Lian Chengyu could no longer wait to get up on stage.
Yi Yun also walked up the stage. He took a deep breath and firmly stood thirty feet away from Lian Chengyu. He did not expect that his first battle would be against Lian Chengyu. It sure was a destined battle!
Yes, Yi Yun had long wished to battle Lian Chengyu. Using his own fists to beat him up, like an eye for an eye.
This battle made Lian Chengyu, as well as Yi Yun, excited!
He had waited too long for this battle! After enduring for a long time, today was the day he would settle everything!
“It’s unexpected that Thousand Households Zhang actually helped Lian Chengyu. I kind of know what happened between Yi Yun and Lian Chengyu. It seems Yi Yun had backstabbed Lian Chengyu, so there is a huge feud between the two!”
“It will be great, both of them are from the same tribe so they know each other well. Lian Chengyu will definitely not go easy on Yi Yun!”
The people discussed with a feeling of schadenfreude. They were people from the Tao tribal clan, so to see an internal fight between members of the same tribe was a happy matter. Furthermore, one of them was Yi Yun; Yi Yun had been standing out the entire time, pissing off the Tao tribal clan.
“Thousand Households Zhang! I have a question, I wonder if I could ask?” Upon standing in the arena, Lian Chengyu did not take up a pose, but asked Zhang Tan a question.
“Speak!” Zhang Tan responded.
“Thousand Households Zhang, warriors have to go all out in battle, resulting in injuries, disabilities and even death. Since we having a direct showdown, in this battle, if someone were to die or be severely disabled, what would happen?” When Lian Chengyu said those words, everyone took a small gulp.
There was nothing wrong with Lian Chengyu’s words. It was not surprising for there to be injuries in a duel. But by asking this, it meant that he had made up his mind to maim Yi Yun during the battle. But he was afraid he would suffer the repercussions from the Jin Long Wei, so he asked at the outset.
As long as Zhang Tan agreed, he could make Yi Yun suffer.
This Lian Chengyu sure is cruel!
Zhang Tan frowned slightly and said indifferently, “There is plenty of danger in the vast wilderness. A warrior learns martial arts to face life and death battles. During normal practice, be it demonstrating, training or sparring, everything has to be done seriously and you to go all out. We demand that every battle is treated like a real battle. It is not surprising to have casualties in real battle!”
“As long as the other doesn’t throw in the towel, you can carry on attacking. If you were to cause death, your actions will not be held accountable!” Zhang Tan’s words raised an uproar among the crowd.
“As long as one side doesn’t admit defeat, then whether it be grievous injury or death, would one be held responsible?” Lian Chengyu asked. Zhang Tan’s words had a loophole. He just needed to beat up Yi Yun to the point of not being able to open his mouth, such as grabbing Yi Yun’s neck, or ripping off his chin!
Lian Chengyu knew that Zhang Tan knew about the loophole. His enquiry was just to confirm that he could use the loophole!
Zhang Tan looked thoughtfully at Lian Chengyu without a word.
Lian Chengyu knew that Zhang Tan could read his intentions. As such, he decided to openly say it, “I do not want to lie to the lord, but I have a great feud with Yi Yun! Yi Yun used a despicable method to steal my desolate bone essence. By stealing my resources, it’s as good as killing my parents. Yi Yun killed my chances of breaking through to the Purple Blood realm. He and I are mortal enemies!”
The loud words as exclaimed by Lian Chengyu stunned the crowd as they instantly began murmuring.
So that was the matter between Lian Chengyu and Yi Yun. Yi Yun had cut Lian Chengyu’s cultivation path; no wonder Lian Chengyu hated him so much!
“So it turns out Yi Yun is a thief!” Someone said privately.
“For a slave to steal his master’s item, it’s reasonable for the master to kill the slave. Furthermore that slave stole the desolate bone essence, so Lian Chengyu has even more reason to kill Yi Yun!”
“That’s right, cutting off the path ahead is a great vendetta. Even if Lian Chengyu killed Yi Yun, the Jin Long Wei wouldn’t say anything.”
“I thought it was just a tournament, but it has became a battle of vengeance. There will be no end to it! If the Jin Long Wei stood on the side of reason, they would not interfere.”
The crowd began to talk. Lian Chengyu could feel his blood boiling as he took it all in.
Lian Chengyu looked at Zhang Tan, waiting for his reply.