The Jin Long Wei army prohibited plotting and backstabbing, but they did not prohibit people from seeking revenge in a fair and square manner.
In fact, this was a world with weak laws. Seeking revenge was a universally accepted principle, and advocated as a custom of the martial arts way.
Even the constables and judges of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would not interfere.
Besides, this vendetta was initiated by Lian Chengyu himself. As a warrior who had initiated the life and death battle, he had to be responsible for his own life!
So Zhang Tan just looked on, and did not interfere.
No matter how much the members of warrior preparation camp wished for Zhang Tan to end the contest, it was pointless.
But if the situation had been the reverse, where Lian Chengyu brutally beat up Yi Yun, Zhang Tan would have interfered. In the end, this was the difference in value of a person.
For Yi Yun to be able to induce Purple Air Comes From The East, he would likely become a human lord in the future; how could Lian Chengyu ever compare to that?
Lian Chengyu had done well in his evaluations, but it was only within the scope of the thousand mile radius of the Tao tribal clan.
The entire Cloud Wilderness had many tribal clans the size of the Tao tribal clan!
The Kingdom’s selection ran by Zhang Tan was just one of the many in the entire Cloud Wilderness.
As for a talent like Lian Chengyu, to the Jin Long Wei, it was not bad taking him in, but neither was it a loss to not take him in.
Zhang Tan had already noticed the animosity between Lian Chengyu and Yi Yun. There had to be an end between the two. Instead of letting them conspire against each other in the Jin Long Wei army, resulting in conflict, it was better to just let them fight it out during the selection.
It was obvious who to choose between the two. Taking in a talent was a great contribution to the Jin Long Wei, but on a personal note, nurturing an expert would bring benefits to Zhang Tan himself. In the future, Yi Yun could be considered a student of Zhang Tan; so if Yi Yun really flourished in the future, Zhang Tan would also share in glory.
So, earlier when Zhang Tan asked Yi Yun about his cultivation level, he had already predicted the outcome of this battle. Yi Yun meeting Lian Chengyu in his first round was also intentionally planned by Zhang Tan.
Lian Chengyu was destined to end in tragedy from the beginning.