Chapter 282

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Chapter 282: Someone’s in the House!?

In the training ground of Frost Cold Palace.

Yu Fang stood not far from Su Lengyun’s side.

About a hundred meters in front of Su Lengyun was a huge rock over ten meters tall.

This boulder was extremely large, weighing at least a hundred tons.

This was a boulder that Yu Fang had specifically carved out from a nearby mountain for testing.

In the training ground, besides Yu Fang and Su Lengyun, nearly a hundred disciples of Frost Cold Palace also stood behind them, excitedly staring at Su Lengyun.

“Are you ready?” Yu Fang asked, looking at Su Lengyun.

Su Lengyun nodded slightly and put the dark golden spirit ring on the middle finger of her right hand.

“Whoosh!”

The moment she put on the ring, its previously dim surface immediately lit up with a burst of light.

Su Lengyun glanced at Yu Fang, then turned to look at the boulder in the distance.

Then, she clenched her fist and threw a punch toward the boulder!

“Crack!”

In front of her fist, tiny cracks suddenly appeared like shattered transparent glass!

“Wow!”

The disciples behind erupted in exclamation.

“Boom!”

At the same time, the boulder a hundred meters away exploded!

Dust splashed up, and rock fragments scattered in all directions!

Several seconds later, the dust settled.

The boulder that was over ten meters tall and weighed a hundred tons was gone.

In its place were scattered rock fragments.

“Wow…”

The female disciples behind had their eyes and mouths wide open, their faces full of disbelief!

Even if all the disciples present worked together, they probably couldn’t move that boulder just now.

But Su Lengyun shattered it with just one punch!

This power was too terrifying!

“Not bad,” Yu Fang commented.

This ring indeed had no threshold, anyone could use it.

Previously, that Chu Yun was just an ordinary person who had never practiced cultivation, yet he could also unleash the ring’s power.

“Brother Yu, this magical treasure must be at least of supreme grade… I cannot accept such a precious gift.” Su Lengyun took off the spirit ring and tried to return it to Yu Fang.

“Master, this ring should have been mine, he’s just trying to take credit for someone else’s gift! You should keep it!” At this moment, Liu Liansha stepped forward and said indignantly.

Su Lengyun looked at Liu Liansha, confusion in her beautiful eyes.

She didn’t know this ring had anything to do with Liu Liansha.

“Why would it be yours?” Su Lengyun asked.

Liu Liansha was about to speak but suddenly remembered something, her expression changed slightly as she said, “Nothing, I was just saying…”

Since the last time she was confined as punishment, Su Lengyun had strictly forbidden her from continuing to work as an assassin.

If she revealed the origin of this ring, her secret acceptance of assignments would be exposed.

This time, Su Lengyun would confine her for at least half a year!

Seeing Liu Liansha’s expression, Su Lengyun knew she was hiding something.

However, she didn’t want to pursue the matter at this moment.

“This ring is useless to me as its function overlaps with my own strengths. But for you, it’s extremely valuable,” Yu Fang said calmly. “With this ring, your close combat ability will improve by at least two or three levels.”

Su Lengyun looked down at the spirit ring, then raised her head, her beautiful eyes rippling with emotion as she softly said, “Thank you, Brother Yu.”

Beside them, Liu Liansha coughed twice and said, “Master, you should be mindful of appearances, there are so many senior and junior sisters watching behind!”

Su Lengyun was startled, then smiled gracefully and said, “Brother Yu isn’t an outsider, there’s nothing to hide.”

“Not an outsider…”

Hearing these words, Liu Liansha was completely devastated.

…

“Brother Yu, if you’re willing, you can stay at Frost Cold Palace long-term, it’s more suitable for cultivation here.” Su Lengyun walked beside Yu Fang and said.

“I still have matters to handle, I’ll come visit when I’m free,” Yu Fang said. “By the way, next time remember to prepare more normal food, like fish and meat, it’s not good to eat just potatoes and sweet potatoes long-term.”

Su Lengyun smiled brightly and said, “If you come next time, make sure to notify me in advance, I’ll specially prepare food for you.”

“By the way, why does the Han family want to cooperate with Frost Cold Palace?” Yu Fang suddenly remembered Han Tianyu from this morning and asked.

Mentioning this matter, Su Lengyun’s eyes became somewhat gloomy.

“The so-called cooperation is actually making Frost Cold Palace a subsidiary sect of the Han family, taking orders from them… This isn’t cooperation, it’s disguised annexation,” Su Lengyun said in a deep voice.

“Annexation?” Yu Fang was surprised.

According to his knowledge, in the previous immortal cultivation world, sects held the highest status.

Almost every cultivator with spirit roots would want to join a good sect to obtain cultivation resources.

This situation was similar to how students in the mundane world now want to enter a good university.

At that time, except for a few deeply established immortal cultivation families, no family could compare with sects, not even royal families.

But now in the martial arts world, the situation seems to have reversed?

“My master told me that three hundred years ago, the martial arts world was completely dominated by various sects, and there wasn’t even a concept of martial arts families then.”

“But later, a sect leader of a major sect used his position to provide many of the sect’s resources to his family members. Over time, this sect leader’s family developed rapidly, controlling cultivation resources comparable to or even surpassing most sects.”

“Later, what this sect leader did was exposed, but by then, no one in the sect could do anything about him because his family behind him had enough foundation to nurture and protect him.”

“This incident had a very profound impact on the martial arts world. Since then, many high-ranking members of sects began to imitate that sect leader’s approach, using sect resources to nurture their families.”

“This trend was never contained. As time passed, sects’ power became increasingly weak, while various martial arts families’ power soared.”

“Not just in Huaibei, but throughout the Nine States country’s martial arts world, martial arts families now have the upper hand, with only a few regions where both sides are equally matched.”

“Before the Fallen Immortal Valley incident, sects and families in Huaibei were evenly matched,” Su Lengyun paused and said, “But now, the situation has completely tilted to one side.”

“Just in these nine days, many sects have actively aligned themselves with various martial arts families to cut their losses.”

“If they don’t align themselves, will those martial arts families take action against the sects? Doesn’t the Martial Arts Association do anything about this?” Yu Fang raised his eyebrows and asked.

“They won’t take direct action, but they’ll use various means to suppress the sects’ development. For example, forcibly cutting off sects’ cooperation with mundane families, cutting off sects’ financial resources at once. Or stirring up emotions among sect disciples, causing them to leave the sect… There are many methods,” Su Lengyun frowned slightly and said, “The Martial Arts Association won’t handle these matters. Because a large portion of the Association’s operating funds comes from various martial arts families’ sponsorship, they’re on the same side.”

“From what you’re saying, it seems the situation for sects is very unfavorable,” Yu Fang said.

“Yes,” Su Lengyun’s tone was somewhat low.

She was currently just struggling to hold on, having not yet thought of a solution.

“In that case, isn’t cooperating with martial arts families the only option?” Yu Fang asked.

Su Lengyun shook her head and said, “Cooperating with these martial arts families will quickly lead to losing control over the sect, then completely becoming a tool of the martial arts families.”

“Master passed the position of sect leader to me, I must take full responsibility for Frost Cold Palace.”

“Good.”

Seeing the determination in Su Lengyun’s eyes, Yu Fang nodded.

Su Lengyun’s situation was very similar to when he took over the Heavenly Dao Sect.

And Su Lengyun’s determination made him quite gratified.

As a sect leader, one must carry the entire sect on their shoulders and be responsible for every disciple in the sect.

What Yu Fang hadn’t achieved before, he now hoped Su Lengyun could accomplish.

“If you need help, you can find me anytime,” Yu Fang said to Su Lengyun.

“Mm.” Su Lengyun nodded.

…

Su Lengyun required Liu Liansha to stay at the sect to cultivate, so Yu Fang returned to Nandu alone.

Returning to Liu Liansha’s apartment, as soon as Yu Fang opened the door, his brows furrowed.

The floor inside was clean, and all the furniture was neatly arranged.

But Yu Fang knew clearly that someone was inside and hadn’t left yet.