Chapter 99: Uninvited Guests at the Dharma Assembly.
In the back hall, lotus lanterns flickered.
Mu Fuyue floated alone in the air, her eyes passing over the lotus lanterns. Her usually gentle and kind face seemed to be covered with a layer of wax, becoming cold and stiff.
If those who used to be close to her saw her current appearance, they would be surprised at how different she was in front of and behind others.
It feels terrible to be trapped here.
Although Chu Ye and Song Xinghe often visited her and talked to her, and Cang Yan also kept in touch with her and passed on messages from time to time, these were not enough for her.
She was unwilling to stay in this small place, without seeing the sun, and unwilling to accept charity from others, begging for their care and love. Life was too depressing, and she often felt that she could not bear it anymore.
Especially when he knew that Mu Fuyun was doing very well in Tianyan.
"How long will it take..."
She hung in the hall, muttering to herself.
A breeze blew, and the restrictions set up outside by Chu Ye and Song Xinghe were easily opened. A thin figure slowly walked in and stood in the open space in the middle.
"You don't have much longer."
The man spoke in a deep and flat tone, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Mu Fuyue's body trembled, then he turned around and saluted the man.
"But the time has come?"
The man nodded and said softly, "Only one step left, it's your turn."
Mu Fuyue took a deep breath and looked up outside the back hall. There was a strange look in her eyes as she saw the gradually setting sun and the sky dyed red by the sunset.
"I see."
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For several days, Mu Fuyun stayed in Lingshanze to recuperate. He used elixirs and talismans to heal his wounds, and meditated every day to improve his luck and consolidate his realm.
Although her meridians are no longer as blocked as before due to Chu Ye's pure fire spiritual power in the past two years, her foundation is still weaker than most people. She needs to be careful when making continuous advancements in a short period of time.
In the past few days, she did not leave Lingshanze, nor did she practice sword. She only occasionally used the jade token to exchange one or two messages with Xu Huaiyan, Zhan Yao and others.
From their few words, he learned that Zhan Yao's condition was similar to his own, and Liang Huailian was also fine. Only Xu Lian's injuries were more serious. Fortunately, with the careful care of the medical staff, he recovered well.
She felt relieved and didn't ask any more questions.
Five days later, the Dharma Assembly arrived as scheduled.
Mu Fuyun finally walked out of the cave, walked out of Lingshanze, and flew alone on his sword towards the trial field on Fu Ri Peak.
Along the way, I received a lot of stares.
The disciples of our sect have long known about her rapid progress in the past two years. After the surprise on the first day and the realization came to them, now, in addition to happiness and anticipation, they are also a little worried.
They were worried that she would suffer a loss if she had to face opponents from the three major sects who had emerged after a series of competitions just after she reached the Nascent Soul stage.
As for the disciples of other sects, except for the disciples of Taixu Sect and Wuding Sect who were a little wary, most of them were curious.
After all, among the young monks in the past two years, Liang Huailian has always been the most popular one.
As a gifted female cultivator with close ties to both the Taixu Sect and the Wuding Sect, she has always been the talk of the town because of her flamboyant and unrestrained style.
Slightly inferior to her is Zhan Yao.
As for the name Mu Fuyun, most people have never heard of it.
The first day of the Dharma Assembly is the Jindan stage competition.
According to past practice, before the first competition began, the disciples from various sects and realms who were participating in the Dharma Assembly were invited one by one to the center of the trial platform.
Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao's original positions among the Jindan stage disciples were replaced by the third and fourth place selected within the sect.
The two were extremely excited. They didn't expect to be so lucky. Before going on stage, they hurried to the two of them to thank them. One of them even clasped his hands together and tightened them against his chest to look encouraging.
"You two are the future hope of the sect. Work hard and you will definitely succeed!"
This person was a disciple of Ziyun Peak, and had entered the sect three or four years earlier than the two of them. Now he used this kind of words as if to encourage the younger generation, and also as if to expect the older generation. After hearing this, the two of them looked at each other and raised their eyebrows slightly, a little unsure how to respond.
Fortunately, Song Xinghe appeared in time.
"Don't just stand there, come here quickly!" As the first in the internal selection of Tianyan Yuanying stage disciples, Song Xinghe felt that he had to take good care of Mu Fuyun, and at the same time take care of Zhan Yao - even though the behavior of these two people, in the eyes of most people, was much calmer than his.
"Why are you so anxious?" Yun Ni had always been at odds with him. She couldn't stand his impatience, so she stood in front of him and turned to smile at her two junior sisters. "Come on, our Yuanying disciples should stand over there. Go over there first. It's time to go on stage soon."
"I'll be right there."
"Understood."
Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao, who had remained expressionless in the face of Song Xinghe's urging, became obedient at the same time after hearing Yun Ni's instructions. They followed her naturally and stood in the front of the team.
Song Xinghe stared at Yun Ni's smug smile in amazement, feeling that she was taking the opportunity to avenge his narrow victory in the internal selection.
Soon, in order of realm from low to high, all the Jindan stage disciples stood on the trial platform, being looked at by disciples from all directions and various sects.
Next up are the Nascent Soul disciples.
The first to come on stage were the disciples of Wuding Sect, followed by the disciples of Taixu Sect, and finally Tianyan.
Liang Huailian was walking in front. Before going up, he suddenly turned around and glared at Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao as if to show his protest, telling them with his eyes "just wait and see".
The next moment, without waiting for a response, he walked onto the stage with his head held high.
She is powerful, beautiful, and outspoken. She has been famous and controversial since she was a child. As soon as she stepped onto the trial stage, she was greeted with warm applause from all around.
Although there were some questioning voices, they were quickly suppressed by the "arrangement" arranged by Liang Daoheng.
"Senior Sister Liang is the most powerful!"
In the middle of the stands of Wuding Sect and Taixu Sect, several young disciples wearing red robes and headbands stood straight, shaking the golden and valuable ornaments around their waists that were particularly eye-catching, and covered their mouths with their hands, shouting this sentence loudly.
Liang Huailian's originally confident steps suddenly slipped. While looking at his own father with murderous eyes, he quickly ran to hide behind his fellow senior brother.
That could be considered a hasty escape.
Soon they became Tian Yan's disciples.
The top three were Song Xinghe, Yun Ni, and his senior brother Gu Tianxun from Dongxian Peak. When the three of them came on stage, they were greeted with particularly warm cheers from the people of Tianyan - after all, Yun Ni and Gu Tianxun were both the current eldest disciples under their respective masters, and Song Xinghe was one of the proud disciples of the master.
Next came Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao.
Zhan Yao's name came first. After nodding slightly to Mu Fuyun, she stepped onto the stage expressionlessly, stood next to Gu Tianxun, and clasped her fists towards the excited people in the stands as a greeting.
The last one is Mu Fuyun.
Instructor Shen, who was presiding over the Dharma Assembly, cleared his throat before speaking: "The last disciple of the Nascent Soul Stage, the only direct disciple of Tianyan Sect Lingshan Daojun Xie Hanyi—"
Before the three words "Mu Fuyun" were uttered, a dark figure suddenly appeared in the sky and came towards the stands where the leader Qi Yuanbai was in full view of everyone.
"Who are you! How dare you trespass into Tianyan!" Seeing this, the disciples guarding around the stands immediately became alert.
At the same time, he felt strange. The sect was always full of restrictions inside and outside. If someone broke in without permission, they shouldn't have been able to enter the inner gate so easily without even setting off an alarm.
The figure remained unmoved, not frightened at all by the disciples' display. As he approached, he said in a deep voice, "How could I miss such an important gathering of your righteous immortal world?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then seeing the wide black robe he was wearing, the delicate and intricate dark patterns that occasionally flashed with golden luster in the sunlight, and the pale, feminine face hidden under the hood, they couldn't help but guess his identity.
"Is it the Demon Lord?"
"Why is the Demon Lord here?"
"Yes, we have never seen people from the Demon Realm appear in our righteous Dharma meetings before."
"The Demon Lord and Senior Sister Mu were good friends in the past, but he hasn't been to Tianyan for a long time since Senior Sister Mu's death."
"Last time in the Xisha polar region, he kidnapped Mu Fuyun..."
I don't know who brought this up, but everyone around them fell silent.
Everyone looked at Mu Fuyun, who had just stepped onto the edge of the trial platform and had not yet stood next to Zhan Yao.
Zhan Yao naturally remembered what happened that time. She subconsciously placed one hand on the hilt of the sword and quietly took two steps towards Mu Fuyun.
Song Xinghe even took a step forward, keeping a close eye on Mu Fuyun's movements.
Chu Ye, who was not far away, was very calm and not as nervous as they were.
Mu Fuyun has been taking the Holy Grass from the Demon Realm sent by Cang Yan recently. Everything has been peaceful for so long, so there is no reason for Cang Yan to suddenly attack him.
I'm afraid he came here for another reason.
Sure enough, when everyone was suspicious and uneasy, Qi Yuanbai coughed twice, and with the help of two little Taoist boys, he stood up from his seat and stretched out his hand to calm everyone.
"Don't be surprised. The Demon Lord is a distinguished guest invited by this old man. However, I didn't hear from him earlier and didn't know when he would arrive, so I couldn't inform you in advance—" As he spoke, he clasped his fists in the direction of Liang Daoheng and Master Hongmeng, "Please forgive me, both masters."
He was the one who invited him.
Master Hongmeng nodded and said nothing, while Liang Daoheng's tone was unclear.
"That's fine. I heard that Tian Yan had a close relationship with the Demon Lord and the Demon Realm because of a female disciple. It turned out to be true."
When everyone heard this, they felt something was wrong. However, it reminded them more that according to the legend, the new disciple named Mu who was standing on the trial stage was the younger sister of the female disciple Liang Daoheng mentioned.
Mu Fuyue, the direct disciple of the headmaster of Tianyan, had been famous since she entered the outer sect. At that time, she was just a little girl in her teens.
How come no one has ever heard of this younger sister when she is such a famous sister?
Mu Fuyun seemed like a person who appeared out of nowhere.
On the stands, Cang Yan landed easily. Not far behind him, hundreds of demon cultivators, also wearing black robes, wandered around the trial platform, forming an encirclement that surrounded them.
"It seems that I came at the wrong time." He curled his lips. Although he said so, there was no guilt in his behavior. Without waiting for others to sit down, he sat down on the temporary seat next to Qi Yuanbai.
"What are you waiting for? Don't waste your time because of me, everyone. Let's continue."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze away and looked fixedly at Mu Fuyun on the stage.
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