Chapter 23

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At the Ye family's martial arts arena, although the competition had not yet begun, the atmosphere was already tense.

After being rebuked by Ye Zhengqing, Du Yuanming's face grew even darker, and he angrily snorted in his heart, "You old, sharp-tongued man, let's see how long you can keep up this act!"

Several members of the Du family set up chairs and tables opposite the arena, and Du Yuanming, General Zhou Wu, and Dong He sat down arrogantly, completely disregarding the Ye family.

Does Du Yuanming think this is the Du family's place?

"Ye Zhengqing, in front of General Zhou Wu and President Dong He, I will ask you one more time, are you willing to sell the land in Beishan Bay?" Du Yuanming sat in his chair with a commanding presence, his eagle-like eyes staring intently at Ye Zhengqing. He coldly snorted, "It's not too late to change your mind. My Du family is not petty. I know that the land in Beishan Bay is your Ye family's ancestral land, but I am still willing to offer 120,000 silver coins!"

"If you continue to be stubborn, after this competition, the price will not be 120,000 silver coins anymore!"

"At that time, I will give you at most 100 silver coins as a resettlement fee to prevent your Ye family from becoming homeless, so that no one can say my Du family is not benevolent!" Du Yuanming said with an air of extreme arrogance.

Hearing Du Yuanming's words, Ye Wei's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his anger reached its peak. The Du family was pressing so hard, it seemed they would not stop until the Ye family was completely destroyed!

"My Ye family may not lose. If your Du family loses, you will have to give up the divine scroll business, the barbarian bone daoqi business, the tavern business, the horse ranch business, and the fabric business. I hope your Du family will not go back on your word!" Ye Zhengqing looked at Du Yuanming and said solemnly. Although he knew the chances of winning were slim, Ye Zhengqing did not lose his composure.

"Will our Du family lose?" Du Yuanming glanced at the young generation of the Ye family with extreme disdain and sneered, "Just these few? Ye Zhengqing, if your Ye family has the ability to win, I, Du Yuanming, will keep my word!"

"With General Zhou Wu and President Dong He as witnesses, your Ye family doesn't have to worry about our Du family going back on our word!" Du Yuanming smiled arrogantly and said nonchalantly.

"Words are not enough, let's sign a contract!" Ye Zhengqing took out a pre-prepared contract, and with his right hand, he drew divine patterns in the air, causing the contract to fly straight to Du Yuanming, the head of the Du family, and hover in front of him.

The Ye family's Void Capture technique!

"Fine, I was also worried that your Ye family might not recognize the contract!" Du Yuanming snorted lightly, glanced at the contract, and without hesitation, pressed his handprint on it, sneering, "We need to make it clear in advance, in the arena, there is no complaint about life or death!"

Hearing Du Yuanming's words, Ye Zhengqing felt a chill in his heart and looked at Ye Zhong and the others.

Ye Zhong looked at Ye Zhengqing with determined eyes and nodded solemnly.

At this moment, they could not afford to retreat. Ye Zhengqing felt a deep sense of sorrow but still pressed his handprint on the competition contract.

"The rules of the competition are that both sides can send three family members to the arena for one-on-one matches. The loser steps down, and the side that has someone standing at the end wins! Do the two family heads have any objections?" General Zhou Wu's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he looked around.

"No objections!" Ye Zhengqing said solemnly.

"No objections!" Du Yuanming also responded confidently, believing that no matter how the Ye family struggled, they had no chance of winning! He glanced at the young generation of the Du family, and a look of extreme arrogance appeared on his face.

"Han Hong, you go!" Du Yuanming casually pointed to someone from the Du family and said.

"Yes!"

Du Hanhong, with a defiant sneer on his lips, strode onto the arena.

Du Han Yue was a Sixth Rank Warrior, and Du Anyi, Du Chengzhi, and Du Yunfan were all Fifth Rank Warriors. The strongest of the Ye family, Ye Zhong, was only a Fourth Rank Warrior. Du Yuanming felt that sending Du Han Yue and the others would be overkill, so he only sent a Fourth Rank Warrior.

Du Hanhong, a Fourth Rank Warrior, was enough to defeat the so-called elites of the Ye family's young generation!

At this moment, Du Han Yue, standing next to Du Yuanming, wearing a white robe, had a look of arrogance on his face. Who in the Ye family was worthy of his attention?

Du Hanhong was a Fourth Rank Warrior. Who could the Ye family send to face him? Apart from Ye Zhong, no one seemed to be a match for Du Hanhong. But Ye Zhong was the strongest of the Ye family's young generation. If he were sent now and his strength was consumed, he would have even less chance against Du Han Yue.

Ye Zhengqing felt a deep sense of sorrow. The once prestigious Ye family had fallen so far, with no one to carry on the legacy. Who could revitalize the Ye family?

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

Just as Ye Zhengqing was thinking about who to send, a luxurious daoqi carriage flew over, surrounded by divine patterns, shimmering with a dazzling light.

"A daoqi carriage!"

Ye Zhengqing, Du Yuanming, Zhou Wu, and Dong He all looked puzzled and serious. In Qingyue City, there were only a few people qualified to ride in a daoqi carriage!

Who is this important person?

Is it the City Lord? Or someone from the Divine Pattern Master Alliance? Or the Dean of Nansheng Academy?

Amidst the shocked and puzzled gazes of the crowd, the entirely blue daoqi carriage slowly came to a stop beside the Ye family's martial arts arena. Then, a slender and graceful figure stepped out of the carriage, catching everyone's attention.

"Ziyan... Sister!" Ye Wei, standing nearby, saw the person and immediately opened his mouth wide, staring in a daze at the elegant girl who slowly descended from the daoqi carriage, calling out in a stunned voice.

The crowd suddenly fell silent, and the eyes of the Ye family, the Du family, General Zhou Wu, and Dong He all turned to the girl.

At the center of everyone's gaze, a girl in a light green dress walked gracefully towards Ye Wei, her long, soft, light purple hair casually draped over her shoulders. Her face, though slightly young, had an incomparable beauty that could shock the world, and describing her as a beauty that could make fish dive and geese fall would not be an exaggeration!

Who is this girl who arrived in a daoqi carriage?

The young people around the arena stared straight at Lin Ziyuan's beautiful face, their eyes burning with passion and their breathing quickening.

"Such a beautiful girl exists in this world!" Du Han Yue, with his tall and handsome figure, looked at Lin Ziyuan with eyes filled with intense greed.

Her flawless beauty, her elegant demeanor, her arrival in a daoqi carriage, and her mysterious and noble identity—only such a girl in this world was worthy of him!

Du Han Yue's heart raced, and he straightened his chest, adjusted his clothes, cleared his throat twice, and stepped forward with what he believed to be an impeccable gentle smile, preparing to greet the beautiful girl.

"Hello, I am Du Han Yue from the Du family, one of the three major families in Qingyue City."

However, Lin Ziyuan only gave Du Han Yue a brief, indifferent glance, as if she had not seen him, and walked past him, her eyes fixed on the direction of the Ye family's young generation.

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