“Who exactly is the one being unreasonable here? Elder Lu, you are clearly the one lying!” Elder Lu wore a fierce and aggressive expression.
Lin Yun immediately stepped forward. “Senior Elder, please don’t make things difficult for Elder Yuan Xia. If you wish to spar with me, I accept.”
“Oh? You accept?”
“You’ve got some guts, lad, to actually agree. Very well! This old man hasn’t stretched his limbs in ages. I’ll use you, little brat, to test the fruits of my cultivation over these years!” Elder Lu’s voice boomed.
With a confident smile, Elder Lu continued, “If you can defeat me, that will prove you are indeed worth Elder Yuan Xia recruiting. His efforts to show you around and win you over would then be beyond reproach, and I could even recommend you myself. Of course, I don’t think that’s remotely possible.”
“I rather think it’s worth a try.” Lin Yun grinned.
“Hmph, what arrogance! Aren’t you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?” Elder Lu’s face darkened.
“Kid, I’ll wait for you on the arena in the main square! Elder Yuan Xia knows the place!”
With those words, Elder Lu turned and strode away.
“Brother Bei Chen, I’m truly ashamed. I brought you here to look around, yet you ended up being targeted by my old rival.” Yuan Xia looked helplessly at Lin Yun.
Yuan Xia knew perfectly well that Elder Lu’s challenge to Lin Yun was actually aimed at him.
After all, the two of them had a long-standing grudge.
“No harm done. I also happen to want to test my strength.” Lin Yun grinned.
Looking at Yuan Xia, Lin Yun continued, “By the way, I’m not actually a member of the Double Honour Pavilion. If I go up there and defeat him, there won’t be any trouble, right?”
This was, after all, the Double Honour Pavilion’s territory, and he was merely an outsider.
Lin Yun didn’t want to cause problems here, which was why, when Elder Lu first suggested a spar, Lin Yun had flatly refused.
He was even less willing to create more trouble for Yuan Xia.
“Rest assured, it’s only an arena spar, and the challenge came from Elder Lu himself. Plenty of disciples just witnessed it. If he loses, he’ll be in the wrong and won’t have the face to make trouble over being defeated.” Yuan Xia clapped Lin Yun on the shoulder.
“That’s good then. I can fight without holding back.” Lin Yun grinned.
Hearing this, Yuan Xia was momentarily stunned. Was Brother Bei Chen really that confident?
“Brother Bei Chen, don’t underestimate this Elder Lu. You’ve only recently stepped from the Heaven Connecting Realm into the Void Dao Realm, whereas Elder Lu has lingered at the Transformation Dao level for several hundred thousand years. With such prolonged accumulation, plus the profound resources of our Double Honour Pavilion, he is not to be taken lightly!” Yuan Xia warned solemnly.
“I understand. Friend Yuan Xia, lead the way.” Lin Yun appeared quite looking forward to it.
“Of course. Truth be told, I’m rather looking forward to you beating him and making him lose face.” Yuan Xia smiled.
Without question, Yuan Xia would thoroughly enjoy seeing Elder Lu humiliated.
With that, Yuan Xia led Lin Yun straight towards the square they had mentioned earlier.
“Elder Lu is going to spar with the person Elder Yuan Xia brought. This should be interesting.”
“A contest at this level is a once-in-a-lifetime sight.”
“Come on, let’s go watch!”
The disciples who had been watching quickly followed.
For them, battles between Void Dao Realm elders were extremely rare to witness in person. They naturally couldn’t miss this spectacle.
At the martial fighting stage in the grand square of the Double Honour Pavilion.
By the time Yuan Xia brought Lin Yun here, Elder Lu was already standing atop the high arena, waiting.
Elder Lu’s intention was obvious. Since Lin Yun was Yuan Xia’s friend, defeating Lin Yun would be equivalent to slapping Yuan Xia in the face.
He wanted to use this chance to embarrass Yuan Xia.
Because Elder Lu was already standing on the stage, many disciples in the square had begun gathering around.
“Young junior, get up here!” Elder Lu stood with his hands behind his back, looking down from the arena with the tone of a superior.
“Elder Yuan Xia, I’ll be off then.”
With that, Lin Yun leapt straight onto the arena.
Lin Yun was similarly looking forward to this bout.
Ever since stepping into the Transformation Dao level, he had yet to truly fight an opponent of the same realm.
Moreover, he had recently absorbed the second Origin Heart, and he was eager to test its effects.
As an elder of the Double Honour Pavilion with deep foundations, Elder Lu presented just the right amount of challenge for Lin Yun.
