Chapter 60: A Challenge from Xiao Yun!

"Xiao Sa, do you know what the consequences of being accused of fraud will be?"

Xiao Zhan suddenly sighed and said to Xiao Sa.

"I... cough, cough, know... but, what I said..."

Xiao Sa wanted to continue speaking, but his father walked straight to the edge of the arena.

Xiao Sa's father's name is Xiao Hui. His face, now pale and livid with anger, looked as if he had been poisoned.

"Xiao Sa, do you know what this family trial is about? Do you know why you have been working so hard, constantly researching martial arts? Xiao Sa, don't be afraid, just tell me, are you really the first in your group for the family trial's beast hunting results?"

Xiao Hui tried to control his anger, his fists clenched so tightly that the veins on his hands were bulging, but he tried to keep his voice as gentle as possible, which was extremely out of place with his livid face.

His eyes, filled with hope, were practically forcing Xiao Sa to answer!

However, Xiao Sa avoided Xiao Hui's gaze and said, "I... I really am not the first in my group."

"Bang!"

As soon as Xiao Sa finished speaking, Xiao Hui immediately stomped his foot and extended his fist into a palm, ready to slap Xiao Sa.

However, a hand directly blocked Xiao Hui's hand.

It was Xiao Zhan!

"Step back!"

With a stern voice, Xiao Zhan then said, "Xiao Sa, this is your last chance. Is everything you said true? Are you really the first in your group?"

After a long pause, Xiao Sa's head drooped weakly.

"The truth is, it's actually Xiao Yun... He hunted more beasts and had better results." As soon as Xiao Sa said this, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

His face instantly turned extremely pale.

He fainted on the arena.

Xiao Yun, again, Xiao Yun!

Xiao Sa's words brought up Xiao Yun once more... and it was clear that Xiao Sa's intention was to directly push Xiao Yun forward, giving him the qualification to enter the trial arena!

Xiao Zhan coldly snorted and then said, "Tianlong Guards, take him to the prison wall!"

"Yes!"

Two Tianlong Guards, whose cultivation was around the Fifth Rank of the Later Heaven Realm, leaped onto the arena, directly supporting Xiao Sa and then carried him off.

On the other side, Xiao Hui returned to his wife, looking old and frail.

"Xiao Yun..."

At this moment, someone in the crowd whispered.

Sure enough, Xiao Yun "coincidentally" appeared at the entrance of the Martial Arts Hall!

He still had disheveled hair and hadn't changed his clothes, but his face no longer had an ugly expression; instead, it was filled with arrogance and defiance!

"Should I now have the chance to participate in the trial arena?"

He said this loudly and arrogantly.

No one answered him, but cold snorts were heard everywhere.

However, no one answering also meant... no one opposing!

After all, Xiao Sa's words had already clearly indicated that Xiao Yun's results in the family trial's beast hunting were sufficient to prove that he was the first in Xiao Sa's group, giving him the qualification to step onto the arena and become one of the top thirteen outstanding disciples!

"Look, these are the inner cores obtained from hunting these beasts. I believe these inner cores are enough to prove that I am truly the first in Xiao Sa's group's beast hunting results."

Xiao Yun ignored the strange looks from the crowd, smiled grimly, and then extended his hand. In his hand was a large wooden box, and inside the box were indeed several beast inner cores.

Beast inner cores are similar to the dantian of martial artists. As long as one practices martial arts, they must have a foundation, and each beast naturally has an inner core.

However, unlike martial artists, the inner cores of beasts, although present in every beast, can only be considered a place where their essence gathers if the beast has not reached the Innate Realm. They cannot be considered a place where cultivation gathers.

In other words, only the inner cores of beasts at the Innate Realm level or higher have the function of containing their entire cultivation power. The inner cores of beasts below the Innate Realm level only have nourishing and medicinal effects, far inferior to those of beasts at the Innate Realm level.

From the size and color of the inner cores in the box Xiao Yun held, Xiao Bei knew that these were from beasts at the Seventh or Eighth Rank of the Later Heaven Realm.

Xiao Bei counted and found that there were a total of eight beast inner cores in the wooden box.

"Step onto the arena."

Amidst the buzzing discussions, Xiao Zhan pointed at Xiao Yun with one finger and said, without any extra words, just pointing at Xiao Yun and saying this.

Xiao Zhan's gaze was sharp and directly focused on Xiao Yun.

Even without using martial qi, Xiao Yun's body trembled!

Xiao Bei noticed this detail and became even more certain of his previous judgment.

Looking at Xiao Sa, who was being carried to the entrance of the Martial Arts Hall, Xiao Bei thought for a moment, moved his hand, and released martial qi, which formed a hand-like shape, heading towards the mouthful of blood Xiao Sa had spat out on the arena.

Then, he quickly withdrew the martial qi...

Everyone in the arena was watching Xiao Yun walk towards the arena, so no one noticed Xiao Bei, and the release and retraction of Xiao Bei's martial qi were impossible for anyone to detect. After all, Xiao Bei was at the peak of the Imperial Rank of martial artists. In terms of manipulating martial qi, no one on the arena could match him.

When Xiao Yun reached the arena, his arrogant smile had diminished significantly.

Facing Xiao Zhan, who was staring at him from close range, Xiao Yun stiffly turned his head away and then jumped onto the arena, standing where Xiao Sa had been.

However, before leaping up, Xiao Yun's eyes had glared at Xiao Bei for a long time. Even after he was on the arena, his aggressive gaze remained fixed on Xiao Bei.

Xiao Bei's face showed no change, and he completely ignored Xiao Yun's gaze because he was currently staring at the thirteen wooden plaques held by Xiao Qi, who had just walked out of the crowd.

"Draw lots."

Xiao Zhan did not say any words to boost morale and directly said to draw lots.

On the other side, Xiao Qi, holding a stack of thirteen wooden plaques, raised them after Xiao Zhan spoke and shook them.

At this moment, Xiao Zhan also used the martial qi of an Imperial Rank martial artist to cover the wooden plaques held by Xiao Qi, preventing others from seeing the numbers on the thirteen plaques.

"These thirteen wooden plaques each have a number from one to thirteen. The one who draws number thirteen will have a bye. The rest will be paired as one versus two, three versus four, five versus six... eleven versus twelve, and so on. After the first round, seven people will be decided, and they will draw lots again, with one person having a bye!"

Xiao Qi held up the wooden plaques and clearly explained the rules.

Among the thirteen people, one must have a bye, and the person with the bye will directly advance to the next round. This is a significant temptation for the Xiao family disciples on the arena, as if they have good luck, they might not even have to fight a single battle to enter the top few!... The allure of this temptation is so great that perhaps only Xiao Bei, a true Imperial Rank martial artist, would view it lightly.

The reason Xiao Bei was staring at the wooden plaques in Xiao Qi's hand was that he was thinking about whether he should draw the number thirteen, the bye... The martial qi of an Imperial Rank martial artist had no effect on him, and if he wanted to see the numbers on the wooden plaques, he could see them.

Turning his head, he looked at Xiao Yun, who was glaring at him with malice, and Xiao Bei suddenly felt a bit of a mischievous impulse... "I'll just draw number thirteen and have a bye. Since you, Xiao Yun, dared to use underhanded means to force Xiao Sa to withdraw and personally participate in the trial arena, you must be prepared to pass and face me... I'll wait for you, and when you think you have a sure win, I'll deal you a fatal blow, making your hopes higher, your disappointment greater, and your pain deeper!"

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