Worried about Zu An's safety, Chu Zhongtian flashed to his side and subtly protected him behind him.
As soon as Yuan Zhengchu had a moment to spare, he rushed over to help his son up, took out a few healing pills and stuffed them into his mouth, then looked up at Zu An beside him: "In the family competition, everyone agreed to stop when it was time to strike, but you attacked so ruthlessly. How vicious you are!"
Yuan Zhengchu's anger level has increased by 999!
How exactly did they lose?
Zu An shrugged: "I don't understand what you're saying. Battles between cultivators often end on the line, especially after witnessing Young Master Yuan's skill in creating multiple dragon shadows with a single sword strike. He might still have some hidden tricks up his sleeve. It's understandable that I lost my composure in my moment of worry. Who knew Young Master Yuan would be so useless? Sigh, he's far inferior to my wife Chu Yan."
Just now, when Chu Huanzhao was deliberately injured by the Yuan family, Yuan Wendong made the same excuses and mocked him. Zu An returned the favor almost exactly as he had said.
"You!" Yuan Wendong was both ashamed and angry, and his injuries were too severe, so he fainted from anger.
Yuan Wendong's anger level increased by 1024!
"You brat, you you you..." Yuan Zhengchu was so angry that he trembled all over, but for a moment he couldn't find any reason to refute him.
Yuan Zhengchu's anger level increased by 1024!
Chu Zhongtian stepped in front of him and said calmly, "Patriarch Yuan, he is the son-in-law of my Chu family. He is no brat. Considering your love for your son, I will not hold it against you this time. Please watch your words in the future."
"You!" Yuan Zhengchu's face turned bright red. Unfortunately, whether in terms of family background, title, or cultivation, he was far inferior to Chu Zhongtian. Although he was angry, he had no way to do anything about it.
Wu Wei suddenly turned to the senior referees on the main stage: "Esteemed officials, it was announced before this round of the competition that no one should be intentionally injured or killed. In the previous match between Yuan Wenji and Chu Huanzhao, Chu Huanzhao was seriously injured, but he recovered after a period of recuperation. In this match, Zu An was ruthless and directly crippled Yuan Wendong. I hope that you will disqualify him from the competition and, in accordance with the agreement, rule that the Chu family loses."
"Nonsense!" Chu Zhongtian roared in anger. "Do you think everyone is blind, you surnamed Wu? Just now, it was clearly Yuan Wendong who had ill intentions and wanted to take the opportunity to cripple Zu An's hand. Who knew that he would be killed by the other party in the end? In the end, it was all his own fault. How can he blame anyone else?"
Among the spectators in the training ground, there were also those who could see clearly: "That's right, it was indeed Yuan Wendong who tried to cripple Zu'an first."
But another group of supporters of the Yuan family immediately began to refute: "Nonsense, Young Master Yuan's move was clearly a point-and-click attack. Why would a dignified fifth-rank official like him need to deliberately target a third-rank guy? It's a pity that he held back for a moment and was retaliated against by the other party. It's really a pity."
Both sides held their own version of events, and most of the spectators in the training ground were not actually aware of what had just happened. They could only listen to the analyses of the two factions and then choose the viewpoint they wanted to believe and cheer for it.
At this moment, Sang Hong on the stage did not express his opinion directly, but looked at Xie Yi and Jiang Luofu beside him: "City Lord Xie, Principal Jiang, what do you two think?"
Xie Yi cursed the old fox inwardly. Forcing him to make a statement at this time would be tantamount to offending someone. No matter who he supported, he would inevitably offend the other faction. However, after so many years in officialdom, he quickly came up with a solution: "This humble official's cultivation is shallow. Just now, I really couldn't understand why Zu An was able to strike Young Master Yuan a step ahead with the most common beginner sword technique in the academy. So I hope that the Prefect can enlighten me."
His statement actually expressed the sentiments of most people, because no one understood why Yuan Wendong, who had clearly had the upper hand, was reversed at the last moment.
"That good-for-nothing Yuan Wendong was distracted at such a crucial moment to answer Zu An's question. He deserved to be crippled." Shi Kun drank a bowl of tea, still unable to calm his turbulent emotions. He had prepared for so long, intending to use Yuan Wendong to rightfully cripple Zu An, but all of this had failed at the last minute.
Xue'er, who was standing nearby, comforted him, "It's probably because that guy surnamed Zu is too annoying that Yuan Wendong couldn't help himself for a moment."
"As expected, he's a piece of trash!" Shi Kun tightened his grip, crushing the teacup in his hand to pieces.
Seeing this, Xue'er fell silent, not daring to speak again for fear of getting herself into trouble.
Hiding in the crowd, Ji Dengtu narrowed his eyes, thinking that the little guy's mouth was really sharp enough to make the man surnamed Yuan respond at such a critical moment. But why did the movement technique he used earlier look so familiar? Had I seen it somewhere before?
Why can't I remember? Is it because I've been reading too many stories at night lately, which has caused my memory to decline? Hmm, I should be more moderate in the future. Also, I'll go back and get some tonics to help me recover.
Perhaps only Pei Mianman was least surprised by Zu An's victory. She leaned back leisurely in her seat, her alluring curves attracting frequent glances from the men nearby, but she didn't care at all. Her peach blossom eyes were full of smiles: "If I can't even kill someone, what's so difficult about beating Yuan Wendong?"
While cursing Xie Yi for being slippery, Sang Hong on the main stage secretly listened to the discussions in the training ground. In fact, he didn't understand why Yuan Wendong had been distracted at such a crucial moment. After thinking about it, he concluded that it was because he was too young and impetuous and lacked determination.
He then looked at Jiang Luofu beside him: "Principal Jiang, what do you think?" Because the Chu family won the competition, his plan had gotten off to a bad start, and even the beautiful legs in front of him didn't look as appealing as before.
Jiang Luofu said calmly, "Just now, it was indeed Yuan Wendong who tried to cripple Zu An first, and then he was stabbed by Zu An instead. In that split second, no one could hold back, and neither side can be blamed for the outcome. Now that the battle is over, I don't think there's anything to discuss."
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