Chapter 9

That broken arm was Zhang Kuang's.

Just when the fight began, Nie Chenyuan, with a speed invisible to the naked eye, ripped off Zhang Kuang's arm with just with a pair of hands.

Howling in fear, he laid down with half of his body bleeding, completely missing the arrogant attitude he had at the beginning. He wanted to surrender, but he was blocked by the strong wind before he could speak.

Everyone present finally realized what it meant to give a 'beating.' Zhang Kuang was like a broken sandbag being tossed around the stage, continuously beaten. In the end, he couldn't even speak words of defeat.

As long as the Guwu Conference doesn't hurt people's lives, it doesn't violate the rules. But the people who reach the final are usually children from aristocratic families. On ordinary days, they would help each other out, and it's rare to see someone fight so viciously.

What Zhang Kuang said before was not a secret. Now, everyone tightly shut their mouths subconsciously. More people felt afraid due to the inappropriate words they spoke before.

Looking at the Zhang Kuang who basically had only one breath left on the ground, Nie Chenyuan shook the beads of blood on his hand and shrugged to the lifeless referee.

"Don't worry, I have listened to your complaints and will no longer harm the arena in any way." With that, he immediately jumped out of the challenge arena, not returning to the lounge, but walked directly upstairs.

When the stretcher lifted Zhang Kuang away, the referee noticed that there was not a single scar on the challenge arena, and immediately looked at Zhang Kuang with more sympathy.

"With such fierce Qi, he even has such control. There's no way he's only at the ninth level of Last Heaven. " The Gu family head said such a sentence with trembling lips, and there was only silence behind him.

Lin Yuhao stared at the screen intently, there was even red steaks of blood going down his eyes. Looking closely, even his clasped hands were faintly trembling.

"Baby." Nie Chenyuan pushed open the door of the private room and ignored the full-of-smiles grandpa, directly walking towards Qingyun.

Lifting his feet to this person away, Qinyun frowned at Nie Chenyuan's blood-stained body, "Who let you in?"

Nie Chenyuan smiled and tried to get closer, but Nie Songping patted him on the shoulder, "You little rascal! You tell me the truth, what is the cultivation now? It must be on the 10th level of Last Heaven, right?"

Saying this with a happy heart and blooming smile.

"Like this, Lin Yuhao, that kid, will surely lose the challenge tomorrow. I dare to see what Zhang Jingguo will do! Heng!"

"Grandpa, I'm not going tomorrow." Nie Chenyuan gazed at Qingyun with a smile.

"What?" Nie Songping looked at his grandson and then Qingyun. He still didn't understand why.

"It's me who is going up tomorrow." Qingyun said casually as he bowed his head and straightened his sleeves.

Nie Songping was stunned and immediately lit a row of candles for Lin Yuhao in his heart.

The Guwu conference was suspended for a day to give the champion, who had been continuously fighting, a rest period, and then comes the challenge that everyone will pay the most attention to.

Only the first ranked challenger is qualified to go against the last time's best, Lin Yuhao.

***

Lin Yuhao is warming up in his exclusive lounge. There are several martial artists from the Guwu Association standing around. Unlike the usual meeting, where they always complimented Lin Yuhao, this time, these martial artists were as quiet as chickens. The atmosphere in the room was very strange.

It was mostly because of Zhang Kuang's terrible situation yesterday. Everyone agreed that Nie Chenyuan's cultivation had already exceeded the ninth level of Last Heaven. Lin Yuhao's match with him, the chances of winning are low.

Zhang Jingguo came in and handed Lin Yuhao a towel. At the same time, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous. I have always been very optimistic about you. Although Nie Chenyuan is strong, your ability to fight others on a higher level than you is not weak." 

It would've been better if he hadn't said anything. Saying it like that, Lin Yuhao became more agitated in his heart. What do you mean by that? Does everyone think that Nie Chenyuan's cultivation has already surpassed his?

Lin Yuhao pursed his lips and didn't speak. Zhang Jingguo's face displayed some nervousness. He looked at the time and said, "He Lao is going to see your match today. He should be on the car by now."

He patted Lin Yuhao on the shoulder again and just when he turned to leave, the screen in the lounge just displayed the candidates of this match.

Qingyun V.S. Lin Yuhao.

Lin Yuhao looked up and the hand holding the towel to wipe his sweat stopped. Before Zhang Jingguo walked out of the door, he turned back and was stunned.

What happened? Shouldn't Lin Yuhao's opponent be Nie Chenyuan? How did it become Qingyun?

"Maybe it's a mistake. I'll call and ask." Zhang Jingguo frowned, picked up his phone and made a call.

After a moment, he walked into the lounge again, and his face was full of wonder, "It really is Qingyun. Nie Chenyuan even gave up his qualification to him when he arrived at this step."

"This is against the rules." Lin Yuhao asked as he scrunched his brows. However, he couldn't help but almost laugh at the huge sense of relief that emerged in his mind.

Was it because of the rumors and Mother Lin's appearance yesterday, that made Qingyun couldn't help but clarify himself in this way? Really is still too tender.

Lin Yuhao raised the corner of his mouth, concealing the smile on his face. He wanted to use public opinion to stir up the relationship between Nie Chenyuan and Qingyun, In his perspective, Nie Chenyuan can't stand being used by others. Knowing Qingyun's careful thinking, he may withdraw from the competition. But I didn't expect that Qingyun was naive enough to get up on stage personally and fight him.

Qingyun is already a wasted man. How can he compare with him (LYH)?

"No, there is this rule." Zhang Jingguo's face is not relaxed, but with a little doubt, "Qingyun is a guest of the Nie family, so he is allowed to take the Nie family's place in the challenge."

Seeing the names appear on the big screen in the field, everyone became a little restless and whispered to each other. But using Zhang Kuang's incident yesterday as an example, no one dared to speak out.

"Guest Qing?" A few family heads staying in the private room were also very surprised. They knew that there was such a rule, but the position of Guest Qing was the face of every family. The cultivation of Guest Qing should reach a level where people can look up to. Otherwise, they would lose face.

Although there were several families close to the Guwu Association who tried to invite Lin Yuhao as Guest Qing, they held some contempt against him.

The legitimate Guest Qing, why does their cultivation always have to be at Central Heaven? But how many Central Heaven martial artists are there in this world? They're often indifferent to the secular world, even if they wanted to invite them, they couldn't.

All the people in the room turned their eyes to Nie Songping. Seeing the old god sitting still, they could not help but start whispering.

Yesterday, it was revealed that who his grandson likes is a man. Today, he can still be so calm. Isn't his mentality too good?

They didn't believe that Nie Songping was dumb from his old age, randomly giving a person the role of their family's Guest Qing, so their attitude towards Qingyun became a bit better. But they were still full of doubts. Doesn't matter how you look at it, Qingyun is only in his early twenties, how high is his cultivation?

When Qingyun appeared, everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

Whether it's that dispute between the Qing family and Lin Yuhao, the relationship between Qingyun and Nie Chenyuan, or his the reason why he is competing on stage, all the people present were full of curiosity to see how far the only son of the Qing family who has disappeared for three years could go.

As soon as Qingyun stood on the challenge arena, someone could not help but scold, "Nonsense! Is the fight just for fun? How could you let an ordinary man fight!"

"Look at this man's superficial footwork! It's no different than an ordinary person's! At most, he is a warrior at the first or second level of Last Heaven, how's he gonna make it interesting?!"

"Old Nie… this is?" The Gu family head turned to look at Nie Songping with a heisant face.

Nie Songping was like a childish old man. He sighed and shook his head with a wry smile, "Chenyuan likes it. What can I do?"

Said as if he was full of anguish and helpless, but in reality, his heart was dark and cool. I'm afraid these old boys' eyes will pop out later.

The Gu family head's eyes rolled, his mind thought to sell his granddaughter, "There are always times when young people can't think properly, we elders should not indulge them too much."

***

"See, he's a waste because his foundation is destroyed." Lin Yuhao leaned on the sofa, his eyes fixed on the screen and snorted.

"That's right." Zhang Jingguo shook his head and laughed. He thinks he's thinking too much. It seems that old guy Nie Songping also has times where he becomes stupid.

No, it should be said that the old head of the Nie family has a loose screw in his head. Zhang Jingguo had to admit that if Nie Chenyuan fought, Lin Yuhao would basically lose. Now that it's Qingyun, the Nie family is practically giving the championship away.

Lin Yuhao stood up and was ready to go on stage. His eyes were still staring at the Qingyun on the screen. His eyes were as fierce as a snake's. It just so happens that Mother Lin is here today. Just let him destroy the Qing family once in for all.

Ignoring the noise around, Qingyun looked down at his jade like palm, a thin layer of energy slowly covering it, isolating the hands from any contact with the outside world.

"You shouldn't have come." Lin Yuhao stood on the arena and said with a sigh. He looked at Qingyun with compassion in his eyes. "Go away, get out of the Guwu world, be an ordinary person and live a good life."

Qingyun looked up at him and thought, this (LYH) is a playwright.

Lin Yuhao then said, even with a little hatred that iron was not steel, "Don't you know your actions are making it hard on your mother? I know you can't help but blame me for Qing Haolin's death. But Qing Haolin had used his identity as a warrior to plunder, threatened my mother with my father's and my life to force her to marry him. He's just a cancer in the Guwu world. What right do you have to avenge him!"

"My mother had suffered for me for 20 years. She was not familiar with the Guwu world, nor dare to talk to others. She could only use her weak body to resist the harm done by Qing Haolin and protect me and my father…"

Saying all this, his eyes were slightly red, appearing to be extremely hurt. At this time, the curtain slowly rose in the private room where Mother Lin was upstairs. Mother Lin sat gracefully beside the wall and looked at Lin Yuhao tenderly. She said a few words while towards facing downwards. Looking at her mouth, it was clear that she said, "Yuhao, mom is proud of you."

Not knowing started it first, the people watching the competition all clapped their hands. Some people stood up and praised Lin Yuhao. They praised their mother and son love. They totally forgot the Qingyun standing on stage, was also Mother Lin's son.

"Didn't the match time start?" Qingyun turned to look at the referee on the other side and said in a flat voice.

Lin Yuhao eyes flashed with a trace of displeasure, but he nodded at the referee.

The competition had just begun, several family heads in the private room were not interested in watching the situation in the challenge arena. In their eyes, there was no suspense at all about the competition, and with Lin Yuhao's temperament, he might even lose on purpose. There was nothing to see.

Wang Miaoyun's grandfather wiped his presbyopic glasses at this time and sighed, "Mrs. Lin didn't have it easy either. She has endured humiliation for 18 years. Although she doesn't know martial arts, she is tough and resilient with an elegant temperament. She is honestly the most wonderful woman in the world."