Celestial String asked.
"Ignore him. After the vortex duel ends, if the people of the Thousand Crafts Sect refuse to leave Divine Flight City, you can help me send them away." Wen Ping was well aware of Celestial String’s enthusiasm, so he unreservedly made use of it.
Celestial String immediately patted his chest and promised: "Sect Leader Wen, rest assured, leave this matter to me. At that time, Xu Nian and the others will also give their full support."
"Sect Leader Wen, Xu Nian will definitely give full support!"
Seeing her ancestor had spoken, Xu Nian quickly stood out to agree.
Deep down, she did not want to get involved in this mess, afraid of earning the Thousand Crafts Sect’s resentment, but the ancestor’s will could not be defied!
Upon hearing the words of the three, Lin Yehong couldn’t help a derisive smile, influenced by Luo Ye Guifeng’s presence, contemptuously sneering at Zi Ran: "Zeming Palace’s abandoned disciple, do you really think cultivating the so-called Vortex New Dao allows you to reach the heavens in one step? Truly a frog in a well!"
"So you were just a discarded disciple of Zeming Palace; I thought you were some formidable character. Wait, I remember these years Zeming Palace had one abandoned disciple who seems to hold the record for the worst time breaking the Realm of Breaking the Second Vortex – a whole hundred years?" Luo Ye Guifeng looked at Zi Ran with disdain and deliberately humiliated her.
The same actions naturally aimed to humiliate the Immortal Sect!
But although others at the Immortal Sect were somewhat agitated, Sect Leader Wen Ping remained unmoved, constantly watching Zi Ran.
At that moment, Wen Ping was really curious about Zi Ran’s reaction.
It’s clear this was a sore spot for Zi Ran; though faded over the years, the heart’s wound doesn’t heal easily.
As a sect leader, building a Vortex Art Palace for Zi Ran, or an even stronger structure than the Vortex Art Palace, was not difficult— a bit of harsh decision-making would achieve it.
Yet he couldn’t help Zi Ran heal the old wounds nor could he eliminate everyone aware of this affair, so Zi Ran’s choice was crucial. Would she continue avoiding, letting time fade it, or confront it directly?
The next moment, Zi Ran spoke.
She made her choice!
"I feel shame; indeed, my talent on the Vortex Dao was abysmal in the past, essentially bad enough to be reprehensible, thus expelled from Zeming Palace. Turning and shifting for over a hundred years, I always achieved nothing, luckily joined the Immortal Sect, encountered the Vortex New Dao, and only then my studies came to fruition." Zi Ran spoke calmly, seeming to not care about her past at all.
After saying this, she immediately spoke to everyone: "Therefore, I advise you all, if you gain nothing in cultivation of Vein Technique or Vortex Dao, you might as well venture into the Master’s Dao Maze in the Red Domain; if you pass through, you can join the Immortal Sect. In the Immortal Sect, you have more choices, not necessarily bound to cultivate Meridian Gate, nor have to walk the path of Vortex Dao. Our sect’s Elder Yun, who won first place in the Red Domain on the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking, did not cultivate the Meridian Gate. If you don’t believe, ask the Red Domain Master!"
Jun Tianyi Gu was handling the situation, quickly stood to assist, "Elder Zi Ran speaks truth, indeed Elder Yun of Immortal Sect was not cultivating Meridian Gate but seized the first spot in Red Domain with an invincible stance."
Gaining Jun Tianyi Gu’s confirmation, those previously doubtful exploded in uproar.
With the rising and falling discussions, Wen Ping nodded satisfactorily, of course, Wen Ping’s satisfaction lay only in Zi Ran’s counterattack.
Seems he worried unnecessarily.
After experiencing the Thousand Layers and over a hundred years of time, how could Master Zi Ran still be troubled by past matters?
But seeing many voices wanting to join the Immortal Sect, Lin Yehong and Luo Ye Guifeng’s expressions changed abruptly, their mocking and taunting not working, instead allowing Zi Ran to shine, which infuriated them: "Nonsense, if you don’t cultivate Meridian Gate, what do you cultivate?"
Zi Ran smiled helplessly, looking at Lin Yehong and the Celestial Unrestricted powerhouse Luo Ye Guifeng with a compassionate gaze, and then said: "You’ll know soon. Let’s not waste words, let’s start, let this frog in a well experience your ten divine arts."