"A precedent from the past?
How could it get any more ridiculous?
Ye Ming's mouth twitched a few times. From his impression of Xia Baiyi, she had always seemed gentle, not terrifying at all as they described.
If the Wu brothers knew Ye Ming's thoughts at this moment, they might have given him strange looks.
Of course!
They probably wouldn't dare.
"Then what exactly did Xia Baiyi do that makes you so afraid of her?"
Ye Ming was genuinely curious.
"Master, do you know about our Sky Ranking?"
Brother Wu asked with a bitter face.
"Sky Ranking?"
This name was, naturally, unfamiliar to Ye Ming. However, from the previous words of the Wu brothers, he could guess a bit.
"It's probably some kind of ranking for prodigies!" Ye Ming deduced.
"Master! You've only got half of it right!" Brother Er from Wu added.
"Half?"
How could a mere ranking have a "half right" assessment?
"Master, you might not know, but in our region, there were initially three rankings among the younger generation," explained Brother San from Wu. "The Prodigy Ranking! The Monster Ranking! And the Sky Ranking!"
These three rankings encompassed almost all the cultivation geniuses in the outer world.
"You said 'initially,' meaning something changed later?"
Ye Ming noticed the key phrase.
"That's right!"
Upon hearing this, the three Wu brothers exchanged glances, offering only wry smiles and helpless shakes of their heads.
"To be precise, before the White-Robed Immortal appeared, those three rankings still existed. But afterward..." His voice deepened as he continued, "But after the White-Robed Immortal entered the Sky Ranking, that ranking became almost a mere formality."
"A mere formality? What does that mean?"
Ye Ming's lips curved upward. He was becoming increasingly intrigued by the White-Robed Immortal.
"The reason is simple. After the White-Robed Immortal joined the Sky Ranking, she beat everyone on the list and then kicked them all off."
Brother Wu, perhaps recalling the scene of Xia Baiyi purging the Sky Ranking back then, shivered slightly.
"Not only that, but the White-Robed Immortal declared that to enter the Sky Ranking, one must have her approval. Otherwise, she would beat out anyone who dared to enter."
Entered one!
And beaten out one!
Hearing these words, Ye Ming, for some unknown reason, felt a surge of excitement.
That was too domineering!
He also understood the implied meaning behind Xia Baiyi's words: 'You are all not qualified to be on the same ranking as me.'
It had to be admitted, this style and approach truly embodied the word 'tyrannical.'
"I didn't realize she had such a side to her before?" Ye Ming mused inwardly.
"So now, there are actually only two rankings in the entire outer world. As for the remaining Sky Ranking, it only has the White-Robed Immortal. That's why we say the ranking is a mere formality."
Brother Wu spoke about it with a mixture of laughter and tears.
Nowadays, looking at the younger generation of the outer world! No! Even if you included the older generation, as long as those ancient fossil figures didn't emerge, no one could likely suppress the sharpness of that Immortal.
One person making a ranking!
For her, this was entirely a routine operation.
Compared to other outrageous matters, this was considered normal.
For example, one time, a Grand Elder from a certain super sect on the west coast brought the sect's most outstanding prodigy to propose a marriage alliance with the Daoist sect. The intended bride was Xia Baiyi.
Such matters were quite common among the Eight Great Super Sects, so no one found it inappropriate.
Even if it failed in the end, it wouldn't matter.
However, who would have thought that after the Daoist sect refused, the Grand Elder and the sect's prodigy were ambushed by Xia Baiyi on their way back?
And at that time, Xia Baiyi did not hide her identity at all.
She almost crippled the Grand Elder, who was at the Innate realm, in front of everyone in the world. As for the prodigy who was to marry her, he was so terrified that he suffered a physiological breakdown, and his cultivation has remained stagnant ever since.
If the Dao Master of the Daoist sect hadn't arrived in time, who knew what the outcome would have been.
Therefore, after that incident, no sect dared to propose any marriage alliances with Xia Baiyi.
No!
It would be more accurate to say they didn't even dare to entertain such thoughts.
From this, one could see how terrifying Xia Baiyi's 'infamous reputation' was in the outer world. No wonder the Wu brothers felt uneasy at the mere mention of her name earlier.
At this moment, Brother San from Wu recalled another widely circulated incident and said, "Not long ago, I also heard that the White-Robed Immortal seemed to have gone to the Mortal World to assist in the completion of a certain plan. But in the end, for reasons unknown, the elders of three sects, excluding the elder from the Daoist sect, were all beaten by her, their teeth knocked out, a truly miserable fate."
Mortal World!
Assisting a plan!
Hearing these two words, Ye Ming's heart skipped a beat, guessing what the matter Brother Wu was referring to.
A plan involving four great sects – wasn't that the event that had occurred in the Sky Guard Land before?
"Hmm? Elders?"
However, Ye Ming recalled carefully; it didn't seem like any elder-level figures had appeared.
"Did something else happen afterward?"
Ye Ming's eyes narrowed. He had a feeling that the Sky Guard Land had not returned to peace after he left.
"Why did Xia Baiyi injure three elders?"
The questions in his mind grew, and he couldn't help but frown.
The three elder-level figures from the four great sects were at least at the Soul Origin realm in cultivation, and some of the more powerful ones might have even reached the Celestial Human realm.
Then, what were the cultivation levels of the three she encountered at that time?
And what reason did she have to attack three elders simultaneously?
Was she not afraid of disrupting the relationship between the Daoist sect and the other sects?
These questions swirled in Ye Ming's mind like a dense fog, causing his brow to furrow.
He also had an intuition that her actions might somehow be related to him.
"Xia Baiyi, Xia Baiyi! Who... are you, exactly?"
In the end, all the questions converged. If he could understand this, everything would become clear.
"Alright! There's nothing more for you here! If the Demonic Cult makes any significant moves next, you must inform me immediately!" Ye Ming said sternly.
"Yes! Master!"
The projection screen then vanished, and the room returned to its former quietude.
However, Ye Ming's heart could not find peace.
"Saintess of the Demonic Cult! White-Robed Immortal! We will meet one day."