The Final Test

In Clear Moon City, inside a manor.

Ye Chen, who had just finished cultivating, came to the reception hall. Looking at Lin Yutong and her servant hurrying over, his heart was full of confusion.

"Miss Lin, may I ask why you've come over so late? Has something happened?"

Lin Yutong looked extremely excited. Faced with Ye Chen's question, she forcefully suppressed her excitement and said, "Song Gongzi, Mother has already announced the final test!"

Ye Chen's heart stirred, and he instantly understood what Lin Yutong was talking about.

So that Clear Moon City Lord had announced the final test for the city lord's successor. In that case, next, the four successor contenders would likely enter the most intense stage of the competition.

"Judging by how excited you are, Miss Lin, is this test favorable to you?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

Lin Yutong nodded repeatedly.

Originally, whether it was the Outside World or she herself, everyone felt that she did not have much chance in this contest. But unexpectedly, in just two or three short days, everything had suddenly reversed.

Old Luo, standing beside her, looked at how excited his Miss was and took the initiative to explain.

"Hehe, Song Gongzi, you may not know this. The test the City Lord gave this time is combat in the Wind Cloud Arena! There will be one month of preparation time, and then each successor candidate must participate in three battles. Winning two is enough to win, and the final victor will be decided in the end."

"Oh? Arena battles..." Ye Chen nodded slightly. That was simple and straightforward.

The Dou Qi Continent was, after all, a world where strength was respected. Since this was about becoming the city lord's successor, one naturally had to possess strength that surpassed others.

However, if it was merely straightforward arena combat, Lin Yutong should not hold any advantage...

After all, it was best two out of three, and among the four of them, Lin Yutong's forces were the weakest. Aside from Hu Tian, an absolute Strong Person she had gained because of him, the others were simply not worth mentioning!

As for Old Luo, who was likewise powerful, as her guardian, he was not qualified to participate in this competition.

Perhaps seeing Ye Chen's Heavenly Flames, Lin Yutong still had joy on her face as she said, "Mother stipulated that among these three matches, the candidate themselves must participate in one..."

That was it!

No wonder Lin Yutong was so excited. Among the four successor candidates, Lin Yutong was the strongest and had already reached the Six Star Dou Huang level.

As for the remaining three Lin Family brothers, Lin Yuheng and Lin Yucheng were both Three-Star Dou Huang, while Lin Yuting was only a One Star Dou Huang. The gap between their strength and Lin Yutong's was huge. It was practically a match they were certain to lose...

Adding in another win from Hu Tian, then it could be said that Lin Yutong was already destined to win.

Could it be that this Clear Moon City Lord intended to help her daughter become the sole city lord successor?

Ye Chen was very suspicious...

After all, the former had only just "recruited" a Strong Person like Hu Tian, and Clear Moon City Lord immediately came up with this arrangement. Anyone would think the same.

Just like those three brothers...

At the residence of Clear Moon City's eldest young master, Lin Yuheng.

"What does Mother mean by this? She is so obviously favoring that bitch Lin Yutong! How unfair is that?!"

After a burst of things being smashed with crackling crashes, Lin Yuheng's unwilling roar rang out.

Clearly, this fellow, who had always been shrewd and deeply calculating, had also been completely broken by this move from his Old Mother...

Inside the room.

A savage aura radiated from Lin Yuheng's body, his eyes bloodshot and filled with fury.

Beside him stood only a middle-aged man wearing a long black robe patterned with fiery markings. Judging solely from the aura spreading around him, which faintly shook spatial power from time to time, he was another Strong Person no weaker than a Half-Step Dou Zong like Hu Tian.

"Li Yan, report the situation here to Father immediately. I need the Black Fire Sect's full support!"

After a long while, Lin Yuheng finally suppressed his anger. His gaze was ruthless as he spoke to the middle-aged Strong Person beside him without turning his head.

"Yes!"

The same thing also happened in the residences of the second son, Lin Yucheng, and the fourth son, Lin Yuting, and the two of them likewise chose to ask the forces their fathers belonged to for help.

In the courtyard where Ye Chen was staying, the conversation was still continuing.

"Although it seems that you do indeed have the upper hand this time, Miss Lin, those three brothers of yours are not easy to deal with. What's more, there are considerable forces behind them. One month is enough time to change many things!"

"This..." Lin Yutong's originally excited expression slowly turned solemn. She nodded seriously, agreeing with what Ye Chen had said.

At the Dou Huang level, a difference of two or three stars might seem like an insurmountable chasm to ordinary people, but to the great forces of the Pill Region, there were many ways to smooth it over!

"Then what should we do next? With my current strength, it's not very likely that I can make another breakthrough within a month..." As she said this, Lin Yutong's heart could not help but sink slightly.

Compared with the other three, not having a father's help was her greatest disadvantage!

Ye Chen had no good solution to this either. He could not very well have the Ye Family get involved, could he? He was not the other party's father. He did not have that right, nor was there any need for it...

"We can only take it one step at a time. The main thing is to pay attention to what exactly those three will do over the next month. If possible, find them some trouble!" Ye Chen shook his head and said.

"That's all we can do!" Lin Yutong's beautiful face was filled with worry as she said helplessly.

Old Luo, standing beside them, had been frowning and thinking the entire time. He likewise could not come up with any good solution. Finally, after hearing Lin Yutong's words, he immediately said, "Leave this matter to this old man. I will definitely keep a close eye on the other three. As long as they make any moves, it will be impossible for them to escape my eyes!"

Ye Chen nodded and reminded him, "Try to find out clearly what they plan to do next!"

"I understand!"

After seeing Lin Yutong and her servant off, Ye Chen's expression also turned solemn.

Although this move was merely an idle chess piece he had played casually, if it succeeded, it would be of some help to both himself and the Ye Family. So as much as possible, it would be best not to fail.

Just like that, five or six days passed.

During that time, Ye Chen stayed in his own residence and cultivated diligently. He also lit the furnace and refined a few simple pills, increasing his proficiency as a Third Grade Alchemist while preparing for his later trip to Sacred Pill City to take the alchemist grade assessment.

As for Lin Yutong and her servant, they thought of every possible way to improve their own strength while striking at and weakening their opponent's forces. During this time, they had even invited Hu Tian to make a move once.

It could be seen that the struggle between the four had truly reached a fever pitch...

Finally, on the seventh day of that month, Old Luo, the strong person by Lin Yutong's side, hurried over to find him again.