"Night... Brother Ye, calm down. I don't know where I offended you." The black shadow outside in the heavy snow knelt down to apologize.

  Zhang Ye didn't bother with Wei Min, who was kneeling and didn't dare to lift his head. He walked out of the house slowly, thinking about Xu Ying's words from before, and said, "Be patient. If you scold him once, I'll hit you once. If you hit him once, I'll hit you ten times."

  The sound floated away, Zhang Ye had already left.

  "Pfft!" The Black Eagle spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, "You think you're so great just because you're an inner sect disciple? Who knows how long your comfort will last? Rumor has it that the Elder's Hall is discussing you right now."

  Above Taixuan Peak, a floating city in mid-air drifts in the void.

  The Elders' Conference Hall, the four great elder and countless ordinary elders were arguing about Zhang Ye's issue. So many elders discussing an inner disciple was unprecedented.

  It's been half a year since Zhang Ye left Mount Tianyin, and his actions have made these elders feel both loving and fearful, as well as hateful.

  "Zhang Ye is a rare talent that can be encountered once in a thousand years. I, Tan Siqin, promoted him to an inner disciple status, both emotionally and rationally, and I really couldn't see anything wrong with it. In just half a year after leaving the mountain, Zhang Ye built his foundation on his own and entered the third layer on his own. He challenged several people across levels, demonstrating his combat talent. Moreover, when he was taking care of herbs in the outer sect, he also showed a talent for medicine, cultivating three-grade medicinal materials with two-grade land and seeds." Tan Siqin said, "I really can't understand why you are all here, nitpicking about trivial matters and ganging up on him. What is your intention?"

  "There's no one here who doubts Zhang Ye's talent." The Head of the Four Great Elders, Zhang Men, spoke up, "But in my Immortal Sect, moral character is paramount. Zhang Ye, a small outer sect disciple, privately killed an inner sect disciple, Wu Que, during the battle against the demonic sect disciples. Is this how you repay Zhang Men's kindness, Tan Siqin?"

  "Hmph." Tan Siqin let out a cold snort, "It's my repayment, I see it this way and repay it this way. But that doesn't mean I think he was wrong. A treacherous son should be put to death, why bother with courtesy? He didn't kill me, I killed him, what's the difference?"

  The elder with the scar on his face smiled wryly and said, "Sister, your words are wrong. Without rules, there is no square or circle. The sect has its own rules. If you had taken action to punish Zhang Ye for his mistakes, that would have been reasonable. But at that time, Zhang Ye was an outer disciple, he had no right to replace the seniors and the Punishment Hall in enforcing the law. This is a case of junior offending senior, ignoring the rules!"

  Tan Siqin sneered and said, "Speaking of being lawless, I'm afraid that precious disciple of Zhang Xian's, Huo Tianlang, is the number one in Tai Xuan Men."

  "Alright, seniors and juniors, no need to argue about this matter anymore." One of the Four Great Elders, Chuan Gong, intervened, "In my opinion, although Zhang Ye's method was extreme, there were reasons behind it. In battle, things change in an instant, and it's impossible to follow rules all the time. The fact that the inner sect disciples were not punished for their betrayal is true. Even if Zhang Ye made a mistake by leading the seniors to kill them, it was a small one."

  Zhangmen Long Lao had to turn around and say, "Forced by the island, Zhang Ye killed people and stole treasures, killed Donghai's disciples, and destroyed our Xian Dao alliance. This crime is not small. How can Tan Siqin Shimei explain?"

  Tan Siqin said coldly, "No need to explain, I'm clear about this matter. It's a case of justifiable homicide. Huang Jian, an inner disciple from the East Sea, was reckless and tried to take liberties with my maid. He deserved to die. The charge of murder and theft doesn't hold up. During the battle, Huang Jian died unexpectedly. Are you saying that the treasure should be left for someone else? If the East Sea wants the treasure, tell them to come find me. I'll compensate them with a fourth-grade treasure."

  Tan Siqin finished speaking, her face turned iron-green as she stood up and left the council hall.

  "It's like nothing has ended yet."

  Several elderly men below the listening hall expressed their doubts in a low voice. However, Zhang Xing knew Tan Siqin's temper and pretended not to hear it.

  Chuan Gong elder mediated again, "From all aspects, Tan Siqin promoting Zhang Ye to enter the inner door is within her authority. Everyone should focus on this and not dwell on a small matter of an inner door disciple. It's said that our Tai Xuan Sect is too big and prosperous, so extravagant that we use people with third layer heaven's gift as outer door disciples."

  "This isn't over." The elder of the Punishment Hall snorted coldly...

  Zhang Ye arrived at the inner gate's Executive Court to receive the jade plaque of the inner gate disciples, as well as his new position and residence.

  Inner disciples and outer disciples are completely different, not living in the damp and cold valley. Most of the inner disciples live in a valley on the half mountain waist of Tai Xuan's main peak. The valley is wide, with many independent small courtyards scattered about. Zhang Ye's new home was arranged here.

  Walked into his own yard and turned around, spider webs were everywhere, covered in dust. It looks like no one has lived here for a long time.

  Zhang Ye spent some time sweeping away the dust and snow inside and out. He sat down quietly, summarizing his battle experience with Shi Tianyun.

  At that time in the critical situation, upon hearing that his senior sister was in trouble, Zhang Ye's mentality underwent an extreme change, and finally understood the realm of killing one person in ten steps.

  And thus, the Mahayana hand that had been wandering outside as a fragment was merged into the Xuan Kong Quan, making up for the incomplete structure.

  After its structure matured, Zhang Ye himself couldn't have imagined that this divine ability he had named "Ten Steps One Kill" would be so formidable and consume so much true energy.

  Zhang Ye is currently at the third layer of foundation building, but his actual magical power is equivalent to that of an ordinary fourth-layer foundation building cultivator. With such accumulation, launching a ten-step kill would instantly drain him, and he couldn't even exert its might - what kind of divine ability was this?

  "This is called 'Tai Shang Fu Mo Shen Tong' in Tai Xuan Men. In fact, Tai Shang Fu Mo Shen Tong is just the first kill of the twenty-four kills of Tai Xuan."

  Timely, the voice of Purple Robe appeared in his mind.

  "Tai Xuan Twenty-Four Kills." Zhang Ye didn't think that in the end, he would still be led back to this topic by Ziyi.

  "Yes, the Tai Xuan 24 Kills is the first kill. However, nowadays these old undying ones don't even know what the Tai Xuan Absolute Kill is all about. Therefore, they listed this divine ability as one of the great absolute techniques of the Tai Xuan Sect, called the Supreme Fumo Divine Ability. Even true disciples can't easily get to learn this technique. As for you, that's your encounter and innate talent, inversely comprehending this divine ability." said Purple Robe.

  "Reverse comprehension?" Zhang Ye asked curiously.

  "Indeed. The Tai Xuan Gate underwent a great change in the ancient times, and countless divine techniques were lost. Judging from your situation, it's more accurate to call it decomposition. I used to be suspicious, but now I'm certain that most of the lost divine techniques were decomposed into numerous fragmented spells. And you possess the ability to combine these fragments."

  "Combine fragments."

  Zhang Ye muttered to himself, carefully recalling the entire process of killing every ten steps, and his heart skipped a beat. Indeed, the previous structure was perfect.

  But now, jumping out of ten steps and killing is also like the original Taiyuanquan, with flaws.

  As Purple Robe said, this is still imperfect, just a large defective structure.

  Zhang Ye immediately asked: "You seem to know a lot about the past of Tai Xuan Men, and you also know countless magical powers, why don't you teach me all at once?"

  "Actually, I might have been able to teach you some things in the past, but now it's not possible. Just because I know these divine abilities doesn't mean I understand them or can teach them to you. Follow your instincts and continue on the path of slaughter. Strive to become a true disciple of Tai Xuan Gate, and at that time, you will receive more core techniques from us. How far you go depends on yourself. When the time comes, you will know who I am."

  The sound floated away, and Ziyi returned to Bahuagou to meditate again...