Heavenly Phenomenon

"You guys really have no shame."

"Do you have my permission to snatch my disciple?!" With a pair of bloodshot eyes, Ning Lang looked at the nearly twenty people around him. The grievances he had suppressed for ten years finally erupted at this moment.

In the past, regardless of what the elders said, Ning Lang would never retort.

But today!

Everything changed.

Qiu Yunze, Li Hongri, Yu Zhen, Gao Qianshou, Zhao Jian, Qian Dahai, the six of them stared at Ning Lang as if he were a stranger, their faces full of shock. They couldn't believe that Ning Lang dared to speak to them like this.

Mei Qinghe did not interrupt. In fact, he was well aware of the situation on the mountain.

But in this world, strength always determined who was right. Even though he was the sect master, he couldn't interfere in such matters.

"Qiu Yunze!" Ning Lang suddenly pointed at the Grand Elder, Qiu Yunze and said, "Ten years ago, when I broke through from the Mortal Realm to the Foundation Realm, do you remember how you tried to please me? You gave me techniques, promised me spiritual stones. At that time, everyone thought I was the most likely person to break through to the Crystallization Realm before the age of 20. Think about how you used to flatter me, and then think about how you've slandered me behind my back all these years. Don't you find yourself disgusting?"

"You! You! Nonsense." Qiu Yunze blustered, his chest heaving with anger, instinctively taking two steps back.

"And you, Gao Qianshou! On the night I became the seventh elder, you practically handed over all your pills to me. Yet, two years later, when you saw no progress in my cultivation, you actually sent your disciple to ask for the pills you gave me. Haha, at least you still have some face, not coming to me yourself."

"This is groundless. When did I... I... I ever..."

"And the rest of you!" Ning Lang looked at the remaining few people, shouting one by one, "Li Hongri, Yu Zhen, Qian Dahai, and you, Zhao Jian. When I broke through to the Foundation Realm at the age of seventeen, you were still at the Qi Refining Realm Upper Grade. If I remember correctly, you're five years older than me. You only broke through to the Foundation Realm when you were twenty-three. Do you have the qualification to say I'm not suitable as an elder?!"

Zhao Jian didn't know why Ning Lang was so arrogant today. After listening, he said angrily, "But I've already broken through to the Crystallization Lower Grade now! What about you? What realm are you in?"

"Crystallization Realm Lower Grade, is it?" Ning Lang smiled. "Very well."

After saying three 'very well' in a row, Ning Lang took a deep breath. The Cave Mansion in his body suddenly exploded, and the vast spiritual energy rushed to every part of his body in an instant.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

All the windows in the Haohui Palace were violently pushed open by an inexplicable wind.

The wind made the robes rustle.

Ning Lang clenched his fists, proclaiming loudly, "Break for me!"

Outside the window, strands of pale white spiritual energy surged from all directions, and in just a moment, above Ning Lang's head, it gathered into a spiritual energy sphere. Right when Ning Lang finished speaking, this spiritual energy sphere dissipated like a bubble.

The situation inside his body was the same; almost all the spiritual energy disappeared in an instant.

But in the blink of an eye, a small vortex slowly formed near his dantian, rapidly spinning like a sea whirlpool. With the passage of time, this small vortex became larger and larger, surpassing the previous Cave Mansion.

The originally pale white spiritual energy now turned into a light blue color, the result of condensing the spiritual energy.

"Crystallization Realm Lower Grade."

Ning Lang smiled. "That's me now."

After speaking, Ning Lang didn't pay attention to the shocked and astonished gazes of the people around him. His expression changed, and he exclaimed with both fists clenched, "But this is not enough!"

Mei Qinghe suddenly stood up, rushed forward in mid-air, astonished, "Could it be! Another breakthrough across realms?"

"This, how is that possible!"

"This is definitely not true..."

The other six elders were already speechless.

Just as Ning Lang was about to break through to the next realm, Li Hongri's disciple suddenly pointed outside the window and exclaimed, "Phenomenon, heavenly phenomenon!!!"

Outside the window, rolling dark clouds poured down, like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the sky.

"Master~" Gan Tang softly called out, staring blankly at Ning Lang, her eyes full of admiration.

Jiang Chen looked at the scene outside the window and silently thought: Someday, I want to be like Master, and when I break through, I'll attract such a magnificent heavenly phenomenon!

Mei Qinghe glanced at the window, then hurriedly looked at Ning Lang, muttering, "Crystallization Realm Middle Grade..."

After another cup of tea's time.

"Crystallization Upper Grade..."

At this point, all the disciples on Mount Taihua had been drawn out by this phenomenon.

They all looked at the Milky Way in the sky, discussing it one after another.

"My God! Who is breaking through?! Actually attracting such a level of heavenly phenomenon."

"It couldn't be Senior Brother Xiao Ran breaking through to the Foundation Realm, could it?"

"Impossible, he's only at the Mortal Realm Upper Grade, not even at the peak. How could he break through to the Qi Refining Realm so quickly?"

"In the direction of Haohui Palace, it should be one of the elders. I feel like among the direct disciples, besides Senior Brother Xiao Ran, no one can cause such a big disturbance."

"We'll know tomorrow morning."

"..."

The wind stopped, the energy stabilized.

Ning Lang opened his eyes, and the red mark on his forehead seemed to have deepened a bit. He swept his gaze over everyone and asked loudly, "Can I continue to be the seventh elder now? If not, just remove it."

Deadly silence.

Not a single person spoke.

The six elders looked at Ning Lang as if he were a monster.

As for disciples like Xiao Ran, Zhao Zixuan, and Yu Hua, they were all stunned in place.

It was as if, in an instant, they had returned to that day ten years ago.

"Sect Master, since there's nothing wrong. I'll go back first."

After saying this, Ning Lang sneered at the people around him, and said loudly, "Jiang Chen, Gan Tang, let's go."

"Yes, Master."

Ning Lang left with the two, and when he reached the gate of Haohui Palace, breathing the outside air, Ning Lang suddenly felt much more relaxed. The haze in his heart had been swept away today.

He took two steps, and the whole person rose into the air.

He was like climbing stairs, rising step by step until his figure appeared in the air hundreds of feet high.

The whole view of Mount Taihua was clear.

Ning Lang opened his hands, looked at the Milky Way still lingering in the sky, and his voice echoed in this corner of the world, "I ascend the tower to observe the rivers, entering the sea means entering my embrace."

The Milky Way surged rapidly, like waves crashing.

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Three hundred miles away from Mount Taihua.

Two people were rushing at a fast pace. One of them, only eighteen years old, dressed in luxurious clothes, embroidered with a dragon on both shoulders and waist, with bloodstains on his mouth, seemed to be seriously injured.

The other person, a middle-aged man, wearing dark iron armor, with a large imperial knife at his waist, was at least in his forties.

"Uncle, please don't care about me anymore. If we continue like this, neither of us will survive."

"Don't talk nonsense." The man named General Xiang took out a pill from his arms, handed it to the young man, and pointed to the southwest, saying, "That is a heavenly phenomenon. If I remember correctly, it should be Mount Taihua. The person who can attract such heavenly phenomena is by no means an ordinary person. You go there to seek the protection of that expert. I will block the people behind."

"Uncle, you are not their opponent!"

"This matter is settled! Jiang Keran, you must remember that you are not living for yourself alone. You must live for everyone who sacrificed themselves for you. Never return to the capital, otherwise, they will all die in vain."

"No!"

"Swallow the pill and leave quickly."

"Uncle..." The youth wiped away his tears, swallowed the pill, and then headed straight towards the direction of Mount Taihua.

At this moment, the night was dark and the wind was high.

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