The usually Leng Qing restaurant was packed today, with many of the top students gathered there for a lively banquet.
"I've heard that a legendary artifact has appeared in this secret realm?"
During the banquet in the building, after a few rounds of drinks, people inevitably started talking, and many were particularly eager to discuss recent events.
It concerns the preservation of tradition, and that's what makes it so appealing.
Many people's ears twitched, and they all joined in the conversation with great interest.
"Inheritance? What kind of inheritance?"
"It is said to be the inheritance of weapon refiners. The Cloak Saber Forging Technique, which was once lost in the Eastern Continent, has reappeared in the world. Many geniuses with expertise in weapon refinement have not been able to resist it. However, if my information is correct, this inheritance seems to have ended up in the hands of an ordinary disciple of the True Martial Holy Heaven."
Some people sipped their spirit wine, shook their heads, and sighed, their eyes filled with unspoken envy. "Why didn't this golden opportunity to seize the inheritance without any danger to my life fall to me?"
Those around him chuckled.
"Yes, that prodigy from Southern Li Holy Heaven probably thinks the same way."
" Southern Li Holy Heaven?" The person listening to the conversation raised an eyebrow, a thoughtful look flashing across their brow, before suddenly realizing, "Speaking of which, I remember during this secret realm trial, it seems that one of the Ten Saints of Southern Li Holy Heaven... was crippled?"
"More than that! He lacked the foundation of a weapon refiner, yet he still coveted the inheritance, even betraying his former friend for it! Ha! And what was the result? He became a cripple! Not only was his Spiritual Power scattered, but his Root Bone was also ruined. In the future, he will never have the possibility of cultivation again. Now he's not even a mortal..."
boom!
The second-floor window of Jinyun Restaurant was smashed open, and a figure flew out and crashed heavily to the ground, leaving a pool of blood.
A gasp of surprise immediately came from above.
"How dare you! Damn it, you actually dared to hit my junior brother!"
"I'm going to beat up a bunch of trash who spout nonsense! Fight! If you kill them, it's on me!"
Pedestrians on the street were hardly surprised. They glanced casually at the man lying on the ground, listened to the fighting sounds coming from the restaurant, pursed their lips, and didn't even bother to stop.
Recently, it has been the day of the Ten Institutes Grand Competition. Those who come here are all young and ambitious talents. Fights and brawls have been happening frequently even before the Ten Institutes Grand Competition has started.
They've been watching this escalating so much—a major fight every three days, a minor one every five days—that they're tired of it all.
However, this time is rather unusual.
Compared to the previous evenly matched battles that lasted for several hours before escalating into verbal sparring and culminating in a reconciliation through the mediation of their respective sects, this time, one side is clearly at a disadvantage.
Before long, everyone in the restaurant jumped out.
A group of them surrounded the injured student who had been knocked away, examining his injuries with grim expressions.
The other group, with cold faces, looked at the other party with disdain and disgust, their eyes filled with contempt and mockery as if they were looking at roadside insects.
"You, you've gone too far!!"
The injured students surrounded in the middle were none other than students from the Primordial Holy Heaven.
After being fed pills by his senior brothers and sisters, he managed to catch his breath, feeling extremely resentful. He swallowed the blood in his throat, gritted his teeth, and growled softly.
They never imagined that simply being a group of people drinking tea, chatting casually, and discussing what everyone was talking about would lead them into trouble.
The person who fought with them was none other than Southern Li Holy Heaven.
Although their numbers were roughly equal, their opponents were significantly stronger.
Although Yan Tinghe was here, the other side's Ten Saints were also there, two of them.
Two fists can't fight four hands. It's not easy for Yan Tinghe to take care of herself, let alone protect the other students.
Even though she tried her best to protect the students of Primordial Holy Heaven, many of them suffered injuries of varying degrees, especially the student who was first thrown out. They pooled their pills, but they could only alleviate his injuries, not cure him.
The people from Southern Li Holy Heaven acted too ruthlessly and too quickly; in that instant, Yan Tinghe didn't even have time to react.
The students of Southern Li Holy Heaven glanced at the group with cold eyes, their sarcastic smiles deepening.
"Heh... Primordial Holy Heaven, you bunch of trash have the nerve to say we're going too far?"
"Aren't you the ones who have gone too far? Openly discussing and insulting the tenth of the Ten Saints of the Southern Li Holy Heaven, inciting conflict between the two Holy Heaven, even if we take this to the Holy Heaven Association, I will still be in the right!"
"Today, you won't leave here unless you kowtow and admit your mistakes!"
The most severely injured disciple of the Primordial Holy Heaven, his face flushed, roared in a low voice, "I didn't!"
He had only casually asked a few questions out of curiosity about whether the other party had truly become a cripple when others were discussing how the Ten Saints of Southern Li Holy Heaven had become crippled.
There was absolutely no insult, nor any intention to provoke conflict.
This accusation against him is utterly absurd!
"Don't panic," Yan Tinghe glanced coldly at the people from Southern Li Holy Heaven, gently pressing down on the arm of the student behind her. She lowered her voice, "It's not your fault, they're deliberately causing trouble. Don't let your anger get the better of you. With your senior sister here, you should calm down and regulate your breathing."
She could tell at a glance that the other party was doing it on purpose.
The other people discussing this matter were from True Martial Holy Heaven, Big Dipper Holy Heaven, and Divine Firmament Holy Heaven... They were all people they couldn't afford to offend.
Although the Big Dipper Holy Heaven was similar to the Southern Li Holy Heaven before, didn't it produce Feng Wuji?
Moreover, the status of the Big Dipper Holy Heaven itself is subtly higher than that of the Southern Li Holy Heaven.
Among all the Holy Heaven, only the Primordial Holy Heaven seems the easiest to bully.
They also became the first to be targeted by Southern Li Holy Heaven and his ilk.
It has nothing to do with what was said.
It's simply because we are too weak!
Weakness is the original sin!
Meanwhile, on the third floor of the restaurant.
"Senior brothers and sisters, I..."
Duan Nianwei sat by the window, coldly watching the farce unfolding below. She felt utterly disgusted, especially by the ugly faces of those from Southern Li Holy Heaven. She couldn't help but feel an urge to go down and help.
She was inherently righteous and kind-hearted.
But before she could make a move, Qu Youmeng, sitting opposite her, gently shook her head.
Qu Youmeng glanced down at the figure approaching quickly in the distance and chuckled, "No need to intervene. It won't cause any major trouble. Besides... look, isn't he already here?"
"He probably doesn't want us to go down and help him."
Not far away, a man in black, his face grim, strode over.
He pushed aside the onlookers blocking his way and pressed forward.
Many people were somewhat dissatisfied when they were pushed aside, but when they saw the other person's face, the angry curses that were about to burst out stopped abruptly.
This gloomy face, in the past, would probably have been unrecognizable to most people.
But now, it's safe to say that there are very few people in the entire Holy Heaven City who don't know him.
Shentu Feng, the dark horse of the Primordial Holy Heaven, came in second place in the Ten Institutes Grand Competition!