Xiang Yun raised an eyebrow.
So Qing Ye was Ying Huanhuan's childhood sweetheart-at least, that was what he believed.
In the original timeline, he had harbored considerable hostility toward Lin Dong.
No wonder he and Ying Huanhuan had grown up together without anything coming of it, only for Lin Dong to win the beauty in the end.
Given Ying Huanhuan's personality, there was no way she'd fall for a simp.
"With your strength, you're not even qualified to speak to me. Send Ying Xiaoxiao over."
Xiang Yun spoke in a calm voice.
Among his peers, he truly feared no one. Even the Three Little Kings of the Yuan Sect might have to join forces to give him a satisfying fight.
Qing Ye?
He hadn't even reached the Nirvana Realm yet.
What right did he have to speak?
Qing Ye's face flushed red. How could he bear being scolded like that in front of Ying Huanhuan? He was just about to speak.
Then a figure in dark robes appeared before them, stepping in front of Ying Huanhuan and Qing Ye.
It was Ying Xiaoxiao. She had already sensed trouble when she saw Ying Huanhuan jump out earlier, and now Qing Ye had joined her.
She knew that even if Xiang Yun attacked, he wouldn't kill them. After all, the Dao Sect and the Primordial Hall were on good terms.
But they probably wouldn't escape serious injuries. Ying Huanhuan was one thing.
Qing Ye's task this time, however, was to comprehend geomagnetism and use it to master the Earth Emperor Scripture, not to lose sight of something important over a minor issue.
"Greetings, Young Hall Master Xiang." Ying Xiaoxiao's expression was somewhat cold. She held a cyan longsword, the presence of an Earth-grade Spirit Treasure lingering around it, combined with her Nirvana Realm presence.
She was making her current strength plain for Xiang Yun to see.
"So the eldest Miss Ying is here too," Xiang Yun said with a smile. "Your people seem a little unhappy that I've claimed three spots."
"You jest. Strength is the rule here. As long as you can do it, Young Hall Master Xiang, naturally no one will object."
Ying Huanhuan wanted to say more, but Ying Xiaoxiao shot her a glance.
"At least you're smart."
The onlookers were sorely disappointed. From Ying Xiaoxiao's words, she clearly intended to play by the rules.
Xiang Yun glanced at Qing Ye and Ying Huanhuan and sneered. "You don't know your own limits. Come talk to me when you've mastered the Earth Emperor Scripture.
"For now, be good and focus on comprehending your Earth Emperor Scripture."
Xiang Yun's words made Qing Ye's face burn with shame.
Xiang Yun then casually landed on a stone platform and said calmly, "What are you still staring at? Aren't the remaining five platforms enough for you to fight over?"
Those words instantly set the previously frozen atmosphere ablaze. There had been eight spots before, but now three were gone.
That meant far fewer opportunities.
Battles immediately erupted on all sides, sweeping up even Ying Xiaoxiao and her group. After all, if there were still eight spots as before,
no one would have minded giving the Dao Sect one out of respect.
But Ying Xiaoxiao had acknowledged that strength was the rule, and Xiang Yun had seized three spots in one go. How could the others still willingly give one to the Dao Sect?
"I'll hold them off. The rest of you, protect Qing Ye and get him onto a stone platform!"
Whoosh.
Ying Xiaoxiao's delicate hand closed lightly around her longsword as it flashed into view wreathed in cyan light, and her figure turned into a blur that shot forward.
The longsword in her hand erupted with brilliant cyan light, and her cool voice suddenly rang out. "Heavenly Dipper Three-Flower Sword!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Cyan light whistled through the air, transforming almost instantly into three cyan sword flowers. From the sword flowers,
tightly contained sword light seeped out strand by strand, spreading an extremely fierce killing power.
She continuously forced back the One Yuan Nirvana experts closing in, issuing orders at the same time.
The remaining four disciples and Ying Huanhuan also protected Qing Ye and forcibly seized a stone platform.
It happened to be right next to Xiang Yun's. Ying Huanhuan saw that Xiang Yun seemed to be looking her over with interest.
"What are you looking at, you arrogant, lecherous pervert?!"
Xiang Yun chuckled. "Miss Huanhuan, has anyone ever told you that you sound like you're acting coquettish when you insult people?"
"When you have the strength to back it up, arrogance is called having an invincible heart!"
"As for being a lecher, food and sex are human nature. I'm appreciating something beautiful."
"When a flower is in full bloom, wouldn't it show a lack of appreciation if I didn't admire it?"
Ying Huanhuan hadn't expected Xiang Yun's body-tempering martial arts to be so impressive that he had even tempered the skin on his face.
"You-you're thick-skinned!"
"Indeed. After all, the Primordial Hall's martial arts temper the body." Xiang Yun teased Ying Huanhuan. This girl was quite interesting.
She wasn't like Ling Qingzhu, who was cold on the outside and proud within. That was interesting too, but in a different way.
Ying Huanhuan's pretty face turned bright red with anger. She pointed a slender finger at Xiang Yun and trembled as she tried to say something, only to find her vocabulary of insults woefully lacking.
"All right, stop trembling. If you have the strength, go back and ask Sect Master Ying for me: can he still not agree to my request? It's been ages since anyone comprehended your Great Desolation Scripture anyway."
"At this sect exchange, I'll challenge all your Nirvana Realm disciples by myself. If you win,
"at worst, my master will beat me up, and I'll let your disciples go to the Primordial Hall's Primordial Totem to comprehend the Primordial Battle Body, or the Three Heaven-Breaking Forms."
"Wishful thinking! All the Nirvana Realm disciples? If you've got the guts, come to the Dao Sect in half a year. My sister will definitely knock your teeth all over the ground!"
Xiang Yun was confident that once he reached Four Yuan, no one in the Nirvana Realm would be a match for him.
He could probably even defeat someone at the Initial Life Profound Realm.
So fighting all the Dao Sect's Nirvana Realm disciples alone was no empty boast.
"Scared? When the time comes, I'll let you taste the power of our Dao Sect's Heavenly Emperor Scripture!"
Ying Huanhuan was immensely pleased with herself.
"In half a year, let's see if your sister can withstand a single move from me first."
With that, Xiang Yun stopped bickering with Ying Huanhuan and closed his eyes to rest. He was planning to do something big.
"You!"
Seeing that Xiang Yun had closed his eyes to rest as soon as he finished speaking, Ying Huanhuan was furious.
Before long, the fighting around them died down, because all eight platforms were occupied.
The others had no choice but to give up. If they continued fighting now, they would only be attacked by everyone else.
Figures departed one after another. The opportunities had already been claimed, so there was no reason to stay any longer.
Only those with some connection to the people on the eight platforms remained nearby.
Boom!
At that moment, the water of the lightning pool began fiercely eroding the people on the stone platforms. Apart from Qing Ye and Xiang Yun, the other six all used their body-tempering martial arts.
Wasn't tempering their bodies with the water of this lightning pool the very reason they had come?
Qing Ye, meanwhile, used Origin Energy to protect himself. He was there only to comprehend geomagnetism at its deepest level.
Seeing Qing Ye sink into comprehension, Ying Xiaoxiao nodded slightly. With his talent, he was more than capable of becoming a leading figure of the Earth Hall.
That was why she had agreed to help. Then her gaze fell on Xiang Yun, and turbulent waves instantly rose in her beautiful eyes.
This guy.
"Sister, he isn't using Origin Energy or circulating his body-tempering martial arts. Is he resisting the lightning pool's water with his physical body alone?"
Ying Huanhuan had noticed it too. Her lips parted slightly, and her pretty little face was full of surprise. "Is he courting death?"
The lightning pool's water had gathered the power of heavenly lightning for so long, and on top of that, there was the power of geomagnetism. Without martial arts to resist it, he would be reduced to charcoal sooner or later!