The ringing of the celestial bell

Yang Qing's gaze turned cloudy as he recalled hearing the news. It had been a little over three months ago and he came out of the tribulation mountain sauntering with swagger with excitement written all over his face. 

Things were about to turn better for him. His breakthrough gave him a newfound confidence especially when he felt the vastness of strength that came with being a palace realm cultivator. Then there was the promotion to the outer palace courts waiting for him. He had already grilled Dai Chen and Zhang Qingge on the number of cases, and they had verified his guess, that the cases were fewer than in the core formation courts. His goal of bringing soft life Yang Qing was nearly in sight, and as icing on the cake for an otherwise good and promising future, he had pulled one over Lei Weiyuan.