You're Next

When Ye Qingxuan arrived at the main peak's Debate Stage, this round of assessments was basically over.

The referee presiding over the assessment had already flown halfway into the sky on a cloud, watching the disciples dispersing after the assessment, while Li Shiyin listlessly hugged her sword going to find her master.

It was at this time that she arrived at the Debate Stage... Counting it, it was when she arrived at the moment the assessment ended.

The referee was very good, willing to give her a chance, and also asked Li Shiyin's opinion; and Li Shiyin knew the reason why she was late, unwilling to hurt her, and was also willing to give her a chance.

So Ye Qingxuan was very lucky to have a chance to fight once, and had the chance to know how she would lose.

"Ah! Stupid!" Long Qiqi hated iron for not becoming steel. She really couldn't understand why Li Shiyin would give Ye Qingxuan a chance.

Qin Ran looked at her and spoke up, "Shiyin is different from you, Shiyin is a sword cultivator."

"So what if she's a sword cultivator?" Long Qiqi rolled her eyes, "Can sword cultivators not need brains?"

"Sword cultivators need to be resilient, need to forge ahead, need to have a simple heart." Qin Ran said, "This is the reason why Shiyin's cultivation realm and sword path have improved so quickly."

At the same time, this was also the reason why Long Qiqi's cultivation was progressing so slowly. Long Qiqi's thoughts were too complicated.

Long Qiqi could understand what Qin Ran was saying. She finally just said, "She can indeed have a simple heart, because she has a master like you."

Qin Ran smiled and said, "And a friend like you."

Petty villains shouldn't talk about big villains, they were all equally sinister.

On the stage, Li Shiyin held her sword and bowed to Ye Qingxuan across from her, "Danfeng, Li Shiyin."

Ye Qingxuan, her original appearance was not as outstanding as Li Shiyin and Tian Wenjin, but when she lowered her head demurely, with every glance, mortals who saw her would call her a fairy.

In particular, she had an even more charming and intelligent beauty. Her figure was abundant, which really attracted men's attention.

However, now she was completely different from her previous appearance.

She saw that her face was haggard, her temperament decadent, her muscles seemingly powerless, her posture strange, and her clothes disheveled. Looking closely at her face, the originally fair and full complexion was already gone.

Her skin had lost moisture, the shape was shriveled; her temples were dark, with dark eye circles, her lips and teeth were pale, looking like a terminally ill patient about to die.

Seeing her now, where was there the slightest trace of a cultivator's bearing?

Ye Qingxuan took out a sword from her universe bag, with no intention of unsheathing it, just leaving it on the ground to support her body.

She looked at Li Shiyin and asked, "It was you who did it, right?"

Li Shiyin's heart skipped a beat, and asked back, "What did I do?"

"I felt something was wrong yesterday." Ye Qingxuan ignored Li Shiyin and started talking to herself, "No matter if it was my body, spiritual power, or soul, there was an uncomfortable feeling. But I didn't pay attention, thinking I was just nervous."

"But last night, I vaguely sensed that someone was using the wind to poison me." She spoke slowly, "It's just that the dose of the poison last night was still small. I looked for half the night but didn't find who poisoned me."

"When I got up this morning, I was even more muddleheaded, seeing double, hearing ringing in my ears, almost hallucinating out of thin air. Then when I opened the door..."

Her emotions fluctuated, "Right at the entrance of my cave! Right at the entrance of my cave!! Someone had set up an illusion array!!"

The spectators below listening to the conversation on stage were all moved. What kind of vicious person would block off someone's door and set up an array?!

Especially Lu Junxing, he drank wine while squinting his eyes and looking at Li Shiyin.

Ye Qingxuan took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, and looked at Li Shiyin again, asking, "It was you who did it, right?"

"Cough!" Li Shiyin was indeed somewhat flustered. She looked down at her master, saw her master make a fists gesture, and understood in her heart. Looking back at Ye Qingxuan, she asked, "Is the assessment going to continue?"

Ye Qingxuan didn't respond to her, instead turning to look at the referee, "I want to report, she cheated."

"You... you're speaking nonsense!" Li Shiyin panicked completely. It would be fine if she didn't cheat, but she really did cheat!

"Cheating?" At this time Long Qiqi stood up on Chasing the Wind's shoulders and yelled at the stage, "You say Li Shiyin cheated, you have to provide evidence first. She waited for you on stage for a whole morning, and was still willing to give you a chance to fight again. How can there be someone as ungrateful as you?

"My family Shiyin has a pure sword heart that illuminates people, fair and upright, heaven and earth can bear witness, sun and moon can bear witness!"

She didn't dare say the stars could bear witness, because Li Shiyin cultivated the Stars Sword Qi, so the stars couldn't judge.

Long Qiqi's words made Qin Ran look at her and secretly give a thumbs up. This shamelessness had already caught up to him; Lu Junxing also looked at Long Qiqi, and instantly knew the origin of everything.

"Who's making noise? It's not your turn to speak!" Ye Qingxuan only looked calm on the surface, but was actually fuming inside. Hearing Long Qiqi's words, her eyes glared, and she sent out eye techniques at Long Qiqi.

"Roar..."

Chasing the Wind reacted quickly, tilting his head back with a roar, immediately breaking her eye technique.

She actually attacked Qiqi, Li Shiyin's face sank. With a "shing" sound, she drew her sword, glancing at the referee and asking, "Has the assessment started?"

The referee nodded.

He was the assessment referee, only responsible for things on stage. Whatever happened below, he would not get involved.

Having gotten the referee's consent, Li Shiyin instantly disappeared from her original spot.

Ye Qingxuan was simply not Li Shiyin's match to begin with. They had crossed swords once before, and Ye Qingxuan's illusions were completely countered by Li Shiyin's Divine Mind Eye, resulting in Ye Qingxuan's loss.

Although that time was just casual sparring, Ye Qingxuan was careless and attacked casually, also not using her killer moves and trump cards, but... Li Shiyin also did not use her killer moves and trump cards that time.

So Ye Qingxuan might be a bit stronger than Li Shiyin in strength, or even much stronger in other combat situations, but at this time, facing each other on the Debate Stage, she was completely countered by Li Shiyin, she simply could not beat Li Shiyin.

Moreover...

She was currently deeply poisoned, and even with tenth layer strength, she would be lucky to exert three layers.

In the end, Ye Qingxuan was slashed out of the Debate Stage by Li Shiyin with one sword... defeated in a single move.

Ye Qingxuan crawled up from the ground, looking resentfully at Li Shiyin on the stage, saying, "You won dishonorably."

Long Qiqi immediately rode Chasing the Wind over to mock, "You Peak of Vigor have the least right to say that!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Qingxuan angrily questioned Long Qiqi, and made to attack again.

"You'd better think clearly before speaking..." A voice sounded from the side, it was Yao Qingke.

Although short in stature and low in cultivation, Long Qiqi was not afraid at all. She walked onto Chasing the Wind's head, looking down condescendingly at Yao Qingke, and sneered, "You Peak of Vigor know what you've done, especially you, Yao Qingke!!"

"The next one is you! You'd better be careful!!"

"From whence comes this demonic beast, daring to speak to me this way?!" Yao Qingke angrily roared, pointing at Long Qiqi, and a thick vine lashed out at Long Qiqi.

"Shing!" A sword qi flashed by, slicing the vine into several sections.

Li Shiyin stood between Yao Qingke and Long Qiqi with sword in hand, staring at Yao Qingke, "Three years ago I said I would personally defeat you in the assessment and make you apologize. Do you still remember?"

"Hmph! With just you?" Yao Qingke retorted, "I've long forgotten those childish words of yours."

"Tomorrow..." Li Shiyin sheathed her sword, "Tomorrow you'll remember again."