Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 376 Establishing Prestige
When Yun Yi returned to Burial Sword Valley, the disciples there were immediately invigorated, as if they had found a pillar of support.

They all bowed and said loudly, "Disciples greet Right Sword Attendant."

Although he was still nominally called Right Sword Attendant, everyone knew that he was Song Xinci's husband. Therefore, after the sect leader ascended to heaven, Yun Yi had actually become the top leader of Burial Sword Valley.

The lecherous king of the Paradise Sect was seriously injured by his scheme, and the Heavenly Crippled Sect was completely ruined by him.

Both their character and methods are truly admirable.

Even Qiu Feng, who had lived in seclusion in the valley for many years, was not as popular as this young man.

The demonic cultivators had heard of the Right Sword Servant's reputation, but since they were numerous and powerful, they were determined to make the Burial Sword Valley give up some benefits no matter what.

Therefore, no one retreated; instead, the commotion grew increasingly fierce, as if they were about to tear down the gates of Burial Sword Valley.

Yun Yi ignored the group of people, smiled and ruffled Dou Li's hair, asking, "Is Little Sword Immortal Dou's sword practice going well?"

Dou Li was usually well-behaved, but when she saw Yun Yi, she became much more lively and showed a strange closeness to him.

He first respectfully performed the disciple's salute, then rushed up and hugged his second master tightly, pouting, and said, "I missed you both so much since you and the eldest master weren't home."

Yun Yi gently patted the boy's back and explained, "The path of cultivation is long, and it's normal to separate and reunite."

He put down his beloved disciple, while Bai Ze curiously landed on Dou Li's head. "Don't rush to catch up. Tell me about this group of people."

Dou Li immediately began to complain: "They are all rogue cultivators from the Demonic Sect. They say that our Burial Sword Valley is a large and powerful family, and we should give up some of our mountains for them to cultivate on."

Yun Yi laughed and said, "It sounds like an ordinary family suddenly becoming rich, and relatives they don't usually interact with all come over to beg for money."

Dou Li had been selling tofu pudding with his mother and had long witnessed the coldness and warmth of human relationships, so naturally he despised the unreasonable behavior of these people.

He said with a wronged expression, "Master Jianchen said we should just activate the sect's protective formation, since these people can't get in anyway, and we can have some peace and quiet. But Sister Zhuque said that the overall situation is more important, and we can't afford to get too entangled with these people."

Yun Yi thought that Zhuque must have had a reason for not wanting to break off relations. He guessed that during the time he and his wife had been living in seclusion in the Flying Heaven Secret Realm, a lot of changes had happened outside.

At this moment, a demonic cultivator said, "Right Sword Attendant, you are a reasonable person. Our Demonic Sect has lost its Demon Lord and is being suppressed by the righteous path at every turn. This is the time when we need to unite and overcome this difficulty together!"

Someone chimed in, "Sect Leader Song has already ascended to the Heavenly Realm, yet Burial Sword Valley monopolizes the resources of the three major sects. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

"That's right, we should also get a share of the cultivation resources. We can't let the Burial Sword Valley take all the benefits."

That's the prevailing attitude in the Demonic Sect; it seems that whoever speaks the loudest is more justified.

Yun Yi raised an eyebrow at his disciple, having absolutely no interest in reasoning with this rabble.

They dared to cause trouble simply because they were certain that Song Xinci had ascended to immortality, and Qiu Feng was unwilling to show his face, so Burial Sword Valley had no Dao Integration Realm cultivators to back them up.

It is unknown who leaked the news of the new porcelain's ascension.

Unfortunately, whether intentionally or unintentionally, this person did not mention that Yun Yi had also reached the Dao Integration Realm.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yun Yi revealed Fang Yuan, stood in mid-air, and with a light slash of his sword, left a long mark in front of the mountain gate.

He said coldly, "Anyone who enters without permission from the Burial Sword Valley will be put to death."

A sword mark resembled a long river, with demonic cultivators on one side and disciples of the Burial Sword Valley on the other, facing each other with a clear distinction between them.

Someone complained, "Is this how the Burial Sword Valley bullies the members of the Demonic Sect? What will happen when the righteous path attacks?"

“The Right Sword Attendant looks down on us and wants to distance himself from us.”

The demonic cultivator grew increasingly agitated as he spoke, unable to resist pushing forward, getting closer and closer to the sword mark. Perhaps thinking that "the law does not punish the masses," one of the demonic cultivators couldn't resist stepping over the sword mark first, and in the blink of an eye, his body was split in two, the wound neat and clean, without even a drop of blood flowing out.

Yun Yi landed in front of the mountain gate and looked at the group of demonic cultivators through the sword marks. Sure enough, the group of people quickly retreated, and no one dared to step forward again.

"Isn't the Right Sword Attendant being a bit unreasonable?"

Yun Yi said, "These are the rules. Anyone who disagrees can come and try."

After waiting for a while, no one dared to come.

Yun Yi knew all too well what kind of personality the rogue cultivators of the Demonic Sect were.

They bully the weak and fear the strong, and they seize every opportunity to attack. Even if the righteous and demonic sects were to engage in a life-or-death battle, they couldn't rely on this group.

As expected, making an example of them was very effective, and the group of demonic cultivators no longer had their previous arrogance.

Yun Yi didn't bother wasting his breath on them and turned to walk towards the council hall with Dou Li.

The sword mark remained in place, seemingly inconspicuous, yet no one dared to probe it.

Some daring disciples of Burial Sword Valley went to try it out and found that, just as the Right Sword Attendant had said, it did not react to the people of Burial Sword Valley.

The disciple pushed the corpse, which had just been split in two, outwards to prevent it from soiling the mountain gate.

The group of demonic cultivators looked at each other, and someone said, "In my opinion, the Right Sword Attendant's cultivation is unfathomable. With such divine skills, he must have already reached the Dao Integration Realm."

"Pretty much. The one who died, known as the 'Seven Absolute Demon Lord,' was at the Void Returning Realm... Who but the Dao Integration Realm could kill him so easily?"

"What should I do?"

"Why don't we just disperse? I've heard that the Right Sword Attendant is vindictive and will definitely not come to any good if he stays here."

……

After quickly finishing off some miscellaneous tasks, Yun Yi returned to the council hall and saw Zhu Que with a furrowed brow, so he joked, "Who's upset you?"

Zhuque breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Yun Yi, and stepped forward, saying fiercely, "It's all because of you that I'm so angry!"

"Me? How did I upset you?"

"The young lady is gone, and you've become a hands-off manager, leaving me here to suffer alone! The embroiderer is busy making clothes, and my elder sister isn't good at it either. The old sect leader and the swordsman just want to avoid doing anything..."

"Nangong Zhuozhuo and Ye Nianyi are even less reliable; it's good enough if they don't cause trouble. Xiaodouzi does want to help, but he's just a kid..."

Suzaku complained and kept scratching his head in frustration.

Yun Yi grabbed her wrist, tidied the stray hairs from her forehead, and comforted her, "It's alright, I'm back now."

Dou Li tactfully covered her eyes and said, "Sister Zhuque, do whatever you want. Just pretend I'm not here."

A blush crept onto Zhuque's face. Although she was a little embarrassed, she missed Yunyi terribly after not seeing him for so many days, and couldn't help but hug him and give him a light peck on the ear.

The two separated immediately upon contact. Zhuque cleared her throat and quickly regained her composure: "Has Bai Ze's matter been resolved?"

The snow-white little beast perched on Dou Li's head whimpered twice, implying that it was a bit impolite of him to only now remember him.

"The Heavenly Pillar was still shattered by the Overturning Heaven Pavilion, but the Wen family was spared." Yun Yi asked, "What exactly happened that made you so worried?"

(End of this chapter)