The starting point is auspicious; the fiancée will not call off the engagement.

Chapter 59 Mutual Schemes

While Fang Zhou was comforting Xiao Yue, Su Yan was facing an attack from a large group of people.

"Senior Brother Su Yan, I heard you're Senior Sister Ye Ninghan's top subordinate?"

"Junior Brother Su, you're amazing! I never expected you to be this strong."

"Su Yan, actually I've always had a slight doubt about whether you're stronger than me."

Su Yan looked at his disciples who were inexplicably surrounding him, completely bewildered.

Looking at the disciples from various peaks who were in a state of high spirits, Su Yan sensed something was wrong.

Someone with a sword is definitely trying to harm him. Su Yan stood in the middle of the crowd, sweating profusely.

"Fellow disciples, what happened? Can you tell me first?"

When the disciples of other peaks saw people from other peaks coming to surround Su Yan, they hurried over to watch the commotion. One of the junior disciples from Holy Sword Peak spoke up to correct them.

"And senior and junior sisters."

"Junior sister, stop fooling around, we're watching the show."

The disciples of Holy Sword Peak nearby quickly pulled her back.

My goodness, Su Yan felt a headache just looking at that little disciple. He was somewhat helpless looking at her unconvinced expression.

"Alright, alright, and senior and junior sisters, please tell me what exactly happened."

The disciples from the other peaks, seeing that Su Yan genuinely didn't know, explained to him why they had come to find him.

Just yesterday, an anonymous person posted a thread on the forum titled: "Rational Discussion: A Ranking of the True Combat Strength of the Younger Generation of the Myriad Saints Sect."

They came to find Su Yan because they saw this ranking list.

Su Yan quickly took out his disciple token and opened the forum.

As soon as I entered the forum, I saw that post at the very top, with tens of thousands of comments piled up on top of it.

Su Yan's face darkened, and he quickly clicked to take a look.

After careful investigation and research, I have gained a detailed understanding of the powerful disciples within the sect. The following ranking is purely my personal opinion, and I welcome debate.

First place: Ye Ninghan, without a doubt. With two divine bodies, no one can rival her. Her more than ten championships have proven her strength; she is the undisputed number one.

Second place goes to Su Yan. This person has extremely high swordsmanship skills. He usually keeps a low profile, but secretly he has mastered the Great Perfection of Sword Intent. He is only half a step away from the Dao Infant stage and can break through at any time. Coupled with his unparalleled swordsmanship, he is given second place overall.

……

Having read this far, Su Yan already knew the reason.

Su Yan smiled wryly as he faced the disciples surrounding him.

"To be honest, this post has nothing to do with me."

The disciples looked at each other, nodded, and one disciple stepped forward.

"We are willing to trust you, so please release your full sword intent and we will leave immediately."

"My sword intent is not yet fully developed."

Su Yan could only offer a feeble explanation.

The disciple shook his head.

"All you need to do is draw your sword. The person who posted the thread shared a secret technique in the comments. He said that since you haven't mastered sword intent for long, an imperceptible sword intent will flow out as soon as you draw your sword. You can verify this with the secret technique."

Huh? Su Yan immediately opened the post and scrolled to the comments section.

Saint Flame Peak - A disciple: I don't believe it. Why is Su Yan ranked so high? Is he really that strong?

Posted by: Yes, brothers. His mastery of sword intent is enough to allow him to defeat a Dao Infant across borders. If Ye Ninghan hadn't been strong enough, he would have been number one.

A disciple from Holy Flame Peak: I don't believe it. How can you prove that he has mastered the Great Perfection of Sword Intent? I've asked my friends at Holy Sword Peak, and they said there's no such thing.

Poster: You don't understand. Su Yan is very cunning and always likes to keep something to himself. I'll post a secret method. Just do this and that... and you can verify whether it's true or false.

……

The rest of the posts were all arguments between the poster and others. Whenever someone questioned his strength, the poster would immediately start refuting them. His six-character mantra, "Dian Ji Xiao, Le Beng Ma," infuriated the disciples.

Su Yan cautiously glanced at the disciples.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't know him?"

All the disciples shook their heads in unison.

"We believe it."

Isn't this a complete lack of faith?

Su Yan looked at them with a helpless expression.

"Alright, alright, you don't need to use any secret techniques. I'll just tell you directly, my sword intent has reached its peak."

"Oh, since we're already here, let's see the power of the Great Perfection Sword Intent and see if it deserves second place."

The disciples stared at Su Yan expressionlessly.

"That's right, senior brother, show us. I've never seen your sword intent before."

Hearing that somewhat childish voice, Su Yan was at his wit's end; the person who posted the message had offended too many people.

Even the disciples of Holy Sword Peak didn't know that his sword intent had reached its peak, so when they couldn't find the person who posted the message, they came to him.

This poster must be someone he knows. Don't let me find out who you are.

Su Yan gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, his face was cold and stern, and his aura began to rise rapidly.

"Wow, the serious senior is so handsome."

"Shh, don't disturb Su Yan."

After being reminded by a disciple, the junior sister immediately covered her mouth.

Unaffected, Su Yan scanned the area, controlled his sword intent to a level that wouldn't harm anyone, and then...

With a whoosh, like a sharp sword being drawn from its sheath, a sword's cry resounded in everyone's minds.

Although it was only for a moment, the clouds in the sky had already been split in two.

Everyone was startled by the sword's cry and lost in thought for a moment. They only came to their senses when Su Yan withdrew his sword intent.

Su Yan sheathed his sword intent and looked at the crowd before him.

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Before the disciples could even speak, the junior sister of Holy Sword Peak came to her senses first.

"Wow, senior brother is so handsome."

Su Yan glanced helplessly at his exceptionally talented junior sister.

"If you want to learn, I'll teach you."

"Okay, thank you, senior brother."

The disciples then bowed to Su Yan.

"We're convinced, so the second place title is yours."

Su Yan's face darkened, and he helplessly began to explain.

"My senior sister isn't even on that ranking list, don't take it seriously."

The disciples all agreed, and then one disciple stepped forward.

"In that case, does Senior Brother Su know who posted that post? The one who knows that Senior Brother Su's sword intent has reached its peak and provides the secret method to verify it must be someone from Holy Sword Peak."

Actually, this is our real purpose today. We initially thought it was Senior Brother Su, but now we realize we were wrong.

Su Yan broke out in a cold sweat; of course, he had someone he suspected.

But he dared not say it aloud; revealing his sword intent was merely to appease them, lest they disturb the demon.

He thought about what the poster on the forum had said to these disciples and agreed with their reasons for wanting to find that person.

But his senior sister was not someone to be trifled with. If Su Yan knew that he was the one who betrayed her, he would shudder.

At this point, he could only swallow his anger and suffer in silence.

"Actually, that person was me."

Although the disciples were eager to find the person who posted the message, they knew what to do when they saw that Su Yan had reluctantly accepted the matter.

They looked at each other, and one of the disciples stepped forward.

"In that case, please don't do that again, Senior Brother Su."

The disciples said some meaningless words and then left.

Su Yan looked at them with emotion, thinking, "Senior sister, you've made me suffer so much."

No, I need to find someone to be with me.

Brother Fang, tomorrow is the coaching match, let me give you a boost.

Su Yan learned a lot from that post and decided to put it into practice now.

The junior sister shrank back as she saw Su Yan holding the token and grinning sinisterly.

"Senior brother is so scary."

The disciple beside her quickly pulled her back to avoid attracting Su Yan's attention.

Fang Zhou, who was on Chengdao Peak, suddenly felt as if someone was plotting against him.

I did a quick calculation and laughed.