After Qin Ziyu finished speaking, he raised his hand and tore open the Void Realm, intending to leave.
“Qin Ziyu, I will kill you at the Qin Family Clan Meeting!”
Just then, Qin Xuan suddenly spoke coldly.
Qin Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and a chilling Killing Intent immediately rushed towards Qin Xuan.
“Then we’ll see if you have the ability; I hope you’re stronger than your father!”
He then left through the torn Void Realm passage!
Seeing Qin Ziyu leave, Qin Yan glared fiercely at Qin Xuan, then quickly left as well.
The few injured Qin Family Disciples looked at each other, and after a while, they also left dejectedly.
Only then did Qin Xuan finally let out a sigh of relief.
Stepping down from the arena, Qin Xuan walked over to Yuan Jing and cupped his hands to him.
“Today, I owe much to Third Prince Your Highness; otherwise, I would truly have been in trouble.”
Qin Xuan bowed to the Third Prince.
Regardless of whether the Third Prince intended to use him against the Qin Family, Qin Xuan was immensely grateful for the Third Prince’s assistance just now.
“It’s nothing. I am presiding over this selection. Qin Hao challenged you first, and since it was a life-and-death battle, the victor lives, and the loser dies!”
Yuan Jing said without reservation.
The same applied to Qin Xuan.
If Qin Xuan had not been Qin Hao’s opponent, Yuan Jing would not have intervened at all.
The Third Prince desired a blade that could kill, not a useless person waiting to die.
It was precisely because Qin Xuan displayed sufficiently powerful strength that he gained the Third Prince’s favor, prompting the Third Prince to act.
“Rest assured, since I promised to protect you and your Family, I will not break my word. You can leave for the Kun Peng Nest with peace of mind; I will certainly ensure the safety of your Family.”
The Third Prince patted his chest, assuring Qin Xuan.
Then Third Prince Yuan Jing stood up and looked at the crowd below.
“Alright, since the competition has concluded, those who did not pass the assessment need not be disheartened. A jade unpolished is not a gem; your futures will surely be bright.”
Then Yuan Jing motioned for several imperial guards to escort the Disciples who did not pass the assessment away.
Once only the nineteen Cultivators who passed the assessment remained in the arena, the Third Prince smiled and looked at them.
“You are the true young talents of our Great Gan. We have prepared a banquet for you, and we kindly ask for your presence. After the banquet, tomorrow, we will arrange for you to go to the Kun Peng Nest.”
“Tonight, please drink heartily, and then work hard.”
Yuan Jing said with a smile.
Of course, these were just polite words.
To be honest, he knew that relying on these people probably wouldn’t be enough to defeat those from other forces and obtain the Legacy in the Kun Peng Nest.
However, these individuals were the most outstanding talents of the younger generation in the entire Great Gan. If he could win them over, he might have an opportunity in the future.
Thinking of this, the smile on Yuan Jing’s face deepened, and he looked at everyone with increasing warmth.
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Almost all the people present were from prominent families. Except for Qin Xuan, Lu Peng, and a few others, nearly everyone else came from various large Families, so they were naturally more courteous in etiquette than Qin Xuan and Lu Peng.
Qin Xuan, however, was indifferent to this.
Strength was everything. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, only strength was the root of everything.
“Good, I will now arrange the banquet. All of you may rest first, and carriages will naturally take you to the feast when the time comes.”
The Third Prince said with a smile, nodded to Qin Xuan, and turned to leave.
Soon, a maid came forward to lead them to the rooms next to the plaza to rest.
As Qin Xuan was about to follow the maid, Lu Peng immediately sidled up to him.
“Hey, Brother Qin, it’s been a long time!”
Saying this, Lu Peng ingratiatingly cupped his hands to Qin Xuan.
“A long time?”
“Didn’t we just meet a while ago? We fought for half the day today, so how is it a long time no see?”
Qin Xuan had felt from the beginning that there was something off about Lu Peng.
Therefore, he remained very wary of this person.
Unsolicited kindness usually hides ulterior motives.
Hearing Qin Xuan speak so impolitely, Lu Peng raised his eyebrows, a flicker of anger in his heart.
But after thinking for a moment, he suppressed his anger and continued to humble himself before Qin Xuan.
“Haha, I was referring to the matter on the Cloud Boat. I was also very surprised then, never expecting those people to be after you, Brother Qin. I originally wanted to help you, but I didn’t expect you to jump down first.”
“Those people were still relentlessly pursuing you, Brother Qin.”
Lu Peng spoke eloquently, without stopping.
“Unlike those traitors, those Thousand Dharma Hall traitors insisted that you, Brother Qin, were dead, which angered the Grand Elder so much he almost killed them. I’m different; I believed from beginning to end that you, Brother Qin, would survive. Those people were simply no match for you, Brother Qin.”
Listening to Lu Peng’s words, Qin Xuan looked at Lu Peng with some surprise.
He indeed hadn’t expected Lu Peng to firmly believe he would survive.
“However, I have two questions, may I ask them?”
Lu Peng tentatively looked at Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan snorted inwardly and shook his head slightly.
“No, so Your Excellency had better not ask.”
Lu Peng had expected Qin Xuan to agree, but he didn’t expect Qin Xuan to directly refuse his question before he even spoke.
This made Lu Peng extremely awkward at the moment.
He scratched his head helplessly, and seeing Qin Xuan about to leave, Lu Peng hurriedly followed with an ingratiating smile.
“Haha, I’m just very curious, Brother Qin, how did you escape from those people? Those people were all Cultivators of the Yuqing Realm.”
Lu Peng said, curiosity in his eyes.
Qin Xuan glanced at him, shaking his head slightly.
“It was just good luck; I fortunately encountered a Senior who helped me survive.”
“Hey, I don’t think so. Luck? Others might be lucky, but in my opinion, Brother Qin, you are truly extraordinary in strength, truly out of the ordinary!”
“Brother Qin, you must have your own trump cards!”
Lu Peng said, smiling at Qin Xuan, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
“You’re crossing the line!”
A hint of Killing Intent flashed in Qin Xuan’s eyes.
This idiot!
He actually wanted to test him!
Hearing Qin Xuan’s warning, Lu Peng awkwardly stepped back a bit.
Clearly, he had felt the Killing Intent from Qin Xuan.
No joke, if he dared to say another word, Qin Xuan would certainly kill him on the spot today.
“This is not your business!”
Qin Xuan stared at him with murderous intent, seemingly ready to eliminate him at any moment.
Lu Peng hurriedly retreated several steps backward, and only when he saw that Qin Xuan had not attacked did he calm down.
“Yes, it’s my fault!”
Lu Peng felt a life-and-death threat and quickly apologized to Qin Xuan.
“Don’t let there be a next time, or you’ll die!”
If it weren’t for the fact that they were both Disciples of the Azure Green Sect.
If it weren’t for the inconvenience of acting here, Qin Xuan would have already killed this person.
After speaking, Qin Xuan immediately motioned for the maid in front to lead the way and leave, while Lu Peng stood rigidly in place.
It wasn’t until Qin Xuan left that Lu Peng dismissed the maid beside him.
At this moment, a hateful light flashed in his eyes.
To be humiliated by Qin Xuan like this was truly unbearable!
But after a while, Lu Peng forcibly suppressed all the anger in his heart.
After a while, he took out a sound transmission talisman and spoke in a deep voice.
“I just tested him; there’s no possibility of winning him over. It seems we’ll have to try changing targets within the Azure Green Sect. Also, this person is also going to the Kun Peng Nest this time. If we can seize the opportunity, we must eliminate him.”
“If this person is not eliminated, I fear he will ruin our plans in the Azure Green Sect in the future.”
After Lu Peng finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly.
Immediately, the sound transmission talisman automatically ignited.
As the sound transmission talisman finished burning, tens of thousands of miles away, an identical sound transmission talisman flew out and entered a mountain range.
Back in his room, Qin Xuan closed the doors and windows, politely declined the maid’s intentional or unintentional hints, and set up multiple layers of protection before finally feeling at ease.
