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"The next Sect Grand Meeting is in four years? Alright then, I'll consider it and give you a reply after some time, Sect Master Yun Shan."
To be honest, a competition at the Dou Wang level seemed like children fighting in the eyes of the current Xiao Lin.
The reason he didn't give Yun Shan an answer immediately was truly because he felt a bit embarrassed to accept such a thing. If it were in private, Xiao Lin wouldn't feel anything about killing someone or the like, but this kind of competition was clearly public!
He, Xiao Lin, still cared about his reputation. However, in this kind of competition between nations, if one won, the distribution of resources would likely not be small.
This made Xiao Lin feel a bit tempted again.
It was precisely because of this that Xiao Lin wanted to think for a while before giving Yun Shan a reply. After all, there were still four years until the next Sect Grand Meeting!
"No problem, as long as you don't drag it out until the final year."
Yun Shan teased Xiao Lin at this moment.
"That won't happen. However, Sect Master Yun Shan, if I may be so bold as to ask, could the matter you were troubled by earlier be this Sect Grand Meeting?"
Xiao Lin first gave a smile, then asked back.
Hearing Xiao Lin ask this, Yun Shan was stunned for a moment, then revealed a trace of a bitter smile.
"Am I acting that obvious?"
"In that case, I guessed correctly?"
Looking at Yun Shan's expression, Xiao Lin knew he had guessed correctly for the most part.
As the strongest force within the Jia Ma Empire, even standing above the Jia Ma Imperial Family, the pressure the Yun Lan Sect bore for this kind of international Sect Grand Meeting was the greatest!
One must know that in reality, the early Sect Grand Meetings were simply matches between the strongest sects of the Four Great Empires.
However, after various changes over time, it became the current competition between the Four Great Empires themselves. Therefore, it could be said that for this Sect Grand Meeting, the Yun Lan Sect was the absolute core!
It was no wonder Yun Shan would worry over such a matter.
Because during the last Sect Grand Meeting last year, the Jia Ma Empire's ranking was not very ideal; they were only slightly better than the Mulan Empire, but lost to the Chu Yun Empire and the Luo Yan Empire.
Clearly, neither the Jia Ma Imperial Family nor the Yun Lan Sect was satisfied with this ranking.
Since that was the case, they could only look forward to the next Sect Grand Meeting. Additionally, he had been at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Huang for several years now and currently had no feeling of an impending breakthrough.
Regarding this, Yun Shan would naturally feel troubled.
"Sigh, although I can't say it's entirely related to the Sect Grand Meeting, it did indeed start because of it."
Sighing, Yun Shan spoke with quite a bit of helplessness.
"Oh? I would like to hear the details."
Xiao Lin was somewhat worried that Yun Shan would go crazy ahead of time.
If that happened, his plans might have to be shelved.
"Actually, it's because in the last Sect Grand Meeting last year, the old Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate from the Chu Yun Empire, Xie Bi Yan, had already broken through to the Dou Zong realm. During that competition, the Chu Yun Empire also took first place."
"As for the Luo Yan Empire's side, although the Sect Master of the Gold Geese Sect, Yan Luo Tian, has not yet broken through, if nothing unexpected happens, he will clearly have no problem breaking through to the Dou Zong realm before the next Sect Grand Meeting."
"Only the Mulan Empire's strength is a level weaker; those two old fellows of the Mulan Valley practice a dual-cultivation Earth Grade Cultivation Technique, and they likely have no hope of breaking through to the Dou Zong realm in this lifetime."
"As for me... sigh, there's no need to mention it."
As he reached the end, Yun Shan sighed again.
Xie Bi Yan of the Chu Yun Empire was one thing, as the other party was a full generation older than him, so breaking through to Dou Zong was understandable. But the Sect Master of the Luo Yan Empire's Gold Geese Sect, Yan Luo Tian, was truly of the same generation as him!
Thinking back to the beginning, the other party's strength was even a level weaker than his own. But after so many years, the other party's strength first gradually approached his, then leveled out, and now was even about to surpass him!
How could Yun Shan not be anxious?
Based on the current situation, Yun Shan could already imagine the scene of being humiliated by the other party during the next Sect Grand Meeting. Therefore, couldn't it be said that Yun Shan's sorrow was caused by the Sect Grand Meeting?
Looking at Yun Shan who had fallen into distress on his own, Xiao Lin was speechless for a time.
It could be said that the reason the original Yun Shan eventually went crazy was also due to the pressure from these various experiences, wasn't it?
"Teacher..."
At this time, the little Yun Yun on the side suddenly called out.
However, regarding this kind of matter, she didn't know how to comfort her teacher either.
As for Xiao Lin on the side, he didn't say anything more. On the path of cultivation, everyone ultimately has to rely on themselves. Finally, the conversation between Xiao Lin and Yun Shan pretty much ended there.
Because it was already late, the master and disciple pair of Yun Shan and Yun Yun stayed at the Xiao Mansion for one night. The next day, Yun Shan and Yun Yun left the Xiao Mansion and returned to the Yun Lan Sect.
The reason Yun Shan personally came to the Xiao Mansion this time was truly just an accident. He was simply looking to clear his head because of a pile of troubling matters, so he just personally came to the Xiao Mansion to join the excitement.
However, on the day after the Xiao Clan's coming-of-age ceremony and the Clan Leader's succession ceremony, the fact that Yun Shan personally visited the Xiao Mansion rapidly spread throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire.
This made many people feel that there might be some special relationship between the Yun Lan Sect and the Xiao Clan!
Otherwise, there was no way to explain this matter!
Up to this point, the Xiao Clan could be considered to have the dual background of both the Jia Ma Imperial Family and the Yun Lan Sect. Don't forget, Xiao Lin had previously served as a general in the Jia Ma Empire's army, so he could naturally be counted as half an official!
Now with the matter of the Yun Lan Sect Master Yun Shan personally visiting the Xiao Mansion, people would naturally feel that the Xiao Clan also had a relationship with the Yun Lan Sect. Through this event, the Xiao Clan's status in the Jia Ma Empire rose once again by a notch.
Faintly, among the Four Great Families of the Jia Ma Empire's capital, the Xiao Clan already seemed to stand slightly above the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan.
Many forces could see this subtle change.
However, since the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan didn't show any reaction, other forces naturally wouldn't say much to the currently thriving Xiao Clan. The first thing Xiao Lin did after becoming the new Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan was to establish prestige!
Of course, the target of this prestige could not be the Xiao Clan's own people.
The ones Xiao Lin wanted to target were naturally the several forces that had secretly spread rumors of his death and provoked the Xiao Clan during the six years he was away for training.
Among them were the Li Clan and the Wang Clan, who the Xiao clan members had complained about to him earlier. Both of these clans were Dou Ling level forces within the Jia Ma Empire's capital.
Judging by the things they had done, they clearly both had ambitions. However, back then, Xiao Lin didn't deal with them immediately; he was naturally waiting for today!
So, one month after Xiao Lin succeeded to the position of Xiao Clan Leader, he directly led a portion of his clan members and wiped out the two forces of the Li Clan and the Wang Clan!
Regarding this, many people who knew the situation naturally wouldn't say much. After all, it was the Li Clan and the Wang Clan who had provoked the Xiao Clan first.
To have such a result now was only natural!
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