Go ahead and cry, crying it out might make you feel better.”Lin Yun gently patted Hong Aya’s fragrant shoulder.
Lin Yun could understand Hong Aya’s feelings, the only way to feel better now was to cry out.
Hearing Hong Aya’s cries, Lin Yun’s heart was also hard to bear, thinking of the deaths of Elder Xiong, Elder Brother Shi Zhen, and the Deputy Hall Master and their deaths, Lin Yun’s heart was as if it was being stabbed by needles.
But Lin Yun forced himself not to shed any tears.
It was only after about ten minutes or so that Hong Aya stopped crying.
“I’m sorry Lin Yun, I lost my temper in front of you just now.”
Red Aya left Lin Yun’s chest, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and sat back in her chair.
However, her eyes were still red and she looked pitiful.
“Senior Sister Red Aya is serious, I can completely understand Senior Sister’s feelings, after being sad, I hope that Senior Sister can pull herself together.”Lin Yun said softly.
“Don’t worry Lin Yun, I won’t be dishevelled about this, I will definitely avenge my father, I will definitely exterminate the demon race! Definitely!”Red Aya’s beautiful eyes erupted with a passerby’s stern aura.
Lin Yun had rarely seen, Red Aya look so murderous.
“Senior Sister Hong Aya, this just came on the way here, and made such a vow in my heart, I will avenge Elder Xiong, Senior Brother Shi Zhen, and the Deputy Hall Master, and they will definitely exterminate the Demon Clan!”Lin Yun had the same stern tone.
“Good then, when the time comes, we’ll continue to fight side by side!”Hong Aya looked at this Lin Yun.
“Good, it’s a deal!”Lin Yun agreed.
……
The Sanctuary had suffered heavy losses, but life had to go on as usual, and within the Sanctuary, it was business as usual, just with fewer people.
The pulling competitions, too, continued to be held.
Elder Xiong’s courtyard.
The disciples under Elder Xiong’s seat, after learning of Elder Xiong’s sacrifice, all spontaneously gathered in the courtyard to mourn Elder Xiong.
These disciples were the worst group of disciples in the inner sect of the sanctuary.
However, Elder Xiong had never disliked them and usually treated them very well.
Under the contagion of grief, the disciples couldn’t help but cry.
“Master Elder! How could you leave us behind like this!”
“Master, disciple was disobedient in the past, will you come back, disciple will definitely not be naughty anymore!”
“Master Teacher, oooh!”
“There’s also Senior Brother Shi Zhen, he usually protects us so much, and now …… now he’s left us behind!”
……
For a while, the entire courtyard was filled with the sounds of sobbing, and wails of grief rang out from time to time.
At this time, Lin Yun walked into the courtyard and came in front of the crowd.
Hearing everyone’s sobs, how had Lin Yun ever felt good in his heart?
But Lin Yun forced himself to hold back his grief and didn’t cry.
After everyone had cried for a few minutes.
“Everyone, Elder Xiong doesn’t like cowards, so if you’ve cried enough, pull yourself together!”Lin Yun’s voice was loud.
Everyone heard Lin Yun’s voice before they all looked up and realised Lin Yun.
Everyone quieted down.
“Vice Hall Master, Elder Xiong, Senior Brother Shi Zhen, and the dead protectors and deacon disciples, they all died for the future of mankind, they threw their heads and spilled their blood, their deaths were the most honourable!”Lin Yun spoke these words through gritted teeth.
The disciples below were secretly wiping their tears.
“Eldest Brother Shi Zhen said that he wasn’t around to let me protect you all, from today onwards, I, Lin Yun, am your Eldest Brother, do you recognise me as your Eldest Brother?”Lin Yun’s voice was loud and clear.
“See Eldest Senior Brother!”
One of the disciples, called out loudly while bowing to Lin Yun.
“Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother!”
“Greetings to Eldest Senior Brother!”
For a moment, the sixty-odd disciples present all bowed their hands towards Lin Yun, their voices shaking the heavens.
Although Lin Yun was a newcomer, in the cultivation world, strength was honoured.
They had seen Lin Yun’s strength before, and Lin Yun definitely had the strength to be their eldest senior brother.
“Remember, in the future, if anyone dares to bully you in the sanctuary, I’ll be the one to do it for you, but you also have to fight for yourselves and cultivate hard, so you can’t let anyone look down on you, understand?”Lin Yun shouted.
“Understood!”The crowd turned their grief into strength and replied in unison.
“Also, all pull yourself together like a man, put in your best efforts to cultivate, and in the future, avenge Elder Xiong and Eldest Senior Brother!”Lin Yun’s voice was loud and clear.
“Revenge! Revenge!”The crowd replied in unison.
……
The next day, nine o’clock in the morning.
The ring on the left side of the square, this was where the matches were usually held.
The several hundred disciples from the inner sect of the Holy Temple were divided into five squares and took their seats at the spectator seats.
The five squares represented the disciples under the five elders.
There were five seats in front of the ring, where the four elders were seated, and only Elder Xiong’s seat, was vacant.
Although Elder Xiong was dead, his seat, still hadn’t been removed.
Lin Yun and the other four participating disciples sat in the first row of the square.
Lin Yun was a first-stage YuanYing, and the other four, two were mid second-stage YuanYing, and two were early second-stage YuanYing.
They were already under Elder Xiong, the four strongest disciples.
Lin Yun had promised Elder Xiong that he would take the rankings, so he naturally came to participate!
For the other squads, there was Meng Yangtian under the Grand Elder, as well as one early third-order YuanYing and three peak second-order YuanYing, the lineup was the most luxurious.
It was reasonable to say that a third-order YuanYing was already qualified to rush the Heavenly Ranking.
Although White Shark was a disciple under the Grand Elder, he was still young and not strong enough, so he wasn’t sent on.
Among the contestants under the Second Elder, there was that messy-haired strong man, as well as Zhang Jian who was also going to go on, he was a Second Order YuanYing after all.
At this moment, there was still a while before the match officially started, and everyone was talking about today’s match.
“So far, it seems that the Grand Elder has sent out his disciples, the strongest, and although Meng Yangtian is a newcomer, he was able to overwhelm a large swathe of old disciples.”
“Just kidding, for the past ten years, every year, the top three places have been taken by the disciples under the Grand Elder, and sometimes they even take the top five!”
“The elites under the Grand Elder converge, picking five people to come out and compete is simply a breeze.”
“Next is the disciples under the Second Elder, who can also often be in the top ten, occupying a few seats.”
……
The sons and daughters were talking, the disciples under the Grand Elder and Second Elder were of the highest quality, naturally there was no doubt about it.
“On the contrary, it’s Elder Xiong, he hasn’t had any disciples under his seat enter the top ten for many years in a row, right?”
“This time, with that Lin Yun, entering the top ten shouldn’t be a problem, but it’s limited to the top ten, after all, he’s only a first stage YuanYing and his cultivation time is short.”
“To be able to charge into the top ten with the realm of a first-stage YuanYing, he’s enough to be proud of himself!”
“Yes, after all, he is still too young, only twenty-something years old, how can he compare with those disciples who have been cultivating for decades, in the future, if he cultivates for some more years, he will be able to get on the Heavenly Ranking!”
……
Lin Yun’s strength was very special, plus the fact that Lin Yun had been making big moves in the Holy Temple a lot recently, so everyone was paying a lot of attention to Lin Yun, and they were all speculating about how many places Lin Yun could charge up to.
There were even disciples who opened bets on spirit stones.
Betting on whether Lin Yun could enter the top ten, whether he could enter the top five, whether he could enter the top three, whether he could be number one.
White Shark and Pan Qing, both ran to the betting place, ready to press Lin Yun.
The upper limit for betting was 5,000 spirit stones, and no one could only choose one bet.
At this moment, quite a few of the children were betting on their stays, many of them were betting on Lin Yun to make it into the top ten, a few were betting on Lin Yun to make it into the top five, and there were some that were betting on Lin Yun to not be able to make it into the top ten.
Some people directly bet the full limit of 5,000 spirit stones, while others only pressed a few hundred or a few dozen spirit stones. A little entertainment.
The odds of Lin Yun entering the top three or first place were very high, but no one pressed.
On the contrary, there were quite a few people who pressed Lin Yun to enter the top ten.
I’ll press Yun to get into the top three. White Shark took out 5,000 spirit stones and prepared to bet on it.
Pressing Lin Yun to enter the top three, if he won White Shark could make a pure profit of five thousand.
Zhang Jian is also betting on the front of the stage.
White Shark, although he Lin Yun is powerful, those old disciples are not vegetarian, the ring competition, not the usual sparring. The ring competition can use a variety of skills, means, those old disciples, each cultivating secret books for many years, skills are very strong. There are many means, he, Lin Yun, in this regard, can lag behind too much, at best, can enter a top ten, are considered remarkable. Zhang Jian sneered.
Many of the disciples in front of the betting stage were nodding their heads, agreeing with this viewpoint of Zhang Jian.
It is! The messy-haired burly man also chimed in.
When White Shark heard these words, he was of course very upset.
”Jian Zhang, you think you know a lot? I’m afraid you don’t even have the qualifications to enter the top ten!
And Zhou Kui, you’re nothing more than my brother Yun’s underdog! White Shark said in a cold voice.
”Pfft, White Shark, I can’t enter the top ten, and you? You don’t even have the qualifications to compete, and you can only let Lin Yun cover you, a punk who only dares to hide behind Lin Yun and be arrogant. Zhang Jian snorted.
You …… you …… White Shark’s face turned white with anger.
Messy hair stout man also coldly said: that day, Lin Yun although won me, but, I did not take out all the strength that day, coupled with my light enemy to lose to him, if again in the ring in the encounter with him. If I meet him in the ring again, he won’t necessarily be able to win against me if we fight.
Then you’d better pray that you don’t meet my brother Yun in the ring, otherwise, you will be miserable! White Shark said slyly.
”White Shark, since you’re so confident in Lin Yun, if you’re capable, you press Lin Yun to take first place.” Zhang Jian used a provocative method.
The messy-haired strong man also hurriedly said, That’s right, if you’re capable, you can press Lin Yun to take first place, and it’s a full 5,000 spirit stones, don’t you dare!
Press! Pressure!
Zhang Jian and the disciples around the messy-haired strong man were all following suit.
White Shark, don’t listen to them, just ignore them! Pan Qing pulled on White Shark’s sleeve.
Pan Qing, don’t mind me!
Pressing is pressing, the big deal is losing 5,000 spirit stones, I just have confidence in Brother Yun!
After White Shark finished speaking, he directly slammed five thousand spirit stones onto the betting table.
Haha, you’re really generous. When you lose in a while, don’t cry. Zhang Jian laughed out loud.
Zhang Jian and the messy-haired strong man and the others were naturally very happy to see that they had succeeded in fooling White Shark.
Many of the disciples around them were shaking their heads and sighing, it was already good enough for Lin Yun to make it into the top ten, it would be a miracle if he made it into the top five.
Taking first place, what kind of joke was that?
Other than that, Meng Yangtian was a tiger!
There was also the son who opened the disc, he was also very happy, it was like giving him money.
On the other side.
Red Aya also came to the scene, she sat directly, on the seat next to Lin Yun.
Compared to yesterday’s appearance, Red Aya was in a much better state today.
Senior sister Red Aya. I’m happy to see that you’re able to positively adjust your state. Lin Yun squeezed out a smile.
If crying could get my father’s life back, I could cry my eyes out, since I can’t. Then, I’ll cultivate hard and avenge my father’s death! Hong Aya’s tone was firm.
The pain in her heart, Hong Aya did not show on her face.
Because showing the painful side of yourself, on your face, was useless and would only make others feel that you were weak.
After crying, she chose to bury the pain deep in her heart and not show the slightest bit on the surface.
That’s right. Lin Yun nodded.
How could Lin Yun not be like this.
Right Lin Yun. The few people over there, Zhang Jian, seem to be arguing with White Shark again, aren’t you going to go over and take a look? Red Aya said.
As long as they don t fight, I won t go over, let the white shark face alone, suffer a bit of refinement is also good. Lin Yun said.
Indeed, this is more able to stimulate his heart upwards! Red Aya nodded.
By the way, I heard that over there is in custody. Pressure you can enter the top few, I am also prepared to press you, you can enter the top few ah. Hongya said.
The top three should not be a problem. Lin Yun said.
That’s fine, I’ll go over and press you.
Red Aya stood up and went straight to the place where she was betting.
……
On the judge’s table, the four elders, too, were discussing the rankings of Lin Yun and Meng Yangtian.
Meng Yangtian has the strength to compete for first place, and if Lin Yun, I reckon that the top five will still be fine. The Grand Elder said.
”Grand Elder, you’re overestimating Lin Yun, although he has some skills, he’s still too young, the contestants are all old disciples, and there’s no shortage of those who have the strength to hit the Heavenly Ranking, Lin Yun can at best make it into the top 10.” The second elder said.
Indeed, a conservative estimate of the top ten. If you’re in the top five, you can only say that you have a chance. The third elder said.
The competition was about to begin.
Offstage.
Red Aya returned to Lin Yun’s side.
”Lin Yun, White Shark pressed you to take first place, pressed 5,000. Don’t let White Shark down. Red Aya said.
This kid, he really dares to press. Lin Yun said.
First? Lin Yun doesn’t even dare to think about it himself.
I saw that White Shark pressed you to take first place, so I also pressed you to take first place, and I pressed five thousand. I also helped you press five thousand. Red Aya said.
”Senior sister Hong Aya, you guys are rushing the ducks.” Lin Yun said helplessly.
Lin Yun himself didn t have the courage ……
But they had all pressed for first place, so Lin Yun couldn’t even compete if he didn’t.
At this time, the judges let the contestants go up to the stage to draw their groups. The first round was the group stage.
Lin Yun looked up into the sky.
Elder Xiong, you’re watching from the sky right? I told you, this drawing competition, I will definitely fight for your honour, I will definitely charge into the top three, Elder Xiong, you’re watching from the sky, I will definitely not, let you down! Lin Yun’s tone was firm.
After saying that, Lin Yun took big steps onto the stage to draw lots.
The 25 participants, went up to the stage and drew lots.
These 25 people were basically all old disciples, the strongest existences outside of the Heavenly Ranking under each Elder’s seat, so the competition was still very intense.
For the group stage, there were a total of 5 groups, with five people in each group.
After the group stage, each group, can come out two people.
In this way, the top ten were created.
Then these ten people then draw lots for the promotion match 10 to 5, five to three, and then compete for the top three.
If you draw a group, the strength of the weak, into the top ten hope will be large, and vice versa will be small, the draw has a certain amount of luck component, but just have luck without strength, certainly not possible to go far.
Lin Yun drew the fourth group, and within the group, there was a strong general under the Grand Elder, Zhang Jian was also in this group, as well as a disciple under the Second Elder, and a disciple under the Elder Xiong.
Meng Yangtian drew the first group, and the messy-haired strongman was in the second group.
The ring was very large, and at this point, it was divided into five, five groups, which would begin their group matches at the same time.
The rules of the match, the contestants can use any skills, weapons, and means, but they cannot use magic weapons, and after one side fails, the other side may not strike again, and they cannot lay down a deadly blow.
Now, I announce that the group match will precisely begin! The Grand Elder opened his mouth to announce.
