Chapter 521

After Lin Bai finished speaking, he turned around without waiting for the others to react and left the competition arena.

The four followed closely behind, but since they had been turned into five-year-olds with short limbs, catching up to Lin Bai proved difficult, so they could only trot along behind him.

When everyone present saw this scene, for some reason they inexplicably found it somewhat comical. Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Soon, the five of them, Lin Bai included, arrived outside the arena and found a quiet spot.

Lin Bai gazed silently at the four of them.

"Speak up. Who exactly was it?"

After Lin Bai stopped, he turned around and stared intently at the group.

"It was from the Dragon Nest Valley, but we don't know the specific person."

One of them stepped forward, looked at Lin Bai, and recounted what he knew.

"Are you trying to fool me? Do you really think I'm an idiot?"

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow, his face looking extremely displeased.

"Look, it really was from the Dragon Nest Valley because we saw their robe, but we didn't see their face.

"At the time, they were a bit far from us, and the sky was somewhat dark, so we really couldn't make out what they looked like."

Seeing that Lin Bai didn't believe them, another person quickly stepped forward to explain, and what they said was indeed the truth.

"So what did they say to you?"

Lin Bai frowned; this was not going to be easy to handle.

There were so many people from the Dragon Nest Valley; how could he confirm exactly who it was?

Although he felt in his heart that it was Long Aotian, and considering Long Aotian's expression on the stands just now, Lin Bai was also thinking it was him.

But now these four were telling him they hadn't seen the person's face clearly, which inevitably made Lin Bai frown.

Moreover, it was possible that someone was slandering the Dragon Nest Valley and had deliberately worn their clothes; all of these were possibilities.

"They just said to teach you a good lesson."

"After the deed was done, they would give us a considerable commission."

Thinking about it, not only did they fail to earn this commission, but they had even been turned into this state, so the few of them felt a look of pain on their faces.

If they had known about this job beforehand, they wouldn't have taken it, even though the payment offered was indeed very high; at least among the missions they had accepted in previous years, no one had ever offered such a high price.

"They must have some impression of the person's height and build, right?"

Lin Bai looked helpless and decided to try to identify them based on their physique.

"I remember the person was a bit overweight, but not extremely fat."

"About your height, quite tall."

Hearing Lin Bai's words, someone immediately stepped forward and described what they knew; based on the description of the person's build, Lin Bai quickly determined that this person might be Long Aotian.

However, judging by the appearance of these four, it seemed impossible to get more information.

Seeing that these people were clearly being used, Lin Bai felt only helplessness, then cast a formation again to restore the few of them to their original forms.

The four saw their cultivation techniques return and their original forms restored, and their hearts immediately filled with excitement.

"Thank you, thank you."

The few of them looked at Lin Bai, thanked him hurriedly, and quickly slipped away.

They were truly afraid that if they stayed a moment longer, Lin Bai would change his mind.

Lin Bai frowned; naturally, he had no mood to watch the rest of the competition, so he left the arena and hurried back to his cave dwelling.

"Senior Brother, you're back so soon?"

When Wang Wang Yuping saw Lin Bai, he stopped his movements, his face filled with excitement.

Seeing Wei Xiang had already been beaten into an unrecognizable state by Wang Wang Yuping.

But upon seeing Lin Bai, he wore a smile on his face.

"Mm, I came back as soon as the match ended; there wasn't anything interesting."

"How is it? Are you two doing okay?"

Lin Bai nodded, then shifted his gaze to Seeing Wei Xiang.

"No problem, Senior Brother. I have basically mastered half of the cultivation technique you gave me; the rest is just practical application."

"I feel that in about two days, I should be able to improve somewhat."

Seeing Wei Xiang nodded, his face filled with excitement.

Now his body bore wounds of various sizes, but fortunately Wang Wang Yuping knew how to hold back and hadn't hit him on the face.

"That's good. You two continue. I'll go back and rest for a while."

"I got up way too early today."

Seeing that the two of them were indeed fine, Lin Bai nodded, turned around, and prepared to return to his residence.

"Senior Brother, did something happen to you?"

"You seem a bit down."

Seeing Lin Bai turn to leave, Wang Wang Yuping voiced his confusion.

"Nothing, just some trivial matters, nothing to fear."

"Just be a good sparring partner."

Lin Bai shook his head; he believed the events on the arena would reach their ears soon enough, but for now, Lin Bai didn't want to bring up the matter again.

He felt it was completely useless; if he had a chance, he should go find Long Aotian.

And Lin Bai thought that waiting for a better day was not as good as acting today; he would take action tonight.

"Second Senior Brother, what's wrong with you?"

On the other side, Long Aotian sneezed; the disciple following him looked puzzled, even somewhat worried.

"It's nothing."

Long Aotian frowned; at this moment, his mood was extremely foul. Originally, he had sought out those four people to deal with Lin Bai properly, at the very least to teach the other party a lesson. Although he knew Lin Bai's strength was formidable, he had thought those four's abilities were not weak either.

He himself had long since conducted an investigation, yet who would have known that in the end, Lin Bai defeated them all with a single move.

He didn't even give them a chance to resist.