Someone of the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage had become a deputy pavilion master?
Chen Beifeng was similarly staring at Zhou Yuan with a ruminative smile.
Did Lady Chi Jing want to ruin the Wind Pavilion? Did she think anyone could join?
Zhou Yuan calmly scanned the strangely silent square, and Yi Qiushui revealed a look of worry on her face because she knew very well how arrogant and proud these heaven prides in the Wind Pavilion were.
It seemed that Zhou Yuan becoming deputy pavilion master would cause quite a lot of storm.
The silence in the square lasted for more than ten breaths before an earthshaking noise erupted.
“Don’t joke! How can someone of the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage become one of the Wind Pavilion’s deputy pavilion masters?”
“What do you think the Wind Pavilion is?! A dumpsite? This is absolutely ridiculous!”
“This is definitely not Lady Chi Jing’s order! Someone has definitely passed on the wrong order!”
“Scram from the Wind Pavilion!”
“......”
All members of the Wind Pavilion were enraged because they were proud of being part of the Wind Pavilion. They were ferocious wolves yet were going to be led by a hunting dog? Wasn’t that an insult to them?!
“Has Lady Chi Jing gone senile?!”
Hearing this comment, Ye Bingling immediately raised her brow and snapped, “Impudence.”
She stamped her foot, and icy cold Genesis Qi suddenly spread outward from her feet. The Genesis Qi roared, tearing apart the crowd behind her, and then, with a loud bang, turned into countless sharp icicles that surrounded a figure.
The man surrounded by the icicles went pale, and he was afraid to move an inch.
“Whoever dares insult Lady Chi Jing again shouldn’t blame me for being impolite!” Ye Bingling warned, her face frosty.
Seeing Ye Bingling furious, many members of the Wind Pavilion also froze.
“Deputy pavilion master Ye, don’t get angry. They just couldn’t restrain their emotions. They naturally are full of respect for Lady Chi Jing. Who would dare insult her?” Jin Teng stepped forward and said calmly.
He swept a glance over Zhou Yuan on the platform. “But this matter is indeed a little strange. How can someone of the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage be qualified to become a deputy pavilion master?
“If this matter spreads to the ears of the people of the other three pavilions, our Wind Pavilion really will become a joke.
“We won’t be able to hold our heads high in the future.”
Yi Yan frowned. “Zhou Yuan is only at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage, but he has defeated Mo Yuan, who is at the advanced Divine Dwelling stage, so his strength shouldn’t be judged by his cultivation level.”
Everyone’s eyes went wide and turned to look at Zhou Yuan, puzzled.
It was obvious that everyone present knew who Mo Yuan was. After all, he was ranked on the Divine Dwelling List, and although his ranking wasn’t high, he was stronger than the majority of people present.
Ye Bingling was similarly a little surprised.
He defeated Mo Yuan while he was still at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage? Could it be that Zhou Yuan was indeed quite capable?
Jin Teng was taken aback at first; then he indifferently remarked, “Defeated Mo Yuan? That’s quite impressive.”
It was just that he seemed to have spoken in a slightly sarcastic tone.
“Mo Yuan’s strength is pretty good, but it’s not a benchmark. If he can become a deputy pavilion master just because he has defeated Mo Yuan, then there wouldn’t only be two deputy pavilion masters after all these years.”
Jin Teng was also ranked on the Divine Dwelling List, and he was ranked higher than Mo Yuan. Others might be shocked that Zhou Yuan had beaten Mo Yuan, but he wouldn’t be shaken by this.
Yi Yan’s face darkened seeing that Jin Teng was pestering endlessly. “Are you trying to go against Lady Chi Jing’s orders?”
“I don’t dare to. Why would I say so much if it weren’t for the sake of Lady Chi Jing’s prestige?” Jin Teng explained respectfully.
“All youngsters in the Wind Pavilion respect and admire Lady Chi Jing. We don’t want to see a mistake cause resentment in everybody’s heart. In the long run, it’s not beneficial to the development of the Wind Pavilion.”
Yi Yan opened his mouth and was about to speak when Zhou Yuan strode forward. Zhou Yuan looked Jin Teng directly in the eye and smiled. “What can I do to prove that I am qualified to be a deputy pavilion master?
He could already tell that Jin Teng was doing everything possible to prevent him from taking the position.
Jin Teng’s lips curved in a contemptuous smile when he saw that Zhou Yuan had finally come forward. “It’s simple, the people of the Wind Pavilion only focus on strength and not background.”
Zhou Yuan gently nodded. His expression suddenly turned cold the next moment.
Boom!
A powerful gush of Genesis Qi directly erupted from his body, and two muddle-colored Divine Dwelling halos appeared behind him.
Buzz!
He took a step forward.
A pair of mysterious light wings appeared around his body.
“Omega Saint Spirit Art!”
He swirled his palm, and a sword pill emerged.
“Devil Sweeping Sword Orb!”
Monstrous sword qi surged to the sky, causing many members of the Wind Pavilion to turn pale.
Buzz!
The sword qi stretched infinitely, enveloped the sword pill and turned into a sword of light.
Zhou Yuan still didn’t stop. He wiped his palm over the body of the sword, and World Subduing Heavenly Serpent Qi diffused and formed azure scales around the sword’s body!
Sword Qi flooded the world.
Zhou Yuan stared intently at Jin Teng like a sharp sword, and with a flick of his sleeve, that beam of sword light directly pierced the void under countless shocked gazes. It was aimed directly at Jin Teng!
At the same time, a cold and indifferent voice could be heard.
“If you can take this sword, I’ll let you be the deputy pavilion master!”
Chapter 788 One Sword
Om!
When that incomparably sharp beam of sword light whizzed out, all members of the Wind Pavilion in the square were stunned by how decisive Zhou Yuan was.
He acted without saying a word!
But compared to the decisiveness of Zhou Yuan, what they were even more concerned about was that they felt a piercing chill from the sword qi that burst out.
This immediately made their originally mocking gazes become more serious.
Zhou Yuan was only at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage, but his combat strength seemed particularly tyrannical.
“So courageous!”
But while others were dumbstruck by his strength, Jin Teng burst into thunderous laughter. “You think you can do whatever you want in the Wind Pavilion after you defeated Mo Yuan?! What a huge joke!
“Since you look down on my Wind Pavilion, I’m going to teach you a lesson today!”
Although Jin Teng spoke righteously, a look of wild joy flashed across the depths of his eyes. Since Zhou Yuan had actively caused trouble today, he knew that Zhou Yuan wouldn’t have the face to continue to be the deputy pavilion master if defeated!
The sharp sword light rapidly enlarged before Jin Teng.
Hu.
Jin Teng drew a deep breath, causing the mighty Genesis Qi within his body to erupt and directly form three Divine Dwelling halos behind him, each flashing with eight different colors.
However, although Jin Teng had repeatedly looked down on Zhou Yuan, he didn’t hold back in his attack at all.
Om!
Majestic Genesis Qi surged directly above him, transforming into a giant golden hand covered with ancient patterns, like the palm of a divine being. It emitted a tyrannical oppressive aura.
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“It’s Jin Teng’s strongest attack. I didn’t expect him to use it straight away. It seems like he’s not going to give that guy even half a chance.”
“Heh, that kid has been talking big all this time, let’s see how he deals with this!”
Many Wind Pavilion disciples gasped in astonishment.
“Sky Dipper Spirit Hand!”
As Jin Teng let out a thunderous roar, a giant dark golden hand shot downward, causing the void to tremble. A shadow reached to grab the beam of piercing sword light.
Chi!
The two ferociously collided. The giant hand clenched tight and caught the sword light. Genesis Qi continuously rumbled.
“Watch me crush your sword pill!” Jin Teng sneered, his hands suddenly folding together in a hand seal.
Boom!
The giant spirit hand squeezed tight, causing even space to distort. Even a mountain wouldn’t be able to withstand that power.
Om!
But a loud and clear sword cry resounded across the sky, and Jin Teng’s expression changed drastically because at that moment he felt a monstrous sword qi erupt from the giant spirit hand.
Dong!
The giant spirit hand trembled violently, and Jin Teng’s pupils shrank.
He saw cracks rapidly spread across the giant spirit hand.
“Oh no!”
He felt a chill in his heart, and he rapidly activated Genesis Qi to stabilize the giant spirit hand. With a loud explosive noise, countless beams of piercing sharp sword light shot from the giant spirit hand and forcibly tore it apart.
Om!
As the sword light surged, a sword shadow pierced through like a bolt of lightning, aiming directly at Jin Teng.
Jin Teng’s expression changed dramatically. He didn’t expect Zhou Yuan’s sword light Genesis technique to be so strong that not even his giant spirit hand could stop it.
Jin Teng rapidly drew back, operating the three Divine Dwelling halos behind him to appear in front to form the final defense.
Bang!
However, the sword shadow pierced straight through. The azure scales covering the sword body emitted icy cold light that gave the Devil Sweeping Sword Orb an even more powerful outward appearance!
The three Divine Dwelling halos exploded.
But the sword shadow didn’t stop once. As the void quaked endlessly and Jin Teng froze with shocked horror, the sword shadow pierced through his shoulder.
Chi!
Jin Teng was blasted away, and he crashed onto the ground, leaving long marks across the square. Blood sputtered from his shoulder, dying his robe bright red.
It was only after piercing Jin Teng’s shoulder that the sword shadow vanished. But that powerful bone-chilling sword qi continued to remain in the world.
The whole bluestone square fell quiet.
All the members of the Wind Pavilion looked moved. Zhou Yuan’s move had happened in the blink of an eye, and in just a short period of around ten breaths, the outcome of the battle between Zhou Yuan and Jin Teng had been decided.
And that result was unbelievable to them.
Jin Teng had actually lost to Zhou Yuan of the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage?!
How was that possible?!
It should be said that Jin Teng wasn’t a nobody. He was a famous person also listed on the Divine Dwelling List. Moreover, based on strength, he was superior to Mo Yuan!
But he was defeated by Zhou Yuan in one move?!
In that silence, Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling also looked at the scene with strange expressions, and they were evidently also a little surprised by Zhou Yuan’s performance.
Chen Beifeng narrowed his eyes and then slowly retracted his gaze. Zhou Yuan’s sword light was indeed very powerful, but he could feel that it should be at Zhou Yuan’s limits.
He may be a threat to Jin Teng, but not him.
Ye Bingling’s expression eased a little as she studied Zhou Yuan. She no longer regarded him as a young master who got in through his connections.
Yi Qiushui also breathed a sigh of relief. But she was also a little bit surprised by Zhou Yuan’s sword pill technique, which seemed to have become stronger since the last time she saw it when he fought Mo Yuan.
Yi Yan calmly watched the scene, but in his heart he was full of admiration for Zhou Yuan. At a time like this, those unruly and arrogant heaven prides of the Wind Pavilion could only be tamed with strength.
The tyrannical Genesis Qi surging around Zhou Yuan gradually subsided. He scanned the silent square and said in a nonchalant tone, “Anyone else has any objections?”
Everybody was silent.
Although they were proud and arrogant, they weren’t stupid. They opposed him previously because Zhou Yuan was only at the intermediate Divine Dwelling Stage and they didn’t believe he was capable enough to become a deputy pavilion master. But Zhou Yuan had now proven his strength...
If there was another objection, perhaps even elder Yi Yan wouldn’t sit back and let them criticize Lady Chi Jing’s order.
Jin Teng’s face was ashen as he stared at his shoulder that was dripping with blood. He knew that Zhou Yuan had held back; otherwise, the beam of sword light would have pierced his head…
Yi Yan strode forward with a smile. “Since there aren’t any objections, from today onward, Zhou Yuan will be the Wind Pavilion’s third deputy pavilion master.
“There is also more news. Lady Chi Jing has personally ordered that in two months time, the Wind Pavilion will hold the pavilion master selection to decide the Wind Pavilion’s new pavilion master.”
The originally silent square once again broke into uproar.
Chapter 789 Serving as Deputy Pavilion Master
What Yi Yan said caused a commotion in the crowd of people below.
Even the eyes of Chen Beifeng, who had always seemed completely indifferent, were blazing brightly.
Among the four pavilions, only the position of the Wind Pavilion’s pavilion master had been vacant all these years. And in the many years that Chen Beifeng had been in the Wind Pavilion, he had always coveted that position.
However, the Wind Pavilion was currently still in the control of Chi Jing, and Chen Beifeng was on the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s side. This was the reason why Chi Jing had never given him the opportunity and had instead sent Ye Bingling to suppress him.
But what he was puzzled about was why Lady Chi Jing, who had always obstructed the Wind Pavilion from choosing a new pavilion master, would accede this time.
“Is it because of the pressure from the Heavenly Spirit Sect, the Profound Crystal Clan and the White Clan?” Chen Beifeng muttered to himself. No matter what the reason was, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The pavilion masters of the four pavilions had always enjoyed a status similar to the elders of the Tianyuan Region. For people of the Divine Dwelling stage, this was the best shortcut to ascend to the sky. Otherwise, if they were to follow the traditional route and become an elder, they would have to wait until they reached the Nascent Source stage. And it was unknown how many years of training that would take.
Although the position was said to be a unique elder position for those at the Divine Dwelling stage, the cultivation resources they could enjoy weren’t fewer than those of the elders of the Nascent Source stage. Therefore, the pavilion master selection of the four pavilions had always been extremely fierce.
The current Wind Pavilion was almost ranked last among the four pavilions. If he were in one of the other three pavilions, Chen Beifeng might not have the strength to compete for the pavilion master position.
But the good thing was that, in the Wind Pavilion, only Ye Bingling could pose a threat to him. So he had a great chance.
As for Zhou Yuan, the newly appointed deputy pavilion master, Chen Beifeng didn’t care too much. Even if he had displayed his strength in front of him, in truth, his strength could only be used
to scare Jin Teng and had no effect on him.
Ye Bingling’s pretty eyes also flashed, and her stunning face immediately grew solemn. She came to the Wind Pavilion on the arrangement of Lady Chi Jing, and her most important task was to prevent Chen Beifeng from winning the title of pavilion master.
However, Lady Chi Jing had been holding onto the position of pavilion master and was unwilling to let go. Now that it was suddenly thrown out, Ye Bingling needed to fight with all her strength this time.
No matter what, she couldn’t let Chi Jing down.
Zhou Yuan, who was on the platform, narrowed his eyes slightly. Then his gaze flickered over Chen Beifeng, and he vaguely felt a dangerous aura from the wave of Genesis Qi being exuded from him.
Chen Beifeng was far stronger than both Mo Yuan and Jin Teng.
“Since he’s in the top 100 of the Divine Dwelling List, he must be strong,” Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.
Zhou Yuan evaluated his own strength and means at this time, and found that he wasn’t confident of winning if he were to face Chen Beifeng now.
This was because some of his trump cards were missing compared to when he was in the Cangxuan Heaven.
For example, Silver Shadow. This battle puppet was Zhou Yuan’s greatest trump card, which had helped him turn the situation around many times before. But after he had stepped into the Divine Dwelling stage, Silver Shadow almost had no effect on him anymore, unless he could make it evolve once again. Although Yaoyao had already deduced the evolution method, Zhou Yuan did not have the time to try it yet.
There was also the disappearance of the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.
The Decoder Saint Rune, Earth Saint Rune and the Heavenly Punishment Rune, as well as the fourth Saint Rune, had all returned to the Saint Seal in order to release the remnant soul of old ancestor Cangxuan hidden in the Cangxuan Saint Rune. But when he later split the Cangxuan Saint Stamp, the four Saint Runes also disappeared in the explosion.
To be precise, it wasn’t a disappearance because Zhou Yuan vaguely felt that the four Saint Runes seemed to have drilled into his body the moment the Cangxuan Saint Stamp was split.
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