Shameless
A Bai Zu tribe immortal of pure bloodline, a man even Chu Du cannot sway, taunts that everyone will see whether Fang Yuan dares fight. Fang Yuan glances at him lightly and the man looks back without fear. Fang Yuan’s theft of the eagle nests has left Bai Zu tribe’s hatred for him running deep. Fang Yuan refuses to fight, calling Ye Lui Qun Xing a weakling whose defeat would bring him no glory. Ye Lui Qun Xing turns cold with anger and demands Fang Yuan fight him if he has the guts. Fang Yuan answers only that Ye Lui Qun Xing lacks the qualifications, baffling the crowd. ch. 1203
Gong Wan Ting cuts the noise short, asking coldly whether they mean to turn the grand blood battle martial competition into a joke, and presses Chu Du over whether troublemakers are all he has left. Chu Du says nothing, only looking to Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan instead points at the former Hei tribe supreme elder now serving Bai Zu tribe, ordering him to fight first as proof Ye Lui Qun Xing deserves his own attention. Furious at being commanded by a mere second supreme elder, the man means to refuse, until other immortals’ murmurs, doubting his will to fight a Huang Jin bloodline immortal to the death, shame him into the fight. ch. 1203
He loses to Ye Lui Qun Xing after some ten exchanges. Carrying his injuries back, he sarcastically asks Fang Yuan to enlighten them himself. Fang Yuan snorts that fighting a weakling like him took so long he has lost interest in Ye Lui Qun Xing, whom he now admits he overestimated, and the man is left speechless. Xue Wu Hen sizes Fang Yuan up with intense suspicion, and the crowd’s regard for him sours. Ye Lui Qun Xing scoffs he is only a poser, and Chu Du, sensing something strange, stays silent and chooses to wait. ch. 1203
The defeated immortal sneers that Elder Liu should kill Ye Lui Qun Xing himself if he truly has such skill. Fang Yuan shrugs off the challenge, boasting none could comprehend his power. Knowing he cannot force Fang Yuan to fight, Ye Lui Qun Xing turns to leave, and Ye Lui Xiao Jin runs happily to welcome his tribesman home. Fang Yuan calls after him that he is plainly afraid, and Ye Lui Qun Xing’s steps pause. Xue Wu Hen decides he has never met anyone so shameless, wondering whether Chu Du’s judgment has slipped, while Ye Lui Hui Hong narrows his eyes in suspicion. ch. 1203
Undeterred, Ye Lui Qun Xing keeps walking, and Fang Yuan curses him crudely, damning his ancestors eighteen generations back. Swearing like this in public ruins Fang Yuan’s earlier favorable impression at a stroke, since righteous immortals keep their composure even fighting for their lives. Laughing, Fang Yuan walks onto the stage, taunting that he has come to give Qun Xing the fight he wanted. Ye Lui Qun Xing stops and looks back. Sensing something underhanded, Ye Lui Hui Hong warns Qun Xing to come back. Fang Yuan piles on cruder abuse, calling Ye Lui tribe cowards. ch. 1203
Chu Du wonders for the first time whether recruiting Fang Yuan was a mistake, yet the provocation works, since bloodline forces guard their ancestors’ reputations fiercely and cannot ignore a public insult before so many outsiders. Ye Lui Hui Hong stands, declaring he will fight this second supreme elder himself in his tribesman’s place. Fang Yuan, secretly disappointed, taunts Qun Xing that it is time to scram. Ye Lui Qun Xing waves off Hui Hong’s offer and asks only to rest a while after five hard battles, a fair request Fang Yuan grants, laughing that he could take years if needed. Ye Lui Qun Xing answers through clenched teeth that an hour will do. His immortal essence reserves remain plentiful, and the hour restores his mental energy, leaving him back at his peak. ch. 1203
When the hour ends, Ye Lui Qun Xing walks back to the stage and begins to speak. Before he finishes, Fang Yuan’s body erupts in dazzling silver light, and a silver ancient sword dragon shoots out of it, sharp-horned and wide-jawed, already closing on him. The righteous immortals cry out that it is a despicable sneak attack. ch. 1203
