Chapter 2173: Chapter 2173: Don’t Blame Me
Amid their unease, everyone also held a bit of expectation. After all, War God Li Feng had personally come forward; no matter what, Jing Yan should at least give War God Li Feng some face, right?
"Our Ancient Land of Morning Light will not be able to hire Jing Yan in the third round of the Netherworld Points competition." War God Li Feng shook his head to the crowd.
"Ah?"
"This..." Everyone looked at each other.
"That Jing Yan, isn’t he putting on way too much of an air?"
"Does he look down on our Ancient Land of Morning Light?"
Some were surprised, others felt anger. With War God Li Feng personally stepping out, yet Jing Yan still refused to be hired—this indeed made quite a few people develop a sense of disgust toward Jing Yan.
"For the third round of the Netherworld Points competition, I’ve decided that our Ancient Land of Morning Light will not hire any Hired fighters. And you all, there’s no need to blame Little Friend Jing Yan. When I went to speak with him just now, his attitude toward me was not a problem." War God Li Feng said.
Hearing War God Li Feng say this, the members of the Ancient Land of Morning Light all fell silent, but from the eyes of some of them it was still clear that they remained displeased with Jing Yan.
"Who is willing to fight in the third round?" War God Li Feng looked toward the Peak of Netherworld Realm cultivators of the Ancient Land of Morning Light.
A few Peak of Netherworld Realm cultivators stepped out almost at the same time, wanting to participate in the Points competition for the Ancient Land of Morning Light.
"Don’t be in such a rush. After the first two rounds, our Ancient Land of Morning Light is far behind in Points. So in the third round of the Netherworld Points competition, those entering the Secret Realm will need to burn their bloodline to obtain a more tyrannical strength. And as for what price must be paid to burn your bloodline, you all are well aware. Now, think carefully whether you will fight on behalf of my Ancient Land of Morning Light." War God Li Feng looked at those four or five Peak of Netherworld Realm cultivators and spoke slowly.
The few of them were all somewhat moved.
Not only them; the other cultivators at the Immortal Rhythm Level were all frowning and glaring as well.
Burn their bloodline?
That would cripple their path!
The Netherworld Crystal Stones were certainly important, but these few Peak of Netherworld Realm cultivators were all rare Body Refinement geniuses. For the sake of a single slot, to废 two Body Refinement geniuses—was that really worth it?
The Body Refining Practitioners of the Ancient Land of Morning Light could gain tyrannical strength by burning their bloodlines, but the degree of power increase varied from person to person. Generally speaking, the higher the talent, the purer the bloodline, and the more terrifying the power gained from burning it. So if they were to transfer in two Nether Sky Realm cultivators with only average talent from the Ancient Land of Morning Light to participate in the Netherworld Points competition by burning their bloodlines, the result could not be guaranteed. If that approach worked, the Ancient Land of Morning Light would have simply brought along some ordinary Nether Sky Realm cultivators to burn their bloodlines for the Netherworld Points competition from the very start.
"Lord War God, I am willing to participate in the third round of the competition."
"I’m willing too!"
"..."
Several Nether Sky Realm cultivators all spoke out one after another. Even if their future path would be crippled, they were still willing to contribute their strength to the Ancient Land of Morning Light. The cultivators of the Ancient Land of Morning Light truly were different from those of ordinary powers; even in a clan power, it was very difficult for internal members to match the loyalty of the Ancient Land of Morning Light’s members.
War God Li Feng nodded and selected two people to prepare for the third round of the Netherworld Points competition.
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"Lord Heavenly Monarch, what brings you here?"
Wuxia Heavenly Monarch arrived at Jing Yan’s residence. Seeing the purple-haired, purple-eyed Wuxia Heavenly Monarch come in, Jing Yan hurriedly rose to greet her.
"Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, did War God Li Feng personally come looking for you?" Wuxia Heavenly Monarch’s first words were about War God Li Feng coming to see Jing Yan.
"Yes, you heard about it too?" Jing Yan smiled faintly.
"It’s already spread everywhere outside. War God Li Feng lowered his status to personally come negotiate with you, yet you refused him. Quite a few people are saying you’re too arrogant and don’t know your place." Wuxia Heavenly Monarch said.
She was also angry about these rumors.
"There’s even such a thing?" Jing Yan frowned. "Are the people from the Ancient Land of Morning Light talking like this outside?"
Wuxia Heavenly Monarch shook her head. "The news should have first been spread by members of the Ancient Land of Morning Light. You refused War God Li Feng’s hiring, so some of them probably developed resentment toward you and mentioned the matter in front of outsiders. After that, people from the Mystic Moon Trading House fanned the flames. What they’re doing is trying to ruin your reputation."
"Mystic Moon Trading House! Them again!" Jing Yan ground his teeth.
"Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, you’ve already thoroughly offended the Mystic Moon Trading House; right now they probably wish they could kill you. As for the Ancient Land of Morning Light, you’d best find an appropriate way to handle things with them." Wuxia Heavenly Monarch said.
"Mm, I understand. Thank you, Lord Heavenly Monarch." Jing Yan cupped his hands toward Wuxia Heavenly Monarch.
The Mystic Moon Trading House’s slander of Jing Yan’s name made Jing Yan very angry, but thinking it over carefully, this was indeed the sort of thing they would do. The people of the Mystic Moon Trading House had always had thick skins. Previously, Jing Yan had offended them viciously; it was normal for them to seize every opportunity to strike at Jing Yan. Moreover, after the first two rounds, although the Mystic Moon Trading House hadn’t obtained a floating quota, their Points were only one point behind the first-place Shadow Tower. In the third round, even if they just participated casually, they could easily get a floating quota. The Mystic Moon Trading House clearly believed they no longer needed to hire Jing Yan, so they had no scruples left.
"Mystic Moon Trading House, you brought this on yourselves! I originally didn’t want to push things to the absolute limit, but you..." After Wuxia Heavenly Monarch left, Jing Yan’s low voice echoed within the room.
Since the Mystic Moon Trading House wanted to be so shameless, then they couldn’t blame him, Jing Yan, for being ruthless.
Given the Mystic Moon Trading House’s Points situation, they indeed had a very easy path to securing a floating quota in the third round, but now Jing Yan was planning to stir things up a bit.
Jing Yan left his residence and headed to the Great Hall where the Xin Family members were staying.
"Mr. Jing Yan?"
"Please, come in quickly!" Seeing Jing Yan, the Xin Family members all greeted him politely and invited him into the Great Hall.
The Xin Family already had two quotas, and in the third round of the competition they had a pretty good chance to fight for yet another quota, so the Xin Family members were in very high spirits and were quite grateful to Jing Yan. Of course, they now no longer had a very urgent desire to hire Jing Yan; it seemed they didn’t need to hire him for the third round, and they still had a strong chance to place in the top three. Their Netherworld Points were more than a hundred points higher than that of the Ancient Land of Morning Light.
When Jing Yan entered the Great Hall, Xin Family Patriarch Xin Si was there as well.
"Clan Leader Xin, may I speak with you alone?" Jing Yan said directly to Clan Chief Xin Si.
"Oh?" Xin Si’s gaze focused slightly.
The Xin Family members in the Great Hall were all a bit surprised as well.
"All of you, go wait outside for now." Clan Chief Xin Si quickly said to the Xin Family members.
"Yes!" The Xin Family members left one after another.
"Little Friend Jing Yan, what is it you wish to say?" Clan Chief Xin Si looked at Jing Yan and asked.
Since Jing Yan had asked the other Xin Family members to leave, it was certain that he had something relatively important and secretive to discuss.
"Clan Chief Xin Si, it’s not that I distrust the other Xin Family members. But what I’m about to say is of great importance, and to guard against any remote possibility, I had no choice but to do this." Jing Yan said.
