Everything Fire Poison Venerable said was nothing more than a routine.
A very simple little routine.
By saying it this way, he made it seem as though he stood above Ye Tianyi.
And thinking about it normally, they were from different generations to begin with, so there did not seem to be anything wrong with that, right?
Of course, for Fire Poison Venerable, that was not the key point. He truly was wary of Ye Tianyi. After all, he knew Shi Yincheng's abilities, and Ye Tianyi had defeated Shi Yincheng. Coupled with Shi Yincheng's warning, Fire Poison Venerable indeed had to be cautious.
There was no problem with having his own disciple test Ye Tianyi first.
Cui Jie was utterly dumbfounded.
Why?
His master had not told him anything beforehand, yet suddenly wanted him to compete with Ye Tianyi.
Why was his master pushing him into a pit of fire?
The main thing was...
Although Cui Jie was very confident in his own abilities in this regard, he knew that Ye Tianyi truly was formidable. Those rumors alone made him deeply wary.
Though he was unconvinced in his heart, he did not dare gamble with his life. He did not have the confidence to compare himself to Shi Yincheng or his own master in such matters.
"Don't worry. With your master here, just do as I say later."
Even though Cui Jie was afraid, he could only nod stiffly.
"Yes, Master!"
Ye Tianyi merely smiled.
"What? Weren't you shouting arrogantly in front of this elder earlier? Saying you wanted this elder to accept your challenge, and that if I refused, I would not be a man or a person of the martial world? So what now? This elder accepted your challenge, and now you turn around and send your disciple