Chapter 3154: A Coincidence?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘They’re clearly deliberately maintaining a 10-meter distance from the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base…’ The figure hiding in the shadows was none other than Wan Qing Qing. Just a while ago, she had run into two disciples from the Fire Glaze Mansion. Although she was capable of eliminating those two disciples, she did not make a move. This was to save herself trouble in case they make the connection that she was working with Duan Ling Tian. She was afraid of being targeted by the Fire Glaze Mansion after all. Earlier, she had also seen Mo Ping Zhi meeting with a fellow disciple first before he ran into the other three disciples.

‘They must be waiting for everyone to arrive before they confront Duan Ling Tian…’ Wan Qing Qing speculated inwardly. A hint of worry could be seen flashing in her eyes. As though she had made her mind, she gritted her teeth before she secretly made her way back to the place where she had left Duan Ling Tian earlier.

When she arrived near the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base, Wan Qing Qing was shocked by the number of disciples who had gathered in the base. ‘There’s so many of them here?’

There were roughly 1,000 people in the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base at this moment. How could Wan Qing Qing not feel shocked when on average, only slightly more than 300 disciples from each grade-six Celestial Mansion would enter the middle realm of the Southern Heaven Ancient Realm?

‘How can he remain so calm?’ Wan Qing Qing was rather speechless when she saw Duan Ling Tian sitting cross-legged in the air as though he did not have a care in the world. Did he not feel the danger at all? If she did not agree to work with Duan Ling Tian, she really would not have bothered with him at all.

After a beat, she quickly sent a solemn Voice Transmission to Duan Ling Tian. “Duan Ling Tian, some of the disciples from the Fire Glaze Mansion have returned. They’re gathered about 10 meters away from here. If I’m not mistaken, they’re waiting for the others to arrive before they come for you…”

“Are you suggesting that I go to them now to defeat them instead of waiting for all of them to come here?” Duan Ling Tian asked.

“Well, this is a good opportunity…” Wan Qing Qing shrugged.

“Indeed.” As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished into thin air before he reappeared 100 meters away.

Teleportation Profundity!

Meanwhile, the outer court disciples in the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base, naturally, noticed Duan Ling Tian’s sudden disappearance.

“Hey, where did Duan Ling Tian go?”

“Did he run away? What a coward! I was looking forward to seeing him get eliminated!”

Someone scoffed. “Well, he has to be smart since he achieved so much at such a young age. He must have felt something’s amiss with so many of us gathered here.”

“I agree! He must know we’re here to watch a show.”

Some of the 1,000 disciples in the Fire Glaze Mansion were disappointed when they saw Duan Ling Tian left. Since most of them were of the opinion that Duan Ling Tian had run away after detecting something amiss with the situation, they began to leave one after another. Since the main character had left, what use was there for them to stay here? In the end, only a small group of Ten Directions Celestial Dukes who usually did not enter the middle realm remained.

…

At the sites of the Transportation Formations in the Fire Glaze Mansion’s estate…

The disciples who left the base began to appear one after another.

This attracted the attention of those who were gathered there. They began to discuss among themselves excitedly.

“Has Duan Ling Tian been eliminated?”

“I think so. Otherwise, why would all of them return?”

“It’s such a shame I came too late! Otherwise, I would’ve been able to enter the middle realm to watch the show as well!”

“What a pity!”

However, when these disciples heard the conversations between the disciples who had just returned from the middle realm, they discovered they had been overthinking.

“I can’t believe Duan Ling Tian just left! What a waste of my time!”

“If I knew he’s going to be so cowardly, I wouldn’t have bothered entering the middle realm. All my efforts to enter the middle realm is a waste.”

“That’s right. I wasted so much time waiting in there as well. In the end, it was all for naught”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

At this moment, seven disciples from the Fire Glaze Mansion who looked miserable appeared in the Transporting Formation.

“Damn it! Wasn’t Duan Ling Tian waiting at our base? Why did he suddenly appear?”

“Before I could react, he had already made a move. Thank the heavens he spared my life. Otherwise, I would’ve died!”

“Did he take action first because he’s afraid we’ll join forces and attack at the same time?”

These seven disciples who were wandering the middle realm had received a message asking them to return to the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base and to team up to eliminate Duan Ling Tian. After seven of them met up, they were about to look for other fellow disciples. At that time, Duan Ling Tian suddenly appeared like a ghost and almost killed one of them. As soon as they realized their opponent was Duan Ling Tian, they hurriedly crushed their Accumulative Point Jades. After all, with just seven of them, they knew they were no match for Duan Ling Tian. Moreover, since Duan Ling Tian had shown mercy to one of them, would they not only provoke him to kill them if they continued to resist?

The elders and disciples were rendered speechless when they learned these seven disciples were eliminated by Duan Ling Tian. Naturally, they were all unaware that Duan Ling Tian did not coincidentally meet these seven disciples.

“All of you met Duan Ling Tian?”

“How unfortunate! Duan Ling Tian had just left the base, but seven of you ran into him!”

At this moment, someone suddenly cried out, “Heavens! Look at Duan Ling Tian’s points. He has 70 points now and has risen to 16th place!”

“He gained 12 points from seven of them!”

“He’s really lucky! He has already chosen to leave our base, but he still managed to run into seven of them.”

“Why are these seven people together anyway?”

“The higher-ups must have sent a message to those who are in the middle realm to meet up before heading to the base to deal with Duan Ling Tian together.”

“Do you think those seven told Duan Ling Tian where they were supposed to meet up under duress?”

“I hope not… Otherwise, the others would be in trouble. If Duan Ling Tian decides to eliminate them before all of them gather, they won’t be able to stop him at all, right?”

“That’s right. Let alone Senior Mo Ping Zhi, I’m afraid even Senior Tan Yuan would be eliminated by Duan Ling Tian if he’s alone.”

Upon hearing these discussions, the seven disciples who had just arrived began to speak up.

“Don’t worry, we didn’t reveal our meeting point.”

“That’s right! We won’t betray our seniors and juniors even if our lives are threatened!”

“You said earlier that Duan Ling Tian gave up and left our base. It must be a coincidence that he ran into us.”

“That’s right. I’m sure he doesn’t know about our meeting point. We were just unlucky to run into him!”

Upon hearing these words, the others sighed in relief.

…

The people from the Profound Nether Mansion and other grade-six Celestial Mansions were shocked when they saw Duan Ling Tian had risen to the 16th place with 70 points.

“Is Duan Ling Tian still waiting at the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base? Did he gain these points from the Fire Glaze Mansion disciples?”

“Isn’t that obvious? What’s going through those people’s minds? Don’t they know they shouldn’t act recklessly unless they’re certain they’re able to defeat Duan Ling Tian?”

“No one on the scoreboard has been eliminated. Those people Duan Ling Tian have eliminated must be ordinary Ten Directions Celestial Dukes from the Fire Glaze Mansions.”

Most people thought the seven disciples from the Fire Glaze Mansion had acted recklessly and were, thus, eliminated by Duan Ling Tian. However, those who had received news from the Fire Glaze Mansion knew better and began to spread the news of what really happened.

“The latest news is that Duan Ling Tian had left the Fire Glaze Mansion’s base. After he left, he encountered seven disciples from the Fire Glaze Mansion and eliminated them. That’s how he obtained 70 points and rose to 16th place!”