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The Qingyang hunt began!

Qingyang Town, Beast Horn Arena.

Although Beast Horn Arena fell under Qingyang Town's jurisdiction, it was not located within the streets of Qingyang Town.

Instead, it lay outside Qingyang Town and occupied an extremely vast area.

The entire Beast Horn Arena encompassed dozens of miles of forest, and in the middle of that forest stood numerous mountains. Some of those peaks had been converted into Grand Stages, giving the various family factions a place to settle in and witness the birth of the champion of the Qingyang Town Hunting Event, held once every five years!

This forest connected to the Boundless Mountain Range, and extremely ferocious beasts lurked within it. Without some real ability, one could very well be swallowed in a single bite and become a beast's meal.

Every contestant would be given a token representing their identity before entering the forest.

Aside from having to fight off fierce beasts and guard against the threats they posed, they also had to be wary of the other contestants.

Because only by collecting ten Identity Tokens representing contestants could they leave the forest and arrive on this Grand Stage!

This meant that the contestants were competitors as well.

And in total, there were only around a hundred participants.

Only ten contestants would ultimately be able to reach the Grand Stage and take part in the final stage.

In other words, the contests within the forest were only to earn qualification, to do everything possible to avoid being eliminated.

Generally speaking, contestants at the level of the Ninth Level of Body Tempering had a very good chance of making it to the Grand Stage.

And if one could reach the Earthly Yuan Stage, they would undoubtedly be able to claim the final hunting championship on the Grand Stage!

Lin Chen and the others sat in the area belonging to the Lin Family, listening as Lin Xiao beside them explained what they should pay attention to during this hunting event.

At that moment, a large crowd surged over.

At the very front were two middle-aged men.

The middle-aged man on the left wore a pale gray silk robe. His eyes were deeply sunken, giving him a cold, stern air.

The middle-aged man on the right was also dressed in luxurious brocade clothing, except he had a tiger pelt draped over him. A smile hung on his face, making him seem rather kind and easy to approach.

However, people like that often smiled while "stabbing you in the ribs."

"Ah Chen, those are the Lei Family's clan head, Lei Bao, and the Xie Family's clan head, Xie Qian. They're sworn enemies of our Lin Family."

Seeing them, Lin Xia, who was sitting to Lin Chen's left, quickly introduced them in a low voice:

"Back at the Trading Fair, we made both Lei Li and Xie Yingying suffer heavy losses. Those two old bastards definitely know about it. Who knows, they might trip us up, so be careful."

That was indeed true. Although fights between the younger generation were usually not brought out into the open by the higher-ups of each family, at the Trading Fair, the Lei Family and Xie Family had both been utterly humiliated. Those two old bastards surely would not forget it, and the malice in their hearts was probably close to overflowing.

Without the tacit approval of the Lei Family and Xie Family clan heads, how would those juniors have dared to act so brazenly and pick fights?

Moreover, the words that adults should not interfere in fights between juniors had been proposed by the Lei Family and Xie Family themselves. They simply did not want Heavenly Yuan Stage experts like Lin Zhentian to step in and demand justice. Their hearts could be said to be especially wicked!

"True. All of you, pay attention. Once we're in the forest, Lei Li and Xie Yingying will come to settle the score with us."

Lin Chen nodded, not forgetting to remind them of this matter as well.

"Oh my, isn't this Old Lei? Why do you still look so happy? Looks like you're also quite delighted that our Lin Family defeated Lei Li."

In the past, Lei Bao and Xie Qian had always been the ones making sarcastic digs at Lin Zhentian, leaving him able only to swallow his anger, since what they said had been true and he had no way to refute it.

But now, Lin Zhentian already knew about what had happened at the Trading Fair, so how could he possibly let such a fine chance to hold his head high slip by?

Sure enough, when Lin Zhentian's words reached Lei Bao and Xie Qian's ears, the expressions on their faces instantly changed.

Lei Bao forced out a strained smile before saying, "Then I really must congratulate Old Lin. You have a junior at the Ninth Level of Body Tempering. If not for that defeat, how could Lei Li have reached the Earthly Yuan Stage so quickly?"

Behind him, Lei Li puffed out his chest, and the look he cast at Lin Chen was filled entirely with provocation.

Reaching the Earthly Yuan Stage at a time like this was practically equivalent to having first place in the hunting event locked down!

When this astonishing news spread, even Lin Zhentian's expression changed slightly.

"The Earthly Yuan Stage, huh? That's not bad. If Ah Chen defeats him one more time, wouldn't he have a chance to break through to the Heavenly Yuan Stage?"

How could Lin Zhentian not know that the other party's words were merely meant to recover face and then strike back?

As an old fox, he naturally had a way to counter.

"Heh, perhaps..."

Lei Bao had thought he could gain the upper hand, but after hearing Lin Zhentian's words, he was left speechless. He could only chuckle a few times and had no intention of continuing the topic.

Barring any accidents, that old fox Lin Zhentian would keep clinging to the matter of Lin Chen defeating Lei Li and bring it up again and again. Even if the latter had broken through to the Earthly Yuan Stage, so what? Had he not still lost to Lin Chen?

No matter how one looked at it, this was a tactic that hurt the enemy by a thousand while costing oneself eight hundred.

"This hunting event is going to be rather interesting. I wonder if all those prizes from before can be won back in one go, with some profit on top."

Lin Zhentian simply loved seeing Lei Bao's frustrated expression. Seeing that the other party ignored him, he went on talking to himself.

So what if he had reached the Earthly Yuan Stage?

As long as Xie Yingying had not reached the Earthly Yuan Stage, then the Lin Family could at least secure third place.

This hunt had far more at stake than any previous one.

As long as they could make it into the top three, the Lin Family would be able to win back everything they had lost in the past.

"Perhaps."

Lei Bao and Xie Qian clearly had no desire to keep talking to Lin Zhentian. They could more or less guess what he was thinking, and each went to sit in their own seats.

However, when Lei Li passed by Lin Chen, he still did not forget to lower his voice and threaten him viciously:

"Lin Chen, I still remember the humiliation from the Trading Fair. As for the two Storage Bags you got, I'll take them back with interest. You'd better pray you don't end up in some beast's belly out in the forest!"

Lin Chen had never been the type to indulge people like this.

He gave a contemptuous smile and said calmly:

"That would be perfect. Saves certain people from begging for mercy again like they did at the Trading Fair."

Lei Li's expression instantly turned especially gloomy. He snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left.

Damn it, there was no way to keep talking after that.

Over and over, it was always those words. Fuck!

When Xie Yingying passed by, she kept her eyes straight ahead, pretending she did not know Lin Chen.

But Xie Ting behind her was full of resentment.

A delicate young girl like her had actually been beaten into a pig's head in front of so many onlookers, turning her into a laughingstock in Qingyang Town.

How could Xie Ting possibly forget such a deep grudge?

Seeing Lin Chen again, she was so furious that she gnashed her teeth, wishing she could take revenge right now.

Only, when she saw Lin Chen raise his fist, those awful memories instantly surged up in her mind, nearly making her cry out on reflex.

"Damn it!"

When Xie Ting realized he had merely flexed his wrist, she finally reacted and understood that he had done it on purpose. Her cheeks flushed red, and she could not help stamping her foot before running off in exasperation.

In the past, Xie Ting had always been able to find amusement among the Lin Family juniors, but after running into Lin Chen, nothing had gone smoothly for her.

After the Trading Fair ended, she had gone looking to regain some face.

She had even deliberately chosen a time when Lin Chen and Lin Dong were not around, but who would have thought she would still be defeated by some nameless nobody she had no impression of at all?

A disgrace. An utter disgrace!

How could she have known that the so-called nameless nobody was Qing Tan, who had gone out playing with Lin Xia and had already reached Body Tempering Stage Eight?

The instant they faced each other, Xie Ting had slammed straight into an iron plate. Qing Tan's sandbag-sized little fist had knocked her flat to the ground.

She had been pinned to the floor and rubbed back and forth against it.