Han Yun's heart skipped a beat. Suddenly, Ji Fanchen, who had fainted in his arms, shuddered violently and then vomited a large mouthful of bloody filth, which turned out to be a pile of already damaged internal organs!
"Ji Fanchen!"
Han Yun's eyes widened.
He had been careless.
The moment he caught Ji Fanchen, he only considered the power of the Angry Thunder Palm, thinking it had only injured the surface. But when he channeled his Profound Qi to examine the other's body, his face turned pale.
Inside Ji Fanchen's body, his five viscera were shattered, his meridians completely severed, a chaotic scene as if a giant beast had stomped on him, leaving him in a state beyond recognition. Any further delay might cost him his life, and even if he was miraculously saved, his body would be completely ruined, leaving him a mere mortal for the rest of his life.
"Ye Feng!! How could you strike so hard!! You, you, you... sigh!"
Han Yun let out a heavy sigh, unable to say more, and immediately carried Ji Fanchen, leaping towards the depths of the Tianyun Sect to seek treatment.
In his heart, the original joy had vanished without a trace.
Ye Feng, oh Ye Feng, you've caused a great disaster this time. Anyone else could be harmed, but this Ji Fanchen... he absolutely cannot be harmed!!
Elder Han??
On the stage, the others watched Han Yun leave in a hurry, not knowing what had happened.
Only then did everyone turn their gaze to Ye Feng, who had been silent all this time. Standing on the stage, his previously dazed eyes slowly regained focus.
Ye Feng slowly raised his hands, looking at them in front of him, unable to believe what had just happened.
What... what did I just do?
The burst of killing intent and combat power in that instant seemed not to be his own?
What on earth is going on??
Could it be that the golden Profound Qi, aside from its immense power, also has a side that causes one to lose control and go mad?
Ye Feng didn't know, but he was currently aware that all three opponents he had just fought had suffered severe injuries!!
"Ye Feng, amazing!!"
"Brother Ye, awesome, you're the pride of us Outer Disciples!!"
At this moment, the audience below the stage finally reacted, starting to cheer and support Ye Feng.
They didn't know that the situation had completely changed, and cheers filled the air. But those Inner Disciples standing on the stage looked at Ye Feng with complex expressions, murmuring in their hearts—
This Ye Feng, even if he manages to get first in the Inner Gate Assessment, his future is uncertain!
...
The lively and noisy Inner Gate Assessment ended just like that.
After Ye Feng's earth-shattering battle, the fights on the other stages became mere sideshows, unable to stir the crowd's passion, becoming dull and uninteresting.
After the battle, Ye Feng returned to his dormitory, but many Outer Disciples were unwilling to leave, lingering in front of the Tianyun Qi-Testing Tablet, waiting for the final ranking list to be released after the day's assessment.
According to past practice, the list would be released around sunset, determining the fate of a thousand new Inner Disciples.
But strangely, everyone waited until the sun set in the west, and dusk fell, yet there was still no movement regarding the Inner Gate Assessment list.
...
Han Yun stood silently outside a grand hall.
This palace, located on the main peak of the Tianyun Seven Peaks, known as Heaven-Gazing Hall, was the main hall of the Tianyun Sect, grand and imposing, symbolizing the glory and pride of the entire Tianyun Sect.
Han Yun had been standing outside Heaven-Gazing Hall for a full two hours.
During this time, he saw the rarely seen chiefs of each peak entering the hall with a majestic stride. They were the true supreme rulers of the Tianyun Sect's development, and their gathering today had only one purpose—to address the tragedy that had occurred in the martial arena.
Initially, the hall was calm and peaceful, but later, Han Yun could clearly hear the sound of intense arguments erupting inside.
A fiery voice was angrily cursing:
"Hmph!! Sect Master, this time I will not compromise no matter what. You may be afraid, but damn it, I'm not. Leave Ye Feng to my Fire Cloud Peak for training, and let's see who dares to trouble him!"
"Ridiculous!" Before the voice had even faded, a cold voice retorted: "Chief Xia, do you not understand who Ji Fanchen is? With his father's relationship with the Fengxiang County Governor, if we don't give the Ji Family an explanation this time, our Tianyun Sect might face another disaster like the one a hundred years ago!"
"You're talking nonsense!" The fiery voice roared: "Han Buyi, you're just a coward who's been scared out of your wits. I despise people like you who betray from within!"
"Xia Chong! Mind your status. As a peak chief, how can you be so vulgar and rude!"
"I'll mind your damn business!"
"Enough!!"
At this moment, a dignified voice finally interrupted the two's quarrel.
Inside the hall, there seemed to be a brief silence.
After a long time, Han Yun vaguely heard the dignified voice declare:
"In this matter, Ye Feng acted in self-defense, but we must give the Ji Family an explanation."
"Sect Master??" The fiery voice exclaimed in shock.
"No need to say more... Chief Han, you personally go to Fengxiang County City, bring generous gifts, and express our apologies."
"Yes, Sect Master." The cold voice nodded slightly: "But if Ye Feng is not severely punished, I'm afraid the Ji Family's resentment will not be appeased."
"Disciple Ye Feng, though talented, has a violent temperament, and at his age, even with the sect's careful nurturing, he is difficult to make great use of..." The dignified voice pondered for a moment, seemingly making a final decision: "He will be sent to Cloud-Falling Peak to face the wall in meditation for a year, and after a year, he will be expelled from the Tianyun Sect and left to the Ji Family's disposal."
"What!! Brother, are you crazy!! Such a promising talent, just because he beat up Ji Fanchen, you're treating him like this! You, you, you're simply..."
"Enough! The decision has been made by this Sect Master, and no one is to have any further objections. Everyone is dismissed!"
"Hmph! Brother, you're simply senile!"
With that, the fiery voice cursed angrily, and then there was a bang as the doors of Heaven-Gazing Hall were flung open. A dignified elder in a fiery red robe, with hair and beard like flames, stormed out in a fury.
"Chief..." Han Yun quickly bowed his head in salute.
"Hmph!" The chief, still in a rage, ignored Han Yun and stormed off like an enraged bull.
Afterward, a man and a woman slowly walked out of the hall, their expressions unfriendly, and they left silently.
Finally, a man in a blue robe walked out slowly. He appeared to be in his fifties, with a carefully groomed goatee and sharp eyes that hid an intimidating edge. He was none other than Han Buyi, the current chief of Angry Cloud Peak.
"Han Yun," Han Buyi ordered coldly after stepping out, "The Sect Master has decreed to cancel all of Ye Feng's assessment results and banish him to Cloud-Falling Peak. In a year, he will be expelled from the Tianyun Sect!" You are reading on novelping.com, the official source.
"Yes!" In the face of the chief's authority, Han Yun dared not speak, quickly accepting the order.
But in his heart, a wave of indignation and sorrow surged.
This is too unfair!
Ye Feng was merely defending himself, yet he has to suffer such treatment because of that bastard Ji Fanchen?
Cloud-Falling Peak...
It's a desolate place no one in the Tianyun Sect wants to go to, lonely and abandoned, with no disciples having been banished there for years.
This is the Sect Master's delaying tactic.
A year wasted, without Profound Art Heart Methods or cultivation resources on Cloud-Falling Peak, would cause Ye Feng to miss the best time to cultivate after breaking through to the Profound Realm. By the time he leaves the Tianyun Sect after a year, he will be just an ordinary Profound Path martial artist, unable to withstand the Ji Family's powerful influence within a hundred miles.
This is essentially a deliberate ploy to let Ye Feng fall into the Ji Family's hands, while not overly damaging the Tianyun Sect's reputation. Perhaps only such a result would satisfy the Ji Family and make them relent.
Han Yun sighed deeply in his heart, but what could he do?
This is fate.
Damn fate!
Han Yun left in anger.
And after everyone had left Heaven-Gazing Hall, a slender figure with hands behind his back slowly emerged.
This person appeared much older than the previous chiefs, with a weathered face, graying temples, and eyes burdened with countless pressures, filled with too many emotions.
He gazed at the dim moon in the sky, letting the night wind scatter his white hair, and after a long time, he murmured:
"Ye Feng... I hope this painstaking arrangement won't disappoint us!!"
...
The next day.
The results of the Inner Gate Assessment were finally announced, but the outcome shocked everyone.
The first place in the assessment was not Ye Feng?
An edict declared Ye Feng's final fate.
"What? Ye Feng was banished to Cloud-Falling Peak?"
"No way, that's too much. It was clearly Ji Fanchen who started it!!"
"What's too much about it? You all know who Ji Fanchen is. Ye Feng shouldn't have hurt him, no matter who else he hurt. I think the sect's handling is already protecting Ye Feng, at least they didn't hand him over to the Ji Family directly..."
For a time, opinions were divided, and public opinion was in an uproar, but no matter how much people discussed it, they couldn't change the outcome Ye Feng was about to face.
A rising star, seemingly just beginning to shine, was mercilessly extinguished by an accident.
Three days after the Inner Gate Assessment ended, Ye Feng, accompanied by Han Yun, arrived at a solitary peak located more than ten miles north of Tianyun Peak—Cloud-Falling Peak.