Chapter 1008: Duped When Leaving

"You kid, well done! You lured both princesses away! Can't you leave any hope for the other disciples?"

Li Qingyun, the deputy Team Leader for this competition, after seeing Xia Tianqiong's performance, also sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun and joked with him.

"Elder, stop making fun of me! I'm worried about this, I don't even know how to refuse her!"

Ye Liuyun originally wanted to vent to Li Qingyun and also hear his advice.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingyun retorted, "A beauty like that, and you want to reject her? Are you no longer a man? Could it be that you're lacking in some ability?"

……

Ye Liuyun simply stopped replying to Li Qingyun.

"Asked the wrong person! There's no reliable person around me!"

Ye Liuyun could only console himself that way.

"Everyone, pay attention, we're being watched!"

At that moment, their Team Leader spoke up to warn everyone.

He was an Elder of Sixth Layer rank, and his Soul cultivation was also solid.

The others who were training were also awakened to guard against a surprise attack.

After his reminder, Ye Liuyun immediately projected his Divine Sense to scout, but he found no one trailing them.

"Looks like this Team Leader Elder's Divine Soul Power is stronger than mine!"

Ye Liuyun instantly realized that this Elder's Divine Soul Power far exceeds that of typical peers at the same realm.

However, his Divine Sense couldn't detect, but his Golden Pupil was unstoppable.

His Golden Pupil had further increased within the Zhanlong Mijing, and the Warship couldn't block his sight at all.

He also finally spotted a Flying Boat trailing them from afar.

But that Flying Boat had a Formation that blocked scouting; his Golden Pupil couldn't see inside clearly.

"This Flying Boat is impressive; it can block even the Golden Pupil's vision, and its speed can keep up with a Super Warship!" Ye Liuyun was intrigued by the Flying Boat.

However, the Flying Boat seemed to have no hostility, merely following from a distance without any movement.

The leading Elders remained vigilant toward that Flying Boat.

After all, the disciples on the boat were academy elites; they wouldn't dare be careless.

Only when their Warship entered the Zhanlong Sect's territory and met the Zhanlong Sect Elder who came to greet them did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Our competition venue is at the Zhanlong Sect?"

Seeing the Warship enter the Zhanlong Sect's domain, Ye Liuyun couldn't help sending a Transmission Voice to Li Qingyun.

"What are you afraid of? Death without proof!" Li Qingyun gave him a cold look, completely indifferent to Ye Liuyun's intrusion into the Zhanlong Mijing.

"What a trap! If the Ten Thousand Dragon Sect discovers the flaw, I'll be in trouble!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

In fact, his worry was unnecessary.

The Zhanlong Sect never expected that a disciple of the Zao Hua Second Realm could kill an Elder of the Sixth Layer of the Life-and-Death Realm.

Their investigation focused on Demon Cultivator strongmen of the Life-and-Death Realm from the Third to Ninth Layers.

Ye Liuyun's Warship entered the base arranged by the Zhanlong Sect.

The Flying Boat behind them no longer followed, disappearing beyond their Divine Sense detection.

The accommodations the Zhanlong Sect prepared were spacious, each person got a private courtyard, even the accompanying staff had separate lodgings.

However, after tallying, there was one room short.

Thus, Xia Tianqiong rightfully moved into Ye Liuyun's courtyard.

Ye Liuyun was also helpless. He simply went along with her, and after arriving at the residence, he began cultivating inside the Xuan Kong Shi.

With three days left before the official competition, he didn't want to waste time.

He now dared not absorb energy to advance realms; he could only continuously compress and refine the Mysterious Origin.

At the same time, Spatial Power, Heaven and Earth Power, Qiankun Palm, Divine Soul Power, Blade Intent, Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, Shadow Concealment Secret Technique, Buddha Demon Power, and Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra were all aspects he and his clone needed to improve.

So he and his clone each cultivated separately, improving together, the speed far exceeding his solo cultivation.

His strength improved every day.

On the morning of the final day, Ye Liuyun paused his cultivation to rest and grill meat in the courtyard.

Xia Tianqiong came over and started chatting with him.

"Have you ever attended the Zhongyang Dalu auction? There are many good items there!"

Xia Tianqiong clearly wanted to persuade Ye Liuyun to take her out for a walk.

"I don't need anything!" Ye Liuyun truly had no interest in the auction.

"I also heard that the Zhanlong Sect's base has an arena where ferocious beasts put on combat performances, and people can even fight the beasts. If you find a beast you like, you can even buy it. Are you interested?"

Ye Liuyun heard that and was indeed somewhat tempted.

He could take the chance to buy some beasts to later send to Qin Peng, or keep a suitable one for his own protection.

"Do you know the way?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Of course I know; where is there a place a princess can't find!" Xia Tianqiong's eyes lit up, immediately claiming she was very familiar with the area.

"Alright then! After we finish eating, we'll go take a look!" Ye Liuyun agreed.

But once they went out, Ye Liuyun realized he'd been duped.

Xia Tianqiong didn't know the route at all; she was probing along the way and found the Zhanlong Sect's arena.

"Hehe, I just wanted to take you out to relax, don't be so upset!" Xia Tianqiong, seeing Ye Liuyun's sour expression, quickly made an excuse.

Ye Liuyun understood her intention and didn't want to press the issue, so he endured.

Fortunately, the arena was indeed as Xia Tianqiong described—bustling and actually allowing beast trades.

"You don't even know the way, how did you know about this place?" Ye Liuyun was curious about how Xia Tianqiong learned of the arena.

"I asked about the War Dragon Sect guard." Xia Tianqiong said embarrassedly.

Soon after they arrived, Xia Tianqiong had already sought out the War Dragon Sect guard and inquired about all the enjoyable and entertaining spots here, intending to find a chance to go out alone with Ye Liuyun for a walk.

Ye Liuyun was also completely speechless! He had no choice but to follow Xia Tianqiong into the Beast Fighting Arena.

The tickets for this Beast Fighting Arena are divided into grades.

Just now, when Xia Tianqiong went to pay, Ye Liuyun had already noticed that she had bought the best seats—one ticket cost ten thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.

"These tickets are way too expensive!" Ye Liuyun felt it wasn't worth it.

It's the same no matter where you watch; there's no need to insist on sitting up front.

"Good seats come with the privilege of first pick of the fierce beasts. You're so skilled at subduing fierce beasts—if you can help me find a suitable pet beast, I'll profit!"

Xia Tianqiong stuck out her tongue and explained to Ye Liuyun.

"Oh, you already have a dragon eagle—what more fierce beast do you need?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"How can you still say that? The dragon eagle you gave me screwed me over once—you gave my sister a top-tier one, but gave me only an Initial Creation Stage one!"