The Sword God of the Universe-Chapter 1883: Pushing the Limits

Outside the Secret Technique Room stood Taiyi.

"Senior Brother!" Taiyi bowed in greeting at the sight of Jing Yan.

"What is the matter?" Jing Yan asked.

Being interrupted while studying the Secret Technique would upset anyone.

"It’s... Senior Brother Feng Chi and the others! They are outside the Nuwa Divine Palace, seeking a meeting with you, Senior Brother," Taiyi said.

Feng Chi and other Inner Sect Disciples gathered outside the Nuwa Divine Palace. Since they weren’t members of the Nuwa Divine Palace, they naturally couldn’t enter. As bold as Feng Chi and his group might be, they wouldn’t dare to intrude unauthorized into the Nuwa Divine Palace.

They waited outside the Divine Palace merely asking to meet Jing Yan, without speaking ill of him, thus not breaking the rules of the Hongjun Heavenly Palace. But everyone knew Feng Chi’s intentions.

"Meet me? Feng Chi? I don’t know him!" Jing Yan shook his head. "Outside the Nuwa Divine Palace, which means they aren’t members of it."

"Yes, Feng Chi belongs to the Niao Cheng Divine Palace. Other senior brothers from different divine palaces are also gathering outside our Nuwa Divine Palace," Taiyi said with some anger.

"I see! It’s because of my promotion to Core Disciple, isn’t it? I have no time for them, you needn’t bother either. Tell the others not to pay attention to them," Jing Yan waved dismissively.

Jing Yan couldn’t be bothered to waste time entangling with those people.

"Yes!" Taiyi replied and left.

Jing Yan returned to the Secret Technique Room to continue his research.

...

"Not meeting us?"

"The Core Disciple’s airs are quite grand!"

"Heh, so many of us Inner Sect Disciples want to see him, and he refuses to see a single one?"

"If he won’t meet you, what can you do? Let’s disperse!"

Feng Chi and the Inner Sect Disciples spoke sarcastically. Other than that, they had no other way. No matter how bold they were, they wouldn’t dare to intrude on the Nuwa Divine Palace. If they did, not even the Niao Cheng Palace Master could protect them.

"Let’s call it a day for now! We’ll come again tomorrow," Feng Chi said with a gloomy face.

The next day, Feng Chi and the others indeed came again, but Jing Yan still refused to see them.

The third day, the fourth day...

Time passed slowly, several months went by. It seemed Feng Chi and his group had taken a stand against Jing Yan, showing up at the Nuwa Divine Palace every day. Soon, rumors began to circulate, with some wanting to challenge Jing Yan, the Core Disciple.

In the Hongjun Heavenly Palace, disciples of different ranks had clear hierarchical distinctions. However, the palace didn’t prohibit dueling among disciples. Particularly, if disciples of the same realm agreed, the palace supported such practice.

Feng Chi was the first to put out word of wanting a duel with Jing Yan. After him, more Inner Sect Disciples from the Law Realm expressed their desire to spar with Senior Brother Jing Yan, the Core Disciple.

Jing Yan’s continued silence only emboldened these people further. In the end, even some Outer Disciples from the Law Realm dared to jest about challenging Jing Yan.

The members of the Nuwa Divine Palace were also quite infuriated. Yet, as a newly established palace, they had few members and even fewer mighty ones. Against Feng Chi and the Inner Sect Disciples, the Nuwa Divine Palace had no one to take the field and dominate the scene.

Even the Nuwa Palace Master had some anger regarding these acts, but as a Palace Master, it was inappropriate for her to intervene directly.

She was irritated that Niao Cheng and other palace masters made no effort to restrain their members.

Gradually, unfavorable rumors began spreading within the Heavenly Palace.

"I heard that Jing Yan’s promotion to Core Disciple was due to the Nuwa Palace Master."

"Yes, that’s right. It’s said that he and the Nuwa Palace Master come from the same Seed Universe. She treats him as family, which is why he became a Core Disciple. If not for her, he might not even meet the requirements for an Inner Sect Disciple."

"But isn’t the Core Disciple status not solely up to the Nuwa Palace Master?"

"Heh, who knows? Anyway, Jing Yan surely isn’t that strong. If he had the strength, why hasn’t he shown himself?"

"..."

Such rumors gained more believers within the Hongjun Heavenly Palace. More and more disciples paid little heed to Jing Yan. Along with it, the prestige of the Core Disciple title seemed to have diminished compared to before.

One day, Jing Yan was still immersed in the study of Secret Techniques.

Suddenly, his mind stirred.

"Lady Nüwa?" Jing Yan sensed a Divine Thought approaching, it was a message from Lady Nüwa.

"Jing Yan, recently, many Outer and Inner Sect Disciples have been clamoring outside the Nuwa Divine Palace," the Nuwa Palace Master sent the message to Jing Yan, saying just this one sentence.

Upon receiving the message, Jing Yan frowned deeply.

"Haven’t they had enough?" Jing Yan was somewhat angered too.

He originally had no plans to pay attention to them, thinking their disturbances would eventually cease. But now it seemed he had miscalculated. The longer he stayed silent, the more presumptuous they became.

Though the Nuwa Palace Master didn’t demand he act, the message itself spoke volumes. Likely, the Nuwa Palace Master was genuinely angry; otherwise, she wouldn’t have reached out to him.

"Time to resolve this!"

"Otherwise, they won’t quiet down!" Jing Yan stood up and left the Secret Technique Room.

During this time in the Secret Technique Room, Jing Yan had gained considerable insights, his perspectives broadening significantly. Among these secret techniques were those involving various Great Daos. This allowed Jing Yan to gain certain insights into the Destruction Dao and Fate Dao. Such training conditions were exclusive to the Ultimate Force.

Jing Yan exited the Secret Technique Room, heading to the first-floor hall of the Divine Hall.

The hall was crowded with members of the Nuwa Divine Palace. There were far more than when Jing Yan first arrived. Most of these members wore expressions of anger. Upon seeing Jing Yan, they ceased their discussions.

"Senior Brother!" Everyone paid respects to Jing Yan.

"What’s the situation outside?" Jing Yan asked.

"Senior Brother Jing Yan, those people are too outrageous. Especially Senior Brothers Feng Chi and Mandala, they simply don’t regard you," Taiyi said furiously as he approached Jing Yan.

"What realms are these two at?" Jing Yan squinted and asked.

"Senior Brother Feng Chi is a member of the Niao Cheng Divine Palace, currently in the Law Realm, but he’s very young, not yet a thousand years old in cultivation. Senior Brother Mandala is also formidable; after only three million years of cultivation, he entered the All Things Realm a few days ago. Rumor has it, Senior Brother Mandala might also be promoted to Core Disciple. And yes, he is also from the Niao Cheng Divine Palace," Taiyi explained.

Reaching the All Things Realm in three million years is indeed rare.

"I see. Since they’re so eager to meet me, I might as well meet them," Jing Yan nodded, a smile playing on his lips.

With a single stride, he was out of the Nuwa Divine Palace, followed closely by Taiyi and other members of the Nuwa Divine Palace.