Next Day, The tournament Venue,
Ashen was guided by the two disciples to the tournament Venue along with the three beauties.
The Sect Leaders were yet to arrive, however, their seats could be seen from anywhere in the arena. The ten luxurious chairs were placed in a straight line on an elevated corridor above the seats in the arena.
The fighting ring had a white floor and was in square shape, however, the peculiar thing was that there were 64 separate rings down there.
The seating was also quite spacious and comfortable, most made from soft furs of spirit beasts.
Ashen chose the front seats and sat there with a calm expression. He was sitting on the right with Ling Yun to his left side, then Shiyue and then Veli to the end seat.
The disciples with different sect uniforms were rushing into the arena, sitting excitedly to witness the tournament.
"I wonder who will win the tournament?"
"Of course, the one who has the highest cultivation will win. See that Peak nascent soul cultivator, he has a high chance of winning!"
The disciple was pointing at Vi Ling who sat quietly on one of the seats.
Ashen just ignored these novices as he waited for the tournament to begin.
"Sister Veli, Senior sister Shiyue, how are you two?" Yujin's voice reverberated in the area as he rushed towards them before stopping in front of Veli.
"It's been long since I last saw you two" Yujin said with a smile but Shiyue straightly ignored him, turning her face to the other side.
This was one of the conditions in the oath, so she was fulfilling it.
Veli on the other hand looked towards Ashen with a hesitant expression.
Ashen smiled before nodding, giving her permission to talk to him.
Yujin who saw this was puzzled: "Just what happened when I was in close cultivation?"
Yujin, on the other hand, had tears in his eyes, as he murmured: "Again... That bastard took my love away from me again!"
"Why does every girl think of me as a friend and him as her lover?"
He, then eyed Ashen with hatred, as he cursed in his heart: "You Bastard, Wasn't Xiran enough for you? Now you even snatched my lovely Sister Veli too! I swear you will die by my hands even if I had to die a thousand times to kill you!"
He made up his mind before turning around and leaving to a different seat in the back from where Ashen's seat wasn't visible.
After some moments, another voice reached Ashen's ears: "Yun Er!"
Ashen turned around to find Mo Fan dashing towards him at full speed. He stopped in front of him before ignoring him completely, staring at Ling Yun with tears in his eyes: "Yun Er, I finally found you!"
"Do you know how worried I was when I heard that you've been wrongfully imprisoned by the Vine Bull Sect? I was even going to join Vine Bull Sect to save you but then I heard that some young master from Phoenix Feather Sect took you with him as his maid. So I joined this sect, though I almost died at the entrance test!"
He just kept on going in the happiness of seeing his childhood sweetheart again without any care of the environment he was in.
"Ah, right, where is the young master who took you as his maid? Let me request him to release you!"
Ling Yun kept quiet as he just turned her head to her right, looking at Ashen.
Mo Fan followed her gaze, noticing Ashen sitting just beside her.
He saw Ashen calmly sitting there as his eyes widened, recognizing him.
It was only him who knew that he was an origin realm cultivator so he wouldn't dare to be rash in front of him.
Also, from his perspective, Ashen was too difficult to deal with. He was the combination of two dangerous qualities.
He was both Powerful and Unreasonable!
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)