As soon as Guan Ning finished speaking, the spacious hall fell silent.
Yue Bin was also a quick-witted man. When everyone had been dividing up the reward earlier, he had already gained a faint insight. Now that he heard Guan Ning's words, he immediately understood what had happened to the four of them in the Wilderness.
It seemed that the ever-vicious Guan Ning and the Qin youth had exchanged hostile words, resulting in the task being completed by the Qin youth alone.
During a mission, no matter how great the hatred among the four might be, none of them would dare attack a companion at the risk of suffering the backlash of the soul contract. That was an indispensable requirement for any task that demanded forming a team.
"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Guan, why are you so furious? Why resort to fighting and killing? The two of you being able to enter the Wilderness together is already a heaven-defying opportunity. Entering the Ascension Stage is not a good proposal. If either of you suffers an accident, it will be a tremendous loss for Ding'an City. I hope Fellow Daoist Guan will withdraw your order."
As Yue Bin spoke, the expression on his face had already returned to normal. It seemed that his words were merely official rhetoric, a remonstrance born of duty.
The Ascension Stage was where the Ascension Heavens resided. Since Ding'an City had been able to establish such a martial platform, it presumably intended for cultivators to fight one another to the death.
Qin Fengming had never heard of such a thing in Ding'an City. However, he could imagine that in such a vast city, disputes between cultivators were inevitable. There naturally had to be somewhere for cultivators to settle their disagreements through force.
"One hundred million mid-grade Spirit