Two figures were flying through the sky. One of them tall and the other short; like a father with his son.
“This is too much! It is too damn much!”
Ye Xiaotian’s silver hair billowed as he flew, somewhat unsteadily the whole way.
“Well, he is not a spy. So why bother being picking on him? I’d say being able to cart away that many treasures only shows he’s something to be reckoned with, wouldn’t it?”
Qiao Qianzhi held onto the fuming Ye Xiaotian for fear that the young-looking man would crash into something while in flight.
After steadying the young man, he spread his hands and continued to speak.
“Think about it. Having one such exceptional disciple in the Spirit Palace means that the Spirit Palace is getting prosperous and heading for greater growth, right?”
It is just four world-stabilizing treasures. What is the big deal, eh?”
When the White Cave opens again, we will only need to fight with the other Spirit Palace, and we will certainly get back what has been lost.”
“Do not say that number, four, to my face!” Ye Xiaotian shouted, unable to contain his rage.
Four world-stabilizing treasures, g*dd*mn*t!
It meant Xu Xiaoshou had removed one-third of what was sustaining the world of Tianxuan Gate, and digging those treasures out had messed up the training grounds as well. Few could accept what Xu Xiaoshou had done.
“Xu Xiaoshou,” Ye Xiaotian mumbled under his breath, then continued in an icy tone, “We must have someone keep a close eye on him and not let him mess anything up anymore.”
“Yes, we should.”
Qiao Qianzhi patted the fuming silver-haired kid by his side, calming the “boy” down.
He picked up a few fat geese that flew past them when they got above the Goose Lake.
“Come on, let us have some roasted goose.”
Ye Xiaotian was in no mood for food. He was feeling rather dazed, with his head still throbbing.
“This cannot do. I have to think of a way to get him out of the Spirit Palace. Not even Elder Sang can stop me!”
“There is no need to do that.”
Qiao Qianzhi waved his hand dismissively as he spoke. Then, a man dressed in black came before the two of them when he was about to say something.
“Dean Ye, Elder Qiao!”
Ye Xiaotian regained his composure in an instant and asked with an impassive expression on his face. “What is the matter?”
Huff!
“Xu Xiaoshou…” muttered the panting man in black, who had made his way to them in a rush. He was out of breath, which kept him from finishing a sentence in one breath.
“What is with Xu Xiaoshou?”
Ye Xiaotian’s heart sank.
No!
Just how long had he left the place? What was it this time?
“Xu Xiaoshou… he, he is going to fight Zhang Xinxiong in the Ring of Life and Death!”
The message felt like a bolt of lightning, striking them both and charring them inside out.
Ye Xiaotian was momentarily stunned, and it took a little while before he questioned what he had just heard.
His hair billowed wildly the very next second, and he became infuriated.
“What did you just say?”
…
[Ring of Life and Death]
The ring took up an extraordinarily enormous volume of space. The area was so vast that its size was more than double the space of the arena where the Wind and Cloud Contest in the Outer Yard had taken place.
That was the only ring found in the entire Inner Yard.
It was a ring where contestants could not surrender once they got into it to fight.
One party had to die.
There was quite a crowd gathering around the ring. There were not all that many disciples in the Inner Yard. Perhaps a little over a hundred, and almost all of them showed up at the place.
“Man, this is the show of the year! The Big Brother of the Outer Yard versus the Big Brother of the Inner Yard. What more can you ask for!”
“This Xu Xiaoshou has guts. I thought he was just saying it for whatever reasons. I never expected him to take it to the ring, and he sure looks like he knows what he is doing.”
“I bet his legs are already wobbling so bad that he can hardly stand. He is just faking it now.”
“Hmph, what the hell do you know, eh? Do you even dare to get up there in the first place? He has earned my respect from just that one act alone.”
“Huh? Zhou Tianshen? Are you not a friend of Xu Xiaoshou? Why aren’t you telling him not to do this?”
“…”
The one-armed Zhou Tianshen was holding his blade as his newly cut short hair billowed in the wind.
He had awakened from Xu Xiaoshou’s talk about his death match and was very clear of mind at the moment.
Zhou Tianshen looked at the young man standing in the ring with his robes flapping in the wind. When he had heard what those around him had said, he could not help staying silent on the question.