"Su Fei saved you?
What happened?"
Sect Leader Liu and the five great Elders all asked curiously.
"It was like this…"
Third Elder gave a rough account of how Ye Yunfei had told him to lead the Ziwei Sect members out of that palace room ahead of time.
"Su Fei, you actually knew beforehand that Ancient Sage Gu Yao would undergo a Corpse Transformation?"
Sect Leader Liu and the five Elders were extremely shocked.
News of Ancient Sage Gu Yao's Corpse Transformation had long spread throughout the entire Eastern Barrens, practically known to all.
"Just intuition," Ye Yunfei answered casually, not wanting to explain too much to them.
"Regardless, on this expedition, Su Fei, your contribution was the greatest!
If not for you, none of us would have made it back!"
Third Elder said.
"That's right, we were fortunate to have the Great Master-Disciple with us on this expedition!"
"Senior Brother helped us safely pass through that grave area, led us to find the iron bridge to cross that River of Lethe, and also made us leave that terrifying palace ahead of time!"
"Precisely because of Senior Brother, not a single one of us died!"
At this moment, the disciples who had gone to explore Ancient Sage Gu Yao's Tomb all piped up one after another, looking at Ye Yunfei with eyes full of admiration.
"Oh? Didn't you all oppose Su Fei becoming the Great Master-Disciple before?
Now you're calling him that so loudly, you don't oppose it anymore?"
Sect Leader Liu asked.
The disciples were all taken aback.
These disciples had indeed opposed Ye Yunfei becoming the Great Master-Disciple before. It was just that after experiencing this expedition, the views of most disciples towards Ye Yunfei had quietly changed.
"I opposed Senior Brother before because I didn't know his capabilities. Now that I know Senior Brother is so formidable, I naturally won't oppose it anymore," one disciple said.
"Right, right. Senior Brother is so powerful, we don't oppose it anymore."
Many disciples chimed in with nods.
"What nonsense are you talking about!
What does Su Fei have to be so formidable about!
Alright, I admit he seems to know a lot.
But no matter how you put it, Su Fei is merely at the early-stage Soul Formation Realm—he's too weak!
If our Ziwei Sect appoints someone with such pitiful strength as the Great Master-Disciple, what a disgrace it would be if word got out!
I oppose Su Fei becoming the Great Master-Disciple!"
Suddenly, Ji Yue stepped forward and spoke loudly.
"Ji Yue, appointing Su Fei as Great Master-Disciple was a collective decision we made after discussion.
Having Su Fei serve as Great Master-Disciple benefits our Ziwei Sect," Sect Leader Liu said to Ji Yue.
"Hmph!
No matter what, Su Fei's strength is too weak; I won't agree to him becoming the Great Master-Disciple!
When Ancestor Zisheng returns, I will definitely have Ancestor Zisheng personally issue an order to strip Su Fei of his title as Great Master-Disciple!"
Leaving behind this statement, Ji Yue walked off in a huff.
Sect Leader Liu and the six Elders watched Ji Yue leave, could only force a bitter smile.
Ji Yue's identity was special. Even they, the sect's highest authority, were powerless against her.
"Su Fei, Ji Yue just has that kind of temperament…" Sect Leader Liu said to Ye Yunfei.
"Unruffled, I won't mind; she's just an ignorant, self-righteous woman," Ye Yunfei said indifferently.
"Alright, everyone has had a rough time, go back and rest first," Sect Leader Liu said.
Thus the crowd dispersed.
Ye Yunfei also turned to leave.
"Su Fei, wait."
Sect Leader Liu called out to Ye Yunfei.
"The Yan Kingdom Royal Family has sent an emissary to notify our Ziwei Sect, demanding that we immediately release Hu Tianlie and the others, and demanding that all the senior members of our Ziwei Sect, along with you, go to the Yan Kingdom imperial capital to kneel and beg for forgiveness.
Otherwise, in five days, the great army of the Yan Kingdom Royal Family will march forth and raze our Ziwei Sect to the ground," Sect Leader Liu said.
"No matter, let them come.
Dare to invade our Ziwei Sect, and I guarantee they'll be leaving, but they'll never make it back," Ye Yunfei sneered.
"I received news that the Yan Kingdom Royal Family has already formed an alliance with the Sheng Tian Sect and the Qianyang Sect, preparing to deal with our Ziwei Sect together," Sect Leader Liu said, appearing quite worried.
"Let them form their alliance if they want.
Our Ziwei Sect can take this opportunity to wipe out all three of these powers. From then on, the Yan Kingdom will be under our Ziwei Sect's command," Ye Yunfei said, showing no concern whatsoever.
"But, our Ziwei Sect stands alone and isolated. I'm afraid we can't handle it."
Sect Leader Liu and the six Elders were all filled with anxiety.
After all, the strength of the Yan Kingdom Royal Family, the Sheng Tian Sect, and the Qianyang Sect were all equal to or greater than Ziwei Sect's. Now that the three powers had allied to deal with Ziwei Sect together, the pressure on Ziwei Sect was immense.
"Alright, Sect Leader, esteemed Elders, there's no need for you to worry over this matter.
Rest assured, our Ziwei Sect will be fine.
They should be the ones worrying." Ye Yunfei left behind this statement, exerted his movement technique, soared into the air, and headed back towards his own cultivation peak.
"Su Fei seems very confident," the Grand Elder said.
"No matter what, we can only place our hopes on Su Fei now.
Because only he can communicate with the Edict left behind by our Founder."
Sect Leader Liu watched Ye Yunfei's departing figure and sighed softly.
In truth, during this period, Sect Leader Liu and the six Elders had secretly gone to the Ancestral Temple many times, attempting to commune with that Edict, but to no effect.
Thus, Sect Leader Liu and the six Elders all understood that only Ye Yunfei had the ability to communicate with that Edict.
At this time, Ye Yunfei had already returned to his cultivation peak and entered the private chamber.
Ye Yunfei first entered the first level of the Heavenly Dao Tower.
On the first level of the Heavenly Dao Tower, one of the mountain peaks was completely enveloped in a dense white chill current. The peak itself was swirling with snow, all its trees weighed down by strings of icicles, and the ground covered with a layer of hard ice over a meter thick.
Ye Yunfei gazed into the distance and saw the Ice Demon sitting cross-legged on a flat area at the mountain's summit. Roaring currents of frigid energy churned and howled around his massive body.
A treasure pearl floated in front of him, slowly rotating, releasing terrifying ice and snow laws.
It was precisely the Ice Toad Treasure Pearl!
"This Ice Toad Treasure Pearl is indeed very useful for the Ice Demon's cultivation.
His bloodline will very soon experience a breakthrough," Ye Yunfei observed for a while and nodded.
Then, Ye Yunfei left the Heavenly Dao Tower and entered the Phantom Tower.
"Time to see this trip's harvest."
Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged, waved a hand, and several dozen space rings appeared before him.
There were thirty-two space rings in total. All of them had been placed on top of the ice coffin holding Ancient Sage Gu Yao's corpse. And all of them had been taken by Ye Yunfei!
"I wonder what treasures Ancient Sage Gu Yao left inside these space rings."
Ye Yunfei felt a sliver of anticipation in his heart.
The fact that Ancient Sage Gu Yao had placed these space rings and that Ice Toad Treasure Pearl together, and placed them on his own coffin, meant these space rings undoubtedly contained valuables of significant worth.
Ye Yunfei released his Soul Power and probed towards one of the space rings.