“Dong!” The melodious sound of a bell ringing came from above Flame Volcano.
“It’s the sect master. The sect master has come out of seclusion!”
Many inner and outer Armament Sect disciples cried out after hearing the ringing sound.
It was midnight, and there were countless people who were either asleep, cultivating, or practicing inscribing spirit diagrams. When they heard the bell, every Armament Sect elder, disciple, and reverend’s expressions changed as they realized that a change had happened in Armament Sect. They could not help but walk out to have a look.
Very soon, they realized the plaza beneath Flame Volcano had many sect disciples present.
Therefore the six great elders of inner sect, the three reverends, the sixteen disciples, the three outer sect elders, more than ninety disciples, and the numerous foreign delegates from outside the city…
Anyone who was a part of Armament Sect had gathered beside the plaza the moment they heard the bell.
Just because Liang Shaoyang had caused a change in a single spirit pattern pillar, the entire Armament Sect had come alive in the middle of the night. Every elder or disciple, be it secluding, forging, or cultivating, had come out and joined the fray.
Qin Lie lifted his head and saw many figures flying down from above Flame Volcano under the moonlight. He could not help but be rattled on the inside.
There were a total of seven great elders in the inner sect, and other than Mo Hai, who had gone out and not returned yet, all six elders of the sect had come down from the mountain!
The three elderly inner sect reverends were so old that every hair on their body was white. Under the six elders’ care and accompaniment, they too trembled on their way from the top of the mountain.
The reverends of the inner sect were all elders from a generation earlier. Because they were older and that they had run into a problem with their realms, they could not continue to forge artifacts. That was why they cultivated their bodies and minds for years on top of the mountain with the status of a Reverend. Every one of them was older than the sect master himself, and the Chief Reverend was even the master of the current sect master.
It was only when a huge change had happened to the sect that the three reverends would appear and assist the sect master in making a decision.
Tonight, the three reverends who had not gone down the mountain for a few years appeared together with the sect master, Ying Xingran, on the plaza as they stood together beside Liang Shaoyang.
“Greetings, Sect Master!”
“Greetings, Reverends!”
“Greetings, Elders!”
The inner and outer sect disciples hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Ying Xingran’s eyes were shining as he swept his gaze across the crowd, nodded to Tong Jihua, and smiled lightly at Tang Siqi before looking to Liang Shaoyang with an excited expression. “Good, very good! To think that yet another genius has appeared in our sect! Very good!”
While speaking, the demons and monsters on the spirit pattern pillar above Liang Shaoyang slowly stopped struggling and turned into an inanimate object once more.
The huge webs that trapped the demons and monsters continued to shine with multiple colors. It took a while before it slowly stopped, finally faded into the spirit pattern pillar and lost its wonders completely.
Ying Xingran glowed red at his cheeks as he raised his hands for everyone to keep silent while patiently waiting to the side.
When the outer sect disciples had entered, he did not exit seclusion. When Cloud Sky Mountain’s Mountain Master passed by Armament City, he did not come out to meet him either.
But when he heard that someone had caused a change in the spirit pattern pillars, he came out of seclusion in the middle of the night even though he had arrived at a critical juncture in the process of artifact forging. Hence, one could see exactly how much importance he had attached to this matter.
The sect master, the three great reverends, and every outer and inner sect elder had gathered as one in the middle of the night. This was yet another grand occasion in Armament Sect!
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Liang Shaoyang. The envy in their eyes could not be hidden at all. At this very moment, Liang Shaoyang was without a doubt the focus of everyone’s eyes, and from now onwards, his path in Armament Sect would be a straight gallop across the plains.
No one would be able to stop Liang Shaoyang’s footsteps.