Chapter 710: The Outcome of the Competition

As Kong Yu examined the Pill refined by Zhou Qingyu, everyone's gaze was fixed upon her.

Among them.

Qin Chen and Xiao Che were the most attentive.

The moment Kong Yu's expression shifted, the two of them were the first to notice.

Immediately, their hearts sank.

With that look on Kong Yu's face...

Could they have really lost?

Just a Third-Grade Alchemist, could it really be that exaggerated?

More importantly.

If Kong Yu lost, they would have to kneel to this trash from the Beast Taming Sect present here.

They were, after all, Top-tier Prodigies of the Jade Cauldron Sect.

In terms of status and standing.

Among the Beast Taming Sect Disciples here, even the highest-ranking ones, Yang Yuntian and Wan Guiyuan, were inferior to them.

Let alone the others?

In the past.

The vast majority of these people wouldn't even be fit to be their dogs.

If they were to kneel to these people.

Not only would the previous suppression of the Beast Taming Sect's reputation be rendered meaningless, but they would also be even more humiliated.

If word got out, they would surely become a laughingstock.

Thinking of this.

The two looked at Kong Yu, their expressions becoming tense.

"Kong Yu, how is it?"

Although the two already had some guesses in their hearts, they dared not admit it, and a sliver of wishful thinking still remained.

Hearing their tense tone, Kong Yu snapped back to reality.

She looked at the two.

Her expression shifted, and her red lips parted repeatedly, but she remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, the last sliver of wishful thinking in their hearts vanished instantly.

Although Kong Yu did not speak, her behavior was already a tacit response to them.

Their complexions turned extremely ugly in an instant.

"Do the two of you still need to inspect it yourselves?"

Just then, Wan Guiyuan looked at Qin Chen and Xiao Che with a mocking smile.

The two froze, their faces dark as they offered no response.

Seeing this, Wan Guiyuan sneered.

His gaze shifted to Kong Yu, "Now, what else do you have to say?"

Kong Yu's expression was awkward, and she likewise remained silent.

Beside Wan Guiyuan, Yang Yuntian sneered, "Since the three of you are not responding, can we assume that you have accepted the result?"

"Since that is the case, can you fulfill the penalty set before the competition?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Kong Yu and the others changed.

Qin Chen flashed, appearing beside Kong Yu, and looked coldly at Yang Yuntian and Wan Guiyuan, "Daoist Friend Yang, Daoist Friend Wan, it is better to be forgiving when one can."

"We admit that this round was won by your Beast Taming Sect Disciple; how about we let today's matter end here?"

"Let it end here?"

Yang Yuntian scoffed, "That's easy to say. When you were being aggressive earlier because of a single grumbling remark from my Beast Taming Sect Disciple, why didn't you think about letting it end there?"

"If the loser of this competition wasn't you, but my Beast Taming Sect Disciple, would you have voluntarily let it end there?"

"Ridiculous!"

Qin Chen's expression stiffened, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "What if we refuse?"

After his voice fell, Xiao Che flashed out from the other side of Kong Yu.

The three stood side by side, their auras surging.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Yang Yuntian's expression changed.

Just as he was about to speak.

Wan Guiyuan reached out to stop him and looked calmly at the three, "Wan admits that you are very strong, and even if everyone here were to attack together, we would not have absolute certainty of being able to keep you here."

"And I can also guess that since you dared to come to my Beast Taming Sect's gate to stir up trouble this time, you must have sect elders following you."

"But do you really think my Beast Taming Sect is made of mud?"

"You took the initiative to provoke us, humiliated us Beast Taming Sect Disciples, and trampled on the dignity of the Beast Taming Sect."

"And now that you have lost, you are going back on your word?"

"If you have the guts, you can try."

"Wan would like to see if, once this matter is reported back to the Beast Taming Sect, those elders of your Jade Cauldron Sect can actually protect you!"

By the end, Wan Guiyuan's tone had become severe and harsh.

Hearing Wan Guiyuan's threatening words, the auras of Kong Yu and the others stalled for an instant.

Their trip here was, naturally, under the instruction of their sect elders.

If the competition were conducted normally according to the rules, as long as the lives of the Beast Taming Sect Disciples were not endangered and with the elders of the Jade Cauldron Sect acting as guarantors, the Beast Taming Sect would have no choice but to swallow their pride even if they suffered a loss, and they would be completely unable to do anything about them.

At most, they could only send stronger Disciples to regain their standing, at which point the Jade Cauldron Sect would naturally have even stronger Disciples step forward to handle it.

But if they were to actively provoke, take every advantage, and then renege on their word after losing, that would be different.

Then the nature of the situation would change.

At that time.

The high-level members of the Beast Taming Sect would likely take the opportunity to intervene.

And since they would be the ones in the wrong, not only would the three of them lose all face, but they would also cause the Jade Cauldron Sect's reputation to suffer severe damage.

More importantly.

By that time, the extent to which the matter would develop would no longer be something they could control.

They only knew one thing.

Once the Beast Taming Sect intervened, the consequences would certainly be even more severe.

Thinking of this.

Although the three of them were unwilling, they still withdrew their aura completely.

"Fine, we will fulfill the punishment."

Qin Chen gritted his teeth fiercely, his voice low.

Beside him, Kong Yu and Xiao Che had ugly expressions and remained silent.

They tacitly accepted Qin Chen's decision.

"Since that is the case, then let us begin."

Seeing this, Wan Guiyuan and Yang Yuntian both revealed looks of satisfaction on their faces.

The three of them, Qin Chen, exchanged glances, took a deep breath, and then bowed simultaneously to Yang Yuntian and Wan Guiyuan.

"We are sorry, we apologize for what happened before."

After speaking, the three of them stood up immediately, looking at Wan Guiyuan and Yang Yuntian with faces full of humiliation, "Is this enough now?"

Hearing the three men's words, Yang Yuntian suddenly sneered, "The three of you seem to have remembered incorrectly, right?"

"The punishment decided earlier was for you to apologize to everyone present, not just to the two of us."

"Furthermore, it was to apologize by kowtowing, not by bowing."

"You!"

Upon hearing this, the three men's faces instantly flushed red as they glared at Yang Yuntian.

"What, you are unwilling?"

"If that is the case, the three of you may leave as you please."

"It is just that I hope the three of you can bear the consequences that follow."

Facing the three men's icy gazes, Yang Yuntian's expression remained calm.

The three men's gazes tightened.

They withdrew their gazes.

"Fine, we will do it."

Kong Yu took a deep breath, looked around, and knelt down.

He kowtowed and apologized in four directions respectively.

Qin Chen and Xiao Che also kowtowed to the crowd with gloomy faces and full of unwillingness.

A moment later.

The three of them stood up, glared fiercely at Yang Yuntian and Wan Guiyuan, and then looked with gloomy faces at the culprit who had caused them such humiliation, Zhou Qingyu.

"Today's matter is not over; we shall see."

The three of them snorted coldly and walked quickly toward the outside of the Square.

"Wait."

Just as the three reached the edge of the Square and were about to leave.

A timid voice suddenly rang out.

The three men's footsteps paused, and they turned their heads to look at the person who had spoken.

Immediately, their brows furrowed in unison.

They had an impression of the person who had spoken.

It was that person who had been sitting at the same table as Zhou Qingyu, whose cultivation was only at the Qi Refining First Layer realm...

That lowly trash suspected to be a servant.