After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 274 Heavenly River Blade Sect

As soon as the middle-aged scholar uttered these words, the entire council hall fell silent.

The second deputy leader's expression shifted several times, but he finally managed to say with a stern face:
"Why don't you tell me about the second thing?"

How could these vice-leaders dare to question Yu Xiong Batian's decision? Therefore, even if they were unwilling for the World Alliance to merge into the World Society, they could only grit their teeth and accept it.

"As for the second matter, I think all of you vice alliance leaders can guess it, that is, to form an alliance with Taiyin Yuanzong and Dayan Sword Sect."

The middle-aged scholar seemed to have anticipated the crowd's reaction, and calmly began to speak:

"The Grand Alliance Leader has instructed that the Fifth Vice Alliance Leader will preside over the discussion of the alliance with the other two factions, with me assisting him."

"As for the other vice leaders, they are fully supporting the World Alliance in accomplishing these two tasks. The Grand Alliance Leader said that only by accomplishing these two tasks can the World Alliance gain a foothold in the Jianghu of Dali and not be afraid of the Dali Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, the vice leaders in the council hall exchanged glances, but said nothing more. They immediately responded in unison, promising to obey the orders of the Grand Alliance Leader.

The second deputy leader looked puzzled, then cupped his hands in greeting to the middle-aged scholar and said:

"Since it is the Alliance Leader's decision, we should obey it. I will go down and make preparations immediately so that we can set off for Dawu as soon as possible."

Having said that, he did not linger in the council hall and immediately took his leave.

Not long after, the second deputy leader returned to his main hall, sat alone on the golden throne, and smashed the golden chair back under his command into dust with a single palm strike.

"Such a humiliating task was assigned to me, the second vice leader of the alliance. How can I maintain my dignity within the alliance after this?"

The second vice-leader's face was gloomy. The merger of the World Alliance into the Great Martial World Association was practically handing over the entire World Alliance.

If this matter spreads throughout the martial arts world in the future, those who don't know the truth will think that he, the second vice leader, has betrayed the alliance and submitted to the martial arts world of Da Wu, thus nailing him to the pillar of shame of the martial arts world of Da Li.

"And what gives Huo Linfei the right to represent the World Alliance and negotiate an alliance with the Taiyin Yuan Sect and the Dayan Sword Sect?"

"Why not let Huo Linfei do this act, which is clearly inferior and will inevitably be criticized?"

The second deputy leader felt a nameless rage rising in his heart, blaming Yu Xiong Batian for his favoritism.

Previously, Huo Linfei was exceptionally talented in martial arts, a martial arts genius that was rare in the martial arts world. Considering that the other party was well-known and valued by Yu Xiong Batian, he decided to tolerate it.

But times have changed. The Great Li has produced an Eighth Prince. Huo Linfei, the so-called once-in-a-century martial arts genius, is not even worthy of carrying his shoes. What is there to brag about now?
"Somebody come!"

The second deputy leader suddenly shouted.

The next moment, an old man silently floated into the hall, stood beside the second vice leader, and said:

"What are your orders, Alliance Leader?"

The second deputy leader glanced at the other party and squinted, saying:
"Please deliver an urgent message to Huo Linfei, the Fifth Vice Alliance Leader..."

Before long, the old man withdrew from the main hall, while the second deputy leader stared at his retreating figure with a cold gaze.
"Huo Linfei, even if I can't do anything to you, I'll still make you feel disgusted."

……

At this time, the Dayan Sword Sect was experiencing a situation almost identical to that of the Taiyin Yuan Sect and the Tianxia Alliance.

Unlike the other two sects, the sect leader of the Dayan Sword Sect, after an emergency discussion with the elders of the Sword Sect, immediately sent a message to the capital of the Great Li Dynasty.

What was written in the letter? And to whom was it addressed?

However, apart from the sect master of the Dayan Sword Sect and a few elders, no one else knew about it.

...Qingzhou, Tianhe Blade Sect.

At this moment, the entire sect was already surrounded by the people of the World Alliance, like an iron barrel, and not even a bird could escape.

Behind the Tianhe Blade Sect, a silver waterfall cascades down from a sheer cliff, appearing like a celestial river falling to earth amidst the misty clouds.

Around the waterfall, a group of elders and hall masters from the Tianhe Blade Sect, as well as some of the sect's core disciples, had gathered.

Shangguan Qingqing and Qin Hao knelt beside the silver waterfall, bound like criminals, facing an ancient, simple stone tablet.

"Reflect on your actions! Reflect on them properly!"

A short, elderly man with messy white hair and a red, bulbous nose shouted at Shangguan Qingqing and her companion with a fierce expression.

Beside him stood several elders of the Heavenly River Saber Sect, who reached out to tug at his robes while trying to persuade him:
"Never mind, Qingqing and Hao'er are still just children..."

"That's right, old man Bai, you made those two kids kneel in front of so many people. Young people are easily embarrassed. How will they ever be able to hold their heads high in the sect again?"

A tall, thin old man frowned and spoke, clearly extremely dissatisfied with the public punishment of his disciple.

At this moment, a young disciple with a worried expression beside the tall, thin old man tugged at his sleeve and said with a pout:
"Master, please stop talking. The sect is about to be destroyed. Whether we can hold our heads high or not doesn't seem to be an important matter, does it?"

Upon hearing this, the tall, thin old man immediately turned around and glared at him, saying:
"Then I'll make you kneel down with them too, are you willing?"

"what?"

The young disciple was immediately taken aback, then waved his hands repeatedly, saying:

"I didn't do anything wrong, why should I kneel?"

"Besides, Master, you might as well just kill me with a knife instead of making me do such a shameful thing. Otherwise, when I think back on it afterward, I'll definitely be so ashamed that I'll jump off a cliff and kill myself on the spot!"

……

Meanwhile, Shangguan Qingqing and Qin Hao knelt on the rough stones with their heads down, listening to the whispers and pointing fingers of their sect uncles, senior brothers, and junior brothers around them.

Both of them had flushed red faces, and their ears were practically bleeding.

However, they remained silent throughout, simply burying their heads in the ground as much as possible, as if these people didn't exist unless they could see them.

Just then, a deep, resonant voice suddenly echoed across the entire back mountain, saying:
"Bai Zihua, that's enough!"

Then, a handsome middle-aged man in flowing white robes and with long black hair appeared from the front of the sect, riding on a blade of light, and stopped above the group on the back mountain in an instant.

Upon seeing this person, all the elders and disciples immediately stood up straight, clasped their hands in greeting, and bowed, saying in unison:

"See the sect master!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man standing in mid-air waved his hand and said:
"No gift."

Then, the middle-aged man's gaze fell on the short old man, and he said:

"Untie Qingqing and Hao'er."

"I'm confronting the Tianxia Alliance head-on, and you're stirring up trouble in my backyard? This is utterly ridiculous!"

(End of this chapter)