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Although Shi Tie, Su Xiao, Zhang Daniu, and Zhao Qingyan were mentally prepared, they were still stunned when they saw this scene with their own eyes and felt the real star power fluctuations and the strange aura on their senior brother, the sect leader!

Shen Mo's "lines" in particular almost made them believe it!

"The patriarch... really appeared?" Zhang Daniu asked blankly.

"Shut up! Quick! Do as the sect leader says!" Shi Tie was the first to react. He pinched his thigh hard, squeezing out two 'excited' tears, and knelt down with a thud. He kowtowed repeatedly towards Shen Mo (or rather, the pillar of starlight), shouting in a tearful voice:

"May the ancestral master bless us! I, Shi Tie, will surely bring glory to our family! Waaah..."

Seeing this, Su Xiao and Zhao Qingyan immediately realized what was happening. Su Xiao's face showed utmost piety and excitement as she gracefully knelt down, her voice choked with emotion: "Disciple Su Xiao kowtows to thank the Ancestral Master for his grace!"

Zhao Qingyan was so "excited" that her face turned red, tears welled up in her eyes, and she knelt down.

Seeing this, Zhang Daniu panicked and quickly followed suit, lying on the ground and muttering something under his breath.

On the cliff, there were five people. One person was enveloped in starlight and receiving infusion, while the other four knelt and kowtowed, their expressions filled with excitement!

Combined with the continuous meteor shower behind them, it created a highly impactful and deceptive scene!

Almost at the same moment that Shen Mo let out that long howl—

"Huh?" In the distance, in the Heavenly Sword Sect camp, a young man in white who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp gaze shooting like a sword towards the cliff where the Azure Cloud Sect was located!

"Such pure stellar energy fluctuations! And there are human voices too? What... is going on?"

"Star power? How could there be such a concentrated gathering of star power in this desolate wilderness?" At the Xuanbing Pavilion camp, a woman with a cold face also looked up in surprise.

"It seems... to be those small fry hiding by the cliff during the day?" someone whispered in the direction of Dan Ding Pavilion.

One after another, divine senses, strong or weak, swept towards that inconspicuous cliff with surprise and inquiry!

When they "saw" the figure shrouded in faint starlight and heard the "excited" shouts, disbelief appeared on their faces!

"The Qingyun Ancestor? The true meaning of sword techniques? Resonance of stellar power?"

The white-robed youth from the Heavenly Sword Sect frowned deeply. "I've never heard of any Azure Cloud Sect... but this phenomenon of star power infusing my body... though weak, it doesn't seem fake... Could it be... that this Flowing Cloud Water Mansion is hiding a secret we don't know about? Is it related to the stars?"

"Investigate immediately! What exactly is the background of this Qingyun Sect!" the cold-faced woman from Xuanbing Pavilion ordered.

"Interesting... How could a few juniors in the early stages of Qi Refining be able to draw upon star power? Could they possess some kind of treasure? Or... could it really be the ancestor manifesting his power?" A glint of greed flashed in the eyes of the steward of the Pill Cauldron Pavilion.

Further away, on that black stone peak, a figure shrouded in a black robe stood silently, his cold gaze piercing through the vast distance, landing on the star-kissed youth on the cliff.

After a long while, a barely audible soft exclamation came from beneath the black robe.

"The power of stars... Qingyun Sect... seems... to be quite interesting."

Shen Mo was unaware that his performance had successfully attracted the attention of various forces.

He was currently doing his best to maintain the "Star Infusion" posture, but his mind was frantically calculating the time. The illusion created by the system and the star power guidance effect could only last for ten breaths at most! After ten breaths, everything would return to normal!

"Five, four, three, two, one... Collect!"

As he silently counted down to the last second, Shen Mo abruptly severed his connection with the main array flag and simultaneously concealed all his aura. The pillar of starlight that enveloped him and the faint light around him vanished instantly, as if they had never existed!

The meteor shower continues in the night sky, but the most intense phase has passed.

Silence returned to the cliff. Only five figures, too excited to contain themselves, remained in place.

The shock and commotion brought by the meteor shower did not last long. The night sky returned to its deep blue, leaving only countless streaks of light that had not yet completely dissipated, testifying to the earth-shattering meteor shower that had just occurred.

However, the atmosphere above Yunmengze was even more somber than before.

A series of gazes, some bright and some dim, swept across the secluded cliff where the five members of the Qingyun Sect were located, like searchlights.

Surprise, curiosity, greed, fear... a mix of emotions mingled in those gazes.

The name "Qingyun Sect," which was originally unknown, spread rapidly among the lower-level disciples and independent cultivators of various forces, accompanied by rumors of "star power infusion" and "the patriarch's manifestation."

"Did you hear? Just now on that cliff over there, a small sect called Qingyun Sect seemed to have activated the sword intent left behind by their founder and received the power of stars flowing into their bodies!"

"Really? Those few lowly Qi Refining stage weaklings can attract star power?"

"It's absolutely true! Many people saw it! A beam of light descended from the sky, and there were figures standing within it! The aura was terrifying!"

"Could it be... that this Flowing Cloud Water Mansion holds some secret we don't know about? Is it related to the stars?"

The murmurs and whispers added an air of eeriness and uncertainty to the soon-to-be-opened water palace.

On the cliff, the five members of the Qingyun Sect maintained their posture of "extreme excitement" and "devout worship" until Shen Mo secretly made a hand gesture, at which point they "reluctantly" stood up.

Their faces still bore the flush of elation and ecstasy, but deep in their eyes lay tension and lingering fear.

"Sect Leader... Sect Leader... Just now... just now that was..." Shi Tie leaned close to Shen Mo, his voice extremely low and trembling with disbelief.

Even though he was a rough-around-the-edges person, he could sense that what had just happened was extraordinary, especially the strange aura that had burst forth and disappeared in an instant from his senior brother, the sect leader, which made him feel uneasy.

"Silence." Shen Mo shook his head slightly, his expression solemn. He could clearly feel that at least a dozen powerful divine senses were firmly locked onto this cliff.

Some of the dishes even carried an undisguised malice and a sense of oppression.

The play is over, but the real test is just beginning. The key is how to survive and profit from this pack of wolves.

"Pack your things and be ready to retreat to the first hiding place at any time," Shen Mo instructed in a low voice, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily.

He sensed that an even bigger storm was about to break.