Ma Liang and An Lan returned to Ice City and handed over the memory crystal, which recorded Xie Songlin's responses, to Senior Brother Xinghe.
Chu Xinghe looked at the memory crystal, and seeing Xie Songlin's earnest answers, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.
Before Ma Liang could ask what Senior Brother Xinghe was planning, he saw him take out a notice.
Looking at its contents, Ma Liang was utterly confused.
The notice was simple: the Silver Star Mountain Range was haunted, and the Grand Sky Sect intended to clear it. People were advised not to enter the area, and any accidental injuries would be at their own risk.
Ma Liang was baffled by this notice.
After all, apart from the Cloud Soar Sect, no one else would be in the Silver Star Mountain Range, right?
The evil energy puppets were controlled by the Cloud Soar Sect, and they surely wouldn't care about this notice, would they?
So what was Senior Brother Xinghe trying to achieve with this?
Though he couldn't figure it out, Ma Liang still followed Senior Brother Xinghe's instructions and disseminated the notice worldwide as quickly as possible.The situation in the Silver Star Mountain Range wasn't much of a secret, and the notice didn't cause much of a stir.
After all, the Silver Star Mountain Range was under the Grand Sky Sect's jurisdiction, and they could do as they pleased.
As for the Cloud Soar Sect, Xie Songlin laughed loudly after reading the notice.
To Xie Songlin, Chu Xinghe was merely warning the Cloud Soar Sect, but he didn't care at all.
A warning?
Wasn't this the first warning?
Even when the Grand Sky Sect's Great Elder came to the Silver Star Mountain Range and personally issued a warning, it was useless.
In the end, even the Great Elder had to obediently return to the Grand Sky Sect. What was the point of Chu Xinghe issuing this notice?
Accidental injuries?
All our Cloud Soar Sect members are hidden deep within the evil energy puppets. If the Grand Sky Sect wants to harm us, they'd have to get through the puppets first, right?
So Xie Songlin tore the notice to shreds, completely ignoring it.
However, Chu Xinghe's reputation was well-known, and his unpredictable actions made Xie Songlin somewhat wary.
Thus, Xie Songlin arranged for someone to keep a close watch on Ice City to see if the Grand Sky Sect was gathering a large force there.
If a group of Martial Emperors from the Grand Sky Sect did make a move, Xie Songlin planned to evacuate everyone from the Silver Star Mountain Range immediately.
After making these arrangements, Xie Songlin, still uneasy, personally went to the Silver Star Mountain Range to oversee things, ready to evacuate at a moment's notice if anything unexpected happened.
A day passed... no Grand Sky Sect experts appeared in Ice City; everything was as usual.
Two days passed... still no one from the Grand Sky Sect came, and even when Xie Songlin used his connections to inquire at the Grand Sky Branch, no one had heard of any experts coming.
Three days passed... still no change.
Xie Songlin was dumbfounded. Was Chu Xinghe all bark and no bite?
But wasn't this a bit too quiet, Chu Xinghe? Could you at least make some noise?
Even Ma Liang was confused... Um, Senior Brother Xinghe, we've done so much, weren't we supposed to clear the Silver Star Mountain Range?
But when I secretly asked the sect, why did no one know about this?
So, Senior Brother Xinghe, did you notify the sect?
To Ma Liang's doubts, Chu Xinghe said to be patient. He assured Ma Liang that he had notified the sect, but the specifics were hard to explain at the moment. He promised to explain loudly tonight.
That night, heavy snow began to fall in the cold Ice City.
Chu Xinghe sat by a small stove, sipping tea as if calculating something.
Ma Liang stood by, puzzled.
Um... Senior Brother Xinghe, you said you'd explain loudly what was going on?
Ma Liang couldn't understand what Senior Brother Xinghe was up to...
We told the Cloud Soar Sect we were going to clear the ghosts from the Silver Star Mountain Range... even though Xie Songlin insisted it was impossible.
But in Ma Liang's view, if Senior Brother Xinghe said it could be done, then it could be done. Forget ghosts, if Senior Brother Xinghe said he could clear out the Cloud Soar Sect, Ma Liang would be the first to charge.
But Ma Liang was ready to lead the charge, and Senior Brother Xinghe had no follow-up?
What was going on?
Just as Ma Liang was about to ask Senior Brother Xinghe again... the dark night sky was suddenly lit up by a terrifying light as bright as day!
The entire Ice City seemed to be plunged into daylight, dispelling the darkness.
Along with the light came a series of terrifying explosions.
"Boom boom boom boom boom..."
The massive explosions caused a ringing in Ma Liang's ears in an instant, and he stared wide-eyed at the distant light.
But before Ma Liang could recover from the ringing, the entire Ice City began to shake violently.
At that moment, Ice City felt like it was experiencing an earthquake, with buildings and structures shaking madly.
Ma Liang's eyes widened as he watched mushroom-like clouds rise from the white light in the distance!
And beyond those mushroom clouds, a massive shockwave shot up into the sky, instantly dissipating the thick clouds and sweeping across the sky, stopping the snow in Ice City in an instant!
At that moment, Ma Liang had only one thought... Senior Brother Xinghe, isn't your plan a bit too loud?
Not just Ma Liang, the entire Ice City was in an uproar, with countless people awakened from their sleep by the terrifying explosions, only to be nearly blinded by the white light outside when they opened their eyes.
The whole city was shaking, with people rushing out of their homes, thinking it was an earthquake, only to see the flashing white light outside.
Everyone had only one question... Is this the end of the world?
Everyone looked up at the distant flashing white light, wondering what kind of power could emit such a terrifying light?
And as far as the eye could see, the direction of the white light seemed to come from... the Silver Star Mountain Range?
Goodness, what kind of power was this, and what happened in the Silver Star Mountain Range to cause such a cataclysmic explosion?
Countless people climbed to high places, trying to catch a glimpse of the Silver Star Mountain Range in the last glimmer of the explosion's light, but what they saw left them stunned!
Where was the Silver Star Mountain Range...
The white light had flattened it?
The people of Ice City were completely dumbfounded...
The snow had stopped... the mountain was flattened... the evil energy... there wasn't even a mountain left, let alone any damn evil energy...
Deacon Yang rushed to Xinghe's side at the first sign of the explosion, not knowing what had happened, and wanted to get Xinghe out of there immediately.
Who knew what caused the sudden explosion?
Since the revival of spiritual energy, all sorts of strange and unseen things had appeared everywhere, so could this sudden white light be the revival of some ancient monster?
Whatever it was, Xinghe's safety was paramount, so Deacon Yang wanted Xinghe to use the Flute of Time and Space to return to the sect immediately.
But when Deacon Yang arrived at Xinghe's room, he found Xinghe sitting happily in a chair, clapping his hands.
Meanwhile, Ma Liang seemed dumbfounded, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets!
He was staring in the direction of the Silver Star Mountain Range.
While Deacon Yang was still confused, Ma Liang suddenly jumped up!
"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!"
At this point, nothing could express Ma Liang's shock except those words.
Ma Liang finally understood what Senior Brother Xinghe was up to...
Senior Brother Xinghe said he was going to do something big, but Ma Liang never imagined it would be this big...
This was the Great Sage's grand celebration... no, if it were just a celebration, it wouldn't have such power. Did Senior Brother Xinghe bring the entire Dark Moon Clan here?
So what Senior Brother Xinghe meant by big wasn't to seize the Silver Star Mountain Range, but to blow it up entirely!
Ma Liang was completely stunned...
Senior Brother Xinghe... you were right, I was too small-minded...
I just wanted Feng Yuzheng to expose the evil energy puppets and let the Cloud Soar Sect suffer a hidden loss.
I never imagined Senior Brother Xinghe could go this far, flattening the entire Silver Star Mountain Range... how many people from the Cloud Soar Sect were there?
This collective celebration by the Dark Moon Clan must have killed countless people!
Chu Xinghe didn't know how many died, but he had sent a spirit bird to the Great Sage beforehand.
Chu Xinghe had only one request for the Great Sage: I gave you the map and dimensions of the Silver Star Mountain Range, just tell me if our Dark Moon Clan can make it disappear in one second!
The Great Sage immediately replied to the Saint, promising to complete the task!
You want to use evil energy puppets against me?
You want to play infinite revival with me?
You want me to find the main body? Do I, Chu Xinghe, look like someone who plays hide and seek?
I had the Dark Moon Clan flatten the Silver Star Mountain Range, just tell me if that's solid!
You can hide your evil energy puppets anywhere, but as long as they're in that mountain, they're dead!
You Cloud Soar Sect said you didn't want the Silver Star Mountain Range...
Ha, we Grand Sky Sect don't want it either...
You Cloud Soar Sect dare to abandon the Silver Star Ore, do you think we Grand Sky Sect can't afford the loss?
As if we're some poor sect!
This time... we're definitely not keeping the Silver Star Mountain Range!
I, Chu Xinghe, am just such a righteous person. To eliminate the ghosts, we don't even want the Silver Star Mountain Range, just tell me if that's righteous!
The Cloud Soar Sect wants to play loss with me?
When it comes to sect losses, your Grandpa Xinghe is a professional!