The ancestral hall was deep and secluded.

Moreover.

This place was originally meant to honor the ancestors, making it even more silent. As Ye Qingchen walked along, he felt as if he had stepped into another world, with only the sound of his footsteps echoing quietly around him.

However.

In the main hall of the ancestral hall, he encountered an elder.

The elder's appearance was withered, skeletal, sitting there motionless, like a piece of dead wood, with almost no breath of life. Yet, the gleam in his eyes gave off a dangerous feeling, like a lion sizing up its prey.

"Are you Ye Qingchen, young friend?"

The elder's sharp light in his eyes faded, as he lightly waved his sleeve, pointing to the cushion in front of him: "You are quite skillful, young friend. For the four hundred and sixty-one years since the founding of the Spirit Coffin Sect, we have never suffered such losses. Truly, a formidable youth!"

"I forgot to mention, I am the Supreme Elder of the Spirit Coffin Sect, Ling Xiaozi!"

"Please, have a seat!"

Ye Qingchen didn't mind, casually walking over and sitting opposite Ling Xiaozi.

Although it was impossible to discern the other's realm.

There was no doubt, however, that this elder was definitely a Celestial Saint powerhouse, and his realm wasn't low. It was only due to his advanced age that he appeared so decrepit.

"The Spirit Coffin Sect was unjust first, I merely retaliated." Ye Qingchen said indifferently, "Did you want to see me to persuade me to stop?"

Ling Xiaozi nodded slightly and said, "Correct, it's better to resolve enmity than to keep it. The main culprit who besieged you is dead, why won't you stop?"

"Back then when you besieged me in Xingyue City, why didn't you say these words? When you intercepted me at Nine Dragon Mountain, why didn't you say these words? When you chased me to Black Abyss City, why didn't you say these words?"

Ye Qingchen looked at Ling Xiaozi with a half-smile, shaking his head as he spoke:

"Your Spirit Coffin Sect is basically bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If I were weak, even if I were killed, none of you would stoop to glance at me. Now that you find me difficult to deal with, you start wagging your tail and begging?"

Ling Xiaozi was momentarily at a loss for words upon hearing this.

Spirit Coffin Sect had always been like this. They only bowed their heads to Ye Qingchen because he had killed so many of their people, leaving them at their wit's end.

If his strength were slightly weaker, they would have long since crushed him to bones and ashes.

But he didn't expect.

Ye Qingchen saw through everything so clearly, rendering all his excuses unspeakable.

"Young friend, is there really no way to reconcile?" he paused, frowned, and said: "If you are willing to cease your actions, starting today, you will be an Honorary Elder of the Spirit Coffin Sect. In the sect, only below me, even the Sect Leader has no authority over you! Additionally, you will have rights equivalent to the Sect Leader's!"

Ling Xiaozi attempted to persuade, with a tone difficult to refuse.

He believed.

No one could refuse such temptation. The Spirit Coffin Sect wasn't just any small, insignificant power, but a major sect known across the Tongxuan Continent. As long as Ye Qingchen nodded, his status and identity would reach the pinnacle in an instant.

"What if I refuse?" Ye Qingchen asked with a half-smile.

"Hmm?"

Ling Xiaozi's expression turned cold.

Only to hear Ye Qingchen burst into laughter:

"Before I entered the Misty Sect, you had already made dual preparations. If I agreed, both sides would naturally be pleased. Your Spirit Coffin Sect would have resolved this crisis without paying any price, and also bind me to the Spirit Coffin Sect!"

"If I don't agree, you'll make a move and kill me in this ancestral hall! When I arrived, I had already noticed that all personnel in the Spirit Coffin Sect had been evacuated, which must be in preparation for this, right?"

As soon as Ye Qingchen said this, a sudden silence fell over the ancestral hall.

Ling Xiaozi's pupils contracted.

His clouded eyes erupted with an unimaginable brilliant radiance. He looked deeply at Ye Qingchen and said, "Since you've already guessed it all, you still dare refuse me?"

Ye Qingchen sneered, "Why wouldn't I dare? Your Spirit Coffin Sect just wants to force me to bow my head. I want to see what other methods you have left!"

"Good!"

Ling Xiaozi sat upright, seeming to come alive at this moment, his immense power like a boiling cauldron, or a sleeping beast gradually opening its eyes.

He fixed his gaze on Ye Qingchen, like a starving wolf:

"Since you don't appreciate favors, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"You may be a rare young genius, but a dead genius isn't worthy of being called a genius. This old bag of bones hasn't moved for a hundred years, let me experience the prowess of this peerless genius!"

Ling Xiaozi suddenly stood up.

...

Meanwhile.

Vast Sea Sect.

"Luo Huan, Luo Huan! Ye Qingchen has entered the city!"

Wei Ziping ran in panic, shouting all the way, arriving at Luo Huan's small courtyard.

"What about him now?"

Luo Huan clasped her small hands, her eyes full of tension and worry.

Earlier.

Ye Qingchen's soft shout, like a thunderous explosion, spread throughout Xingyue City. How could she not know?

Therefore.

Wei Ziping volunteered to go to the outer layer to find out.

"You didn't witness it yourself; Ye Qingchen was truly magnificent! The Spirit Coffin Sect's Sect Leader personally came out to welcome Ye Qingchen into the city. Besides him, the Vice Sect Leader of the Spirit Coffin Sect, the Elder Council, various Hall Masters, and Stewards all bowed their heads and shouted 'Welcome, Young Master Ye' in unison..."

Wei Ziping gestured excitedly.

He personally witnessed that scene; usually, such lofty figures, a mere stomp of the foot would be enough for the entire Tongxuan Continent to shake, yet they dared not act arrogantly in front of Ye Qingchen.

What grandeur!

"Looks like they've reached a settlement!" Luo Huan's master nodded in satisfaction upon hearing.

Luo Huan also nodded from the side.

No matter what, a cessation from both sides is the best outcome.

However.

Wei Ziping couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Settle? The Sect Leader of the Spirit Coffin Sect did propose it in public, but Ye Qingchen refused! Later, having no choice, they said a senior of the Spirit Coffin Sect wanted to see Ye Qingchen, so they took him inside the Spirit Coffin Sect!"

"A senior wants to see Ye Qingchen?" Luo Huan was stunned, quickly turning to the elder, asking: "Master, who in the Spirit Coffin Sect could be called a senior even by the Sect Leader?"

Upon hearing this, the elder also furrowed his brow, seemingly in deep thought.

Suddenly.

As if recalling something, he abruptly stood up, his expression drastically changing and said:

"This is bad!"

"That senior must be the Supreme Elder of the Spirit Coffin Sect!"

Rumble!

Almost as soon as his words fell.

A terrifying aura, almost without warning, erupted crazily from the location of the Spirit Coffin Sect.

In the shocked gazes of countless people in Xingyue City, this aura even rolled up endless clouds, which rushed madly, forming a huge vortex over the Spirit Coffin Sect.

And this enormous vortex, in the shocked eyes of everyone, transformed into an aged elder with angry eyes and billowing robes.

"Black clouds pressing the city are about to destroy it! It's that Supreme Elder, making a move!"

The elder's body trembled.

He felt an unstoppable fear washing over him like a tidal wave.

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