Chapter 185 The younger brother gets punished

Hearing the crowd's constant murmuring, Tan Zhen quickly changed his tune, stating directly that past matters were irrelevant, and Ye Fan must give an explanation for causing trouble at the Qilin Assembly today.

"Causing trouble at the Qilin Assembly? Sect Leader Tan, I don't understand what you mean by that. Is there a problem with me participating in the Qilin Assembly?" Ye Fan asked lightly.

"This..."

Tan Zhen was momentarily speechless, struggling for a long time before finally sputtering out a sentence.

"You are clearly a Core Formation Realm Cultivator, yet you deliberately hid your cultivation level to compete, and you still say you weren't causing trouble at the assembly," Tan Zhen said, his outward aggression hiding inner fear.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan smiled even brighter and countered: which rule of the Qilin Assembly prohibits Core Formation Realm Cultivators from participating?

When Ye Fan said this, everyone present was somewhat stunned.

This was because the Qilin Assembly indeed had no such rule; it only stipulated that participants must not be older than thirty.

After all, when formulating the rules, no one had ever imagined that someone in this world could achieve Core Formation before the age of twenty.

"This person must possess some secret treasure or Divine Ability, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to achieve the Breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm."

Tan Zhen's eyes turned red upon thinking this. The intertwining of profit and hatred caused him to make the biggest mistake of his life.

"Enough nonsense. You injured my Hunyuan Sect's Daoist Disciple first, and then you caused trouble at the Qilin Assembly. If I let you leave just like that, how could the Cultivators of Liefeng Prefecture show their faces?"

Tan Zhen's words pushed Ye Fan against the entirety of Liefeng Prefecture. Although the other Core Formation Realm Cultivators were dissatisfied, it was inconvenient for them to say much at the moment; they were merely calculating how to extract more benefits from Ye Fan.

"The one surnamed Ye, if you are truly a man, then resolve this matter yourself. Relying on a woman is no sign of ability," Tan Zhen suddenly blurted out, clearly still somewhat wary of Mei Linger.

Just as Tan Zhen feared, Mei Linger was about to reveal her Ancient Sword Token to defuse the situation when Ye Fan spoke first.

"Attacking the junior brings out the senior. You've babbled for so long, but in the end, you're just coveting my yinglong sword."

"The item is right here. Whoever wants it can come and try to snatch it," Ye Fan declared.

Ye Fan's statement stunned everyone present.

No one expected Ye Fan to be so bold as to expose everything right to his face.

Ye Fan had long seen Tan Zhen's malicious intent and was certain he coveted his yinglong sword.

Most of the Core Formation Realm Cultivators from the major powers likely shared the same thought; so-called reputation was not as tempting as a top-grade magic treasure.

Since things had come to this, further words were useless. Tan Zhen had already resolved to use force to seize it.

Even if the Ancient Sword Sect truly became angry because of this, the Hunyuan Sect was not without backing.

"Arrogant junior, so what if you are truly a Core Formation Realm Cultivator? Today, I will ensure you do not leave Liefeng Prefecture!"

Tan Zhen struck first to seize the initiative. His third-level Core Formation Realm cultivation was pushed to the extreme, and under the boost of the Hunyuan Art, his might soared, far surpassing Ji Rulie, who had just entered the Core Formation Realm.

"Junior, die!"

The Hunyuan Qi surged like a tsunami, completely locking down all escape routes for Ye Fan.

However, his expression remained as calm as ever, as if he didn't even take Tan Zhen's methods seriously.

"I haven't tested my own strength after breaking through to the Core Formation Realm yet. You'll do perfectly as a punching bag," Ye Fan said with a smile.

He executed the Divine Dragon Roaring Heaven Art, and a layer of golden scales appeared all over his body. In his Dragon-Man Form, his spiritual power surged explosively. He charged straight into the Hunyuan Qi and emerged completely unharmed.

"Wh-what?!"

Ye Fan attacked like a broken bamboo. Even without using Nine Heavens Thunder Movement, his speed still surpassed Tan Zhen's visual limit.

The golden dragon claw lightly pressed onto Tan Zhen's chest. His protective magic formula and Divine Ability shattered like glass, offering absolutely no resistance.

Under Tan Zhen's disbelieving gaze, his purple robe Magical Artifact shattered, followed by his heart-protecting mirror, the rotation shield, and his golden silk inner armor—all turning into scrap iron successively. He himself was sent flying back hundreds of meters like an arrow loosed from a bow before stabilizing his figure.

Tan Zhen only felt his blood churning internally, as if his internal organs had shifted. After enduring for a few seconds, he let out a 'wah' and spat out a mouthful of blood, his body swaying as he nearly fell from the sky.

Ye Fan defeated Tan Zhen in a single move, and his power once again shattered everyone's perception of reality.

"Sect Head!"

"Senior Brother!"

The two Grand Elders of the Hunyuan Sect saw this and their eyes turned red. They attacked Ye Fan from the left and right, but the result was unchanged.

After Ye Fan's Breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm, his application of Heaven-Ranked Divine Abilities was already vastly superior to before. The Divine Dragon Roaring Heaven Art alone was enough to overwhelm Cultivators of the same rank.

"Divine Dragon Suppresses Demons!"

Ye Fan formed hand seals, and the space within a hundred meters around him seemed to have a Restriction placed upon it.

The moment the two Hunyuan Sect Grand Elders charged in, it was like Mount Tai crushing down on them. Their entire bodies felt as if they had been filled with molten lead, making it difficult even to move a finger, let alone continue fighting.

Conversely, Ye Fan was completely unaffected, and trampling them was as easy as turning over his hand.

With a casual strike, Ye Fan blasted away all the protective Magical Artifacts of the two elders. Their bodies shot backward hundreds of meters like cannonballs until they crashed into a distant mountain wall before finally stopping.

The two figures slid down like mud. They forced themselves to stuff several healing Medicinal Pills into their mouths; otherwise, they probably would have lost their lives.

Defeating three Core Formation Realm Cultivators of the Hunyuan Sect in mere seconds left the onlookers' pupils trembling; they completely refused to believe what had just happened.

"Is his cultivation truly only first-level Core Formation Realm?!" Many people had this thought almost simultaneously.

Seeing this, Tan Zhen's eyes turned even redder. No matter what, he never expected things to escalate to this point.

Regardless of the outcome, the Hunyuan Sect had lost all face. The only way to regain it was to kill Ye Fan.

"Fellow Daoists, please lend me your strength! I will not take any of the benefits from this junior; the Hunyuan Sect will prepare an even greater gift for all of you!"

At this point, Tan Zhen was desperate. Even if it meant paying a heavy price, he had to kill Ye Fan, or the Hunyuan Sect would have no face left to establish itself in Liefeng Prefecture.

After witnessing Ye Fan's might, the Core Formation Realm Cultivators from the major Sects hesitated about whether to make a move, until they heard Tan Zhen raise the stakes, revealing their hidden fangs.

In the face of absolute profit, everything else was illusory. In their eyes, Ye Fan was clearly a walking treasury.

A top-grade magic treasure, unknown Divine Ability Cultivation Techniques, the secret of achieving Core Formation before the age of twenty—plus the generous promise from the Hunyuan Sect—any one of these conditions was enough to make them risk everything, let alone the fact that all these conditions appeared in one person.

"Ye Fan, your disruption of Liefeng Prefecture is intolerable by heavenly principles! I, the Baji Sect's Grand Elder, am the first to disagree!" The Baji Sect's Grand Elder spoke first, unleashing terrifying Qi. He was also a third-level Core Formation Realm expert.

"Ye Fan, you injured my Chi Xiao Sect's Prodigy. If this revenge is not taken, how can my Chi Xiao Sect stand?!" A person holding a spear soared into the air, his unparalleled Battle Intent soaring straight into the sky—he was clearly the Chi Xiao Sect's Grand Elder.

"As Cultivators of Liefeng Prefecture, it is our duty to capture this villain!"

Following the roars, one Core Formation Realm aura after another erupted. Including the three from the Hunyuan Sect who had rushed back, there were now eighteen Core Formation Realm Cultivators in the sky!

Just standing there motionless, the terrifying pressure was enough to make one's scalp tingle. Even someone as strong as Ji Rulie couldn't help but stop breathing.

"Ye Fan is definitely finished this time," almost everyone thought simultaneously.