Chapter 282: New Protagonists!
At this moment, after around ten minutes had passed, the system displayed the result!
[Ding! Host, I have found three protagonists in the list of names you provided!]
[Here are their names-
[Zhou Fei, Lin Feng, and Ye Ming]
Only their names were mentioned, nothing else.
Ashen looked for their names in the scroll and soon found them.
Lin Feng's name was on the top of the list, Ye Ming's name was in the middle, and lastly, Zhou Fei was among the bottom ones of the list.
Ashen's eyes widened with joy as he saw each of their cultivation.
Lin Feng had the highest cultivation—Emperor realm intermediate stage!
Then Ye Ming—seventh stage of King Realm,
And lastly, Zhou Fei—fifth stage of the Core-Formation realm, the lowest.
Though Ashen wanted to check each of their luck points, he held back.
He knew it would cost him a lot of Villain Points to get the exact number from the system.
Moreover, he was in no hurry, as their cultivation gave him a rough idea already.
Ling Feng was the biggest fish among them.
He needed to know more; hence, he asked Han Wuji:
"Wuji, tell me about these three cultivators." He pointed at their names in the scroll, showing them to Han Wuji.
Han Wuji came closer to get a clear look.
After looking at the names of the three of them, he asked,
"Whom would you like to know about first, your highness?"
Ashen found Lin Feng a bit too powerful to touch right now; hence, he decided to ask about Ye Ming, the one who was neither too weak nor too strong.
"Tell me about Ye Ming first." He calmly ordered.
Han Wuji gave a nod of understanding before opening his mouth to speak:
"Ye Ming is a king realm cultivator currently residing in the Yun family after marrying their second princess—Yun Yuexin."
"Their love story is famous in the eastern region, as the second princess used to be a teacher to Ye Ming when he was a disciple in the Eastern Sovereign Hall, the only sect in the eastern region run jointly by the three great clans of the east—the Yun, Yan, and Wei Clans."
"Due to being the princess of the Yun clan, she was easily appointed as the elder of the Eastern Sovereign Hall once she advanced to the core-formation realm."
"Ye Ming was her disciple, and they fell for each other. They married each other once Ye Ming advanced to the King realm. There are also many hardships they faced in marrying each other, so their story has gained popularity among the eastern people."
"Additionally, Ye Ming was from a poor family, his parents massacred by the Wei Clan's young master. Ye Ming, driven by desire for revenge, cultivated heartily, advancing rapidly in his cultivation."
"It's been only a few years since he completed his revenge."
Ashen nodded in understanding before asking curiously, "Didn't the Wei Clan protect their young master?"
Han Wuji was immediate in his reply: "They tried; however, as if the heavens were on Ye Ming's side, he succeeded in killing the young master."
"Then what about afterwards?" Ashen inquired. "The Wei clan has emperor realm cultivators. They won't keep quiet about it, right?"
Han Wuji nodded in agreement and informed, "Yes, the Wei Clan's elders chased after Ye Ming to kill him; however, again, as if heavens were on his side, the Yun Clan appeared to save him."
"Since then, Ye Ming has been residing in the Yun Clan, cultivating to become strong enough to protect himself from the Wei Clan."
"Hmm, I understand." Ashen said before asking about the other protagonist, "What about Zhou Fei?"
"Zhou Fei... He has become famous only recently, so not much is known about him." Han Wuji replied. "He became famous after winning the recent tournament held among the disciples of the Eastern Sovereign Hall. He is a disciple there who joined the sect a decade ago when he was an origin realm cultivator."
"Not much is known about his past before that. There are also rumors that he is from a different region and is not from the Eastern region."
"I understand." Ashen gave a nod before demanding. "Tell me about Lin Feng then."
Lin Feng had the highest cultivation among the three, making him the most interesting.
Ashen wanted to know about the first emperor realm protagonist he had come across.
Han Wuji adhered to his command and answered:
"Lin Feng is an emperor realm cultivator who is from the Mother Phoenix Empire located to the left of our empire. He appeared in the Eastern region fifteen days ago and achieved an almost impossible feat!"
Ashen's eyes widened with interest, listening intently to Han Wuji's following words.
"He attacked the Eastern Sovereign Hall in broad daylight. The Eastern Sovereign Hall used its level-6 defensive formation that was designed by a Formation Grand Sage to defend against Lin Feng."
"The emperor realm elders of the Eastern Sovereign Hall collectively attacked Lin Feng; however, they weren't able to chase him away."
"His relentless attacks forced the Sect Master, a late-stage emperor realm cultivator, to take the matter into his own hands. At first he went to face him himself without any help; however, to everyone's surprise, Lin Feng was able to go toe-to-toe with the sect master."
"This led to the Sect Master using the formation's hidden function!"
"The formation could combine the emperor realm cultivators' core qi to raise the sect master's cultivation to the upper stage of the emperor realm."
"Upper Stage??" Ashen's pupils enlarged in surprise.
Upper stage meant cultivation similar to Shang Long's level. Only six upper-stage emperor realm cultivators were there in the empire.
"Well, they call it the upper stage; however, the formation cannot provide the original strength of an upper-stage emperor realm cultivator." Han Wuji explained. "Most people call it the pseudo-upper stage."
"Oh..." Ashen nodded in realization. "It's still impressive nonetheless."
"I agree." Han Wuji agreed before continuing. "So the sect master, being at the pseudo-upper stage of the emperor realm cultivation, clashed with Lin Feng."
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