciples have all perished at his hands. Please, Sect Leader, strike him down and avenge our disciples!"
Upon hearing this, the others clenched their weapons tightly, adopting a posture of fighting to the death.
However.
The newcomer did not respond but rather turned and cupped his hands towards Ye Qingchen, saying:
"Young Hero Ye truly is a young genius! Now that I see, Young Hero, you are indeed extraordinary."
His words carried no flattery but came from the heart.
Thinking back to three months prior.
When Ye Qingchen was besieged in Xingyue City, although he was aware, he paid no mind. After all, to him, although Ye Qingchen had gained some fame in the Cyan Continent, before the entire Spirit Coffin Sect, he was but an ant.
Does one need to consider when crushing an ant?
However.
He had never imagined that a moment's oversight back then would bring such great disaster to Spirit Coffin Sect.
"You are the Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect?" Ye Qingchen sized up the opponent.
This Sect Leader, with a Half-Step Celestial Saint's cultivation.
Yet.
Compared to Ye Lingyun, Lin Xuanzi, and Monk Jiuru before, he was even stronger, clearly just short of the final door to the Celestial Saint Realm. But Ye Qingchen feared not; even a true Celestial Saint, he could kill.
"Indeed, it is I!" The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect nodded slowly.
"Are you here to join these people in besieging me?" Ye Qingchen chuckled, looking at him with a gaze half smiling.
Upon hearing these words.
Everyone quickly looked to the Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect, only to see him slowly shake his head and say, "No, Young Hero Ye's prowess is unmatched; even if I strike, I am not Young Hero's match!"
Earlier, upon arriving, he witnessed the power of Ye Qingchen's Heaven-Embracing Sword.
He knew clearly that even he might not last three moves under Ye Qingchen's hand.
"Then what do you want?" Ye Qingchen asked in confusion, "Since you're not here to besiege me, you must be here to negotiate. I advise you not to waste your efforts; in this battle, it is a fight to the death!"
The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect, upon hearing this, wasn't annoyed but continued with a smile: "Within Spirit Coffin Sect, a senior wishes to see you. I am here as his intermediary; maybe when you meet him, you'll change your mind?"
"A senior of Spirit Coffin Sect?"
Ye Qingchen furrowed his brow slightly.
Could it be.
The greatest within Spirit Coffin Sect isn't the Sect Leader? Being called a senior, and coming to fetch him into the city upon his words... surely, that person's identity and power are terrifying within Spirit Coffin Sect.
However.
Wanting to annihilate Spirit Coffin Sect means he will inevitably confront that existence.
Ye Qingchen pondered for a moment, revealing a smile filled with deep implication.
"Alright!"
The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect, upon hearing this, showed a hint of joy in his eyes, and at the same time made a welcoming gesture.
The confused crowd of Spirit Coffin Sect behind him saw his demeanor, and could only respectfully step aside, quickly making a path; the originally closed gates of Xingyue City swung open.
"Welcome Young Master Ye to the city!"
The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect exclaimed.
Di Jingfei and others, though unwilling, had no choice but to bow together:
"Welcome Young Master Ye!"
The city was silent, a pin drop could be heard.
Countless people looked at Ye Qingchen with disbelief.
Zhou Jing covered her mouth, eyes wide in disbelief. Zhou Long stood as if petrified. This young man had once said that Spirit Coffin Sect would certainly open its gates wide, welcoming him inside.
Initially, it seemed.
Like a massive joke.
What kind of existence is Spirit Coffin Sect, how could it open its gates wide and welcome anyone inside? But now Spirit Coffin Sect not only had done so, but the Sect Leader had personally come.
And it was only when the crowd saw Ye Qingchen completely disappear from their sight that they came back to reality.
Immediately.
Outside Xingyue City, people exploded in chatter.
"My heavens, what did I just see? Ye Qingchen slaughtered so many from Spirit Coffin Sect, and the Sect Leader not only dared not strike but even personally welcomed Ye Qingchen into the city?"
"Ye Qingchen is incredibly powerful; he practically shattered the backbone of Spirit Coffin Sect, leaving them unable to resist!"
"Did I see wrong? The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect personally invited him into the city?"
Spectators from nobility to peddlers discussed in shock. This scene was too rare, beyond the imagination of everyone.
This Ye Qingchen was merely a youth, yet alone with a sword, he forced Spirit Coffin Sect to bow.
It's simply incredible.
In fact.
Not only outside but inside the city, everyone was also stunned.
Remember.
Earlier, outside the city, Ye Qingchen's voice, "Ye Qingchen of Cyan Continent, comes to visit Spirit Coffin Sect!" resonated through Xingyue City. The city's people, everyone knew him.
Back then.
It was this young man who provoked Spirit Coffin Sect to encircle him.
But with mere sword and himself, he crushed ten young experts of Spirit Coffin Sect. Even when Yuan Shisan himself descended, he broke through the siege, a feat incredible.
Now this young man returns.
He not only returns but treads back through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, prompting the Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect to personally greet him.
How could this not shock the world?
How could this not awe the world?
In the eyes of those present, whether in respect, shock, or indifference, Ye Qingchen with hands behind his back, under the Sect Leader's lead, leisurely walked into Spirit Coffin Sect.
However.
What surprised Ye Qingchen was the dead silence within Spirit Coffin Sect; clearly, everyone had vacated before his arrival.
Still, Ye Qingchen cared not. He followed the Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect to the rear of the sect, before a massive ancestral hall. This hall towered high, filled with an unimaginable sense of majesty and tension.
The hall's gates yawned open like a prehistoric beast's open mouth, ready to devour.
Especially within the depths of the hall.
A lurking dangerous aura, stronger than when Ye Qingchen met Mo Luo Celestial Saint, by several times.
"Young Master Ye, that senior awaits you in the hall!"
The Sect Leader of Spirit Coffin Sect bowed slightly.
"Alright!"
Ye Qingchen took a deep look at the hall and walked straight in.