Chapter 43: A Crushing Defeat

If this were not Lingguang Sect and out of consideration for Lingguang Sect’s reputation, how could she possibly have tolerated her disciple being treated in such a manner?

Without saying a word, Su Yuluan directly drew the sword in her hand.

She was the one who was most enraged.

This disciple before her showed her such blatant disrespect and it was outright humiliation.

She absolutely would not let him off.

And so, this match...

Bai He could not help but cover his eyes.

It was truly somewhat brutal.

What had originally been a simple sparring match had now turned into a one-sided beating.

Su Yuluan showed no mercy whatsoever, beating that disciple until he repeatedly begged for forgiveness.

If he had merely lost, that would have been one thing.

Being inferior in skill was nothing extraordinary.

He could always go back and train harder.

But to beg for mercy again and again was truly... unsightly.

"Shiyuan, do you have something you want to say?"

Ye Shiyuan frowned. "Pan Yi... how could he act so recklessly?"

"Senior Brother, what do you mean?"

Ye Shiyuan recognized that disciple.

He was unlearned and unskilled.

Several times he should have been expelled from Lingguang Sect, yet for some unknown reason, Pan Yi had kept him.

His strength was mediocre and he was fond of slacking off.

He simply had no qualifications to participate in such a competition.

Even if he participated, he would only bring shame.

Just like now.

Winning and losing were common matters, but to end up in such a state, this was the first time they had seen something like this.

"This disciple was forced into the competition by Pan Yi. There were many others far more outstanding than him."

In the end, it was Zhou Yifei who could no longer endure it and stepped in to put a stop to the match.

After the match ended, the crowd could not help but begin whispering among themselves.

Had Lingguang Sect really declined to this extent?

The disciple they had sent out was actually so slovenly and ill-mannered.

Could it be that Lingguang Sect truly had no one left?

In particular, the Sect Master of the Qinghai Sect took the initiative to step forward and burst into laughter. "Hahaha, Brother Yao, the disciple from your sect is truly... interesting. I’ve lived to this age and have never seen such a disciple before."

At those words, the crowd could not help but laugh.

Yao Xiangli had no way to refute him. He just cast a cold glance at Pan Yi who had utterly mishandled the matter.

Naturally, the dissatisfaction in his heart toward him grew deeper and deeper.

In the past, although Ye Shiyuan’s cultivation had encountered obstacles, he had never disappointed him in matters like this.

Everything had always been arranged properly and without flaw.

This time, Yao Xiangli could not help but wonder whether he had truly made a mistake.

However, he quickly dismissed the thought.

Pan Yi might not be suitable for the position of the Sect Master’s chief disciple, but that did not mean Ye Shiyuan was suitable either.

Neither of them was appropriate for the role.

Pan Yi lowered his head, he did not to meet Yao Xiangli’s gaze.

He knew very well that he had made a mistake.

"The next match."

Yao Xiangli ignored the gazes of others, because the next one to step onto the stage would be Pan Yi.

Everything else aside, this was a match that absolutely had to be won.

Pan Yi was the Sect Master’s chief disciple, the current number one disciple of Lingguang Sect.

If even he could not secure a victory, then it would truly prove that Lingguang Sect had fallen into decline.

The next match was Pan Yi versus a disciple from Xueshan Sect.

The disciple from Xueshan Sect was also their Sect Master’s chief disciple.

His current strength had already reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, even stronger than Bai He at his present level.

Xue Yanming, the future Sect Master of Xueshan Sect, had also been a formidable expert in the original story.

He was upright and principled. He’s a man of integrity and truly a good person in every sense of the word.

Compared to Xue Yanming... Pan Yi truly did not have the face to compare himself with him.

At a single glance, the gap between them felt enormous.

Ye Shiyuan furrowed his brows as he watched the two figures on the arena stage.

In the past, it had been he who competed against Xue Yanming.

Although a long time had passed, that match still remained vivid in his memory.

Xue Yanming was genuinely formidable.

Unlike himself, Xue Yanming had continued cultivating without interruption and had never encountered a bottleneck.

His current strength was likely already above Ye Shiyuan’s.

Against Pan Yi, he had more than enough to spare.

The outcome was already predictable.

Pan Yi had not even reached the Golden Core stage.

He had always been lax in his cultivation and ever since becoming the Sect Master’s chief disciple, his mind had no longer been on training at all.

He believed that his position was secure, that no one could possibly take it from him.

After all, had he not seized the position of Sect Master’s chief disciple from Ye Shiyuan?

When the match began, Xue Yanming looked down somewhat on Pan Yi.

He had come this time solely to compete with Ye Shiyuan.

In his view, only Ye Shiyuan was worthy of being his opponent.

After all, he had once lost to Ye Shiyuan and wished to win back that defeat.

And now, he was being told that Lingguang Sect’s chief disciple had suddenly become someone else.

Moreover, this person’s strength did not even come close to the Ye Shiyuan he remembered.

Thus, Xue Yanming had no intention of dragging the fight out or wasting time anymore.

With only a few simple moves, he forced Pan Yi back step by step.