192: Chapter 191 Challenge? The Underestimated Yin Shixuan

Xia Jin's question directly made Yin Shixuan feel like he wanted to die.

"My lord?" He took a few deep breaths to calm his speechlessness. "You haven't even started fighting yet, why are you already thinking about killing someone?"

"Why? Do you find my question so unexpected?" Xia Jin looked at him indifferently.

"That's not it!" Yin Shixuan gave a bitter smile. "My lord, in the Second Heaven, the rules for duels between Disciples are that they should stop before going too far, and one must not take a life. But..."

"But what?"

"But if there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, or... or if some 'accident' happens during the battle, as long as it wasn't intentional, usually no one will pursue it too strictly..."

"Enough, the rest is not important. Having your word is enough!!" Xia Jin waved his hand, interrupting him.

Yin Shixuan opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. He bowed and turned to leave.

However, when he walked out of the hall, his footsteps were noticeably heavier than when he arrived.

What kind of background does this new master have?

In the end, he won't drag me into it, will he?

Yin Shixuan shook his head with a bitter smile, rose into the air, and flew directly toward that central, largest island in the distance.

...

Yin Shixuan landed on the huge island with ease and soon walked into a grand and imposing hall.

At this time, there were obviously not many people in the hall.

Besides the fatty who was dozing on the desk with two funny mustaches on his face, there were two others left.

Those two were standing on the side, whispering about something. Hearing footsteps, they both looked up at the same time.

When Yin Shixuan saw their faces, his brows couldn't help but furrow slightly.

It turned out to be two acquaintances, or perhaps to be more precise, two "acquaintances" with whom he didn't have a good relationship.

The person on the left, thin and tall, wearing a green robe, was the seventeenth-ranked follower, Sun Yi. This person often ridiculed Yin Shixuan.

The person on the right, short and fat, wearing a dusty gray robe, was the nineteenth-ranked follower, named Liang Gui. Although this person was not as mean as Sun Yi, he had never had any friendship with Yin Shixuan either.

The moment Yin Shixuan saw them, they also saw him.

The two looked at each other, and a meaningful smile appeared on their faces simultaneously.

"Yo, isn't this Yin Shixuan!" Sun Yi's voice sounded sarcastic. "I heard that you finally got lucky recently and started following a newly promoted master? Tsk tsk tsk, how truly congratulatory! You will have a good life from now on."

"This bastard!!" Yin Shixuan's face sank, and he didn't reply.

Beside him, Liang Gui looked at Yin Shixuan's silent appearance and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. "Brother Sun, you are saying this too early."

"Who knows what the strength of this newly promoted Heaven-Class Disciple is? If an accident happens during the assessment, hehe... wouldn't Brother Yin have to return to the bitter life of having no master?"

Hearing this, Sun Yi nodded along. "Listen! Listen! Brother Liang makes sense! Brother Yin, you must be careful, don't end up with nothing in the end!"

A flash of anger crossed Yin Shixuan's eyes, but he did not respond to the two. Instead, he suppressed the anger in his heart, glanced coldly at them, said nothing, walked past them, and strode forward.

Sun Yi and Liang Gui were stunned for a moment, then sneered, too lazy to pay attention, and continued to whisper together.

Yin Shixuan walked to the huge bronze table, looked at the figure still sleeping soundly, reached into his bosom, took out a token, and knocked hard on the desk.

Dong dong dong!

"Mr. Gu! Mr. Gu! Wake up! I have something to trouble you with!"

The somewhat bloated Mr. Gu was lying on the desk, snoring like thunder, clearly sleeping soundly.

Yin Shixuan was helpless and knocked a few more times.

"Mr. Gu! Stop sleeping! There is something to do!"

As Yin Shixuan's voice grew louder, Mr. Gu finally reacted, lifted his head groggily, and looked at Yin Shixuan in front of him with sleepy eyes.

"Hmm... it's you kid..." He yawned, stretched, and then looked at the night outside. "What's wrong, coming to find me at this hour? I was having a beautiful dream, and you woke me up."

Yin Shixuan squeezed out a smile, pushed the token in his hand forward, and waved it in front of the fatty.

"Mr. Gu, of course I have business with you. My newly arrived master said that he wants to challenge Mo Chongshan, who is ranked twenty-second, tomorrow."

"Oh, a challenge, okay, register it... Hmm?"

Mr. Gu subconsciously reached out to take the token, but stopped midway.

He suddenly raised his head, his originally sleepy little eyes instantly became clear, staring fixedly at the token in Yin Shixuan's hand.

On the token, a few words were clearly engraved: Heaven Twenty-Three.

Mr. Gu's sleepiness disappeared without a trace.

"Heaven Twenty-Three?" He grabbed the token, looked at it over and over several times to confirm he hadn't seen it wrong, then raised his head and looked at Yin Shixuan with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. "Yin Shixuan, are you teasing me?"

"Why would Mr. Gu say that?" Yin Shixuan looked innocent.

Mr. Gu slapped the token on the desk, his two mustaches trembling with anger. "Why would I say that? Your master just ascended to the Second Heaven today, and then sent you to register a challenge against Mo Chongshan? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?!"

His voice grew louder and louder, causing Sun Yi and Liang Gui not far away to involuntarily turn their gazes toward them.

"How long have I been in this Second Heaven? I have never seen a newcomer challenge someone the moment they arrive!" Mr. Gu said angrily.

"Those who can gain a foothold in the Second Heaven, which one isn't a veteran who has struggled in the First Heaven for many years? Your master just came up, hasn't even figured out the rules of the Second Heaven, and wants to challenge Mo Chongshan, who is ranked twenty-second? Does he think Heaven-Class Disciples are made of mud?!"

Yin Shixuan wore a bitter smile; he had expected this.

"Mr. Gu!" He sighed helplessly. "This is indeed my master's intention. My master said he wants to challenge tomorrow, and I hope Mr. Gu can make it convenient and help register it."

The fatty stared at Yin Shixuan with wide eyes. Seeing his serious expression, not like he was faking it, the anger on his face gradually turned into confusion.

"Are you telling the truth? Your master... what is his background?"

Yin Shixuan shook his head. "This... I am not very clear either. But I heard that before my master came up to the Second Heaven, it seemed that after the assessment, he happened to be selected by the Fifth Hall Master's Heaven-Peering Mirror and was directly promoted from the First Heaven."

"He actually alarmed the Fifth Hall Master's Heaven-Peering Mirror?" A strange look flashed in the fatty's eyes. He looked down at the token in his hand, then looked up at Yin Shixuan, his eyes pensive. "No wonder... no wonder he dares to challenge as soon as he arrives..."

He pondered for a moment, and finally picked up a pen and wrote a few strokes in a thick book in front of him.

"Alright, it's registered. Tomorrow at noon, Battle Arena, challenge the twenty-second ranked Mo Chongshan." He handed the token back to Yin Shixuan and added, "Go back and tell your master that Mo Chongshan is not someone to be trifled with, let him prepare well. If he loses, he will have to honestly rank at twenty-third and wait three months before he can challenge again."

Yin Shixuan took the token and nodded solemnly. "Thank you, Mr. Gu."

He turned to leave. When passing by Sun Yi and Liang Gui, the two's eyes were full of mockery.

"A newcomer wants to challenge the twenty-second ranked Mo Chongshan? Is there something wrong with his brain?"

"Hehe, never mind him, anyway there will be a good show to watch tomorrow."