Chapter 1456 - 1433: Beaten Up?
Just as the battle in the forest calmed down, the Ling Family martial arts arena also quieted down.
"Patriarch, over at the back mountain..." On the main stage, Ling Jiutian frowned, a flicker of concern in his brows.
Ling Wuye seemed to understand what Ling Jiutian wanted to ask, winking, and chuckled, "What, worried that our Ling Family’s ’big treasure’ Ye Huan will get beaten up, losing his ability to fight?"
"Well, the disciples over at the Punishment Hall are quite strong, and coupled with the fifth core disciple, Ling Zhiyuan, I’m worried Ye Huan will embarrass himself."
Ling Jiutian whispered, speaking softly with Ling Wuye, and his concern was not without reason.
On paper, the strength of the Punishment Hall and Ling Zhiyuan’s side is far superior to Ye Huan’s. If Ling Zhiyuan’s side goes all out, Ye Huan will likely find it hard to resist.
But Ling Wuye appeared completely unconcerned, laughing heartily, "Ninth Uncle, you should be worried about whether Ling Zhiyuan and his crew will end up eating their own words, getting beat up by Ye Huan, and turning into cripples. A leader of the hundred clans isn’t as weak as you think, even one who hasn’t fully grown. Ling Zhiyuan, that little fish, can’t handle this!"
Ling Jiutian nodded slightly twice, his brows relaxing a bit, feeling Ling Wuye made a good point.
Beside them, seeing Wang Feng, along with Ling Fengyun and numerous Ling Family elders whispering together, they were even more puzzled and confused. They had no idea what the two elders were discussing, needing to keep their voices so low, preventing them from hearing.
Moreover, wasn’t Ling Wuye furious over Ye Huan’s issue yesterday? How is he now so animated and delighted, as if the cloud in his heart just cleared away?
What is going on?!
Wang Feng and the others didn’t know, but what they did know was that Ye Huan was surely doomed.
The agility test had plenty of spots where one could play dirty.
Plus, the family implicitly agreed on these dirty tricks, as it better tests the agility and influence of participating disciples.
The intense fighting sounds from the back mountain earlier lasted for almost half an hour, yet Ling Family’s upper echelon showed no intention of intervening, proving this well!
They didn’t oppose disciples settling grudges during the agility test!
And most participating Ling Family disciples had already arrived, missing only two people!
Ye Huan and Ling Zhiyuan!
No need to guess, it’s certainly Ling Zhiyuan who sought out Ye Huan to let out steam!
And judging by the fighting sounds earlier, and the fact that Ling Family test-taking disciples hadn’t encountered any attacks from Punishment Hall disciples, it’s highly likely Ling Zhiyuan joined forces with the Punishment Hall disciples in the forest to gang up on Ye Huan!
"Ye Huan, that brat, it’s his wicked deeds coming back to bite him!" Wang Feng sneered, feeling extremely delighted inside.
As an elder, Wang Feng hated Ye Huan, who ruined her lifelong dreams, yet couldn’t attack Ye Huan casually.
Ling Zhiyuan beating up Ye Huan counted as relieving a big chunk of her resentment!
The key point is, judging by the fighting earlier, Ling Zhiyuan took his time, intentionally not giving Ye Huan a harsh lesson with just one strike but slowly torturing and beating Ye Huan for half an hour!
No need to imagine, Ye Huan must have been pinned by Ling Zhiyuan and his Punishment Hall disciples on the ground, suffering endless humiliation, feeling like dying.
Just imagining Ye Huan crying sorrowfully, face bruised and swollen, Wang Feng felt overwhelmingly delighted.
The other elders felt similarly thrilled, all resenting the endless trouble Ye Huan brought to the Ling Family.
Though in the strength test, Ye Huan broke strength test records without taking banned drugs, nobody could prove Ye Huan didn’t use other cheating methods. They still refused to believe Ye Huan achieved the astonishing thirty-eight thousand pounds result purely with his own strength.
Ling Fengyun exhaled deeply, smiling lightly, "Such arrogance, finally facing heavy blows, counts as heaven opening its eyes. We must greatly reward Zhiyuan and the Punishment Hall disciples involved in the assault afterward."
"Hmm."
The elders nodded, agreeing.
Just then, Wang Feng raised her eyebrows, suddenly stood and leaped to the center of the martial arts arena, stopping Ling Fufu, who looked unpleasant, finally unable to hold back the urge to check the situation at the back mountain to aid Ye Huan.
"Fufu, you’ve completed the test. No need to go to the back mountain!" Wang Feng said sternly!
"Mom, Ye Huan..."
Ling Fufu’s expression showed guilt; she made Ye Huan her shield, leading to Ling Zhiyuan targeting Ye Huan.
Otherwise, Ye Huan wouldn’t have been attacked by Ling Zhiyuan and the Punishment Hall.
"How Ye Huan is, is not your business! The test is ongoing; none of us, including elders, have the right to interfere!" Wang Feng’s tone was cold, her expression angry. She couldn’t understand why her clever daughter turned out so foolish?
Standing on Ye Huan’s side continuously!
Don’t she know Ye Huan is a worthless waste, what good is staying close to this waste?
Ling Fufu bit her teeth; she knew the Ling Family test couldn’t be interfered with, yet felt especially guilty, as her earlier actions likely terribly harmed Ye Huan!
Though she knew how strong, how monstrous Ye Huan was, Ling Zhiyuan was still the Ling Family’s fifth core disciple, with Punishment Hall members aiding him.
Facing such formidable forces, can Ye Huan handle them?
Ling Fufu contemplated; if the one being attacked by such a force wasn’t Ye Huan but herself, could she achieve final victory?
The conclusion: Absolutely not!
Ling Zhiyuan was strong, wielding the Cloud Ascension World-Ending Palm, and the rest of the Punishment Hall disciples weren’t to be underestimated.
Together, a powerful union, Ling Fufu believed she couldn’t overcome them!
Thus, she fretted over Ye Huan’s predicament!
If Ye Huan ended up humiliated, beaten, pinned and trampled by Ling Zhiyuan’s gang, what then?
The more Ling Fufu thought, the more anxious she felt, the guilt nearly making her cry.
Yet Wang Feng clung to Ling Fufu’s arm, firmly refusing to let her save Ye Huan.
No way, Wang Feng hoped Ye Huan would get beaten badly, how could she allow Ling Fufu to save Ye Huan?
The stands fell silent.
But most Ling Family disciples still threw gleeful glances at Ye Bingning and Ling Luzhou.
Clearly, they hadn’t forgotten the embarrassment they suffered from Ye Huan’s achievements striking them, unwilling to have been shamed by what they viewed as a worthless waste.
Ye Huan now beaten up, their mood was incredibly sunny.
Ye Bingning and Ling Luzhou looked grim, worried for Ye Huan like Ling Fufu.
However, as a tall figure emerged from the forest into the martial arts arena five minutes later, Ye Bingning and Ling Luzhou let out a long sigh of relief, their worries vanishing.
Including Wang Feng, the rest of the Ling Family were left dumbfounded, feeling their worldview overturned, and blurting out, "Holy shit, how could this be?!"