Chapter 314: An Old Acquaintance, the Great Elder (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Several tens of days later.
At the founding location of the Taiyi Sword Sect, below the Xuan Song Seventy-two Mountain Range.
Dantai Luoxue and Su Qianyuan had finally arrived here.
Both were top-notch experts, and it had taken them several tens of days to reach this place, a speed that was very touching indeed.
The main issue was that Su Qianyuan was really not suited for traveling quickly.
Originally, Dantai Luoxue had wanted to bring Su Qianyuan along.
But Su Qianyuan, concerned about losing face, stubbornly refused.
So the two of them could only travel slowly.
It took them more than ten days to arrive at the mountain gate of the Taiyi Sword Sect.
"Third Senior Brother, you really need to improve your speed. Our traveling pace is embarrassingly slow," Dantai Luoxue said with some helplessness.
"Junior Sister, you can't blame me for that, I've specialized in body refinement, and I just can't move that quickly," Su Qianyuan said, spreading his hands to show his helplessness.
"Then Senior Brother, you could practice some techniques related to movement, those that rely purely on physical strength to explode with speed," Dantai Luoxue suggested, speaking up.
"No way, my philosophy is to break all methods with sheer power, I don't bother with those fanciful tricks," Su Qianyuan decisively refused.
He still remembered what their Respected Master had once said to him.
All things are illusory in the face of absolute power.
If his strength was great enough, a single step could suffice for him to fly swiftly because of his powerful force.
It was just that it seemed his strength was still not enough.
Su Qianyuan sighed inwardly before looking up to see Dantai Luoxue about to say something else, and he quickly waved his hand to stop her.
"Alright, alright, Junior Sister, we are already at our Elder Martial Brother's sect's gate, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go meet Elder Martial Brother first," Su Qianyuan said repeatedly.
"Hmm," Dantai Luoxue nodded, not saying anything further.
The two looked up at the mountain gate of the Taiyi Sword Sect for a moment, and then got up, prepared to enter.
Originally, the two of them thought they needed to first notify Elder Martial Brother Ye Luo.
But to their surprise, they didn't need to send word; they were allowed to enter directly.
The several disciples guarding the mountain gate seemed to recognize them.
Without much scrutiny, they were admitted.
This surprised them both quite a bit.
But they didn't think too much of it, knowing that their notoriety had spread during the Grand Competition of a Thousand Sects.
The Taiyi Sword Sect was their Elder Martial Brother's sect; how could they possibly not know about the Grand Competition of a Thousand Sects?
They proceeded, flying over one peak after another.
It had to be said that the Xuan Song Seventy-two Mountain Range had changed its appearance after being led by the Taiyi Sword Sect.
Each peak gathered rolling spiritual energy, giving off the impression, from a distance, that each was shrouded by endless mist, like an Immortal Realm.
Leaping over countless peaks, they finally stopped above the main peak.
Dantai Luoxue had intended to enter the topmost main hall to see if she could find someone to inquire about Ye Luo's whereabouts.
But as she was walking,
she suddenly realized that Su Qianyuan had disappeared from her side.
This left Dantai Luoxue astounded.
Turning her head, she managed to find Su Qianyuan.
Only, she felt something was off about Su Qianyuan.
He seemed to be in a daze, staring intently in one direction.
Following Su Qianyuan's gaze,
Dantai Luoxue saw that not far from them, there was an open space.
At this moment, a figure resembling an elder was instructing a group of disciples; everything seemed so ordinary, with nothing out of the ordinary.
Dantai Luoxue was curious to know what her Third Senior Brother was looking at.
"Third Senior Brother?"
Dantai Luoxue called out to him.
"Hmm? Oh!"
Su Qianyuan snapped back to his senses, glanced at Dantai Luoxue, and walked over, though his gaze still occasionally drifted back to that open space.
"Third Senior Brother, what are you looking at? Do you recognize any of those disciples? If so, let's go greet them," Dantai Luoxue stared at Su Qianyuan, as if trying to read something from him.
"No, no, I don't know anyone. I've never been to Elder Martial Brother's Taiyi Sword Sect; how could I recognize anyone? Let's go, we should find Elder Martial Brother," Su Qianyuan hurriedly waved his hands, unwilling to acknowledge.
Hearing this,
Dantai Luoxue didn't ask any further, simply nodding her head and giving the open space one more glance before turning to leave.
Seeing Dantai Luoxue about to depart, Su Qianyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
How could he tell Dantai Luoxue that the elder was the Great Elder from his former Qiandi Dao Sect?
If that were revealed, wouldn't his shameful past be exposed?
Where would he put his face then?
No, he definitely couldn't mention it.
Su Qianyuan followed Dantai Luoxue as they left together.
They arrived outside the great hall belonging to the Taiyi Sword Sect.
This time, however, they were barred from entering.
Two people in white robes, holding long swords, stood guard at the entrance to the hall.
"Which mountain peak do you belong to? Don't you know that without the Sect Master's command, no one is allowed near the Ancestral Master Hall?" the two white-robed figures asked emotionlessly, their voices cold and sharp.
Upon witnessing this scene,
Su Qianyuan stepped forward.
"We are fellow disciples from the same sect as your Sect Master, come down from our mountain to see him, and we hope you can go in and pass the message," Su Qianyuan slowly said.
As these words were spoken,
the two white-robed figures looked startled for a moment, exchanged glances, and without much thought,
they knew their duty was only to guard the Ancestral Master Hall and to stop disciples who tried to enter without orders.
They wouldn't dare to bar the Sect Master's fellow disciples.
"Please wait a moment," one of the white-robed figures said, then turned and flew into the Ancestral Master Hall.
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The other stood silently in his spot.
Dantai Luo Xue and Su Qianyuan weren't in a rush and waited on the spot.
After a while,
a voice suddenly came through.
"Sect Master! Sect Master! Old man here has found an excellent talent!"
Hearing this voice,
Su Qianyuan's face suddenly changed...