Chapter 837: Ch 587 - Well Well, If It Isn’t the Young Master Lin!

"Even if he really does have Divine Transformation stage strength, having designs on you is still the height of arrogance!""If I get matched against him next round, I’ll teach him a proper lesson for you!"

With a scoff, the silver-haired girl’s sky-blue eyes still brimmed with bias.

Nangong Xi said nothing. She simply closed her eyes to rest, quietly savoring the thread of abyssal sword intent she’d sensed from the Dao Testing Pavilion, one that contained a staggering amount of information.

After a moment of thought, she smiled coldly.

"His sword Dao carries the abyss power. If you lose to him, you’d best be careful he doesn’t curse you into Demon corruption..."

"Wait, isn’t this supposed to be a righteous Immortal Sect tournament?!" Nangong Li blurted out in shock.

Nangong Xi propped her chin on one hand, shaking her head with an amused laugh. Her shoulder-length silver hair, pinned up with a jade hairpin, swayed with the motion. "The so-called righteous path is nothing but a joke. That girl from the Divine Abyss Gate practices a deviant Dao too, who’s stopping her?"

"His sword intent actually contains an abyssal aura..."

Behind the Divine Abyss Gate’s curtain, the double-pupiled girl in a black-and-gold banner dress was slightly stunned.

Her eyes were special, ancient double pupils, innate from birth, granting her the ability to see through the true nature of all things. Over the years, not a single Disciple among the five great Immortal Sects had escaped her gaze without having their weaknesses exposed.

But now, what left Wen Ruzhi deeply unsettled was that when the sword cultivator called Yino had made his move, she could only see through half of his cards.

The aura of the Bloody Moon Mother Goddess. The aura of the Western Region’s Demon Abyss. The Innate Sword Dao Holy Body. The yin essence of the innate Frost Holy Physique. And the ancient sword technique Forbidden Arts leaking through his sword intent...

All of those stacked together, and that was only half of what he had. The deeper cards hidden within him were simply beyond what Wen Ruzhi’s current strength could perceive.

"Little sister..."

"It’s fine if you can’t beat him. Your big brother can step in and kill him for you anytime."

From the main seat, a young man in a black-and-gold royal robe raised his hand, speaking with a teasing smile.

Wen Ruzhi’s pretty face immediately darkened.

"Perhaps my brother should worry less about me. Within the same cultivation stage, I’ve never lost. My talent far surpasses what you had at my age."

"Yuchen, look at this, my little sister’s still as proud and stubborn as ever..."

Wen Ruxiu gave a sheepish smile and turned to the man beside him in the azure dragon robe.

Lin Yuchen smiled without comment, looking at the double-pupiled girl with a hint of appreciation.

It was just a shame...

This fated heroine with ancient double pupils had the Divine Abyss Gate as her backing. Even the Lin mansion’s power couldn’t touch her.

"Compared to all this boring squabbling, this young master only cares about Lin Che’s match next round, whether your Divine Abyss Gate’s Lin-surnamed Disciple can publicly humiliate him."

Lin Yuchen sighed and said flatly.

At those words, the richly dressed man on the main seat narrowed his cold, dark-gold eyes and waved dismissively. "Naturally. Lin Xiu is a late Nascent Soul cultivator in the Divine Abyss Gate. He’s a full major realm above that waste Lin Che you mentioned. How could he possibly lose?"

"Heh. Good."

Lin Yuchen nodded to himself, something surfacing in his thoughts that made the corner of his lips curl upward.

"What, you’re already planning to kick someone while they’re down and go threaten their acting sect master?"

Wen Ruxiu only needed one glance to know exactly what Lin Yuchen was scheming.

He was far from Jianlan Sect, but he’d still heard bits and pieces about their affairs.

If Lin Che failed to place in the top three this tournament, his Master Pei Zhihan would face impeachment from the Noble Family Elders and be forced to give up the primordial sacred land. And when that happened, a Pei Zhihan with no one to rely on, if she still wanted to protect her master’s sword Dao, would have no choice left but to humble herself and beg the Lin mansion to intervene.

Lin Yuchen was planning to devour the beauty and the primordial sword art in one bite.

"Disgusting..."

At some point, the double-pupiled girl leaning off to the side spoke up quietly.

Lin Yuchen’s gaze sharpened instantly.

Her brother shot his sister a look, then turned back with an apologetic smile. "Brother Yuchen, please don’t take offense. My sister’s going through a rebellious phase. As the eldest son of the Lin mansion, I’m sure you’re quite familiar with how younger siblings can be at that age."

"Of course. But if Brother Ruxiu can’t keep her in line, you could always send Ruzhi over to the Lin mansion for a few days of discipline. I guarantee the results would be outstand, "

Lin Yuchen was smiling with a playful edge.

But before he could finish, a terrifying ancient dragon pressure from beside him was already bearing down on his skull.

Lin Yuchen knew when to quit. He shut his mouth on his own.

"If Brother Yuchen’s mouth is getting restless from boredom, he can go flirt with Lady Pei next door. Don’t get any ideas about my sister. I’ve already warned you about this multiple times."

Wen Ruxiu’s cold eyes were soft yet carried an absolute authority beneath the surface.

Lin Yuchen knew better than to push it. He shrugged, letting out a somewhat bored sigh.

"In that case, whether I can claim lady Pei all depends on how your Divine Abyss Gate disciple performs next round."

He waved his hand, stood up, and walked toward the neighboring Jianlan Sect seating area.

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"The next match features... a contestant from Jianlan Sect... uh, an outer sect handyman... Lin Che?"

"Uh, Lin Che’s opponent is Inner Disciple Lin Xiu from the Divine Abyss Gate! Both contestants share the same surname this time, perhaps they’re both under the Lin mansion’s banner?"

On the Dao Testing Pavilion, the presiding Elder continued reading from his script.

Meanwhile, on the seventh floor of the spectator area, Lin Yuchen was already striding over with a self-satisfied gait, pulling aside the curtain to Jianlan Sect’s seating area.

"Lady Pei, if that Lin Che loses in his very first match, then, "

He hadn’t finished his sentence when his gaze landed on the figure behind the curtain, a white-robed young man who had shamelessly plopped himself down right next to Pei Zhihan, legs crossed, leaning back and casually eating fruit.

And that wasn’t all. Lin Yuchen also noticed the black-dressed woman beside Yino, sitting rather stiffly, her beautiful face unable to fully hide a lingering flush.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room turned rather strange.

Yino didn’t care in the slightest. He glanced at the man in the Azure Dragon robe standing in the doorway, and with a grin, draped his arm across the back of the chair behind Pei Zhihan.

"Well well, if it isn’t the young master Lin!"

"Just the other day, your little brother Lin Ze delivered some Azure Dragon bloodline to me at the Liu mansion. Shame the purity on that kid was way too low though. So what’s this, is the young master planning to swing by Jianlan Sect sometime and hook me up with some higher-grade dragon blood?"