Upon hearing that Yun Yun not only did not stop Xiao Yan but even instructed Nan Yanran to escort him away, Yun Leng roared, "Yun Yun!! This is an act of betrayal against the sect!"

  Yun Yun's long, silky bck hair fluttered in the wind. With her right hand, she gently tucked a strand behind her ear. Her beautiful eyes g Xiao Yan, then turo Yun Leng and said, "First Elder and all elders and disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect, I, as the Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, order you to cease your attacks."

  "Grandmaster Xiao Yan is aeemed guest of our Misty Cloud Sect. His visit today is merely to honor an appoi. As for the matter iernal Deao g, I will personally iigate thhly and provide everyoh an expnation."

  The first to sigh in relief upon hearing Yun Yun's words was Jia Xing Tian. If Yun Yun had truly taken a, he might have had to step in to block her attacks.

  It wasn't that he was unwilling to help Xiao Yan, but before Xiao Yan called upon him, he could only wait, as the Misty Cloud Sect might still have hidden cards to py.

  The Serene Sea Scaly Beast was still waiting for Xiao Yan's medial pill to save its life; under no circumstances could he allow Xiao Yan to die in the Misty Cloud Sect.

  But Jia Xing Tian was also in an aosition. Fa Ma and the others could mask their faces sihey were only at the Dou King realm. There were some retired or wandering Dou Kings in the Jia Ma Empire, so they could simply cim to be former members of the Ten Strong.

  But he couldn't! He was the only peak Dou Emperor iire Jia Ma Empire; there was no way to ceal his identity.

  "Yun Yun! You're betraying the sect!!" Yun Leng was eo the core upon hearing Yun Yun's words. Not only did he not heed Yun Yun's orders as Sect Leader, but his attacks became even fiercer.

  Apart from Yun Leng, some elders and deas of the eion did not stop their attacks. Only the younger disciples obeyed Yun Yun's and and ceased their bitacks against Hai Bodong.

  Hai Bodong's figure flickered in the sky after repelling the three low-star Dou King Elders of the Misty Cloud Sect. Mighty, unmatched iergy surged out, instantly freezing the dozens of resisting Misty Cloud Sect deas.

  "Hai Bodong, don't go too far! You have no idea who you're making an enemy of!" Yun Leng's eyes were filled with rage as he gred at Hai Bodong.

  Hai Bodo out a cold ugh. He appeared in front of Yun Leng in a fsh. His right hand densed a massive ice pilr, and with a loud boom, he smmed his palm against it, sending Yun Leng flying to the ground. The massive ice pilr pressed down, pinning Yun Leh it.

  "Yun Leng, you speak as if you were the Sect Leader." Hai Bodong couldn't resist mog him.

  Meanwhile, Nan Yanran had already walked over to Xiao Yan's side and said, "I'll escort you down the mountain. My Master will hahe rest."

  Nan Yanran looked at the slightly tipsy Xiao Yan with a strange expression, w in her heart what kind of retionship this guy had with her Master.

  She could tell that her Master was iionally helping him.

  Don't be fooled by Yun Yun's initial silend ck of support for Xiao Yan. That was because she had no real authority; if she issued orders directly, they would likely be ignored.

  Only now, with both sides evenly matched and Yun Leng requesting her help, would her words carry weight and be heeded by others. Her earlier silence was to wait for this opportunity.

  You wao help? Fihen everyoop fighting.

  Xiao Yan g Nan Yanran and shook his head with a smile as he said, "Nan Yanran, you uand too little about power and human nature."

  ???? Nan Yanran tilted her head in fusion. "What are you talking about?"

  "Look at the se. Even though your Master has already given the order, only the younger geion of disciples have stopped attag. All the eion of deas and elders are still following Yun Leng's lead and haven't ceased their attacks. Don't you find it strange?" Xiao Yan asked iurn.

  Nan Yanran was utterly baffled. "My Master is only in her early thirties and has devoted herself to cultivation, ing the sect's affairs. The First Elder has been in the Misty Cloud Sect since childhood. Many elders and deas were promoted by him or are fellow cultivators of his geion. That's only natural, isn't it?"

  Xiao Yan shook his head with a light ugh and said, "Your Master far surpasses Yun Leng in both talent and strength. In this world where strength is respected above all, those self-serving elders and deas actually obey a mere Dou King instead of the more powerful Dou Emperor. Isn't that abnormal in itself?"

  Nan Yanran furrowed her brows and began to feel that something was indeed amiss. The Misty Cloud Sect also valued strength above all else. Those deas and elders had no reason to behave this way.

  "If those elders and deas haven't been poisoned by Yun Leng, then it means Yun Leng himself is just a puppet. The ohose deas and elders are obeying isn't Yun Leng, but someone trolling him from behind, someone even strohan Yun Yun!"

  Nan Yanran suddenly thought of something and excimed, "Could it be...!"

  Just at this moment, under everyone's watchful gaze, Yun Leng suddenly took out a cloud-white flute from his ste ring, brought it to his lips, and blew hard. Instantly, a somewhat strange, pierg sound emanated from the flute.

  The pierg flute melody lingered over the entire Misty ountain and persisted for a long time.

  In the square, everyone fell silent due to Yun Leng's as. Only the tinuous sound of the flute could be heard for a moment.

  Jia Xing Tian narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly, as if recalling something, his pupils tracted sharply!

  "It's that old fellow! He really isn't dead!"

  From the depths of Mist ountain, a vast and mighty aura desded like an a dragon awakening from its slumber, bringing with it an unparalleled pressure!

  Xiao Yan sehis terrifying aura, slowly straightened up, and calmly said, "It's not that your Master's authority was undermined by Yun Leng, nor that she couldn't pete with him. Rather, someone has never relinquished their power from the very beginning."

  As this majestic aura awakened, Yun Yun's serene ahereal face was now filled with shock.

  "How is this possible? Yun Leng, why do you have Master's flute?" Yun Yun stared in astonishment at the white jade flute in Yun Leng's hand. She found it hard to believe that her own Master would give the flute to Yun Leng instead of herself!

  The majestic aura remi of a dragon's awakening enveloped the entire Misty ountain in an instant. A pressure that even made Jia Xing Tian tremble spread from deep within the mountaiually permeating the square.

  Immediately, all the younger disciples of the Misty Cloud Se the square looked at each other, pletely clueless about what was happening.

  "What's going on?"

  "Our sect actually has such a powerful expert!"

  pared to the younger geion, the eyes of the eion of deas and elders were filled with reverehey eve down on both knees, prostrating themselves in worship.

  Yun Leng, who was suppressed by Hai Bodong, ughed maniacally, "Hahaha, Hai Bodong, let's see how you protect this little brat now!"

  "This is bad... That old monster really isn't dead!" The moment the aura awakened, Hai Bodong's face ged drastically. His low voice couldn't ceal his shock.

  "And judging by the strength of this aura, it seems he has broken through to the Dou Aor realm!!" Hai Bodong's voice was extremely grim. This was truly disastrous news!

  Even though a Dou Aor couldn't yet manipute Spatial Strength like a Dou Vee, such as effortlessly sealing space with a wave of the hand, they could still utilize Spatial Strength to a small degree.

  The overwhelming aura caused the spa the entire square to distort. A white figure took a few steps in the sky, and as if a thousand miles were just an arm's length away, he instantly appeared above the square.

  "Yun Leng, expin yourself. I said not to disturb my secluded cultivation unless it was aremely important matter." The previous Sect Leader, Yun Shan, turned his gaze to Yun Leng below and said calmly.