C3454 Achievement and Retreat
Lee Qingyun looked at the Emperor of Yue's sword in his hand.
A few breaths later.
A voice came from the Emperor of Yue's sword.
"Qing Yun, stop."
Lee Qingyun flicked his finger and the King of Yue's sword disappeared. He said lightly, "I've lost."
Finished speaking, he turned around and walked down the stage.
He had already lost.
The all-out attack consumed 99% of his strength. However, such a fierce attack only managed to shatter one of Meng Fan's puppets and a layer of his golden body. Meng Fan still had enough strength to fight him.
Furthermore, the Gate Elixir was still around. Lee Qingyun's strength was currently so weak that he might not even be able to withstand a single blow from the Gate Elixir.
The stands were in an uproar.
However, those senior Supreme Elders and a few powerful disciples did not say a word. Although many disciples did not dare to believe it and did not understand why Lee Qingyun was admitting defeat, those experienced God Kings already knew that Lee Qingyun had lost.
Rather than waiting and being beaten to the point where he had no way to fight back, it was better to just surrender and save some face. The most important thing was to conserve his strength.
"At this moment, the most important thing is to conserve your strength. If we continue to fight head on, Lee Qingyun will definitely lose very miserably, and will be heavily injured by Ye Weiyang. Therefore, if you want to win against Faang Haoyun in the competition of nine matches, it will be impossible, and you can take it lying down. Even though many disciples will be disappointed in Lee Qingyun because of this competition, and his prestige will also drop greatly, but Lee Qingyun does not care about these false names and the opinions of the people around him, and he is still a powerful person. "
The Head Elder nodded as he judged Lee Qingyun. He also admired Lee Qingyun a lot.
"However, if he were to give up on himself, it would also be a huge loss to his character." The Sentencing Elder narrowed her eyes. "On the path of cultivation, once one is discouraged, it would be very difficult to bring up this matter again."
Then, the Punishment Elder looked at Grand Elder Red Cauldron and said, "Junior Brother Man, this Ye Weiyang won quite easily. Lee Qingyun admitted defeat himself, and if we were to fight a few rounds head on, Ye Weiyang should suffer quite a bit of a loss. Say, do you think Ye Weiyang and Faang Haoyun are allies or enemies?"
Although these powerful Great Elders had always been aloof and indifferent towards all kinds of battles, when two Celestial King of Eight Tribulations fought each other, and it was related to the next candidate, Sect Master, so they had to think about it.
Grand Elder Red Cauldron shook his head. He didn't know what he meant, or he didn't know.
The Punishment Elder did not pursue the matter.
This match had ended.
Meng Fan had risen to second place in the Heaven And Earth Ranking.
His strength was also known to all. Once, the Supreme Elders of Ninth Gate all thought that Faang Haoyun was the absolute number one disciple, while Eldest Senior Brother, even if Lee Qingyun's realm was equal to his, there was still a million years of difference in cultivation between him and Faang Haoyun.
However, after Meng Fan rose to second place in the Heaven And Earth Ranking, many of the Great Clan Elders suspected that Faang Haoyun and Eldest Senior Brother's position was not safe.
All of the Supreme Elders who watched the match felt Meng Fan's strength, so it didn't take him much effort to defeat Lee Qingyun, but on the competition field, the Gate Elixir had just been born, so it didn't really display its true strength. From beginning to end, he only performed one blow, and in the following time, as long as Meng Fan had some time, he could continue to refine the door elixir and become even more powerful.
However, at this moment, two crises appeared one after the other.
These two crises came from Meng Fan rising to second place in the Heaven And Earth Ranking.
The first crisis was when many of the Supreme Elders were surprised by Meng Fan's talent and began to doubt him. The moment he stepped into the Ninth Gate, it was something that happened a few thousand years ago. According to many news, Ye Weiyang was not even ten thousand years old, and at such a young age, he managed to reach such a level in the Ninth Gate in just a few thousand years, which was truly inconceivable. Looking at the history of the entire Ninth Gate, there was not a single person who was comparable to Meng Fan.
In addition, Ye Weiyang's wrist, actions, and even more so, didn't seem like a young god king. He was too experienced, and his every action within the Ninth Gate were all calculated perfectly, without any loopholes.
Thus, some of the elders with ulterior motives began to carefully investigate Meng Fan.
The second crisis was also because Meng Fan had defeated Lee Qingyun.
It was that all along, Ye Clan, Chen Faction's greatest backer, the Fang family, had begun to alienate Meng Fan.0
Although it was just a rumor that Meng Fan had the qualifications to challenge Faang Haoyun as the number one disciple, but no matter who it was, this matter was not baseless. Meng Fan was so strong, had enough manpower, was as dazzling as a shooting star, and had Grand Elder Red Cauldron's support and love, now standing as number two in the Heaven And Earth Ranking, why not challenge Faang Haoyun?
Regardless of victory or defeat, he should be challenged. He had the ability and the qualifications to compete for Sect Master's position!
This was not a suspicion, this was a normal deduction.
It was only natural.
Therefore, the Fang family started to distance themselves from Meng Fan.
This kind of estrangement was the reason why many of the Supreme Elders dared to investigate Meng Fan.
The square system had over a dozen supreme elders, and there were also some powerful disciples within the the Sixth Palace. Their influence was astonishing, and the core disciples of the square system were all over the Ninth Gate, after all, they had already been developing for a million years, and were the most powerful faction amongst the large Ninth Gate factions. Adding all the other four factions together, they were only able to tie with Faang Haoyun's faction.
In the past, with the huge backing of the square element, Ye Clan and Chen Faction were like fishes in water, and now that the square element had started distancing itself, Ye Clan and Chen Faction immediately appeared to be alone.
Meng Fan had offended a lot of people both publicly and secretly along the way. Once the Fang family was estranged from him, there would naturally be a lot of people who would go against him.
Therefore, two months after Meng Fan challenged Lee Qingyun, his situation was not good. If not for the fact that Grand Elder Red Cauldron had sided with Meng Fan, many people would have openly questioned Meng Fan.
Meng Fan's identity had also been repeatedly checked by a lot of people in the past two months. However, Meng Fan did not move because his identity was indeed very solid.
However, Ye Clan and Chen Faction were also a bit nervous. After all, without the support of the square element, there were many things that were difficult to do.
Two months later.
Suddenly, the situation reversed.
Meng Fan applied to become a Grand Elder, giving up on the rights and interests of his disciples.
The reason was that the square system immediately changed from being distant from Meng Fan to being incomparably close to Meng Fan. After learning that Meng Fan had applied for the position of a Great Master, the Fang system almost sent out all of its members to help him become a Great Elder, while Grand Elder Red Cauldron personally handled this matter.
With all these efforts, the Great Elder had only used three days to complete the procedures for Meng Fan to be promoted to a Grand Elder.
Meng Fan gave up his right to compete for the position of Sect Master after becoming the Grand Elder. From then on, according to the laws of Ninth Gate, he no longer had the qualifications to become Sect Master.
At the same time, he had also left the Heaven And Earth Ranking. The second spot on the Heaven And Earth Ranking caused all of the disciples in the Heaven And Earth Ranking to move forward by one, thus leaving the twentieth place. In order to fill the second place vacancy, the sect had no choice but to convene another Heaven And Earth Ranking competition in the short term.
The square system's attitude changed 180 degrees.
They also finally understood that Meng Fan had no intention to compete for Sect Master's position. He had only given Faang Haoyun a huge gift to defeat his only competitor, Lee Qingyun, on behalf of Faang Haoyun.
It was enough for Meng Fan to help Faang Haoyun along the way.
Now, everything was over.
Grand Elder Red Cauldron also announced that he would retire within three thousand years and hand over Grand Elder Red Cauldron's position to Meng Fan.
To them, Meng Fan was no longer a threat. On the contrary, he had helped Faang Haoyun so much, and now, he wanted to become a powerful Great Elder, his status had become extraordinary, and those senior Fang Family Supreme Elders who saw Meng Fan had to be polite, and the difference in status was still huge. Even if Faang Haoyun became Sect Master in the future, Meng Fan still could not be underestimated.
Under the strong pressure of the square system, those supreme elders who wanted to investigate Meng Fan all gave up. They were indeed unable to find a result, but they were unwilling to provoke the square system, and even more so, they didn't want to provoke a powerful Great Elder.
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