Qiu Yanji did not turn around. With his left hand, he reached behind him and crushed the sword ray, while his right hand slowly rolled up the contract scroll.
"Little fellow, from now on you are considered one of the beast colosseum's people. No regrets?"
Li Guanqi took a deep breath, his eyes calm as he spoke.
"Just a hundred battles, that's all."
Having said that, Li Guanqi turned to look at Ye Lingyun behind him, his white eyes seemingly burning the young man's face into his memory.
"One day, I will seize your King Physique and gouge out your Blazing Phoenix Bone!"
Ye Lingyun was facing off against the elder when he heard Li Guanqi's words, and he couldn't help sneering mockingly.
"Hunted by me like a stray dog, driven to offer your own indenture just to enter the beast colosseum—what right do you have to boast about gouging out my Blazing Phoenix Bone?"
"On the strength of your artificially inflated, unstable realm?"
"Or this wretched stray-dog posture of yours?"
"At this point, you can only indulge in cheap talk."
Standing with his sword, Ye Lingyun showed no fear even before the elder as he hurled insults at Li Guanqi.
With that said, Ye Lingyun looked at the elder whose aura was as deep as an abyss, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Old man, are you sure you want to meddle in this?"
Hearing that, a cold glint flashed deep in Qiu Yanji's eyes. He turned to Ye Lingyun with a smile.
"If I meddle, can you kill me?"
Tucking Li Guanqi's contract away, the elder clasped his hands within his sleeves and smiled genially at the young man.
"Ye Lingyun of the Ye family from the Zhongtian Lands—a thirty-five-year-old, second-tier True Immortal."
The moment those words were spoken, the entire crowd erupted into an uproar!
Thousands of cultivators had gathered outside the gates of the beast colosseum, standing densely in midair, ringing the exterior so tightly that not even water could trickle through!
"Hiss! The Ye family of the Zhongtian Lands! A true prominent clan!"
"Comparing yourself to others really makes you want to die—thirty-five years old, and a second-tier True Immortal..." a burly man sighed with a shake of his head.
"Heh, can we even compare to someone like him? From the moment he was born, he was fed all kinds of heavenly treasures."
Before his voice had faded, another man with sharp ears and monkey-like features chuckled.
"Hey, the Ye family of the Zhongtian Lands is a powerhouse that covers the heavens with one hand."
"Could Elder Qiu really not fear a clan like that?"
On the other side, a middle-aged man spoke with grave seriousness.
"Do you know... the castellans of all six cities in Dixiu Bay are dead!"
"What?! How is that possible?! All dead?!"
"The barrier inside the bay is still up, but the people are gone?"
"I heard it's because Cold Soul Jade Glaze was discovered! The six cities fought among themselves for days. Supposedly no one came out today except this young man and that golden-eyed youth."
An elder leading his clan's disciples held back from stepping closer, watching the scene ahead as he murmured in a low voice, "Today's matter... will likely not end peacefully."
"I wonder if the beast colosseum can withstand the pressure of the Ye family."
The surrounding onlooker cultivators buzzed with discussion, a din of voices rising and falling.
Hearing this, Ye Lingyun raised his eyebrows, sheathed his sword, and stared at the elder with narrowed eyes.
"Since you know my identity, do you still intend to meddle in this?"
The young man slowly tied his hair back, once again recovering his haughty, overbearing demeanor.
Perhaps in Ye Lingyun's eyes, this was nothing more than a mere beast colosseum in Qingxuan Province.
Since they knew his identity, they ought to be speaking to him on their knees.
Right after finishing his words, Ye Lingyun swept his gaze across the colossal beast colosseum.
"Heh, what a shame."
Before the crowd could understand what he meant by 'what a shame,' they heard the young man's next words.
"Such a massive beast colosseum, and tomorrow it will be no more..."
Yet the hunched, grey-haired old man merely chuckled.
"Of course I know you are of the Ye family."
With his hands tucked in his sleeves, the elder's expression remained placid as he paced a few steps. Suddenly, he looked back at the arrogant youth with a smile.
"But what of it?"
At those words, even Ye Lingyun frowned slightly.
The other man knew his identity, yet was completely fearless!
*Why?*
*Why isn't he afraid of me?*
Ye Lingyun's brow furrowed tightly, baffled by what was happening.
Even Li Guanqi at the side was immensely astonished.
Originally, he had only intended to borrow the formidable strength of the colosseum's master behind the scenes to temporarily fend off Ye Lingyun.
Yet now it seemed...
Not only did the elder before him not fear his opponent's cultivation, but was the force backing him unafraid of the Ye family of the Zhongtian Lands as well?
Just as Ye Lingyun stared at the elder, Qiu Yanji took a slow step forward, walked up beside Ye Lingyun, and murmured into his ear:
"Oh, by the way... behind this old man is the Fuyu Immortal Sect."
"If Young Master Ye is displeased, feel free to strike. You can do it yourself, or you can bring your Ye family along."
Ye Lingyun's breath hitched, his golden pupils contracting to needlepoints!
The Fuyu Immortal Sect!
The number one sacred sect of the Fuyu Lands!
*The Fuyu Immortal Sect is actually standing behind this beast colosseum?*
*This is going to be tricky...*
Having spoken, the elder took a step back, clasped his hands behind his back, and chuckled softly.
"Young Master Ye, please see yourself out."
"This matter... is not for you to decide. Have your father, Ye Tianyi, come in person."
The elder had not lowered his voice; every person present heard him clearly!
In an instant, clamorous chatter erupted into an uproar!
Everyone had assumed the elder would yield to the Ye family's renown and surrender the fugitive.
Yet the elder merely held the contract scroll, uttering words so loaded with meaning.
On the other hand, Ye Lingyun stood frozen in place, his face ash-pale with rage.
"Good!"
"Good, good, good! What a Fuyu Immortal Sect!"
"Old bastard, what is your name?"
Boom!
A palm print of spiritual light a hundred zhang across suddenly formed. With a violent wave, it blasted Ye Lingyun backward several hundred zhang.
At this moment, the elder's grey hair danced wild in the wind, his plain hemp robe snapping loudly, the space around him cracking into fissures.
A pair of massive golden Nirvana Spirit Feathers unfurled behind him, every luminous quill distinct and solid as physical form.
The elder's deep, resonant voice echoed slowly across the heavens.
"This old man is Qiu Yanji, the Eighth Elder of the Fuyu Immortal Sect."
"I've told you my full name. If you want to kill me, have your father come!"
"I, Qiu Yanji, will wash my neck clean and wait right here."
*Spurt!*
Ye Lingyun crashed to one knee on the ground. Half the bones in his body were broken, his chest caved in, and his internal organs torn and ruptured.
"Hahahaha, who would have thought Elder Qiu was this formidable!"
"So the Fuyu Immortal Sect stands behind the beast colosseum! No wonder... no wonder it could stand tall in Dixiu Bay for thousands of years!"
"Tsk, the Fuyu Immortal Sect doesn't fear the Ye family. Ye Lingyun has kicked a steel plate this time."
Jeers and mockery immediately arose from all around, grating piercingly against his ears.
Ye Lingyun stared fixatedly at the elder's retreating back, spitting blood as he muttered, "Qiu Yanji, is it... I'll remember this!"
"And you, dog bastard!"
Li Guanqi sneered. Licking his lips, his gaze turned icy as he made a slitting gesture across his neck.
"Remember my words. Your King Physique and king bone... I've reserved them."
With that, Li Guanqi was led into the beast colosseum by the elder!
Chapter 1762