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"Have you heard? Not long ago, the Yellow Spring Pavilion, one of the Four Pavilions, was attacked right at its front gates!"
"What? For real? Is it that Yellow Spring Pavilion?"
"Nonsense, how many Yellow Spring Pavilions are there in our Central Plains?"
"My god, that's the Yellow Spring Pavilion, a first-class power in our Central Plains. I heard Huang Quan Zun Zhe is incredibly ruthless!"
"You're telling me! Even so, someone still fought their way right up to his door."
"Quick, tell me, what happened? Did Huang Quan Zun Zhe end up killing the invader?"
"You're dreaming. I heard Huang Quan Zun Zhe was so terrified by the enemy that he didn't dare to lift a finger!"
"How is that possible? You're definitely bragging!"
"If I'm bragging, I'll...! @#￥%... The son of my neighbor's older brother's friend is a disciple of the Yellow Spring Pavilion. He saw this with his own eyes!"
"Fine, fine, fine, I believe you. So what happened next?"
"Hmph, good that you believe me. Later, I heard that not only did Huang Quan Zun Zhe not dare to strike the invader, but he also personally executed his own sect's Second Elder and gave his own personal storage ring to the opponent as an apology."
"Hiss—is that really true? It looks like big things are about to happen in the Central Plains! By the way, do you know who it was that attacked the Yellow Spring Pavilion?"
"I don't know the specifics, but an Elder from the Yellow Spring Pavilion leaked that the person is named Lin Xiao!"
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Such rumors started from the vicinity of the Yellow Spring Pavilion and, in just a few short days, had already spread throughout the entire Western Region of the Central Plains.
One must understand that as one of the top powers in the Western Region, every move of the Yellow Spring Pavilion is naturally watched by various parties. When such a major event occurs within the Yellow Spring Pavilion, how could it possibly be hidden?
After all, the events that transpired that day were witnessed by countless disciples and Elders of the Yellow Spring Pavilion.
The mouths of the masses are not so easily silenced.
Especially since Huang Quan Zun Zhe's inhuman actions had caused the hearts of everyone in the pavilion to drift apart. Under these circumstances, if Huang Quan Zun Zhe could still stop the news from leaking, it would truly be a miracle.
Sure enough, after Huang Quan Zun Zhe learned that such an embarrassing matter had spread across the entire Western Region, he flew into a thunderous rage.
To this end, he even severely punished more disciples. However, his actions not only failed to stop the spread of the news but actually made the clamor even louder!
In an instant, the Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Huang Quan Zun Zhe in particular, became the laughingstock of everyone.
The prestige of the Yellow Spring Pavilion plummeted following this incident. This made the already bottom-ranked Yellow Spring Pavilion among the Four Pavilions find its situation even more dire.
Particularly after Huang Quan Zun Zhe, in order to curry favor with Xiao Lin, personally beat the sect's Second Elder Kun Wu to death and sentenced the disciples and Elders who resisted the intruder to solitary confinement, his reputation became utterly foul.
This led many small forces that originally relied on the Yellow Spring Pavilion to develop the desire to break away. After all, Huang Quan Zun Zhe was so harsh toward his own sect members; how much worse would he be to them?
In the past, they relied on the Yellow Spring Pavilion in hopes of obtaining its protection. Even if the Yellow Spring Pavilion never explicitly promised to shield them, simply being affiliated with it brought a great deal of peace of mind.
Now, however, they didn't ask for the Yellow Spring Pavilion to protect them; they would be thanking the heavens and earth if the pavilion didn't hand them over to an enemy!
To be honest, if a force not much weaker than the Yellow Spring Pavilion were to challenge them right now, there was a high probability they could replace the pavilion's current status in the Central Plains.
It was only because most forces either lacked the desire or the capability that the Yellow Spring Pavilion was able to keep its title as one of the Four Pavilions.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be suppressed, Huang Quan Zun Zhe eventually chose to simply "let it rot." He directly recalled all disciples currently traveling abroad and announced that the pavilion would be sealed for ten years!
Clearly, Huang Quan Zun Zhe intended to use time to wear down the impact this incident had on the Yellow Spring Pavilion. However, no matter what he did, it didn't hinder the massive influence the event had already caused!
As time passed, the events of the Yellow Spring Pavilion were no longer confined to the Western Region. Eventually, not to mention the Eastern, Southern, and Northern Regions, even the ancient and mysterious forces of the Central Region had heard of the attack on the Yellow Spring Pavilion.
The Pill Tower.
"The Central Plains has produced another extraordinary individual!"
The Three Leaders of the Pill Tower were currently discussing this very matter.
The Hall of Souls.
"Oh? Interesting. To actually fight his way into the Yellow Spring Pavilion and force Huang Quan Zun Zhe to apologize and offer gifts... it seems we can try to recruit him to become a Tian Zun of my Hall of Souls!"
Within the gloomy Hall of Souls, a voice discussing Xiao Lin drifted through the air.
Xiao Lin had no idea that his little disturbance at the Yellow Spring Pavilion had actually drawn the attention of the Hall of Souls!
Falling Star Pavilion.
"Mister Lin Xiao is truly impressive! To think he could push that old man Huang Quan to such a state. It's a good thing my Falling Star Pavilion has befriended him."
When Feng Zun Zhe received this news, he was half-surprised and half-delighted.
The surprise, naturally, was that Xiao Lin had the ability to storm the Yellow Spring Pavilion and corner Huang Quan Zun Zhe to such an extent. The delight was not just because Xiao Lin was on good terms with the Falling Star Pavilion, but because of the Yellow Spring Pavilion's misfortune!
Feng Xian had long been disgusted by the Yellow Spring Pavilion's way of doing things!
If it weren't for the need to avoid triggering a war between the Falling Star Pavilion and the Yellow Spring Pavilion, he probably would have taught Huang Quan Zun Zhe a lesson long ago.
Now that Xiao Lin had forced Huang Quan Zun Zhe into a corner where he had to announce a lockdown, how could Feng Xian not be happy? Not only him, but everyone throughout the Falling Star Pavilion was incredibly joyous upon hearing the news.
One must remember that due to Feng Xian's history, Huang Quan Zun Zhe and his pavilion were hostile toward the Falling Star Pavilion. Now that the Yellow Spring Pavilion was in trouble, how could they not be happy?
Aside from these factions, the other Two Sects, Three Valleys, and the remaining Wind Lightning Pavilion and Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion all had discussions regarding Xiao Lin's attack on the Yellow Spring Pavilion.
However, because it didn't concern them directly, most of them maintained a spectator's attitude, watching the show.
The waters of the Central Plains had been calm for a long time.
Xiao Lin's arrival had finally caused a ripple to rise in this pond.
Of course, for most people, seeing the Yellow Spring Pavilion suffer a setback was a welcome sight. After all, the Yellow Spring Pavilion's actions in the past were far too insidious—even more loathsome than the overbearing Wind Lightning Pavilion!
It was no wonder that the majority of the gossip-hungry public talked about it with great relish.
Some young people had even started to view Xiao Lin as an idol!
It could be said that after the incident of attacking the Yellow Spring Pavilion and forcing Huang Quan Zun Zhe to lockdown, Xiao Lin's name—or rather, the name Lin Xiao—had completely spread throughout the Central Plains.
To say that Lin Xiao was now famous throughout the Central Plains was not an exaggeration in the slightest!
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