Chapter 128: Bai Chen Meets Ying Yue
After the announcement, Ning Xi dispersed everyone as the the sects and audience left one by one. They would certainly remember this bizzare tournament in which only one round was needed to get the winners.
Bai Li walked towards his Sect's box as he looked at a iron coin in his hand. It was a coin which showed that he had won the qualifiers and secured a seat in main Annual Sect Tournaments for his Sect.
However, his mind was on the talk he had with Ying Yue and Ning Xi. He had a lot on his mind and didn't pay much attention to his surroundings. His body was still smelling bad and his hand was still charred black. Coupled with his torn clothes, he looked like a demon walked out from the hell.
"You're in a very bad shape, brother."
Bai Li heard a mocking voice beside him and stopped. He raised his head and found a old man standing with a young man who he could never forget.
"I'm not a flower who needs an old man to carry me around, after all."
Bai Li scoffed.
"Watch your tone, boy. He's your senior in hierarchy. Also, give that iron coin."
The Grand Elder looked at Bai Li in contempt and streched his hand.
Bai Li looked at the hand and a playful smile appeared on his face.
"I have earned this, Grand Elder. So why would I give this to someone useless?"
The Grand Elder's face darkened as he demanded once again, this time his voice carrying the anger.
"Give that iron coin before I snap at you, boy."
"You can try to."
Bai Li didn't back away and even took a step forward. He really dared the Grand Elder to touch him, in fact he actually wanted him to do that.
The Grand Elder raised his right hand as anger surged in his eyes. He was a Grand Elder and had been treated with respect by everyone so how could he take insults from a junior?
"It's fine, Elder. He would come back to sect anyways. We shouldn't force him, he fought so hard for me, after all."
Bai Chen smiled as he stopped the Grand Elder and then walked towards to stand face to face with Bai Li.
"My dear brother is working so hard for me, even putting his life on the line. I can at least do this for him."
Bai Li rolled his eyes and looked around at his surroundings. He raised an eyebrow and asked.
"You guys should be in the VIP boxes so what are you doing here?"
"I want to thank that young lady who helped my brother in battle, of course. Without her, my brother would have died. So I came to thank her. I'm just finding her Divine Harem Sect."
Bai Chen patted Bai Li shoulders, making him grimace and smiled.
Bai Li felt disgusted more than the pain from shoulder everytime Bai Chen called him brother. Of course, Bai Chen knew how he felt, tha was why he was calling him brother in the first place.
'Wait! This fucker came to meet her? Wouldn't she just kill him if he went like this? Wow!
I should just do that so the problem ends once and for all.'
"Sure. But I'm not accompanying you. You can go and meet or do whatever you want. Also, I'll be staying here for a while since I can't travel with such injuries.
I'll be there before the main team leaves for the capital."
Bai Li brushed off Bai Chen's hand and began to walk towards the exit. Since the two of them were here then it meant the other members of his team would also go with them.
Since the two of them knew how much Bai Li hated them, they didn't find his actions suspicious. He would rather go and fight a horde of abominations than ask for their help, after all.
"Very well then. Stay safe, my brother. We'll need you in the finals. Now that the Wind Flower Sect is out of the compitition, we are the next ruler of this province."
Bai Chen smirked and then went on the opposite direction of Bai Li. They had already gathered whatever information they could about the Divine Harem Sect since it wasn't much to begin with.
The only thing they knew was that it was a new sect formed recently and this was their first tournament. Other than that, there was nothing, not even their location.
'Something is off about them.'
As they were walking, a sudden strong smell assaulted their nostrils. They turned their head and found two women coming towards them from a different corridor.
One was covered in black dried liquid from top to bottom and the other was a red headed with a wine gourd in her hand.
Bai Chen stopped and a cruel smile appeared on his face which he hid quickly. He cleared his throat and despite feeling the disgust, he walked forward and blocked the two woman's path.
However, before he could speak, his vision blurred as one of the woman disappeared from her place and he soon felt a cold sensation on his throat. His eyes widened in terror as he could feel death right in front of him..but it never came.
The only thing that came was a chilling voice that was low but filled with certainty.
"Stay away from my Master and this is the last warning. Next time I see your around my master or his room, I won't hesitate to push this dagger more."
The Grand Elder finally came to his senses and clenched his fist as he thought.
'W-What? Why didn't I sense her movements? When did she get so close?'
He could feel his blood running cold at the realisation as he looked at how the person he was supposed to protect was inches away from death while he was a mere watcher.
Humiliation filled his heart as he wished to rip apart this girl but he knew that if he even moved an inch, Bai Chen would lose his head. He could feel the two gazes on him.
Bai Chen recovered some of his clarity as he tried to settle the situation.
"You're mistaken. I was just here to thank you on my brother's behalf. He only survived because of you."
Ying Yue casted a glance at him and wondered if she should just slit his throat and end it right here. However, then she remembered Bai Li and decided to back away.
'He won't live past a few days anyways. Let him enjoy.'
Ying Yue took a step back and instantly felt as if a terrible abomination was jumping on her while some arrange force was locking in her body. But that soon disappeared and she smiled.
"Attacking juniors, you really have fallen too low, old bones."
Ning Xi scoffed as she clutched the Grand Elder's wrist tightly, earning a low groan from him. She was way stronger than him and her physical might was on a another level.
The Grand Elder didn't stand a chance and even he knew that. But he took the risk for some reason.
"I apologise, Lady Ning. It's just that I wanted to teach this girl some lessons that she lacks. She is threatening the young master of Seven Stars Sect, you don't think I would just let her have her way, right?"
The Grand Elder gritted his teeth and said, struggling in Ning Xi's grip.
"If that's the case then you're young master should teach her a lesson. What? Don't tell me you have such an incompetent fool as a young master that he needs fossils helps everytime a kid throws stones at him?"
Ning Xi grinned and clenched her fist, breaking the Grand Elder's wrist completely as he began groaning in pain. However, he still held it in even though the pain was immense.
"I'll just say this. You can't bully anyone in my area. If you want revenge or settle things up? Just let the older deal old and young deal with the youngsters.
So, do you want a battle with me?"
The Grand Elder glared at Ning Xi with enough hatred that if there was a technique that could make looks kill, Ning Xi would have died thousands of times.
Bai Chen who had his whole back soaked in sweat, gulped and nudged the Grand Elder while saying.
"It's fine. There is some misunderstanding but it's fine. We'll be leaving now."
Ning Xi wanted to continue but Ying Yue stopped her. She clicked her tongue and muttered.
"What a bunch of weakling!"
"Master doesn't want to do what he did with the Wind Flower Sect. He has regrets over that and you should know that as well. So, let's settle this peacefully and only deal with the culprits. There's no need to involve everyone."
Ying Yue said, her eyes filled with darkness as she looked at Ning Xi.
"By the way, What's the deal with your sister? Why did you never tell us about her?"