Chapter 1702 – Vicious Heart
The Sovereign's Ascension
The Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion had thirty-six mountains, and the Cloud Fragrance Mountain was used to receive guests. Normally, no disciples would be here, but this place would become bustling with people whenever there was a challenge.
But today, the hall on the Cloud Fragrance Mountain was filled with people. When Lin Yun and Luo Shuyi landed on the ground, all the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilionâs disciples were briefly stunned before an uproar broke out amongst them.
âLin Xiao is here!â
âWhat is he here for? That fellow is a barbarian, so itâs futile, even if heâs here.â
âI canât figure out why someone like him, who hasnât even displayed his music dao so far, can obtain a quota.â
âHeâs so late when our enemies are already here. I bet he never considered himself a member of the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.â The faces of the already depressed Heavenly Fragrance Pavilionâs disciples became even darker when they saw Lin Yun.
After all, it was unavoidable for Lin Yun to attract hatred since he was too famous. There was a massive commotion in the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion since he had obtained a quota before anyone realized it, and this naturally made all the disciples unhappy.
Sensing the surrounding enmity, Lin Yun knew that there were a lot of rumors revolving around him recently, but he never expected that their hostility would be so massive. Honestly speaking, he wasnât too fond of the surrounding atmosphere.
âLin Xiao, what are you doing here?â Zhang Mu stepped out from the crowd and came before Lin Yun. Beside him were Xiang Feiluan and Zuo Hongyun. Their faces were pale, and they were clearly heavily injured.
Seeing this, Lin Yun instantly knew that the three mustâve fought and were defeated.
Looking at Lin Yun, Xiang Feiluan said, âYouâre here to see us make a joke out of ourselves, right?â
âYoung Master Lin is here to help us winâ¦â Luo Shuyi quickly explained.
âHim? The three of us were defeated, so what can he do?â Zhang Mu snorted with disdain flickering within his pupils.
When Lin Yun raised his head, he knew that these people were from the Divine Dragon Empireâs ancient Ice Domain and were prideful. They were the ones who held back during their performance at the Saint Altar back then. So Lin Yun didnât waste time talking to them and walked through the crowd; he wanted to see who was fighting in the hall.
âCan he really turn the tables around?â Zuo Hongyun asked.
âBullshit. Heâll only embarrass himselfâ¦â Zhang Mu said coldly. His hostility for Lin Yun was deep. He felt that Lin Yun had stolen his opportunity. If he had received personal guidance from Mu Xueling, he wouldnât have lost today.
âLetâs go and take a look.â The trio said with their faces dark.
When Lin Yun and Luo Shuyi came forth, they saw Lin Wan fighting with a woman. This woman was prideful while placing a bamboo flute by her lips.
âThat person is one of the prominent younger disciples in the Exquisite Court. Her mental cultivation has reached the pinnacle of sixth grade, and I heard that she has already grasped the high-grade Noble Tone. Sheâs only one step away from complete mastery.â Luo Shuyi explained beside Lin Yun.
Lin Yun nodded his head. Lin Wan might not be from an Ancient Saint Clan, but sheâs the chief disciple of the Heavenly Note Sect, and she wasnât weak. Not to mention that she had gone to the Ancient Barren Battlefield.
One person played the lute while the other played the flute, and they both had high attainment in music dao. They played powerful scores, and their music manifested into various phenomena. The phenomena the person playing the flute manifested was terrifying with countless musical notes manifesting into crimson serpents.
The crimson serpents were gorgeous, but they had a lethality beneath their beauty. No matter how beautiful they were, those were venomous serpents, which was a rare form of music dao.
On the other hand, Lin Wan fought firmly with her lute, stopping those serpents from getting close to her. Lin Yunâs gaze passed over them and landed in the Exquisite Courtâs direction. Aside from some elders from the Exquisite Court, there was a purple-robed man. This person was dashing, but his gaze was terrifyingly cold.
Lin Yun could sense a powerful mental energy being emitted from him. This person had probably reached the seventh-grade Saint Spiritualist, and anyone could tell he wasnât a pushover.
âThat person is Xu Dongfei, the strongest of the Exquisite Courtâs younger generation. He was arrogant earlier and even asked the Profound Fairy to face his challenge.â Luo Shuyi continued. Her eyes were filled with disgust and lingering fear when she looked at Xu Dongfei.
While Lin Yun and Luo Shuyi were talking amongst themselves, many people from the Exquisite Court noticed Lin Yun. After all, they had caused quite a commotion when they arrived. Thus, their gazes were attracted to them as Lin Yun and Luo Shuyi came forth.
âWhoâs that person?â
âA new disciple that the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion recruited?â
âI never heard of him before.â
While the Exquisite Courtâs disciples were discussing amongst themselves, Xu Dongfei said, âEven the Ancient Saint Clanâs geniuses like Xiang Feiluan have failed, so itâs useless even if he comes. Today, I have to force their Profound Fairy to come out. Itâs futile, no matter who comes!â
âThatâs right. We can only thoroughly step on the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion by defeating the Profound Fairy.â
âItâs best to defeat them openly and make them embarrassed. At that time, the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion wonât have the face to head to the Nirvana Banquet.â The Exquisite Courtâs disciples echoed alongside Xu Dongfei.
The Exquisite Court didnât conceal their voices, making Lin Yun wonder just how great their enmity was against Yue Weiwei. He could clearly hear their voices, and the chill within his pupils grew even denser. It was fine if they had no enmity for him and only had enmity for the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion because Lin Yun couldnât be bothered with that. But having such a massive enmity against Lin Yun was a different story.
In the past, he wasnât bothered since he didnât know that the Profound Fairy was Yue Weiwei. But since he already knew about her, he couldnât ignore it. If they wanted to bully Yue Weiwei, they would have to ask if he would agree!
âIf this is the best you can do, I canât be bothered to play with you anymore.â The Exquisite Courtâs disciple lowered her flute and looked at Lin Wan with a cold flash in her pupils.
Lin Wan merely glanced at her opponent before she said, âThatâll depend on how capable you are!â
âHmph!â The Exquisite Courtâs disciple raised the flute back to her lips. Her flute music suddenly became sharp like a venomous serpent with halos of crimson light spreading out. The next moment, the crimson light manifested into multiple crimson serpents that descended towards Lin Wan.
The venomous serpents soon filled Lin Wanâs sight. As she strummed the lute even faster, rings of crimson sound waves spread out.
As countless venomous serpents fell from the sky like a crimson rainfall, the Exquisite Courtâs disciple, Lan Hongyan, smiled as she began to move about in the hall, leaving behind crimson afterimages. As her flute and her figure changed, it made it harder for others to catch her, and this was enough to prove that she had plenty of fighting experience.
But coincidentally, Lin Wan came from Ancient Barren Domain, not to mention that she had experienced the Ancient Barren Battlefield. So this didnât make her panic, and she soon found a solution to deal with Lan Hongyan.
As her figure began to move about like a piece of paper, her footsteps were even more bizarre than Lan Hongyan's. It didnât take long for her to put Lan Hongyan in a difficult position with various phenomena being destroyed. It was so much so that flaws started appearing in Lan Hongyanâs music, and her aura became chaotic.
âSenior Sister Lin is going to win!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWeâre finally going to obtain a victory after three losses!â The Heavenly Fragrance Pavilionâs disciples were excited, and a smile rose on their faces. After all, they had too much pent-up with three losses.
But Lin Yun lightly furrowed his brows, and he had an ill premonition.
âWhatâs wrong?â Luo Shuyi smiled, seeing that Lin Wan was going to win. But when she noticed Lin Yunâs expression, she couldnât help being worried.
âItâs a little troublesomeâ¦â Lin Yun noticed that the Exquisite Courtâs party didnât panic and even seemed confident, as if they werenât worried for Lan Hongyan. Suddenly, his face changed, âNot good!â
Executing his Divine Dragon Eyes, he soon noticed something wasnât right. When Lan Hongyan blew on her flute, crimson powder was drifting out of her flute and merged with her music. When the powder fused with the surrounding phenomenon, the powder became even more sinister.
He instantly knew that the powder was poison, and that made his face turn cold. Although they didnât say any rules in the fight, using poison in an official battle was still despicable.
Suddenly, Lin Wan felt powerless and threw out a mouthful of blood. The blood that she threw out was black, and it was terrifying.
âSenior Sister Lin!â Exclamations resounded while everyone became worried about Lin Wan.
On the other hand, Xu Dongfei smiled and commented, âThis battle has come to an end.â
The serpents took this opportunity to bite Lin Wan. But that wasnât all. Lan Hongyan had no intentions of stopping and continued to play her flute. A hundred-foot serpent suddenly pounced forth, baring its jaws at Lin Wan.
âNo!â Luo Shuyiâs face changed.
But just when the serpent was about to bite Lin Wan, a hand appeared behind her and gently waved. As a thunderstorm rampaged along with a dragon roar, countless dragon runes condensed into a dragonâs head, letting out a roar in the direction of the crimson serpent and crushing its head before anyone could react.
As crimson rainfall fell from the sky, Lin Wan was stunned as she turned to see a familiar figure.
âArenât you a little too vicious for a woman? You already won the fight, but you still want to take her life? Is everyone from the Exquisite Court as vicious as you?â Lin Yun turned to coldly look at the Exquisite Courtâs party.
When he said those words, the faces of everyone from the Exquisite Court sank.