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"What did you say?!!"

The man was furious, and somewhat incredulous.

Huangfu Lin whistled: "Wow, that's impressive."

"This is too embarrassing. Since we're not as good as them, we should accept our defeat." Huangfu Lin shrugged, somewhat helpless, and turned to lean against the person next to him.

"After all, it's their own child who died."

Liu Huangli swayed and let him fall.

"Hey, wait, what will happen if you catch me?" Huangfu Lin turned around in time, stood up again with one foot on the ground, "You're so cold."

"Why don't you go find Yin Zhaoque? What are you doing here looking for me?" Liu Huangli said indifferently, arms crossed.

"Oh dear, that's inconvenient. What would it look like if I spent all day chasing after a little girl!" Huangfu Lin tossed his hair and chuckled. "Besides, she has such a terrible temper."

The latter is the key.

Liu Huangli glanced at him but didn't say anything.

"Ghost Face is really something, a half-step Heavenly Realm cultivator actually went and attacked a kid." Huangfu Lin curled his lip, clearly disdainful.

"Your Xuantian Sect still have the nerve to talk about others like that?"

The girl's voice boomed between the two, and they both turned their heads. Yin Zhaoque was looking at them with a half-smile, arms crossed.

Huangfu Lin's eyes lit up at first, but after hearing her words, he sighed.

"Hey, you saw it yourself, it wasn't me who told him to do it. I also want a fair and square duel!" Huangfu Lin shrugged.

"Oh, you're making it sound so real. You didn't waste a single second of the time Shen Tianjiao bought you." Yin Zhaoque didn't believe his nonsense and scoffed sarcastically.

"I've already prepared everything, and the arrow is on the bowstring—it has to be released!" Huangfu Lin felt incredibly wronged and wanted to explain. Yin Zhaoque had already turned his head away with an expression that said, "I don't believe you, I don't want to listen to your nonsense."

Huangfu Lin:......

Although Yin Zhaoque and the other two belong to different countries, they are all famous for their outstanding strength at a young age. They had heard of each other before the last competition, and they met in the singles competition of the last competition. After several times, they became friends and would get together from time to time to joke around.

For example, right now, while almost everyone is focused on this war that could break out at any moment, the three of them are chatting together.

"Hey, but honestly, why didn't you participate?" Huangfu Lin asked curiously. "Isn't your name on the list for this competition?"

Yin Zhaoque rolled her eyes: "I don't have a penchant for being ganged up on."

“I don’t have any either,” Huangfu Lin laughed. “Then look how smoothly things are going for me.”

"Why don't you look at the person next to you?" Yin Zhaoque raised an eyebrow and glanced at Liu Huangli with interest.

"Hey, right? I haven't seen you. You got eliminated? Who?" Huangfu Lin asked Liu Huangli, also puzzled.

Yin Zhaoque suddenly burst into laughter.

Liu Huangli: ...

Liu Huangli didn't want to talk.

"He, he got tricked by his own team, hehehe..." Yin Zhaoque couldn't stop laughing when he thought about it.

"Huh?" Huangfu Lin looked surprised, but his eyes brightened a few degrees. "You're so good at this?"

Liu Huangli: ...

"Shut up! Can't we just keep watching the show?" Liu Huangli couldn't help but interrupt them in a low voice.

Yin Zhaoque chuckled, but gradually calmed down upon hearing this. She glanced at him with a smile before slowly turning her gaze back.

"This guy is really straightforward. I thought he would be more tactful." Huangfu Lin said, resting his chin on his hand, as the topic returned to the present.

"It's already quite an achievement not to lose your temper after watching your son suffer so much." Liu Huangli could understand. "What parent could bear to see their child get hurt?"

Yin Zhaoque seemed to have thought of something, glanced at the boy who had been hiding in the shadows without saying a word, and chuckled, "That's not necessarily true."

"How is it? Are you hurt?"

Just like Ye Ningzhi, Mo Hanshang grabbed Mo Hanyu's wrist to investigate.

"No, no." Mo Hanyu slapped his wrist in exasperation. "If I did, would I need you to come? Mother is right here."

Seeing that his expression was normal, Mo Hanshang was slightly relieved: "You have no idea how shocked I was by what I saw."

Mo Hanyu was clearly in a bad mood and didn't say much. He looked at the black-haired boy with red eyes in front of him and his gaze deepened.

"You, what did you say?!"

The man was clearly taken aback by Qin Xiuyun's appalling response, and his anger intensified in addition to his shock.

"Am I wrong?" Qin Xiuyun sneered. "Putting aside the fact that the competition rules don't discriminate between life and death, you weren't blind during the match just now; you were simply acting in self-defense."

"You think you can just dismiss this with a simple 'self-defense'?!"

"If you have any complaints, you can talk to the person who made the competition rules. Don't bark here." Qin Xiuyun said coldly.

"That's because it wasn't your son who died, so of course you can say it so easily!" the man persisted.

Qin Xiuyun was so angry he laughed: "You—"

"That's your son, a complete waste of space."

Xia Wule finally couldn't hold back and said sarcastically, "Look at what you're saying. So you're saying that it's perfectly acceptable for you dozen or so people to beat up our people, that it's within the rules, and that we're ruthless, cunning, and unreasonable just because we accidentally killed someone?"

"Aren't you utterly shameless?!"

Xia Wule smiled and said, "Are you blind? You were the ones who provoked our students first. Didn't you see the deadly moves you made? If you're blind, then I have nothing to say."

"You openly ganged up on our students during the competition, and we're glad our junior survived, so we won't hold it against you. But you're already pushing your luck!"

"Do you still have any shame?"

The deafening roar echoed throughout the stadium.

Xia Wule didn't scream in a heart-wrenching way. On the contrary, every word she spoke was heavy, clear and distinct. Her voice wasn't sharp, but rather conveyed a sense of gritted teeth, as if she was suppressing her anger and trying hard not to utter any profanities.

"If you want to kill someone, you should at least be prepared to be killed in return, right? If you don't even have that, then don't pretend to be righteous here." Xia Wule put one hand on his hip, his face expressionless, his dark brown and reddish pupils staring straight at the ghost face, and said coldly.

"It's a gamble you have to accept the consequences."

"Well said!" Huangfu Lin's eyes lit up. "Who is this person?"

Liu Huangli: "...They should also be participants."

Yin Zhaoque rolled his eyes: "I knew your Xuantian Sect was arrogant and didn't even investigate your opponents properly before conspiring with Xingchen to scheme against them."

Liu Huangli felt as if he had been shot in the knee without his knowledge.

"They investigated, but they didn't tell me," Huangfu Lin said innocently.

"If you ask them for it, do you think they won't give it to you? They just don't respect people, what's with this 'five moves' nonsense..." Yin Zhaoque said disdainfully.

"How did you know?" Huangfu Lin was taken aback. "Could they hear us talking outside?"

"No, I'm just guessing."

"Wow." Feng Yu looked at Xia Wule with admiration. "So hot."

Yuan Qingshui: "...Which aspect are you referring to?"

"It's hot in every way." Feng Yu touched his lower lip, smiled with narrowed eyes, "It's a pity he's a heretical cultivator."

“Vulgar.” Yu Fengchan said expressionlessly.

"Hey, what are you saying? Look at her figure. I can't just lie through my teeth, can I?" Feng Yu raised an eyebrow, then teased, "Or are you just unhappy?"

“What kind of person assumes everyone else is like themselves?” Yuan Qingshui rolled her eyes and said, “The lewd are lewd themselves.”

"Hey, how can you talk like that? Everyone has a love for beauty!"

"I bother!"

"..."

Yu Fengchan glanced at Feng Yu, then looked at Liu Huangli, who was sandwiched between Yin Zhaoque and Huangfu Lin, and frowned slightly.

"Who gave you the right to interrupt, you junior!"

The overwhelming pressure came crashing down, and before Xia Wule could react, Qin Xiuyun swung his sleeve and dispersed it.

"Did she say something wrong?" Qin Xiuyun twirled his spear, staring warningly at the ghost mask, the tip of the spear swirling with air currents, as if ready to strike at any moment.

"If you really have any objections, then go and complain to the competition organizers. What kind of thing is this, sneaking around like this?" Qin Xiuyun said coldly.

"you--"

"Please calm down, everyone."

A gentle, clear voice suddenly rang out, carrying a cool and soothing quality like a clear spring. The burning fire in everyone's hearts was calmed by those words.

Lan Huaiqiu's fingertips trembled slightly as she slowly raised her head.

Qin Xiuyun frowned and looked up toward the source of the sound.

Lan Xinci appeared before everyone without anyone noticing when she removed the protective screen from the spectator box. Standing beside her was Yuan Tao, whose expression was indifferent, and behind her was a gentle and peaceful young girl.

Lan Xinci lowered her eyes to look at the woman whose face was covered in tears, and smiled with a hint of comfort: "We didn't want to see such an accident happen either."

"But the situation on the field can change in an instant. You and I are both Qi cultivators. Even at this level, we cannot guarantee the life or death of our opponents when we fight with all our might, let alone these children."

"The tournament isn't over yet. There should only be ten teams left, but something unexpected has happened, and the outcome is still unknown. How can we launch a surprise attack?"

Lan Xinci looked at the increasingly ugly face of the ghost and said, "Our Qin Sect also has children who were injured. I believe you were also agitated in a moment. You were too grief-stricken by the death of your child and were blinded by anger."

"Now that such an accident has occurred, we can only wait for the organizers to decide the outcome... I believe Xingchen will give us a reasonable result."

Lan Xinci's words were reasonable and flawless, and they even gave Guimian and the others a way out.

Before Ghost Face could say anything more, the old man behind him suddenly patted him on the shoulder and shook his head.

The man could only glance at Qin Xiuyun resentfully before accepting the excuse Lan Xinci had given him.

Qin Xiuyun glanced at Lan Xinci, and seeing that the group had given up, he didn't say anything more.

At this point, the commentator finally spoke up, reassuring the audience to calm down and explaining that the referees and other event organizers were discussing the matter.

"How are you feeling? Are you alright? I'll take you to see a doctor." Qin Xiuyun asked with concern, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Miao Kaijie and Chen Mo, who had been silent all along, "You two can come too."

"Huh?" Miao Kaijie was taken aback, then waved his hands repeatedly, "No need, no need, we... we're fine!"

Chen Mo was also momentarily stunned, then nodded in agreement.

"Oh, whether it's serious or not, it's always good to have it checked out." Ye Ningzhi waved her hand and gave Mo Hanshang a look. Mo Hanshang understood, stepped forward and put his arm around Chen Mo and Miao Kaijie's shoulders, smiling as he offered some words of advice.

After several attempts to refuse, Miao Kaijie and Chen Mo had no choice but to agree.

Ye Ningzhi smiled, and was about to turn around and say something to Mo Hanyu when her heart suddenly stopped.

Mo Hanyu's expression was indifferent, and a faint golden light could be seen in his eyes. He stared at Qin Xiao with his eyes half-lowered, as if he was thinking about something.

For a moment, Ye Ningzhi felt as if she had returned to that night in the capital seven years ago, to that familiar yet unfamiliar voice, to that person…

Ye Ningzhi panicked and reached out to grab him.

Mo Hanyu paused, his pupils shifting slightly as he looked at Ye Ningzhi. The coldness in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of doubt.

Ye Ningzhi looked into his gentle eyes, her lips trembling slightly, before finally lowering her gaze and looking away: "How have you been lately?"

"It's fine." Mo Hanyu didn't understand why Ye Ningzhi was acting this way all of a sudden. He reached out and took her arm, patting it reassuringly. "What's wrong, Mother?"