Xu Yuehuai has returned. The people of Qingtao Valley seem to have found their backbone. They are no longer listless. They hold their heads high and many people glance at them. When they see Xu Yuehuai’s elegant and otherworldly appearance, they are speechless.
The competition officially began. Xu Yuehuai sat in her seat, leisurely. Before an incense stick had burned, she was still walking in the void. Although returning from the void required speed, it also took a certain amount of time, and this time was calculated according to her strength and cultivation level.
Xu Yuehuai's breathing was unstable, slowing her return, but fortunately she managed to enter the gate at the last moment. As the gate slowly closed, she slipped inside. However, the surroundings were rather desolate, and she realized she had entered through the back door.
She wandered around for a while, searching for a way out, when she overheard a secret: "Are you sure you want to do this? If the major sects find out about this method of sending those chosen ones in as sacrifices, they're definitely going to die! I haven't lived enough yet; I want to live a couple more years. This is really inappropriate."
"Hey, buddy, I think you're overthinking it. If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know how this was done? Besides, those old men can't go into the ruins. Why didn't they come out? Isn't that obvious? It was all for everyone's safety; everyone sacrificed themselves inside." The voice sounded familiar. Xu Yuehuai felt he had definitely heard it somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place it.
"You Ying family people are quite bold. Didn't you learn your lesson last time? You want to try again this time?" The other person's tone was distrustful, clearly indicating that the two had some disagreement when discussing this matter.
However, the Ying family members were not polite in their words. "You can't just say things like that. The reason our Ying family didn't succeed was because others were interfering. This time, we are determined to win."
"If it weren't for the people from Qingtao Valley causing trouble last time, how could things have turned out like this? But this time we didn't leave them any chance to cause trouble. Once they enter that place, they won't come out alive! They'll all become nourishment for the ruins." The Ying family member spoke with a chilling tone, sending shivers down one's spine. The man standing opposite him shuddered.
He jokingly said with a smile, "When it comes to ruthlessness, no one can compare to Elder Ying. Since the elder has spoken, I naturally have no reason not to help. I just hope that when the elder rises to prominence in the future, he will not forget my contribution today."
Xu Yuehuai, who was standing behind, concealed his aura and listened to these audacious words. He couldn't help but feel strange. The organizer of this competition was the Ancient Clan, and members of the Ancient Clan were also present. Could it be that they also wanted to repeat the same mistakes as the people from Dragon Roar Valley before, and were willing to frame everyone in order to achieve their own goals?
She didn't hear what happened after that. Suddenly, a kitten appeared at her feet and rubbed against them. When Xu Yuehuai didn't respond or move, the kitten meowed. The kitten's meow attracted the attention of the two people, who stopped their conversation.
They began to surround Xu Yuehuai from the left and right, intending to trap her here and then kill her. Xu Yuehuai looked at the surrounding roads and, without hesitation, immediately chose the driest road and ran over.
The dry ground makes it less likely for footprints to be left, preventing the two people having a conversation from finding her too easily.
Xu Yuehuai made her way out of that place through many twists and turns. If she were asked to find the same path again at this point, she wouldn't be able to find it herself. So what happened next was what we saw: Zhan Qi aggressively spouting some unfounded rumors.
The stage was filled with noise as the ancient clan elders explained the rules of the competition. The other elders and sect leaders sat in the bottom row as judges.
"I didn't expect to see you all again so soon, it's truly delightful!" Sect Master Yan laughed heartily, as wild as ever.
Seeing this, Sect Master Huangfu chuckled twice to prevent the situation from becoming awkward, "Yes, last time it was an individual battle, but this time, everyone is here to protect the second floor, which is truly regrettable."
Upon hearing this, Sect Master Zhan sneered twice, "That sounds nice, but in my opinion, there's clearly nothing wrong. They insist on making it seem like something is wrong, then gather everyone together, and finally send all the geniuses in our sect into that hellhole, so that their ancient clans can dominate the second level from now on."
If the ancient clan were here, they would definitely say that Sect Master Zhan's guess was almost spot on! The details were all correct. However, when Sect Master Zhan was saying these words, not a single guard from the ancient clan dared to utter a sound; the place was eerily quiet.
"Hmph, if you ask me, you're just a coward. Everyone knows what happened in Cangwu City before. Such a big thing, in the end it was all because of a problem with the ruins. If you didn't stop it in time, you'd regret it when it was too late, and you wouldn't even have anyone to cry to." The incident in Cangwu City caused quite a stir, and everyone had heard something about it.
The Ying family was worried that the matter would have too great an impact and that too much information would arouse suspicion from other sects, so they began to block the news early on. However, even so, some information still leaked out, which was inevitable.
"Don't forget that the Ying family is among the people who came this time. The Ying family was the most responsible for this incident before. I don't believe that there are no problems at all!" Sect Master Zhan is selfish and always calculates before doing anything. However, this calculating nature of his has led him to guess the outcome correctly.
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In the shadows, the elders of the Ying family and the members of the Gu clan watched all this quietly. After they finished their discussion, the Gu clan member gave the Ying family elder standing beside him a meaningful look and said, "It seems that this matter is not entirely kept secret. Some people have guessed some of it. The Ying family members are not very good at handling things."
Although the ancient clan has cooperated with the Ying family, they are currently still in the same boat and on equal footing. Therefore, the people of the ancient clan are naturally less polite in their speech, even carrying a hint of sarcastic mockery.
The elder of the Ying family smiled, not taking the matter to heart at all. "It's just a small matter, why keep harping on it? Once the competition starts, who will remember what they said before the competition? Even if they have doubts then, so what? We can still take over the entire second floor!"
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